Chapter Eight: The Prophecy

“ Who are The Assassins?” asked Bramble. Gaby shook her head, “ I don’t know! I think some highly trained killers!” Bramble and Gaby ( the ocelot ) were hidden in a mini cave.

“ Why did you attack us then?” hissed Bramble silently. “ I thought you were some of the assassins, but when I caught your scent I realized you weren’t one of them,” explained Gaby. They sat quietly in the darkness of the cave. Then something grabbed Bramble and his vision blacked out.

Bramble looked around. He saw a black wolf with a white underbelly looking at him. Bramble had just woke up. He was to weak to move his paws. The wolf dragged him out. He caught a glimpse of where he was. It was another cave. Dead animals laid limp in the cave and dried blood was splattered everywhere.

 Must have been The Assassins Bramble guessed. As he kept looking at the cave, he would’ve guessed a whole tribe would have attacked those dead assassins. Then as he examined the animals, he realized the wolf who was dragging him did it. Bramble finally had his strength rebooted in him and he tripped the wolf. The wolf jumped up and dodged. The wolf clawed him in his belly. Bramble yelped in pain and fell.

“Good thing I didn’t kill you on accident,” the wolf groaned. Bramble felt weak again and the wolf kept dragging him. They exited the cave and the daylight flashed in his face. They were in the mountains. Wind whipped around his face and his vision went blurry. Bramble fell asleep again.

Bramble woke up (again). He saw two other animals. Bramble guessed they were dead, but they weren’t brutally attacked. One was another cat ( like him ). It had dark blue eyes and a grey pelt. The other one was a pup and had a silver pelt. It had a white paw. He was in a den. Bramble walked out of the den. It was a mini camp.

There was another den near him. Bramble looked in the den. He saw Roxy, Sky, Kollin, and Gaby there. They were brutally attacked, with scars everywhere. Bramble rushed to Sky. She was breathing, and so was Kollin, Roxy, and Gaby. Bramble sighed in relief and walked out. Then he felt something on his neck. Bramble saw it was a cat holding a claw at his neck.

“ Get me out of here,” said the cat. Bramble backed away a bit, “ I want to get out too!”

“Well then lets go,” said the cat, running away.

“ What a shame,” said a voice. The wolf held a claw up to the cat’s neck.

“What do you want?” hissed Bramble. The wolf looked up, “ Friends.”

“Well go find your own friends in the underworld!” hissed the cat. Bramble gasped, the underworld was where evil dead animals went. Bramble knew The Stars was a place for good dead animals went.

“That isn’t very mean,” retorted the wolf.

“Who are you anyway?”

“Darken, you’re not very nice  by the way, Night,” commented Darken. The cat who was supposedly named Night backed away in surprise.

“Your friend here named Koi is nicer than you, but I think he would like to be called Bramble,” added Darken. Bramble gasped, how did he know both of their names? Before anyone could say anything else, a silver pup walked out of a den. The pup looked at Bramble and jumped back in surprise. The pup tackled Bramble and held a claw to his heart.

“How did you get here, Bramble?” hissed the silver pup.

“WHY DOES EVERYONE KNOW MY NAME?” yelled Bramble in confusion. Night raised his paw,” I didn’t know your name.”

The pup got off Bramble. “Why did you kidnap us anyway?” asked Bramble. The pup jerked her head at Darken, “ The creep says its a prophecy.” Bramble saw the pup was five moons old.

“ How do you know that we are in some prophecy?” growled Night.

Darken looked up, “ Because i’m smarter than you three.”

“Well I’m not going with some strangers on some journey,” growled Bramble.

“We aren’t strangers since you know who we are, “Whatever! Once I become  a rebel I might join your journey, but i’m only a trainee!” hissed Bramble.

“Well I examined you. I think Ashtail was going to make you warrior, I mean I would,” explained Darken.

Bramble jumped back, was he following him? Bramble managed to ask one more question,  “What will I get out of this prophecy anyway?”

“Your mother,” replied Darken. Bramble widened his eyes. A tear escaped his eye. Bramble shook his head and nodded, “ Fine I will come.”

“Ok Bramble and Dove will come at least,” mumbled Darken.

“Who is Dove?”

“The pup,”

Bramble turned and saw Night running away. Darken ran to Night and held him in a headlock.

“Fine I will come on the stupid prophecy!” yelled Night.

“Good,” Darken grunted, “Tomorrow we will go to Leaf Tribe.”

Author’s Note: I might make a Theme song page soon

Chapter Seven: Stream

Stream ran. Rain splattered on the cold ground.  Stream looked for shelter. She saw a cave. Stream rushed into the cave. A crackling noise echoed along the cave. Stream backed away a bit. Someone or something inhabited this area. Stream decided that they could help and she went in the cave. She was warmed up by the fire.

“Who are you?” asked a voice. A wolf with a sandy pelt and deep blue eyes stared at her.” I need help, please,” Stream replied. The wolf growled at her. Then a wolf pup padded forward. “Oh look! Its the daughter of Riverius!” said the small pup. The pup had a grey pelt and green eyes. Realization struck the other wolf’s eyes, “ Oh, sorry. I thought you were an intruder, come in.”

Stream padded in the den. The sandy wolf offered her some meat. The delicious smell wafted up Stream’s snout and she ate. “I’m Sandy and this is my little sister Dove,” said the wolf who was Sandy. Stream nodded and finished her delicious meal.

“I have a question, how come your brother is a cat and you’re a wolf?” asked Sandy. Stream looked up, “My brother was adopted and we had a new mom who was a cat. She died after a few full moons”. Sandy did a quick nod. “ Did you tell her about the scary wolf?” asked the small pup called Dove. Sandy sighed, “A wolf was stalking us after we disappeared from River Tribe.” Just after she said that, a wolf which was all black and a white underbelly walked in the cave entrance.

“Hide!” hissed Sandy. She ran with Dove to the end of the cave. Stream raced after them. Sandy and Dove were hidden under some moss. Stream joined them and watched the wolf.Then the wolf was tackled and attacked by a husky. It tackled the wolf and trapped him. Other animals went in the cave. Sandy jumped out and said, “ Thank you for saving us!”

Immediately the other animals glared at her. “Kill her,” whispered a lynx. The animals tackled Sandy and bit her. Dove screamed and immediately caught the attention of the lynx. Then the wolf who was being held down tackled the lynx. “DARKEN!” hissed the lynx. The wolf who was called Darken clawed the lynx in the eye. The husky tackled Darken. Darken kicked the husky off. Stream turned away from the fight. Darken kicked some animals off and grabbed Sandy, who was injured. Then the lynx grabbed Dove and held a claw up to her throat.

“Turn yourself in, Darken,” said the lynx. Then Darken tackled the lynx. The wolf named Darken grabbed Dove. “I will say hi to your brother for you,” said Darken, talking to Stream. Darken ran with Dove. Sandy cried and ran after the wolf. Dove yelled and called for Sandy. Then Darken and Dove went out of view. Stream saw a gate. A gate to River Tribe.

Dove looked around. A war was happening. She saw a black cat with blue eyes. “ Bramble look out!” cried a voice. She saw a husky jump at this black cat called Bramble. Bramble dodged and the husky hit a rock. Then Dove felt something tighten around her neck. Dove gasped for help and saw Bramble run for her. Bramble sunk his claws on the thing on her neck. It was a snake and it wrapped itself on Bramble. Then the wolf called Darken grabbed the snake and killed it. Then she saw Stream tackle Bramble and Dove’s sight faded black.

Dove woke up. She saw Darken eating some meat and staring into a fire. “ You have been asleep for a long time,” said Darken. It was nighttime. “What do you want from me? Let me go!” yelled Dove. Darken shook his head, “ I can’t do that,”

“WHY!”

“You have a prophecy to fulfill,”

Author Note: EPIC CHAPTER! I also left you on another cliffhanger. I might do a cliffhanger on an animal hanging on a cliff. Just kidding! Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Also thanks Greatshot for the views and comments.

Chapter Six: The Trap

Bramble, Sky, Roxy, and Kollin walked through the forest. They halted at a clearing.

“ Ok let’s go hunt here,” said Sky. Roxy started sharpening her claws on a rock. Bramble and Sky walked to a lake. “ Has Ashtail taught you about water hunting and battle yet?” asked Sky. Bramble nodded. He tasted the forest air. He smelled a rabbit. He took light paw steps toward the rabbit. Then he pounced on it and killed it. “ Good!” said Sky.

Suddenly a crash sound erupted. Bramble raced to Roxy, who was stuck in a net.

“WHAT ON EARTH!!!!” Roxy yelled. Kollin rolled on the ground, laughing.

“Who are you?” asked a voice. An ocelot stood in the entrance of the clearing. Then another trap sprung up and Kollin was stuck in the net.

Roxy sneered, “ HA! YOU’RE STUCK HERE TOO-”

“SHUT UP!” yelled the ocelot. Bramble and  Sky backed away. “ Are you going to get your friends to kill me?” asked the ocelot (trying to sound intimidating). Then the ocelot ran up to Sky and bit her on the shoulder. The ocelot clawed her in the face and ran.

“ After it!” screeched Sky, getting back up.

“Whoa! Is your leg ok?” asked Bramble. Sky’s leg was shaking like there was a hurricane. Sky shook her head, “ I’m good, just go after the ocelot.”

Bramble ran after the ocelot. Sky was helping Roxy and Kollin get down. The forest was getting darker and darker. Then a figure hit him. Bramble fell to the cold ground. The figure kept running. Bramble got up again and chased after it. Then sunlight flashed in Bramble’s eyes. The ocelot grabbed his paw and dragged him back in the dark forest. Bramble couldn’t move his paws.

“ Stay here,” said the ocelot.

“ Who are you?”

“Gaby, but don’t ask! We don’t have much time left,”

“What? What are you doing?”

“ They’re after you,”

“Who is they?”

“The Attackers,”

Author Note: Cliffhanger!! Gaby  (the ocelot) is Greatshot’s character. Sorry for not posting for a long time.

New chapter coming soon!!!

Hello! It has been a long time since I posted a chapter. I will have to edit some parts of it. Also I barely have any followers.  I really don't know what to do. I will post a new chapter soon.
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Chapter Five: Night Training

“ Wake up!” hissed a voice. Bramble opened his tired eyes. He saw Ashtail outside the tent. Bramble walked to the tent flap- trying not to step on apprentices.

“ We are going for training with some other apprentices,” explained Ashtail. It was still dark outside. Bramble and Ashtail walked along the camp. They entered the forest where three apprentices were waiting. Bramble identified one easily, Sky, the cat he fought from before. Sky rolled her eyes once.  Bramble saw two wolves standing next to each other.

“Ok, Sky and Bramble, you two are going to fight in the dark. You can use claws,” explained a fox whom he saw with Ashtail when he arrived in The Rebels camp. “ Stand your guard. The first one to give up, loses.  Also, don’t inflict any major damages,” whispered Ashtail. Bramble nodded.

“ Go!” exclaimed the fox. Sky darted to the left. Bramble went to chase after her, but she disappeared. Bramble looked around trying to find her.

“Come on!” he whispered to himself. He then spotted a tree. Bramble unsheathed his claws and climbed the tree. He went to the top of the tree where the moonlight glowed. Bramble felt like staying there, but he had to look out. He scouted below him and saw a ripple in a lake nearby. Bramble suddenly jumped out of the tree and landed in the water.

Bramble held his breath. Suddenly, he spotted Sky swimming to the right. Bramble swam to the bottom of the lake, so he could attack Sky by surprise. Sky seemed not to notice Bramble. Then Bramble slowly swam up, and he clawed Sky in the belly. She grabbed Bramble’s paw and threw him out of the lake. He landed on his back, and he gasped for air. Sky then emerged from the lake. She clawed his belly. Bramble yelped in pain and kicked her with his back paws. He got up and clawed her in the shoulder. Bramble slammed into her side, knocking her over. He pinned her on the wet ground.

“ I give up!” yelled Sky. Bramble got off her and she snorted.

“ You win! Congratulations!” said Sky sarcastically. Bramble turned away and walked back to his mentor. “Not bad!” said Bramble’s mentor, patting him on the back. Bramble grumbled, “ What is up with her?” “Well the Shadow Mountain Deputy killed her brothers and her dad. She was training to be a healer, but when she heard the news she changed to be a warrior to get vengeance,” explained Ashtail. “Oh,” replied Bramble.

"I don’t blame her. My parent died and I ran to the rebels. Firetail was willing to be my new dad even though he was a tiger and I was a wolf,” added Ashtail. He paused and they walked back to the apprentice den to go to sleep. Bramble woke up ( again). All of the apprentices were gone except for Sky. Sky was muttering to herself. Bramble stretched and yawned. “Alright, I admit it, you did good,” said Sky. She looked at him with sky blue eyes.

“Thanks,” said Bramble. The she cat stood up. “ Sorry for being a mouse brain to you-it is just that I really don’t like losing, so sorry if I made you mad,” explained Sky. Bramble nodded,” It’s ok with me!”

“Can I come with you and your friends? I don’t have any. Also today we have no training and tomorrow too,” said Sky. Bramble nodded. Sky smiled and walked with him to Roxy and Kollin.

“Lets go hunt in the forest!” exclaimed Bramble. They all walked in the forest.

Author’s Note: Sky is gonna be one of the main characters by the way.  Also I am going to make a Character Page soon. Stay tuned.

Chapter Four: Battle Training

The apprentices awoke when it was sunrise. They assembled with their mentors, and went into the dark forest. Bramble followed Ashtail as he gave a tour of the camp. They finally started to train.

“Do you know how to unsheathe your claws, yet?” asked Ashtail. Bramble shook his head.  Ashtail showed him how to do it, after many tries he succeeded. Ashtail showed him moves like claw and bite. Bramble felt bad for Ashtail because Bramble had to do the moves on him. Ashtail finished teaching the basics to him. “It is lunch now, follow me,” said Ashtail, jerking his head. They walked past some hills and a cliff to the lunch area. Roxy and Thrash were the only ones there at the moment. Thrash and Ashtail started talking. Ashtail would laugh at some of Thrash’s jokes as he bit into his deer leg.

“How is training?” asked Bramble, breaking the silence between him and Roxy. She looked up and snorted, “ It was fine, I learned some new moves.” Bramble and Roxy then talked about fighting moves and cool techniques( this surprised him because Roxy was mean all the time ). Bramble looked down from the cliff and saw a group of apprentices walking back to the hills. Kollin was there so Roxy and Bramble joined the group of apprentices. “What is this?” asked Roxy, sneering.

"It is battle training. It is basically a competition of who is the best fighter out of the apprentices,” answered another apprentice. 

The apprentice jerked his head to a female cat with pale white fur and sparkling sky blue eyes ( must have been Aurora’s kit ) “That is Sky. She is the champion of battle training for an entire week!” exclaimed the apprentice. They finally reached a flat area in the forest. There were circles, Bramble assumed it was where each animal stood before they fought. Sky and the apprentice walked to the circles and they stood in a circle.

“ No claws and no fangs, fight now!” yelled an apprentice standing in the middle of them. Sky did not hesitate for a second. She jumped up and kicked the apprentice in the back- making him fall to the ground. Sky then sat on him. “Sky is the winner! Bramble come up,” exclaimed the apprentice or judge. He was next to battle her? Bramble wobbled his way to the circle. Sky snorted slightly and got in a crouching position. “ No claws and no fangs, fight now!” exclaimed the apprentice.

Sky jumped in the air and tackled him to the floor. Bramble leapt up throwing Sky off him. Some of the apprentices clapped a bit.

“Sky will beat him anyway,” Bramble heard one of the apprentices whisper to another.

Sky shook off some dust on her pelt and charged at him. She body slammed him into a tree. Sky backed away and laughed a bit. Suddenly, a branch fell on her back. She fell to the ground, and Bramble stood on her. The apprentices applauded and the judge even looked happy.

“ Victory to Bramble!” exclaimed the crowd. The apprentices soon went back to their den for the night.

Sky sat by Bramble, she looked like she was mad at him. Roxy kept chatting to an older apprentice about training. Kollin was trying to get the attention of another apprentic. Bramble felt tired, so he rested his eyes and fell asleep.

Author's Note: So this is Bramble's first day of training! I added a music list because it is cool!

                                     Chapter Three

                                                            Bramble

Koi landed on a patch of grass after the big bird dropped him. He got up and saw a fox and a wolf standing over him. He then saw a familiar bird with a yellow beak, misty grey eyes, and white and grey feathers. Koi realized it was the bird he was talking to earlier. The fox whispered something to the wolf, and then the fox ran south. Two animals behind him seized him by his legs and pulled him in the same direction the fox went.

Koi entered a tent which smelled like flowers.  He sat on a soft object. An elder looking tiger stared at him with sharp eyes. The tiger jerked his head at a pile of prey, “ Eat,” insisted the tiger. Koi grabbed a mouse and chewed on it. “Windfeather protected you from those animals right?” questioned the tiger. Koi nodded realizing Windfeather was the bird from before. The tiger gave a satisfied smile. “ I’m Firetail by the way, leader of the rebels,” the tiger said with kindness, “ And your name is Bramble.” Koi looked at the tiger with confusion, Koi was not Bramble. “ Oh right you have your River tribe name,” said Firetail, interrupting Koi’s thoughts. Firetail padded to the food pile and grabbed a deer leg. He started chewing on it and after he finished he put the bones in a nest.

“Your mother was part of the rebels. She was even born here,” started the tiger, “ She was my apprentice, and she was a very nice and kind young apprentice. After a while, she became a warrior and  fought for the rebels.   She then had a kit, which is you, and your mom named you Bramble,” explained the elder tiger. Koi tried not to cry, because his mother had died.

“So then my mom moved to River Tribe for no reason.  She and the leader became mates, and Stream is my sister,” muttered Koi, finishing the tiger’s story. “ So your name is Bramble,” concluded the tiger. Firetail jerked his head to the flap of the tent and they both walked out.

“Gathering!” roared Firetail. Animals came out from trees and hills. Koi, or now Bramble, walked to the top of a rock. Bramble looked and saw Roxy, Stream, and Kollin standing there awkwardly.“ Four new trainers have been brought here,” started Firetail, “ They are here because the Shadow Mountain warriors are after them,” added Firetail. After he said that, the whole crowd of animals from below started whispering about it. Only three animals didn’t whisper and they were Windfeather, the wolf he first saw after the bird dropped him in the patch of grass,and a fox which was with the wolf from before.  The whispers died down, and Firetail continued, “ It is my priority to keep them safe so they will be apprentices here.  We will need mentors,” said Firetail. The tiger scanned the crowd and looked back at Roxy.

“Thrash, you will mentor Roxy here,” said the elder tiger. A wolf with a dark coat of fur and red eyes walked up to where Firetail was standing. He seemed serious, but Koi could also see he was happy. “Thrash is an old warrior and he needs an apprentice.  He will be a perfect mentor for Roxy,” said Firetail. Roxy seemed confused and happy. Thrash stood next to Roxy. Firetail scanned the crowd again. “ Windfeather, I think you will be a perfect mentor for Stream,” Firetail said. Windfeather smirked and flew next to Stream. Firetail scanned the crowd again then looked at Kollin. “ Aurora I think you will be a great mentor for Kollin,” Firetail continued. Aurora was a cat with pale white fur and sparkling, sky blue eyes. She walked up to the rock with pride and a mysterious look on her face. She stood next to Kollin. He would have cracked a joke, but he kept quiet.

Without looking in the crowd, Firetail finally chose the last mentor,( Koi ) Bramble’s mentor.

“Ashtail would be the best mentor for Koi, or now Bramble.  My son is an experienced warrior and he hasn’t had any apprentices yet. Bramble is his apprentice now,” finished Firetail.

Ashtail ( the wolf with the fox from before ) walked next to Bramble. “We are done with the ceremony now,” finished Firetail. The crowd erupted with cheers and chanted each of the new apprentice’s names. The crowd quickly dispersed. Their mentors guided the four to the apprentice den, while they went to the warriors' den. Bramble could hear the warriors congratulating the new mentors. “This always happens,” muttered an apprentice who was trying to sleep,” The warriors won’t shut up.”  Bramble then fell asleep to a song the warriors were singing.

Bramble woke up to the sound of a twig snap. He looked around. All of the apprentices were snoring, and some drooling. Bramble decided to go outside to investigate. Two silhouettes were walking out of the forest. “ Lets hope no one notices us,” muttered one of the silhouettes. Bramble raced to them, “ Roxy? Kollin? What are you doing out here?” They both turned and looked at Bramble. “ What does it look like Koi?” hissed Roxy. “It’s Bramble by the way,” corrected Bramble.  Roxy sighed, “ Look this is scary. The tiger knew my name, and I didn’t even tell it to him.”  “Me too and also Stream, so lets go Roxy,” said Kollin, giving Roxy a stare.  “I will kill you later Kollin, but seriously we have to go!” said Roxy, raising her voice.

Bramble cringed at how high Roxy’s voice was, but he resisted, “ Look this might not be that bad. I mean, didn’t he mention that some animals are trying to kill us!” said Bramble.

“The tribes are safer than here,” replied Roxy.  Kollin nodded in agreement, “ I agree with my one true love.” And then Kollin started teasing her by making smooching noises. Roxy looked like she was going to kill Kollin. “Fine,” she grumbled. Bramble was going to gloat, but he knew Roxy would break his arm.  They then padded back to the apprentice den.

Author’s Note: So if you guys are still confused Koi changed his name back to Bramble and do you know where Stream is?