Splashleaf's Journey

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Splash stumbles into the camp. The cats all stare at her. Splash's green eyes flashed with pain. Her shoulder was ripped open and her paw was leaving blood marks in her wake. "I need to speak to Stormstar." Splash meows.  A silvery-grey cat steps out of a den.  Splash's eyes flash with a emotion nobody could place. "Why do you need to?" Mapleshade snarls.  "I found a cat that he might like to have back in his clan again." Splash hisses her claws unsheathing. Stormstar shoves the medicine cat out of the way. "Show me." He demands. A white cat with grey patches steps out from behind Splash. Stormstar's eyes light up. "Go on..." Splash meows to her mother. Her mother sends her a grateful look. "Are you going to be fine out there?" She meows. Splash purrs. "I'll be fine.. I promise... now go be reunited with him again." Splash flicks her tail as her mom pads over to Stormstar. Stormstar sent her a grateful look and Splash turned away. She shook her paw, sending blood all over the place. Then she races off to the forest. Splash steps into the forest. Her sparkling green eyes turn dull. 'I can't keep looking happy around them then turning sad..' Splash sighs as she slips into the tree she used for a den every night. Her shoulder throbbed with pain and her paw was still bleeding. Her ears perk up when she hears rustling. Then a tom jumped in front of her. Splash stands up and her claws come out. The tom looks at her. "I'm not going to harm you. I was just to try and convince you to come back to the camp until your injuries are healed." The tom meows. "Who are you?" Splash snarls, her instincts kicking in. "I'm Cloudpaw. I saw you earlier today and so did my sister Mosspaw." Cloudpaw meows. Splash relaxes enough to study him. His white fur was shiny and didn't have a mark anywhere. Splash hesitantly takes a step forward. Cloudpaw purrs. "Come on! Who knows you might even be accepted into the clan!" Cloudpaw starts running off to the camp and Splash sighs and overtakes him, easily.  She stops and waits for him to catch up. "How do you run so fast?" He meows, panting. "I'm a rogue and so is my mom. I took after her and got her hunting and running skills." Splash meows. Cloudpaw just nods his head and walks in. Her mom looks up and purrs. Splash rolls her eyes and follows Cloudpaw to the medicine cat's den. She steps in and Mapleshade looks up. "Cloudpaw out. You loner stay." Mapleshade's voice was cold. "I didn't plan on leaving anytime soon." Splash replies, icily. Mapleshade tends to Splash's wounds and Splash doesn't even blink. Splash stands up. "Now I can leave." Splash narrows her eyes at the she-cat. Mapleshade does the same. A staring contest between green eyes and amber eyes then happened.

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Cloudpaw stepped in and looked at the two cats. "Anybody care to explain what's going on?" Cloudpaw asks. Splash whirls around, anger in her eyes. "Nothing Cloudpaw. I hate her and she hates me. End of story." Splash snarls. Cloudpaw's green eyes widen in shock. "I didn't think Mapleshade could hate anyone." Cloudpaw meows. Splash's white tail flicked and the silver tip caught the sunlight. She could feel Cloudpaw's gaze on her but she padded away, not thinking about it much. Splash sighs and looks over to see her mom talking to a small brown cat. Splash pads over and looks at the cat. The cat turns around. "I'm Mosspaw, Cloudpaw's sister. We don't look alike because they found me out in the forest, almost dead. Cloudpaw and I are super close, so we consider each other brother and sister." Mosspaw meows. Splash looks at her. "Nice I guess." Splash meows. "What's your story?" Mosspaw meows, excited. Splash blinks. "My mom is Stream and my dad is Stormstar. I'm a rogue or loner and I am now in here. I got in fights all the time with other loners." Splash meows. Cloudpaw had sat down while she was talking. "Is that why you're so mean?" Cloudpaw inquires. Splash's eyes widen. "I'm not mean! It's just my natural instincts and the environment I had lived in for so long!" Splash meows.

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Stormstar steps down and looks at the four. "Splash do you wish to keep your name or change it to Splashpaw?" Stormstar meows. Splash gulps nervously. "I'll keep it Splash for now." Splash meows, her green eyes showing no emotion. Stream nods her head. "Cloudpaw, go grab your mentor for me." Stormstar orders. Cloudpaw nods and runs over to a blue-gray tom. The tom looks over and pads over to Stormstar. "Yes Stormstar?" The tom meows. "Can you take Splash to mentor as well as Cloudpaw?" Stormstar asks. "I have my paws full with Rosepaw and Mosspaw and I also have to mentor Stream. Nobody else can take her since they all have apprentices as well." Stormstar explans. The tom nods his head, sighing. "I'll take Splash. My name is Graytail." Graytail meows. Splash nods her head. "I'll teach Cloudpaw how to hunt. I think you already know how." Graytail meows looking at Splash. Splash nods her head. Graytail flicks his tail and the two follow him. "So Splash tell me about yourself." Graytail meows. Splash lashes her tail. "My parents are Stream and Stormstar and I lived like a rogue ever since my mom ran away. We got rid of the last part of our names and took on our loner names." Splash explains. "I'm guessing you remember Mosspaw's mother?" Splash freezes. "I.. I do." She stammers. "She joined a clan called Bloodclan." Splash meows. "She had to get rid of Mosspaw because if she didn't then she would die and Mosspaw would be stuck there." Splash finishes. Graytail turns around. "We found Mosspaw almost dead." Graytail meows. "I had nothing to do with that. I only knew Mosspaw's mother when she stopped by us to explain what she was going to do." Splash quickly defends herself. Cloudpaw looks up. "Don't tell Mosspaw about this." Splash meows looking at him. Cloudpaw looks back down. Splash looks back down. "So you guys were in the clan before?" Cloudpaw meows. Splash nods her head. "Mapleshade was just an apprentice when we left." Splash meows. "I was a kit, about to turn apprentice, along with Cloudpaw and his real sister Frostpaw." Splash meows. Cloudpaw freezes. "You remember Frostpaw?" He meows, shocked. Splash nods her head. "Of course I do. She was the cat that helped us escape." Splash purrs. Graytail turns around. "Enough chatting. Come on we need to teach Splash how to fight the clan way." Graytail meows and the two follow behind him.

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Graytail pads to the clearing and Cloudpaw stands next to Graytail. Splash eyes them. "Show me how you fight. Keep your claws sheathed and no teeth. Cloudpaw fight her." Graytail instructs. Splash turns her attention to Cloudpaw. Cloudpaw circles her and Splash circled and looked at him. He leaped forward and Splash sidestepped. Cloudpaw landed unsteadily on his feet. Splash turned and pawed him over. Cloudpaw blinked at her. Splash grabbed his scruff and threw him. Cloudpaw landed on his feet and turned to Splash. He dashed towards her and Splash stood stiff. Then she felt a burning in her shoulder. Splash blinked and turned towards Cloudpaw. He had blood on his muzzle. Graytail was staring at them. "Splash and Cloudpaw.. camp now." Graytail orders. Splash turns and dashes towards it, two sets of paws behind her. She burst into the camp and Mapleshade looked at her. "Again?" Mapleshade sighed and dragged her into the den.