Right or Wrong? (Palestar!)

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Sparklepaw rushed into the camp just in time to see cats crawling out of their dens at the strong Thunderclan scent. Ambercloud stood in the middle of the camp, looking unsure of himself. He had never been here, of course, so he didn't know his way around. Sparklepaw meowed to herself, shaking at the cloudy outlook of her future.

Cats had started to crawl forward with unsheathed claws, hissing threats. Sparklepaw bound forward, standing beside the Thunderclan warrior with unsheathed claws.

"Back away from him," she hissed, ready to defend him against her own clan if necessary. "He and I need to speak to Palestar."

She let her fur touch his, trying to soothe him and his uncertainty. He was right, there was no other way. Sparklepaw saw Rosethorn in the back of the group of cats and the apprentice's eyes said it all.

She had followed her mentor's example of love.

[[PuRe]]

Pureheart padded out of the group of cat's surrounding the apprentice and the Thunderclanner. She stood before Sparklepaw. "What is he doign here?" She said rather calmdly. "Is this why your scent was mingled with Thunderclan the other day when fishing?" She asked. Pureheart padded to where Sparklepaw stood and sat down besides her. She had seen the deep-love-look in the apprenitce's eyes, so she guessed that the Thunderclan tom here was, must be, that love response. "Welcome.." She said to the tom. "to Riverclan.."

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Sparklepaw bowed her head, tears in her eyes at her friend's response. There was no lecture, only trust in her decision.

"Yes Pureheart, and thank you so much,"
she offered. She couldn't shake the feeling of the stares burning into her pelt from her clanmates. She knew they were thinking she was a traitor. She kept her head down, knowing they were right. she had betrayed her clan. But no matter what happened now, she would never give up Ambercloud.

[[PuRe]]

"No need Sparklepaw.." Pureheart said, returning to the apprentice's side. She turned, facing the crowd of cats that were staring meaningly and Sparklepaw and the tom. "Are you just going to stay there and stare? And curse? Sparklepaw just did what she had to do! She found love, and I know that many of you would do the same that she did! Many of us have broken the Warrior Code for love. Many! But look now! They atleast have the courage to show-up and face their clans no matter what! And now you despice the tom Sparklepaw has chosen? What kind of clanmates are you!?" Pureheart took a deep-breath, and continued. "I agree with Sparklepaw's decision, and I hope Palestar does too, for they had the nerve and the guts to show-up and face the consequences just for the sake of their love!" Pureheart looked down at the apprentice beside her, and she let out a sigh. "I think I'm done saying what I had to say.."

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Sparklepaw rose to her paws to take the very few steps to Pureheart's side and rubbed against her.

"You don't know how much this means to me, Pureheart,"
she whispered quietly. She licked her ear gently and returned to the side of her mate, looking around at the new reactions after Pureheart's side. She leaned against Ambercloud, and whispered into his ear.

"See? It will be fine."
She purred, nuzzling his head with hers and entwining their tails.

[~*hawkclaw*~]

Duskkit poked her head out of the nursery when she heard many cats talking, in different tones of, at once. She saw her mother's apprentice standing beside a cat that Duskkit never saw before.

[Pale*]

Palestar emerged from her den, awaken by the noise coming from the camp. She looked at the scene, rather confused. "What's going on here?" she asked loudly. She knew that Sparklepaw needed to become a warrior soon, but that couldn't be what all of the noise was about. She scanned the cats, noticing that one of them was not of RiverClan. She didn't say anything to him, but waited patiently for her question to be answered. She stood on the edge of her den, cats gathered below her. "Well?"

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Sparklepaw had followed Rosethorn's example. She was happy for her, but feared that she blew her chance to become a warrior. Rosethorn felt guilty, that she gave Sparklepaw the idea for a forbidden love. She knew what she had to do. She walked up to Sparklepaw and Ambercloud. "I see that you did find love after all. I couldn't be more proud of you," she purred. Her words came out very shaky, but she was still happy.

Frozencreek was shocked by all of this. But he too had found love that wasn't pure RiverClan. He felt strong admiration for Miserystrike, and hoped that it could evolve into a stong loving relationship. But he would never tell her that. He nodded in agreement with Sparklepaw's decision to tell others about her secret. Frozencreek had helped Rosethorn hide hers, but knew that the young she-cat would tell her kits when the time comes.
"Mother! What's happening?" Rustkit jumped, trying to see what was going on. For once he was awake. "Duskkit, do you know what's going on?" he asked his sister impatiently, not waiting for his mother's answer. He paced back and forth and realized that he wasn't going to figure anything out by doing so. He sat down, at the edge of the nursery entrance and listened. [/center]

((Holy Crap! I have way too many RiverClan cats. Plus Cricket will be joining! I have an idea. How about as a result, Palestar makes Sparklepaw a warrior? By the way, have you picked a name for her yet? All apprentices can be warriors now too! Make a thread and tell me, or we can do it all here.))

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[[YAY!!! lol. I haven't thought about it much...how about... Sparklestorm?]]

Sparklepaw glanced nervously at Palestar, also wondering if she had blown her chance at becomming a warrior. She leaned against Rosethorn for a second, licking her cheek in thanks. She looked around at her clanmates, and seeing their acceptance made her want to cry from happiness. She smiled.

[Pale*]

Palestar started to grow slightly impatient. "Can someone answer my question? Or do I have to order someone to?" she asked. She didn't like using her authority against her Clan, but she needed to get an answer out of someone. She wanted to know who the Non-RiverClan cat was, what was going on, and when the apprentices would be ready to be warriors. She needed a lot of answers, and tried to wait patiently for them. [/size]

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Sparklepaw stepped forward.

"Of course, Palestar. I'm so sorry. This..." she paused and took a breath. "This is my mate, Ambercloud. Hes from Thunderclan, but he wants to join Riverclan."
She entwined her tail with his again in comfort and smiled up at him.

[Pale*]

((Who plays Ambercloud?))

Palestar shook her head in amusement. "It seems to me that every RiverClan cat has a mate in another Clan or wasn't born in RiverClan. Very well. I know what that is like, and I will allow him to join RiverClan, with one condition to that," she nodded. She was proud that Sparklepaw was confident enough to come to her with it before she would be kitting. Unlike her mentor. Her old mate was in WindClan, so what could she really say against that. "He will do the same as others have done, such as Ebonyashes and Miserystrike. He will not be a warrior until he has stayed with us for one moon. He will study our ways and learn to become a RiverClan warrior. And to supervise that will be you, Sparklepaw. But inorder o do so, you must be a warrior," she led on. She was indeed going to make Sparklepaw a warior. [/size]

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Sparklepaw's eyes widened with surprise as her fur bristled. She smiled, and bowed her head.

"Yes, Palestar."
She was thrilled that her leader was accepting to her decision. She had waited for this moment her whole life, but she had never pictured it this way. She looked at Ambercloud.

She wasn't complaining.

[[Raven]]

[[PuRe]]

Pureheart smiled proudfuly, standing besides Sparklepaw, proud that her friend will finally become a warrior. She asked Sparklepaw, "Have you chosen a name yet?" Her eyes grew wide with interest, waiting for the moment when Sparklepaw will be named warrior.

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Sparklepaw nodded, eyes beaming. Her gaze never left Palestar's as she murmered,

"Sparklestorm."

[Pale*]

"Then, let us begin. I, Palestar the Leader of RiverClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, although she hasn't followed it perfectly, and I commend her to you as a warrior in his turn. Sparklepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend this Clan, even though you have made some decisions that the warriors code does not approve of?" she asked. She was new to the Being-a-Leader thing, but was doing her best to be strong for her Clan and make them strong once more. And making more warrior would do just that. [/size]