//------------------------------// // Riverwhat now? // Story: My Little Warrior Cats // by CometandAqua //------------------------------// "Answer me!" The brown tom demanded. Just at that point, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle woke up. The drowsy Apple Bloom took a groggy look at AppleJack and knew who she was talking to. "Big sister, where are we?" She asked with her southern drawl. "Not now Apple Bloom, we got ourselves a visitor." AppleJack quickly replied. She and Rarity shuffled over to the kittens to protect them from the hostile cat. "I am Luna!" Luna cried out in her too-loud voice. "We ask that you tell us where we are, as we seem to be lost!" "Lost huh? Well Luna, I think I'll take you and your colorful friends to Mistystar, just to make sure none of you are ShadowClan or WindClan spies. Oh, by the way, we are currently in RiverClan territory, but I do think you know that." He replied with slits as eyes. He motioned for the group to follow him and walked off towards the center of the territory. "Are you sure this cat isn't full of ponyfeathers?" Rainbow Dash asked the Lunar Princess. • • • "Hollowsound, who are these cats you've brought?" A gray she-cat asked the brown tom. "I found them by the stream, Mistystar. I think they may be spies, but the colorful pelts and their lack of knowledge says otherwise." Hollowsound answered. Their colorful pelts did stand out among the many gray and brown cats in the camp, drawing stares from kits and elders alike. Suddenly, a gray tabby she-cat came running from one of the caves towards the group of cats. "Mistystar! I know these cats, they are the ones StarClan told me of!" She panted. "They are supposed to help us in a time of need, but what I am not fully sure of." "Thank you Willowshine, I will remember that." Mistystar gently told the young cat. "CATS OF RIVERCLAN! ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR OWN FISH GATHER BELOW THE HIGHROCK!" Mistystar yowled. After all the cats had gathered, Mistystar began the meeting. "It is time our new visitors gained their Clan names..." • • • • • Checking on the other ponies cats, Twilight determined that nopony cat was injured. Once everypony was awake( Twilight was all, screw this species! I'm talkin' Equestrian!!), they tried to grip the situation and determine a plan. "Let's throw a party!" "Oh how cool!!" "Muffinz!!" "We could try exploring, if you don't mind." They went with Fluttershy's idea if you couldn't guess. The group of cats walked off deeper into the forest, Fluttershy carrying Scootaloo by the scruff. The forest was composed of not much more than a few types of trees, bramble thickets, various herbs, and a beach surrounding the large lake. The six cats walked on, barely speaking a word and only stopping to pick Derpy off the ground a few times. After nightfall, they made a small camp in a tree's roots. Nopony was really hungry, so no food was gathered. The day was uneventful and they quickly dosed off. • • • "Are you sure you saw multicolored cats, Bumblestripe?" A ginger she-cat asked a gray tom farther off in the forest. "I'm sure, Squirrelflight. Should we just let them stay in our territory?" Bumblestripe asked. "No, we will take action tomorrow at sunhigh. For now we watch them." • • • Once the sun rose in the morning, to all the cats' surprise, especially Celestia, the group pushed out to find the other six cats/ponies and find a way to fix the mess. After a while, Scootaloo got antsy. "Can I pleeeaase walk instead of being carries?" She asked with the cutest face she could muster. "Alright, but stay close." Twilight replied to the kitten. Happy with her answer, Scootaloo ran off towards a strange-looking tree a few meters away. Past the tree, she noticed a large wall of brambles and bracken. "Guys, come over here!" She called to the other ponies. They came running, and Derpy flew past them and into the quarry below the wall. "Oops! I just don't know what went wrong!" The grey she-cat called back up, but everypony else could see plenty of other cats closing in around her. As a sudden act of courage, Twilight jumped down in front of her and the other four followed. A brown tabby tom stomped past the other cats and right up to Twlight. "Who are you and why are you in ThunderClan's camp?!" • • • After at least a half-hour of explaining to the tom, they finally convinced him that they were no more than confused cats far away from home. "Equestria you say?" The brown cat inquired. "What is that like, a horse?" "Yes Bramblestar," Celestia explained. "I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria. My sister and several of my student's friends have disappeared when Twilight cast the spell sending us here. We wish to find them and find a way home as well." "Bramblestar," a gray tom asked from in front of a small crevice in the stone walls. "I need to tell you something." "Of course, Jayfeather." Bramblestar replied as he walked over to the tom's den. "StarClan recently told me of the coming of these cats, all the Clans know. Bluestar said that these cats come from a faraway place of peace and harmony, which they have already explained, but all together are more powerful than even Lionblaze, Dovewing, and I. We must help them in their time of need, as it will become ours. In other words, Bluestar said those cats are our new Clanmates." "Well then, it must be time for their Clan names, as sudden as this may be. Thank you, Jayfeather. This could save our Clan as we know it." Bramblestar walked out and onto a large rock in the camp. "ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR OWN PREY GATHER BELOW THE HIGHROCK FOR A CLAN MEETING!!" He called out. Once the clan gathered around, Bramblestar spoke words much similar to those of Mistystar. "It is time for these cats to receive their Clan names..."