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Ravengaze||

              The battle went well. Through the mess of claws and fur, if you looked close enough you could tell that there were two cats fighting. Almost identical, the pair of cats were covered in fresh wounds, blood oozing out when Rainstar stopped the battle. Everyone who was surrounding the cats started murmuring their predictions on what they thought would happen. Rainstar quickly silenced them with a flick of his tail and an emotionless stare. Masking emotions. So dumb. Ravengaze was lost in thought as Rainstar spoke to the Clan.
              Ravengaze had always believed that masking your emotions was a dumb thing to do, but apparently, everyone else in FogClan saw it as a good idea. He hoped that with enough persuasion they could finally give up on that ancient law. As the midnight black tom snapped out of his thoughts, he noticed that both cats were even worse than what they had started out as, their matted fur now stained with blood, and fur stuck in between their claws.
              "These cats have shown and proved they are worthy to become members of FogClan, so will accept them into our graces. Badger, you are a young tom full of spirit and skill. StarClan looks down on you with pride. You shall be known as Badgerstorm from now on, because you are as swift as a storm, but very powerful. May StarCLan light your path as a fighter of this Clan." Badgerstorm dipped his head and turned back toward the Clan, but changed direction and decided to go to Lillypaw instead. Ravengaze was immediately furious, but knew that he had to keep his anger to himself. Rainstar kept his eyes glued to Badgerstorm when he spoke.
              "Fish, step forward." The skinny she-cat hesitantly padded to where Rainstar was. Next to him, she looked like a mouse. "Fish, you are a she-cat destined for greatness. You fought well, and StarClan looks down on you with pride, and you shall now be known as Fishflight. May StarClan light you path as a fighter of this Clan. You are dismissed." Ravengaze quickly turned to pad out of camp, but was stopped abruptly when Coldpelt came up to him.
              "Ravengaze." Her emotionless tone made the black tom want to race out of camp and never return, but he slowly moved to face her instead. "Yes, Coldpelt?" His ear flicked in annoyance, but he spoke regardless. "You're leading a border patrol with Yellowfur, Larkpaw, Russetsong, and Hawkbite. Go to the border on the east. Let's hope that CloudClan isn't willing to start a fight." Ravengaze nodded shortly and headed off to find the cats he was assigned with.
              When all of the cats had gathered before him, he explained the game plan to them. "Coldpelt wants us to go to the border east of the river. Both Clans have not renewed that border recently, so if we end up meeting a CloudClan patrol," He glared at Larkpaw, "Then make sure we do not end up creating trouble." Larkpaw cut in. "Why can't she take out a patrol?" Ravengaze shrugged. "I don't know, but she's probably busy. Anyways, am I understood?" Everyone agreed and Ravengaze padded briskly out of camp with Russetsong next to him, Yellowfur and Larkpaw in the middle, and Hawkbite bringing up the rear.
              The forest was peaceful as they walked through the tangle of thick trees and layers of fallen leaves. Ravengaze jumped as Larkpaw shouted out. "I smell squirrel!" Before Yellowfur could stop him, the apprentice ran out from the line of cats and raced into a bundle of bushes, where he disappeared. Russetsong quickly jumped to help in search of the apprentice and went to find his scent trail. Unfortunately, when she came back, there was a look of horror stashed behind her emotionless green eyes. "What happened? Did you find him?" Yellowfur asked, a look of worry placed on his face.
              Russetsong struggled to answer, but soon found her voice. "Y-yeah, I found him, alright. B-but he got himself into some t-trouble with a f-fox." Her voice trembled, and Yellowfur's eyes widened until it looked like they could widen no more. Before he even realized what he was saying, Ravengaze spoke clearly and without...emotion.
              "We have to save him. Hawkbite, you can sneak up from behind, Russetsong, you're going to take the side, Yellowfur will focus on saving Larkpaw, and I'll take care of the front. We have no time to spare." Leading the group of cats, Russetsong made a sharp turn into a clearing with dry, barren trees. In the middle of the clearing lay Larkpaw, a squirrel only a couple of tail-lengths from him. The thing that distracted Ravengaze the most was the bright orange fur of the fox, and its pitch black paws covered with dust.
              Sneaking up behind a bush, Ravengaze ran straight into the fox's muzzle. Knowing that he couldn't waste time, he swiped a paw at the fox's cheek, but it easily dodged the hit and attacked from the side, giving Ravengaze a hard blow to the shoulder. Falling to his side, the black tom rolled over in pain, not focusing on the fact that Hawkbite and Russetsong were now both facing the torture of the fox. Struggling to get to his paws, Ravengaze saw Larkpaw safely with Yellowfur and to the side. "We can leave!" He called out to Hawkbite, who was still battling the fox with as much strength as he could muster. When he heard, he ran underneath the fox, making it trip on its own paws. He limped over to where Ravengaze, yellowfur, Larkpaw, and Russetsong were waiting. As they walked back to camp, Ravengaze got a closer look at Larkpaw.
              The brown tom was covered in gashes-he guessed were made by the fox-that were deep, but not bad enough to hurt him. From head to tail-tip blood trickled down his pelt, and his ear was torn. On his flank was the worst cut. Down to the bone, the cut went from his underbelly to the top of his flank, and he was leaning against Yellowfur's golden pelt. All in all, he was still a brave apprentice, and Ravengaze saw how Lillypaw liked him. They're perfect for each other, the tom thought. Badgerstorm better not go in and mess everything up.
              When Larkpaw noticed that Ravengaze was looking at him, he smiled and tipped his head toward the prey in Yellowfur's mouth. He laughed when he spoke, but it was a laugh full of pain.
              "I got the squirrel."

A/N||
Hey Lovelies! So, I'm sorry I haven't updated, I've been stuck with Writer's Block. It's the WORST. Anyways, I should be getting back to my normal updating schedule now that it's over, so be on the lookout for more chappies of this! Oof, so I'm having some trouble with who to ship. For this chapter I'm gonna do the Ravengaze x (whoever it is) ships. You guys comment on who you ship the most and that's what will happen!
1) Ravengaze x Lillypaw
2) Ravengaze x Eaglepaw
3) Ravengaze x Minnow
4) Ravengaze x Larkpaw
5) Ravengaze x Coldpelt

So those are the ships! Coment on your favorite and as always, thanks for reading, voting, commenting and sharing, and I hope to see you soon!
Love Ya,
Briar