Chapter 7: StormClan

Chapter 7:  StormClan

     Ivystar observed her clan.  It was a strong clan with many strong warriors, but not orderly at all.  She walked over to a puddle.  Ivystar was unusually small, about the size of an apprentice.  Her lack of height was a major disadvantage: just because she was small, StormClan wouldn't take her seriously.  Until she could get the clan under control, all she could do was pray that nothing bad would happen.  Ivystar was a great leader, she prayed to StarClan and thanked them for all the wonderful blessings her clan had.  They didn't share a border with DeathClan, and that was a miracle.  CreekClan was strict on borders, but FireClan knew that Ivystar struggled with her clan and gave the tiniest bit of sympathy for that.  There was plenty of prey in their territory, so hunger didn't drive them crazy.  Ivystar looked over at the fresh-kill pile.  It was full.  Ivystar decided to deliever some prey to the elders, queens, and Barleyleaf: the medicine cat.  They all deserved some food.  Ivystar especially respected the elders.  They'd grown up and survived the wilderness before the clans, what used to be known as the Northern Backyard.  Ivystar began her deliveries.  She walked to Barleyleaf's den first.  "Thanks so much!"  Barleyleaf exclaimed.  Ivystar knew Barleyleaf was really happy, for she hadn't eaten yesterday because the warriors only caught a few peices of prey due to the bad weather.  Next she delivered three mice to Scratchpelt and Woodtree, the queens.  Last, she went to the elder's den.  "Ivystar,"  Patchpetal was in the center of a semi-circle, with the older kits around her.  "You're just in time for a story,"  Ivystar smiled.  "Sorry, Patchpetal," she said.  "I just have enough time to deliver some food,"  Ivystar dropped three birds.  Patchpetal smiled.  "I understand," she said.  "With a clan like this one, a leader's always busy,"  Ivystar exited.  She really wanted to stay for a story, but she had work to do.  She jumped to the tall branch and looked out at her clan.  She had 13 warriors, 5 apprentices, 7 existing kits, and 2 queens expecting kits.  Twenty-seven cats total.  She had the second biggest clan out of the southern and northern clans.  Wow.  A huge responsability.  Too many cats to feed.  They needed about 20 pieces just to fill everyone's bellies.  Lots of the other clans thought they were weak, but they were wrong.  StormClan trusted Ivystar.  They just didn't have a lot of faith in her physical ability.  She did have many advantages, though.  She could easily hold up her weight during battle, and slip under cats.  With that knoledge, her clan trusted.  Ivystar was thankful for that.
                                                 End of Chapter 6