RC- Finding of Hawkpaw

One crisp, lovely morning, Rosestar of RiverClan was patrolling her borders with a few other warriors, Shineheart and Thorntail. They were nearing the river when a small group of rogues sprang from the bushes.

The warriors fought valiantly, and soon the rogues gave up. They ran away, and Thorntail and Shineheart hared after them to chase them to the border.

But Rosestar felt one of the rogues was missing when they ran off. She began to search the area and soon found a mangy brown tom lying in a clump of bracken by the river.

Rosestar instinctively bristled and began to prepare to attack the tom, but then she smelled the familiar milky scent of a kit!

The brown tom stood. “My name is Nettle,” he began. “Please don’t harm me. I am a rogue, but I don’t like how they live. I can’t leave, but at least, please take my kit.” He nosed a tiny brown kit, squeaking and tumbling, out between his legs.

“What about her mother?” Rosestar challenged.”Did you steal this kit?”

Nettle shook his head. “Her mother is a kittypet, She does not want this kit. Please take her; I don’t want her to grow up like those vicious rogues I live with.”

Eventually, Rosestar agreed to take the young kit back to her camp. “But what about you?” she asked.

“I can’t leave. They’ll come looking for me, but they won’t really care if my kit disappears.”

With a nod of farewell, Rosestar and Nettle went separate ways, but before she could get very far, Rosestar heard Nettle’s voice. “Her name is Hawk!”

Hawkkit, thought Rosestar. Welcome to RiverClan.