New Joiners and Important Ceremonies

Sparrowstar leaped up the Great Stump. "Attention BristleClan! We have new joiners today. Please welcome Fernshadow, Dawnpaw, and Snowningsong!

Fernshadow, you have earned the position of Head Warrior in BristleClan. Fernshadow, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and carry out your Head Warrior duties in truth and for and only for the clan?"
"I do."
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I pronounce you Head Warrior."

"And now, Snowingsong shall become the clan's medicine cat. I, Sparrowstar, leader of BristleClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this cat She has trained hard to understand the ways of a medicine cat, and with your help, she will serve her Clan for many moons. Snowingsong, do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do."
"Then by the powers of StarClan, you are now the medicine cat Snowingsong of BristleClan. StarClan honors your kindness and spontaniousness and I hope you shall use it for the good of the Clan."

"And finally, may Snowingsong accept Dawnpaw as her apprentice. Dawnpaw, is it your wish to enter the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?"
"It is."
"Then come forward. Warriors of StarClan, I present to you this apprentice. She has chosen the life of a medicine cat. Grant her your wisdom and insight so that she may understand your ways to heal her Clan in accordance to your will. Dawnpaw, you are now BristleClan's medicine cat apprentice."

"Fernshadow! Snowingsong! Dawnpaw!"

"We welcome with warm hearts the new joiners.  That is all." Sparrowstar jumped off the Great Stump.

New Members!

Sparrowstar leaped up on the Great Stump. She didn't have to yowl, for all the clan's cats were already there. Instead she smiled. "BristleClan, please welcome these new members, Sootclaw, Lakepoppy, and Thornfang! They are former rouges.. but have put that side of them behind, anf have agreed to join us. Today, Angelfur and I have found them waiting at the border to ask if they may join. After confirming that they were not of Sun's cats, we led them back to camp where they were given warrior names."
"Lakepoppy is expecting kits, and she could've never survived with them the way rouges lived. Sootclaw is her mate, and Thornfang is their first kit."
Sparrowstar smiled gratefully. "We shall welcome them with joy and hospitality."

"Sootclaw! Lakepoppy! Thornfang!" the clan cheered.

Rouges' Threat

Sparrowstar watched the camp entrance warily. Angelfur had said she scented other cats approaching, but she didn't know them.
Suddenly, a bright ginger tom leaped through the entrance. Sparrowstar hissed loudly to warn the cat. Angelfur growled as the scent came to her. "I know this cat..." Angelfur muttered. "He's a rouge leader, and he uses other cats to disguise his own scent. Disgusting parasite, he takes dead cat bodies and rubs himself against them." Sparrowstar curled her lip in disgust. The rouge chuckled a laugh and sat down.
Angelfur and Sparrowstar stayed alert.
"You don't think I'll hurt you when I'm outnumbered, do you?" he grinned. Angelfur's claws flexed. "What do you want here?" Sparrowstar mumbled. The rouge stood up once again and raised his tail. Another cat, a brown and white one stumbled out from the bushes. "I want my territory free of any other cats except for my own. Either you join us, you leave for good, or you die." Angelfur growled. "Is that a challenge?" she roared. The tom simply smiled. "My name is Sun, doncha forget. I don't follow any rules; I make them. I will kill to get my way, and I have others awaiting to do the same. Once again, either join us, leave, or die. You shall choose by the next moon. Then, I will come with others, ready to do what you have chosen. That is, either welcome you, escort you out, or kill you. That is all. Oh, and until that next moon, Dragonclaw here will stay with you to monitor you and make sure you don't do anything out of my plans. Good bye." Sun left, leaving the other tom, Dragonclaw, with Angelfur and Sparrowstar.
Dragonclaw looked worried and parcially sick. Angelfur stood ready to be attacked if he tried anything, but Sparrowstar sighed and sat down. She carelessly tossed a mouse to the tom, and then slumped off to her den. Angelfur watched in astonishment, then growled gently to the tom. She trotted off towards the Great Oak, where she could observe his every move from a higher point.

Angelfur's Fall

Sparrowstar sat in the middle of the empty camp, chewing hungrily at a beaten up bone. Angelfur was sitting next to her, every single bone in her body showing. She had abandoned the rabbit's bone she was trying to digest, and was weakly trying to steady herself. Sparrowstar stared warily at her deputy, and quickly fetched a shrew from the Fresh-kill pile. Angelfur was just adjusting to being a Clan cat, not an underfed rouge. Sparrowstar motioned to the shrew, and Angelfur leaned down to gulp it down. Halfway there, she collapsed and her expression went blank. Sparrowstar screeched and ran to get herbs. Carefully she recalled her herb memory, and with the little she knew, gave Angelfur the treatment to awaken again.
At first, she was wobbly and drowsy, but then spotted the shrew and gulped it down in a few famished bites. Still very weak, she pleaded with her eyes for more. Sparrowstar quickly fetched a squirrel and a robin, plopping them in front of Angelfur. Angelfur shaved them soon and licked the bones clean. In place, she fainted and slept. Sparrowstar cursed and then sent a prayer to StarClan to send them a medicine cat. A blinking star shone back. Sparrowstar nodded thankfully and dragged Angelfur to the den.