Part 2: "Wildpaw do you know the difference between rabbits and mice?" Sparkpelt asked me.“Yeah, rabbits can smell you before they see you, and mice feel you steps through the ground.” I replied. My mentor smiled at me. “Stormpaw will demonstrate the hunters crouch for us.” Firetail said. Stormpaw lowered himself so his stomach was barely touching the forest floor, and put his weight equally spread between his front and back legs and moved forward quietly. Then our mentors sent us out into the forest seeing if we could catch something. We parted ways and I smelt a rabbit. I stayed upwind so the rabbit could not smell me. I padded closer and then…I pounced, killing it with one swift bite. “Hey!” “Huh…Stormpaw you scared me by the way...nice catch!” “Not bad yourself.” He replied. We headed back to camp. Suddenly Stormpaw halted. “Stay behind me!” He whispered. I halted, and then it hit me there was a pungent smell. “What is that?” I said with disgust. “It’s a fox, we have to go back to camp and warn Bramblestar!” We headed back to camp with our prey where the others were waiting for us. Stormpaw immediately went to his mentor, and they went to Bramblestar’s den. The next day Firetail and Amberblaze went to scare the fox. While Sparkpelt, and Waterfall trained Strompaw, Nightpaw, Starpaw, and I in battle skills. A couple moons passed, and I was fully trained in battle, climbing, and hunting skills. However, today was not my warrior ceremony it was Stormpaw’s. I did not really pay attention to the ceremony, I could only feel sadness, and I had grown to like the fur ball. Stormpaw’s name is now Stormhawk! “Do you like Stormhawk?!” Nightpaw asked me with dilating eyes of interest, Starpaw was close by listening in. “No, of course not!” I said blushing. I padded to my mentor, who said we could do whatever we wanted this evening so naturally I was going to go take a nap. “Hey…. Wildpaw!” Stormhawk padded towards me. “I’m a warrior now!” “Yeah I noticed!” I snapped back. Stormhawk looked taken back for a moment. “Hey you’ll be a warrior soon.” He replied gently nudging me. “I know I’ll just miss you.” After realizing what I had just said I immediately said, “Who else am I going to tease.” He playfully swatted my ear. The next day it was time for the gathering at the four-trees. I had already been to one but it was quite boring all the leaders Tigerstar, Mistystar, Hallowstar, and our leader Bramblestar got into a huge row because of a rabbit that one of the Shadowclan warriors killed because it was at the gathering spot! After this thoughts crowded my mind. The gathering I went to was quite interesting. I went to my nest trying to sleep, but I could not stop thinking about the omen Bramblestar said that Aldertail our medicine cat had said. “The wild snows of the north shall cover the prey making them scarce, yet the wild shall help uncover a way for prey, till the snows pass.” I did not know how but I felt it was somehow related to me. CLIFF HANGER! Wait for part 3!
