A Light at Night - Warriors Fan-fiction chpt.1

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Glistenpaw and Dewpaw were going to be late for training! The two apprentices raced through the dense forest towards their mentors; Shellfeather, and Darkstar. Glistenpaw hated when she was late, since Shellfeather gave her harder training, and always went against the rules, and clawed her. He was the deputy, though, he could do what he liked to do... Darkstar wasn't much better for Dewpaw, as Glistenpaw knew. They raced into the training hollow, and noticed that there were two other apprentices in the clearing. They thought that they were so much better than Glistenpaw and Dewpaw just because they were two moons older than them. Grasspaw and Jaypaw noticed as Glistenpaw stopped in the clearing. "Look who's late," Jaypaw growled, and with a pounce, she was on top of Glistenpaw. Glistenpaw winced as she pinned her down with her claws. Jaypaw dug her claws into Glistenpaw, and she tried a new tactic that she had learned from her mentor. she went limp, but Jaypaw didn't fall for it. She laughed, and her grip loosened. Glistenpaw shot up, only to be intercepted by Grasspaw, who clawed her back. Dewpaw started to fight with Jaypaw, while Glistenpaw stood up, jumping onto Grasspaw. Darkstar and Shellfeather just watched, grins on their faces, like they knew something that the four apprentices didn't. That was true, because a minute later a howl echoed the dense woods, and a dog, almost twice their size shot out of the woods, growling at the cats. Grasspaw and Jaypaw stopped attacking the two younger apprentices to gaze at the dog before attacking it randomly. Glistenpaw and Dewpaw knew how to catch a rabbit, they could try that? Dewpaw signaled to Glistenpaw. They were going to try, at least. Glistenpaw went around the back, while Dewpaw jumped on it, making it move towards Glistenpaw...the strategy probably wouldn't work, but this was obviously Shellfeather and Darkstar's idea of punishment. As Glistenpaw attacked the dog, she wondered why Darkstar was so hard on her, and her littermate. He was kind and caring to everyone except them. Glistenpaw hadn't known that she'd had a sister named Briarkit until recently, where she had been eavesdropping on one of the queens right before her apprentice ceremony. Suddenly, there was a howl in the air as the dog got rammed right into Glistenpaw. Glistenpaw quickly scrambled out of the way, letting the dog run out of the area. Darkstar nodded in approval-at Jaypaw, Grasspaw, and Dewpaw. He took no notice of Glistenpaw, but Shellfeather sure did. While Darkstar went over to congratulate the three for defeating the dog, Shellfeather picked Glistenpaw up by the scruff, and dragged her to a dense part of the forest. "Your weak." He spat. "And useless. You know your punishment, don't you?" Glistenpaw nodded miserably. No fresh-kill for four whole sunrises, a scratch from Jaypaw every day, and rocks in her bedding. Shellfeather hated her. It was the truth. She hated Nightclan, but it was her home. She loved her family...some cats were just worse than others. She limped back to camp, so so sad.