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*fighting noises from both Graypaw and Rusty/Firepaw* Graypaw: Hi there, kittypet! You put up quite a fight for a tame kitty! Rusty: And I’ll fight you again if I have to. Graypaw: I’m Graypaw, by the way, I’m training to be a ThunderClan warrior. What’s a kittypet like you doing out in the woods? Don’t you know it’s dangerous? Rusty: If you’re the most dangerous thing the woods has to offer, then I think I can handle it. Graypaw: Oh, I’m far from the most dangerous. If I were even half a warrior, I’d have given an intruder like you some real wounds to think about. Anyway, I didn’t think it was worth hurting you. You’re obviously not from one of the other Clans. Rusty: Other Clans? Graypaw: You must have heard of the four warrior Clans that hunt around here! I belong to ThunderClan. The other Clans are always trying to steal prey from our territory, especially ShadowClan. They’re so fierce they would have ripped you to shreds. They come to take prey that is rightfully ours. It’s the job of the ThunderClan warriors to keep them out of our territory. When I’ve finished my training, I’ll be so dangerous, I’ll have the other Clans shaking in their flea-bitten skins. They won’t dare come near us then! Rusty: So you’re not a warrior yet? Graypaw: Why? Did you think I was? I won’t be a real warrior for ages. I have to go through the training first. Kits have to be six moons old before they even begin training. Tonight is my first night out as an apprentice. Rusty: Why don’t you just find yourself an owner with a nice cozy house instead? Your life would be so much easier. There are plenty of house-folk who’d take in a kitten like you. All you have to do is sit and look hungry for a couple of days— Graypaw: And they’d feed me pellets that look like rabbit droppings and soft slop! No way! I can’t think of anything worse than being a kittypet! They’re nothing but Twoleg toys! Eating stuff that doesn’t look like food, making dirt in a box of gravel, sticking their noses outside only when the Twolegs allow them? That’s no life! Out here it’s wild, and it’s free. We come and go as we please. Until you’ve tasted a fresh-killed mouse, you haven’t lived. Have you ever tasted mouse? Rusty: um no. Not yet. Graypaw: I guess you’ll never understand. You need to be born with warrior blood in your veins. Kitties born into Twoleg nests could never feel the same way. Rusty: That's not true! Graypaw: I smell cats from my Clan. You should go. They won’t be pleased to find you hunting in our territory! Quick! Run! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Bluestar: What’s going on here? Graypaw: Bluestar! Lionheart: You shouldn’t be so near Twolegplace, Graypaw! Graypaw: I know, I'm sorry. Bluestar: Who is this? Graypaw: He’s no threat, just a Twoleg pet from beyond our territories. *whisper* This is Bluestar; she’s leader of my Clan. And Lionheart. He’s my mentor, which means he’s training me to be a warrior. Lionheart: Thank you for the introduction Graypaw. Bluestar: *to Rusty* You fight well for a twoleg pet. We have been watching you both, We wondered how you would deal with an intruder, Graypaw. You attacked him bravely. Sit up now, both of you! You too, kittypet. You reacted well to the attack, kittypet. Graypaw is stronger than you, but you used your wits to defend yourself. And you turned to face him when he chased you. I’ve not seen a kittypet do that before. I have been wondering how you would perform out here, beyond the Twolegplace. We patrol this border frequently, so I have often seen you sitting on your boundary, staring out into the forest. And now, at last, you have dared to place your paws here. You do seem to have a natural hunting ability. Sharp eyes. You would have caught that mouse if you had not hesitated so long. Rusty: R-really? Lionheart: Bluestar, this is a kittypet. Send him home! Rusty: But I’ve only come here to hunt for a mouse or two. I’m sure there’s enough to go around. Bluestar: There’s never enough to go around. If you didn’t live such a soft, overfed life, you would know that!