"Willowpaw! Willowpaw!" her clanmates cheered. Or at least, most of them did. Even after most of Skyclan had just acsepted Willowpaw, some of them still hated her for being the daughter of a rouge. A dead rouge at that. But she wasnt going to let herself think about that when she had such an important day ahead of her. She looked at her mentor Mousedawn. Mousedawn had always been nice to her. Her white pelt and dark gray patches rippled with musle and her green eyes glowed. "Well what are we waiting for! I'll give you a tour of the teritory!" her mentor said. Willowpaw bounced up and down and exitement buzzed through her fur. She leaped between the trees and Mousedawn follwed her. "This is the border with Shadowclan. Lately they havnt been patroling alot so if you notice anything strange just tell me" Mousdawn smiled and Willowpaw felt appretiated. Finally some cat liked her. But Shadowclan was being suspicous. Willowpaw wondered why they were suddenly alert when a twig snapped. "Shadowclan patrol" Mousedawn murmured and her eyes narrowed. The she-cat across the border was a scrawny gray tabby she-cat. Her amber eyes looked glazed, and her fur was matted. But life sprung into her eyes when she saw Mousedawn and Willowpaw. "What are you doing here?" she hissed. "Greetings to you too Slatewhisker." Mousedawn said sarcasticlly. Willowpaw noticed two other cats that were with Slatewhisker. A large, yellow tom with black stripes gazed warily at the Skyclan cats, and a smaller, red cat with tuxedo patterns watched on. Both of the other cats looked tired and unkept too. "You're rather close to the border." the yellow tom said. Willowpaw wanted to shrink under his shadow but she forced herself to stand up stait and gaze into his amber eyes. "Yeah but we're still not on your side. Do you have a problem with that?" Mousedawn shot Willowpaw a warning glance before saying "Is everything alright in Shadowclan?" Slatewhisker bristled angrily. "Everythings fine! I wish Skyclan wouldnt always be poking there noses where they dont belong." "You should go" the yellow tom added. Mousedawn nodded, and gided Willowpaw away from the border, where the three cats watched them until they disapered into the bushes. "That was weird.Do you think somethings wrong in Shadowclan?" Willowpaw asked. Mousedawn looked unsure. "I dont know, but I'm still going to report it to Fernstar. She should know about this." Willowpaw still couldn't help being worried as they continued across skyclan teritory. I wonder whats going on. She wondered. next: first: prevous:
