Mousedawn and Willowpaw neared the Thunderclan border, and Willowpaw slowly forgot about the Shadowclan warriors. She'd have to tell all the other apprentices back at camp! "This is the Thunderclan border." Mousedawn moved her tailed right and faced Willowpaw. "Once we get back to the Skyclan camp, you can take a break or chat with your clanmates." Willowpaw loved her mentor already. They walked briskly back to camp and waded thrugh the ferns on there way. Willowpaw turned to Mousedawn as they walked. "What do you think is wrong with Shadowclan?" she asked. Mousedawn mewed "I really don't know...but there could be an outbrake of sickness. The cats looked sick and leafbare is almost here anyway." They reached the camp entrance, where a ginger and white tortisshell cat was garding the entrence. "Its us Cherrybloom" Mousedawn mewed when Cherrybloom herd them. "Welcome back" She said and stepped back to let theme pass through. Willowpaw raced into the camp. She was starving! Willowpaw grabbed a sparrow and joined the small circle of apprentices, easily leaping over the stream that ran thrugh the camp and settling in between a black tom with a white tail and a annoyed looking ginger tabby tom. "Hey Willowpaw!" The gray and whie she-cat across from her said. "Hi Graypaw! How was training?"Willowpaw asked her. Graypaw grinned and bit into her mouse before saying "It was great! We worked on hunting again today and I finally caught a starling! My first bird!" The black tom added "Yeah you should have seen her. It almost flew away but she coght its tail and managed to bring it down. It was close though." Willowpaw laughed. At least Fernstars kits were nice to her. She couldn't say the same for the ginger tom and the gray and tan patched she-cat. "It probably wasnt as good as my catch. I caught a thrush and a rabbit today." the ginger tom puffed out his chest. Willowpaw sighed. Her foster brother Sunpaw was always trying to show off, like his sister Palepaw. "You didnt even hunt for the clan. Why do you get to eat?" she growled at Willowpaw. Willowpaw shrunk back "Its my first day" she mumbled. Palepaw smirked at her, but the black tom retorted "Leave her alone. You got to eat prey when you didnt hunt." Willowpaw was glad Nightpaw was there. The black tom was always nice to her. As the sun began to set, the warriors began to go into there dens. A brown tabby tom approached them. "You apprentices should try to finish up. You dont want to sleep late and miss the dawn patrol." he said. "Okay Birdclaw." Nightpaw meowed as Birdclaw stalked toward the warriors den. Willowpaw gulped down the last of her mouse and hurried to the apprentices den after Nightpaw and Graypaw. Sunpaw and Palepaw trailed behind. "Is Birchpaw still sick?" she meowed with worry. Nightpaw answered her "yeah but i'm sure its nothing" The apprentices curled up and drifted off into sleep. Willowpaw lay there thinking about Shadowclan. She hoped they wouldnt be a problem in the future. Cameos Birdclaw: next: first: prevous:
