Leopardpaw sat at the top of sunningrocks, ears pricked for the slightest sound of prey. The sky's reflection was dotted with clouds. The sky itself was a rainbow of colors cradling the setting sun.
The wind gently stirred the palms overhead, softly whispering to the waking creatures of the night.
The water of the lake glimmered in the sunset's light. While the sun itself seemed to be beckoning the moon closer with each step it took down the side of earth.
As Leopardpaw watched, the full moon took the sun's place in the night sky and the clouds floated away, revealing a black sky blanketed with stars. They shone bright beside the moon and across the sky.
She remembered the night when she was just six moons old and tried to count the stars that stretched across the sky in silverpelt.
The trees seemed to be calling out to the heavens, reaching out long limbs to the starry sky. While the birds seemed to be singing the song of coming night.
The river was rushing and sloshing around the rocks across the Riverclan border. She could smell the strong scents of the Riverclan scents drifting across the water.
She thought she could just scent a trace of old fox but it as very stale. Prey scent flooded her nostrils and Leopardpaw jumped down from the rocks. She dropped into a hunters crouch and began stalking the prey. She moved out of the brush and seen what was bothering here nose. What she saw instead of live prey was shocking and Leopardpaw's eyes stretched wide.
In front of her was the leader of Riverclan and behind him were two Riverclan cat's. The prey Leopardpaw had smelt was dangling from The leaders jaws. The he spoke.
"Well, well, what do we have here? A weak little apprentice?" He said and the looked over to a tom. "Get her."
The black tom sprang and landed right on top of Leopardpaw. She struggled underneath him and let herself lie flat. Then she pushed up with all her strength and sent the tom flying. But the other cat, a she cat, was ready for her.
She leaped forward and raked her claws down Leopardpaw's side. She yowled in agony and spun around, just in time to see the she-cat aim another blow. Leopardpaw leaped out of the way and bit the cat's tail. She meowed in pain and spun around and did the same thing to Leopardpaw. Leopardpaw jumped, claws outstretched, and the two cats tumbled on the ground for a moment slashing and yowling at each other. Then a meow rang out.
"Stop!" Came the meow of the Thunderclan leader, Honeystar. "Is this how we make peace? Stealing each other's prey and then fighting about it without warning?"