Firepaw: A warrior's tale
Chapter one: A warrior life
Firepaw lay down, closing his eyes. Suddenly there was a howl of wind, and he felt his pelt bristle. Firepaw pretended to be asleep as Graypaw entered. As he closed his, he felt the warm pelt of his friend brush against his. As he closed his eyes, he slowly drifted to sleep.
Firepaw was suddenly jolted awake by the yowling of Graypaw next to him.
"Huh? What happened?" Firepaw asked, suddenly awake. Then he realized Graypaw was yowling in his sleep. He nudged Graypaw awake.
"What was that all about?" he asked Graystripe.
"Huh what was what all about?" Graystripe asked, puzzled.
"You yowling, oh never mind" Firepaw said.
Once again, Firepaw was on the brink of sleep when suddenly he heard another yowl. This time it was not Graystripe, it came from outside. He heard another blood-curdling yowl. It was One-eye. There were several cats gathered around him. One-eye's body was coming in great big spasms.
Firepaw saw the wild look in his eyes as Spottedleaf came rushing out. She brought poppy seeds with her.
"Clear out of the way, clear out" she said as she came rushing to One-eye. She popped the poppy seeds into his mouth.
"Come on, eat up" Spottedleaf said, her dark pelt, glistening in the light. One-eye started to relax, his body suddenly went limp.
"Firepaw" Bluestar's voice came gushing into the apprentices den, "get up, and eat. We are going to go train, hurry up." Great! Just what I need, Firepaw thought happily. It had been 3 moons since Firepaw had gone from an ordinary, boring kittypet, to an apprentice. He was enjoying his life more then he ever had. It was full of excitement, the training, hunting, but the most fun was eating at dusk, and sharing tongues with his friends.
"Firepaw, come on," Bluestar repeated impatiently.
"Coming Bluestar" was Firepaw's reply.
Firepaw ran from the apprentices den, he grabbed a piece of freshkill from the freshkill pile. The dawn patrol had only just arrived a few moments ago. Firepaw noticed that his best friend, Graypaw was awake. He grabbed his freshkill and took it to eat beside his friend.
"I will be right back" Firepaw said, grabbing two more pieces of freshkill to take to the medicine den for Spottedleaf and One-eye.
"Here you go, Spottedleaf and One eye, I hope you enjoy your meal," Firepaw purred.
"Thank you, dear one" Spottedleaf and One-eye murmured together.
"Are you ok, Spottedleaf?" Firepaw mewed, concerned.
"Just fine thank you" Spottedleaf replied. Firepaw thought he saw a flicker of sadness in her gaze, but it only lasted a second. I wonder what is wrong, Firepaw thought.
