A/N: I do not own the Warriors Series, any plot, characters, or anything that you recognize belong to Erin Hunter. These stories are drabbles for another story MelodyStarrWH called Looming Shadows, which should be up in a couple of days on her profile. Neither of the Main OCs are shown doing their warrior training. This is where you will find those moments. These drabbles are not in chronological order. They do, however, give provide helpful insight into the overall personalities and understanding of said characters. I am Shadowpaw and my best friend here is Breezepaw. Enjoy the story.

Lesson number one

To be fair, being a clan cat was not what I had expected. I had expected complicated rules and hard training. The rules were simple and pretty common sense if you thought about it. The training was a little tougher, but I wouldn't say it was hard.

Swimming was the first lesson, and probably the hardest for me to learn, Ivyclaw intended to teach me, but it was a more basic lesson he ended up teaching me that day.

"Get into the water." Ivyclaw growled at me.

"That seems like a lot of effort." I told him moving to the edge on his side to look at the lake water. "I can't see the bottom." I informed him.

"Are you going to get into the water or not?" he asked turning his back to me.

"I'm going to go with 'No she-cat'" I told him.

"Shadowpaw." A kind voice called from the right side of me. I turned to look at the cream tabby having spoken. She wasn't in the water anymore but her fur was plastered to her skin. "It's easier if you just get it over with."

"Aw Breezepaw, you look horrible." I informed her as well. My sass and attitude never seemed to phase her and she didn't treat me like I was some horrible kittypet. These were my first two mistakes. Mistake number one, and one I still haven't learned, I sassed Ivyclaw. Mistake number two, I had been paying too much attention to Breezepaw and not enough to my mentor and for that I paid the price.

Ivyclaw's powerful back leg caught me in the side and launched me into the water. I came up, and began to paddle my way over to the bank. "You'll have to swim faster than that if you want to be a true RiverClan cat." He yowled from the bank.

I made it to the bank and shock off. My long grey coat clung to my body and my normally fluffy tail was now thin and dead looking. I looked at my mentor in shock, "You kicked me into the water."

"You didn't listen to me." He growled. "You boast how you're going to be the best now look at you. You aren't even going to be mediocre if you can't even swim. This is RiverClan, not WindClan, not ThunderClan, or even ShadowClan. You can either learn this way or go back to being some kittypet."

I learned three lesson's that day. The first being how to swim properly. The second if you say you'll be the best to the clan leader, you best start learning to be the best cause the whole clan will hold you responsible for those words. And third, DO NOT MAKE IVYCLAW REPEAT HIS COMMANDS. It doesn't end well for me.