CH1
"Hey Fireheart where is Brightpaw and Swiftpaw? It's a little…early for her to be on the dawn patrol?" I asked the cold morning air around me. No I can't ask Fireheart that. What should I say then? I was still working on how to phrase a question about my best friend. But, I didn't know how to ask him, or even if I should say anything at all to him. I had just peered into the apprentice den to see if she was up yet, but she was nowhere to be seen. Neither was Swiftpaw. Brightpaw probably felt hurt that she and Swiftpaw were not made a warrior when I was. But when I looked to see how she was doing she wasn't there! Should I tell Fireheart?
My whole body felt exhausted from the night's vigil of becoming a warrior. If only we had done it together. It would have been nice becoming a warrior along with Brightpaw and Swiftpaw. I quickly searched for Fireheart; I noticed he was chatting with Fernpaw in the middle of the hollow.
I choked with horror after hearing what their conversation was about,
"What a mousebrained idea," I burst out as I bounded toward them. Fernpaw had just said that my two friends, Swiftpaw and Brightpaw had just gone out into the forest by themselves to find out what was stealing our food! What a thoughtless idea, they could get seriously wounded or worse, killed. I reassured myself that it would be alright, that they would never be able to find it, and even if they did it couldn't hurt them. They can easily defend themselves after all.
"Did you see them go when you were on vigil?" Fireheart demanded.
I shook my head, I had utterly messed up!