"Good job, Maskpaw" A light yellow coloured tom yelled out.
"Thanks Lionpelt!" I yelled, feeling proud.
"Now, let's return to camp," Lionpelt turned around and started walking, and I followed him to a clearing full of different cats grooming each other.
I look at the other apprentices, Moonpaw, a dark grey she-cat with crescent on her forehead and white speckles on her tail, back and paws who has bright blue eyes, Echopaw, a light grey tom with darker stripes who has sensitive hearing and has aqua-blue eyes, Flamepaw, a ginger tom with dark amber eyes. They were all playing together since their training was done for the day.
Thats how it is around here, I have training daily, and then I return to play with the fellow apprentices, but sometimes, I feel like i'm not one of them, like, there is something more to me, and the leader, every time i'm around her, she starts acting a bit nervous, it just feels like she is hiding something from me, but I don't complain, cause its kinda hard to argue with a leader when your an apprentice.
I walk over to my nest, I didn't feel like playing today, the leader was acting extra nervous today, and it made me worry a bit, then I thought of something, Maybe, just maybe, the elders will know why the leader is so nervous, and if they try to hide it from me, i'll just have to make them tell me, I have to know!
I got up and walked over to the elder's den, the elders welcome me in and gave me a mouse, I hadn't eaten all day so i thanked them and ate it.
"Hey, Speckletail, there is something I want to ask you, since you are the oldest here" I said, after I had finished my mouse.
"Of course, Maskpaw, what seems to be the problem?" The old tortoiseshell she-cat asked.
"Why is the leader so nervous around me? and today, she is even more nervous, do you know why? has it got something to do with me?" I asked, hoping to get an answer.
"I didn't notice Berrystar acting nervous, did you, Longtail?"
An old tom with a pale body and a long tail answered her "No, i didn't notice anything"
This seemed a bit suspicious to Maskpaw, she noticed the nervous tone in their voices, she knew they were hiding something.
"Speckletail! please don't lie to me! I need to know!" i yelled.
There was a long silence, until Lionpelt walked in.
"Come on, Maskpaw, were on evening patrol" he said to the sad apprentice.
"But Lionpel-
Lionpelt interrupted her "No buts, now lets go" He walked out of the elders den with Maskpaw, with her head lowered, following him.
She whispered to herself "I'll get those cats to tell me the truth, one way, or another".