Author's note: I'm not good with writing long term stories, so I thought and I thought, my problem is I think about a new character everyday, and the story that I previously worked on I get bored with cause I don't want to use that character anymore, but I think I have an answer for this now. I'll do one-shot, cause then I can work on a story about a different character everyday. Well...let's try it anyways. Now, please bare with me on this.

Disclaimer: I don't own warriors, Erin Hunter does.

Swiftpaw: warrior at heart

I was angry at Bluestar, angry that she wouldn't make us older apprentices warriors when she made Cloudtail, that mousebrained excuse of an apprentice, into a warrior. I got all of us apprentices together and then told them my plan, that if we went into the forest, and found out whatever was the darkness that threatened us, then she would have to make us warriors, right?

"That's a mousebrained idea!" Thornpaw said, after I got finished speaking.

Ashpaw and Fernpaw just stared at each other, their eyes were wide.

I shook my head, then shifted my attention to the white apprentice with ginger patches, she hadn't spoken yet, nor had she looked at me like I was crazy. "Brightpaw?" I asked her.

Brightpaw set her amber eyes on me, clearly thinking, then she walked up to me, and brushed up against my black and white fur. "Of course I'll go with you."

Thornpaw looked at his sister with fear in his eyes. "Brightpaw..."

She looked at him. "I'm going with Swiftpaw." She said, the sound of authority in her voice.

I left the apprentices den, with Brightpaw right beside me. "What about Cloudtail?" She asked, noddng towards the white warrior who was on guard at the camp entrance.

I snorted, "he couldn't even see a monster if it tore through the camp." Then I nodded towards the dirt place tunnel. "That's the way we'll go." I whispered to her, veering off towards the tunnel. We slipped quietly out, the forest loomed in front of us.

And then without anyone knowing, we set off towards Snakerocks, walking side by side. I know that Longtail would proble be mad at me, just like Whitestorm would be mad with her, but I didn't care about any of that now. We needed to know what was on our territory, so we'll know what to do about it. Fireheart didn't act like he was doing anything about it, so we had to.

Then I heard Brightpaw's terrified voice. "Swiftpaw, be careful."

I jumped up on a dead tree and peered over, she followed me. There it was, Snakerocks, right there in front of us. "I'll be careful." I promised her, then I jumped off the log. "See? There's nothing here." But the scent of dog was all over the place, we nearly choked on the stench. "Nothing here." I repeated, but then, just as I got that last word out, we heard growling, then a dog poked its head out of the cave of Snakerocks.

"Run away!" I heard Brightpaw's call.

I shook my head. "I'm going to attack." I said, jumping unto the nearest dog, she was fighting beside me, I admired her courage for not abandoning me, but I wish she had of just left. The fight, our struggle, didn't last long as I was slammed into a rock head first, and Brightpaw was lying next to me, blood pouring out of her right eye. Everything went black.

When I woke up, I was still standing at Snakerocks, my heart was pounding as I saw Brightpaw's body beside mine. Is she dead? I paniced silently to myself.

"Welcome, young one." A gentle voice said, walking up behind me. "I am here to guide you to StarClan."

I glanced at her, then looked back towards Brightpaw's body. "Is Brightpaw okay?"

The tortishell she-cat nodded. "She'll be fine." She assured me. "Someone will find her soon, trust me."

I nodded, not taking my eyes off the mangled body. Then finally I gazed at the she-cat. "Okay...I'm ready to go." I said in a whisper.

She nodded, then we walked away together, and not long went by before we were standing in StarClan's hunting grounds.

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