Chapter one.
Cinderpaw couldn't wait. It was her first day of training and she was so excited. "Brackenpaw wake up!" she hissed softly. "Wake up! It's our first day of training!" Her brother remained unresponsive. "Brackenpaw!" she hissed again, this time poking the brown tom.
"What?" a grouchy meow came from her brother. "I was having the best dream. You and me were apprentices and" Brackenpaw seemed to fully awaken. "We are apprentices!" he said loudly. Dustpaw kicked him a heartbeat later.
"Shush! Let's go see if we can go training together!" she said softly. She leapt up from her soft, mossy nest and stretched. "Come on!" she said excitedly before leaving the den.
It felt strange to be coming out of her den and seeing a whole different angle of the camp. She saw that some of the warriors were already up. She bounded over to the fresh kill pile. She was just about to grab a finch to share with her brother when Whitestorm arrived. "Hello Cinderpaw." he said. "Would you wake Sandpaw for me? I wanted to get a head start today with her battle training. If you tell her all of that she shouldn't give you any problems." Cinderpaw nodded the finch dangling from her jaw as she approached the den.
She dropped the finch on her brother, who was coming out of the den. She then entered where her brother had just left. "Sandpaw!" she hissed poking the she-cat. "Sandpaw wake up, Whitestorm wants you for early battle training!" This woke Sandpaw. The ginger she-cat hurried out of the den.
Glad that she had done her task without being snapped at, Cinderpaw plopped down next to her brother. "Hey!" she said. "You ate the whole finch! We were going to share that, you mousebrain!"
"Oops." Mumbled Brackenpaw through a mouth full of feathers. Cinderpaw sighed and went back to the fresh kill pile. This time she chose a juicy looking vole. Once again plopping down beside her brother she began to eat her prey. Brackenpaw just watched.
Cinderpaw spotted a fiery form coming their way. She looked up and instantly saw that it was her mentor, Fireheart. Behind him a bit was her brother's mentor, Graystripe. "Are we training together?" she asked as soon as they got close enough to hear.
Fireheart shook his head. "No we're going to show you the territory separately today." the young warrior said.
Cinderpaw was slightly disappointed. She had really wanted to go through this with her brother. Oh well. She stood up. "Can we go now?" Cinderpaw asked. Fireheart looked at her and nodded. "Yay!" Cinderpaw raced out of camp.
Author's Note: Yes I know this is short but it is only the introduction. Thanks to my beta Rayne, who keeps changing her name. Rayne says hi! Please review!
