Chapter 2
"Hey, Tigerpaw!" Darkstar called over to the brown she-cat. "Come over here."
"Um, alright," she murmured and ran to the Clan leader. "What do you want?"
"I was wandering if you wanted to come to the Gathering at moon-high," he asked.
"Yes, yes, and… yes!" Tigerpaw exclaimed excitedly. This would be her first
Gathering!
"Someone's hyper today," a cat teased from behind her.
"Whitestripe, can we do battle training today, instead of hunting?" Tigerpaw pleaded.
"Alright, but Ivypelt and Honeypaw will be training with us," the white tom sighed and motioned for her to follow.
"Okay," Tigerpaw mewed and turned back to Darkstar. "Thank you so much for letting me come."
"Tigerpaw, come on!" Honeypaw meowed from the fern tunnel.
"I'm coming!" Tigerpaw turned, running through the fern tunnel and towards the training hollow.
"Wait for me!" Honeypaw yowled, running behind Tigerpaw, her golden fur ruffling in the wind.
"Yah and hedgehogs will fly!" Tigerpaw giggled and entered the hollow where warriors train their apprentices.
"Tigerpaw, Honeypaw," Ivypelt meowed. "Today, Whitestripe and I will be teaching you a new fighting technique."
"Awesome," Tigerpaw whispered to Honeypaw.
"Not awesome," Honeypaw objected. "You know I suck at fighting!" and turned towards the two warriors.
"C'mon, let's just listen," Tigerpaw sighed and turned towards the two warriors.
"Okay, watch and learn," Whitestripe meowed and turned to Ivypelt.
The two cats ran at each other with such speed that it was hard to concentrate in her mentor's white pelt. Instead of leaping at his opponent, he slid under her. With one claw, he hooked Ivypelt's leg, making her crash on her side.
"Now you two try," Ivypelt spluttered and sat down.
"Okay, I'll go first," Tigerpaw mewed excitedly. When Honeypaw got in front of her, she quickly slid under her and hooked her leg with a paw. When Honeypaw fall onto her side, she looked up at the sky. It was dark.
"That was great!" Whitestripe exclaimed.
"Thanks," she grinned. "Hey, isn't it time for the Gathering?"
"Oh yah," Ivypelt meowed and motioned the three cats to come back to camp.
Darkstar met them at the fern tunnel. "Are you guys ready to go?" he asked them.
"Yep," Honeypaw mewed.
"Then let's go," Stormflight muttered.
"Let's go," Darkstar yowled and led the group through the forest to Four Rocks.