Tigerpaw looked out at the lake. The full moon glowed brightly on the surface of the lake.

He was excited. He would get to meet apprentices from other Clans. He would also get to meet Breezepelt, and not in a dream.

The four of the five new ThunderClan apprentices were walking together. Tigerpaw was walking alone, in the back of the group.

Frostpaw broke away from the group of apprentices to walk with Tigerpaw.

"What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing," he muttered.

I wonder if Dawnpaw will be there. I hope not. Our last conversation took a turn to the worst.

He looked over at Frostpaw. Uh oh. She looks agitated.

"You clearly don't care about what I have to say." She stalked off.

It seems like I don't have friends anymore.

Tigerpaw bumped into Jayfeather, who was ahead of him.

"Hey!" Jayfeather said, spinning around to face him. "What was that for?"

"Sorry, I wasn't paying attention," he grumbled.

Jayfeather muttered something else, but Bramblestar raised his voice over Jayfeather.

"Apprentices, you cross after the warriors."

Tigerpaw finally jumped down onto the island. He stared at all the cats already on the island.

He spotted Breezepelt, and ran over.

"Tigerpaw, I'm glad to see you."

"It's good to see you too."

Something rammed into Tigerpaw, which he rolled a ways away from Breezepelt.

"Hey!" Tigerpaw hissed.

Dawnpaw had pinned him down to the ground.

"What do you want?" he growled.

"To say sorry."

"For what?" Tigerpaw felt confused. There was nothing for her to apologize about.

"Our last conversation. I was very tired and unhappy. I feel like I know you from somewhere else."

Does she know I'm Tigerstar? His fur started to stand on end.

"What? What's wrong? Did I say something?" she asked, alarmed.

"Nothing, sorry. My thoughts just ran wild."

Does she know? he thought.

"Where do you think you know me from?"

Why does she also seem familiar? Who is she?

"I don't know. I just can't shake the feeling that I know or knew you."

"You had a past life?"

Her smile faded. She shook her head. "No."

Huh. She must be lying.

"Weird," he said

Dawnpaw suddenly sat back and looked up at the Great Oak.

Tigerpaw flattened his fur and sat next to her.

Bramblestar announced the five new apprentices.

"Five?" she hissed in his ear. "I thought it was only you."

He leaned towards her. "Four littermates got apprenticed today," he whispered back.

She licked his forehead in response.

Tigerpaw felt something inside him that he hadn't felt for moons. He didn't know what it was.

The other leaders gave their announcements.

After, a RiverClan, and ShadowClan apprentice came over.

"Dawnpaw, who is this cat you are friends with," asked the ShadowClan cat, warily.

"Shaggypaw, this is Tigerpaw. Who's the RiverClan cat?" she replied.

"I'm Eaglepaw," replied the RiverClan tom.

"Eaglepaw, and Shaggypaw. Nice to meet you."

The tom named Shaggypaw narrowed his eyes at Tigerpaw. "He isn't bothering you, is he?" he asked to Dawnpaw.

"Why would he be? It's a gathering."

Shaggypaw brought his face next to hers and licked her cheek.

Tigerpaw noticed Eaglepaw had moved next to him.

"Shaggypaw is mooning over Dawnpaw. Don't tell him that you know."

"I won't," Tigerpaw stammered.

"Oh yeah, it's good to see you again father."

"It's good to see you too, Hawkfrost."

"Shaggypaw is Brokenstar."

Tigerpaw stared at Eaglepaw. "So, the whole group is back together? No wonder we were called the Broken Tiger, Shaggy Eagle Hawks."

Eaglepaw snorted. "Only you thought of us as that."

Tigerpaw watched as Dawnpaw got up and left as Shaggypaw joined the two toms.

"Tigerstar, it's good to see you."

"Same with you, Brokenstar."

"He told you."

"Yep."

"Hey, where's Breezepelt?" asked Eaglepaw.

Shaggypaw ran off, and came back seconds later with Breezepelt.

"I see the three of you found each other," commented Breezepelt.

The apprentices nodded.

"I was wondering. Now you know why you three come every few nights."

"Your WindClan, Tigerpaw is ThunderClan, Eaglepaw is RiverClan, and I'm ShadowClan," Shaggypaw piped in.

"Hey Breezepelt, our leaders are leaving," said Eaglepaw.

The two got up and left.

Rowanstar came over, and pulled Shaggypaw away.

Tigerpaw looked around for Dawnpaw. He couldn't find her.

We didn't get to say our goodbyes.

He glared at Shaggypaw.

And another stupid cat is already mooning over her!

"You okay?" asked Frostpaw.

Tigerpaw jumped.

"Sorry to startle you."

"No no, it's okay."

Frostpaw pressed into him.

Tigerpaw finally spotted Dawnpaw, heading towards him. She stopped when she noticed Frostpaw.

"Frostpaw," he said trying to get away. "I want to talk to someone."

"Okay." She ran to join her littermates.

Dawnpaw had turned around and was heading to her Clanmates.

Tigerpaw bounded over to her.

"Dawnpaw," he said.

"What?" she snapped. "I saw you with her."

"That doesn't mean we can't be friends!"

Dawnpaw turned her back to him. "We shouldn't be friends."

Tigerpaw stared after her sadly as she followed her Clanmates off the island.

He was last to leave the island as he followed his Clanmates back to camp.

He lay awake in his nest thinking about where he went wrong.

Does she really like me that much, that when Frostpaw tried to comfort me, that set Dawnpaw off? Or did Brokenstar tell her something?

Tigerpaw grunted, then got up and snuck out of camp.

He caught the scent of herbs. He put his nose to the ground, and recognized Leafpool's scent. He followed it to the WindClan border.

"Leafpool? What are you doing?"

She dropped the herbs she was holding and spun around.

"What are you doing following me?"

"Restless. I could say bad break up but that doesn't describe it very well."

Leafpool snorted. "Poor you."

Leafpool dived under a bush as a dark cat approached.

"Tigerpaw? What are you doing here?"

"Crowfeather, I have to ask the same thing."

"Thought I'd do some late night hunting, then I saw you."

"I was restless then I followed Leafpool's scent to the border."

Leafpool wiggled her way out from under the bush. She grunted when she saw Crowfeather.

"Great StarClan. It had to be Leafpool."

"Of course it did," she hissed back.

Crowfeather snarled. "I thought I never wanted to see your face again."

"You just can't beat fate."

Tigerpaw sat silently, watching them argue.

Finally, Crowfeather jumped to ThunderClan's side of the stream.

Leafpool sat calmly as Crowfeather pressed his face into Leafpool's cheek.

"Man, have I missed this," Crowfeather murmured.

Leafpool twined her tail with his in return.

Tigerpaw felt his heart drop. I could have this with Dawnpaw. Instead of me, it's two older cats, he thought sadly. Those two were already in love moons before this. There is no arguing with the past.

Tigerpaw sighed.

The two love-cats turned to look at him.

"You won't tell anyone, will you?" asked Crowfeather.

"I guess not, since I feel the same way about a cat from another Clan. This will stay between us three."

Crowfeather nodded. "Good."

Leafpool pressed her face into Crowfeather's scruff.

I want Dawnpaw! he wailed inwardly. Even after I got to see her again, we still didn't say goodbye!

Tigerpaw notice Crowfeather got on top of Leafpool. Crowfeather arched his back.

A few seconds after, Leafpool hissed at him and batted his nose.

Crowfeather jumped back and sat with Tigerpaw.

They watched as Leafpool rolled around for a few minutes.

"Do you think you can do this again with Leafpool for the next moon?" asked Crowfeather, quietly.

"Probably. It doesn't pain me too much to watch you two do this."

Crowfeather licked his cheek. "Thanks."

Crowfeather jumped back over the stream and ran back to the WindClan camp.

Leafpool stared after him.

"He wants to meet like this for the next moon. All three us."

Leafpool looked at him. "I'd like that."

"Let's meet him tomorrow, then."

"Sounds good."

The two cats walked back to camp in silence.

Once in camp, Leafpool went to the warriors den, and Tigerpaw to the apprentices den.

He rolled around in his nest, staring at the camp entrance.

"Tigerpaw? You awake?" came a sleepy voice next to him.

"Yes."

Frostpaw curled into him. She pressed her muzzle to his. "Good."

Tigerpaw quietly started purring. He licked the top of Frostpaw's head.

"I think I like you," she murmured.

"I think you're tired," Tigerpaw murmured back.

He soon heard her gentle snores.

He felt something stronger with this cat, than he felt with Dawnpaw.

Maybe Frostpaw is my destiny, not Dawnpaw. Breezepelt, Shaggypaw, Eaglepaw, and I will rule the Clans. We are each from different Clans. One day all four of us will be leaders together. First I need to earn Squirrelflight's respect, and the respect of the rest of the Clan. ThunderClan needs to trust me before I become leader, if I do. What am I thinking, a prophecy came to me in the last life. The Tiger in the Storm, the Broken Shadow, the River Hawk, and the Sky's Breeze will unite, unless the Storm weakens...

I got a little carried away on the Leafpool, Crowfeather thing, sorry.

Something about me: I'm a big fan of CrowXLeaf

Question: What should some warrior names be for the apprentices?