"We could stuff him in the bushes!" Hamfur suggested.
"NO!" Gravelpaw protested.
"Well, what do you suggest?"
"Yeah, good point. Come on, help me lift him!" They two cats tried their hardest, but they didn't succeed. So they ended up dragging him instead.
"Oh no, look at that giant stain mark on his shirt that we left!" Gravelpaw cried.
"Who cares, now come on! We need to get back to camp."
"Coming!" The two cats rushed off, and soon they were back at camp.
"How was hunting?" Shadestar greeted them.
"It was good!" Hamfur reported, a fake smile on his face and a slight twitch in his eye. "Look, Gravelpaw caught a mouse and a snake!"
"That's great! You're really catching on fast, Gravelpaw!"
"Yeah, I feel like I'm in school again!" Suddenly, Hannah remembered college. "CRUD!" She said. All the cats turned their heads to the side, a confused look on their face. "I-I mean, MOUSEDUNG!" Gravelpaw corrected herself.
"What's wrong?" Hawkpaw asked her.
"Nothing, it's just that I just realized that I'm missing out on TONS of my college work."
"College?" Hawkpaw turned his head to the side.
"Basically training to earn stuff."
"Oh." Hawkpaw walked away. "If anyone needs me, I'm in my den."
Gravelpaw stood for a while. Hamfur prodded her in the side. "We should check on…" He started to whisper.
"Todd." Gravelpaw whispered back. "Come on, let's go."
The two cats walked into the bushes where they had hid Todd. "Todd!" Gravelpaw whispered in twoleg language. "Todd, are you ok?"
Todd got up and groaned. "Where am I?"
"You're in the bushes!"
"Why am I there?"
"Because you fainted and we put you there!"
Todd had failed to notice that a cat was talking to him again. "Well, why didn't you just drive me home?"
"I'M A CAT! I CAN'T DO THAT!"
"Hannah, how many times do I have to tell you? You're not a cat! I know you like to pretend you are, but…" Todd looked down, and saw Gravelpaw talking to him.
"I really am a cat!" Gravelpaw exclaimed. "I'm not pretending!"
This time Todd didn't faint. He tilted his head to the side. "Hannah?"
"Who's Hannah?"
Hamfur turned around to face her. "You're Hannah!"
"My name's Gravel…" Gravelpaw stopped. "Oh yeah! I've gotten so used to Gravelpaw I forgot that Hannah was my real name!" Gravelpaw started to laugh.
Todd had a puzzled look on his face. "How come you can talk human if you're a cat?"
Gravelpaw stopped laughing and started thinking. "I don't know." She finally concluded.
"And how come you turned into a cat?"
"Now that I can answer!" Gravelpaw shouted. "StarClan turned me into one!"
"StarClan?" Todd started to disbelieve.
"Um…" Gravelpaw stopped. She didn't want to tell a twoleg about warrior things. "I have to go. Shadestar is probably looking for me."
Todd stopped her. "When will you be human again?"
Gravelpaw stopped, a sad look on her face. "I was kinda hoping I would stay this way…" She gulped. What if I turn back into a twoleg? She started to worry.
Shadestar greeted them as they came back. "Hey, how was hunting?"
"It was great, Gravelpaw is learning a lot!" Hamfur walked in with about double the prey Gravelpaw had.
Shadestar had a worried look on his face. "She has been an apprentice for half a moon, normally apprentices can catch more than 2 mice! She only seems to be able to catch mice!"
"I'm sorry Shadestar." Gravelpaw apologized. "I'm trying my hardest! I really am!"
"I know you are." Shadestar said. "You just need a little more practice. Have you learned how to catch more than mice?"
"Yes, I learned how to catch everything, but for some reason I just can't catch them!"
"Well, maybe you just need a break from hunting. Hamfur, for the next half moon, I want you to focus on fighting, and finish hunting later." Shadestar replied. "Oh, and don't forget, the gathering is tonight, and I want Gravelpaw to come!"
Gravelpaw jumped. "I'm going to the gathering!"
In the past half-moon, Gravelpaw had become good friends with Riverstone. She padded over to her. "Riverstone, I'm going to the gathering!"
"I know." Riverstone said in a sarcastic voice.
"Are you going?" Gravelpaw asked.
"Of course." Riverstone said again.
Riverstone and Gravelpaw were inturupted by a scream from Rayheart. "Fernleaf is having her second litter!"
Mistheart rushed in, Hawkpaw at her side.
Once all the kits were born, all the cats rushed in to see them.
"What is her name?" Gravelpaw asked.
"Hmm… I haven't thought about that yet. How about… Pinekit?" She turned to Rayheart. "That sound good?"
"Yeah." Rayheart said.
Fernleaf turned to Gravelpaw. "Her name is Pinekit."
