Trust and Betrayal
Chapter 1
It was spring. The flowers were starting to bloom and herbs starting to grow. Pray was becoming less scarce and the clans were becoming stronger again. It had been a long winter, but the clans survived. Thistlestripe was now ThistleStar. SilverStar used her last life in a battle against WaterClan. As a new leader he was doing great.
"Stonesoul." ThistleStar meowed. "Yes?" He asked. "Take a hunting patrol out, see what we can find." He meowed. Stonesoul nodded. "Midnight, Lionpool, Willowbird, and Frostpaw." He called. All of them gathered. "We are going hunting." He meowed. Frostpaw's pelt tingled with excitement. "Alright Frostpaw, your first hunt." Lionpool meowed to his apprentice.
Outside the forest smelled of many wonders. The trees were green, the sky was bright, and there were many pretty scents. Frostpaw looked around in awe. "Welcome to your territory." Midnight purred. Lionpool gestured to her to look around, take in sounds and scents. She was already doing so. It was beautiful.
Stonesoul caught a squirrel which impressed all of them. Frostpaw figured they were hard to catch. "It's very difficult to catch a squirrel Frostpaw. Even ThistleStar has problems catching them." Lionpool explained. She looked at her father, impressed. He was a great deputy and very skilled at that. Midnight nudged her with a purr. "That's your dad." He meowed.
Even though he wasn't clan born, Midnight and his littermates had lived in the clan long enough to be considered clanblood. Surprising to her even with three legs Midnight could fight like a normal four legged cat. He saw her looking him up and down. "Don't worry, it doesn't affect my abilities at all." He meowed. She looked away. "I know." She meowed.
"Frostpaw your turn to try to catch something." Lionpool meowed. She padded up. "You'll do great." Midnight reassured her. There was a mouse a few tail-lengths away. Her father had shown her how to hunt a mouse before she was a 'paw, this Lionpool knew. She took a deep breath and concentrated. Everyone was watching. The pressure to succeed was on.
She crouched down. Tail flat, ears down. She shifted her body weight and kept an eye out for twigs through her peripheral. She breathed in softly so the mouse couldn't hear her. She crept closer and closer till she decided she was close enough. She took one last second then blasted off. The mouse ran as quick as it could but it was no match for Frostpaw. She pounced and bit its neck in one swift move.
"Nice job!" Lionpool meowed. "That's my girl!" Stonesoul purred. "I knew you could do it!" Midnight meowed. "That was good." Willowbird meowed. They all carried their pray back to camp to report to ThistleStar. That was her first hunt as an apprentice, and it went great.
