First actual chapter. I'm warning you though, it might be a little boring.


CHAPTER 1: IN TROUBLE – AGAIN

Fourteen moons later

Silverpaw's POV

"This is the fourth time this moon I caught you sneaking into WindClan territory!"

I groaned. I had failed. I was supposed to be the master! But now I was caught and in trouble.

Again.

Midnightstar's eyes were on fire. This was never a good sign. Lightfoot, her mate and my mentor, was standing more calmly and composed, but his cold eyes still glanced at me with disapproval.

"What were you thinking, going off there by yourself?" Lightfoot scolded. "You know we haven't been on good terms lately!"

Midnightstar silenced him with the flick of a tail. "I know she's your apprentice, but I'll take care of this.

Also not a good sign. Nothing makes Midnightstar angrier than having to deal with rule-breaking apprentices. She has always strictly followed the warrior code, and hates it when other cats don't do the same.

"You have ABSOLUTELY no respect for the warrior code!" Midnightstar snarled. "Why did you sneak into WindClan territory? Again?"

"I'm really sorry and I'll never do it again," I meowed, trying to sound as pitiful as possible. I put on my cute, innocent smile, and widened my eyes in a way that no cat could resist. My "innocent" look and my small size have often gotten me out of trouble. I silently prayed that it would get me out of trouble yet again.

All it earned me was a clawing behind the ears.

"Don't play cute with me!" Midnightstar roared. "I have had ENOUGH! You need to stop sneaking out in the middle of the night! It is not only against the rules for apprentices to leave camp at night and against the warrior code to go to another Clan's territory, it is also a safety hazard!"

"So would you rather that I snuck out during the day?" I asked extremely rudely, smiling the whole time.

Midnightstar looked as if she wanted to strangle me. In fact, I think she might have if Lightfoot hadn't have stepped in.

"Can I administer punishment, because she's my apprentice?" he asked.

"Go ahead," said Midnightstar curtly with a flick of her tail.

I sighed in relief. No cat gave worse punishments than Midnightstar.

"You are confined to the camp for a moon," said Lightfoot. "Also, you can clean out the elders' den, leaders' den, and nursery every three day-cycle (they have a cycle for cleaning out those dens. For example, first Leopardpaw will do it, then after three days Bluepaw, three days Silverpaw, and so on. Because there are five apprentices in RiverClan, they only have to go back to doing it every 15 days. But now poor Silverpaw has to do it every three days!). And within this moon, you don't get to eat until everyone else has eaten. And you can sort out herbs in the medicine den." Midnightstar looked at Lightfoot in approval.

"But I'm not a medicine cat apprentice!" I protested. "Ask Bluepaw to do it. Not me!"

"I don't care," Lightfoot replied. "In fact, you can start now."

"Now?" I fought back a yawn. "I'm so tired. I stayed up all night" –

– "You should have thought of that before sneaking out in the middle of the night," replied Midnightstar. "Now go."

I sighed and walked off to the medicine den. I told Willowbranch what happened, and she showed me how to sort out the herbs.

Bluepaw came in at that moment. "Hey Willowbranch! What will we do today" – his meow was cut short as he stared at me. Then his whiskers twitched in amusement. "Let me guess," he meowed. "You got caught going to the Moonpool."

"You should be talking," I retorted. "Remember last time when you scared Sassafraspaw when she was a kit? I thought that Purpleflower was going to claw your ears off!"

Willowbranch snorted in amusement.

As Bluepaw and I continued sorting out herbs, I felt more and more tired. All I wanted to do was to sleep.

But then I heard a yowl that shook me fully awake.

"Darkshadow and Sandfur are dead!"