Atabistar has not been too on top of things with this story. Riverpaw hasn't even gotten his name yet! It was just that Atabistar just found her manuscript! Also, if anyone who hasn't submitted a character wants to complain about the names she uses, please do not. Atabistar didn't come up with the characters.
Dragonrain led the two siblings to tree-rock.
"Silverfur and I have agreed that you two deserve to be warriors, so your warrior assessment is now. Riverpaw, you hunt near the lake outlook. Crystalpaw, hunt by the river. Catch as much prey as you can and meet me back by the cave entrance at sunsink."
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[Riverpaw's POV]
Riverpaw had never been to the lake outlook. The lake outlook was an area at the edge of MountainClowder's territory. It was a large rock that looked out to a lake. No cat ever went there because of some old legend about the Tribe. The Tribe had almost been taken over by MountainClowder, when nine cats from the lake came to the Tribe and helped the Tribe fight MountainClowder, and the Tribe won. Fortunately, the lake cats left right after the battle, and MountainClowder could take over once more. No cat ever visited the Lake Outlook because of the memorial of where these lake cats came from, the lake.
With that, Riverpaw started hunting.
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[Echo's POV]
Echo was in a strange, yet familiar place. She looked around. There were cats bustling around the cave. Echo could identify a large white cat, issuing orders to other cats. This must be their healer. But wait! There was another pair of cats, healing one cat that had been injured. How could a group of cats have a leader and a healer? Echo asked herself. Then Echo considered something else. Their names were bunched up together. For example, there were the names Dragonrain, Icewhisker, Snowstar, and Riverpaw. Those were exactly the names that the cats in the legends had! Although those cats had names like Brambleclaw, Stormfur, Squirrelpaw, and Firestar. Echo wondered why that was. She would ask the cat called Aurorapaw when he came back.
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[Dragonrain's POV]
It was almost sunsink. Dragonrain waited for the two apprentices at the entrance to the cave.
At last, she heard the familiar sound of claws scraping on rock. Sure enough, Crystalpaw was coming to wait with Dragonrain.
After a while, Riverpaw still hadn't shown up, so Crystalpaw decided to voice her suspicions.
"I think he fell into the river!"
"Oh, don't be silly, he's obsessed with that river, he's bound to have taught himself to swim!" Dragonrain replied. As if fate agreed with Dragonrain, claws scraped against the rock of the outlook stone that marked the entrance to the cave. Sure enough, a gray head could be seen, poking his head up to look around him. Riverpaw had returned.
"Am I late?" Riverpaw asked with his mouth full.
Dragonrain shook her head slightly and sighed. Riverpaw was nothing like his father, Snowstar, who had been her loyal friend for all this time.
"You are late, Riverpaw. What have you show for your fashionable and utter lateness?" Dragonrain inquired.
Riverpaw dove down to grab a large chunk of something that Dragonrain didn't recognize until Riverpaw hauled it up the slope. The only thing Riverpaw was good for was fish.
Crystalpaw's eyes stretched wide. "You brought back fish. You actually brought back the slimiest, sickest animal living in the mountains, and you expect to pass your assessment with this wolf dung!" Crystalpaw exclaimed.
Dragonrain stepped forward. "Crystalpaw's right. You can't expect to pass your assessment if you haven't brought back MountainClowder's actual source of prey, birds."
Riverpaw's face turned red in anger. "Follow me." he mewed simply, padding in the direction of the lake outlook.
Dragonrain was surprised. Riverpaw had led her and Crystalpaw to a large pile of birds. This was probably going to pass the assessment. With that, Dragonrain led the two apprentices back to camp.
