Redpaw got up from her nest, stretching, then went to see Moonwhisper. "So what are we doing today?" the apprentice asked, eyes bright with enthousiasm. Moonwhisper shrugged. "We're going to see the territory." Redpaw nodded. That made sense, blue-eyed cats were always expected to tour the territory on the first day so that they could best serve their superiors. It was stupid, but mandatory.
Every cat had to obey the green-eyed cats. The amber eyed cats only had to obey green-eyes though, while yellow eyes had to serve both. The blue eyes, being incredibly unlucky, had to be slaves to every single cat in the clan. "That's sunningrocks." Redpaw's mentor's voice interrupted her angry thoughts. The red she-cat gasped as she realized how far they had come. She hadn't meant to slip into her thoughts like that!
Moonwhisper continued. "Make sure you get a good whiff of ThunderClan scent." Redpaw nodded and sniffed the air. "Yuck! They smell gross!" the tabby apprentice hissed. Moonwhisper nodded towards Redpaw. "I know that." the black she-cat grumbled. And so, the tour continued. Once they returned to camp, Redpaw slunk towards the den in an attempt to not be noticed.
Unfortunately, it did not work. "Hey, Redpaw, come here!" Greypaw yowled, his eyes full of cruel excitement. Redpaw unwillingly walked towards the tom, tail dragging through the dirt. "Sit." Graypaw commanded. Redpaw snarled but did what he asked, knowing the punishment for disobeying a green-eye's orders was much worse than lost dignity.
Graypaw roared with laughter. "Now, beg me for a kiss!" he gasped through intense laughter. Redpaw, tail lashing in anger, obliged. "Oh Graypaw I love you so much." she mewed in a monotone voice. "Please please please kiss me because I love you and I would do anything for you." Redpaw added, voice still incredibly flat. Graypaw gave Redpaw a kick in the nose instead, and all the surrounding apprentices roared in laughter.
Redpaw, seeing an opening in the crowd, bolted and ran out of camp, sobbing. Never mind what she had thought earlier, she would have rather anything happen to her than that. Redpaw didn't know how long she had been there, but at one point a young tom trotted towards her. "Wh-who are you?" she said through tears.
The black and white tom shook the last of the leaves from his pelt and replied: "I'm Cloudpaw of WindClan." Redpaw gasped and snarled. "WindClan! B-but you're not allowed on RiverClan territory!" she exclaimed, springing to her paws. Cloudpaw looked extremely uncomfortable. "Er, actually... you're on WindClan territory." he mewed. Redpaw looked away, cheeks burning. "Oh. I-I'll go now." she said, walking away.
"No wait! I didn't get your name." Cloudpaw said, sounding rather embarrassed. "Oh!" Redpaw exclaimed, surprised she wasn't being treated like fox-dung by a green-eyed WindClan apprentice of all things! "Er, I'm Redpaw." She said, running back to RiverClan as fast as her legs could carry her. It didn't make sense! She should have been beaten and humiliated and called blue-eye, that was how green-eyes acted...! Wasn't it?