Time to see Frogpaw's "chat" with his founder, mentor, and foster mother.

Frogpaw stormed out of the den, he stopped, sat down, and took a deep breath. Then, he looked at his tail, it was long, otter-like, and wagged when he was happy, not when he was scared like a cat. It was true, he really wasn't a cat, but a slobbery dog.

His mother, no, foster-mother, used to tell them stories of the beastly creatures when they were two moons old. This is the one she always told gave him the shivers, for two reasons:

One freezing day in leaf-bare , your father, Buzzardpelt, who was the old deputy and died of greencough before he could meet you, and I went out into the snow-filled forest. We hunted and played in the blizzard. It was very cold and your father's whiskers were turning to ice, but we kept going.

That was when we fell in love. We were laughing and rolling in the snow and had found a nice hollow that Kinkedtail now calls, his "non-drama" hollow.

Just then, a yellow, thick coated she-dog came into the hollow that we were warming up in. It barked and screeched, ripping the moss we had lain on it to shreds. She actually looked a lot like you Frogkit. She ripped our fur to shreds, we actually had no fur for the rest of leaf-bare. We lead the dog back to our home and our clan drove her out for good.

That is how I met your father.

Frogpaw had always listened to that story with wonder and fierce, pride, thinking his actual father would always be watching him. But no, Buzzardpelt was probably up there in StarClan, scorning Mothreed for bringing a dog into the nursery with their precious kits.

Frogpaw got up and marched into the Elder's Den. He found Kinkedtail in the far back, watching him with wary eyes.

"I thought you might come", the old tom croaked, "Are you going to ask about… everything?"

"I've come to ask why you brought me here. You must've known I was a dog when you found me", yelled Frogpaw.

"I didn't know when I found you", the elder murmured, "I figured it out when you were just climbing out of the nursery."

"What do you know about my mother?", Frogpaw asked, calming down.

"All I know is when Mothreed fell in love with Buzzardpelt. She encountered your mother", Kinkedtail mewed, "From her description of the dog, moons later it lead me to knowing that it was your mother. She always said that it looked exactly like you."

"Thank you for this information", said Frogpaw, getting up, "I have to speak with my mentor now."

"Your welcome youngun", croaked the elder.

Frogpaw left the elder to sleep and headed to the Warrior's Den to speak to his mentor.

...

Frogpaw stormed off to the warriors den to talk to Mapleleaf, he still couldn't believe that he was a dog. As he padded inside, Mapleleaf was nowhere to be found, in fact, no warriors were in the den but Mothreed, his supposed "mother", was sitting in her nest.

"I was expecting you son", she murmured.

"I'm not your son", Frogpaw raged, "Why did you let me live!?"

"You were young at the time", Mothreed responded, "I couldn't have let a newborn, what I thought was a kit at the time, die."

"You have the exact same answers as Kinkedtail", he sneered.

She looked at her paws, tears welling in her eyes.

"All I ever wanted was for you to be safe", Mothreed cried, "For you to be happy and never be doubtful about what you look like on the outside, but to think about what you feel on the inside. For you to have young, to be brave, to have love in your heart. To be grateful, caring, to have a mate. I guess I never should have tried to raise you."

She tore past Frogpaw and out of the den, "Mother, wait", he called. But it was to late, Mothreed had left and it was all his fault for whatever thing she was going to do next.

"Well, that wasn't very smart", mewed a voice behind him half scorning, half sympathetic. It was of course, Mapleleaf, "I assume you want to talk to me."

"Yes", Frogpaw mewed, "Why did you change from hating me, to accepting questions? Also, why did you ask Heronstar to replace me to go to the gathering?"

"Brackenshine, the WindClan warrior made me believe that you were a true warrior of ShadowClan", Mapleleaf mewed, "I was too mouse-brained to believe in you in the first place. I wish I could have seen it at first and not have said all those awful things to you. I asked to replace us because all of the cats at the gathering would look at you, and see an untrustworthy dog. But your not one, the other clans would have declared war on us, I know because we would do the same thing to any other clan if they were housing a dog before we got you. The other clans would team up, and drive us out, all because we were protecting the fiercest apprentice I know, you."

Tears were coming out of her eyes, and Frogpaw braced for her to run out of the den, but instead, she pushed her nose into his neck fur.

"I'm sorry for everything I ever said to you", Mapleleaf mewed as she straightened and looked him in the eye, "Truly and very. I've talked to Heronstar, and he agrees that it's time for you to become a warrior."

Frogpaw's eyes light up, "A Warrior, for real?"

"Yes young one", Mapleleaf said as she smiled at the dog's enthusiasm.

…

"I Heronstar, leader of ShadowClan call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to learn the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Frogpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do", answered Frogpaw exitedly.

Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Frogpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Frogeyes, in reference to your big, frog-like eyes. StarClan honors your bravery, skill, and big heart, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan."

Heronstar rested his muzzle on Frogeyes' head, and Frogeyes returned the gesture by licking Heronstar's shoulder.

"Frogeyes! Frogeyes! Frogeyes! Frogeyes!", cheered the clan.

"Tonight you will sit a silent vigil", Heronstar ordered, "You are not allowed to talk or move until sunrise, unless of course we are being attacked."

"Yes Heronstar", Frogeyes answered.

"Go now", Heronstar mewed.