A/N: Hello everyone! I do apologize for the long wait in-between last chapter and this one. As you'll see in the chapter, there was a lot of undetailed/detailed info about ThunderClan territory. And I had to do a TON of research and stuff. So yeah...
By the way! Over a hundred views - I couldn't thank you guys enough! But on the other paw, there was only one review! Come on people, if you love it, you gotta review! If you love it, how am I gonna know? How am I going to improve if you don't tell me how? -0-
Enjoy!
UPDATE 27-8-2014
Some of you may have noticed the slight error in chapter 2. Never mind, I've fixed it now. Thank you to the guest Greydeer for pointing that out! -hands Bluepaw plushie over-
Part One
Chapter Four
Out Into The Wild
Lionpaw held his head high as he padded away after the Clan meeting. He was finally an apprentice! And even better, he had the leader - Bramblestar, mind you - as his mentor.
"Lionpaw." Bramblestar rumbled as he called for the young apprentice. The golden tom walked over obediently, joining his mentor at the Clan's entrance. "We'll take a tour around our territory, and then we can mark the borders." The dark tabby leader introduced, beginning to head off - out into the wild, so Lionpaw fantasized.
Out of the corner of his eye, he could spot Bluepaw's gray tail disappear into the medicine den. I hope she'll tell me all about her training! The excited golden tom thought as he walked with a bounce in his step behind Bramblestar.
The trail they walked on was steep and and led to a ridge, which had many trees scattered around it. Lionpaw had to duck to avoid them, and leaves brushed over his head. The apprentice saw that they had followed the ridge out of the forest, and had arrived near the place where it sloped down towards the lake.
"RiverClan territory is across the lake, as you can see." Bramblestar squinted, and so did the golden apprentice. However, he found that he could mark out the RiverClan territory vaguely, without squinting like his mentor.
"WindClan territory is the place where the sun rises, and ShadowClan is where the sun sets." The leader continued, flicking his tail at each direction. "But we can further explore that later. For now, let's go explore some of our own territory." He spoke again after a while. The golden tom carefully went down the ridge again, then followed his mentor leftwards to meet an old tree.
"This is the Sky Oak, or the Ancient Oak." Bramblestar began as he carefully stepped past some leafy twigs that had snapped off from a tree. "It's very old and its branches are long and close together. Its roots jut out from the ground." He added. The tabby tom flicked his tail at the slightly raised roots that lay tall above the ground. Lionpaw shivered as he imagined a cat possibly tripping over them.
Lionpaw followed his mentor back along the trail they had gone along just now, but this time, he found that his mentor veered to the left instead of following the path to the right. He opened his mouth to speak, then shut it as he realized it was probably better to just follow along right now.
"Over here, we have the Mossy Clearing. You'll be training here tomorrow." The dark leader mewed as they stopped at the mouth of a clearing. A sapling, almost full-grown, leaned slightly over the entrance. Lionpaw hesitated at the entrance as his mentor went inside, but he followed his leader into the clearing.
Wow, he thought as he glanced around. Moss covered the ground and the floor was perfectly smooth, ensuring that it was a great place for apprentices to train. "Okay, let's go now. You'll have time to look around later." Bramblestar beckoned his apprentice out of the clearing.
"Well, that's it." Bramblestar concluded as they jogged back towards camp. "Go rest for a while, then we can join the noon border patrol."
The apprentice nodded, then swiftly went to rest.