The black she cat peeked out of the apprentices den. It was barely dawn, but Antpaw went out anyway. She lifted her head to the shining white moon that made her black pelt shimmer into a gray. The moon was sinking, and it slowly buried its shining, white self into the ground where it can hide. The sun swarmed up, as if in reply.
Antpaw purred in amusement as she saw the sun peek out, turning the dark sky into something new. Her tail swayed in happiness as she stared at the sun finally place itself with the blue sky.
"Wow..." She gasped, out of breath. It was the first sunrise of Newleaf, and it was already showing off great.
Suddenly, the grass started to shiver behind her, and Antpaw spun around, her tail flicking with a hint of annoyance.
"Hi, Antpaw." The blue tom purred as she spun around. Antpaws belly burned with embarrassment, realizing it wasn't a intruder or something, just Bluepaw. "Greetings, Bluepaw." She replied. "What are you doing?" He asked, a smirk plastered on his face with amusement. "It's not a surprise I'm here, Bluepaw. You've seen me do it!" Antpaw chuckled, images of the past flowing into her head, "I know. Anyways-" "Bluepaw, training!" Ordered a voice. Bluepaw rose to his paws obediently and padded to his mentor, Cloudfoot. "See 'ya, Antpaw." He meowed before disappearing out of camp with his mentor. Antpaw dipped her head in goodbye, only to hear another voice calling her name.
"We should go to, Antpaw." Jaystep suggested, slipping next to his apprentice. Antpaw nodded with a sigh, and her and her mentor weaved their selfs around the awakening clan. Antpaws head cocked to the side slightly, her mind twisted in confusion. Why are we going to the edge of the camp, instead of the training area? She thought questionably as they halted to the stop at the river. "What are we doing?" Antpaw burst out, her whiskers twitching as she looked around. "We're going to go on a border patrol with other apprentices and their mentors," Explained Jaystep over the soft gurgling of the river. Antpaw nodded, her pupils trailing toward a bit of gray fur at the corner of her eye.
Shadepaw!
A orange cat was following his apprentice, then giving a prod at Shadepaw with his orange tail for her to stop.
"Where's the rest, Cedardive?" Jayfoot asked impatiently, his tail lashing. Cedardive shrugged cooly, his pale orange pelt shining in the sun. "Have some patience, Jayfoot. We invited the other apprentices to come, as in INVITED. They don't need to come if they want to." Jayfoot nodded with a sigh, his fur flattening. "I know, I just wanna have them over. I mean, their so close to being warriors.." Jayfoot meows was interrupted with Shadepaws impatient yowl. "If their not going to come, then lets just go without them." Antpaw was overwhelmed by the sudden yowl, and it seemed that Jayfoot and Cedardive was too, their fur standing on end.
"Alright, we'll go." Sighed Cedardive.
They swam across the rushing river, the gentle current tugging at Antpaws fur. She jumped out with a sigh. Unlike most RiverClan cats, the river wasn't her favorite thing.
They padded around the river, Antpaws jaws open, tasting the welcoming scents she knew. Suddenly, a fresh scent of fox hit her nose, making her halt to a stop.
The rest of the patrol stopped with her, their ears twitching with confusion. "What's wrong, Antpaw?" Jayfoot asked from the back of the patrol, Antpaw straining to hear what Jayfoot was saying under Cedardive and Shadepaws clamoring.
"Fox." Murmured Antpaw, glancing a flash of orange fur flying behind some reeds.
Thanks for reading this chapter. If you notice any mistakes (which there will be) since I kinda whipped this up, please do tell me by review or PM. Thanks!