Yolo ppl, okay, so here is the 3rd chapter, enjoy! Oh, and I forgot to do the disclaimer, I DO NOT own warriors. (but it would be AWESOME if I did!)
Eclipsepaw ran up to Eaglepaw with Fernpaw limping along behind, with her head down.
"I'm going to the medicine cat's den." Fernpaw meowed sulkily, waving her tail goodbye. At that moment Sunfang, Tallstripe, and Whisperlake padded up to the apprentices.
"Come one, we will show you the border." Tallstripe meowed gesturing his ears towards the camp entrance. Finally! Eaglepaw thought, padding swiftly after her mentor, her sisters on her tail. The patrol padded out of the camp.
"Wow!" Eclipsepaw exclaimed, Whisperlake snorted
"It's not like this is your first time out of camp." she meowed. Tallstripe flicked her with his tail,
"Be nice." he murmured to her. Something rustled in the undergrowth,Tallstripe signaled them to stop, while Sunfang crouched down and began creeping towards the bush. He paused for a moment, making sure that the wind was blowing the right way, then he pounced, flattening the bush. He crawled back out carrying a rabbit,
"That is how you hunt, if you are training to be a Runner." Sunfang meowed around the rabbit. He dug a hole close to the bush, placed the rabbit in it, and filled the hole with dirt.
They all started padding towards the river border.
"This is the border we have with the river." Whisperlake meowed, looking longingly up at the trees. Eaglepaw looked up to, then padded to the base of one of the trees and began clawing her way all looked at her in amazement. She looked down from the lowest branch,
"What?" she asked. Sunfang cleared his throat.
"You are a Runner Eaglepaw, not a Treejumper." he meowed. Eaglepaw's shoulders drooped, and she slunk down the tree gracefully. I wish I could be a Treejumper Eaglepaw thought, snorting. Whisperlake looked at Sunfang hopefully, but he just shook his head.
"Hey, do we have a border with any of the other clans?" Eclipsepaw asked,
"No, all of our territory takes up one side of the river." Tallstripe replied.
"Then why hasn't the other clans fought us for it?" Eclipsepaw continued, all the mentors exchanged a glance,
"That's enough history lessons today," Whisperlake meowed,
"How about we head toward Skyoak." The two apprentices flinched as they remembered their fall only one moon ago.
"Oh, ya. How about the Snake Field?" suggested Sunfang.
"Yay! I bet I'll catch a snake before either of you!" Eclipsepaw yowled as she ran into the forest. Eaglepaw stifled a mrow of amusement as she remembered that Eclipsepaw didn't know the way to the fields. Tallstripe purred,
"It's this way," he meowed, heading in the other direction. Eaglepaw looked at the trees longingly, then she raced up into one of the oaks.
"Eaglepaw! Come back down!" Sunfang yowled angrily. She crouched down, trying to hide from them, I don't want to come down! I want to be a Treejumper! She thought sadly. Whisperlake sighed,
"I'll get her down." she meowed, starting to climb up the tree. She was just below Eaglepaw's branch, when Eaglepaw saw Eclipsepaw whipping her head to look at a bush. She saw the apprentice wriggle under the bush, Eaglepaw narrowed her eyes at her. She jumped and almost fell out of the tree as Whisperlake made it onto her branch and grabbed hold of her scruff. Eaglepaw struggled against the warrior, then her paw slipped and they both fell out of the tree.
"I got you!" Eaglepaw heard Sunfang yowl as him and Tallstripe dived under them, having them both landing on their backs. He stood up, dumping them of his back, them cuffed Eaglepaw on the side of the head, at that moment Eclipsepaw scrambled out from under the bush
"Intruder!" Eaglepaw heard her hiss to the patrol, but she ignored her.
"Intruder!" Eaglepaw heard Eclipsepaw meow agitatedly through gritted teeth. The warriors whipped around and looked at her, Eaglepaw pushed past them and sprang at the rouge.
"You better get out of here, because if you don't, I'll rip your ears off!" the apprentice was shaking with surprise at her own rage. Her eyes suddenly softened
"Ok. Listen. I'm sorry. But you are on ForestClan territory and rogues are not welcome in here." Eaglepaw forced her fur to lay flat.
"What's your name anyways?" she asked.
"Moon," he replied.
"Well Moon. You better get a move on or we will rip your ears off," Tallstripe was suddenly standing next to the two cats.
"Tallstripe!" Eaglepaw gasped, "I'm so sorry! I was just..just.."
"Just being a foolish young apprentice, now get back to the patrol" Tallstripe meowed sternly, Eaglepaw's shoulders drooped and she padded back. Moon stood there, looking at them,
"Okay, I don't get how you can tell if this is your territory; all I smell is dirt and trees." he meowed. Tallstripe snorted,
"That is our scent, all Forestclan cats smell like that." he growled. Moon backed away,
"Hey, I never said I didn't like the smell." Moon meowed defensively. The bush rustled and the rest of the patrol stepped out, Sunfang first, then Eclipsepaw looking proud, then Whisperlake, her nose wrinkled in disgust.
"What stinks?" she coughed, snorting. Moon growled at her.
Eclipsepaw looked at her mentor,
"What are we going to do with him?" she quietly asked Tallstripe. He paused, thinking,
"We will take him off our territory." he meowed, stepping forward "Follow me." he padded away with Moon behind him, Sunfang stepped forward, and began following them.
"Come on, we better follow them, but stay back." Whisperlake meowed sternly, padding after them, with the apprentices following close behind.
Once they made it to the border, Tallstripe ordered them to stay there while he led Moon away. He turned Moon around and was pushing him away from the border,
"Head back to the camp." he meowed over his shoulder. Sunfang nodded and led them back to camp.