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Chapter 3

I woke up about sunhigh, my usual call. I walked outside his den and found him waiting by the entrance talking to a tan she-wolf with crystal blue eyes and a brown she-wolf with glowing blue eyes. I walked down to the fresh-kill pile and picked out a slice of meat for me. When I finished I got up and walked over to Sunfire. ( Who was still talking to the two wolves)

" You got that Honeypool?" The tan she-wolf nodded and walked away to her den.

" And do you got it Embersky?" The brown wolf looked at me then nodded and stalked away towards the warrior den.

Sunfire looked at me. " Ready to see our land today."

" Sure." I said nervously.

" Okay the first thing every new apprentice sees is our territory. Between the clans we each have land. Like when we first came here over a thousand years ago this land was jus one big piece. The first leaders, Moonlight, Snow, and Sky divided up these lands into our each own land. If you cross into another clans territory you will have to be punished for breaking the wolf code."

I watched im amazement on how well he knew everything. " So you have to teach me the Wolf code, battle skills, and what else?"

" A lot more. There more than 3 or 4 rule to the wolf code, you have to learn how to deal with other wolves without being hostel, and that you've got to defend our clans land from intruders, and it doesnt matter if they are youre friend."

" Okay okay i get it are we going on the look-round now?"

" Yeah i guess youre right if we want to make it back by Moonhigh." He looked up at the sky. " Well i guess well start at the big oak."

We walked through the barrier and out into the golden forest. Leaf-fall was breaking in nicely this year. I loved hearing the crunch of leaves under my paws. I followed Sunfire on a path that so many wolves walked on that there was a dust trail. When we arrived the big oak was still green to my amazement. The round oval leaves were still an soft green color. The branches and trunks were still a crisp dark brown color.

" Can you climb?"

" What?"

" This is where apprentices learn how to climb trees."

" Of course I know how to climb a tree."

I jumped on a low branch and worked my way up to the top.

" Well that one lesson you dont have to learn because you already learned it." He said as he brushed part of his longhaired tuft out of his eyes.

He then led me to the river along side of Sky clans territory. The river flowed gently and it seemed to whisper my name as it rolled by. The water was a crystal clear blue with a hint of green of the plush moss that grew alongside of the river. I stepped on a stone and it was like a small waterfall. I stepped on the stone and I kept my balance and never slipped. and water flowed through my paws like ribbons of silk. I walked across it and it felt like a dream.

" Havin fun?"

" Huh" I said still daydreaming.

" The water."

" Oh yeah its really cool. Literally."

" Well lets head onto the battle field so we can train a little bit since we got a we extra minutes."

We led on the dust path and onto a small field where Firepaw and Frostedshade was training. Over to the left Kinkpaw and Honeypool was nosing about some berries and leaves.

" Okay what am i going to learn first?" I said getting in the play position.

" Well i guess how to Back Kick, Belly Rake, and the Front Paw Blow. Remember during traing keep your claws sheathed."

I looked down at my paws. I haven't sheathed my claws ever since I could remember. I sheathed my claws and started training.

" Okay for the Back Kick is that when your opponent i turned their back to you make an explosive move with your back legs. Judge your opponents distance carfully, one wrong move could break your leg."

When Sunfire turned his back to help teach me i moved much faster than i intended to. He fell to the ground with a loud thump.

" That...sure...knocked…the wind.. out of..me." He wheezed.

When he got his breath back he said with a toss of his head to get the hair out of his eyes " Okay you sure got that one down. Okay lets try the Belly Rake. When you're doing the Belly Rake you slice with unsheathed claws on the soft underbelly of the opponent. When you're pinned down it puts you quickly back in control. Remember your claws are sheathed."

I rolled under Sunfire's belly and kicked my back legs explosively.

" Wow that one worked out perfectly. I guess you got that one down. Now the Front Paw Blow. Its a frontal attack so you bring you're paw down hard on you're opponents head. Claws unsheathed but not now."

He bent down and i swept my paw and slightly missed the middle of his head.

" Good try but lets try it again. Now this time aim your blow."

I thrushed my paw down on his head but not as hard as I would do in battle.

" Good good you mastered that one in no time flat."

" One question. How many more moves do I have to learn?"

" Well there's the Front Paw Strike, Killing Bite used only for prey which we are going to practice today, Leap-and-Hold, Partner Fighting, Play Dead, Scruff Shake, Teeth Grip, and Upright Lock. Which is 8 more and we are going to practice 3 a day. 4 today including the Killing Bite so that leaves 7. It will maybe take you a week to master everything since you're already a grown wolf. Okay are you ready to learn how to hunt prey Moonlight clan style?"

" Yeah this is actually kind of fun. At least better than I thought it would be."

" Hmm.." He said thoughtfully." Well lets go out into the brush and see if we can find a squirrel or a bird. We stocked up yesterday so we shouldn't need much more prey to fill up the pile."

I nodded and started off through the brush until we saw a thrush.

" Okay what you need to do to get that thrush is to jump and pin it down. Then deliver a swift sharp bite to the back of its neck." He said in a soft whisper.

I nodded and slowly crouched down and made no noise as I proceeded through the bracken. I jumped as hard as I could and grabbed it. I drug it to the ground and bite it swiftly to the neck.

" Good now you need to say a silent prayer to Fire clan for the prey that they gave us."

I nodded and said a silent prayer to Fire clan and picked it up and we walked back to camp.