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Chapter 3: Frostpaw's POV
"Frostpaw! Littlepaw! Lionpaw!" cheered the clan, though Frostpaw's name was not as loud as her littermates. She twitched her tail in annoyance, but caught herself before it showed everyone else what she was thinking.
Jealousy. Once again, Littlepaw and Lionpaw got great mentors and she didn't. Littlepaw's mentor was Bluefire. Not an excellent choice for Frostpaw, but she was basically a senior warrior. Lionpaw's mentor was Lilyfrost.
And then, Frostpaw's mentor. Her mentor was Lightningcloud. He was the newest warrior around, and he also didn't really like her. It was like Darkstar went out of his way to make sure Frostpaw got a horrible mentor, but she knew that wasn't true. Darkstar tried to get rid of his suspicions with her, and he obviously thought that Frostpaw was loyal and a good addition to the clan if he didn't make himself her mentor. That fact, at least, made Frostpaw feel better.
Frostpaw glanced at her littermates. They were already begging to go around the territory. Thistlepaw and Forestpaw were speaking about something to their mentors too. She presumed she should be doing the same, but it seemed that Lightningcloud had thought ahead of time.
"We're going around the territory today."
"Great. I can't wait." Frostpaw meowed dryly.
"You don't seem as excited as you should be."
Frostpaw shrugged, "Every cat gets to explore the territory, but the thing that's going to be the hardest to learn is where are you in the territory."
For the first time ever, Lightningcloud actually looked impressed. "That's a good attitude, I guess. You should act like a normal apprentice too, not a senior warrior that knows everything about our territory."
"What about me is normal? Being avoided or picked on by clanmates because of who my father was and having the only white pelt in Thunderclan except for Whitewind, basically being an outcast. Not only that, but so many cats hate me or don't trust me that it's getting kinda normal now. You are one of them, that I know."
He looked at her questioningly, then he made his face unreadable. Frostpaw was about to burst into laughter when he asked, "How do you know that I hate you?"
Frostpaw rolled her eyes. Toms were known to be dense, but this tom was seriously dense. "You avoid me, you make an excuse to leave whenever I leave the nursery. Plus, you gave it away when I was a kit. Your expression when Lionkit and me talked to you about apprenticeship obviously made you feel uncomfortable."
He demanded, "How do you even know all of this?"
"Observations, duh. When you have no friends except of Lionpaw, you tend to need to do something while he's sleeping or playing with our denmates.
"I'm done with this conversation. We're going around the territory. Let's go."
Frostpaw nodded and followed Lightningcloud triumphantly. Lightningcloud just learned to actually maybe like Frostpaw, just a little bit, so that they could get along.
Littlepaw's POV
Littlepaw was slightly jealous that Lightningcloud and Frostpaw were mentor and apprentice, but she shook the thought away immediately. Lightningcloud couldn't love a cat like her! A cat that likes being alone, that every cat ignores, that almost every cat hates. Even though her mentor was Bluefire, a pretty experienced warrior, she couldn't help but want Lightningcloud as her mentor.
Lionpaw and Lilyfrost were going with Frostpaw and Lightningcloud, as they followed them going out. Littlepaw asked, "Can we please go with them?"
"I think that having three apprentices and three warriors is kind of a big patrol. We'll go training, if you'd like." Bluefire meowed, showing her hostility to Frostpaw openly. Littlepaw had a sense of triumph. If her mentor didn't like Frostpaw, then she'd do her best to make Littlepaw better. Bluefire left the camp with Littlepaw who was falling behind slightly. Bluefire meowed kindly, "Don't let your size bother you. You'll get used to it, and plus, some techniques are best for smaller cats."
Littlepaw nodded, watching her mentor's every move.
Frostpaw's POV
After seeing every corner of the territory, all Frostpaw wanted to do was sleep. Even though Lionpaw didn't show it as obviously as her, she could tell just by looking at his dragging paws. Annoyingly, the day was not even close to being over, so Lightningcloud and Lilyfrost decided to hold a hunting training session. Lionpaw looked eager despite his tiredness, but Frostpaw didn't even want to do that yet. She was super tired.
Even though it was obvious Lightningcloud hated her guts, he made an effort to at least try and make her look good, probably for his own selfish reasons. She didn't even bother looking into his eyes to learn what he was thinking about. She didn't care that Lightningcloud was using her to get a good reputation with the younger warriors. She didn't care at all.
After a long training session, Frostpaw managed to learn the basic crouch. Lionpaw was close to catching a squirrel, but Frostpaw had no luck because of her white pelt that she started to curse herself, annoyed that she looked this way.
Lionpaw finally gave into his aching muscles, "Lilyfrost, I'm super tired."
Frostpaw meowed, "I'm really tired too."
Lilyfrost sighed. She nodded and tilted her head towards camp as she agreed, "I would understand that. You were both kits yesterday. We'll go to camp and then you can eat something and go to sleep." She addressed Lionpaw, "Bluefire agreed that Littlepaw and you will battle train tomorrow."
Lightningcloud spoke to Frostpaw, "We'll be hunting in the forest. After they are done battle training, we'll battle train alone."
"Uh, okay." Frostpaw meowed, slightly confused as why her mentor wanted to train her alone instead of with her littermates. She looked directly into his eyes, hoping that she'd find the reason why.
DUN! DUN! DUN! Minor Cliffhanger!
Q: Why do you think that Lightningcloud doesn't want to train with Littlepaw, Lionpaw, Lilyfrost, and Bluefire?