Hey everyone! Though there aren't really many reviews, I think I'll update since I want to update more often. So, um, please review? Here's Mousepaw...

I don't own Warriors, never have, never will.

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"Mousepaw! Mousepaw!" Mousepaw's eyes widened, a joyous smile crossing her face. She loved being able to hear the clan call her by her own name. And a smile was still plastered to her face as Bramblefang showed her around the territory.

"Now, we have to do something important," Bramblefang meowed, leading Mousepaw over to a large old tree. Stopping at the base of the tree, Bramblefang continued. "We're going to collect moss!"

Mousepaw's heart dropped for a moment. Sunpaw was getting to see the entire territory, she had heard Hazelfeather say so herself! It was so unfair! She had only gotten to see EarthClan territory... she still wanted to see FlameClan territory!

Bramblefang must've caught her disappointment. "Come on, Mousepaw! You're going to need to learn how to collect moss sometime. And better now than later, I always say." Seeing a frown on Mousepaw's face, Bramblefang continued. "You don't expect the elders to walk all of the way out here to get their own moss, do you? And what about the queens? Who would watch the kits then?"

"I guess not..." Mousepaw sighed. She still didn't want to collect moss, but she guessed that she probably should since she would never want the elders to walk all of the way our here to get their own moss... It's not fair, though! Sunpaw's lucky; Hazelfeather would've taken me out if I was her apprentice! A flash of guilt surged through Mousepaw. She shouldn't be wishing for a different mentor! That's not something an apprentice should be doing, no, she should be happy to be able to be an apprentice right now!

"Do you ever... dislike your father?" Bramblefang's question caught Mousepaw completely off guard. She looked at him with chock showing clearly as light in her eyes.

"W-what?" Mousepaw choked out.

Bramblefang turned his gaze from her. "I'm sorry. It's just... I've seen the way Molewhisker doesn't quite always pay attention to you or your littermates, and how he looks so sad whenever he looks at you, and... It just made me think..." His gaze returned to hers. "Don't hate your father for what he hasn't done, but love him for what he has done." Mousepaw looked at Bramblefang as if he was going crazy. Why would he care about how she felt towards her father? He must've caught her confusement. "I felt the same way towards my father, Breezefall. He never paid too much attention, but that was only after Jewel had died..." Bramblefang's mother had been a kittypet who died not long after he was born and brought to the clan. Breezefall had gotten really sad, and in one battle he was hurt so much that he retired early.

"I... I don't hate Molewhisker, if that's what you're asking," Mousepaw meowed. She shuffled her paws. "He's just never really been there!" A surge of rage flashed through her, and Mousepaw didn't care if she sounded harsh. She just wanted to get it off her chest! Mousepaw had never really gotten the chance to talk with anyone other than her siblings about how she felt... "I've always wanted him to be there. He left us to grief on our own, and just look what happened to Cloudpaw!" Tears burned her eyes for a moment. "She refuses to speak, since she was so sad... about... Meltdawn..."

Bramblefang pushed his pelt against Mousepaw's, and Mousepaw was thankful for his comfort. He seemed to know that she had been dying to get that out for some time now. He seemed to know her so much, though they had never really talked much since he was a warrior, and she had only been a kit.

"Its okay, Mousepaw," Bramblefang whispered. "I didn't mean to bring up such sorrowful feelings. I just wanted to make sure... that you don't live your life with hatred towards Molewhisker." Bramblefang closed his eyes. "He's been through more than you would ever have guessed..."

Mousepaw tilted her head. Sure, he had lost Meltdawn, but so had they! What else was so heart wrenching about his story? Mousepaw shook the thought away. He had lived a lot longer than she had, he must've suffered at least some before that...

"We should probably get back to camp," Bramblefang meowed quickly, looking up at the sky. "The elders are probably looking for their bedding!" A purr rumbled from Mousepaw's throat. Bramblefang was funny. She was starting too really like him. Maybe he will be a really good mentor... at least he doesn't seem to be all that harsh!

Mousepaw grabbed as much moss as she could. But Bramblefang showed her another way to carry moss- under her chin! So when she got back to camp, Mousepaw felt her face grow warm seeing all of the cats looking at her. Some of them purred in delight at seeing a new apprentice learn how to correctly carry moss. Mousepaw just flicked her tail and helped Bramblefang make nests for the elders.

"So now what?" Mousepaw asked, trotting out of the elders den. Sure, they always seemed to love her when she was a kit, but when she was an apprentice she had to get the nests right, with absolutely dry moss and the correct mixture of moss, bracken and feathers. Wow, Mousepaw was glad to be out of that den!

"Get something to eat," Bramblefang purred. He flicked his tail to the setting sun. "And go get some rest. You'll need it for tomorrow; we'll be going on the dawn patrol so I can show you the FlameClan border."

Joy filled Mousepaw's soul as her eyes widened. "A dawn patrol! Awesome!" Her tail lashed back and forth. "I can't wait!" That must be why we didn't see FlameClan territory today... Mousepaw raced over to the prey pile and grabbed a fat shrew off of the top. Biting into it, she headed over to her nest in the apprentice's den.

"Hi Mousepaw." Mousepaw looked up to see Thistlepaw lying in his nest, chewing on a squirrel. He smiled at her before resuming eating. Yep, he's going to have to get used to being nice again, since now we're apprentices too.

"Hi," Mousepaw replied around the shrew before she sat down in her nest and finished off the small rodent. Cloudpaw joined her soon after, carrying a mouse for herself, and nodded to Mousepaw. Mousepaw nodded back, wanting to close her eyes. But she couldn't go to sleep just yet. Driftpaw, Sunpaw, Greenpaw, Splashpaw and all of the other apprentices had to get into the den first. Then she would be able to go to sleep.

"Mousepaw," Thistlepaw whispered, catching her attention. Mousepaw turned to the tomcat and tilted her head to show that she had heard. None of the other apprentices seemed to notice, since they were all chatting about how the day went or growling at one another to be quiet. "Please... be, um, careful around Bramblefang." Before Mousepaw could ask why, he continued. "I've heard that he likes apprentices more than he should. Like, he likes them, likes them. All of the she cat apprentices." A glisten of worry and envy shone in his eyes. "I don't want him to get to you, too. I don't want him to break your heart."

Mousepaw nodded, shocked at what the tomcat had told her. Did Bramblefang really want to hurt her heart? He was her mentor, not her lover! StarClan, she didn't even have a lover! And why would Thistlepaw even care? "Okay, Thistlepaw. Whatever you say..."

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