Chapter 7, Skypaw

"Ravenstar?"

"Huh?" Ravenstar stood up, blinking sleep from her amber eyes. "Who's there?"

"It's Ashfur. I was wondering if I could lead the dawn patrol."

Ravenstar looked at him. "No you can't. I'm not the deputy. That's Brightheart's job. Didn't she send one out?"

"Well…er…yes…"

"Good. Now, why don't you train…your, er, apprentice."

"Shadowpaw? Oh, I was thinking about letting her rest."

"She doesn't need to rest!" Ravenstar snapped, "She's young and strong. This is her first day. She probably wants to train."

Ravenstar flicked her tail at a group of mentors making there way to the training hollow. "Go with them," she ordered Ashfur. He snorted impatiently.

Ravenstar stood up and stretched all her black-striped legs in turn. She turned around. Skypaw was waiting just behind her.

"I'm ready to train," Skypaw mewed patiently. (AN: does she seem okay, Skyfeather123?)

"Come on," Ravenstar told the white apprentice. Skypaw blinked her odd violet eyes.

Ravenstar charged out of camp, Skypaw following close behind until they reached the training hollow.

Hollysky and Birchoak were there with their apprentices. So was Snowfeather. Ashfur sat there last of all, his tail tip twitching angrily.

"We were going to show them the borders," Snowfeather said, "And the territory and stuff."

"Good idea," Ravenstar mewed, flicking her tail at Skypaw to follow her. She left the hollow, and headed to Snakerocks, the nearest place.

"This is Snakerocks," she told her apprentice. "There are many mice here, but adders also roam the area. And now it is green leaf, when the adders will be out the most. Come on, let's go."

She charged in front of her apprentice, who looked terrified about the prospect of snakes.

"Here is Tallpines," Ravenstar mewed, "It is not safe. Although there is much prey, there is no underbrush to hide in. Twolegs planted these trees. Over there is Twolegplace. That is where I was born."

"Oh." That was all Skypaw said. She appeared to be a cat who said little but watched a lot.

Ravenstar turned around and headed deeper into the forest. She walked through the forest for a while. "This is Sunningrocks. Over there is RiverClan. Smell, they are your enemies."

Skypaw inhaled deeply. She made no note of saying anything about the smell of RiverClan and how different it was from ThunderClan.

"RiverClan have tried many times to claim Sunningrocks. There was a battle just yesterday for that reason." Ravenstar licked the bite on her shoulder.

She turned around and made her way to the Thunderpath.

"This is the Thunderpath," She told Skypaw, She emerged from the bushes on the side. Skypaw looked at the hard path with wonder, then padded foreword. Suddenly, a monster roared around a bend. Skypaw let out a shriek of terror and was thrown into the bushes.

Ravenstar followed her. "That is very dangerous. Stay away from it. Twolegs drive monsters on it. We don't know why. Cats have died on the Thunderpath."

Skypaw didn't answer, but her eyes were wide with fear.

"On the other side is ShadowClan territory. They are mean cats. Stay away from them too." Don't go near here. There is no value here. No prey."

"Yes," Murmured Skypaw.

"That's enough for now," Ravenstar turned around and walked deeper into the forest.

"This is deep in ThunderClan territory. Prey is best here, and it is safe. Come on."

She led the way to camp. It was Sunhigh, and Ravenstar's limbs were tired aftrer the long walk around the territory.

"Get yourself some prey," Ravenstar instructed Skypaw. The white apprentice dashed off, and Leafpaw came strolling up.

"Hi Ravenstar," She mewed, "training was fun today. I got to see all the territory. It was neat. The Thunderpath is cool, huh? Brightheart told me that mice are the easiest prey to catch. Isn't that weird? She also told me shrews are the smallest. Then she caught a squirrel and showed me. How did Brightheart's face get like that? She told me it was a dog. What do dogs look like? Seapaw told me that she got to see the great oak. It's big, huh?" Leafpaw stopped for a moment, and took a deep breath.

"Leafpaw," Ravenstar interrupted the chatty young she-cat. "Go and give the elders some prey."

"Okay. Longtail said that a badger scratched his eyes out. That's cool, huh? Did you know that Frostfur once had a ShadowClan warrior steal her kits? Bye!" Leafpaw charged over to the elders den holding a mouse.

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