Chapter five
Wolfpaw snuck quietly into the forest. He scented the air, but smelled nothing. He scented again, and caught a faint smell of a rabbit. He looked around until he saw it. It was a white rabbit and it was nearly as big as his brother, Dogpaw. The rabbit scented him and started running. Oh no you don't! Wolfpaw thought. He silently ran after the rabbit. He picked up speed and pounced on the rabbit. He killed it with a bite to the neck. Wolfpaw buried his rabbit so nobody would take it while he was gone. Then he scented the air again. There was a very strong scent of squirrel. Wolfpaw looked up, and there were three squirrels on a tree branch. Wolfpaw sprung up and pinned one with his paw while using the other to pull himself on the branch. He used his teeth to grab another squirrel. The third ran up the tree. Wolfpaw brought the two squirrels down and buried them next to his rabbit. He scented for more prey, but he smelled something else. What is that smell? He wondered. He picked up his fresh-kill and padded back to camp. Firestar saw his catches and looked impressed. "Very good!" He glanced at the sky. "It's getting late Wolfpaw. How about you-" "Wait, Firestar, I smelled a strange scent out there. I'm not sure what it is." Firestar nodded his head. "Lead the way Wolfpaw." Firestar said.
Wolfpaw dropped his fresh-kill in the fresh-kill pile, and padded into the forest. Firestar followed closely, staying alert. Wolfpaw scented the air. "We're here Firestar." Wolfpaw said. Firestar scented the air. He grinned, "It's nothing Wolfpaw. I have to go back to camp. Could you try to catch something else?" Wolfpaw nodded. "Sure Firestar." Firestar bounded off. Wolfpaw looked around. He never told me what the scent was… Wolfpaw noticed. He shrugged, and focused on the task. He scented the air, and smelled a mouse. He glanced at it and crept closer. He heard a twig snap, and scented the air another time. The scent was much stronger.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The mouse ran away and Wolfpaw spun around. "Hey you scare-"He was cut off as a kit flew out of the bushes and landed on Wolfpaw's back. "Ah!" Wolfpaw exclaimed, and threw the kit off. "Oof!" The kit landed. "Sorry…" Wolfpaw mewed. "It's okay!" She bounced around. "Hey sis! Come out!" She called. "Hi! My names Daffodil and this is my sister Blacky!" Then Daffodil cut off. "You smell like Firestar!" Wolfpaw stiffened. "You know Firestar?" "Yeah!" The kit nodded. "He's my uncle!" Wolfpaws eyes widened. Blacky stepped out of the bushes, trembling. Blacky and Daffodil looked similar. Daffodils pelt was fiery orange, like Firestars, and she had white stripes on her tail and back. Blacky had the same stripes, but her pelt was black. Daffodil looked at Wolfpaw. "Can we come back with you? We want to see our uncle!" Wolfkit tensed. The kits mother may be worried about them. Wolfkit shrugged. How long could they be in camp anyways? "Sure." He said. Daffodil jumped and howled, "Yay!" Wolfpaw started padding towards camp. "Follow me kits." He said. The moment Wolfpaw took a step Daffodil pelted him with questions. ""Do you like Firestar? He's leader right? Does he boss you around? What's life like in a clan? Do you catch your own food?" Wolfpaw stopped and sighed. Was I like this as a kit? He pondered. "Yes. No. Kinda. Fun. Yes." Wolfpaw answered all of the questions with one word. Wolfpaw looked over his shoulder and noticed that Blacky was falling behind. He waited for her, and then continued to walk. As soon as they reached the camp Daffodil yelled, "I know this place!" She immediately started sprinting down to the leaders den. Hawkclaw saw her and then looked at the camp entrance. He gave Wolfpaw a confused look and Wolfpaw shook his head. Then Hawkclaw started shaking and Wolfpaw realized that he was laughing. Blacky crawled into camp and slunk after Daffodil. The two reminded him of himself and Dogkit. Blacky was socially awkward like Dogkit, and Daffodil was… crazy? I think that's the word. Wolfpaw thought.
"Firestar!" Daffodil howled. Firestar grinned. "Hi kits!" Even Blacky seemed to brighten. Both kits jabbered on about their adventure to Thunderclan, and Wolfpaw sat and listened, amused by their story. "Oh, Wolfpaw! Come on in!" Firestar exclaimed when he saw Wolfpaw sitting outside his den. Wolfpaw padded in, and at that moment Daffodil and Blacky sprinted out. Wolfpaw laughed. They ran into the nursery. "They must want to see the kits." Wolfpaw said to Firestar. He nodded, "Yes, and Graystripe and Millie are in there too." Firestar purred at the thought of his best friends' reaction to his crazy kin. Then Wolfpaw said to Firestar, "May I go back to hunt more?" Firestar nodded. Wolfpaw wanted to catch that mouse.
***TO BE CONTINUED***
