Hezzo! I'm going to try and finish this book tomorrow! Don't forget to check out the cover for this story! Oh, I just realized, I've been putting Sparrowpaw, it's SWALLOWpaw. Sorry.

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I yawned and curled up in my nest in between Icepaw and Swallowpaw. It's been a moon since my little prank on my two best friends, and they were mad for a few sunrises. But now we

laugh at it.

I closed my eyes and quickly fell asleep. A memory as a Twoleg started, but it was like watching a movie in a foreign language. It was a time when my sister and I were with some stray

kittens and their mother that we were friends with. We were playing with them, and then it changed to us holding the kittens while they slept. It made me realize that a part of me

wanted to be a Twoleg again. Then all of a sudden it changed to a bad memory of me getting the biggest injury of my life. I jolted awake, sweating. I wiped away the sweat with my hand.

Wait, hand, and sweat... I'm a Twoleg again! My eyes opened wide and I glanced at the other three apprentices. Luckily they were asleep. I didn't mean it! I want to be a cat! Suddenly I felt

weird. My head started buzzing, and everything got taller. Ilooked down and saw my own brown paws! I had read about this. Turning from Twoleg to cat at will. Check. Not aging as long

as this power is used. Check. It was true; I hadn't looked any different as a Twoleg just now than when I changed. But they could only change when they got to a certain age… Then I

remembered something. The day of the transformation had been my birthday! So I was a werecat! I tried to go back to sleep, but all night I twisted and turned.

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The next morning, Swallowpaw, Icepaw, and I woke before Sunpaw and snuck out of the den to eat. "Guys," I whispered while we were eating, "When you finish your training, meet me

at the stream." They nodded. Icepaw and I went on a patrol with our mentors, and Swallowpaw went with Willowclaw to practice her battle moves. "Paranoid she-cat." I whispered to

Icepaw, who cracked up. The cool leaf-fall breeze ruffled my fur, making me purr with delight. Leaf-fall had always been my favorite season. Pretty soon, the patrol was over. Icepaw and I

got permission from our mentors and rushed to the stream where we were to meet Swallowpaw. "Man, it sure is taking Swallowpaw a long time." Icepaw remarked after a while. I

snorted. "Willowclaw is probably afraid we'll ambush her. Again, par-a-noid she-cat!" I caught a big juicy rabbit and shared it with Icepaw. We finished it and Swallowpaw still hadn't

shown up. It was a little after sunhigh when the brown she-cat finally showed up. "Sorry, I had to clean out the elders' den with Sunpaw, then hunt." She apologized. I growled. "I bet

Willowclaw purposely kept you busy." Swallowpaw nodded and then asked me. "So what did you want to talk to us about?" I looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then

beckoned my friends closer. "Can you keep a secret?" When they nodded, I lowered my voice to barely above a whisper. "I'm something called a werecat. I can change from a Twoleg to a

cat when I want, watch." I added when I saw their skeptical looks. I willed myself to change to a Twoleg. It was exactly like last night, but this time everything got shorter, including my

friends. I saw the fearful looks on their faces, and Icepaw went, "Meow! Mrrrrrow!" I changed back to cat. "Now, this is just news for Swallowpaw." I said when the transformation was

complete. "There's a prophecy about me. When the sun hits ten, the destruction of the Clans begins. Any ideas about that?" Swallowpaw nodded. "I had Morningflower tell me the story of

the Great Journey. She said there was a prophecy about fire and tiger and they would destroy the Clans. But it meant-"

"Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight." I finished for her. "And destroying the Clans meant the Clan boundaries would no longer matter." I figured it out with that one little fragment of

information. "My parents." Icepaw and Swallowpaw cocked their heads, confused. "My parents will look for me! And first they'll look in WindClan, ThunderClan, and RiverClan." Amazement

and worry crept onto my best friends' faces as it dawned on them. "We have to warn everybody!" Icepaw cried. "There's a Gathering tonight," I suggested, "We have to be good so we

can go." Before we could do anything else, I spotted a blur of red and gold dashing across the moor. I raced after it. "Sunpaw!" I heard Swallowpaw yowl behind me. Pretty soon I had

caught up to Sunpaw. He looked at me in surprise. While he was dazed, I tackled him. We went rolling in the dust. I scratched his side repeatedly. He raked his claws across my ear. That

fazed me for a heartbeat, but only made me angrier. Before I could stop myself, I bit his neck. I watched in horror as he lay on the ground, bleeding to death. Swallowpaw and Icepaw ran

up to me and gasped when they saw Sunpaw. Then they turned to me. "I-I'm sorry! Something took over! Sunpaw don't die! I'll go get Barkface!" Without another word I sprinted off,

tears streaming down my face. I rushed to the medicine cats' den as soon as I got to the camp. "Barkface, Sunpaw is dying! Come help!" Barkface gathered all the herbs he needed, but

not before yowling for Kestrelpaw. The three of us dashed to where Sunpaw was gazing at nothing in particular, mouth agape while blood flowed from his neck. Barkface gasped and

hurried to the apprentice's side, Kestrelpaw on his heels. After about five minutes, Barkface turned to us, sadness and guilt on his face. "I'm sorry. He's on his way to StarClan."

"No! It's not possible!" I rushed to the tom's side. "Sunpaw…" He croaked weakly. "Sunpaw… I… Love… You…" His eyes glazed over, and his tail, which had been brushing my paws, fell

limply. "Sunpaw!" I yowled. Kestrelpaw padded over. "I'm sorry Sunpaw, he's gone." I whimpered, and blacked out.

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Oh noez! Poor Sunpaw. Sorry if this one was bad, I'm not in a good writing mood. I'm in an evil writing mood. I had to kill off someone, and Sunpaw fit the bill.

Rock on,

Moonstream \m/ XD