Dawnpaw was ready for battle training. Unsheathing and sheathing her claws with excitement, she finally ran to battle training.
"I'm here!" she yowled to anyone in the training hollow. No one was there.
"Bramblestar?" she mewed. She heard some rustling in the bushes. Then pawsteps.
Suddenly a cat bowled her over and pinned her down. Struggling, she then remembered overhearing Dewflight, her father, and his apprentice in the training hollow.
"When a cat pins you down pretend to submit, then when he relaxes, jump up and throw him off!"
Following what she overheard from her father she relaxed. As she hoped, her attacker also relaxed. Then Dawnpaw jumped up and threw her attacker off. She spun around to see Bramblestar.
"Nice! I don't remember teaching you that!"
Proud to have impressed her mentor, Dawnpaw puffed up her chest and exclaimed "I overheard my father telling Sagepaw"
"Nice, but before we get to the complex stuff lets do some basics"
"Okay!" squeaked Dawnpaw. She hurried to the training area and sat down, trying to look like a real warrior. "I'm going to be the best warrior in Thunderclan!" she thought proudly.
"Okay, so today we will be practicing in trees"
"Really? Cool!" Dawnpaw squealed.
"Umm. I mean cool." Dawnpaw said trying to sound more like a warrior. Bramblestar beckoned to Dawnpaw with his tail and disappeared into the forest.
Excited, Dawnpaw streaked after him. She found Bramblestar at the lowest branch.
"How did you get up there?" Dawnpaw asked.
"I climbed."
Dawnpaw stared at him in amazement. "How do you do that?"
"Let me show you" Bramblestar bounded down. Then he jumped onto the tree. He landed halfway to the lowest branch. Then he pushed with his hindlegs and held anchor with his claws. Soon he was on the lowest branch.
"My turn?" Dawnpaw asked. Bramblestar twitched his tail, signaling to come up. Dawnpaw copied his movements and made it up the the branch. Then she looked down.
"Uhh" She said swallowing her nausea "Th-that's a l-long way d-down"
Bramblestar hopped down "Do it like that!" He called.
"I. I can't" Dawnpaw shrieked. The ground seemed to swirl around her like a tornado. She began to feel sick.
"Bramblestar?" she gasped. Then she felt something tugging at her scruff. Scared, she curled up. Wind seemed to swirl around her, getting faster and faster.
Suddenly, she no longer felt the hold on her scuff. She was on the ground. No longer feeling queasy, she looked around to see violent winds tearing up grass and ripping leaves from trees. The wind was swirling around her. She saw Bramblestar with all his claws digging into the ground. He shouted something but that was lost in the wind.
Then, Dawnpaw realized that the wind was swirling around her. She was in the center of the tornado. Terrified, she started yelping. Just then in the corner of her eye, she saw Featherwind. Streaking towards Dawnpaw, Featherwind jumped through the tornado and curled around her daughter, licking her to calm Dawnpaw down.
The tornado calmed and the winds were still. Bramblestar walked up to them.
"I think we need a little chat with your siblings"
