Chapter 5
As the sun fell down below the high hills of WindClan territory, Hazelpaw settled down in her moss nest. She had caught two rabbits, one of them was fat, and she had caught a sparrow. She thanked Hawkfrost for telling her where they were at, as she rested her head down on her paws.
"I'll see you soon." The brown tabby tom whispered, as his spirit faded, to go to The Dark Forest. Hazelpaw thought the name was quite silly, but she didn't really say anything about it. Her brother and sister huddled against her, as the other apprentices laid down in other moss nests.
Hazelpaw's eyelids fluttered down, as she opened them once more. As expected, she found herself in The Dark Forest, with the cats training around her. Hawkfrost looked up from training two cats, his tail flicking. "Great, you came. Now, come here. It's time for your training."
The white and black she-cat nodded, as she followed the tom, to a grassy field. As normal, the grass was still dead, as she saw two new cats. "That dark cream tom is Goldenpaw, and the black tom is Chivepaw." The name Goldenpaw sounded familiar, and she realized Goldenpaw was from her clan.
"Now, we will be learning how to counter our opponent. Chivepaw, Hazelpaw. Show me what you know." Hazelpaw watched, as the black tom nodded eagerly, some mix of emotions in his pale green eyes. He lunged for the she-cat, as the white and black she-cat screeched.
Chivepaw smashed into her, as out of the corner of her eye, Goldenpaw watched the two cats. Hazelpaw yowled with fury, as she saw the black tom's claws slide out. She slashed her claws across the tom's arm, as she yanked his tail backwards. As Chivepaw yowled, the white and black she-cat sliced his tail.
"Good, good!" Hawkfrost yowled, as he separated the two apprentices. The black apprentice stumbled back, as blood dripped from his ragged and torn tail tip. Hazelpaw felt pride bubble through her, but another emotion bubbled inside of her, stronger than pride.
She pushed the emotion away, but she was aware of the strange sparkling of her bright yellow eyes. Hazelpaw knew this emotion was going to stay there, and she blinked, as Hawkfrost continued talking. "For our next training session, we will be learning how to leap down on our opponent."
As light filtered into Hazelpaw's eyes, she woke up in her nest, back at WindClan. She looked down at her claws, and saw they were stained with fur and blood. She sighed, as she felt swelling in one of her eyes. "This might be too much, for just training with dead cats."
