Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, school has started and man do I get alot of homework.In this chapter, it's about a week after Eaglepaw found the live cats. The POV (besides Frostpaws) In this chapter is Deerpaw, and it's really long. And you'll get to meet three new cats named Rosepaw, Smokepaw (he's not as important as Rosepaw.)

"Are you okay? Do you need some more water? Food?" I hovered nervously over Bullet. He lay streached out in a nest nearest to the bramble screen. He flexed his legs and sighed.

"No, no- I'm okay. Really. There are other cats that need you more than I do." He insited. I supressed a yawn. I had been caring for cats left and right, now that Eaglepaw's patrol had fond more. I nodded faintly and stumbled over my paws to the tiny calico kitten. She looked up at me, blinking her big blue eyes.

"Do you need anything Citrus?" I asked her. Citrus, that was her name we found, was about three moons old. She was actually quite smart for her age.

"I'm fine Frostpaw, it's Dragon Fruit I'm worried about. He moaned all night about his leg." She told me. Ahh, her vocabulary for such a young kit. I looked over at Dragon Fruit. He was her brother, a jet back tom with a white diomond on his chest.

Dragon Fruit's leg had been slashed and a wound had formed. Although we had given him the things he needed for them to heal, he still complained.

"Of course, I'll go to Greenherb and get him a poppyseed to ease the pain." I mewed with a nod. She gave a grateful smile and nudged her brother awake. He sat up with a jerk, grimicing at the pain. Citrus gently licked his leg and shot me a glance.

I sprinted over to the den to see Greenherb preparing a wrap. She looked up when I entered. "Frostpaw?" She asked.

"Dragon Fruit needs a poppy seed, his leg is bothering him again." I told her with a sigh. Greenherb's eyes flashed and she tried not to look annoyed.

"I don't know how much good all these pain killers are doing for him. He's only a kit." She mewed with concern. I let out a murmur of agreement. But still, reluctantly, she handed over a small poppy seed. I noticed we were running low, and I also noticed the wrap sitting at her feet.

"Would you like me to take that wrap after I'm done with Dragon Fruit. And then I could come back and see what were running low on and go and get some?" I offered. Greenherb looked hesitant but she nodded.

I grabbed the wrap in my jaws, being careful to not mix it with the poppy seed. Instantly, the smell of burdock root stung my nose. The tangy flavor made my mouth go dry. I was walked out the cave, felling my eyes water at the sudden smell.

"The wrap goes to Bullet, I found a rat bite on the back of his leg!" She called after me. I nodded to show I had heard her.

I brought the poppyseed to Dragon Fruit, watching with amusement as Citrus pestered him to eat it. He did, but not without a fair share of complaints. Then I brought the wrap to Bullet. He smiled gratefully as I approached.

"My burdock root and marigold, i assume?" He asked knowingly. I gave a nod.

"Yeah, I offered to take it for you. Greenherb looked tired." I answered before I starting chewing up the root. Once it was in a nice pulp, I put it on the rat bite he showed me. He flinched but didn't complain. He watched me the whole time. Just as I had but the first marigold petal in my mouth, he stated speaking again.

"You know Frostpaw, have you ever thought of taking some time to be with your friends?" He asked. I looked at him, amazement briming in my mind.

"No, way! There's too much work to still be done! And what about all the other cats besides you?" I answered, spitting out the marigold onto the bite. He shrugged, before looking me in the eye.

"Look Frostpaw, Greenherb has told me how much you want to impress her. But your not the only one. SHe's still here and Lionstar has offered to help. It's okay to have some fun. You've been working non stop for five days- It's time you have some fun." He mewed, a smile creeping up his face.

"But what about Greenherb, she'll be mad at m..." He cut me off with a flick of his tail.

"Don't worry about it. Greenherb agrees that your overworking yourself. Go have fun, I'm well enough to help Greenherb out." He mewed. And then as if to prove it, he got up with a barley audible grunt.

"See?" He asked.

"I believe you." I answered, looking down at the ground, "But I still don't think that I should abondon Greenherb with so many cats to care for." I pointed out. I looked at Bullet, he looked slightly sceptical, but I ignored it.

"Okay," He started, pronouncing the word with care, "But you haven't spoken to any of the other apprentices for a long time. Think about it." And then he closed his eyes, a clear motion that he wanted to go to sleep. I stayed where I was for a few moments.

Suddenly, my mind felt numb with exaustion. My feet felt heavy, like they wouldn't move. So, I stayed there, staring at Bullet's handsome silver pelt.

What are you waiting for? the wind seemed to whisper to me.

"Nothing, nothing at all." I mumbled back. The wind blew around my pelt, tiny leaves dancing along my flank.

Then go, Bullet's right- you need to think about it...

The wind dissapered as did the voice in it, turning into the faintest whistle. Obeying it, although my mind was too tired to wonder why, I sauntered over to my den. My den was deep into a fern bush, woven together to protect me. It lay just right outside the thick bramble screen.

I plopped down in my nest, my paws laying in odd angles. I closed my eyes, listing to the gentle breeze as it ran through the leaves. Swish, swish...

I was soon in a light sleep, light enough that I could think clearly for once. Bullet was right, although I hated to atmid it. The last time I had spoken to any of the other apprentices was two days ago when Geckopaw had stopped by for something to relive her stomach ace.

She had begged me to come out and go hunting with her, but I had said no, insisting that I must stay and take care of the wounded cats. She left, but her hurt in her eyes was strong.

I let out a quiet moan, I did need to take some time for myself. I lay for a few more seconds, basking in the sleep. Then I opened my eyes, feeling much better after the rest.

Even if it was only for a few minuets...

I stumbled out into the bright sunlight of the camp. It was about sunhigh and the camp was buzzing with activity. Lionstar and Mintfur were in a deep conversation, Deerpaw and Bloodpaw were practicing fighting by the warriors den, and Owlclaw was chewing on a plump vole.

Instantly, I spotted Geckopaw's waving tail dissipear into the apprentice den. I padded over, mumbling a quick greeting to Eaglepaw and Quietpaw as I passed them.

The apprentice den was dark and shady, hidden by a bush. I ducked under and into it. It smelled of many different cats, each one older as I made my way to Geckopaw's dark figure. She was eating a rabbit, the smell wandering into my nose and down to my hungry stomach.

"Look who finally is out of the medicine cat den." Geckopaw scoffed when she saw me. It insulted me a bit, stinging me. But they way I had rejected Geckopaw must have hurt a whole lot more. I didn't go away, though her jab did make me feel a bit uneasy.

"Sorry that I wouldn't go hunting with you before, but I'd like it if we went now?" I offered quietly. She looked at me, her taunting expression fading slowly. She seemed to be thinking about. I waited, each second ticking by.

"Okay, I guess it wouldn't hurt." She mewed with a thin smile, acepting my apology. I smiled brightly.

"Cool, let's go!" I mewed, urging her to get up. Geckopaw looked around the den, her eyes looking a bit guilty. And for the first time, I noticed a smaller gray she-cat at her side.

"You know I sort of, kind of..." She started.

"Oh, hi Rosekit," I mewed to the gray cat, "What are you doing in the apprentice den?"

Rosekit looked bruised, her blue eyes quivering. Her voice was strong when she answered, but a little hesitant.

"I'm Rosepaw now, me and my brother Smokepaw were apprenticed yesterday. Wern't you at the ceremony?" She asked. I closed my eyes, faintly remebering Lionstar calling a meeting. I hadn't come because of Dragon Fruit's leg. I felt ashamed looked at Rosepaw.

"Uh, you can come with us Rosepaw?" I asked awkwardly. She instantly brightened her hesitation gone compleatly when she jumped up.

"I'd love to!" I followed behind her and Geckopaw out of the apprentice den, feeling sorry with myself. I wanted to be a medicine cat so bad, but missing a ceremony... it just wasn't a good feeling. What would I do?

Deer

Deerpaw spun on his heels, facing the attacker. Left and right the cat swerved, making Deerpaw's head hurt. But he couldn't be beaten. Instead he swung a claw out, hitting the ginger tom right in the stomach. The cat flew back in the dirt, making a small storm of dust rise.

But the cat wasn't shaken. He jumped and pinned Deerpaw down and for a minuet they tussled. Back and fourth and back and fourth. Deerpaw begun to feel tired, his heart beating at the rate of a humming bird's wings. But he couldn't lose, he just couldn't.

Mustering up his strength, he gave a final lunge at the attacker and pinned him down, one paw on his stomach. Pride filled in his chest, he had won.

"Good fight Deerpaw, for a second, I thought you were going to lose!" The ginger cat mewed with a laugh. Deerpaw let him up.

"You were good too Bloodpaw, but just not good enough." He mewed slyly, a wide grin brimming on his face. His friend laughed again and turned around to face the camp.

"Does any other apprentice dare to beat the almighty Deerpaw?" he asked jokingly, looking at Quietpaw. Quietpaw giggled in her tail but didn't challenge Deerpaw. He puffed out his chest.

"Come on, I woun't bite." Deerpaw mewed, feeling satifaction rising. He looked around. Nobody was challenging him.

"And that Bloodpaw," he mewed, turning to face the red pelted cat, "Is how you become the champ!"

"Wait, I"ll challenge you." A cat mewed. Both of them turned their heads around to see a smokey gray tom padding from the apprentice's den. He was smaller in size, his akwardly small eyes darting from tom to tom.

"Okay Smokepaw, but you woun't win." Bloodpaw snickered as Smokepaw approached Deerpaw.

"This is way to easy..." Deerpaw muttered under his breath. And he looked at Bloodpaw. Bloodpaw nodded and he jumped. Just like he had predicted, it was way too easy. Smokepaw was pinned in a second.

"the undefeated champ!" Deerpaw boasted goodheartedly as he let Smokepaw up. Without a word, the gray apprentice left, his tail dragging in the dust. He felt bad for a second, and then got over it. Smokepaw just couldn't take losing. What a sore loser he was!

Deerpaw suddenly felt a fit of laughters coming on. He burst, Bloodpaw folllowing his hearty laughter. They barely noticed as Lionstar padded over to to them.

"Deerpaw, Bloodpaw," He mewed acknowloging him with a flick of his ears.

"Yeah, Lionstar?" Bloodpaw asked, ducking his head to steal a quick look at Deerpaw. Deerpaw caught his gaze and it took all his strength to not break into a laughing fit. Lionstar did not look half as amused as they were. In fact, he looked almost annoyed.

"If you two are done tormenting our new apprentices, why don't you find something useful to do." Lionstar mewed sharply. Bloodpaw sat up ridget.

"Come on," He whimpered, "We wern't doing much!" He pleaded. Lionstar flicked his tail dismissivly.

"Not much?" He asked skeptically, "What about Smokepaw?"

"It's not my fault the cat can't fight." Deerpaw mumbled under his breath. Lionstar looked at him angrily, his amber eyes light with anger.

"He was apprenticed yesterday, and one day he may beat you." Lionstar growled, then he faced his apprentice, "Bloodpaw- I know your better than that. Find something productive to do. Please?"

And without waiting for an answer, he padded away, his tail flikering with annoyance. Deerpaw pouted. His leader had but a damper on his good mood.

"Come on Bloodpaw, let's find something 'productive' to do." He mewed lowly, his lip curling in disgust.

"We could go hunting?" Bloodpaw suggested, a hungry look on his face. Deerpaw sighed. It was a nice day today and why shouldn't they? Because he wasn't in the mood for fun. That's why- he thought answering his own questinon. He was depressed. He was moping.

"I guess so," He mewed like he was doing Bloodpaw a huge favor, "Let's just go and be back soon." He mewed.

Bloodpaw rolled his eyes, and turned around. "Killjoy..." Deerpaw heard him mutter as he made his way over to the bramble tunnel. Deerpaw followed half heartedly.

He started through the tunnel, getting pricked by a long branch on his way out. It stung for a moment, but he shrugged it off his shoulders. Without even bothering to say hi to the guard, he brushed past.

When him and Bloodpaw were alone, Bloodpaw stopped to face him.

"Why are you such a grump today?" He asked. Deerpaw shrugged. He didn't really have a reason- he just was...

"I dunno, maybe it's because of your mentor." He growled. Bloodpaw looked shocked. More than shocked. His jaw hung slack and his blue eyes were searching his face for an answer. His body was ridget and hard.

"How...how could you say that!" He demanded, his voice cracking, "Not only is he one that you should respect, but he's the leader!"

"Leader or not," Deerpaw spit back with a bit of venom, "He ruined our fun!" Bloodpaw bared his teeth, a perfectly white and glowing chompers. Deerpaw winced slightly, but instead of attacking him, the ginger cat turned pointedly and hurried away.

Deerpaw sighed, looking into the trees. They danced and sung a quiet but joyful song. Shafts of sunlight broke through the leaves, making sparks of light hit his pelt. It was a beautiful day, he only wished he could enjoy it. He closed his eyes, wishing that all his worries and anriness could wash away.

He was inturrpted with a crackiling of leaves. He spun his head around and growled.

"Bloodpaw, if that's you. Come on out- I know your there." He barked loudly. But it wasn't Bloodpaw, or even a ginger tom. What came through the bushes first was a large rabbit, it's head turned and to occupied to see itself running strait into Deerpaw's waiting claws.

There, he had hunted. Now he would feast. The bushes were quiet for a while, and just as he took the first bite, a small gray she-cat burst through. Rosepaw.

She looked out of breath and her sides were heaving. "Did you see a rabbit run through here?" She breathed, glancing at Deerpaw. Suddenlty, guilt filled his stomach.

Sheepishly, he picked up the rabbit and lay it down at her feet. She looked at it, an unreadable expression on her perfect face.

"I uh, caught it and took a bit out of it. Sorry." He mewed quietly, feeling a bit scared. He waited for her explosion of anger. But she didn't say anything.

Suprise hit him hard in the chest. In the six moons that he had known her, whenever somthing didn't quite go right, she would be angry. Very angry. But this probally could have been her first peice of freshkill, well in fact it would have been, but Deerpaw had ruined it.

Rosepaw looked up into his one blue and and his one blue/brown eye. Suddenly, she looked shy and a bit uneasy.

"That's okay, Deerpaw." She mewed quetily, scuffiling her paws in the ground, "maybe we could share it together?"

"Uh, sure?"

And then three things happened at once. The first was that Rosepaw giggled giddily and picked up the rabbit. The second was that Bloodpaw wandered back, a very perplexed look on his face when he saw Rosepaw close to Deerpaw, and the third was that Frostpaw and Geckopaw burst through, looking at the three cats already there.

It took Deerpaw a moment to process it all in his head, but when he was done, he saw Frostpaw's lips move and words come from it.

"So Rosepaw, is that your first kill?" She asked hopefully. Rosepaw set down the rabbit. She shook her head, although no anger filled her eyes.

"Nah, I was about to. But Deerpaw caught it." She mewed, looking at him. Geckopaw glanced his way and snorted. He sighed and sat down next to Rosepaw, faintly aware of the amazed eyes on him as he took a bit out of the rabbit.

"I'm hungry? What?" He demanded when Geckopaw whispered something to Frostpaw with a smirk.

"Nothing, Deerpaw, nothing at all." Bloodpaw mewed, a smile curling on his face.

Frost

I watched with amazement as Rosepaw sat down, her gray fur mixing slightly with his brown and white.

While Rosepaw had run after that rabbit, Geckopaw had clued me in on the camp's happinings, seeing that I had been away for a week. Rosepaw, of all the things, had devoloped a small crush on Deerpaw. No surprise there, seeing how close and flirty she was acting.

Her brother Smokepaw, on the other had, was geeky. He barely talked to anyone, let alone even like someone. The only time that Geckopaw had actually interacted with him is when she kicked his butt in a lesson. He wasn't anywhere near warrior yet.

Quietpaw had been talking a lot to one of the kits named Blackkit. She really hadn't done anything extrodanry, except meet some ShadowClan cats on a patrol. Of course, i had already meet some (the medicine cat), but i let Geckopaw talk about it and talk about how cool Quietpaw was for meeting them. She needed that.

Eaglepaw was getting better at almost everything everyday. The only down side was, Coldpaw was bathing in every minuet of it. Her obssion for him was getting worse everyday. Geckopaw stated that watching the way she swooned over him was like 'barfing up her stomach's contents, except 10 times worse'. On this, I had to agree.

Bloodpaw had been talking about me alot, and for some reason, this made me blush. Deerpaw was accpeting the crush that Rosepaw had for him, and that brought me pretty much up to date.

"So why are you here Bloodpaw?" Geckopaw inquired, flicking her tail. He looked at me, but answered her.

"I came down to see why Deerpaw wasn't following me." He mewed.

"Look, I'm sorry." Deerpaw mewed. Bloodpaw looked genrally confused.

"For what?" I asked, and Bloodpaw hesitated.

"Nothing, not really anything bad." He murmured. Then he looked at the sky. "Uh, why don't we head down to the RiverClan border?" He asked. I nodded.

"Sure!"

The air was nice, the trees were whispering, and suddenly the world seemed perfect at that moment, with Bloodpaw matching my step. I met his gaze and we both looked down sheepishly. My insides felt like jelly, and for once, the world was in perfect harmony with all the cats. I looked behind me. Rosepaw and Deerpaw were walking side by side, matching each other's move. And poor old Geckopaw was close behind, one ear in their direction, trying to hear their conversation.

Before i knew it, we were at the gurgiling river. The day was unually warm, and I felt like dipping my paws in the icy water. Bloodpaw must have been thinking the same thing because he ran past me and into the water, his paws slashing.

"Come on in Frostpaw!" He urged. I laughed as he flicked water at me. I hadn't felt this happy scence my apprenticeship. I was about to answer, but a loud cough inturrpted my thought.

I looked back to see Geckopaw smirking, "Sorry, I had something in my throat." She mewed, looking at Rosepaw. Rosepaw giggled and looked from me to Bloodpaw.

"One sec, Bloodpaw." I mewed back to him. He shrugged and smiled when Deerpaw padded into the water. I hurried over to my friends.

"Could ya cut it out?" I asked with a playful shove, "Bloodpaw and I are just friends."

Geckopaw and Rosepaw looked at each other, exchanging a glance. "We belive you, Frostpaw." Rosepaw answered. I could tell she meant it, but I wasn't so sure about Geckopaw.

"Okay, so come on- the water's waiting." I mewed, grinning. Then I bounded into the water, proceeding to splash them.

"Ohh, you got my fur all wet. I spent half the morning on it." Geckopaw complained mockingly. I laughed and she plunged into the water, coming up with her fur hanging in her eyes.

"Ahhh! Who turned off the sun?" She mewed playfully. Rosepaw jumped into the water, and I jumped on top of Geckopaw, sending her under. The five of us splashed and played, unknowingly moving farther twoard the other side. When we all emerged, dripping wet, we were on the other side.

"Now that- was fun." Deerpaw announced, shaking his fur. We all agreed. I sat down in a patch of ferns and started to dry my fur. The sun was farther down in the sky, but it was still warm enough that we couldn't tell. We were all bushed, so we were sitting in different parts of the clearing, compleatly content.

I was the first to notice a scent drifting on the wind. It was faint, but it sure wasn't ThunderClan. It smelled good, almost calming. The scent was a mainly fish smell, mixed in with the river and reeds. I didn't say anything. And Bloodpaw was the second to catch it.

"Do you smell that?" He asked, wrinkiling his nose up.

"Yeah, I do." I agreed, the smell noticably closer.

"So do I," Geckopaw agreed, "But what in StarClan's name is it?" She wondered.

"RiverClan." Deerpaw announced with a snarl.

"But what are RiverClan doing here?" Rosepaw asked worridly, her fur fluffed out. She stood by Deerpaw for a sheild. I looked over and saw the reeds move and dance.

"Come on out," Bloodpaw mockced, "Were not afraid of you."

"Bloodpaw, shhh." Geckopaw snapped. I exhailed. I was afraid, but I wouldn't tell anybody that.

"And who said you should be?" A voice called from the reeds. I let out a sigh. The voice sounded high pitched, definatly not a warrior. And I was correct.

Two cats came from the reeds, one about the size of a kit and the other the size of an apprentice. The apprentice sized one had light brown fur and dark brown eyes. He was strong and he looked at Geckopaw and smiled. The smaller one was very handsome. He had lighter ginger fur and deep blue eyes, almost as deep as Bloodpaw's. He had a more difine RiverClan smell, all the things I had menchoined plus a faint smell of pine. I breathed in. It smelled good. He immidatly noticed me. His eyes met mine, and I looked down, shy.

"So what brings you to RiverClan territory?" The smaller one asked.

"RiverClan territory?" Geckopaw asked defensivly, "Maybe we should be asking what your doing on ThunderClan territory." She hissed. He only laughed calmly.

"Calm down and look back." he insturcted. Geckopaw didn't settle down, but did look across the river.

"Yeah?"She asked hotly.

"Once you crossed that River, your on RiverClan land." He mewed. I felt my face flush. HOw could have we been so careless.

"What's a kit going to do about it?" Geckopaw mocked. This time, the light ginger cat looked annoyed.

"For your information, I'm Deadpaw of RiverClan. Just apprenticed today. And my compainon is Pinepaw, also apprenticed today. Were exploring, well we were- untill we found you." Deadpaw mewed. He didn't sound hostile, just interested. His gaze was on me the whole time though.

"Hi Deadpaw," I mewed with a wide smile. He returned it with a bigger one, "I'm Frostpaw. And this is Bloodpaw, Geckopaw, Rosepaw, and Deerpaw." I mewed, pointing to each one in turn.

"Hi Frostpaw." He mewed. He took a step closer and was about to brush up agianst me when Bloodpaw intturpted.

"Look guys, it's getting late we should go." Bloodpaw mewed, a bit of jealousy in his voice. I took a step back from Deadpaw.

"He's right, we should." I agreed. Deadpaw mewed with acceptance and then before leaving, brushed up against me.

"Will I see you again?" he asked. I bit my lip and nodded. He smiled, before him and Pinepaw retreated into the reeds.

"Wow..." Deerpaw mewed as we all swam back across the river.

Once we were back on the other side, I laughed for only StarClan knows why. "It's a strange world," I murmured more to myself than to the other cats around me.

"The strangest." Bloodpaw agreed.

Yes, another chapter done. So, is there more to the story of Bullet, Dragon Fruit, and Citurs? Why is Bloodpaw acting strange around Frostpaw? Is Coldpaw going to win over Eaglepaw? And who is the mystrious- but very handsome- Deadpaw and his friend Pinepaw. Find out in the next chapter of The Frostfoot Stories!
Okay, pwetty pweeze review? For me? For Bloodpaw? And also, I have a contest. The passage below from this chapter is from what book by whom? Get it right, and you get to name a cat that's from the exiled tribe members.

"It's a strange world," I murmured, more to myself than the other cats around me.

"the strangest." Bloodpaw agreed.

So there's the passage, reviw and win!