Darn you writer's block!

Bluepaw's pov.

It was a day after Blazekit had been stolen. Wolfstar hadn't mentioned the kidnapping at all. Probably wisest, since there were no kits of ForestClan origin to be had, so she couldn't replace him.

Today, Bluepaw was on elder duty in town.

Saltpelt seemed to be more irritable, now the she was sharing space with a former ForestClan elder who didn't like the town at all.

" I feel like I might as well be on SeaClan rock. This material the the twolegs use for dens is chaffing at my skin, and it provides no protection from the weather whatsoever." hissed Threefoot. " The smell of this place makes my claws curl, and the prey is pathetic."

Bluepaw agreed. The only other place the elder's had to go was a huge metal bin with a top made out of a slippery, easily stratched material . When the weather was bad, the elders had no other choice but to go inside and have the top closed. The bin was filled with carrion for the majority of the time, it reeked, and the bin didn't allow any light for the elders. Littlerose once said that she would rather brave the weather than go inside the bin. But elders got sick if they stayed out.

Bluepaw grabbed a strangely soft but brittle brown twoleg thing. Several slabs of this were being used by this in the construction of a new elder's den. A strange, clear, amber colored liquid was used in putting the slabs together*. Tanglepaw had found a sheet of clear, water resistant material, and they were going to put it over the whole den once it was done.

" Hurry up there!" said Saltpelt. " Rain's coming soon."

" How would you know?" said Littlerose.

" My bones are aching like they always do before a storm." she answered smartly. Bluepaw chuckled a little, as quietly as possible.

Bluepaw yawned. " Tanglepaw, I'm going home a little early, for training." she said, with an tone that she knew Tanglepaw would understand.

Tanglepaw nodded. " I'll tell Skydapple."

Bluepaw got out of their sight, and teleported to the SeaClan forest.

" Ow." said Bluestar as she got her usual headache.

" Blazepaw? Where are you?" she said in a semi-quiet voice. According the Tanglepaw, Crowpaw and Fawnflight were going to the forest soon for herbs. They had only a while before they had to hide again.

" Right here." said Blazepaw, sticking his head out of the ferns.

" OK, Blazepaw, if I snarl, get out of the clearing and hide. The SeaClan medicine cat and her apprentice are coming to the forest for herbs."

Blazepaw nodded. "What are we doing today?"

Bluestar smiled. " Hunting."

Blazepaw sighed happily. " Thank StarClan! The only thing I've had to eat since I arrived here was a vole that Nightblaze caught."

" OK, first thing, the prey ritual."

" What's that?"

" It's what you say after killing a piece of prey. 'Thank you for the life of this prey, given to feed my clan.' Although the majority of the time, you're going to be hunting for yourself, but you're part of the clan."

He recited it until he got it right.

" Next, Pouncing."

She pounced for a demostration.

" Oh, I get that!" he said and leaped, but got off balance and landed in a heap.

She showed him again, and he flopped again. Same the next two times. Bluestar was starting to get frustrated, but the reason she had taken on Blazepaw was she thought it was important to have the experience. Didn't you have to train an apprentice to be deputy?

" Just focus on something solid." she said after the seventh fail.

He leaped, and pinned an imaginary mouse. "I did it! I did it!"

Bluestar felt a rush of pride. Then she heard something.

" No, that chervil is too green, it should be left another moon or so. Now, the borage is good, Darktail will need one soon."

Fawnflight was at the other side of the bush, and coming closer.

Cliffie! HA HA HA HA!

*Honey. The reason the cats don't realize that it is honey, is because honey is naturally yellowish and opaque, and pretty thick compared with the clear, amber stuff that machines make it.