Hi Hi! Time for Firepaw's magical POV! Yes, everything is magical to me. Not much for updating news except I am writing this chapter on a BUS! A schoooooooooooool bus! HA! I just passed a gas station and am going up a hill! Lol! Shweet!

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Chapter Seven

Firepaw snapped the neck of the mouse she had just caught, giving it a clean kill. Just that morning Firestar and her brother went on a journey. Firepaw had been a bit sad yes, but more than that she was jealous. Why did her brother get all the excitement when she and Flowerpaw were stuck with the clan? It wasn't fair!

A suirrel sat about one fox tail away from Firepaw and she immediately went ahead and killed it. Her fury shone through her kills. It wasn't just the fact that she didn't get to go on an adventure that bothered her, it was how accepting Flowerpaw was about it.

Just before Foxpaw had left with Firestar Flowerpaw had spoke to him. Her words had infuriated Firepaw beyond belief.

"Good luck, and make sure you fulfill our mother's final wish," Flowerpaw had said. The reason this had infuriated Firepaw was simple; she had wanted to be the one to go on the journey. Either that or all three of them leaving together. At least, that was what Firepaw had hoped her mother had meant.

A battle cry from deeper into the forest made Firepaw whip her head around. It was Squirrelflight's cry. Firepaw immediately ran towards the sound. She ran as fast as her fox body would carry her before she lurched to a stop in front of Squirrelflight.

Her leg was wounded. Badly. A large badger stood up on it's hind legs not two fox lengths behind her. Firepaw froze, unsure what to do in this kind of situation. Should she get help? Or could she, a warrior apprentice and a fox cub take this badger by herself? The badger prepared to strike the final blow when Firepaw decided. If she went for help now Squirrelflight was as good as dead. Her plan decied, Firepaw attacked.

Many times had Firepaw been in a fight with a cat, but this was different. Unlike with cats and of course fox like her, the badger was reckless. It didn't care about whether it killed her or not. More importantly, the badger had strength but not the right brain needed to use fighting techniques. The badger lashed out it's fury with it's claws and teeth, not even bothering to try and fool Firepaw.

The badger's teeth snapped at Firepaw's neck, causing her to flinch. She backed up slowly, acting like she was going to try and make a run for it. The badger let it's guard down, preparing to chase Firepaw. It lowered it's upper part of it's body to the ground andprepared to launch itself after Firepaw.

Instead of running like the badger thought she would, Firepaw sprang forward, landing on the badger's back. The badger stood on it's hind legs and tried to shake the young she-fox off, but was no match for Firepaw's weight. The badger fell on to it's back, as if it hoped that would get rid of Firepaw. Firepaw sprang from the badger's back just in time to avoid being squashed before jumping back on to the badger. She pinned the badger to the ground and was about to strike the death blow when the badger surprised Firepaw by speaking.

"Before you kill me you stupid foxling let me remind you of something!" the badger spat. "Badger and fox know the same language, even if they don't always speak it! If that stupid cat means so much to you then fine, I will leave. Just remember young Firefoot! One day you will have to leave them, as is your destiny!" Firepaw released her grip on the badger. The badger got up, gave a small hiss of anger, and was about to pad off when Firepaw stopped it with a whisper.

"My name isn't Firefoot. I am Firepaw," whispered Firepaw. The badger stopped and gave a bark of laughter.

"One day you will be Firefoot. I promise you that. Your mother hoped that you wouldn't get caught up in our wierd little prophecies if she had named you Rose, but still the name 'Fire' managed to squeeze back into your life." With that the badger left. Hopefully for good, thought Firepaw, tears springing to her eyes. I hope that badger left for good! I don't want her to terrorise my family! I want to be Rose, like my mother had wanted to name me! Tears were now coming out of her eyes in small crystal streams.

"Thank you," a voice gasped from behind Firepaw. Firepaw turned around to find Squirrelflight laying there with a terrible wound on her leg.

"Oh! We better get you back to camp before that gets infected!" exclaimed Firepaw in surprise.

"It isn't as bad as it looks," shrugged Squirrelflight. "I don't know what you were saying to that badger, but it seems you know how to speak fox, badger, and cat!"

"Oh... That badger said that the fox and the badgers know the same language, even if they don't always speak it. That badger won't return soon though," chatted Firepaw. Squirrelflight tried to stand up on her leg and gave a grunt of pain. "I think we should be getting you back to camp now though." Squirrelflight noddedand let herself be helped up.

This was the start of a deadly friendship.

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If anyone is wondering why these chapters are so short it is because they are pretty much just filler chapters. Well, not so much Firepaw's stuff, but it doesn't take me very long to explain Firepaw's problems :D I got off the bus a while ago and now I am back on it! Next up is......WOW! We are back to Foxpaw already? SHWEET!Wow! I am off the bus.... XD! Thanks to all the people who have revewed (how do you spell that?) and Everyone, R&R right NOW!