All right, time for some fun. I have a little challenge for you. See if you can guess my favorite warrior. Your 1st hint: I have thick fur.
Anyway, this is a very important chapter in the book. See if you can figure out why.
Chapter 8
"We should mark the border with Windclan," said Squirrelflight as she and Bramblepaw padded along the trail. Bramblepaw was bouncing up and down with excitement. He was finally out of the camp! He was reminded of when Snowpaw had come back on his first day as an apprentice boasting about how he had gotten to leave camp and he, Bramblepaw, hadn't.
Soon, they reached the scent line. "Breathe in," said Squirrelflight, "Get used to the scent, so that you will be able to recognize it later." Bramblepaw inhaled deeply. Windclan smelled strongly of heather, with some cat scent mixed in. He wrinkled his nose at the smell.
"At least we don't have a border with Riverclan any more," said Squirrelflight, "They smell like fish and river water. Let's lay down our own scent." She added, padding over to a tree.
Bramblepaw wandered over to the other side of the clearing, and began scenting trees. Suddenly, he heard a twig snap to his left, on the Thunderclan side of the border.
"Hello?" he said slowly. Suddenly, he caught a flash of black fur in the shadows. "Spiderleg, is that you?"
No answer. Then he saw two amber eyes in the shadows. "S-Squirrelflight." He said, his voice wavering.
Squirrelflight came bounding over. "What is it?" she said.
"There is a strange cat over there in the woods."
"Where? I don't see any cat."
"Right there, in the woods!" he knew he had great eyesight, but this was ridiculous! Looking at her, he saw that her eyes were filled with uncertainty. "Here, I'll show you!" and with that, he leapt on the cat in the shadows.
He landed with an "oof!" in the middle of a small space, well hidden from the area around it. Looking around, he saw that the cat had gone. Sniffing, he couldn't detect the scent of the cat, even though it had been sitting there for some time.
Squirrelflight leapt into the space behind him and helped him up. "What were you thinking?" she demanded, her eyes burning into his, "You are on you're first day as an apprentice! Do you think that you can take on a seasoned warrior or a rogue?"
"No, Squirrelflight." He said, not lowering his gaze, "I just thought that I needed to uphold the warrior code."
Bramblepaw could see the conflict in his mentor's eyes. She let her shoulders slump. "Let's just head to the border that we don't share with the clans. Don't be so reckless next time."
Bramblepaw followed Squirrelflight out of the little clearing and along the Windclan border, until Squirrelflight turned and headed into the woods. Bramblepaw sniffed the ground when he reached the spot where Squirrelflight had turned.. He smelled Thunderclan scent, but there was a subtler scent underneath, something Bramblepaw had never smelled before, but it smelled horrible.
Turning, he ran after Squirrelflight. Upon catching up with her, he asked, "Why do we even have a border over here if there aren't any clans over here?"
Squirrelflight glanced at him before answering, "Because, there are a group of loners that live on the moor in that direction."
Suddenly, on the edge of his hearing, Bramblepaw heard a yowl. "Did you hear that?" he asked his mentor.
"Hear what?" she asked, rolling her eyes at him.
"That yowl. I heard a yowl."
Sighing, she said, "Fine, let's go see what it was you heard."
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Snowfur
