Hi guys! Here's chapter 8...
CHAPTER 8
(Pinepaw's POV)
Pinepaw blinked open her eyes, confused for just a few moments, instead of waking to find the blue sky stretched out above her and her Clanmate's warm bodies beside her she finds herself staring up at the top of a bramble den with only five cats beside her. I'm in RiverClan...she remembered shakily, as she glanced at the other apprentices around her trying to remember their names. The older three apprentices are called, Bluepaw-a small blue gray she-cat, Beetlepaw-a brown tom and Mintpaw-a silver she-cat. The younger apprentices are called, Strikepaw-a black tom with white markings and Waterpaw-a small blue gray tom.
"Morning," Beetlepaw meowed. He was definitely the most friendly of all the apprentices, his littermates, were okay. Mintpaw seemed a bit friendly but Bluepaw just glared at Pinepaw yesterday. Pinepaw hadn't really met Waterpaw and Strikepaw yet but they seemed okay.
"Hi..." Pinepaw murmured shyly, quickly padding from the den. She looked around, RiverClan's camp is way different from WindClan's camp. For one thing all RiverClan cats have dens that they sleep in every night that are made out of bramble tendrils just like the apprentice den. A small stream trickles through the camp that's where the kits practice swimming. Pinepaw shivered, I'll have to learn how to swim! She thought a bit scared.
"Pinepaw!" Pinepaw turned at the sound of her father, Rainbreeze's voice. His blue eyes are glazed over and he looks slightly sad.
"Dad..." Pinepaw muttered, still annoyed with her father.
Rainbreeze ducks his head, "Pinepaw...I want to go back just as much as you do...I love your mother very much but you know as well as I do Cloudstar would never let us back and besides RiverClan is my home," he meowed, Pinepaw just flicked her tail.
"Hows your mother?" she asked tartly, Rainbreeze's eyes clouded and Pinepaw instantly regretted asking, "Sorry I-" she started only to be interrupted by a pretty tabby she-cat with blue eyes.
"Rainbreeze!" she yowled rushing across the clearing and pressing her pelt against Pinepaw's father's, Pinepaw growled.
Rainbreeze pulled away, "Shinningheart," he meowed coldly. Shinningheart smiled as though Rainbreeze had just offered her a mouse and they were sitting down for a nice long chat.
"Come on Rainbreeze we don't have to be so distant! I love you!" she exclaimed, Pinepaw's fur bristled and she stalked forward until she's nose to nose with Shinningheart.
"My father already has a mate! My mother! Bramblesky!" she hissed.
Shinningheart rolled her eyes, "A mate he left behind in WindClan!" she snorted, adding, "See you later Rainbreeze," before padding off her tail swinging behind her. Pinepaw turns sharply to glare at her father but stops at the look of pain in his eyes, noticing his daughter's watching him Rainbreeze licks her cheek.
"I heard that Emberleaf is taking you for swimming practice, you'd better go and find him." he meowed, Pinepaw opened her mouth to object but Rainbreeze continued, "I'll be fine..." he murmured padding off towards the elders den to visit his mother. Pinepaw just sighed looking around camp for her so called mentor Emberleaf. The dark ginger tom is no where in sight.
"Hey Beetlepaw have you seen Emberleaf?" Pinepaw asked as the brown tom padded from the medicine den, flanked by Bluepaw and Mintpaw. Mintpaw smiled at Pinepaw, while Bluepaw just snorted and stomped off.
Beetlepaw watched her go before turning to Pinepaw with a shrug, "No, but Ferntail said we were going to assist Emberleaf with something to today...that must mean your swimming" he meowed sounding slightly bored.
Pinepaw managed a faint smile, "Let's find him then."
Pinepaw padded into camp her fur sodded though her eyes are bright, swimming wasn't as bad as she had expected, she had even slightly enjoyed paddling through the churning water. They'd been practicing at the stream near WindClan's border but there had been no sign of a WindClan patrol and Pinepaw didn't know if she was sad or relieved.
"You were great!" Beetlepaw exclaimed slowing his pace until he matched Pinepaw's.
She flicked her ears in surprise, "Thanks, it wasn't too hard..." she mumbled, adding, "I'm hungry now! I could go for a fresh rabbit!"
Beetlepaw frowned flicking his tail towards the prey pile, "Sorry RiverClan doesn't hunt rabbits...only fish and the occasional mouse," he explained.
Pinepaw forced a purr and pretended to be okay with RiverClan's choice of prey,
"That's okay, I'm sure I'll get used to it..." she trailed off.
Beetlepaw flicked her ear with his tail tip fondly, "Want to share?" he asked heading for the pile, Pinepaw glanced towards the apprentice den Mintpaw is eating alone outside it and Bluepaw's nowhere in sight.
"Alright," she decided finally, quickly adding, "Lets sit with Mintpaw!" she headed for the silver tabby she-cat, "Hi!" she exclaimed upon reaching her. Mintpaw looks over Pinepaw with a questioning gaze making Pinepaw's fur prick with unease.
"I like your eyes," Mintpaw meowed causally, Pinepaw flicked her tail in surprise and settles down beside the RiverClan apprentice.
"Really? I've always hated them! I mean who wants grey eyes?" Pinepaw asked.
A small smile formed on Mintpaw's face, "I do!" she exclaimed, adding, "Besides their really pretty unlike mine! I mean who wants blue eyes? So many cats have blue eyes it's too common! As for grey eyes I've never met a cat with grey eyes!" she ranted, Pinepaw couldn't help but laugh.
Beetlepaw set a trout down beside her, "What are you talking about?" he asked sounding afraid.
Mintpaw rolled her eyes, "Not you fish-brain! We're talking about eyes!" she explained, Beetlepaw tilted his head to one side, green eyes glittering with confusion.
Finally he mutters, "She-cats...so strange!" Mintpaw laughs so hard pieces of minnow fly from her mouth, that makes Beetlepaw laugh and soon Pinepaw is laughing as well, unaware of Bluepaw watching her with hatred in her brown eyes.
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