Hello, this chapter is dedicated to girl talks! Read on and find out why!
No! Ravenwing don't leave me!" But her mother was leaving her again, off to fight a battle she would never return from.
Dawnpaw woke up. Moss from her nest was scattered over the floor. Gorsepaw sat in his nest glaring at her "you've been yowling all night" he meowed coldly. Dawnpaw sighed, "I was having a bad dream, Gorsepaw, do you know what a bad dream is?" Gorsepaw stalked out of the den without replying, why was he always in such a bad temper? She nudged Skypaw with an outstretched paw, "Skypaw wake up, let's go hunting!" She rolled over in her sleep and muttered something about rabbits. She wasn't getting up anytime soon. Hopefully Harenose would be awake and ready for a patrol. Stretching her legs one at a time, Dawnpaw made her way out of the camp. Deadfoot was rattling off a list of cats for the dawn patrol. "Webfoot, you take Rabbitpaw, Runningbrook and Tornear to check the borders with Thunderclan and Riverclan, bring back some freshkill if you can. Onewhisker, take Harenose, Dawnpaw, Gorsepaw and Ashfoot with you to check the Shadowclan border. Duskfur, take your apprentice and one other cat with you on a hunting patrol." Oh joy, on a patrol with Gorsepaw the Rabbit-brain. Taking her time, Dawnpaw padded over to Harenose and Ashfoot, "Good, you're here." Harenose meowed, "I thought I was going to have to drag you out of your nest again." Dawnpaw snorted
"Not likely!"
The air on the moor was crisp for Greenleaf and the clouds skidded across the sky. In the distance Dawnpaw could see the figure of Rabbitpaw chasing a rabbit by the Riverclan border. The patrol walked onwards, spraying their scent markers against rocks and shrubs along the border. Ahead of her Onewhisker held up his tail in a signal. Stop. Harenose stepped forward "what is it, Onewhisker?" He hissed
"There is a Shadowclan patrol up ahead"
"So? This is the Shadowclan border, there's bound to be a Shadowclan patrol nearby!" Onewhisker shook his head "They smell strange..." Strange, some of the Shadowclan cats at the gathering had carried a strange scent. "Perhaps they're sick, they look scrawnier." Dawnpaw put in. Gorsepaw grunted. As they watched two cats broke away from the group and headed in the direction of Thunderclan territory. "Who cares, if they're sick that's Shadowclan's problem, not ours," Harenose growled more insistently, "let's keep going, we're nearly back at camp!"
The sun was completely and utterly up as Onewhisker's patrol padded into camp. "Dawnpaw!" Harenose called, "take something from the Freshkill pile for yourself, we'll go back out at Sunhigh to do some battle training." Dawnpaw flicked her ears in acknowledgement and padded over to where Skypaw was eating a shrew, her friend didn't look very hungry. "Hey Skypaw, how's the prey running?" Skypaw just sighed,"fine, great actually. But I missed a rabbit today." Why is she so concerned with catching rabbits?
"Really Skypaw? I thought we were over the whole I have to catch rabbits thing! Your the best shrew hunter we have! And when there are no rabbits on the moor in leafbare, who do you think the clan will rely on to catch other prey to feed them!" Skypaw still looked unhappy. "I just want to fit in Dawnpaw! Rabbitpaw catches rabbits, you bring them in all the time! I'm just useless!" Dawnpaw was shocked, than angry, how dare her friend think of herself like that! "I've been an apprentice longer than you Skypaw, you were only apprenticed a few days ago! Of course I'm better at catching prey, especially rabbits!" Than Dawnpaw smirked "and as for Rabbitpaw, well he must catch them because he thinks like them..." Both cats glanced at each other slyly "he's a Rabbit-brain!" They both purred but then Skypaw was serious again, "Dawnpaw, I would've caught that rabbit but I was to busy thinking about-" Dawnpaw's ears pricked thinking about what... Or who? Skypaw looked really embarrassed, "well I can't stop thinking about Gorsepaw!" Gorsepaw? Of all the cats in Windclan, Skypaw had to fall in love with Gorsepaw? Skypaw continued, "I'm surprised you catch any rabbits at all! I mean with Duskfur and all..." Skypaw trailed off. Dawnpaw was confused. "Hang on, what does Duskfur have to do with this!" Skypaw looked shocked, "you mean you don't notice the way he looks at you?" Now it was Dawnpaw's turn to be embarrassed, she could feel it scorching her fur, " um no. Um, I have to go make dirt, see you later." But Dawnpaw was well aware of Skypaw's whiskers twitching with amusement as she padded away.
Um, may Starclan light your path
Remember to keep up those Dawnpaw mate suggestions and maybe some Skypaw mate suggestions (though not Gorsepaw because we know he dies at the claws of Tigerstar...)
Farewell, Wishheart