A/N: Hello! I am sooo happy right now! I want to thank firestar111, AvenJackel, HawkstarZero, and spottedsky for reviewing!
firestar111: I didn't name her Loudheart because my Penname character is gonna be in another story that I'm going to write ^_^
AvenJackel: Thank you sooooooooo much for reviewing every chapter! When I woke up (at like, 4:23 PM or something) I had to hide my face in my pillow cuz I was screaming for joy! Thank you so much!
HawkstarZero: Okay, I'll fix that, and I understand how that's confusing.
spottedsky: ;) ~ Well...
Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors, but I own my characters
Chapter Ten
"Come on Tigerpaw! Try to knock me down!" Clawstalker yelled at me, his eyes narrowed. "How can you do so well during a fight, but during practice, you can't fight me?"
I was breathing heavily, Nightpaw and Flowerpaw were practicing on each other, while, because I'm younger, I was training with my mentor, Clawstalker. He may seem to be pushing me too hard, but it's only because he knows I can do it.
"Can I get a quick drink of water first Clawstalker?" I gagged. "We've been training since a little past sunrise, and its sunhigh!" Clawstalker nodded, lifting a paw so he could wash the sand from his long, thick pelt.
I padded to the river that separated ThunderClan territory and RiverClan territory. I kneeled and lapped at the water, shivering in delight of the coolness of the water going down my throat. That's when I saw a gray reflection in the water.
"Whaa-!" I backed up, eyes wide, and Swiftpaw was looking at me and purring in amusement.
"Well, it looks like someone is happy to see me." he wrapped his tail around his large paws, looking pleased with himself.
"As if you fishface!" I spat at him, making the fur on my shoulders lay flat. "You just surprised me is all! For StarClan's sake Swiftpaw, why won't you leave me alone?" I was pacing at the other side of the river, steaming.
"First of all, who's Swiftpaw? I'm Swiftbreeze." I looked at him, my heart racing.
"Congratulations Swiftbreeze! I'm so happy for-" I stopped myself before I finished. I looked at him, and saw that his eyes had softened.
"Thank you very much Tigerpaw. That makes me happy too." he hopped across the stepping stones.
"Wait! You can't-" the next thing I knew, his face was so close that our noses were touching.
"And to answer your question, I can't leave you alone because you fascinate me. I can tell you've been an apprentice for what? Four moons? And you fought like that? It's amazing." He wrapped his body around mine and a purr escaped my throat. No! I can't feel like this! It's against the warrior code! I will not, I repeat, I will NOT fall for him! I tried to get out of his grasp, but he licked my cheek, surprising me.
"I want to get to know you, Tigerpaw, please," his blue eyes were pleading. For a moment, just for a moment, I got lost in them. My heart was telling me to give in, but my head yelled at me to get out of this situation. I untangled myself from him.
"I-I- I can't Swiftbreeze!" I could feel the tears coming. "I'm sorry!" I ran off, tears streaming down my face. When I get back to the Sandy Hollow, Nightpaw was the first one to notice my tears.
"Tigerpaw!" he screamed, running over to me. He wrapped himself around me comfortingly. The good thing was, I had washed Swiftbreeze's sent off before I got there. "What's wrong?" I shook my head and looked at Clawstalker. "Can we stop training for the rest of the day? I-I just don't think I can today. Can I just go hunt by myself for a while?" Clawstalker looked worried, but he nodded. I ran off to hunt.
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That was two moons ago. Dawnflower's kits, Brightkit and Runningkit, became apprentices. Brightpaw's mentor was Rocklegs, and Runningpaw's, Redsky. Nightpaw, Flowerpaw, and Swiftpaw (of WindClan), and Willowpaw (Swiftbreez's sister) became warriors. Nightpaw became Nightwalker, Flowerpaw became Flowerwish, Swiftpaw of WindClan became Swiftwind, and Willowpaw became Willowshine. Lionpaw, Leopardpaw, Cheetahpaw and I haven't become warriors yet, which is fine with me.
"Hey, Tigerpaw!" Cheetahpaw called, her beautiful coat smooth and her blue eyes sparkling. "We haven't talked lately. How are you with training?" she sat down next to me. I could scent the faint scent of Hawkstar on her fur, but I decided to ignore it.
"I'm good. Clawstalker is an amazing mentor."
"Yeah, so is Hawkstar." As she said that, her eyes had a dreamy look. I got up.
"I'm going to look for Flowerwish, okay? I'll talk to you later." I twitched my tail goodbye and followed Flowerwish's sent, which was usually easy, but today I had to really try. That's weird, it's going towards the WindClan boarder. Fear enveloped my heart. Oh, no! I ran like a WindClan cat, following her scent, praying that my thoughts were wrong.
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A/N:Okay! That's it for today! Thanks for reading! Review please!
Tigerpaw: Why Bella? Why are you doing this to me?
Me: Because it's fun
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