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Firepaw returned to the clearing carrying all the prey he caught. Tigerclaw stood in the center of the clearing, a frown upon the massive warrior's face.
"You're the first back." said Tigerclaw.
"Yes, but I can go catch some more prey." assured Firepaw.
"Wouldn't you just get distracted by talking with kittypets?" growled Tigerclaw.
Firepaw held a silent gasp. Tigerclaw had been watching him. He knew that he had spoken with Smudge.
Graypaw and Lionheart came into the clearing. Graypaw dropped the prey he had caught. Tigerclaw turned to the apprentice and his mentor.
"Ravenpaw's late. We'll give him a bit longer to return and then go back to camp." grumbled Tigerclaw.
"But what if he's been bitten by an adder?" protested Firepaw.
"Then it's his own fault. There's no room for weaklings in ThunderClan." bellowed Tigerclaw.
In a few moments time Ravenpaw emerged from the bushes and into the clearing. Everyone, including Tigerclaw, where baffled by Ravenpaw's catch. Ravenpaw had caught the normal prey, small rodents, a few rabbits and some birds, but Ravenpaw had also managed to catch an adder. The warriors and apprentices gathered up the prey and walked back to camp.
It wasn't long before the three apprentices and two warriors were back at camp. Firepaw, Graypaw and Ravenpaw put the prey in the store hut. After delivering the prey the three apprentices took a few mice and one bird each and went to the tent to eat.
Graypaw looked at the adder Ravenpaw was carrying. Ravenpaw had taken the adder he caught with him.
"You brought the adder?" questioned Graypaw.
"What should I do with it?" wondered Ravenpaw.
"Can you eat adder?" curiously asked Graypaw.
Firepaw sighed and looked at his gray haired friend.
"Trust you to think of your stomach." joked Firepaw.
Graypaw grinned and twitched his ears.
"Let's put it on the stump. That way Dustpaw and Sandpaw can see it when they get back from patrol." suggested Graypaw.
Ravenpaw put the adder on the stump. The three apprentices skinned their prey and began to eat it raw.
Half an hour later Tigerclaw came to the apprentice's tent. The older warrior told Firepaw Bluestar wanted to see him in her tent. Firepaw grabbed his weapons and rushed to Bluestar's tent.
Bluestar had her back to Firepaw when he first entered her tent. Firepaw sat on the ground and looked ashamed of himself.
"Tigerclaw has told me he saw you talking to a kittypet from the Twolegplace. He said you began to fight this kittypet but ended up sharing tongues with it." exclaimed Bluestar.
All was silent until Firepaw took up the courage to speak.
"That is true, Bluestar. But her was an old friend. We grew up together. When I was a kittypet." guiltily said Firepaw.
Bluestar looked at her apprentice.
"Do you miss your old life, Firepaw? Do you wish to leave the Clan?" asked Bluestar.
Firepaw knew what he had to say.
"When I spoke with Smudge, that was the kittypet, it reminded me of what life would be like if I stayed with the Twolegs. I'm happy that I have left. I'm proud that I left. I would never have been satisfied with the soft life of a kittypet." sternly answered Firepaw.
Bluestar's expression slightly softened. She put a hand on Firepaw's shoulder. The red haired apprentice looked up from the ground.
"Very well. I believe you Firepaw." said Bluestar.
Bluestar's scowl was now a light smile.
"I spoke with Yellowfang earlier today. She thinks a lot of you. She's a wise old she-cat. And I suspect she wasn't always so bad tempered. I think I could grow to like her." insisted Bluestar.
Firepaw surprisingly felt happy that Bluestar liked Yellowfang. A glimpse of distrust quickly shown in the elderly Clan leader's eyes.
"But there is still something I do not trust about her. She will stay in ThunderClan, but remain as a prisoner. The queens will care for her. You must concentrate on your training." told Bluestar.
Firepaw nodded and was about to leave before Bluestar's voice stopped him.
"Firepaw, although you showed bad judgment today in talking to a kittypet, Tigerclaw and Lionheart have informed me on your hunting. In fact you, Graypaw and Ravenpaw all did rather well. You will come to the Gathering, all three of you." concluded Bluestar.
Bluestar dismissed Firepaw and the apprentice happily left. He was going to a Gathering! He, Firepaw, apprentice of Bluestar, was going to a Gathering! It was too good to be true.
Graypaw and Ravenpaw waited outside the apprentice tent for their friend. Firepaw came running back to the tent at top speed.
"So what did she say?" asked Graypaw.
"Tigerclaw told us he saw you sharing tongues with a kittypet this morning. Are you in trouble?" added Ravenpaw.
"No although Bluestar wasn't too pleased. She did invite all three of us to go to the Gathering." stated Firepaw.
"What!" questioned Graypaw.
"We're going to the Gathering." repeated Firepaw.
Graypaw and Firepaw began to excitedly talk amongst themselves. Ravenpaw just stayed quiet and out of the way.
"Are Sandpaw and Dustpaw coming?" huffed Graypaw.
"No, just the three of us. They have to stay behind and guard the camp." amusingly said Firepaw.
"Can I tell them? I can't want to see the looks of their faces!" chuckled Graypaw.
"Me either! I can't believe we're going and not them! Especially after Tigerclaw saw me talking to a kittypet." responded Firepaw.
"That was just bad luck. We brought back two full bags of prey and then some. We deserve to go the a Gathering." replied Graypaw.
Graypaw started to go off on how great the Gathering would be. Firepaw drowned out his friend's bantering and focused on the situation ahead.
Firepaw was still uneasy as to why Tigerclaw was watching him and not Ravenpaw or Graypaw. Why had Tigerclaw given him the path closest to the Twolegplace? Firepaw was just going to have to wait and see what fate had in store for him.
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