Chapter 10
"Well done, Sunpaw." Sandstar said as Sunpaw padded in with two mice, a squirrel, a sparrow and a vole hanging from his jaws. Sunpaw gazed proudly at his mentor. "There is more back in the forest." He said. "I have to go and collect them."
"Don't bother." Sandstar smiled. "I've watched your progress and you've done quite well. I'll send Heatherbreeze to collect the rest of your catch. Put what you have on the fresh-kill pile."
Sunpaw dipped his head. Just as he turned to put his catch on the fresh-kill pile, Sandstar told him to wait. "Sunpaw, I also see that you found a loophole in my challenge." She told him.
"What do you mean?"
"I know that you met with that dog. I said not to let Twolegs see you, but I didn't mention anything about dogs."
Sunpaw felt the fur along his neck rise. Was Sandstar accusing him of being disloyal to ThunderClan?
"It won't happen again." He quickly said. "It was an unfortunate thing that the dog saw me. I'll make sure this won't happen again."
He could have gone on but he was cut off by Sandstar's laugh. "I wasn't accusing you of being disloyal to the Clan. Your friendship with the dog has nothing to do with your loyalty to the Clan."
"But I was going against the warrior code!" he protested.
"The warrior forbids us to meet with kittypets. It doesn't say anything about dogs." Sandstar cut him off. "But still, we don't know anything about that dog. I won't interfere with your friendship, but remember that he is still a dog, and dogs have a natural rivalry with cats."
"I know," he said, "I won't meet with him again."
"The choice is yours, young Sunpaw." The light ginger tabby fixed him with a soft gaze. "Whatever you decide, it is all in your hands."
Sunpaw looked for something to say, but found himself thinking on Sandstar's words. "Now go eat something." She told him. "You've had a long day and you must be starving."
Sunpaw nodded and walked over to the fresh-kill pile, distinctively aware of his mentor's gaze on him. A few minutes later, he felt her leave and heaved a sigh of relief. He walked to the pile of prey and took a mouse for himself, but not before dropping his catch on the pile. He dragged his mouse over to Whitepaw, who was sitting by the apprentice's den.
"So, how did it go?" he asked.
Sunpaw shrugged. "Well, I guess." He sat down and began to eat his mouse.
"Sunpaw, what's up?" Whitepaw asked. "You seem extremely quiet."
"Nothing is wrong." Sunpaw quickly said, taking a bite of his mouse so that he didn't have to say anything.
"I don't know what is going on with you, but I'm not going to pressure you." Whitepaw said. "I know you'll tell me when you are ready."
Sunpaw shrugged, one thing going through his mind; Storm. He had half a mind to go back to the Twolegplace the next day and talk to Storm again, but he also couldn't break the warrior code by meeting Storm, even though Sandstar said that it was fine.
Then he found a solution; he would meet Storm, just once to tell him that dogs and cats could never be friends.
RXR
And I will be posting a new chapter every Friday, so look out on a regular scale XD and the story will have 21 chapters.