It had been a few moons ever since Mosspaw and Tinypaw went out for the walk and Rosekit had been avoiding Tinypaw ever since then. I don't understand! Tinypaw growled to himself. Rosekit should have been happy I was going out for a walk with Mosspaw; instead, she just keeps giving me frog-dung about it! Tinypaw thought. Tinypaw was also mad about the gathering last night. Crookedstar didn't let him go to it and supposedly it seemed to be an awesome gathering! I can't believe Firepaw-um Fireheart, drove Brokenstar out of his own Clan! Tinypaw just sighed and just went back to his hunting duties. Tinypaw then found a mouse in WindClan's old territory. He bounced and killed it with a swift bite to the neck. He gave thanks to StarClan for it before burying it in the ground.
"Good catch," a deep voice mewed be behind Tinypaw.
Tinypaw jumped and turned around to see Crookedstar. Tinypaw then sighed with relief. "Thanks," he mewed.
Crookedstar just nodded. "Where's Silverstream?" he asked.
"Uh," Tinypaw mewed, trying to regain the memory where he last saw Silverstream at. "I'm pretty sure she went over that hill," Tinypaw mewed, pointing his tail over to a hill.
Crookedstar nodded. "Thank you," he murmured before walking off.
"You're welcome!" Tinypaw mewed.
Just then, Tinypaw's mentor came running down the hill. She looked surprised.
Crookedstar's ears perked up. "What's wrong Silverstream?" he called.
Silverstream then made it down the hill. "I just saw Fireheart and Graystripe walking off of WindClan's territory, and over to the other side!" she exclaimed.
Crookedstar cocked his head. "Surely Bluestar isn't making them retrieve WindClan!" he mewed.
Silverstream shrugged. "I can't believe it either!" she stated.
"I hope they don't make WindClan come back," he growled. "I actually like these hunting grounds and don't want to give them up," Crookedstar mewed.
Tinypaw stared at Crookedstar while Silverstream gaped at him. Why is Silverstream so surprised? Tinypaw asked himself. Aren't having more territory and fewer enemies a good thing? Tinypaw just shook his head.
Silverstream just nodded. "C'mon Tinypaw," she mewed, "gather the prey you've caught and let's go back to RiverClan," she ordered.
Tinypaw knew that his mentor was angry with her father, but he did what she said. Tinypaw dug his mouse up and bounded down the hill and into RiverClan's territory.
"Hi Tinypaw!" a happy voice mewed.
Tinypaw looked up and saw Mosspaw standing in front of him.
"Hello Mosspaw," he greeted.
"Wanna go on a walk later?" she asked.
"Well…" Tinypaw's voice trailed off.
"Well," Mosspaw echoed.
"I was going to try to see if Rosekit wanted to play with me," he stated.
Mosspaw looked a bit shock. Then her expression changed to happiness. "Well, good luck!" she mewed. "Rosekit has been having anger issues for a while," Mosspaw stated.
Tinypaw sighed. "Yes, and I don't know why!" he exclaimed.
"Well, if she's still going to a frog-brain later, you can always come to me," she mewed.
Tinypaw just nodded, and padded off to camp. He then gave his mouse to the elders and walked over to the nursery. "Hello?" he called. "Greenflower, Rosekit?" he mewed.
"What do you want?" a cream she-kit growled.
"Rosekit," Tinypaw murmured, "I don't know why you're so upset with me!" he stated.
"Tinypaw," she mewled, "you don't understand at all!" she wailed.
"What do I not understand?" Tinypaw asked, growling.
"Mosspaw!" hissed Rosekit. "She's been pulling you away from me!" she mewed.
"Mosspaw?" asked Tinypaw. "She hasn't been making me pull away from you!" he growled. "I do my best to play with you but you're always being a stupid frog-brained idiot!"
Rosekit the gaped and her ears went back. "Tinypaw," she mewed, "Do you want to know why I don't play with you?" she asked.
Tinypaw nodded. "Why?" he asked.
"Because…because I love you, but Mosspaw keeps pulling you away from me!" she admitted. "Mosspaw loves you too, but I know she's being evil with her love," Rosekit stated.
Tinypaw stared at Rosekit for a few heartbeats then shook his head. "I just think you're jealous of her!" he hissed.
"Jealous?" Rosekit snapped back. "I'm not jealous of her!" she protested.
"Then be the good cat because I miss the old Rosekit," he mewed.
"I've never change!" she snapped.
"Ever since that night I went on a walk with Mosspaw, you've been acting strange and rude," he growled.
"Like I said before, she's stealing you from me!" she mewed. "Plus, she shot me an evil smile that same night before you two left!" Rosekit mewed.
Tinypaw growled and unsheathed his claws. "You know what," he growled, "if you're just going to gripe to me about how the way I 'hang out' with Mosspaw then NEVER talk to me again!" he ordered.
"But, I'm not-" Tinypaw then cut off Rosekit.
"NEVER AGAIN!" he repeated before storming out of the nursery. Tinypaw realized that most of his Clanmates had watched what he had done. Tinypaw just grunted and sat by the fresh-kill pile, where Shadepaw and Mosspaw were at. "Hi," he muttered.
Shadepaw then walked over to Tinypaw and slashed his ear.
Tinypaw yowled with pain. "Oww!" he growled.
"That's what you get for yelling at a kit!" she growled. Then she slashed his other ear.
"What was that one for?" he asked.
"I don't know, I just hate you," she mewed before walking away.
Tinypaw just stared at her before getting a minnow from the fresh-kill pile.
"I can't believe Rosekit accused me for taking you away like that!" Mosspaw growled.
Tinypaw nodded. "I know right!" Tinypaw mewed. "She just needs to calm down," he stated.
Mosspaw nodded. "If any cat in the Clan- well besides my sister, gets mad at you for yelling at Rosekit, let me know, ok?" she asked. "Rosekit deserved it anyway," she stated.
Tinypaw nodded. "What if Rosekit didn't deserve it?" he mewed to himself.
"What?" Mosspaw mewed. "Stop talking nonsense," she mewed.
"Well, you have been a little mean to Rosekit lately," he stated.
"Because she's been snappy with you, and I wanted to back you up!" she exclaimed.
Tinypaw shrugged. "I guess you're right," he mewed.
"Want to go out for a walk? It'll get your mind off things," Mosspaw suggested.
Tinypaw nodded. Then the two walked out. Tinypaw heard some sneers from the RiverClan cats when he got into the entrance but he didn't care. Tinypaw walked out and saw Silverstream and Voleclaw in the forest talking. "Hold on a moment," he mewed, before walking over to his mentor. "What's up?" he asked.
"Voleclaw and I are just talking about Fireheart and Graystripe," she mewed.
Tinypaw just nodded and smiled. Looks to me, Silverstream, you're getting cozy with Voleclaw. He then walked away with Mosspaw behind him. Tinypaw sighed. "I feeling really bad for what I did to Rosekit," he confessed.
"What?" Mosspaw mewed. "She deserved it!" Mosspaw growled.
"What if Rosekit's right?" he mewed.
"Tinypaw, I've already told you, she's been acting snappy-"
"She's only acting snappy because you're being the pain," he growled, walking closer to Mosspaw. "Rosekit's the nicest kit I've ever met, and it was stupid of me to let you take it all away!" he growled.
Mosspaw took a few steps back. "Tinypaw!" she exclaimed. "Don't you like me more than you like that cream thing you call a kit?" she asked.
Tinypaw hissed, walking closer. "No," he growled. "I'm only a small apprentice training to be a warrior, I don't care about love!" he hissed.
Mosspaw gasped. "After everything we did together, the walks, talking about kits-"
"You were only doing that to get me away from Rosekit!" he snapped. Tinypaw then realize one of Mosspaw's hindpaws had slipped into the river. Then the rest of her body followed and she slipped into the river. Tinypaw gasped and padded over to the river, only to see a wet tortoiseshell head. Tinypaw laughed.
"It's not funny!" she hissed.
"Did you think it was funny when you hurt Rosekit like that?" Tinypaw retorted. "Now, if you excuse me," Tinypaw mewed, before turning around, "I have a she-kit to apologize to…"