Hi again, sorry for not posting in a while, but I have been taking more time to write, and am finding it harder to balance between rehearsals and publishing, so I am now only going to be updating once every week or so. So! Time for the next clue!

Previous hints:

"I have fluffy fur."

"I have amber eyes."

New hint: "I am a Thunderclan cat, but am also descended from Skyclan."

Chapter 10

Maplepaw whipped her head around in time to see Hailpaw surrounded on three sides by those cats that had attacked her: Toadfoot, Snowbird, and Ferretclaw. "Stay here." Thornclaw commanded his apprentice before running to the group of cats in the clearing.

Maplepaw was overcome with conflicting emotions. Thornclaw was her mentor, and she was supposed to follow his orders, but Hailpaw was her sister, and she was supposed to help her siblings through everything!

Suddenly, she saw a flash of brown and orange fur flash past her, followed closely by a larger ginger one. Bramblepaw and Squirrelflight! Maplepaw thought about joining them, but her loyalty to her mentor won out, and she sat down with a sigh.

Looking up, she saw that Thornclaw was squirming underneath Ferretclaw, who was trying to bite at his neck. As she watched, Squirrelflight's paw slammed into the side of Ferretclaw's head, stunning him. He staggered off of Thornclaw, who leapt up and threw himself on top of the other.

Bramblepaw slammed into Snowbird, who was about to leap on Hailpaw. It seemed that he had his claws unsheathed, because the she-cat yowled in pain, and blood splattered from her face across her pelt.

Sorreltail was grappling with Toadfoot, both of them fighting to pin the other down. Maplepaw saw all of this and decided that she needed to help them. Standing up, she bolted for the battle. Thornclaw looked up. "You were supposed to stay there!" he hissed at her.

"You were losing, so I thought that I would join you." She said back.

She rammed Toadfoot, who had finally managed to pin Sorreltail. He staggered back, and she bit him in the leg. Yowling in pain, he lunged at her, slamming her to the ground. She struggled underneath him, trying to claw his belly, but her legs were too short. His head lunged at her neck, but suddenly, his head disappeared, along with the weight on her shoulders.

When she stood up, Maplepaw saw that Hailpaw had joined the fight and was clawing at Toadfoot. Toadfoot turned tail and fled across the field, finally having enough of the constant attack.

Maplepaw turned around and saw that Snowbird was padding slowly away fron the battle, leaving a trail of blood across the field.

Ferretclaw, seeing that he was the only one left, slashed at Thornclaw one last time, and darted of after his clanmates.

"Come on," Thornclaw said, "we don't want them to attack us again." They then made their way over to the forest. As soon as they got there, Thornclaw turned on Maplepaw. "I told you to stay where you were!" he hissed.

"I could see that you were losing and needed help." Maplepaw said.

"But I am your mentor! You are supposed to follow my instructions!"

"But-"

"No! You aren't even a warrior!Nor are you an experienced apprentice! You are barely out of kithood-"

"And that," interrupted Squirrelflight, "is why you need to be kinder when reprimand her. And I'm going to have to tell Bramblestar about this."

Thornclaw glared at her a moment longer before finally dropping his gaze to the ground. "Fine, whatever." He muttered.

The rest of the journey back was completed in silence, and when they got back, Squirrelflight motioned for Thornclaw to follow her to Bramblestar's den.

Maplepaw padded over to the fresh-kill pile and took a small thrush. She padded over to a small bush near the apprentices den and sat down. She wanted to be alone, and hiding over here was what she wanted to do. While she sat there, she saw Bramblestar pad out of his den, Squirrelflight and Thornclaw right behind him.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting!" his yowl echoed around the clearing. Cats poured in from the dens to filter into the dip under the Highledge. Maplepaw sighed and padded into the little dip after them.

"It has come to my attention that one of our apprentices is in need of a new mentor. Maplepaw, step foreward." Maplepaw was shocked. A change in mentors? That hadn't happened since Sandstorm got switched from Darkstripe to Whitestorm. Both cats had died before the clans had moved to the new territories.

Slowly, she padded over to the highledge. Soon, she stood before Bramblestar. "I Bramblestar, have called my clan together to watch as I switch the mentors of the apprentice standing before me. Maplepaw, do you wish for a different mentor?"

Maplepaw felt a rush of conflicting feelings enter her mind. She never did well under pressure like this. She liked Thornclaw, but the way he had acted at the Shadowclan border had frightened her. However, she felt that she needed to try harder with Thornclaw before deciding.

"No, Bramblestar, that is not my wish." She answered him.

Uh-Oh, major cliffie ahead! Sorry, but this is where I end for this week. keep your eyes open for more updates, and review! I no longer need any more apprentices, so thank you, HyPeR and Shadowfur, for your apprentice names. Keep reading!

Snowfur