The cold wind swam through Ivypaw's white and gray fur. She turned and saw the forest that lead to Treeclan. The forest sas clear as day to the Apprentice. She saw the trail that ran down the center of the forest. It was like it was calling for her, calling for Ivypaw to come.
Is this what mother was trying to tell me?...No my mother only let me relive her death. I wish I knew what it meant? What did Snowtail's message mean? Oh! I'm so lost!
Blackpaw padded up to her with a rabbit in his mouth. "All the Queens and Elders have eaten, would you like to share a Rabbit with me? I made sure it wasn't like the one you and Holyfrost shared." He meowed as he placed the brown rabbit in front of her.
I'm not really in the mood for food...But I don't want him to think something is wrong with me.
"Thank you, Blackpaw. I'd love to eat some." Meowed Ivypaw as she and Blackpaw started to eat the rabbit.
"Can I ask you something?" Ivypaw asked before taking a bite of rabbit.
"Yeah. What is it?" Blackpaw asked, taking another bite and chewing.
"I had this dream," Ivypaw became as she finished chewing.
"What kind of dream?" Asked Blackpaw.
"Well as you know I am Half clan because Snowtail and Mosspelt are mt parents. But I Snowtail visited me in a dream. She didn't really visited it was just her voice and her scent..." Ivypaw started to tell the Medicine cat apprentice about her dream and what the message meant. Blackpaw hang onto every word as he finished the last bit of the rabbit.
"...And I've been thinking about what it meant. I think she was trying to tell me something, but what?" Ivypaw asked. Blackpaw finished chewing before answering.
"I believe she doesn't want you to forget that day, so she made you relive it because you did forget right?" Asked Blackpaw. Ivypaw nodded. "I think you should wait another night and see if she visits you again." he meowed.
"Thank you, Blackpaw. Your a real friend." Blackpaw replied iwth one of his 'Your welcome' Smiles.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the Highrock for a Clan meeting." Yowled Runningstar. Every cat, but the Queens andd Elders came. Graykit and Cloudkit padded out of the den and stared in amazement at the leader. "I think Mosspelt has earned the titel of Deputy back because his only kit might not be living in this clan if we don't win this up coming war between Swiftcan and Treeclan." Meowed Runningstar.
"Thank you, Runningstar." meowed Mosspelt, who is now Deputy again.
"I'll miss being deputy with you, Gingerfoot." Spottedwind meowed to Gingerfoot.
"That is not all I have to say. From this day forward, until they have earned their warrior names, these apprentice will be called Graypaw and Cloudpaw. Reedheart,I have watched you defend your mother's honer, so I hope you pass that down to your first Apprentice, Cloudpaw." Meowed Runningstar.
A pure white tom-kit with green eyes, a gray chest, and paws padded up to Reedheart and touched noses.
"Whitestone,I have watched you also defend your mother's honer, so I hope you pass that down to your very first Apprentice, Graypaw." A gray tom-kit with brown eyes padded up to the White and black tail tipped Warrior and touched noses. After that the clan started to cheer out their new names.
"Cloudpaw! Graypaw! Cloudpaw! Graypaw." The Clan cheered. Ashclaw, Reedheart, Whitestone, Graypaw, Cloudpaw, and Ivypaw went out hunting that night.
"What do you smell, Graypaw?" Whitestone asked. The gray and white Apprentice lifted his head to sniff the air.
"Rabbit, Whitestone." He replied, but unlike Ivypaw, Graypaw stayed still. Ivypaw watched in sorrow as Whitestone crouched down with Graypaw and showed him how to slowly stalk his prey.
"Come, let's give Whitestone and Graypaw this spot to hunt." Meowed Reedheart. Ashclaw and Ivpaw padded in a different direction then Reedheart and Cloudpaw. Ashclaw showed her everything Whitestone had showed Graypaw, but all she did was watch Reedheart teach Cloudpaw.
"Did you hear me?" Ashclaw asked in his angry tone. Ivypaw shook her head and looked down at Ashclaw, who was crouching. He stood up after she shook her head. "How do you plan to learn if you don't listen!" Ashclaw demanded. Ivypaw lowered her head.
"Ashclaw, she wont learn unless you treat her like an apprentice and tell her she can be a Warrior if she puts her mind to it." Meowed Reedheart as he padded up with a Rabbit in his jaws. In Cloudpaw's jaws was a mouse.
I didn't even get a mouse on my first try...I got nothing on my first try.
"It's not fair!" Ivypaw hissed at Cloudpaw. The Apprentice dropped the mouse in front of Ivypaw and hid behind Reedheart.
"Y-you can have it. I'm sorry if I made you mad, Ivypaw." Meowed Cloudpaw. Reedheart stared into Ivypaw's eyes and she did the same to him. She anger and he saw sorrow.
"Ivypaw, it's not nice to get jealous over a new Apprentice catching prey on his or her first try. Every cat has their time to learn."
Jealous?
"Did you just say I'm jealous of Cloudpaw?" Ivypaw asked Reedheart with anger burning deep inside her.
"Yes, but it's normal." Meowed Reedheart.
"I'm not jealous!" Ivypaw hissed at the gray and white tom.
"I hate to brake it to you, but if there are two Apprentices and one catches prey on their first try and the other one gets mad about it then that's called jealousy." Meowed Reedheart.
"He does have a point, Ivypaw." Meowed Whitestone as he and Graypaw padded up with Prey in their mouths.
"...I don't need to stand here and listen to two KITTYPETS!" Ivypaw hissed her loudest at Reedheart and Whitestone before running off, leaving them shocked.