"Hey what happened in there? I was debating on going in there to check on you," Twistpaw meowed.

"Nothing, I just want to ask you something," Coal said carefully.

"Anything for my brother!" Twistpaw mewed.

"Would you teach me how to hunt?" Coal asked looking down.

"Of course!" Twistpaw meowed. Twistpaw jumped down from the fence to go to the woods. Coal mirrored. They reached the Thunderpath witch Racoon had been killed. "This is my favorite place to hunt!"

"Why is it your favorite?" Coal asked.

"Well, for one, the prey is REALLY fat here!" Twistpaw meowed. "Second, We made a tunnel! Back when Harestar was the leader he hated these three cats, and those cats were named Thorntail, Jadetooth and Harepounce!" Twistpaw explained.

"And why did he hate them?" Coal said tipping his head.

"Because they picked on him for all of Harestar's apprenticeship, but believe it or not our father Patchclaw was Thorntail's apprentice! So Harestar held our dad back from his training, Oakstar was furious!" Twistpaw mewed.

"Oh why was Oakstar furious?" Coal asked.

"He's Patchclaw's father!" Twistpaw said.

"Oh."
"And so Patchclaw and his friends who's mentors happened to be the people the leader hated decided to dig a meeting spot away from camp!" Twistpaw explained. "They were debating on making a rogue clan!"

"Woah that's cool!"

"But so they met there everyday, and now it is a common hunting spot for ShadowClan."
"Where is it?"

"Over here!" Twistpaw mewed and dashed over to a thorn bush.

"It's just a thorn bush!" Coal meowed.

"No, look closer at the roots!" Twistpaw said pointing at the thorn patch with his tail. Coal looked at the roots, There was a large gaping black hole beneath the roots. Twistpaw bounced over to the roots. He crawled under the thin roots Coal followed. The cave was large and dark, there was a large log in the side of the clearing. The smell of mouse was overpowering. He watched as Twistpaw dropped down into a crouch, moving gently and slowly to the mouse. He put his feet down so softly it wasn't audible. He pounced at a short distance, killing it with a blow to the spine.

"Wow! Can I try?" Coal mewed. "I'll give them to you to take to your clan!"

"Ok! I'm sure Ratscar won't mind!" Twistpaw meowed cheerfully.

Hour later

Coal had made a pile of about seven fat mice and three squirrels by sunhigh, Twistpaw had eight fat mice.

"You did great!" Twistpaw meowed. He was still catching his breath from chasing a squirrel up a tree, but failed to catch it.

"Haha, you too!" Coal said as he made a fine pile.

"How do we get it back to camp? It's hard to carry two!" Twistpaw muttered. Coal shrugged.

"Could I help you take it there?" Coal mewed.

"Maybe, you do have a good reputation with the clan," Twistpaw said thoughtfully.

"Okay, then we will come back for the rest later!" Coal meowed and grabbed three mice by the tails. Twistpaw did the same. They carefully picked their way through the slightly more common patches of grass.

"We are almost there," Twistpaw said around his mouthful of mouse tails. Coal nodded, they got to a giant crack in a large stone that towered over them.

"This is camp!" Twistpaw mewed. They climbed through the crack, and entered into a dimly lit cave, pine needles littered the ground. Some young cats about their age were standing by a fallen tree, one that had dark brown fur and amber eyes was joking around, Brightpaw was talking with a she-cat that was a silver gray she-cat with black lynx tufts and freckles on her cheeks. Some older cats were on the other side of the tree, eating and talking to each other. Larkwing and a warrior that was dark brown and amber eyes (and looked a lot like the funny apprentice) were chatting along with a slightly smaller white tom by a small cave with a fern covering..

"Woah!" Coal said dropping his jaw.

"This does look impressive," Twistpaw said with a shrug.

"Who is this?" A gray she-cat with a red tail growled.

"This is Coal!" Twistpaw meowed. "He was helping me carry some prey back! Gotta save up for leafbare!" Twistpaw meowed nervously. "Anyways, Coal this is Ratscar!"

"Ugh, this kittypet has nothing else to do?" Ratscar growled. Waspwhisker elbowed her.

"He means thankyou for helping young Coal," Waspwhisker said through his teeth. "Right Ratscar?"

"Yup," Ratscar said sarcastically. Waspwhisker made a low growling noise and Ratscar nodded more enthusiastically. Waspwhisker chuckled.

"It's nice to see you again," Waspwhisker meowed. Ratscar dashed off to the warriors' den, obviously intimidated by Waspwhisker. Brightpaw looked over in their direction as she mewed something to the lynx like cat. The lynx like cat's brilliant blue eyes widened into full moons. Then she turned to whisper to Brightpaw.

"Y-yeah nice to see you too," Coal meowed absently. His eyes scanned the crowd for familiar faces. He spotted Mistypaw putting a small bundle in front of a kit, that scrunched up its nose and pulled away.

"This place is pretty amazing I guess," Ratscar muttered. Waspwhisker was staring proudly, scanning the crowd too. Waspwhisker's long light fur blew back as a strong breeze came from deeper down the tunnel. Ratscar turned his face to Coal. "Oakstar wanted to meet you one day, today might be his lucky day," Ratscar growled. Coal nodded.

"Fidgetpaw!" Waspwhisker called out to the dark brown apprentice that was joking around, he turned to Waspwhisker.

"C-coming Wa-Waspwhisker!" Fidgetpaw meowed. Fidgetpaw darted to Waspwhisker.

"Could you show Coal to Oakstar?" Waspwhisker mewed. Fidgetpaw nodded.

"I'm F-Fidgetpaw! Y-you must b-be C-Coal!" Fidgetpaw said as he bounced up and down.

"Yes, am I really that popular?" Coal said, feeling his paws tingle with embarrassment. Fidgetpaw nodded and darted to the group of cats with the dark brown tom and the white tom and the black tom. Coal dashed after him.

"T-This is C-Coal, C-Coal th-this is O-Oakstar!" Fidgetpaw meowed and bounced up and down.

"Coal eh?" Oakstar meowed and looked up at Coal from the mouse he was eating.

"I'm Icepaw!" The large white tom meowed. The black tom's eyes widened.

"C-Coal?" The tom said as he stood up.

"Yes..?" Coal said slowly. Brightpaw ran over with Twistpaw.

"Coal! This is our dad!" Twistpaw meowed.