Chapter 11:

I saw Graycloud and Rockfoot enter the camp, I never saw Shadowpaw. I ran over to them before they could enter there den. "Where's Shadowpaw?" I asked them "He said he had stuff to do so we left him in the forest." Rockfoot said entering his den.

"Where did you guys go?" I asked "We went to the grass clearing" Graycloud said following Rockfoot. I ran through the tunnel and into the forest, following there scent trail the whole time.

"This is so exciting, don't you think?" Icefire's voice came into my head when I entered the clearing. "Icefire" I growled. Not even following his scent trail I sprinted to Icefire's tree.

"You're here just in time!" he said once more in my head. I looked up at the branches and realized that I was moving closer to the leaves.

"What…" I looked down. He's levitating me into his tree. I moved closer and closer until I was at the first branch and that's when I saw him, he was sitting there looking at me with his eyes glowing.

"Welcome to my humble home." He said letting me down on the branch. "Remember that vision I showed you? Well my home has gotten a major upgrade, it you know what I mean." He said disappearing in the leaves. I followed him into the depths of the tree.

"I am a much more evolved wizard now, so I can pop things out of no where, here." He said his home has gotten a lot better. He added a floor out of the smooth side of bark and instead of a moss bed he has a leaf and moss cocoon.

"I made the cocoon myself, no magic evolved there." He said when I was walking around it. "You made this?" I asked in wonder. "Yep, it's entirely made out of leaves and moss." He said leaping into it.

"Isn't this place great?" Shadowpaw said. I didn't realize he was here until just now; he jumped out of another cocoon on the other side of the room.

"This is my guest cocoon." Icefire said walking over to it. "And this is my toy I made." Icefire said swatting a ball into the center of the room. "Its made out of bark, moss and leaves." He said pouncing on it. He swatted it toward Shadowpaw who swatted it back. I have to give him some credit, this place is pretty cool. I thought looking around once again.

"Why are you here Wildfire?" Icefire asked curiously "Oh and like you don't know?" I retorted "Actually, I don't." he said sitting down. "I'm here to get Shadowpaw; apprentices aren't aloud out of the camp without warrior supervision." I said watching Shadowpaw pounce on the ball.

"Well I'm not ready to leave yet; I was just about to ask Icefire something when he said you were coming." Shadowpaw said putting the ball between his paws and stopped playing. "Well ask him so we can go." I said also sitting down. We formed a triangle in the center of Icefire's room.

"Did you send me that vision of Silverstar and Frostheart?" Shadowpaw asked. "Yes I did, wasn't it great? I'm getting better at sending memories." Icefire said thoughtfully "and let me guess your also sending thoughts as well?" I said remembering his voice inside my head. "That's right, that's how you knew to come here right away." Icefire said looking at me.

"Why did you send the vision?" Shadowpaw said getting back to the subject we were on. "Oh right, I sent the vision because you were close to the stone, but I'm not aloud to tell you where it is because that would be cheating." He said "Is it in the grass clearing?" Shadowpaw asked "Can't say" he said shaking his head. "Can't you give me a clue?" he asked

"I just did" Icefire whispered. He levitated off the ground and into his cocoon; "good-bye" he said, a split second later we appeared outside of his tree. "I wasn't finished" Shadowpaw shouted into the sky. "Come on lets go home." I said walking away from the tree. He came up next to me and said "Can we go back to the grass clearing?" "It's starting to get dark; you won't find anything in the dark." I replied "Fine, but right away tomorrow." He said speeding up a little bit. "Since when did you make the rules?" I said catching up to him.

"Since it started to be my quest" He said running off into the night. "We'll see whose quest it is once I'm done with you." I said running after him. "You'll have to catch me first!" he shouted into the wind behind him. I was coming up quick but some how he stayed in front of me the whole time. He was slowing down to get ready to dive into the entrance. That's when I had the chance to attack. I slid under him and stood up so he went flying behind me.

"Night battle training" I said whipping around, he was there, we were almost touching noses. His fur bristling from hitting the ground and probably anger as well. "You don't stand a chance." He whispered softly. "Oh we'll see" I whispered back. In a blink of an eye he was gone, into the shadows of the trees. "Come find me Wildfire" he whispered into the light breeze of the night.

"Your shadow playing tricks on you?" he whispered into the wind. Okay, he has the advantage of night, but I have the advantage of skills. I thought trying to figure out where he is. I tasted the air and found his scent behind me and a little ways to the right. So I backed away into the brush of the forest hiding in the bushes and brambles. Moving as quickly as lightning I made my way toward him, hiding in the bushes of the forest, as quiet as a mouse. I saw something flash from the corner of my eye, I tasted the air once more, and he's directly behind me now. I moved into the bush directly in front of me, hiding my fur as much as I could then moved to the next one. I kept on going a bush at a time, until I came to a tree. I ran up the tree like a squirrel hiding in the branches now. I blended in with the red and orange leaves at the very edge of the branch right above him. He was looking around, totally confused. I jumped from the tree and landed smoothly on top of him bringing him down hard.

"Hmm, I would say that I win." I said sarcastically as he squirmed underneath me. "Fine you win, get off me!" he hissed. I let him get up. The moon has almost ended its journey across the sky. "The night is almost over we should really head home." I said looking up at the moon "You think" he said angrily. We made our way back to camp and slid into the tunnel.

"Where have you two been this time?" Smallstar asked from the high ledge as we entered camp. "A little bit of night training, Smallstar" I explained "Isn't it interesting that you two are alone, at night, together?" he asked sarcastically "How many nights has it been now two, three?" he asked with a sarcastic tone still. I knew exactly what he was thinking and I didn't want to think about it, so without replying I went into the warriors den. I went to the back of the den and found my bed, slipping into sleep with thoughts of Shadowpaw in my dreams.

"We were looking for the vision stone." I said as Wildfire slipped into her den. "No need to tell me Shadowpaw, just keep on looking." Smallstar said turning around and entering his den.

I wonder what he said that made Wildfire angry. I thought entering my den and then going to bed. I woke up in Starclan once more. I have been visiting Starclan every night now since I entered Thunderclan; it's a real fun place. Foxheart and Squirrelfur have been helping me with tracking, I asked them why and all they would tell me is that it will help me a lot in the future. We have been tracking Silverstar recently because Frostheart had to leave Starclan to see her family in the little forest. Today Frostheart is in the hollow I usually wake up to.

"Frostheart, your back" I said standing up and walking over to her. "How are Mom, Petalfur and Barkclaw?" I asked curiously. "Well Flowerfall is obviously really sad that I left and that you left." She said sadly "Petalfur kept her secret about where you went and why. So now your mother thinks you left because I died."

"Did you visit her dreams?" She almost smiled at the thought. "Yes I did, and she was very happy to know that you're okay and I'm in a happy place." "Well that's good, did you tell her where I am?"

"No I didn't, we don't have any time today to track or hunt, you came late. Who knows why?" she said sarcastically "What's so bad about Wildfire and I night training?" I asked really confused.

"You'll understand sooner or later, Shadowpaw, but for now, see you tomorrow." She said as I started to fade from Starclan.