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Chapter 10

Amber eyes opened to the dim light in the den. They closed briefly as the cat remembered the battle that had occurred just the day before. The she-cat pushed her way through the bracken that lined the entrance to the den. She stopped as her mind filled with thoughts. I'm glad we got there on time, who knows what might have happened. She thought, but wondered aloud. "Why does that black and white ThunderClan apprentice seem so familiar to me?"

"What black and white apprentice?" A voice sounded behind the white she-cat and made her jump in surprise.

She turned her head and noticed it had been Ashpaw. They gray apprentice was staring at her quizzically. "Er, no one." She answered quickly, trying to sound normal. "Just thinking aloud." Her tail-tip twitched slightly.

Ashpaw shrugged. "Well, you can think about it later." He mewed. "We are training with our mentors together today." He turned around and trotted away, his tail twitching to signal her to follow. Moonpaw sighed in relief and began following the tabby closely behind. The two cats reached the hollow and noticed their mentors where already there. "Come on." Ashpaw mewed briskly.

After they reached their mentors, both cats sat side by side to face them. "What are you teaching us today?" Moonpaw asked, her amber eyes wide. Silverwind turned her head to look at her apprentice.

"We are going to test your skills." She answered simply. "You two will be fighting each-other."

Moonpaw stared at her mentor with wide, amber eyes. "But he's older and bigger than me, how am I supposed to fight him." She mewed.

"You've fought warriors bigger than him before." Silverwind pointed out. "You will manage."

Moonpaw nodded, confidence seeped through her fur now and her eyes glimmered. "Ok." She mewed and glanced at the dark gray tabby. "Ready?"

Ashpaw's mouth stretched in a confident smile. "Of course." He purred. "I'm ready for anything."

Moonpaw smiled. "Excellent." She mewed and rushed at him, her pawsteps light as she dashed at her clan-mate. He waited for her approach and, with a swift movement, stepped to the side and dodged her attack. She crashed to the ground, sending dust sprawling everywhere.

"You can do better than that." Ashpaw purred teasingly. "You did better at yesterday's battle."

Moonpaw sprang back to her paws and whipped around to face him. She lashed out with a fore-paw at his back legs to make him stumble and leaped to his back. She hooked her legs around his limbs and tried to wrestle him down.

After a moment, Ashpaw's legs gave way under him and they both plummeted to the floor. Moonpaw landed on top of him. The she-cat nipped at his ear playfully and he twisted his head to nip her nose.

A stern look from Whitefang told the apprentices to stop the playing. Moonpaw's ears twitched in embarrassment and she focused on the battle practice. She pushed down on his shoulders and he flung her from his back easily after some struggle.

He whipped around quickly and pounced on the white she-cat, pinning her down. She groaned as she tried to squirm from under the larger apprentice. She thought quickly and swiftly went limp, still as a rock. Alarm came off Ashpaw's pelt in waves after a moment. He released his grip on her quickly and Moonpaw took that chance to throw him off her with a powerful kick.

Ashpaw hissed in surprise but managed to land on all four. "That was a neat move!" He exclaimed, trotting over to her. He pressed his nose to her cheek. "You've got to teach it to me someday!"

Moonpaw purred. "Thanks and of course, I can teach it to you next time."

Their mentors nodded approvingly. "That's enough training for one day." Whitefang mewed.

"Let's head back."Agreed Silverwind.

Both apprentices nodded at their mentors and began heading back to camp. Ashpaw fell into step with Moonpaw. "Want to go hunting after we get to camp?" he whispered in her ear. She nodded, her amber eyes gleaming. "Sure!" she purred.

The four cats reached camp and Moonpaw watched the warriors go to the pile of fresh-kill and grab rabbit each to eat. Ashpaw shifted his head to face Moonpaw and nodded at her. She smiled, understanding his message and followed him out of camp to hunt. Both apprentices padded through the moors, jaws parted to scent for rabbits. Moonpaw noticed one nibbling intently on a sprout of grass.

She dropped herself into a crouch and wove forward silently. The rabbit snapped its head up as her tail graced on a clump of bracken. She reacted quickly and pelted after the brown creature. She lost her footing after a sharp turn and crashed to the ground, her white pelt now stained with dust. "Mouse-dung." She cursed. "I'm still not fast enough for the rabbits…I should be by now."

Ashpaw came to stand beside her, holding a young rabbit firmly in his jaws. He dropped it and glanced at her. "You win some you lose some." He mewed and rasped his tongue over her head. "You'll catch the next one." Moonpaw smiled slightly and then noticed his catch.

"When did you catch that?" She asked, her eyes wide in amazement. "I didn't even see you go after it."

"I caught it a few seconds ago." Ashpaw mewed, his ear twitching. "While you were chasing yours."

"You're a good hunter." She remarked, her eyes glimmering. "Can you teach me how you hunt? I can't seem to catch rabbits so well…"

"Okay, sure." Ashpaw purred. "Anything for you." He smiled and pricked his ears. He later noticed a rabbit coming out of its burrow. The rodent's nose poked out of the hole and a few seconds later, the brown creature came bouncing out on the floor. The gray apprentice stood still and waited for the rabbit to come a little closer. He got up slowly and crouched, ready to sprint after the fast rodent. The rabbit hopped a few tail-lengths closer and Ashpaw quickly darted after it.

He leaped at the rabbit and killed it with a swift bite. He picked it up and made his way over to Moonpaw. He dropped the rabbit besides the other one. "I noticed you dropped to a crouch and stalked the rabbit silently on your first attempt." The dark gray tabby mewed thoughtfully at Moonpaw. "I thought only ThunderClan cats hunted like that."

Moonpaw's ear twitched but she shrugged. "It just seemed natural to me." She mewed. "Strange, considering us WindClan cats chase the rabbits instead of stalking them."

Ashpaw gave a dismissive flick of his tail, "I suppose every cat has its own way of hunting."

The white she-cat nodded. "I suppose so…"

Moonpaw sniffed the air again and noticed a starling pecking amongst the bracken. She dropped into a crouch again and wove forward on silent paws. She crept up on the bird and pounced, her claws hooked around the bird's wings and she killed with a bite to the neck.

"You're pretty good at hunting birds though." The gray tom mewed, flicking his tail to the starling held between her jaws. "Your crouch works great."

"Thanks." Moonpaw purred and trotted over to him. "I think we have enough."

"Okay, then let's get going." Ashpaw agreed and grabbed his two rabbits.

Moonpaw trotted happily after her friend, her catch held tightly between her teeth. After they reached camp, both apprentices took prey to the elders and queens first before they took a big rabbit for both to share.

They sat by the apprentices den and tore at their prey hungrily. "So, Moonpaw, do you want to do something else after we finish the prey?" Ashpaw asked, his blue eyes gleaming. Moonpaw took another bite of rabbit and chewed thoughtfully. "Sure, what do you have in mind?"

"Well, we could-" The gray tabby started before he was cut off by his mentor.

"We were assigned to a patrol." Whitefang mewed to Ashpaw as he padded over. "Come meet me by the camp entrance after you finish eating."

Ashpaw lashed his tail crossly after his mentor left. "Well, I guess we'll have to do something else after I get back…" he mewed disappointed and finished his share of rabbit. He groomed her ears briefly and got up.

"I'll see you later Moonpaw." Ashpaw purred and padded towards the camp entrance.

"Bye!" Moonpaw called after him and finished the rest of the rabbit. She began grooming her pelt with soft, slow licks. She flicked her ears towards the elder's den where one of them was telling a story to the kits.

She got to her paws after she finished her grooming. The white she-cat trotted over to the camp entrance after the patrol had left. She noticed her mentor padding over to her. Thinking quickly, Moonpaw asked. "Can I go hunting by myself?"

"Sure," her mentor mewed. "Make sure you bring back plenty fresh-kill."

"Will do!" Moonpaw yowled as she darted out of camp.

Leaving hunting to the back of her mind, Moonpaw's paws took her close to the ThunderClan border. She glanced at the other side briefly; her paws tingled as she thought of running through the forest. She dismissed the thought. I'm a WindClan cat! She reminded herself. We run through the moors and not the forest.

She peered over at the forest beyond ThunderClan territory and thought she saw movement there. "Must be a patrol." She decided.

She noticed a dark brown tabby pelt near the border and parted her jaws. She could only detect the tabby alone. "What are you doing so close to the border?" she demanded. "You aren't even on a patrol.

The small white she-cat noticed the tabby shuffle his paws. "Honestly, I came looking for you." He confessed nervously. "Why?" she asked, her eyes suddenly suspicious.

"It's me, Tigerpaw by the way." The brown tabby mewed. "And I…was just wondering…"

"Yes? Go on?" The she-cat prompted the tom.

"How did WindClan know ThunderClan was fighting ShadowClan?" Tigerpaw mewed, looking at her directly in the eyes. Feeling suddenly self-conscious, Moonpaw looked away and swiped her pink tongue over her chest a few times. She looked back at the tabby tom, his amber eyes were still staring right at her.

She looked to the side, not meeting his eyes and began. "It came to me in a dream…" she mewed, not sure he'd believe her. "I saw ThunderClan cats wrestling with ShadowClan and saw they were losing. I felt like we should help them…" she stopped briefly and took a deep breath. "So I decided to tell Eaglestar about it and, after a moment's hesitation, he agreed and formed a patrol to help you."

Moonpaw kneaded the ground uneasily, she was sure Tigerpaw wouldn't believe her. After some silence, the tabby finally spoke. "Well…I'm glad you came when you did. If you hadn't, we'd be crow-food."

Moonpaw's ear twitched. "We were glad to help." She mewed awkwardly as he locked his amber gaze with hers. "Er, I think you should head back to your camp."

"Right." Tigerpaw mewed, his ear twitching in embarrassment. Moonpaw saw as the tabby turned around and padded back into the forest, his tail slowly whisking out of sight. Moonpaw turned around as well and trotted deeper through the moors, now intent on finding prey.

Moonpaw finished burying her prey and turned around to look for more, when all of a sudden, another smell caught her attention. Her eyes widened in alarm as she recognized the scent. Fox!

She spotted the fluffy red pelt of the fox a few seconds later. She stiffened as the creature drew near, its eyes glinting maliciously as it headed for the apprentice. The fox lunged at Moonpaw and she tried to dodge but the fox threw her to the ground, its lips pulled back in a vicious snarl.

Moonpaw froze, unable to attack the red creature. Her mind swirled with fuzzy memories that she couldn't quite recall. "Fight back!" a voice hissed in her ear urgently. She couldn't move, the fox didn't think twice before it clamped its jaws around her shoulder. She howled in pain as its teeth tore her flesh.

She closed her amber eyes shut and tried to wriggle free. The weight of the fox suddenly lifted from her. She opened her eyes and noticed Ashpaw fighting the fox alongside his mentor and the other cat of the patrol. Moonpaw got up, shook her pelt and limped towards a tree. She felt unable to fight the large fox. The three cats soon sent the fox running away.

Ashpaw padded over to Moonpaw. "What are you doing here?" he mewed, concern edging his mew. "Are you alright?"

Moonpaw nodded, trying to calm down. "I was hunting…" She limped over to the place where she had buried her catch and dug the prey up. She picked them up.

"Let's get you back to camp." Whitefang mewed now. "Cinderpool needs to take a look at your wound."

Moonpaw nodded and limped after the patrol. Ashpaw fell into step with her and helped her towards the camp. "I'm glad we found you." He sighed in relief. "I wouldn't have beared losing you."

Moonpaw pressed closer to her friend. "I felt unable to attack the fox. I felt frozen." She mewed, shaking a bit. "I-I don't know why."

"It's okay," Ashpaw reassured her. "Everything's fine now." The gray apprentice gave her a lick on the head and helped her towards the medicine den after they reached camp and she dropped her catch onto the pile.

"Thank you Ashpaw." Moonpaw purred. "You're the greatest friend one could ever ask for."

Ashpaw's ear twitched in embarrassment. "I'm just glad to help." He mewed. "You're my best friend after all."

Moonpaw smiled and rasped her tongue over his cheek. "Thank you." She purred again and disappeared into the medicine den.

The small white she-cat sat still as the medicine cat applied some poultice into her wound. She glanced around and spotted Firepaw sorting some herbs. "Hi Firepaw." She mewed to him. He looked up from his sorting and flashed her a smile.

"Hi Moonpaw, is your wound still hurting much?" he asked.

"Not anymore." She mewed, glancing at Cinderpool gratefully. "The poultice Cinderpool is applying to it works great!"

"All done." The medicine cat finished and glanced at Moonpaw. "Tell me if it starts to hurt again."

"Okay, thank you Cinderpool!" Moonpaw purred happily and limped outside the den. "Bye Firepaw!"

"Bye!" The white she-cat heard the ginger apprentice call after her.

Moonpaw limped over to the apprentice's den to rest. She curled up slowly in her nest and closed her eyes to sleep.

"Find two of the chosen before everything gets worse…" A voice whispered in the wind.


Why couldn't Moonpaw attack the fox? Why does she hunt similar to a ThunderClan cat? Why does Wolfpaw seem familiar to Moonpaw? Find out, on the next chapter of Warriors: A New Beginning!

I thank all of my reviewers for your support, I really appreciate it. You guys are the best and deserve tons of cookies! ^^ Anyways I'm not sure if beared is a real word O.o I doubt it. Sorry about that, english isn't my main language after all. I would really appreciate it if you can tell me another similar word for it. Thank you all, you're awesome :D And sorry if this chapter isn't as eventful as some of my past chapters.