Here ya go! Go follow me on Warrior Cats Amino! My name is the same as it is here. I sometimes take requests there and I post things about this on here including future stories! This is in Cloverpaw's POV. My little babyyyyyyy. (Omg literally all cats in DustClan except Flamestripe and Troutshadow…. I just don't like either of them. (Also with this whole Troutshadow being evil thing, I don't think a cat is ever truly evil. He is only abusing Dawnpaw because she "killed" Swiftheart and when he first started to abuse her he thought what he was doing was right but when Swiftheart rejected him he went insane and the only cat he knows he can manipulate is the cat he is with every day and has feared him before she opened her eyes. Dawnpaw.))

Chapter 34

Cloverpaw's POV

Cloverpaw sat up, shaking her head in frustration. I was so close to that mouse! "Good try" Flamestripe called and walked through the shrubbery. "Your tail rustled the ferns as you pounced" he explained and drew a paw over his ear as the dark brown tabby nodded though her frustration. "It was better than last time though."

"I still didn't catch it though! We've been trying to hunt for a quarter moon and I still haven't caught anything!" Her tail lashed against the dry leaves. "At this rate Sagefrost's kits will be better than me."

"They aren't even born yet" her mentor pointed out obviously amused. "Let's go back to camp speaking of Sagefrost. She will be ready to kit soon, this moon by the looks of it and I need to check up on her."

The pair walked back to camp, Cloverpaw empty-pawed while Flamestripe held two thrushes. It had been a long day of hunting and soon the patrols would be back to feed the cats of DustClan.

Why should I need to hunt when the warriors will do it for me? I am a medicine cat after all and I am so horrible at it! But one day I might have too for the sake of my Clan… We have trained for what seems like so long and yet I still haven't made my first catch. If can't hunt DustClan prey like mice, squirrels and birds, what else can I catch? I can't cross territories to try for other Clans prey… Oh StarClan what should I do?

Cloverpaw sighed as she walked through the entrance of camp. Redpaw was cleaning out old bedding and Dawnpaw was not in the camp, with Juniperfoot of Darkflame she presumed. Juniperfoot and Dawnpaw were best friends, while Darkflame and Dawnpaw were more?

Cloverpaw didn't understand the confusing relationships her sisters were having. Dawnpaw was either with Darkflame at night and Juniperfoot in the day and Redpaw always looked uncomfortable with Patchtail and Cloverpaw found her out of her nest at night and coming back with the scent of a ShadeClan cat. Of course, she would never give her littermates away and spill their secrets, but shouldn't they be happy that even one cat loved them?

"Cloverpaw" a cat meowed. Emberfur stood behind her dangling a fish from her jaws. "Care to share?" The apprentice nodded and moved her large tail away to make room for the fluffy grey she cat. "How is your hunting doing?"

Cloverpaw told the warrior about her hunting and Emberfur nuzzled her in sympathy. "You can't expect it to come so easily. When I was nursing Ashpaw and Smokepaw it took ages until I caught a fish for the fresh-kill pile" she purred.

"A fish?" Cloverpaw asked and looked down at the prey the she cat had shared with her.

"Yes a fish" Emberfur replied. "I am a fisher, I prefer hunting in the waters than on land."

"Are there any other fishers in the Clan?"

"Yes actually. There are not many of us but Snakefang, Snowstar, Smokepaw, Bluemist and Hailstorm are. Smokepaw is taking it after his father and I" Emberfur mewed wistfully the thought of her mate. "The only cats you would remember who were fishers were Blizzardclaw, Stonefur and Adderfang."

"So fishers are the minority?" Cloverpaw asked looking around at her Clanmates.

"Not always. When I was a kit and an apprentice we were split evenly and land hunters and fishers would fight all the time. Larkclaw and Adderfang, Ravenheart and Snakefang's parents, fought all the time. I'm glad Duskstep and Falconheart, mine, Sagefrost and Lightfoot's parents, never fought. After a while most cats started to hunt land prey and there wasn't such a division among DustClan."

"Thank you for telling me" Cloverpaw mewed and finished the fish in silence.

"Cloverpaw! You need to learn how to hunt, let's try around the lake this time" Flamestripe meowed padding up to her. "Snakefang and Brightflower are coming with us." Letting out a sigh and dipped her head to the grey she warrior, she followed him again to what she thought would be unsuccessful hunting.

The cats hunted until dusk. Brightflower had caught a magpie and a shrew, Flamestripe had caught a squirrel and Snakefang was fishing around the lake. Cloverpaw stood and watched her Clanmates hunt. I can't hunt land prey so maybe I should try fishing!

"Snakefang! Teach me how to fish!" she yowled racing to the black tabby's side. The warrior jumped and water splashed on his nose. He chuckled as he wiped it off and looked at the apprentice.

"Of course" he answered. "Ok so first you need to get in this crouch" Snakefang meowed demonstrating the move. "Make sure your shadow doesn't fall in the water and tuck your hind paws in further." Cloverpaw copied him until she was sure she was perfect. I have to get this right.

"Can you see the fish over there?" the tom hissed in her ear. "Make sure you strike your paw where the fish will be, not where it was when you first saw it." Cloverpaw twitched her ear and focused on the carp under the blue water.

Now! Cloverpaw lunged and seized the fish in her jaws. Dragging it to shore she snapped its neck. Thank you StarClan for this prey she thought as the tangy iron taste of blood filled her jaws. "Nice catch!" Snakefang meowed. "Normally I would use a different technique but I guess that still worked even if it scared all the other fish away…"

"Sorry!" Cloverpaw meowed her fur heating up. I dove in head first! Of course it was a messy kill and now Snakefang won't be able to catch anymore prey. I'm a mouse brain! Cloverpaw thought but she could still hear the purr in her throat.

"Let's go back" Brightflower appeared holding her prey. "We have been out for a while now."

The four cats headed back to camp and Cloverpaw proudly walked in with the carp she had caught.

"Great job!" Dawnpaw mewed running up to her with Juniperfoot by her side.

"I don't know how you even got that close to the water" Redpaw shivered and Cloverpaw guessed she was thinking about the day she had almost drowned.

"It was just luck" Cloverpaw mewed humbly.

"Of course it wasn't you would have been great, and Redpaw, stop being such a kittypet! It was your own fault you almost drowned." The fur on Redpaw's neck began to rise and her teeth grew back into a snarl. The grey and orange cat loomed over the brown she cat but before any cat could shed blood Juniperfoot stepped in.

"Dawnpaw" he meowed steadily. "You don't want her to get under your fur do you? Save it for someone else."

"You're right, back off Redpaw. See you later Clover" Dawnpaw meowed and trotted off with the tom. Since when have I been giving a nickname? I like it though… Should I start calling her Dawn or what?

Cloverpaw drew away from her awkward thoughts and heard Redpaw hiss after he sister and spun around to see Patchtail behind her. "Are you okay? Dawnpaw is an annoying fur ball."

"Yeah" Redpaw growled and pushed past the young warrior.

Patchtail looked after her and turned to Cloverpaw his amber eyes full of sadness and confusion. "What did I say wrong?" He asked. Cloverpaw shrugged her shoulders indicating that she had no idea. "She doesn't seem to like me anymore" he meowed. "Maybe she never liked me... what should I say to her? I... I really like her but I don't think she feels the same about me. What do you think?"

"I think she is just in a bad mood" Cloverpaw lied. "Maybe just give her some space and time. All cats especially she cats get moody sometimes. Redpaw is probably just dealing with stuff right now"

Cloverpaw dragged on. She knew each word she said was just another lie to stack on all her other ones. She couldn't help it. Lying seemed like the only thing she could do without failing and most of the time she got away with it. What could she say? Lying was the most fun she could have without having to deal with her littermates, mother, mentor and the visions and warnings and prophecies. She knew it was bad but it was easy, so she kept doing it.

"You're right" he meowed. "See you later Cloverpaw" the white and black patched tom meowed and he walked away. Cloverpaw let out a sigh and walked to the medicine den. She had to sort the herbs and give the elders some daisy for their aching joints. I won't have to get any fennel for Adderfang anymore Cloverpaw thought sadly of the old tom who had joined StarClan. It's been a long day….

Ohhhhh! Some Clan history about fishers and prey hunters. When I actually post on Lightningclaw's Past you will see that happening and stuff. I try to tie the stories close together including The Path to Sorrow. Most cats that were in Lightningclaw's Past and aren't here in Warriors of DustClan gat killed off because when I started writing this story I wasn't thinking about family and genetics and stuff so I had to create more characters then kill them off before Cloverpaw Dawnpaw and Redpaw were born XD.

Snakefang is really growing on me now. He is so cute teaching Cloverpaw to fish! Also I hated Emberfur at the start of this but now I kinda like her XD

Q1 : Can anyone find the Panic! At the Disco song reference? :D (Ok I'm super sorry…. I really gotta stop doing this.)

Q2 : Juniper x Dawn or Dark x Dawn? Redpaw x Patch or Red x Lizard? Who do you ship?

Q3 : Favourite side character? I want a different answer to what everyone else might think. Not like "REDPAW IS MY FAVE CAUSE SHE HAS DIFFERENT COLOURED EYES" or "OH YEAH UHHHH SNOWSTAR IS MY FAV CAUSE SHE LEADS DUSTCLAN" Like no….. I have had like almost zero character development with Snowstar…. Maybe it's Leafbreeze because at the start everyone thought she was just the friendly perfect beautiful kit that helped everyone and now she is preggers (pregnant. Sorry my inner Australian is showing through XD) with a cat that no one has found out yet and her sister and mother kind of hate her. I try to make no Mary-sue's in this story. Every cat has a flaw and I will show it (Even with my two babies Rowanclaw and Snakefang (Yes my favourite characters) and the main three.))

Sorry for the shitty ending, I wanted to post something. Also the whole talk about relationships is with the whole Valentines Day Celebration.