A/N: Thank you to everyone who submitted WaterClan ocs, I will add them to the list, when WaterClan's chapter comes around :)

"Did you notice that Pinefrost has been spending an awful lot of time in the medicine cat's den with Foxfur?" Dawnwatcher remarked. She was currently in the warrior's den, sharing a mouse with Brown-nose, she had just gotten back from a hunting patrol with him, and she believed that they deserved a rest, and a good meal.

"She'd stop doing that if she knows what's good for her, or otherwise, she might catch what he's got," Marshstep spat; she too had been on the hunting patrol.

However, Dawnwatcher hadn't paid much notice to her, her attention was mostly focused on Brown-nose. Ever since he stopped pining after Tanglebriar, she started seeing him in a different light, the kind of light she saw him in before, but stronger. Not only was he the best looking tom in the clan, but he was also the most loyal, and his hunting skills weren't anything to scoff at either.

He could be the perfect mate, if only she could get him to notice her that way.

"Hm, Pinefrost is really pretty," Brown-nose muttered.

Dawnwatcher had to suppress a hiss, what did she have that she didn't? For that matter, what did Tanglebriar have that she didn't? What did any of these she-cats have that she didn't?

She could probably beat any of them in a fight, and she didn't want to sound cocky, but she was also probably the best looking out of all of them.

"Oh for StarClan's sake, you're not going to start bothering her like you did me for all those moons are you?" Tanglebriar asked, padding into the warrior's den with Briarback at her heels.

"Yeah, why do you have to make everything into a competition with Foxfur anyway?" Briarback remarked.

"Because it's fun," Brown-nose shrugged.

At those words, Dawnwatcher's heart leaped with hope. Maybe Brown-nose wasn't interested in Pinefrost at all, maybe she had a chance!

Feeling too excited to sit down any longer, she jumped up to her paws.

"I'm going to go talk to Fadedpaw," she meowed.

"He's in the nursery," Tanglebriar sighed.

"Thanks."
Dawnwatcher all but ran to the nursery, excited to tell Fadedpaw her news. When she arrived there, she was nearly crashed into by Sprucekit and Shadekit.

"We're going to be made apprentices any day now," Shadekit meowed.

"Yeah, are you going to be one of our mentors?" Sprucekit asked.

"I hope so," Dawnwatcher replied. She had been wanting to be one of their mentors ever since she had first become a warrior.

"Stop crowding her," Spottedtuft meowed.

"It's okay," Dawnwatcher told the queen, "It's fun talking to them."

"Hello Dawnwatcher," Fadedpaw meowed, padding up to her, and touching his nose to hers.

"Do you want to go hunting with me?" she asked. Even though she had just gone back from a hunting patrol, she wanted to talk to him away from the other cats. She wasn't quite ready for any of the others to know about her feelings for Brown-nose.

Fadedpaw looked back at his mother.

"Can I?"

"Don't ask me, ask your mentor."

"Be right back," Fadedpaw sighed, before racing off to the warrior's den.

"Would you like to see the fighting move we've been working on?" Shadekit asked.

"Yeah! Larkpaw taught it to us," Sprucekit exclaimed.

Brown-nose is Larkpaw's mentor, which means he taught the move to her, Dawnwatcher thought to herself, trying to quiet her quickly beating heart.

"Sure, I'd love to see it," she meowed. Normally, she wouldn't have been interested, but this was a move that Brown-nose had taught Larkpaw.

Sprucekit launched to pounce on Shadekit, and he ran under her, bititng her tail on his way, causing her to let out a squeal.

"Don't play too rough," Spottedtuft scolded.

"Sorry," Shadekit muttered.

"Yeah, sorry," Sprucekit echoed.

"That was cool," Dawnwatcher lied. Truth be told, she wasn't all that impressed, she expected more from Brown-nose. However, that did not deter her feelings for him.

"Come on Tanglebriar said I could go, but tomorrow I have to start taking my apprentice duties more seriously," Fadedpaw sighed.

"Okay, awesome," Dawnwatcher meowed.

The two cats padded for the entrance of the camp, only to run into Beaverpool and Duskblaze, who were returning from border patrol.

Oh great, here we go again, Dawnwatcher thought to herself, digging her claws into the ground.

"Where are you off to?" Beaverpool asked.

"None of your buisness!" Dawnwatcher spat.

"Whoa Dawnwatcher, did you find a thorn in your bedding this morning? He was only asking," Duskblaze meowed.

Dawnwatcher rolled her eyes, ignoring her brother. She couldn't believe how dense he was. Couldn't he see the kind of cat that Beaverpool was? He ahd no redeeming qualities what so ever.

"She was probably up all night thinking of me," Beaverpool meowed.

"As if!" Dawnwatcher spat.

Without another word, she beckoned with her tail for Fadedpaw to follow her, and the two cats made their way out of the camp, ignoring Beaverpool's calls telling her to stop.

"Is it just me or do those two seem to be getting more annoying every day?" Fadedpaw asked.

"It's not just you, you're lucky, you don't have to share a den with them," Dawnwatcher remarked.

"Yeah, if I had it my way, I never would."

"What do you mean? You can't spend all your clan life in the nursery," Dawnwatcher snorted.

"I know that but," Fadedpaw sighed and looked down, "I have no desire to be a warrior, I love my clan, and most of my clanmates, but I hate fighting, just the thought of it makes my pelt crawl."

"There's more to being a warrior than just fighting, there's also hunting for the clan," Dawnwatcher pointed out.

"Yeah, but we both know I'm not very good at that, it seems like the only thing I'm good at is helping to look after Shadekit and Sprucekit," he let out another sigh, "It's really the only thing I enjoy doing."
"What about when they become apprentices? What will you do then?" she asked.

"I don't know, do you think my father is disappointed in the cat I turned out to be?"

"Probably, but I'm sure he still loves you all the same," Dawnwatcher answered honestly.

"Thank you for being honest, but enough about me, what did you bring me out here for?" he asked.

Dawnwatcher took a deep breath, she was about to do it, she was about to reveal her feelings for Brown-nose out loud, to another cat.

"Okay, I'll tell you, but you can't tell anyone," she meowed.

"I won't tell anyone, I promise, no matter who tries to claw it out of me, I will carry your secret to the grave," Fadedpaw meowed, sounding more serious than Dawnwatcher had ever heard him before.

"Okay well, I have feelings for Brown-nose, but I don't know how to get him to notice me."

"Any cat would be a blind fool not to notice you Dawnwatcher," Fadedpaw meowed.

"That's sweet," Dawnwatcher purred, nuzzling his cheek.

"It's true! You're beautiful, intelligent, nicer than a lot of the cats in the clan, and-"

She put her tail over his mouth.

"Be quiet, you're starting to embarass me."

She wasn't mad though, in fact, she was feeling like she was walking on air. If Fadedpaw noticed all these things about her, then it wouldn't be long until Brown-nose started to notice them too!

DarkClan

Leader: Darkstar, elderly black tom with amber eyes

Deputy: Windsnout, large, Muscular Light grey tabby tom with a unusual darker splash on his snout

Medicine Cat: Swirlingmist, black she-cat with grey swirling stripes and blue eyes (Smokepelt's sister)

Warriors:

Smokepelt - grey and black spotted tom with blue eyes

Dustmuzzle - grey tabby tom with darker flecks on muzzle and green eyes

Briarback - white she-cat with a short brown tail and brown flecks on her back, and green eyes

Tanglebriar - lanky black she-cat with a brown underbelly, and a nubbed tail

(Apprentice: Fadedpaw)

Marshstep - lithe pale brown she-cat with large black paws, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Steampaw)

Pinefrost - lithe dark brown she-cat with a white muzzle, belly, paws, and tail-tip; deep blue eyes

(Apprentice: Willowpaw)

Brown-nose - white tom with a brown nose, and green eyes

(Apprentice: Larkpaw)

Foxfur - reddish brown tom with black legs, and amber eyes

(Apprentice: Gullpaw)

Dawnwatcher - white she-cat with black spots, and blue eyes

Duskblaze - black tom with white spots, and blue eyes

Beaverpool - brown, bulky tom with a darker brown tail

Queens:

Spottedtuft, fawn colored she-cat with darker spots along her flank, White muzzle, Chest, Paws, Tailtip, and ears (mates with Smokepelt, mother of Fadedpaw, Shadekit, and Sprucekit)

Apprentices:

Fadedpaw - grey tom with black ears, legs, tail, and light blue eyes.

Steampaw - small, bright orange tom with darker orange ears, a dark orange fluffy tail tip, and blue eyes

Willowpaw - yellow and white tabby with green eyes

Larkpaw - reddish brown calico she-cat

Gullpaw - pale gray tabby tom

Kits:

Shadekit - fluffy white tom-kit with big black patches everywhere

Sprucekit - dark brown she-kit with darker paws, chest, forehead, tail tip, Face underside of belly, and along her spine