A/N: I feel like the ending of the last chapter was bad so sorry about that. I'm not very good at writing endings so don't expect great conclusions lol

Magical time skip

Silverpaw stared intently at the plump rabbit scuffling around for food. She launched herself forward and hissed at it. The rabbit's eyes darted to her before racing off in the opposite direction with Silverpaw running at its heels. Suddenly, a flash of dark gray fur raced onto the path right as the rabbit flew by. Volepaw landed, face first, into the dirt, missing the rabbit by mere centimeters. He hissed in frustration but Silverpaw continued, pressing onwards until Crystalpaw dashed in front of the rabbit, causing it to skid to a halt before she snatched it up and killed it in one bite. Silverpaw trotted to a stop, panting heavily while Volepaw caught up with them.

"I can't believe I missed it!" Volepaw moaned.

"It's okay," Crystalpaw mewed, her voice muffled. "At least we got it."

"Easy for you to say," Volepaw replied tartly. "You got the rabbit Silverpaw and I were hunting while you were supposed to be hunting elsewhere!"

Silverpaw purred with amusement. "Speaking of which," she turned to Crystalpaw. "How come you're here when you're supposed to be at the Iceclan border?"

Crystalpaw dropped the rabbit and pointed behind her with her tail. "The Iceclan border is a few fox-lengths that way." she mewed a-matter-of-factly.

"Oh," Silverpaw and Volepaw mewed simultaneously. Crystalpaw purred before picking up the rabbit and handing it to Silverpaw.

"It's your catch. I'm pretty sure that if you kept chasing it, you would've caught it anyway," Crystalpaw mewed before bounding away.

Silverpaw picked up the rabbit and brought it to the rest of their stash they buried of prey they caught that morning. Together, they had caught two birds, three mice, and a vole along with the rabbit. Silverpaw purred, happy with her and Volepaw's stash of prey.

A few moments later, Crystalpaw came bounding over with Mudpaw. The two both had their jaws filled with prey. Suddenly, Dewdrop and Icepelt appeared from the forest.

Dewdrop looked at their prey amount and purred. "You four all did great today. I think it's worth you all knowing that tomorrow night is a full moon, and I've decided to let you four go. I'll tell Mountainstar and Snoweybramble. I'm sure they won't stop you from going, especially after you all's hunt today." Dewdrop mewed proudly with Icepelt nodding in agreement beside her. The four apprentices purred happily. They picked up their prey and, with the help of Dewdrop and Icepelt, managed to carry their load back to camp.

As they entered, Silverpaw couldn't help but notice their clanmates gawking in awe. She placed her catches on the fresh-kill pile and picked out a piece: a nice and juicy mouse. She joined Crystalpaw at the edge of camp and saw Lilypaw emerge from the camp entrance along with Sunfeather and Robinflight. Lilypaw quickly picked out a piece of prey before hurrying to Volepaw and began to talk.

When she finished eating, Silverpaw looked up and saw the sun had gone past its peak and was beginning to set. She picked out a bird and a squirrel for Snowpaw and Leaffeather and brought it to the medicine den.

The strong scent of herbs hit Silverpaw as she approached. Inside, Snowpaw was mixing many different herbs together.

"Snowpaw!" Silverpaw called. "I've brought you some food for you and Leaffeather."

Snowpaw gave her sister a grateful look. "Thanks, I'll let Leaffeather know."

Silverpaw nodded. "You're coming to the gathering, right?"

"Of course," Snowpaw mewed. "It's going to be our first anyway."

"Right," Silverpaw purred. "I can't wait!"
Snowpaw mewed in agreement before Silverpaw left the medicine den. Before she could even think about doing anything else, a sharp wail pierced the air.

"My kits are gone!"

Silverpaw turned her attention to Waterfall who was frantically searching every mouse-length of the nursery. "I can't find them!" she wailed.

Snoweybramble immediately jumped up. "Don't worry, Waterfall. We'll find them. I'll send out searching parties everywhere." He turned his head to the rest of the clan.

"Sunfeather! You lead one party with Mosseywhisker, Lilypaw, Grayclaw, Duststorm, Dewdrop, Silverpaw, and Petalflower river." Sunfeather nodded before the chosen cats all gathered around. "Antroot, you lead another with Icepelt, Volepaw, Daisypaw, Eagleshadow, Hawkfeather, and Frostwind to the Iceclan border. I'll lead the last patrol with Pinetail, Waterfoot, Snoweywhisker, Cloudrock, Mudpaw, Sandfur, Barknose, Fogfur, and Crystalpaw to the Darkclan border." All the cats went to their chosen groups and immediately set off.

Silverpaw raced behind Dewdrop as the patrol headed to the river that flowed from the top of the mountains and split down east to form a river and west to form a small stream.

It didn't take long for them to make it to the river and Sunfeather whirled around to the rest of the patrol. She made eye contact with Dewdrop. "Dewdrop, you take Silverpaw, Duststorm, and Petalflower and go that way." He pointed with his tail. "I'll take the rest of the patrol and head the other way. Meet back here if you can't find them by dusk." Sunfeather and his patrol raced off while Dewdrop flicked her tail and led the rest of the patrol the other way.

The patrol began to yowl their names, desperately trying to find them or pick up a scent. Silverpaw padded around, sniffing hard. Suddenly, she picked up the faintest scent of Rosekit, but the trail was fading quickly.

Wasting no time, she followed the scent trail as it led deeper and deeper into the forest. The sun was quickly setting as dusk approached, and the added darkness didn't help Silverpaw along the way. The scent was growing stronger, but it was also mixed with fear-scent.

The trail curved until it was heading for the Iceclan border. Silverpaw didn't stop, following the scent until she could see the Iceclan border a few fox-lengths from herself. The kit's scent was everywhere, at this point, and dusk was quickly approaching. She suddenly heard squeaks of terror from her right, but closer to the border as she dashed off in that direction. She skidded to a halt as she almost ran straight across the border and heard the kits squeal in fear as well as another unmistakably familiar scent.

Fox.

Dewdrop and taught her about foxes. Dewdrop had showed her their scent from some fox dung they found at the edge of their territory.

Through the dim sunlight, she saw the reddish brown fur and the pointy and small shape of a fox. It snarled at the kits ferociously, who were hiding in a thorn bush. Silverpaw let out a hiss to distract the fox from the kits, and the fox whirled around to face Silverpaw. She had never been so afraid in her life. The fox was almost twice her size and weight, and Silverpaw had no experience whatsoever in fighting. But if I don't try, the kits might die! Silverpaw thought. Plus, I'd miss Rosekit ambushing me every time I go to the nursery. She let out a defiant yowl that pierced the air. She launched herself at the fox, jumping up and landing on its back. She began to claw at its back, like she was running and sliced many tufts of fur out and blood welled at where her claws were. The fox screamed in pain and rolled onto its back so fast Silverpaw couldn't move, promptly squishing her underneath the fox's weight. She opened her mouth as the wind was knocked out of her as the fox jumped up and sank its teeth into her scruff, picking her up and flailing her around in its grasp. The fox threw her hard at a tree and she let out a yowl of pain. She staggered to her feet and saw the fox's malicious eyes gleaming hungrily. Silverpaw glared at the fox before leaping at it again. Faster than the fox could see, she sped around and around the fox, occasionally darting in to deal a couple of blows before retreating a few steps and running around again. Confused, the fox blindly swung its paw and it hit Silverpaw right in the chest, knocking her onto the ground. She yowled in pain as the fox sank its large teeth into her shoulder before it drew back and picked her up by her leg and swinging her around and throwing her against the ground. Silverpaw was running out of strength, and the fox knew it too. Using the remaining energy she had left, she climbed to her paws, leapt up and landed on the fox's back once again. She dug her claws into the fox to steady herself and keep herself from falling off and bit down on the fox's neck. The sour taste of the mangy fox's blood made Silverpaw almost gag, but she held on as the fox thrashed about. Silverpaw barely managed to hold on as it flailed about, desperately trying to throw Silverpaw off. In one final attempt, the fox threw its back against a tree, causing Silverpaw to lose her grip and fall to the ground. Hitting her head against a rock, she felt her vision began to blur as she began to lose consciousness. She heard noises in the distance as the fox growled lowly and stalked over to her. Silverpaw's world faded to black.

A/N: Cliffie? Cliffie? Oh yeah, I think so too. Hope you enjoyed :D