Sometime went by as Firestar was still discussing about switching apprentices with Brightheart and Leafpool as Jaypaw was making no progress and Hollypaw's progress was modest at best. Hollypaw was laying in the clearing wondering what her future will be. Berrypaw and Mousepaw were coming back after a long days of training as she was laying there.
"Hey look at the apprentice who can't even control her herbs." Berrypaw taunted her. Hollypaw hissed as her ears flattened in defiance. Mousepaw laughed with him.
"I made more progress than you two would have ever think about it." Hollypaw retorted her statement. Soon Berrypaw and Mousepaw laughed at her as she was going to speak.
"Show us what you have learned." Berrypaw laughed as he wanted to see her progress. Hollypaw looked at him with a look of filth in her eyes.
"I'll show you my progress when I'm ready too." She mewed. Berrypaw stuck his tongue out as he and Mousepaw walked away. Soon Leafpool padded up to Hollypaw.
"Hollypaw, I need more borage for Ferncloud. I was wondering if you were to get some?" Leafpool mewed. Hollypaw got up and grumbled as she didn't like doing tasks for Leafpool. Soon she got up and padded out of camp as she went to get the borage. However she didn't know what borage looked like. So she decided to get whatever herb she felt like and would want Leafpool to just accept it.
Lionpaw and Jaypaw were laying outside of camp as they were wondering what to do next. Lionpaw was exhausted and Jaypaw was still angry over doing small things for the clans.
"How did your day go Lionpaw" Jaypaw asked wondering how his day went down. Lionpaw looked at him as he explained it in a few words.
"Me strong, me fight Ashfur." Lionpaw responded. Jaypaw wasn't too thrilled about it as Lionpaw spends most of his time fighting. Jaypaw sighed bored as Poppypaw came into camp with Thornclaw. She headed straight for the apprentices.
"You two bored?" Poppypaw asked as she wondered what the apprentices were doing. The two apprentices looked at her and nodded.
"Yes we are." Jaypaw and Lionpaw both mewed at the same time. Poppypaw looked at them as she had some exciting news for them.
"Berrypaw and the apprentices from the other clans are meeting in secret for a party and I was wondering if you two wanted to go?" Poppypaw mewed as she wanted if they were interested. Soon, Jaypaw turned his head with interest.
"Sure, I'll come, what are the requirements?" Jaypaw asked wondering what the requirements for this party were. Soon Poppypaw responded as she was still vague about this.
"You can only bring one guest with you." She mewed. Jaypaw smiled as he turned to Lionpaw. He knew he was going to bring him to the party.
"When will this party start?" Jaypaw asked excitedly as it was clear he was finally going to get some attention. Poppypaw snickered for a moment before she responded.
"Party is tonight." She mewed. She went off to get ready as Jaypaw and Lionpaw were excited for this. This meant you guessed it, being able to go and celebrate.
"You know what this means?" Jaypaw squealed as he could barely contain himself as he knew he was invited. Lionpaw looked at him.
"Does it mean we finally get to look at birds?" Lionpaw mewed a little puzzled by this. His attachment to fighting and birds were the only things on his mind. Jaypaw slapped Lionpaw across the muzzle as he was wrong.
"No you idiot, it means we get to go to a special gathering just for apprentices. We should get ready." Jaypaw mewed as he grabbed Lionpaw as he dragged him away. Tonight was going to be a good night.
Hollypaw soon returned with the leaves she found in a random spot in the forest as she puts them down in front of Leafpool as she wanted to impress her mentor.
"Here! Here's your stupid borage now can I get to relax for the rest of the night?" Hollypaw hissed as she spat the leaves out for Leafpool. Leafpool soon took a look at the leaves as Hollypaw had got her the wrong herb.
"This is yarrow, not borage. Do I need to crack you down on herbs again?" Leafpool wanted to make it straight as Hollypaw got her the wrong herb. Hollypaw nodded no as she was already cracked down 3 times during her apprenticeship as Leafpool soon began to speak. "Looks like I need to remind you again! Okay Borage is used for helping queens to have more milk and for bringing down temperature. It's a bristly plant with bristles all over the stems, leaves. The flowers are in the shape of a star are both blue and pink. Since you seem exhausted, I'll get it myself." Leafpool soon got up and left as she went to go find some borage as Hollypaw was looking out as she saw all the most of the apprentices leave the camp. One of them on a patrol while all the others were waiting for the warriors to disappear, soon the apprentices snuck out of the camp as they were heading somewhere. Hollypaw's muzzle soon broke out into a smile. She had an idea. An awful idea.
The location where Berrypaw set up the party was in the abandoned twoleg nest as all the invited apprentices were gathering. Some of the fare included. Fresh-kill, herbs and drinks made from berries for the cats to drink up. Jaypaw and Lionpaw soon arrived with Poppypaw and Cinderpaw.
"Excited for tonight?" Poppypaw asked Jaypaw. Jaypaw smiled as he soon entered the abandoned nest.
"The dark forest yeah I'm excited!" Jaypaw shouted with his opinion. Soon the cats entered as the place was adorned with glow sticks and a few loners banging around on some pots with one of them on an old piano. "It's so cool." Jaypaw mewed as even though he couldn't see, it could still hear it as there was chatter from various apprentices that were invited. Cinderpaw ran off to go drink away as Poppypaw ran off to chat with Mousepaw. Lionpaw and Jaypaw walked off as they were greeted by two Windclan apprentices.
"Hey Half-brothers, how are you doing?" A voice called out as the cats looked around as the black apprentice glowed form numerous glow sticks attached to his body. It was Breezepaw who had Heatherpaw by his side.
"We're doing good Breezepaw." Jaypaw mewed as he settled down with him and Heatherpaw. Lionpaw took a keen interest in the apprentice again. "Anyways, what's the entire purpose of this party seeing how it's just apprentices?" Breezepaw soon slid him an herb mixture to drink.
"The purpose of this party is that Berrypaw was bored with his siblings and he sent out invatations in advance while helping the loners gather the supplies. It's just a night to ourselves." Heatherpaw explained what the purpose of this was. Soon Lionpaw looked at Heatherpaw.
"Me pretty Heatherpaw?" Lionpaw mewed as he complimented the apprentice to see how beautiful she was. Heatherpaw looked at him as she heard his words.
"I'm glad you're starting to expand your vocabulary but you need to spend more time with me to speak proper sentences. Have a drink in the mean-time." Heatherpaw mewed as she slid him a mixture. "I made sure to tell Berrypaw to put extra catnip in it so it can be more addicting." Lionpaw began to drink it as he was delighted. Jaypaw and Lionpaw wanted more of it.
"I hope we're not too late." Fernpaw mewed as he and Ivypaw came and sat down next to them. Breezepaw was delighted.
"You're just in time. Hey she-cat's more drinks please!" Breezepaw mewed as he wanted more glasses to drink from Ivypaw soon scooted over to where Jaypaw was sitting as the rattling of piano keys filled the abandoned twoleg house.
"So you blind?" Ivypaw asked Jaypaw as she still had trouble with her paws. Jaypaw turned his head to Ivypaw whom he couldn't see but Ivypaw couldn't see him back. Breezepaw soon turned to Jaypaw.
"Jaypaw, this is Fernpaw and Ivypaw who I met at the gathering. Ivypaw's blind so don't mind her." Breezepaw introduced Jaypaw to the two Riverclan apprentices. Jaypaw couldn't see them as Ivypaw slapped Jaypaw across his muzzle. Soon the She-cat brought six pints worth of the drinks as Breezepaw took them all. He soon began drinking away. "This stuff is so good; I can keep drinking this all night."
Poppypaw soon wandered onto the pool table as Berrypaw and Mousepaw were setting up a game, one white ball sat in the middle while another 15 sat in a triangle.
"Need another player for this?" Poppypaw asked as the two cats were setting up. Soon Berrypaw looked at her.
"Sure. You know how to play?" Berrypaw asked wondering if she knew what this game was. Poppypaw shook her head no. "Okay so the object of this game is to get as many points as possible as you want the most balls. I already called solids so you can get stripes. The 8 ball is the last ball you want to get in so avoid trying to hit it." Berrypaw explained the rules to the game as he took a drink from the mixture he was offered. Poppypaw looked at him.
"Sounds reasonable you start." Poppypaw shrugged as she got herself pumped up. Soon Berrypaw slapped the white sphere as it went rolling hitting the balls as they scattered in different directions. None of the balls went in the holes as Berrypaw nodded, it was now Poppypaw's turn. She soon looked down to see what she could hit as she slapped the ball as it clicked with the 13 ball sending it into a nearby hole but not before hitting the 5 ball and 14 ball as well.
"You got one, go again." Berrypaw told her as it was still her turn. Poppypaw smiled. She soon slapped her paw on the white ball as it soon hits the 9 ball as it clicked the 8 ball as well as the 11 ball before heading into a middle hole. "You're a natural at this. You go again."
Hollypaw stumbled in as she was looking for an escape. The loud music wasn't helping her relax as the chatter of apprentices was ringing up and down the abandoned nest. She soon spotted, Hazelpaw and Cinderpaw getting a drink from the long table. She soon hopped up as she was next to Cinderpaw.
"Hey Hollypaw, what brings you here?" Cinderpaw asked wondering why she was here. She didn't receive an invitation to here but it was clear she was grumpy.
"I need an escape from Leafpool. She lectured me about herbs again and I'm sick of it." Hollypaw responded. She soon looked at the table which was aligned with various drinks she never heard of.
"Oh okay, make yourself a home." Cinderpaw mewed as Hollyleaf looked at the tom handing out the drinks.
"Hey sir, where's the punch?" Hollypaw grumbled as she needed a drink to relax herself. The tom was confused.
"Punch? We don't serve sugar. Unless you want to try our berry mixture to take your mind off of today." The tom mewed as he was cleaning a mug. Soon he passed the mug over to her as he filled it up with the mixture. The catnip was mixed in there. Hollypaw soon took a drink of it as she was enthralled. It was good. She continued to drink it up.
"More please?" Hollypaw asked as she finished a mugs worth of it. The tom took the mug as he went to refill it. Soon Hollypaw turned to Cinderpaw.
"What's the point of this party? Most of the cats here are… nobody." Hollypaw mewed as she was wondering what's the entire point of this. Cinderpaw turned her head to face Hollypaw.
"We're all loyal apprentices of our clan." Cinderpaw mewed to Hollypaw. Another mug of the mixture was soon served as she turned Cinderpaw to the table where the six apprentices were sitting.
"Sure you're all loyal apprentices but the strongest apprentices we have in this chapter are Moonkitti, Datassiscash, SoundSmith and Breezepaw." Hollypaw responded. Jaypaw and Lionpaw lifted their heads to face Hollypaw as they soon spoke to her.
"Please don't compare us to him." Jaypaw and Lionpaw mewed as they were drinking their mixtures. Breezepaw snorted like a horse as he had guzzled down 5 pints worth of that stuff. Breezepaw turned to the others.
"So this is so refreshing since I get to be away from my parents who are constantly arguing all the time. And I can stumble back to Windclan as I can curl up in my nest and sleep this booze off." Breezepaw mewed as he was slurring his words. Soon a huge Brachiosaurus showed up as he wanted to give some words in.
"Sounds like your parents need counseling!" The Brachiosaurus roared to Breezepaw. Breezepaw lifted his head as he soon shouted to the behemoth.
"SHUT UP JIM! You'll never know what love is! You'll never get married!" Breezepaw angrily shouted as he was still slurring his words. Hollypaw and Cinderpaw turned back as Hollypaw kept drinking.
"You see what I mean, these cats are just disposable characters as the arc should be centered around me." Hollypaw mewed before banging the wooden table wanting more. "Minnowpaw, Willowpaw, have you done, anything?"
"I've gone on a patrol once." Minnowpaw mewed what she has done. Willowpaw spoke next.
"I'm the medicine cat apprentice of Riverclan." Willowpaw spoke before drinking down her mixture full of catnip. Hollypaw was still drinking.
"And that's it?" Hollypaw asked Willowpaw. Willowpaw sweated nervously wondering what to say next.
"And I'm also at this party?" She soon resumed drinking. Hollypaw remained unamused as she kept drinking her annoyances away.
"I figured; you guys need more main characters around here." Hollypaw mewed before she rolled over out of her seat passing out from drinking so much. Soon an apprentice showed up from nowhere.
"Oh hey I'm a main character." Honeypaw mewed. Soon the Brachiosaurus looked at Honeypaw as it spoke.
"Hey look Honeypaw, it's a party!" He told her. Honeypaw snapped at the Brachiosaurus.
"Shut up Jim!" Honeypaw shouted which injured its feelings.
"But I want to party!" The Brachiosaurus roared. Soon everything stopped as the cats were frozen. Hollypaw got up stumbling around from the side effects of the mixture that she drank. It had an effect on her mind. Hazelpaw turned as she saw Honeypaw.
"Run! It's the spy!" Hazelpaw shouted. Harepaw was relaxing when he heard an electrical shortage.
"Spah Sappin' Mah Sentry!" Harepaw ran over as he removed the sappers from the sentry with his wrench. Honeypaw looked at them as she didn't want to be the spy.
"Spy? Me? No, I'm just… you know, telling Brambleclaw… everything." Honeypaw responded. Soon the warriors of Thunderclan began to surround the abandoned Twoleg nest as the apprentices knew they were toast.
"Oh fox dung." Berrypaw muttered as they had been caught, there was no stopping the warriors now.
[A/N]: How you like this chapter as it covers the apprentices on what they do in their free time and we definitely get to look at what their lives are when they aren't training. Have they been caught I don't know.
Hollypaw has been wasted in this chapter and so has Breezepaw. The others were either playing around, chatting or drinking.
Also accepting OC's so we can drive those reviews up because I seriously want to reach 50 reviews by the time this fanfic is over but I want more. So give me those reviews.
Also I will be setting up the Discord server so when I start announcing that you can chat with me, I hope you will pile over there so we can chat together. I'll either be doing it tonight or tomorrow and if I miss either two deadlines, it will be the 24th and the 25th. I'll see you in the next chapter. Cheers.
