Hey...it's been quite a while..whoops?
Moonpaw groaned with boredom. Fireheart, Greystripe and most of the clan went to the gathering.
"Is this the part where they tell the other clans that we need to bring back Windclan?" Moonpaw turned to Lightningpaw who was laying on her back not too far away.
"Yeah probably." Lightningpaw nodded without looking away from the night sky.
Moonpaw yet again sighed. "How does Sandpaw and Dustpaw last so long as apprentices, it's been a few moons and I'm already dying of boredom."
"Patience young'un." chuckled Lightningpaw.
"I have no patience whatsoever." Moonpaw groaned, lifting her paw to cover her eyes.
"If you have nothing else to do, you can go clean the elders den." Mousefur stalked to her apprentice.
"Alright Mousefur." Moonpaw stood up and stretched.
"Lightningpaw? Are you going to help me?" she turned to her friend.
"Whatever, it's not like I'm going to do anything useful now." shrugged Lightningpaw.
So then they both travelled to Yellowfang who was in her den with Mousefur standing in the same spot with a disbelieving look on her face.
"Since when were apprentices willing to clean the elders den." she mumbled underneath her breath, still trying to process the fact that the two apprentices didn't complain about cleaning the elders den.
When they got to the medicine cat den, Yellowfang was muttering things to herself. Moonpaw and Lightningpaw shot each other a look and Moonpaw cleared her throat.
"Hey Yellowfang!" greeted Moonpaw cheerfully.
"Shush!" she growled, glaring at the black, white and silver she-cat.
"Sorry." Moonpaw whispered.
Lightningpaw and Moonpaw quietly took some moss form the pile and ran out, a bit scared that the old she-cat was going to rip their pelts to shreds.
"Alright, let's go to the elders before we have to clean their ticks as well." Lightningpaw nudged Moonpaw to the elders den.
"Hello Dappletail, Smallear and One-eye." the two greeted the elders in unison as they entered their den.
"Hello Moonpaw, Lightningpaw." rasped Dappletail.
"We're here to clean your den." Lightningpaw pipped up, dropping her moss on the floor.
"What did you do to get this punishment." joked One-eye.
Lightningpaw looked at Moonpaw who looked at the ground, abashed.
"Well...we weren't punished...Mousefur suggested that we cleaned your den." mumbled Moonpaw.
The elders looked surprised but didn't question it at all.
"So would you like a story while you work?" Smallear asked nicely.
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw nodded eagerly. "Yes please!" Lightningpaw meowed politely.
So the two apprentices set to work, changing their nests as the elders took turn telling bits of the story. Correcting each other along the way. Moonpaw and Lightningpaw laughed as the Dappletail whacked One-eye in the face for telling the story wrong.
"Thanks for telling us the story!" laughed Moonpaw.
"No, thank you for cleaning out nests AND searching our pelts for ticks." thanked the elders.
"Oh it was nothing! We had nothing better to do anyway!" Lightningpaw chuckled soflty.
Moonpaw and Lightingpaw meowed their goodbyes and padded out of the den, just as soon as the rest of the clan came back from the gathering.
"Well? What happened?" Moonpaw eagerly asked.
"Nightpelt is the new Shadowclan leader and Windclan has been driven out of their territory." Fireheart summarised.
Lightningpaw and Moonpaw nodded mutely. "I see..and who's going to get Windclan back?" Lightningpaw asked.
"Well..Bluestar suggested we do." mumbled Greystripe.
Moonpaw sighed soflty. "Of course. Just don't do anything reckless." she growled, glaring at the two.
Fireheart and Greystripe feinted hurt. "Us? Reckless? How could you suggest a thing."
"But Moonpaw is right." Lightningpaw meowed after she finished laughing. "Don't do anything stupid and remember, even if you escorted one of the clans home, the other clans are still hostile. Do not forget that." she warned.
Fireheart shared a look with Greystripe and shrugged. "Yeah, of course we know that."
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw nodded, relieved that their friends understand. "Alright, we should go sleep. I'm really tired." yawned Greystripe.
Fireheart nodded and the two went into the warriors dens leaving Moonpaw and Lightningpaw standing by themsevles outside the apprentices den with a irritated look on their faces.
"They didn't listen to us did they." spat Lightningpaw, clawing the ground.
"Unnecessary bloodshed." Moonpaw growled as she slumped to the ground.
"Hey, what's wrong?" asked Ravenpaw.
"Oh it's nothing Ravenpaw." Lightningpaw laughed nervously.
"Just tired." Moonpaw meowed with a fake smile.
Ravenpaw seemed to buy it when he smiled with them. "Yeah, it's been a long day!" he chuckled. "We should go get some sleep.
"Have you noticed that all we talk about is sleep." Moonpaw pointed out. laughing slightly.
"Oh right!" snickered Lightningpaw.
"We're that lazy." Ravenpaw chuckled. "Well, I'm heading off to sleep."
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw lay down, looking at the night sky.
"Hey Lightningpaw, do you remember that verse from Rule the World where Gary Barlow sang All the stars are coming out tonight, they're lightning up the sky tonight..For you." Moonpaw sang the last bit. "It reminds me of this right now." she finished quietly.
"Yeah.." mumbled Lightningpaw, remembering the Take That song that Moonpaw showed her when she was Jade.
"hmm." Moonpaw hummed the song, slightly swaying her head to the beats.
What she didn't know was a certain tom watching her 'dancing'. He grinned slightly when he saw her silly antics.
"Goodnight Moonpaw." he mumbled before sleep over took him.
The next morning, when everyone was still asleep and the sun still wasn't in the sky yet. Fireheart and Greystripe left the clan to go search for WindClan. By the time Moonpaw and Lightningpaw woke up for their training session, the sun was already up and the two warriors were no where too be seen.
"Right. Today, we'll be teaching you more battle techniques." Runningwind started.
"This one is slightly complicated, it's the half turn belly rake." Mousefur finished her brother's sentence.
"This is the one Bluestar taught Lionpaw right?" whispered Lightningpaw to Moonpaw.
Moonpaw nodded, eyes transfixed on Mousefur who was demonstrating.
"So first you imagine the move in your head but don't take too long." Mousefur leapt forward, twisted underneath Runningwind batting his belly slightly before landing on all fours again behind him.
"It requires speed and accuracy." Runningwind told the two apprentices.
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw nodded slowly, thinking about the move and the way Bluestar described it in the books.
"Alright...I think I got it." mumbled Moonpaw, standing up uncertainly.
"It's ok if you don't make it the first time." Mousefur meowed encouragingly.
Moonpaw nodded and bit her lip. She imagined herself doing the move and quickly leapt, she twisted underneath Runningwind but skidded on her back. She groaned as she lay on the ground with her back all sandy.
"Not bad, you need to leap a bit higher." Runningwind advised.
She nodded and let Lightningpaw have a go. She narrowed her eyes and leapt, twisting easily underneath the belly of Runningwind and landed on all three. Lightningpaw let out a loud 'oomph' when she toppled over, landing on her side.
"Not bad, you just need to balance more." Mousefur pointed out.
Lightningpaw sighed and nodded.
"This is harder than I expected." grunted Moonpaw as she nearly completed the move but fell at the last second.
"Bluestar made it seem so easy." Lightningpaw grumbled underneath her breath.
"One more time and then we'll go hunting." Runningwind told them.
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw nodded. Moonpaw went first. She fell into a crouch, she leapt and twisted underneath Runningwind's belly again and successfully landed on all four but stumbled a bit in the end. She turned around and grinned triumphantly at her mentor and friend. Lightningpaw grinned and rolled her eyes.
"Congratulations." she chuckled.
Lightningpaw then got up and narrowed her eyes. She crept forward a bit and leapt at Runningwind, twisted underneath his belly and gently batted his stomach. She landed on all fours and breathed out. Lightningpaw jumped at Moonpaw.
"I did it too!" Lightningpaw yowled, laughing slightly.
"Nice!" grinned Moonpaw, batting her face.
Mousefur smiled. "Alright, let's go get something for the clan." she nudged the two in the forest.
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw dashed off.
"DON'T COME BACK UNTIL YOU GOT AT LEAST THREE PIECES OF PREY!" Mousefur shouted after them.
Moonpaw and Lightningpaw came running back when they found and kill three pieces of prey each.
"I said at least!" chuckled Mousefur.
"Yeah! That's why we got three!" Moonpaw pointed out.
Runningwind shook his head. "Oh you two." he sighed, laughing.
"Let's go back to camp!" meowed Lightningpaw, paws itching to get back to camp.
"Alright, calm down!" Mousefur padded back on a familiar path.
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