Oh yeah! Thank you guys for the reviews!

ZM- yeah... Sunpaw isn't the sharpest claw in a paw, I'll just say that.

xxsnow- Poor Stormpaw :( he's getting swarmed by she-cats XD Sunpaw needs to back off so it can be StormxRain XD ;3

LakeStream- I don't like Sunpaw either

ScipioPB- Correct! Yes, Sunpaw does have a tendency to brag a lot X3

Stream That Flows Around Rock- Very close! Thanks for reading my story! I really appreciated your review!

Fallowfern- Yeah Featherwhisker/tail is very similar, and Goosefeather is as mad as a hare XDXDXDXD

This is the answer to Question of the day #1

Goosefeather is Moonflower's brother, Bluestar/fur is Moonflower's daughter, Oakheart is Bluestar's mate, Crookedstar is Oakheart's brother, Silverstream is Crookedstar's daughter, and finally Feathertail is Silverstream's daughter. Whew! That's a lot!

Answer to Question #2

It's an opinion question, so it really doesn't have a right/wrong answer.

Here's some Ashwhisker and Rainpaw fluff! It might seem a bit confusing, but the stuff in italics (besides the thoughts) are his memories of the battle.

Chapter 8 (Ashwhisker's POV)

Ashwhisker had always admired Rainpaw. Even as he had become a warrior just before she was made an apprentice, he had watched her from a distance. He had even hoped to be her mentor. He got Sunpaw instead, but tried to be present for Rainpaw's training as often as he could. He was always sure that he only thought of the she-cat as a friend, until that night.

Ashwhisker sped into camp, chest heaving from the exhausting chase. The rogues were well away from the territory; he, Hickorysnow and Whitedawn had made sure of that.

He collapsed on the ground, and began to slowly rasp his tongue over his wounds, when something caught his eye.

Rainpaw was limping into the medicine cat's den, tail dragging in the dust. Her eyelids drooped, and blood slowly oozed out of a scratch on her flank.

Ashwhisker stiffened. He pushed himself to his paws, and dashed after Rainpaw. Concern bubbled deep within his chest. As entered the den, he spotted Rainpaw laying on a small pile of moss, already asleep. Littlelight was hurriedly treating the scratch, muttering under her breath.

As soon as the medicine cat squeezed into a crack on the rock wall, Ashwhisker shot out of the brambles and approached Rainpaw.

"Are you alright?" He murmured, and heard Rainpaw mutter something about being thirsty. He raced to the corner and snatched up a wad of moss, dipping it in a nearby pool and setting it next to her head. She shifted and gratefully licked at the moss, then settled down in a more comfortable position.

Soon her breathing slowed, signaling that she was asleep. Ashwhisker rested his muzzle on her head. "Goodnight, sweet Rainpaw." Just then Littlelight came out of the cleft carrying a load of herbs. Her eyes sparkled as she saw Ashwhisker and Rainpaw, but she said nothing.

She looked at the young warrior, signaling with her tail at the exit as if to say, "Out." Ashwhisker dipped his head and backed away, heading for the warriors den. He settled down into his moss, eyes already closed, but he could not sleep for his thoughts were consumed by the beautiful tortoiseshell apprentice.

A half moon later

Ashwhisker purred as he watched Rainpaw bound through the undergrowth. She stuck her nose into every clump of snow, snaking her head as she raised it up to clear away the snowflakes. It had been snowing for a few days, and the previous morning Littlelight had declared Rainpaw well enough to go hunting.

Fernshade and Sunpaw were stuck in the medicine den with a case of whitecough, and Featherstar had asked Ashwhisker to take over Rainpaw's training until her mentor was well enough. Ashwhisker had immediately agreed, excited at the prospect of spending more time with the lively apprentice.

"Ashwhisker!" Rainpaw's mew interrupted his thoughts. "Are we going hunting or what?"

Ashwhisker nodded. "Where do you want to go?"

Rainpaw looked startled. "You're the warrior... but if it were up to me, I'd choose the WindClan border. We might be able to catch a stray rabbit or two." Her eyes flashed briefly.

"Good idea." Ashwhisker agreed. The Clan had started to feel the affects of leaf-bare, beginning to look thinner than before, and prey was beginning to be scarce.

Suddenly Rainpaw flicked her tail, sending showers of snow on top of Ashwhisker. "Race you to the border!" She yowled, eyes gleaming with mischief, and dashed away.

Ashwhisker purred and leaped after her. They dodged around trees, sending formally undisturbed snow in their wake. He glimpsed Rainpaw leaping over a log, crashing to the ground in a flurry of tails and whiskers.

He snorted and easily cleared the log in a single bound, landing next to her. "I meant to do that." Rainpaw mewed ruefully.

Ashwhisker let out a small mrrow of amusement as she floundered in the snow. She glared at him. "Well, thank you for helping me get out of this snow drift." Rainpaw sarcastically meowed.

"Here, hold on." He scraped snow away from her, until Rainpaw was able to scramble out.

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"Thanks." She grunted, obviously embarrassed about being stuck. He began to clean his paws. Suddenly she froze. "Do you hear that?"

Ashwhisker paused. "Hear what?" He asked, confused. "I can't hear anything."

Rainpaw scented the air. "That's it." She explained, "Nothing. Usually this part of the forest is alive with birdsong and other sounds, but it's quiet now."

She was right. The forest was utterly silent. "Let's go." Ashwhisker muttered.

"But what about hunting?" Rainpaw asked.

"We can do that on the way back." Ashwhisker didn't wait for a response. He couldn't shake off the feeling of approaching danger.

He began to quickly bound back home, a grumbling Rainpaw falling into step behind him.

As they arrived in the hollow, each carrying a mouse, Ashwhisker heard the summons ring in the air.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!"

"Go sit by your friends." Ashwhisker told Rainpaw. "I'll take the mice to the fresh-kill pile." He quickly picked up Rainpaw's mouse and dashed over to the pile, then ran back to the Highledge.

He settled next to Rainpaw just as Featherstar announced, "Today we will have new apprentices. Birdkit, Quailkit, and Nightkit, please step forward." He saw Rainpaw's eyes light up at the mention of new denmates.

"You have all reached the age of six moons, and until you receive your warrior names you will be known as Birdpaw, Quailpaw, and Nightpaw. Birdpaw, your mentor will be Sageflight."

Sageflight looked particularly pleased and surprised, and accepted her new apprentice with a dab of her nose.

"Quailpaw, your mentor will be Littlelight." Quailpaw gasped loudly, and bounded up to his new mentor.

"Nightpaw, your mentor will be..." Featherstar looked around the clearing, eyes narrowed thoughtfully. "Foxtail."

Rainpaw puffed out her chest as her father's name was mentioned. Ashwhisker gave her a friendly flick of the tail.

He watched as Rainpaw bounded up to congratulate her friend, and hesitantly followed her. "Good job, Birdpaw." The white she cat purred. "And, uh, Rainpaw?" She titled her head at him. "Do... Do you want to share a squirrel with me?"

"Sure!" Ashwhisker breathed a sigh of relief when she agreed. "Can Birdpaw come too?"

Fox-dung! I wanted to be alone with Rainpaw. He reluctantly mewed, "Okay."

The three settled down around a scrawny squirrel, one of the few pieces of fresh-kill left.

Soon they finished, and Rainpaw and Birdpaw trotted to the apprentices' den while Ashwhisker ran into his own. He had to sleep on the outside of the circle of cats, one of the least appealing parts of being a new warrior, and settled deep into his moss.

As the moon drifted high into the sky, he heard the sounds of an approaching snowstorm, but felt warm inside as he pictured Rainpaw's laughing eyes, alight with warmth and humor. Even as he sunk into sleep, he could still hear her voice ringing in his ears, whispering is the night. At one point he thought he woke up and saw her slip out of camp, but dismissed the thought and fell asleep again. Goodnight...

Oh my tails and whiskers I had no idea how to end that X3. NOOO! Now I can't decide between StormxRain and AshxRain! XD