"Sunpaw, come on!" Rainstar called out. Today was Sunpaw's first training session. Sunpaw quickly padded after her leader. She was still curious about what Firestar had told her. Suddenly she felt something hard hit her on the head. Sunpaw fell over onto the ground. She had hit a tree.
"Sunpaw, be alert! It was a tree this time, but next time it might be a badger hole!" Rainstar scolded.
"I'm sorry. I just have a lot on my mind that's all." Sunpaw responded getting up. She thought about the plan. She didn't want to lie to her leader about going to hunt at Four Trees.
"This is the meadow. It is the boundary line between Thunderclan and the loner lands. It is a good place to hunt and-Sunpaw!" Rainstar shouted. Sunpaw had scented a mouse and was chasing it into the meadow. Rainstar jumped in front of Sunpaw and the mouse. She skidded to a halt and looked up at her leader.
"Are you mouse-brained? If a loner caught you on their land he would have you for dinner! Never and I mean never go into the loner lands without permission. Do you understand?" Rainstar scolded. Sunpaw shook her head. Suddenly her ears pricked up to the sound of snarling.
"Run Sunpaw! Run!" Rainstar ordered. Sunpaw ran into Thunderclan territory. She looked behind her to see her mentor not there. She came to a halt.
"Rainstar?" Sunpaw called out. There was no answer. Sunpaw retraced her steppes to see a terrible sight.
The creature had Rainstar pinned down and was about to finish him off. He still has nine lives, but why risk him losing them all? Sunpaw thought. Without thinking she pounced on the creature. Up close she could see that it was a fox that she was attacking. The fox yelped and let go of Rainstar. Rainstar jumped off the ground and slashed the fox across the face.
The fox screeched and ran off. Sunpaw jumped off of the fox's back just in time.
"If you ever scent a fox, come and tell me." Rainstar meowed. "You took a big risk saving me, Sunpaw. Thanks."
Sunpaw looked up at her mentor. She knew that he was being honest.
"Now, I will show you the Thunderpath." Rainstar mewed as he started walking away.
"This is the Thunderpath. You must be careful when you cross it. A lot of cats have died on it." Rainstar said just as a two-legged monster came down the Thunderpath. Sunpaw closed her eyes and dug her claws into the ground as the monster went racing past them. Sunpaw opened her eyes and sniffed the air.
"Ewww! They stink! It makes my eyes burn!" Sunpaw complained.
"That is the stench of the two-legged monster. Come, I have more to show you." Rainstar meowed.
"This is Snake Rocks. Beware of the adders here. One bite could kill you, but if you're quick enough you can kill it and bring it back to camp." Rainstar said. Sunpaw looked around Snake Rocks. An adder came out of a hole in a pile of rocks, but it went back inside because Sunpaw's pelt was so bright.
"So that's an adder. Have you ever caught one?" Sunpaw asked.
"No, but you might because your pelt will blind them long enough for you to catch them." Rainstar joked.
"Ha ha ha." Sunpaw sighed. She didn't find that rather funny.
"Follow me." Rainstar ordered. "You will enjoy what I'm about to show you."
Rainstar led Sunpaw to a place close to the river.
"What do you smell?" Rainstar asked.
"I smell fish, cats, and the wetness of their fur. Riverclan!" Sunpaw answered.
"Vary well, Sunpaw. These rocks have been in the middle of our territory and Riverclan territory for years." Rainstar meowed. Sunpaw nodded and padded up to the rocks.
"They feel….warm. Vary warm." Sunpaw mewed lying on top of the rocks.
"That is Sunning Rocks. They are always warm. Riverclan have been fighting for Sunning Rocks for a long time." He told Sunpaw. She nodded and got off of the rocks.
"There is one more thing that I want to show you." Rainstar mewed.
Rainstar led Sunpaw to a hill. Sunpaw stopped and looked at the hill.
"What's so special about a hill?" She asked bored
"Go over the hill and you will see." Rainstar said smiling.
Sunpaw walked on top of the hill and gasped. There were four great oaks in a circle. There was a big rock in the middle of them. It looked better since the sun was going down.
"This is four Trees. I will pick some of our cats to go with me to the gatherings. The gatherings are held every full moon. The leader from each clan brings some of their cats to come to the gatherings also. We have peace there and say how our clan is doing and some other stuff. When the moon goes behind the clouds then the gathering is over." Rainstar told her.
Four Trees! That was the place that Firestar had told Sunpaw about!
"Follow me. I will show you the other clan boundaries on the way back to camp."
"Aquatail, are you in here?" Sunpaw called our. She had gone over to the medicine cat's den after the tour. A figure came towards Sunpaw.
"For the last time she's not here! Oh, I'm sorry Sunpaw. Aquatail went out to get some more herbs. Burningclaw has been coming over here for the last five minutes. Do you need anything?" A voice asked. It was Branchpaw.
"No, it's alright Branchpaw. I just wanted to talk with Aquatail. Can you tell her that I was here?" Sunpaw asked.
"Sure thing, Sunpaw. Oh, here she comes now." Branchpaw meowed as he stepped out of the way.
Aquatail padded inside her den and put down the herbs. Then she looked over at Sunpaw.
"Yes, what can I do for you, Sunpaw?" She asked. Sunpaw gave Branchpaw a hard stare.
"Oh, ok I'll let you two talk in private." Branchpaw meowed as he ran outside.
"Well, can you keep it a secret?" Sunpaw asked not knowing to tell Aquatail or not.
"Of course I can. Now, tell me what's on your mind." Aquatail replied as she sat down in front of Sunpaw.
"It's just that…well, I had a dream a while back and- Sunpaw tried to say, but was interrupted.
"He's back! He's back! Skykit's back!