Firestar stood on the Highrock and called on the cats. "Cats of ThunderClan!" He called, "We have a new apprentice. Tsunami, you shall be known as Tsunamipaw. (A/N: Long name, I know!) Brightheart, you sall be his mentor."

Brightheart's eye lit up at the mention of er first apprentice. She didn't think she'd ever have an apprentice, considering her mottled face. Cloudtail and Whitepelt cheered the loudest.

Tsunamipaw bounded down the Highrock to greet Brightheart. Ratpaw mewed and Tsunamipaw licked her shoulder.

Tsunamipaw and Ratpaw headed into the apprentices' den for some well-deserved rest.

Ratpaw pounced on a small squirrel. Dustpelt nodded. "Very good, Ratpaw. You'll be a fine hunter one day."

Shrewtail and Birchpaw were working on Birchpaw's hunting skills on the other side of the clearing. Brightheart and Tsunamipaw were mock-battling. Tsunamipaw winked a gray eye at her as she and Dustpelt finshed their lesson. Ratpaw picked up her catches-- two voles and a squirrel-- and raced back to camp.

Ratpaw dropped the two voles in the fresh-kill pile and took the squirrel to a spot under the shade of an oak tree.

"Can I join ya?"

Ratpaw looked up. It was Whitepelt. Ratpaw nodded.

"Hey, I saw your brother. He's a good hunter."
Ratpaw nodded again.

"Alright, what's wrong?"

"It's just the fact that I took Tsunamipaw away from everything he knows, and our uncle, and--"

"And who do you think made that decision?" A voice interuppted Ratpaw's ranting.

The apprentice gasped and whirled around. "Don't scare me like that again!" She mewed. Tsunamipaw let out a mrrow of laughter. Ratpaw narrowed her gray eyes. Whitepelt laughed a little, too. Ratpaw snorted. "Wanna go on a hunting patrol with me?"

Whitepelt and Tsunamipaw nodded. Birchpaw bounded up to them. "Can I come too?" He pleaded.

Tsunamipaw playfully batted the young apprentice's ear. "Sure, little guy." He meowed. The four cats walked in to the woods together.

Yeah, I know. Short chapter. But I'll have the 4th one up tomorrow! Thank you for the reveiws! I don't own Warriors!

--Starlit Moonshadow