Chapter #5 The Training Begins -

Blackpaw padded up to her new mentor. Sootfur looked at her happily. Today was the day to prove he was a great warrior and teacher to not only his kin, but his clan. He started with the basics. Scent was very important. He showed Blackpaw around the borders of the clans. what took him aback the most was how much she knew about ShadowClan, such as their scent and where the border was. Blackpaw also knew how to cross the Thunderpath and look out for the Monsters' shimmering pelts and the Twolegs around them or inside their bellies. Other than that, he taught her that Sunningrocks was ThunderClan's and not RiverClan's and that any cat from RiverClan there is to be warned off or taken to Firestar.

"RiverClan has been trying to get this place for a while now. Mousefur's father helped fight for this place. I never knew Redtail but I heard he was a great deputy."

"I want to be a deputy when I grow up, too!"

"You know, when your deputy you cannot have any kits. It gets too hard to do duties while also trying to take care of a litter of kits. While you a warrior and get pregnant, you become a queen, when you kits become a apprentice, like you, you go back to a warrior!" Sootfur explained.

"Oh, maybe I don't want to be a deputy, I want to be the prettiest queen!" Blackpaw exclaimed, "I'll have a lot of kits who are as beautiful as me! I will name them after what happens while they are being born, like if it snows, Snowkit, or it's sunny, Sunkit or Lightkit."

"Bragging wont get you anywhere. You should think more about training, you are too young to be a queen, anyways."

Blackpaw sighed. "But, I met daddy only a moon ago. Why is he in another clan?"

"What? Rainwhisker is in ThunderClan just like you and Mousefur." Sootfur said a little loudly.

"Mommy let me meet him. His name is Cedar-- Uh-oh, you don't know." Blackpaw closed her mouth.

"Rainwhisker is not your father? But--" Sootfur trailed off.

"What's wrong?" Blackpaw asked, cocking her head to the side, pretending nothing happened.

"CEDARHEART! Your half-clan and Mousefur has broken the warrior code. I must tell Firestar!"

"No!" Blackpaw mewed loudly. Sootfur stopped.

"I must, you should not be here!"

"Brambleclaw is here and he is half ShadowClan." Blackpaw said, her temper rising.

'Why is he acting so odd?' She thought

"You have a point..." He said slowly. He sat down to think. Blackpaw watched sadly, 'What if he tells Firestar? Mommy will be doomed!'

"I wont tell but, you must follow my orders and never go to ShadowClan!" He said leering at her violet eyes.

"Okay... I wont ever go to ShadowClan, Sootfur! I shall be loyal to ThunderClan."

"Then lets start on hunting prey. Hey look, there's a rabbit over there!" He whispered in her ear, trying to stay calm.