Chapter #6 The Night Walk -

Blackpaw learned quickly, as she usually did. She was a skilled hunter and was very good at climbing trees quietly and catching small birds. Once she even ran into a owl, only to be shoved off the branch, unhurt, thankfully. Later on the owl and her started to stare each other down when they got the chance. Blackpaw was impressed by the way the owl's huge eyes fell upon her like moons. He could also turn his head this way and that. He was silent at flying and caught animals very easily. One night he came to the ground to greet her instead of the trees where he stood hidden. Blackpaw was alone but the owl came closer until they were less that a tail length apart. He was a Short-eared owl. His yellow eyes looked into her violet eyes.

"What do you want?" He hooted.

Blackpaw shrunk back. 'Could this owl speak cat or could she speak owl?' She thought. There have been reports of cats that could understand dog and Twolegs, 'Could I understand owl?' She thought again.

"So?" The owl said, confused.

"I just.. I don't know, I see you up there everyday and you look lonely... I just thought--"

The owl cut her off, "I'm not lonely...anymore." He said. His beak seemed to form a smile. "I'm Mooneye, nice to meet you."

He held his talon out, Blackpaw put her paw out and he shook it. "I'm Blackpaw. I come from ThunderClan. Our camp is over there." She pointed with her claw.

"Ah, yes, I'm aware of your camp. I fly over it many times at night. You guys are noisy sleepers. But, then again, we owls have great hearing. But, I wonder, how did you learn to speak owl?" Mooneye asked.

"What do you mean, I thought you could speak cat." Blackpaw though aloud.

"I can only hear other owls, do you think you have special powers?"

"What, powers, never. Only StarClan grants special cats powers, Like medicine cats and leaders. Even amazing warriors and lions and tigers. I'm only crowfood. A coward. I learned half-clans are horrible monsters that should be punished, that's all I am, a monster. My fangs shall grow huge and so will my claws. I will become ugly like a dog and kill anything in my path. I will laugh at the little beings and blood will spread. I will--"

"Who told you that?"

"No one really, my mentor said that half-clans aren't allowed..."

"Do you know any other half-clans?"

"Yes."

"Are they horrible monsters?"

"No, I guess not... Your right! Thank you, I think I'm over that!" She sighed with quick relief. "May StarClan watch over us tonight... Oh, I guess owls--" Blackpaw cut off

"StarClan, watches over the forest, not just the cats, we are all aware of its being." He said silently, "My father taught me more than hunting, StarClan is life, death, and after death, from mice to hawks, from cats to dogs."

"Silverpelt sure looks beautiful tonight." She said. Mooneye smiled at the stars and looked at Blackpaw.

"It sure does.." He paused, then cocked his head. "Someone's coming. You know were to find me, Blackpaw!" He silently flew up to his hollow and waved goodbye with his talon. Blackpaw waved also.

Blackpaw expected to see Sootfur running at her or at least Mousefur, but a new scent drifted into her pink nose, not of any clan she has heard of. A black cat burst through the ferns in front of her. He stopped and stared at the small dark gray cat. He was a sleek and skinny tom with black fur and a tiny white dash on his chest along with a white tipped tail. His green eyes met her violet eyes.

"You are of ThunderClan?" He asked out of breath.

Blackpaw nodded, "And you are of... What are you of?" What she was really wondering is was, 'Am I in danger. Was this black cat a rouge? Should I run to Firestar?'

"I'm Ravenpaw and I--"

"Look too old to be a apprentice." Blackpaw pointed out.

"I'm not a apprentice, I left ThunderClan a long time ago when I was a apprentice. This is my name, so it's stuck. Who are you?"

"I'm Blackpaw, I'm the daughter of Mousefur and--"

"Mousefur! Oh Great StarClan, Mousefur had kits?" Ravenpaw laughed.

"Hey, don't make fun of Mommy." She snarled.

"You look too beautiful to be Mousefur's kit, thats all I mean." Ravenpaw shuffled and paused "Um, so you said you are in ThunderClan?"