Ravenpaw awoke, his black fur damp with sweat, and turned to see Sandpaw sleeping not to far off. Dustpaw was wide awake, staring at him. Ravenpaw felt a cold chill run down his spine. "Why are you so jumpy?" Dustpaw demanded. "Why are you always sweating, and thrashing around in your sleep?"

Ravenpaw stared at his paws. "I just had a… a bad dream."

"A bad dream?" Sandpaw meowed, perking up. She looked as if she'd been up for hours. "Was it a sign from StarClan?"

Ravenpaw glared, still at his paws. "Some might think it was more of a warning, but I'm no medicine cat."
"Are you always jumpy," Dustpaw meowed, ignoring the dream discussion, "because you're trying to hide something?"

Ravenpaw looked up and stared into Dustpaw's amber eyes for a long time. The older apprentice turned his gaze away after a bit. "I have nothing to hide about my own loyalty. It is the loyalty of… others I question." Ravenpaw instantly regretted saying this. Now they knew he knew something they didn't.

"What do you mean?" Sandpaw asked eagerly. "What are you-"

"Ravenpaw! You should have been awake at dawn! Get up, we've got training."

Ravenpaw almost jumped out of his fur at the sound of Tigerclaw's voice, and swiftly exited the den before he had to answer questions. The seasons were changing. Leaf-fall was almost over. He followed Tigerclaw to the entrance of camp, but just before they could leave, Whitestorm padded over. "Do you think we could take Sandpaw and Dustpaw on a patrol with us? Or do you and Ravenpaw have plans?"

Tigerclaw glared. "I have plans. But they can be cancelled. Go fetch them, why don't you?" He ordered, and the white warrior padded to the apprentice den.

A moment later, he returned with the two apprentices. Then the five set off on a border patrol, of the ShadowClan border. They were still a big threat even without Brokenstar. They were obviously still starved, for the most part, so it would not be unheard of to expect them to continue stealing prey.

As they walked on, Tigerclaw stepped on a leaf, and a rabbit, now knowing the cats were there, fled towards the thunderpath. "Catch it, Ravenpaw! Catch it!"

Ravenpaw didn't know of the thunderpath, he'd been to busy focusing on Tigerclaw, and zipped out after the rabbit. The feeling of the chase filled him with energy, and he didn't notice he'd come to thunderpath until he felt the rumble of a coming monster.

He turned and looked as the monster hurtled towards him, and cowered, too afraid to move. The last thing he heard was a familiar voice call out, "Ravenpaw!" and an intense pain in his head before he blacked out.