Walking across the soft heathers Heatherpaw swiped her claws through the soft grasses and she held up a small mouse she had caught "Good job!" Hareflight said "Swiftstar said you and Redpaw will spend a night in the tunnels with Brackenpaw, you may use the tunnels someday so you need to get used to it" Hareflight said and Heatherpaw nodded, handing Hareflight the mouse she caught and she walked to the tunnel entrance with Redpaw by her side "Hello guys!" Brackenpaw said, smiling happily "You've taken to tunneling now?" Redpaw asked "I've gotten used to it, I can still run in the tunnels if I dig them big enough!" Brackenpaw purred "Well let's go" Heatherpaw said, walking into the tunnels "Let's go through the tunnels now, I know them ok, and this time Flailfoot trusts me alone in the tunnels!" Brackenpaw purred and Heatherpaw smiled "That's impressive, it's only been three moons since you were apprenticed" Redpaw said and Brackenpaw smiled at his praise "Meadowpaw's been going well as a moor-runner" Heatherpaw said and Brackenpaw nodded "Let's go now" Brackenpaw said, walking through the tunnels and Heatherpaw trailed behind her, but Redpaw stood by her "You mind if I walk by you?" he asked "I don't mind!" Brackenpaw squeaked and Redpaw chuckled It's as plain as the muzzle on any cat's face they love each other Heatherpaw thought, feeling the soft soil below her paws she walked behind the two cats "You're good at navigating the tunnels, i'd for sure be lost if I was alone" Redpaw said and Brackenpaw squeaked in happiness as he nuzzled her cheek, walking deeper into the tunnel Heatherpaw pricked her ears as the light slowly went away and she was left in pure darkness "I know where we are, we're in a tunnel that's in progress, we're digging a tunnel to the gorge" Brackenpaw mewed How in the name of Starclan does she know that? Heatherpaw thought, seeing nothing but darkness "I can help dig" Redpaw said "So can I" Heatherpaw mewed, walking forward until she hit some soft dirt "Make sure to put the dirt into the dig-pile" Brackenpaw said and Heatherpaw felt around the dirt with her back paw until she felt a large hole near where she was "Alright" Heatherpaw said, swiping her claws through the dirt and pushing it into the dig-pile, after a while of digging she heard a loud squeak from Brackenpaw "Is something wrong?" Heatherpaw asked "No, Redpaw's tail is wrapped around mine!" Brackenpaw whispered happily and Heatherpaw rolled her eyes "I know you two will be good mates" Heatherpaw whispered "Really? You think so?" Brackenpaw gasped "Of course, you two are super obvious" Heatherpaw said, still digging in the soil, after a lot of digging Heatherpaw sighed tiredly "I think we should get some sleep, maybe we can sleep in the tunnels, Flailfoot said we might need to someday so let's all try it" Brackenpaw said "Alright" Redpaw said, and Heatherpaw laid down, her eyes adjusted to the dark she saw Redpaw laying behind Brackenpaw, his front paws wrapped around her and tail wrapped around hers, Heatherpaw looked at Brackenpaw seeing her looking shocked, excited, and Lovestruck all at the same time. "Good night you two" Heatherpaw purred, laying down to sleep. Soon after what felt like moons of sleep Heatherpaw woke up to Brackenpaw poking her side "It's morning, we should go back to camp" Brackenpaw said and Heatherpaw nodded, standing up and walking behind Brackenpaw and Redpaw out of the tunnels where she looked down and realized how dirty her pelt had gotten "I'll need to lick all this soil off" Heatherpaw said, walking to the bridge "We'll see you in camp!" Redpaw called and Heatherpaw sat down and licked her dirty fur "Hey, what happened to you?" a familiar voice asked "I was in the tunnels" Heatherpaw said, looking at Hailpaw "But I thought moor-runners and tunnelers were divided" Hailpaw said "Well we still need to spend a day in the tunnels" Heatherpaw said, licking her paw and swiping it over her ear and Hailpaw sat next to her "How's it going in Riverclan?" Heatherpaw asked "It's going well, I caught a huge fish!" Hailpaw purred and Heatherpaw smiled, looking at her friend and she licked her paw and rubbed it on her cheek "How's it going in Windclan?" he asked "It's going ok, the division between moor-runners and tunnelers is still very bad" Heatherpaw said and Hailpaw put his paw on Heatherpaw's shoulder, and she felt an odd warmth as he did "I'm sure it'll get better, Riverclan drypaws don't get made fun of nearly as much as they used to" Hailpaw said "Drypaws?" Heatherpaw asked "Drypaws are Riverclan cats who don't want to swim" Hailpaw said "Next thing you know there'll be birds who don't want to fly" Heatherpaw said "I've heard that said to drypaws quite a bit" Hailpaw said, wrapping his tail around Heatherpaw's side "Well inWindclan it's like two different clans constantly at odds with each other" Heatherpaw said, leaning her head on Hailpaw's shoulder and he smiled and leaned his head on hers "I hope it'll get better there" Hailpaw said "Me too" Heatherpaw sighed, licking off the last bits of dirt from her fur "I'd better be getting back now, goodbye Hailpaw" Heatherpaw said and she saw Hailpaw's look of sadness and swallowed down a lump of sadness in her throat "Goodbye" Hailpaw said and Heatherpaw pressed her head on his cheek, breathing in his warm scent and she stood up and walked off back into the Windclan camp where she saw Redpaw grooming Brackenpaw's fur and Meadowpaw ran up to her "How was it in the tunnels?" Meadowpaw asked "It went well" Heatherpaw said "Let's go sit by Redpaw and Brackenpaw" Meadowpaw said and the two apprentices sat by them "Hi you two" Meadowpaw purred and Brackenpaw, her head pressed against Redpaw shoulder suddenly sat up "Hello" Brackenpaw said awkwardly "Flailfoot told me earlier I'd get to show Woollypaw, Sandpaw, and Palepaw around the new tunnel and dig with them, it feels like i'm a tunneler already even though I'm still early on in tunneling apprenticeship" Brackenpaw purred and Redpaw smiled at her "Well i'm 10 moons old already, in two moons i'll be a warrior and Heatherpaw in three, but you still have to wait 15 moons" Redpaw giggled and Brackenpaw grumbled "Well you'll be a good tunneler" Heatherpaw said "Thanks Heatherpaw" Brackenpaw said and Redpaw licked Brackenpaw's head "What do you guys think you'll do once you're warriors?" Heatherpaw asked "I'm hoping I can have kits someday" Redpaw said "Me too" Brackenpaw said "Well I think you two could have kits someday" Heatherpaw said and Brackenpaw's ears pricked up "No way! No way!" Brackenpaw said, shaking her head, clearly trying to hide her feelings "I'd be ok with that" Redpaw said "Shut your muzzle!" Brackenpaw hissed and Redpaw chuckled "It's obvious you like me" Redpaw said, leaning towards Brackenpaw and she pressed her paw on his side "Well maybe a little" Brackenpaw giggled and Redpaw licked Brackenpaw's ear "Redpaw" Flamepelt called "Well, I gotta go, maybe i'll see you later" Redpaw purred, walking off and Brackenpaw sighed "So you two going to be mates as warriors?" Heatherpaw asked "Probably" Brackenpaw remarked "You two talking about mates?" Meadowpaw asked "Yeah" Brackenpaw said "You have your eye on any cat?" Heatherpaw asked "Well maybe one" Meadowpaw purred "Who?" Brackenpaw asked "You won't judge me?" Meadowpaw asked "Of course not!" Heatherpaw said, patting her paw on Meadowpaw's head "Hawkpaw" Meadowpaw mewed lovingly "Hawkpaw?" Brackenpaw asked, shocked and "Who could ever love such a cranky cat? Well except Heatherpaw since they're littermates" Brackenpaw said "I don't know how, it just sort of happened." Meadowpaw said, licking her chest fur "Well you got an eye on any cat Heatherpaw?" Brackenpaw asked "Not really" Heatherpaw admitted "You don't like any cat?" Meadowpaw asked "Not like that, I just don't have any crushes" Heatherpaw said "What about you Brackenpaw?" Meadowpaw asked "Redpaw, he's just so perfect" Brackenpaw said "We all know they'll be mates, they cuddled in the tunnels" Heatherpaw purred "Well maybe Hawkpaw likes me, can one of you ask him?" Meadowpaw asked "I can" Heatherpaw said "Thanks Heatherpaw!" Meadowpaw purred and Heatherpaw walked into the apprentices den where she saw Hawkpaw laying down in a soft moss nest "Hi Hawkpaw" Heatherpaw purred "Oh, hello Heatherpaw" Hawkpaw said "How's training?" Heatherpaw asked "Just as you may expect, herbs and more herbs and even more herbs." Hawkpaw said "Sounds interesting" Heatherpaw joked "It really is" Hawkpaw said "So, you have your eye on any cat?" Heatherpaw asked "What do you mean?" Hawkpaw asked "Crushes, you got any?" Heatherpaw asked "Well not that I can think off" Hawkpaw said "What about Meadowpaw?" Heatherpaw asked "Her? She seems to get a lot of thorns in her paw, I think she should be a bit more careful" Hawkpaw said "Do you love her?" Heatherpaw said with a teasing tone in her voice "I don't think so, we never actually talk at all and she is just that one cat who keeps getting thorns in her paw" Hawkpaw said and Heatherpaw said "Alright" Heatherpaw said, walking out to the other apprentices "What did he say?" Meadowpaw asked, raising up her head excitedly "He says you get a lot of thorns in your paw and he is not sure since you never talk to him" Heatherpaw said "Maybe I can talk to him now!" Meadowpaw said "Good idea" Heatherpaw said and Meadowpaw walked off to the apprentices den "I hope they become mates, she really seems to like him" Brackenpaw said "It would be breaking the code though, he's a medicine cat apprentice" Heatherpaw said "Well you can't stop love" Brackenpaw said "I think we should get some rest" Heatherpaw said, walking to the apprentice's den with Brackenpaw laying in their separate nests where Heatherpaw saw Meadowpaw talking to Hawkpaw enthusiastically "Best of luck" Heatherpaw whispered, closing her eyes slowly.