Chapter 7
Life in Petalclan and Leafpaw's comfort
A moon had passed since Reaperpaw joined Petalclan and became Nightpaw. He wasn't as skinny as when he first woke up in Petalclan but he wasn't as well fed either yet. He was still getting over the sadness of losing his clan and he was sure he was suffering from depression. Which was why he wasn't at the other apprentices weights yet. He still had nightmares about that fateful night and dreamed about his clan constantly. But with Leafpaw's help he was slowly recovering. Today he was hunting for the elders. He had already caught a mouse and a squirrel and was sniffing the air for any scents of prey. He and Leafpaw had become fast friends and he couldn't wait to share tongues with her tonight. He caught the scent of rabbit and followed the scent, he found the brown creature nibbling on grass. He stalked it then brought it down. He then unburied his other prey and came back to camp proudly carrying his prey. He brought the rabbit which was pretty big to the elders. Besides Petalrunner there were two others, Gingerflame a firey furred she-cat with green eyes and a long furred silver tabby tom named Riverclaw. The elders were grateful for the rabbit and he went to find Leafpaw, she was near the apprentice's den licking a paw. Besides him and Leafpaw there were four other apprentices. Beaverpaw a fluffy brown tom cat with yellow eyes, his sister Otterpaw, Chestnutpaw a rusty red tom cat with dark yellow eyes, and Specklepaw a tortie she-cat with amber eyes. "Hey Leafpaw do you want to go hunting with me?" He asked as he sat down next to her. "Sure! Let's go!" She said taking off with Reaperpaw right behind her. As the day wound down they managed to catch three rabbits, six mice, and three squirrels between them. The clan was impressed as was Falconwind, after eating their fill Leafpaw and Reaperpaw shared tongues then went to their nests. He started dreaming about the day his little sister was born then it turned into the nightmare he'd had since his clan was killed. He woke up shaking with Duskkit's terrified squeal in his head only to feel Leafpaw leaning into him and purring comfortingly. He calmed down and went back to sleep this time dreaming of hunting with Leafpaw.