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Darkpaw wrinkled her nose in disgust as she put mousebile on Sedgewhisker's pelt. After Sedgewhisker's mate, Emberfoot died, Sedgewhisker decided to become an elder. Sleekpaw was taking ticks off of Fieldheart. The golden tom was made an elder two days ago. Silverpaw was gathering bedding for the elders with Leafpaw. It had been a half-moon since Silverpaw had become an apprentice.
"Hey when you finish can you bring us some fresh-kill? I'm starving!" Sedgewhisker asked.
"Yes, what do you want?" Darkpaw asked.
"Anything but a squirrel, their fur keeps getting stuck in my teeth," Fieldheart meowed.
Darkpaw nodded and raced outside to the fresh-kill pile. It was lightly raining. She grabbed a fat rabbit for the two elders to share. On her way back to the den she almost tripped over Shadepaw. He was sleeping soundly. Darkpaw guessed that the tour of the territory tuckered him out. Heathertail came over and woke her apprentice up.
"I need to talk to you and Crowstar," Heathertail meowed. Shadepaw got up, stretched, and followed his mentor to the leader's den.
*Uh-Oh, is Shadepaw in trouble?* Darkpaw wondered. She shrugged her shoulders and tried to dodge the raindrops back to the elder's den.
Darkpaw was play fighting on the damp grass with her siblings when Crowstar jumped up on tall rock and yowled the familiar call. Once every cat was settled he began to speak.
"Heathertail is expecting kits!" Crowstar announced.
Breezepelt had a mixture of pride and shock on his face.
"How could you not tell me?" Breezepelt asked when he finally found his tongue.
"I wanted to be sure, and when I found out I wanted it to be a surprise," Heathertail admitted glancing at her barely swollen stomach.
"Since Heathertail will be in the nursery I will order patrols," Crowstar meowed.
"Who will be Shadepaw's mentor?" Hootflight asked. The tom loved his son fiercely after his mate and Hopkit died.
"Thank you for reminding me Hootflight," Crowstar meowed.
"Weaselclaw! You deserve an apprentice. You are a talented and a brave warrior! I trust you to pass these qualities to Shadepaw," Crowstar meowed. Shadepaw went up and touched noses with the big warrior.
"I now call this gathering to a close, " Crowstar yowled before jumping off tall rock.
Darkpaw was on patrol with Smokeheart, Sleekpaw, Applewood, Breezepelt, and Hootflight. Silverpaw was in The medicine cat den because she got a thorn stuck in her paw. The six cats were patrolling the Shadowclan border when Darkpaw smelled Shadowclan cats and rabbit.
"I think Shadowclan is here," Darkpaw whispered to her mentor.
Smokeheart sniffed the ground.
"I think your right. It seems that Shadowclan is stealing our prey," Smokeheart meowed to the patrol.
"Lets go get them," Sleekpaw bounced.
Applewood nodded and led the patrol into Shadowclan territory. The cats stopped when the saw Cedarclaw stalking a rabbit. The rabbit made a break and ran towards the border onto Windclan territory.
"Quick hide!" Breezepelt ordered them jumped into a bush, the other cats following close behind.
Darkpaw was squished between Sleekpaw and Hootflight.
"Cedarclaw is gone and he took our rabbit," Smokeheart snarled.
The cats continued and saw the patrol that was hunting on their territory.
Smokeheart turned to the apprentices, "I know we haven't practiced battle moves a lot but I know that you will be fine. Trust your instincts."
" Why are you hunting on our territory? " Breezepelt challenged.
"We weren't!" The newest Shadowclan warrior, Pinefoot protested.
"Then why is there rabbit blood and Shadowclan scent on Windclan territory?" Hootflight asked.
Darkpaw was excited but there was a small trickle of fear running down her spine.
"We chased that rabbit from Shadowclan territory so that makes it our prey," Grasstail meowed.
" That's not how it works and you know it, " Smokeheart growled.
Without using words the Windclan cats for into their battle formation.
Smokeheart jumped onto Grasstail, "Windclan! Attack!"
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