It was nightfall when Jaywing and Berrytail returned back to camp. Their paws were shivering from the snow being in their paws and they caught very little prey. Herbs were beginning to be planted as Shadowstep was teaching Ivypaw how to farm herbs so they can have some in storage for leaner times. Shadowstep padded out annoyed and grumpy as usual as Jaywing padded over.

"I found this for you; I kept hearing the voices in that stick I don't know what is going on." Jaywing mewed as she remained skeptical.

"So a stick with powers to speak to other cats? No wonder I want that stick to become my apprentice rather than Ivypaw." Shadowstep responded sarcastically. He soon took the stick as he began to rub his fur on it as he began to get a vision in his head.

Jaypaw was drowning in the tunnels with five other apprentices and three kits. Suddenly a ragged old cat padded over as he had something in his claws. He had the stick as he began to scratch the words into them. Despite Jaypaw being blind, he was still able to make out what the stick said, the words being scratched into the stick said SWIM IDIOTS on it.

"Oh we should swim." Jaypaw mewed. Shadowstep snapped out of the flashback as he realized what was happening. Jaywing was staring at the medicine cat as he was shuffling around.

"We should swim." Shadowstep mewed as he had a blank look on his face. Jaywing side-stepped from the medicine cat who took the stick into his den as Jaywing padded away to meet with Ivypaw.

"How was your first day as an apprentice?" Jaywing mewed. Her voice trying to calm the shaky apprentice down.

"I don't live Shadowstep that much. As much as I want to be a medicine cat, I nervous about him. He didn't even teach me about herbs and their uses as I really wanted to but he just taught me how to dig a hole." Ivypaw responded. She was still shaking by the medicine cat's appearance and his cranky personality.

"It's the first day that he just woke up so he might be stressed about trying to get everything done, he'll teach you how to use herbs soon. If he concedes." Jaywing's voice tried to soften up the timid and tense apprentice but she knew it was going to take a lot more than that to get his attention.

Evening rolled around as the cats padded back to camp, they have caught very little prey but there were still lots of grass to go around. While grass wasn't as nutritious as Fresh kill, it still provided energy for the cats to try to find more fresh kill. The mountain goat herd was on their way back to kit but it was still going to take them a few more days before they were to arrive in full numbers. Tawnyfoot padded back into Thunderclan camp with a large lemming and wood pigeon in her jaws. The cats looked over to make sure all cats were accounted for. Featherstar padded over.

"Out of all the cats that have gather prey so far, I think Tawnyfoot has caught the most for what we have at this moment. Prey is still scarce." Featherstar mewed.

"The mountain goats will have their kits soon so that will be easy prey for us?" Snowstorm mewed.

"Yes you're right but that isn't going to be for another few days or so. So when they arrive, we must be ready to hunt them down and get them into their corners. If we do that carefully and precisely, we could have enough food to get some meat on our bones." Featherstar mewed.

"I do agree with her." Berrytail mewed.

"So do I, I want to hunt a goat." Stormpaw mewed excitedly.

"Patients young apprentice, I will teach you how to hunt them when they come. For now, we still need to work on your crouch first." Snowstorm reminded his apprentice not to get too excited over the prospect of hunting an animal many times his size. "Now get some rest, you and Hazelpaw must be exhausted from a day of wondering around the borders." Stormpaw padded away to the apprentice den as they went to rest. Soon Sorrelfoot padded into camp as he had the greatest news a warrior can muster up.

"Poppyspots is expecting my kits. She just said it today." Sorrelfoot mewed. Many cats ran over to congratulate him as they were happy to see that their camp was going to get bigger with more cats to help fight their battles. Snowstorm padded over.

"Frostcloud is expecting kits as well so she is more than willing to share a spot with you, even though it pains her to not have Tawnyfoot in the nursery with her." Snowstorm sighed as he knew his mate did in fact miss the young warrior and her kits who were now apprentices.

"I know, I wonder if Tawnyfoot would be more than willing to accept a mate?" Crowstorm asked. He was still wondering if his former apprentice will find a new mate. He was still horrified with Yewberry and the fact she had to carry his kits when she was just an apprentice. He still had hope for her but that hope was slowly fading away day by day while she rejecting all the toms in Thunderclan. "I need to find out her true intentions."

The sun rose the next day as Tawnyfoot padded out of her den as she was feeling groggy. She still sniffed to make sure she was alone. She slipped outside of the den as she went to look for the Shadowclan border. She wanted to get news about what Shadowclan had but more importantly, she wanted to spend time with Robinflight. She padded her way across the terrain as the sun was nearly blinding in the early rise. She soon had an encounter with a Mountain goat herd as they were busy digging for grass. She gave the herd a wide berth as she pressed on trying her best not to cause a confrontation. Sneaking up behind her was another cat. Yewberry was sent out on a scouting run to gather the Intel of the clans but he ended up getting lost. He saw Tawnyfoot from a distance. He got into a hunter's crouch as he saw the She-cat, thinking she hadn't seen enough of her or his mistakes. He leaped out at her. Tawnyfoot spun around as she batted the smaller warrior down away from her. Yewberry looked up to see that the cat he knew several moons before was not as small as she was. Yewberry squeaked when he heard a Shadowclan patrol was incoming so he knew that he needed to get out of the way. Yewberry scampered off as the Shadowclan cats came to Tawnyfoot.

"Tawnyfoot? What are you doing here?" Falconwing mewed. He was confused that the She-cat was still visiting them on a day by day status.

"I came to see Robinflight as well the other cats that helped me have my kits while I was here when I was an apprentice, I came to visit." Tawnyfoot mewed.

"Oh. I thought you were spying on us. My mistake, Pebblestar would make you feel welcome." Falconwing mewed as he knew his mistake. He soon let Tawnyfoot into his territory as they made their way to Shadowclan camp. Pebblestar was waiting as he greeted the warrior was open paws.

"Tawnypaw! It's been a while since I saw you! How's the kits?" Pebblestar mewed excitedly. He tackled the warrior to the ground. Tawnyfoot got up off the leader as she shook the dust and snow off.

"I'm Tawnyfoot now and my kits are apprentices now." Tawnyfoot mewed. She wanted to tell him what had happened when she was gone "I'm a warrior now."

"I'm so happy for you." Pebblestar excitedly shouted. He soon padded up to exchange noses with the much bigger warrior. He knew that the small apprentice was much more a fully-fledged cat that can look after herself without Crowstorm by her side. It was also causing a lot of attention with the toms in her clan and it was clear she needed a way to get out.

"So how is Reedsplash? I haven't seen her in ages." Tawnyfoot mewed excitedly.

"She's in the nursery like always but I suggest not to disturb her, her kits will be here soon." Pebblestar mewed.

"Would I be able to have any kits?" Tawnyfoot mewed. She was looking around nervously as she was getting the familiar milky scent of the Nursery.

"You would soon enough. I think Robinflight wants to finish training his apprentice Finchpaw first before he considers getting a mate." Falconwing responded.

"Where is he now?" Tawnyfoot asked curiously. She wanted to find out where he was first.

"He's teaching Finchpaw how to hunt by digging. We're good diggers." Pebblestar mewed. He turned away from the warrior to think about what he wanted to say next. He turned around as he went to speak with her. "Maybe If I get to see you at the next gathering, I can try to get him to speak to you when the gathering comes but for now I think should head back to your territory while I think about this."

"Okay, tell Reedsplash I said hello." Tawnyfoot mewed as she turned away and began to pad her way back to the camp. However things were going to take a turn for the unexpected.

Back at Thunderclan camp, the sun was setting on the very short day as the cats worked hard to catch whatever prey and grass they could find to even the first of the Mountain goat kits which were vital for the clans survival in these first few days of their waking up from their slumber. Shadowstep was much attached to the stick that he found as he wanted to learn more about its secrets. The voices of the Fallen Leaves were heard as he was listening to the stick. Tawnyfoot was still catching her prey whenever she wasn't in Shadowclan. She managed to find some groundhogs looking for patches of grass and a couple of lemmings. She dropped her prey off as she went to go get a break. She laid down as she began to gossip with the Crowstorm when suddenly Skyclan entered their camp but it wasn't an attack but rather something else.

"Featherstar, we've been driven from our territory by a group of rogues that attacked us before. Briarstar was one of the rogues and we fought hard but it was futile. We came to you as we needed some help to get the rogues out." The Skyclan leader mewed. All the cats were shocked, Briarstar had come back to the clans and she was ready for round two.

[A/N]: Sorry I've been gone for so long but I had a lot on my plate for that week so I was physically exhausted from all my energy. I feel like the worst of this semester has come and gone and I should be able to start doing more chapters to this again at a much faster pace.

Also Moonkitti uploaded a video called the biggest problem with the Warriors community which outlined the biggest problem is the lack of the character development. Is there anything I could do to make the characters better so I can plot out the second trial of the story, or wait for the next Moonkitti upload upon which she only uploads once every four days which is reasonable.

Despite these problems, I'm willing to hear your feedback and I'm really looking forward to this since we've hit 1,250 people reading this and over 1k views this month which I find impressive. Next chapter will be uploaded soon. Cheers my readers.