Chapter 6

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Two moons after Dawnpaws first gathering she woke with a start glancing around the den the others were still asleep well might as well get something while I'm up she thought to herself stretching out before quietly getting to her paws. once outside of the den she padded up to the fresh kill pile she pulled out a vole and brought it under a tree between the apprentices den and the warriors den. a rustling was heard inside the warriors den and Fleetfoot and Ripplebreeze stepped out eyes immediately landing on Dawnpaw "Hey Dawnpaw what are you doing up so early?" Ripplebreeze asked coming to sit beside the young apprentice while Fleetfoot headed for the fresh kill pile grabbing two mice placing one in front of his brother he came to lie on her other side. she smiled at the two

"Oh I couldn't get back to sleep so i just came out here" the two toms nodded to themselves Fleetfoot opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by someone calling Dawnpaws name she glanced up not having noticed Pinefern leave the den. he was now standing by the camp's entrance gesturing Dawnpaw over she sighed and gave the brothers an apologetic look getting to her paws

"I'm sorry I have to go I'll see you guys later" she called over her shoulder following Pinefern out of the camp. Fleetfoot sighed laying his head on his paws while Ripplebreeze just lay his tail on his brothers back

"Maybe it will happen next time" he assured his brother who just looked to the camp entrance where the two had disappeared

"Yeah next time" he muttered.

Dawnpaw followed close behind Pinefern "So what are we doing today is it going to be fun" she questioned giving her mentor a curious look practically bouncing on her paws. He just grinned and chuckled at the she-cats enthusiasm

"Well we haven't done battle training for sometime let's see if you've been practicing" Dawnpaw grinned widely lets see what he thinks about my new moves that Nightstrike and Grayscar taught me she thought to herself started to get even more excited racing ahead of her mentor who just shook his head catching up to the overly excited she-cat. They entered the sandy training grounds which were currently empty. Pinefern processed to the middle of the grounds and took up a defensive position. Dawnpaw followed suit. Pinefern nodded "Just attack me full force and I will try- " he was cut off as Dawnpaw leaped at him knocking the tom over he quickly got over his shock and smiled playfully at her "That's what I'm talking about" he mewed dodging another attack striking a paw at Dawnpaw, she wasn't fast enough getting his in her side knocking her off balance as she tried to collect her bearings Pinefern leaped at her dragging her down he pinned her grinning "You give up yet?" he questioned Dawnpaw just smirked and kicked him up using her back legs catching him off guard knocking the air out of him. She leaped at him as he tried to catch his breath she held her unsheathed paw at his throat with a growl he stared at her wide eyes "Okay that's good" he mewed to her she got up and let Pinefern get to who his paws he looked at her in a strange way she looked back at him with a curious look

"What is it?" she asked he just shook his head

"Uh nothing let's just try something else" he muttered. Throughout the rest of the training session Pinefern kept shooting Dawnpaw a strange look Dawnpaw just pushed the thought out of her head maybe he was just impressed she wondered Pinefern had sent her back to the camp he said that he would be doing some hunting. Dawnpaw finally arrived back at camp shortly after when Rainpaw and Mountainpaw trotted over to her

"Hey guess what we're going to the Moonpool" Dawnpaw looked at the other two apprentices with wide eyes excitement rolling off of the three in waves

"Really?" The two nodded when Mountainpaw suddenly frowned

"But my brothers aren't coming Rapidclaw that we can't send out so many cats" Rainpaw nodded a sad look on her face as well

"Yeah Falconpaw and Whitepaw aren't coming either" Dawnpaw frowned but suddenly perked up

"Oh well it will just as fun" the two she-cats shot her a questioning gaze, Dawnpaw sighed "It will be a new experience and really cool" The other two nodded in agreement excitement surround them once again as they started wondering what it would be like.

Dawnpaw bounced on her paws sharing an excited look with Rainkit. The two younger apprentices were at the back of there little patrol Pinefern lead the way with Flashnose and Sandblossem on either side of him, the others followed close behind with Coppereyes bringing up the rear. They finally arrives at the Moonpool and Dawnpaw stared into the water in awe Pinefern nudged her softly she looked at him with curious eyes "Its time just lie down and lap at the water" She lay down and looked back at him with uncertainty in her eyes he just shot her a reassuring smile, she turned back to the water and lapped at it slowly closing her eyes. When she opened her eyes she felt herself confused.

She was in a beautiful field with wide eyes she looked up and noticed the stars sparkling above blinking as in greeting the young apprentice this looks nothing like where Nightstrike and Grayscar taught me she wondered curiously before she could ponder the thought further two starry shapes a black tom and a ginger she-cat padded up to her soft smiles on their faces the she-cat nodded in greeting

"Hello Dawnpaw I am Foxwillow and this Tatteredflank" Dawnpaw could hardly keep her excitement in check as she gazed in admiration at the two StarClan warriors before her.

"We have come to speak to you of something quite important" The tom Tatteredflank spoke up in a low voice Dawnpaw looked between the two nervously

"What is it?" she questioned shyly the two shared a look before Foxwillow spoke

"We will get to that but first their is someone who wishes to speak with you" as if on a cue a she-cat walked up to them her beautiful cream fur had stars within them she had soft blue eyes and smiled and Dawnpaw

"Hello Dawnpaw I don't believe we properly met I'm Speckledawn " Dawnpaw looked at the other she-cat with a thoughtful look suddenly her eyes widened as recognition flooded them

"Wait yo- you're my mother aren't you?" Speckledawn looked at her with surprise written on her features while Foxwillow and Tatteredflank chuckled

"I see she is just as insightful as you were at her age" Speckledawn grinned as she finally recovered from her shock

"I am so proud of you and your siblings I know you three will make great warriors one day" Dawnpaw gave her a confused stare

"Wait three?" Speckledawn quickly realized her mistake and just nervously laughed it off

"That's right I meant the four of you but I think there was something these two wanted to talk to you about" Foxwillow gave her an annoyed look. She turned her gaze onto Dawnpaws and sighed

"We just wished to warn you, don't put your trust in anyone blindly you have a great destiny ahead of you there are some cats who will try to derail you from it but you must remember to stay on the right path"

"Wait what do you mean?" Foxwillow just shook her head

"You will know in time but you must wake up now young one" Once Dawnpaw was gone Speckledawn looked at the other two worriedly

"Do you think she can handle this" Tatteredflank lay his tail reassuringly on her back

"No need to worry she is her father's daughter after all" Speckledawn could only nod a thoughtful look in her eyes "Just like her father" she muttered. Dawnpaw shot to her paws as she came to glancing around to find the others just waking up

"Hey are you okay?" she jumped and whirled around. Her eyes landing on Flashnose who gave her a concerned look "Oh uh no I'm fine um hey look everyones up lets go" she mewed nervously quickly running up to Featherpaw and began talking to the silver she-cat Flashnose shot another concerned look Dawnpaws way before turning to Shortear following the others back to camp.

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- PepperThePuma