I hope you like this chapter. I'm trying to make the rest of them longer! Wrenstorm was the first to review thanks so much if you're reading this!
Frostpaw got back to the apprentices den. She yawned and curled up in her nest. Who or what was this blur Mouseleap was talking about? she thought And where will it strike next?
Shadepaw pounced onto a leaf, today was going to be a great day since it was his first, no second time out of camp. The ShadowClan camp was huge! The territory was even bigger!
"Shadepaw do you plan on going out today?" Darkwhisker mewed walking towards the entrance of camp.
"Oh sorry," Shadepaw mewed as he trotted over to his mentor. "I got excited about leaving camp."
"Okay let's go," Darkwhisker mewed as he trotted over to the entrance of camp.
"Wait up!" Shadepaw called as he raced towards Darkwhisker as he exited the camp.
"Come on I am going to teach you how to hunt," Darkwhisker purred as he slowed down to let him catch up. Shadepaw sniffed the air for prey, Mouse! he thought as he picked up the sweet scent. He wanted so badly to already know how to hunt so he could catch the mouse. It would feed Shadowclan, he thought, ShadowClan is the best clan, far, far, far better than any of the other clans. It's my duty to protect it.
"Shadepaw were you listening?" Darkwhisker mewed as he nudged him with his zooming out to include more results. Or, change your search criteria.
"Oh sorry I got carried away," he apologized as he shifted his paws. He was burning up with embarrassment Bad Shadepaw bad! If you wanted to be a warrior of ShadowClan you can't be carried away by a mouse! he scolded himself silently. "What did you say again?" he asked making sure to listen.
Darkwhisker sighed, "I said if you're going to be a good hunter you must learn the basics," he mewed. "Let's start with the hunters crouch."
"Okay," Shadepaw mewed as he watched Darkwhisker get into one.
"Copy me," Darkwhisker ordered. Shadepaw tried to copy his mentor the best he could it was definitely harder than it looked. "Keep you're tail still, or you might stir up some leaves or you might accidentally brush a bush that's behind you!" Darkwhisker mewed.
"Oh I didn't know, guess I got excited again," Shadepaw mumbled to himself as he stilled his tail, it felt like bouncing around in excitement but he fought the urge to move it and kept it still. "Better?" he asked.
"Better," Darkwhisker nodded. "Keep on practicing it."
When it seemed like several moons had passed Darkwhisker finally decided it was time to rest. Shadepaw found a nice spot under all the pine trees and laid down. All his muscles ached from practicing, every single one of them. It was refreshing to lay in the soft ferns. There would be no more practicing the hunters crouch until Darkwhisker says so. Shadepaw thought of Antpaw, his litter mate. How was he doing, was he tired at all? Shadepaw thought as he relaxed on the ferns.
"We should go back to camp to rest," Darkwhisker mewed as Shadepaw was about to doze off.
"Okay," he yawned as he stretched not wanting to leave his patch of ferns. He shook his pelt and followed Darkwhisker through the woods, he wanted to show Antpaw what he'd learned today. It was such a long walk back, and Shadepaw could barely keep himself from falling over. It was my first time out training he thought as he entered the camp. Darkwhisker padded over to the fresh kill pile to eat. Shadepaw suddenly felt his own hunger claw at his belly so he went over to the fresh kill pile and sat next to Darkwhisker to choose what he wanted.
"Hungry?" Darkwhisker asked as he picked up a squirrel from the pile. "You should get something to eat for Redpoppy, Barktail and Tallclaw and then come get something for yourself," he suggested.
"Okay I'm going," Shadepaw meowed as he chose a plump vole from the pile and walked towards the elders den. "Hi are you hungry I brought a vole for you," he mewed as entered the elders den.
Redpoppy looked up at him warmly and mewed, "Sure, that's very kind of you!"
"Yeah thanks," Tallclaw yawned as he looked at him. Barktail just dipped his head gratefully.
"Have a great day!" Shadepaw purred as he left the elders den. He trotted over to the fresh kill pile and picked out a mouse. He looked at all his clanmates and tried to find Antpaw, but he couldn't find the familiar brown pelt. Probably still out training with Blazepelt. he thought.
Just then Antpaw and Blazepelt walked through the entrance of camp. He noticed that Antpaw seemed startled and was constantly looking at his mentor who always stared back to make him stop looking. Shadepaw bounced over to his brother. "Is everything okay?" he asked nervously.
"Yeah everything's just fine," Antpaw replied walking over to the apprentices den, his fur bristling with fear.
Shadepaw felt uneasy, Antpaw was such a brave cat! What could have spooked him! Whatever it was it certainly did well spooking him.
"What happened?"
"Why do you seem so spooked?"
"Oh your hurt, I'll get Deertail!"
There were voices all around him. Blazepelt seemed to want to shrink into nothing. Shadepaw looked more closely and realized that Blazepelt was hurt, well kinda anyways. He seemed to have a long but very shallow cut down his back. How did he get it? he thought as he wandered closer to Blazepelt.
"Shadepaw!" Deertail called as she saw him. "Could you help me with these herbs?"
"Huh, sure," Shadepaw replied as he bounced over to her.
"Carry these," Deertail instructed as she gave him some marigold.
Now I get a chance to see Blazepelt's scratch! he thought as he gently picked up the marigold by his teeth. He followed Deertail over to Blazepelt, It would be the perfect time to ask him or Deertail would ask him for me. Shadepaw thought
"So how did you get that scratch anyways?" Deertail asked as Shadepaw dropped the marigold he had next to her. Yes! he thought excitedly.
"Well, I met up with a mystery creature," Blazepelt mumbled.
"What did this mystery creature look like?" Deertail mewed, Yes tell us about it! Shadepaw thought, about to bounce around in excitement.
"I didn't see it, it was just a blur, just to fast to see," Blazepelt mewed shaking his head as if trying to shake away the memory. Oh, that was exciting. Shadepaw thought, disappointed. He finished with putting the marigold on Blazepelt's wound and trotted over to the apprentices den. He felt like he could sleep for ten moons.
When he got to the den he found a place next to Antpaw and slept. He dreamed that he was alone in the woods with the blur.
How was that chapter? If you were thinking that my favorite clan was ShadowClan it is totally not true. I'm doing RiverClan next, help with names by reviewing!