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Grasspaw yawned as he padded out of the apprentices den. This was going to be his first dawn patrol and he wasn't prepared for it. He felt tired and grumpy, all he wanted to do was sleep until sun-high. "Good morning! Did you sleep well last night?" Grasspaw's mentor, Redleaf mewed.
"Eh, I'm still very tired," Grasspaw yawned as he stretched his back.
"Well, I hope you can stay awake!" Redleaf purred as he trotted towards the rest of the patrol. Grasspaw followed his mentor quietly. He looked up to see who was on the patrol, there was Hillstorm, Stormrunner, and Bluefang, all very experienced and strong warriors of WindClan. Hillstorm looked down at him, there was friendliness in his gaze.
"First dawn patrol?" Hillstorm purred. "Well, good luck staying awake!"
"Why?" Grasspaw asked as the patrol started heading out. Not like I'm going to fall asleep walking! Sure I'm tired, but I'm not that tired! he thought angrily. He followed Hillstorm, but his question was never answered.
"We're at the border between us and RiverClan, Grasspaw what do you smell?" Redleaf mewed looking at him.
"Uh, I smell WindClan and RiverClan... maybe a few rabbits," Grasspaw mewed, looking at his mentor hoping for a compliment.
"Very good, now what else do you smell?" Redleaf encouraged, sniffing the air.
"Hmmm, I don't know, OH wait I smell something, maybe a rogue?" Grasspaw mewed as an unfamiliar scent reached his nose. "It's a... actually I'm not exactly sure if that's a cat scent, do you know?" he asked his mentor.
"Uh I smell it too, I'm not sure if that's a cat either, definitely not a fox or a badger," Redleaf mewed looking at the other cat in the patrol. "Hey any of you smell that?" Redleaf asked.
"Yeah, I smell it alright. I don't know what it is though," Hillstorm replied. Bluefang looked spooked and Stormrunner looked around his eyes wide with fear.
"Guys! I hear something!" Grasspaw mewed as he heard the sound of paw steps. Now everyone looked spooked including Redleaf.
"I hear it too!" Bluefang gasped looking around wildly, her neck fur was bristling and her claws were unsheathed. Redleaf pricked his ears and backed away from the border. Everyone is spooked including me! What is it that we're hearing and smelling! Grasspaw thought looking at his mentor.
"Everyone back away from the border, slowly and when I say run... RUN!" Redleaf yowled running from the border, Grasspaw followed close behind. Please make it true that WindClan cats are faster than other cats, please make I true that WindClan cats are faster than other cats! he thought unable to look back at what was chasing them.
"Oh no! STOP!" Bluefang gasped as a blur passed in front of the patrol. StarClan help us! Grasspaw thought as he skidded to a halt and backed up. The patrol was forming a circle around him though Hillstorm was thoroughly spooked and his claws were unsheathed.
"Was is that thing!" Stormrunner mewed as he backed up, shrinking the the circle.
"Do you think I know?" Hillstorm hissed as the circle shrunk again. Grasspaw felt crushed and helpless, he stretched his neck to see what the blur was. Mouse-dung! he thought as he saw that the blur was too fast to see.
"Everyone calm down!" Redleaf yowled as he backed up even more, squishing Grasspaw. Grasspaw felt like an ant being squished under a cat's paws. It was humiliating to be protected by warriors. I'm old enough to protect myself! he thought as the rest of the patrol squeezed him in the middle.
"Oh no! We're squished! We can't back up any more!" Hillstorm yowled as he looked around.
"Good thing you can't back up any more! Somebody stepped on my tail! Who was it, confess right now!" Grasspaw hissed furiously, his tail was stinging from claws.
"Sorry I didn't mean to," Stormrunner mewed, looking back at him.
"Ouch!" Bluefang hissed suddenly, "Who decided that raising their claws was funny!" she spat. This time no one confessed. Who did it? Grasspaw thought looking around, everyone else was also looking around, but still no one said a word.
"The blur... where is it?" Stormrunner asked, breaking the awkward silence.
"No one answered my question!" Bluefang snapped, she looked at Redleaf and Hillstorm suspiciously. "One of you did it!" she hissed.
"I did't scratch you!" Hillstorm mewed. "I couldn't have done it even if I tried! Your side was out, and of course Redleaf wouldn't have been able to do it either," he reasoned.
"Plus we're clan mates, we can't scratch you or harm you in any way. I'm pretty sure Hillstorm doesn't have a grudge against you because I know I don't," Redleaf added.
"But someone did it and it couldn't have been Grasspaw!" Bluefang mewed looking around wildly.
"The only thing that could have made that is..." Hillstorm mewed nervously.
"The blur! Bluefang, you were scratched by the blur!" Redleaf gasped.
"Oh no! The Blur's claws might be tipped with poison! Maybe his claws were dirty, he was moving so fast!" Bluefang wailed. For such an experienced warrior she sure is a scaredy mouse... well being experienced doesn't mean you have to be all that brave... Grasspaw thought as he watched Bluefang following the patrol back to camp, whining about her injury. Grasspaw followed the patrol back to camp.
"How about you go get some sleep," Redleaf mewed to him as they entered camp.
"Okay," Grasspaw mewed as he walked towards the apprentices den. What was that blur doing on clan territory and why is it here? he thought as he entered the den. He curled up in an empty nest and went through that question in his head over and over again until he finally let sleep take over.
I hope you liked that chapter and I'm sorry if you thought these chapters were too short. I'll go back to writing about life in ThunderClan next, these chapters were only supposed to introduce the blur and the trouble it's been causing (well kinda been causing). Please review!