Third Person POV

"Firepaw, Graypaw, Sandpaw, and Dustpaw. What do we have here?" Bluestar's mew came from the bushes and the apprentices looked at each other nervously. As Bluestar stepped from the bushes, the apprentices bowed their head respectfully and Sandpaw bravely stepped up and said "We were just practicing our battle moves Bluestar."

Bluestar's fur ruffled and she sat down, her eyes cold, "Don't lie to me. I've been here the whole time, and even if I hadn't; it's obvious it wasn't practicing seeing as your paws were unsheathed and you have injuries" Seeing that it was futile to lie, all the apprentices crouched low to the floor. Firepaw stared at the ground, wondering what Bluestar would do to them. He was too scared to look up at her; Bluestar wasn't the type of cat that would scream, but her calm voice and piercing blue eyes were enough to make any cat wish they were dead.

"We're crowfood now!" whispered Graypaw to Firepaw's ear and Firepaw flicked his ears in agreement, too scared to speak. All of apprentices could hardly control themselves to stop shaking, wondering what their leader had planned from them.

Bluestar's POV

Bluestar stared at the apprentices, thinking of what to do with them. She had always known that Graypaw and Firepaw didn't get along with Sandpaw and Dustpaw, but fighting was unacceptable -especially with claws unsheathed! She sighed. I'll talk to their mentors, they should know what's going on before a punishment is given; besides they need to go to see Yellowfang or their cuts might get infected. "Sit up; I am very disappointed in all of you. Go back to camp, and get your injuries looked at, after you have done so wait for me in the Highrock's base. There will be no fresh-kill for you today." She looked at each of them in the eye before saying "You're dismissed"

As they stood up they mumbled "Yes Bluestar" and began their slow march back to camp with their heads low and tails drooping behind them. Once they were gone, she looked up to the sky and silently mewed "StarClan, please give me patience and wisdom as to how to deal with this." She sniffed the air for signs of the latest patrol, and headed the direction it had gone.

"Lionheart!" She mewed finally catching up to the patrol that was currently marking ThunderClan's border with WindClan; the members of the patrol bowed their head respectfully to Bluestar.

Lionheart's Pov

"I need to talk to you, privately" Bluestar told Lionheart. Something in Bluestar's tone discomforted him.

He nodded his head and called out to a tom waiting in the head of the patrol, "Runningwind, lead the patrol" The tom nodded and waived his tail for the others to follow him, once they were out of earshot Bluestar spoke again.

"I was hunting when I smelled four of our apprentices not far from the sandy hollow" Bluestar began and Lionheart sat to listen to her. "It was Firepaw, Graypaw, Sandpaw, and Dustpaw. There was no warrior around so I decided to see what they were doing, they were quarreling. At first I did nothing because it was common for them to quarrel, since Graypaw and Firepaw don't like Sandpaw and Dustpaw and vice versa. However the words soon became blows" Lionheart gasped and was about to interrupt when Bluestar motioned with her tail for him to be quiet and wait until she was done. "Then the blows became harder and harder, and then they unsheathed their claws. They were fighting fiercely, and causing injuries to each other so I intervened before they could cause more damage to each other and asked what happened, of course they tried to lie to me at first, but I put a quick end to that plan." She finished.



"What did you do?" Asked Lionheart wondering what punishment his apprentice and the others received. If Bluestar was being too light, and Graypaw thought he was getting off easy, he'd add to his punishment. However Bluestar was fair and he knew that she wouldn't be excessively light nor harsh.

"Nothing as of yet, just sent them back to camp to get their injuries checked. I did tell them that there would be no fresh-kill for them today and to wait for me in the base of the high rock. I thought that the mentors and I should discuss this, it isn't a minor offence that they broke." Bluestar looked up at the sky, it was past sunghigh. She added "Actually, they made two offences; apprentices aren't supposed to leave camp without a warrior."

Lionheart also looked up at the sky, "Should we go find Whitestorm and Darkstripe now?" he asked his leader. She nodded curtly and led the way back to camp.

Authors Note: I know this chapter is short, but it seemed the perfect time to cut off. I know my grammar isn't very good and I apologize for that. Please review it helps to know what I can improve and appreciate suggestions.