"Firepaw, wake up, and wake the others up. It's time." Lionheart's mew came from outside the apprentice's den. Firepaw lazily opened his eyes as he heard Lionheart's paw steps fading away.

"Graypaw wake up. Lionheart says it's time." Firepaw nudged his friend.

"Just a little while longer..." Graypaw pleaded batting a sheathed paw. Firepaw sighed, seeing that there was only one way to wake Graypaw up, he bit Graypaw in the ear. Not too hard, but enough to cause Graypaw to wake up immediately.

"Ow! What did you do that for…?" Graypaw yelped, waking up Sandpaw and Dustpaw with a jolt.

Before he continued yelping, Firepaw put his tail in Graypaw's mouth and hushed him. "Do you want to wake the whole clan up?" he whispered.

"Yeah, I need my sleep or else Tigerclaw will make me pick the ticks off the elders; for falling asleep during training." Ravenpaw murmured from the other side of Graypaw.

"At least you don't have to pick them off every single cat in the clan" Graypaw said nonchalantly.

"I heard about your punishment, I wouldn't like to be in you now. Don't worry it won't be that bad." Ravenpaw mewed sympathetically.

Sandpaw and Dustpaw were in the other side of the den. "Come on you two, we don't want to get in more trouble because you were busy talking to each other" mewed Sandpaw as they exited the den

"As much as I hate to admit it, they're right" Firepaw mewed and nudged Graypaw to hurry up.

As they turned to leave Ravenpaw called after them "Wait, hold on! At least tell me who was winning"

Firepaw glanced at Graypaw who looked away, "They were, but only because they've been training longer than us." He finally said. Ravenpaw nodded and went back to sleep.

When they exited the den, it was still dark outside and the members of the dawn patrol were just beginning to wake up. Firepaw looked around the camp, Bluestar was sitting in the entrance of her den talking with Lionheart about something, Sandpaw and Dustpaw were grooming themselves near the entrance of the elder's den, Darkstripe and Runningwind were sharing a piece of fresh-kill by the gorse tunnel. "I wonder why they woke us up so early, half the dawn patrol isn't even up yet" grumbled Graypaw.

"If you wish you could sacrifice eating to sleep in and train all day with nothing your stomach, young Graypaw" Whitestorm's cool mew came from behind them.

"No, Whitestorm. I'm fine waking up early." Graypaw quickly mewed.

A gleam of amusement passed through Whitestorm's eyes, "Go on you two, go eat. We leave soon" He mewed and went to join Lionheart and Bluestar.

The two apprentices made their way to the fresh-kill and chose out a squirrel to share. When they sat down to eat Firepaw heard Bluestar calling him and he ran towards his leader's den.

Bluestar's PoV

Bluestar was sitting in the opening of her den, she looked in amusement as her apprentice ran excitedly toward her, it was obvious that the apprentices were looking forward to their training and regarding it more as a reward than a punishment. That would change though, this training was going to be harsh and intense, and she doubted they'd be as excited tomorrow morning. As Firepaw got to the den and greeted them, she saw Yellowfang come out of her den and dip her head to Bluestar. "Firepaw, finish eating, then go with the others to Yellowfang to get your injuries checked up. Tell Yellowfang to report to me afterwards." Bluestar spoke softly.

"Yes Bluestar" responded the ginger apprentice, and with a quick respectful dip he ran back towards where Graypaw was eating.

"He's going to waste his energy before we even start the training session." Whitestorm mewed somewhat amused at the eagerness the apprentice had shown.

"I really doubt that, Whitestorm. He has more energy than both of us combined right now." Lionheart purred and Bluestar nodded her agreement silently.

A while went by before Yellowfang approached them, followed by Darkstripe. "Good morning Yellowfang, Darkstripe."Bluestar greeted them warmly and waited until they sat down comfortably before continuing. "Will their wounds allow them to train today?" She asked Yellowfang.

Yellowfang nodded, "They can train; their wounds aren't severe. They will cause them pain, but not enough to have to stop training. I just ask that they visit me between training so I can make sure their wounds aren't getting infected."

Bluestar nodded, "I'll tell them to visit whenever they have a long break. I assume they'll visit frequently anyway though" She mewed.

Yellowfang let out a long raspy laugh, "I suppose so. I should go extract more mouse bile, I doubt I have enough to last me until sunhigh." Bluestar flicked her tail telling Yellowfang she could go and the old she cat headed back towards her den.

After Yellowfang had gone, Bluestar stood and entered her den, flicking her tail for the warriors to follow her and asked "What do you think would be a good plan for today?"

"We need to assess vital things today, we should assess their patience; you can't stalk something and expect to catch it with a short patience" Whitestorm said.

"Indeed, another skill we should test is their endurance" Lionheart mewed nodding

--The four mentors continued planning the training for the day--

Firepaw's PoV

Graypaw nudged the soil impatiently, "I wish they could hurry up and finish so we can go train." Firepaw nodded to his friend, their mentors were still in Bluestar's den most likely talking about what was going to happen today.

"I just wish we could train a day when our injuries don't sting as much" He said as he sat to lick a scratch in his shoulder.

"And stay in camp all day running endless of errands without being able to leave the camp? No way, I'd rather train." Graypaw mewed.

"I suppose so" Firepaw agreed, and padded over towards Dustpaw and Sandpaw.

"What? Where are you going? We have to spend enough time with them anyway." Graypaw complained as followed Firepaw.

Ignoring Graypaw, Firepaw asked the other two apprentices "What do you think we'll do today?"

Dustpaw shrugged while Sandpaw pointed out "Not battle training that's for sure, we'll probably hunt or something."

"That's true but don't you..."

"Look they're coming!" Graypaw cut off Firepaw as their mentors came out of Bluestar's den. Lionheart walked towards them while Bluestar and the others exited through the gorse tunnel

"Good morning young ones" Lionheart mewed. "Ready for your training?"

The apprentices dipped their head and said "Yes Lionheart" and followed the deputy to the sandy hollow.

Authors Note:

I'm sorry this took so long and that it's so short. I had a major writers block, I'm also being bombarded with homework and practice .

Thank you for everyone who reviewed.

I like you liked my fan fic Nightclaw )

Thanks for the suggestion Spottedpool, I did add a prologue.