Firestorm sat in the ThunderClan camp gazing around at his peaceful Clanmates. There was a large crowd around Squirrelfllight as cats got their duties for the day. Firestorm got up to join them when the sky turned blood red, making him freeze. Shadowy cats with glowing evil eyes of all colors ran into the camp, causing the whole Clan to scatter. Everybody made it out except for Bramblestar, Squirrelflight, Jayfeather, Vineleaf, Lionblaze, Dovewing, Ivypool, Sunheart, Hawkfur, Swiftheart and Bronzepaw. The shadowy cats surrounded them and Firestorm watched in horror as they slaughtered the cats he cared about. Firestorm growled but froze with fear as the shadowy cats turned and leaped toward him. Firestorm shut his eyes tight.

"Firestorm!" Firestorm's eyes shot open as somebody called his name. He saw Swiftheart and Darkfur standing over him. "Finally! Thought you'd never wake up," Swiftheart meowed.

Firestorm stayed silent for a moment. What was that dream about? Firestorm pushed the dream to the back of his mind. It was just a nightmare. Nothing important. He got up and shook his fur out. "What are our duties today?" he asked.

"We're all part of a training group along with the apprentices, their mentors, and Cloudtail and Bumblestripe," Darkfur explained. "Cloudtail and Bumblestripe thought it'd be a good idea to practice our fighting moves together along with the apprentices."

Firestorm nodded, following the two out of the warriors' den and over to where the others of the group were waiting. Russetpaw had pinned Oakpaw to the ground and Bronzepaw was pacing around the two, excitement in her eyes.

"Let's go," Cloudtail meowed once they all arrived. He led them to the training hollow.

"Alright, we're going to work on our teamwork skills," Bumblestripe began. "You can't always win a battle by yourself. Sometimes you need help. The same goes for hunting."

"If you see that a Clanmate needs help you should help them, even if it means abandoning your own battle," Cloudtail added. "We'll have two teams. Bumblestripe will lead one and Sunheart will lead the other. I'll watch you to see what we need to work on. Moleclaw, Swiftheart, Darkfur and Oakpaw are on Bumblestripe's team. Firestorm, Dovewing, Bronzepaw and Russetpaw, you're with Sunheart." Cloudtail then pointed to the tree. "The first team to have a member climb up to the first branch wins. I'll give you a moment to come up with a plan."

"Gather around," Sunheart's team went into a huddle and so did Bumblestripes. "Alright, we need a strategy. Anybody have an idea they'd like to share?" Sunheart asked.

"We need the fastest runner to head toward the tree," Dovewing meowed.

"Well..." Russetpaw shuffled her paws a little.

"Go on, Russetpaw. What do you have in mind?" Sunheart prompted her apprentice.

"Maybe we need a create a diversion so that a cat can get to the tree," Russetpaw suggested. "Like having one cat run directly toward the tree, making the other team go after that cat, and then another cat sneaking around the edge of he hollow toward the tree."

"That sounds like it could work," Firestorm piped up, smiling at Russetpaw. Russetpaw smiled, shyly, and looked away.

"Good work, Russetpaw," Sunheart praised, smiling proudly at her apprentice. "Here's what we'll do. Firestorm, I want you to race toward the tree as fast as you can. Try to draw all the attention to you. Dovewing, Russetpaw and I will run by your side as if we're trying to protect you. Meanwhile, Bronzepaw, I want you to sneak around the edge of the hollow to the tree. Don't do it right away though. Start out by running beside me closer to the edge of the hollow. When the fighting breaks out, that's when you slip into the shadows and head for the tree."

Bronzepaw nodded, looking as if she might burst with excitement. They all then looked at Bumblestripe's team, who had just finished their meeting too.

"Are we ready?" Cloudtail asked. Everyone nodded and couched down, facing the tree. "On your mark! Get set! Go!" he yowled and both teams dashed forward.

Firestorm dashed toward the tree. Sunheart and Bronzepaw were on his left while Dovewing and Russetpaw were on his right. Firestorm saw out of the corner of his eye that Swiftheart had been chosen to race toward the tree. Of course he was chosen! We're both half WindClan! Firestorm could see that his teammates were starting to get into fights. Sunheart tussled with Bumblestripe, Russetpaw swiped at her brother and Dovewing fought with both Darkfur and Moleclaw. I have to buy Bronzepaw some time, Firestorm thought.

"I can't believe they chose you, This'll be easy!" Firestorm taunted, glancing over at Swiftheart. Swiftheart growled and turned so he was in Firestorm's path.

"I'll show you easy!" he snapped, launching himself at Firestorm. Firestorm ducked under his brother's paws and continued to head toward the tree. He could see Bronzepaw in the shadows of a bush not far from the tree.

"Go Bronzepaw!" Firestorm whispered as he stopped in front of the tree, hoping nobody had noticed her yet.

"Bronzepaw's going to get there first!" Swiftheart gasped to Firestorm's dismay. Bronzepaw's head darted up and she looked at Firestorm. There was a determined look in her eyes. Firestorm nodded, ignoring Swiftheart, who was charging toward them. Go for it, Bronzepaw.

Bronzepaw ran toward Firestorm and Firestorm lowered his head down. He allowed Bronzepaw to step up onto his head. Once she was there he threw his head up into the air, launching Bronzepaw toward the branch.

"No!" Swiftheart yowled as he leaped at Bronzepaw. Bronzepaw clung to the tree trunk and stared wide-eyed at Swiftheart, not sure what to do. Firestorm leaped up and intercepted Swiftheart, pinning his brother to the ground.

"Go Bronzepaw!" he shouted. Bronzepaw nodded and climbed up until she was on the first branch. Everybody stopped fighting and looked up at her. Pride shined in Bronzepaw's eyes and Sunheart and Dovewing gazed at her, both looking very proud.

"Sunheart's team wins!" Cloudtail declared. Bronzepaw yowled and leaped down out of the tree, running over to her team which had gathered.

"Great work, Bronzepaw," Russetpaw mewed.

"You had the idea," Bronzepaw pointed out. "And Firestorm gave me a boost and intercepted Swiftheart.

"You all did well," Dovewing chimed in, smiling.

"You sure did," Sunheart purred.

"We should've noticed that Bronzepaw was missing," Oakpaw growled with frustration.

"And we should've paid more attention to Swiftheart and Firestorm. He got drawn into battle but nobody was there to take over for him," Moleclaw added.

"I think that's enough training for today. Let's head back," Cloudtail decided, leading the way back to camp. Firestorm fell in beside Russetpaw.

"You did great today," he whispered before trotting up to join his mother and Bumblestripe.

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