-Chapter 11-

"Firestar, I must tell you the real reason I have come." Ravenpaw
shifted from paw to paw. "Starclan sent me to help the guardian angel
look after your kin."

"Guardian angel?" mewed Firestar, confused.

"Yes. Starclan didn't tell me anymore than that. They told me you would
understand." Firestar nodded. He did. One of his kin would be engulfed
by fire, or at least that's what the prophecy stated.

"Thank you Ravenpaw." Ravenpaw nodded his head and padded out of his
den.

Hollyleaf padded out of the warriors den. Her black fur blew gently in
the breeze. She looked around. The sun was just rising and everyone
seemed to still be sleeping except Snowpaw. She was eating a stale mouse
near the highledge. Hollyleaf grabbed a mouse and sat next to her.
"Morning." She mewed after dropping the mouse and got conferrable.
"You're up early."

"Yeah. I still can't get use to the snoring." Snowpaw mewed with a
smile.

"Just be glad you're not in the warriors den yet. Everybody snores, I
swear!" she took a bite of her mouse. Snowpaw looked up at Hollyleaf and
her eyes grew as wide as the full moon. It's her. The black she-cat that
Starclan showed me. She is the one I'm suppose to help?

Ravenpaw jumped down from the leaders den. He gave a nod to the two
she-cats and went into the warriors den.

The two she-cats finished their mouse as the others started to stir.
"Life has been so pea- OUCH!" cried Hollyleaf, jumping to her paws.

"What's wrong?" questioned Snowpaw.

"Something bit me, stupid bugs." Snowpaw got up and checked her fur. She
had a lot of experience in searching for bugs. It seemed like every day she was on elder
duty.

"I do not see anything, maybe it ju-OUCH!" Snowpaw looked at her chest
and saw a black dot jump onto the ground. She swiftly steeped on it,
instantly killing it. "Take that, you little buggger."

Leafpool came running over at their screams of pain. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing Leafpool. Sorry to bring you running." Apologized Hollyleaf.

"Yeah, we were just attacked by a flea." Snowpaw couldn't hold
back a murr of laughter.

"Honestly, the things I put up with." Leafpool headed back to the
medicine den.

"Hollyleaf. We've got dawn patrol." mewed Brambleclaw from the entrance.
With a nod to Snowpaw, she trotted over to Brambleclaw and Cloudtail.
After a few words were exchanged, they left.

The sun was as its highest point in the sky when Snowpaw and Brightheart
arrived at the training hallow. Squrrelflight and Foxpaw were training
on how to easily defeat a Riverclan cat.

"Now Foxpaw, you have to remember that a Riverclan cat is slow but
powerful. You must use your, oh, hi Brightheart. Hi Snowpaw. How 'bout
you join us." the cats came closer. Squrrelflight and Brightheart
demonstrated different moves, while the two apprentices watched and
learned. Soon, they were told to try. Foxpaw was going to be the
Riverclan cat first.

Foxpaw came slowly at her, making it easy for her side step and run her
front claws, sheathed, a crossed his side.

"Shadowclan, attack!" came a cry right behind the mentors. A dark ginger
she-cat jumped onto Brightheart's back, while a dark brown tom charged
into Squrrelflight. A small brown tom and a tabby she-cat headed
straight for the two apprentices. The tabby she-cat started to run in
slow motion after her. Snowpaw stared in amazement. Did every warrior
see his or her opponent in slow motion?

Slowly the tabby warrior charged after her. Six moves came into Snowpaw's
mind, but which would be the most effective. "Shadowclan always fights
dirty." Bounced around Snowpaw's head. She was happy that Brightheart
had taught her so much. If she is going to fight dirty, then so will I.

Snowpaw fell to the ground on her side, sending dust flying in the air.
She closed her eyes as if she had died. The tabby warrior came sliding
to a halt right in front of her. Her eyes grew wide with shock, as
if an unknown force had killed her right in front of her eyes. The small
brown tom, who had pinned Foxpaw down, stared at Snowpaw then at his
clan mate with the same confused look.

Snowpaw held her breath while the warrior bent down to sniff her. When
her face was in range, she unsheathed her claws and scratched her from
the top of the eye to the bottom of her mussel. She jumped back with a
cry of pain. Snowpaw quickly jumped to her feet and pounded into the
she-cats side. Everyone stopped fighting as soon as the she-cat was sent
flying. Their eyes could not leave this snow-white apprentice.

Snowpaw walked up to the tabby she-cat, who hand landed on her side
after hitting a tree. She was coughing up blood, or so she thought. It
was hard to tell because of the scratch she had inflected earlier. She
stopped a cat tail-length away and stared at her. Her eyes showed
nothing but fear. Snowpaw thought about attacking again, but she just
stood there, waiting.

The small brown tom slowly got off Foxpaw. He slowly walked in
between her and his clan mate. Snowpaw could feel everyone was staring,
but dared not to look away from her target. The sounds of battle turned
into bird songs.

Lionblaze, Whitewing, and Icepaw came trotting into the clearing unaware
of the battle that had just taken place. They froze when they saw
Shadowclan warriors. The brown tom helped his clan mate to her feet and
slowly helped her to his other clan mates. The dark ginger she-cat went
to the tabby's other side and they all walked slowly back to their
territory.

"Whitewing. Icepaw. Make sure they get back to their side safely."
Ordered Lionblaze. With a nod, they trotted after the Shadowclan cats.
"What happened?"

"Shadowclan attacked us while we were training." Mewed Squrrelflight ,
out of breath.

"I think we should get back to camp and tell Firestar what happened."
Brightheart mewed without taking her eyes off Snowpaw.

The cats raced back to the camp and bursted into the clearing. "Ill tell
him." mewed Brightheart as she jumped up to her leader's den.

"Oh. Brightheart, how are you. How's train - you smell like Shadowclan."
mewed Firestar in his nest.

"Firestar, we need to talk. This is beyond Shadowclan." She mewed