Okay, so this chapter is Rosepaw and the other apprentices going out at night, this is more of a character building chapter. Hope you like it! Review Answers!

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Chapter 11: An Apprentice's Night

Rosepaw found herself in a beautiful forest. It wasn't ThunderClan territory. She couldn't tell whose territory it was. Where am I? She wondered. She cast a nervous glance at her leg to find that it was fully healed, as strong and sleek as the other three.

She found the oak and pine trees glowering over her. Their mighty branches were spread out widely; glimmering green leaves clung to them. The sun shown high in the sky, floating across the cloud-less sky.

Rosepaw breathed in deeply, enjoying the warmth of sunshine on her pelt. It wasn't leaf-bare where she was. But then again, she was in a dream. She flickered her whiskers, looking around for prey. She opened her jaws. There was a rabbit! She had to catch it and not get hurt this time!

Her eyes pinned onto a small rabbit sniffing the ground. Perfect. Rosepaw crouched down low, she advanced on the rabbit. Just a little closer and she would jump. The rabbit was completely unaware. She crawled a little closer. Almost there.

Suddenly, a shadow of tortoiseshell fur leapt in front of her and onto the rabbit. The rabbit was killed instantly. Pleasure filled the cat's eyes. He flung it up into the air, batting it back down with his sharp claws, digging into it as if it were a toy.

Rosepaw watched in horror. How could he do that? Fresh-kill was meant to be eaten, not played with to take away all the prey's dignity. The rabbit was a bloody mess in the tortoiseshell's claws. Satisfaction was clear in his eyes.

"Don't become the rabbit." Rosepaw's heart beat loudly as she heard a familiar voice. She whipped around to see Brightpaw sitting behind her. Stars were entwined in her white and ginger patched fur.

"Brightpaw!" Rosepaw spread her jaws in joy. How great it was to see her sister again! "How are you? I am so sorry for what I did! Can't StarClan give you a second chance?" Rosepaw found questions pouring out of her mouth.

Brightpaw only flicked her tail for silence. "Don't take my warning lightly Rosepaw." She meowed. Rosepaw blinked in confusion. "The 'Don't become the rabbit' thing?" she asked. Brightpaw nodded. "Don't you recognize who that cat is?" she asked, pointing with her tail towards the tortoiseshell.

Rosepaw took a moment to inspect him and then nodded solemnly. "I do." She mewed. "It's Adderstar." "WindClan is powerful." Brightpaw meowed. "They show no mercy." "Yeah," Rosepaw agreed. "I learned that the hard way." Brightpaw's whiskers twitched in amusement, but her eyes soon reclaimed her dead seriousness.

"Stay strong Rosepaw, the fate of ThunderClan just might rest in your paws. If you don't rise up to meet the challenge, then you will become that rabbit." Rosepaw felt her fur prickle at the ominous words spoken by her sister.

With that, Brightpaw vanished. Rosepaw stared after her with longing in her eyes. Couldn't she come back? Rosepaw felt the twinge of regret sting her again. How she missed her sister so. The world would never be the same without her.

"Rosepaw," The world around the apprentice dissolved to black. "Rosepaw, wake up," Rosepaw's blue eyes opened to see Stonepaw peering down at her. Rosepaw got to her paws, giving her long pelt a shake to wake her up. "Is it time to go?" she asked. Stonepaw nodded, his green eyes shining. Rosepaw looked at her cobweb covered leg. "I hope this doesn't slow me down." She meowed, wavering it slightly.

Stonepaw nodded, though he looked worried. Rosepaw cuffed him lightly over the ears. "Don't worry fur-ball I'll be fine." Stonepaw laughed. Rosepaw sat back and looked around. Lionpaw, Shinepaw, Dawnpaw, and Petalpaw sat together, discussing something in a whisper.

Stonepaw and Rosepaw walked over to them. "Ready?" Rosepaw asked them, feeling excitement build up inside of her. Lionpaw nodded his tail lashing back and forth in excitement. "Let's go!" he meowed.

Stonepaw led them out of the apprentice den. Rosepaw noticed Firestripe standing guard at the camp's entrance. He didn't seem to notice them exiting their den. Rosepaw crawled ahead of Stonepaw and peered into the nursery. Flightbreeze was sound asleep with her tail wrapped protectively around Flamekit. Swanwhisker lay a little further away with her belly full of kits.

Rosepaw glanced back at her friends. "They're all asleep." She whispered. Stonepaw nodded to her. "Good." He meowed. He stepped in front of Rosepaw, quietly leading them all into the nursery. Rosepaw felt as if every move she made would make one of the queens eyes jump open. However, they made it to the corner of the nursery.

Stonepaw's gaze met Rosepaw's own and she felt warmth that she hadn't before. Stonepaw only nodded to her and swept his tail towards the hidden exit, motioning for her to go first. Rosepaw padded up to it, dipping her head under the brambles, she pushed her way out to meet the midnight moon.

She was soon joined by Dawnpaw, Shinepaw, Petalpaw, Lionpaw, and finally Stonepaw. Rosepaw took in a deep breath, enjoying the cool crisp air of the night. When she looked up, she saw the moon mostly covered by dark gray clouds.

"So, what will we do first?" Petalpaw asked. "Oh!" Rosepaw mewed, remembering the rabbit hole she had found. "I found a rabbit's hole when I was out hunting today." Rosepaw meowed. "It looked big enough for a cat to squeeze into; I thought we could go explore it."

Petalpaw nodded. "Good idea Rosepaw," she meowed. "Show us where it's at." Rosepaw smiled, taking off down the hill, her paws meeting the cool grass quietly. She felt alive tonight, her leg not slowing her down at all.

She made it to the lake-side quickly, stumbling to a halt in front of the rabbit hole. She turned around, flicking her tail to it. "This is it." She mewed. The other cats stared at her with curiosity. Rosepaw sighed. "I'll go first." She meowed.

She walked closer to the rabbit hole. She lowered her head and pushed it inside, welcomed by the strong scent of rabbit. She pushed harder and eventually squeezed inside. She crawled forward until she came to an intersection.

She turned her head around to see all the other apprentices following behind her. "Which way?" she asked. Stonepaw blinked curiously. "Let's go left." He suggested. Rosepaw nodded, crawling forward and switching her body to the left.

She peered down the new tunnel that she had entered. She peered down it. Was that the glisten of water at the end? She crept forward as fast as she could. Dirt and rubble brushed against her leg, some managing to pinpoint it exactly where it hurt. Rosepaw winced but didn't whine. She couldn't let the others down because of this stupid injury.

When she reached the end of the tunnel, she was surprised to find the roof higher, enough for her to stand easily. She rose to her paws, stretching her nimble legs with comfort. She looked around. There was a crack in the ceiling that allowed the moon to shine it's light inside. The moon glimmered onto a small pool of water in the center of the room.

Rosepaw smiled, stepping away from the entrance, allowing the other cats to step in. Petalpaw's eyes widened as she walked in. She gasped. "It looks like the moonpool!" She breathed, trotting over to the shallow waters.

"The moonpool?" Rosepaw murmured. Petalpaw nodded. "You have heard of it, haven't you? It's where we connect with StarClan." "Oh, yeah of course." Rosepaw nodded. She had wished to see the moonpool since she was a kit. It sounded amazing.

"How deep is that water?" Shinepaw's mew broke her thoughts as the silver she-cat padded over to the small pool of water. Stonepaw winced. "Be careful Shinepaw." Rosepaw could tell he was thinking of Rosepaw's encounter with the lake.

"I will." Shinepaw murmured. She padded over to a small stick in the corner and walked back over. She held the stick by one side of her mouth and poked the other end into the water. Shinepaw spat out the stick. "Oh yeah, that's shallow." She mewed.

Rosepaw smiled. "This would be perfect to learn how to swim!" she meowed. Stonepaw glanced at her. "Rosepaw, you know how that went last time." "How could I forget?" Rosepaw meowed in amusement. "But this isn't near as deep! It would be a good start!"

Stonepaw nodded, though Rosepaw could tell he was still thinking it over. Rosepaw stepped into the water. "Why would you want to learn how to swim?" Lionpaw scoffed. Rosepaw looked over at her brother as she lowered herself into the cool water. "It might just save your life one day."

Yeah, short chapter, I know, there has been a lot of those lately. The next chapter is the Gathering, Rosepaw's first, which is also, pretty calm and character building. But the next one will have a little more action.

Also! I was wondering if my reviewers would describe the personality of some characters, just so I know I am giving them the character that I want them to have. Thanks & Review!