As the five Dragonwings flew towards the territory of the cats who called themselves 'ShadowClan', they noticed a sound like very large wings flapping. When Icesky looked back to check what it was, her eyes widened in fear.
"Oh my Starwings..." she whispered. "It's a dragon! FLY!"
Dragons were very rare, but very large. Even a small one, like the one chasing the Dragonwings, was a hundred times bigger than a dragon cat. They had the same powers of illusion as the dragon cats, but even stronger, and could see through stronger illusions than dragon cats could. Large dragons never went after dragon cats, although small ones would sometimes.
The Dragonwing patrol flew away as fast as they could, screaming. The dragon followed close behind.
Not too far away, in a glade with a stream running through it, everything was peaceful. Some squirrels were doing random stuff, and even the fish were relaxing. It was completely quiet.
Then they heard something overhead, moving very fast.
:"AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" It sounded like screaming, and right behind it the flapping of gigantic wings. All the animals looked up.
Five small blurs and one extremely big blur flashed past. The screaming faded to nothing as they sped away.
The Dragonwings flew as fast as they could, the apprentices struggling to keep up. Still the dragon stayed right behind.
The cats looked around desperately for an escape. Then Icesky spotted a hole in the ground, big enough for the four cats but not for the dragon. They dived for it, the two young cats barely making it. They crouched there in terror, the dragon's jaws snapping inches away from their fur. Finally, the dragon gave up and moved off. Once its strong, pungent smell was no longer clogging their nostrils, they smelled something else, right behind them.
"Bear!" shrieked Sunnypaw. "Fly!"
Once they had left the angry mother bear roaring in fury on the ground, they relaxed, thinking they were safe. When Reedfeather saw the angry hawk heading for them, she wasn't worried. One hawk was no match for five dragon cats, even if two were only apprentices. Then she saw the other twenty angry hawks.
"Oh, Starwings!" she screamed. "Let's get out of here!"
Again, they flew off, screaming.
When the patrol spotted a clearing in the pines below, they dived for it, hoping the hawks wouldn't follow. They didn't.
When they landed, exhausted and hopefully safe this time, they relaxed, except for Stormpaw, who kept screaming.
"Shut up, Stormpaw, we're safe!" Sunnypaw told him, exasperated.
He stopped screaming and relaxed.
Then the five dragon cats noticed the hostile normal cats surrounding them. A gray tom stepped forward, amber eyes glinting angrily.
"I am Rainstar, leader of ShadowClan," he growled angrily. "What are you doing in our camp?"
A/N: Cliffie! Well not really since by the time you read this the next chapter will probably be up... but anyway! Reviews are nice! I know this chapter is shorter than the first two, but the only reason for that is because the first two have been revised and the others haven't, so the others should gain some length soon!