I don't own the lake clans or their warriors. I do own Darkclan, Sunclan and Moonclan however.
Hawkpath stretched, basking in the sunlight streaming into the warriors den. She and her best friend Rainfire had been warriors for two moons already. She gave her golden-brown fur a few licks and sat up.
"Come on sleepyheads get up! Tanglefur wants you for the dawn patrol." mewed Birchclaw. He had been Hawkpath's mentor and she looked up to him immensly. Hawkpath prodded Rainfire, then scrambeled out of the den to join Birchclaw and Tanglefur. Rainfire padded out of the den, blinking sleep from his eyes, his orange pelt sticking up in odd directions. Yawning he said "Okay, I'm ready. Let's go!" They padded across the grass, nodding hello to Shinestar, who was basking on the boulder outside her den.
"Oh Tangelfur could you patrol the Sunclan border? I've heard they've been having some trouble." The leader of Darkclan requested.
"Of course." Tangelfur replied. The patrol set off through the dense woodland past the prey pile and the training cave on the way out of camp.
"Mouse!" Hawkpath cried smelling the small creature. Rainfire's eyes lit up mouse was his favorite food.
"This a patrol, we can hunt on the way back." Meowed Birchclaw. They countinued through the territory.
Hawkpath was going to mark a fallen tree on their side of the territory when she heard rustling. She beckoned the rest of the patrol over with her tail. "I think it's a Sunclan patrol." She whispered. Then, Toadpaw, a Sunclan apprentice, came shooting through a clumb of braken. He was chasing a squirrel. Just as the squirrel started to climb a tree, he gave an enourmis leap and pinned the squirrel between his paws. He was about to finsh it off when he froze sniffing.
"Oh!" He gasped. He had relized he was in Darkclan territory.
The rest of his patrol appered behind the braken.
"Toadpaw! get over here! And let go of that squirrel. Good grief, we must be getting as bad as Moonclan." Reperimanded his mentor Brightpelt. She was one of Hawkpath's friends; she saw her at Meetings, when all three clans met during a new moon truce.
"Brightpelt, Leapstar told us specifically to wait until the Meeting." snapped Skystorm a senior warrior.
"Sorry Skystorm. Come on Toadpaw, let's go." Brightpelt padded away shooting a quilty glance over her shoulder at the Darkclan patrol.
On the way back, Hawkpath wondered, Why did Brightpelt say that? It dosen't sound like Moonclan to steal prey. However, she wasn't preoccpied enough to miss catching a plumb robin.
She settled down with her catch in camp, watching Barleypaw bring a shrew to the ancient Mosspelt. Rainfire sat down beside her. "Can't wait till the meeting tonight, cn you?" He asked a round a mouthful of mouse.
Hawkpath started. She had forgoten the Meeting was tonight! She only hoped that Shinstar would choose Rainfire and her to go.
"Yeah" she agreed, "It doesn't seem like Moonclan to steal prey, it getting close to to treebare, so it could cause problems for Sunclan. Doesn't Moonclan know that?"
"Hoprfully we'll get an answer tonight," Meowed Rainfire seriously, "and are you going to eat that robin?" Hawkpath hastily took a bite and chewed reflectivly, staring at the sky.