It had been moons since the loner Keegan had been captured, and tough he had been captured for keeping track of him while his punishment , he never did get punished. On the contrary, he was welcomed into the Clan after the first moon had passed. No one knew why he had been excepted, and though in most cases, he would have been given a new name, he requested to keep his loner name. And though it had nothing to do with him being captured really, it made me wonder what he had done anyway, no one had ever been told why he had been captured... Ever. Only Cinderstar and Mousepelt knew. Well, to the extent of my knowledge. Who knows, the elders may have been told, but no one ever asked so I guess no one was curious enough to ask anyone else...

Well, enough about the loner! Tons more has happened besides him being excepted, so I shouldn't focus on that so much! What else has happened, hmm... Well, let's see... Oh yeah! Now I'm an apprentice! And Sparrowpaw's a warrior, so I should probably refer to him as Sparrowwing from now on! All my siblings are apprentices now too. I guess I ought to tell you who our mentors are, for two reasons. One, Aren't you curious, even just a liittttlllle bit? Two, So that I don't forget later!

Well, my mentor is Darkfur. Not the best mentor in the forest, and because I kept sticking my nose into his business, aka, his attacks on Sparrowwing, when he was an apprentice, he targeted me next, instead of Sparrowwing. Oh yeah! I almost forgot to mention! Most of the apprentices that trained with Sparrowwing, are warriors now! Longpaw is now Longpelt, Oakpaw, Sparrowwing's best friend, is now Oakleaf, Tangledpaw, that long-furred calico? She's now Tangledheart! Moonpaw, that she-cat that Sparrowwing likes, is now Moonfeather, though I don't know why she was given that name, it doesn't make much sence really... Anyway, Tawnypaw is Tawnystorm, I'm not sure why, again, though maybe if I were to ask Cinderstar... Oops, back to the subject! Ravenwing is still the medicine cat, so Juniperpaw is still an apprentice, but he seems to like it actually.. He's sort of a weird one, Juniperpaw.

Anyway, so my brothers, Ashpaw, Stonepaw, and Icepaw, these are their mentors!

Ashpaw's mentor is Oakleaf, cool huh? A new warrior! Anyway, Stonepaw's mentor is Silverfur, Tawnystorm's old mentor, and Icepaw's mentor is Sootpath. I don't know how that warrior can put up with Icepaw anymore, he's become so detached from others over the moons, not to mention he's grown a very short temper... But it would be a lie to say he wasn't one of the best fighters of the Clan, at least throughout the apprentices, for now.

As for my sisters, Snowpaw's mentor is Moonfeather. I don't know what's with Snowpaw ether, she doesn't really leave Icepaw's side... He only seems to really care for her too, though it may be that he only shows it to her. They don't really play with anyone but each other, and for that matter, they don't play.. They sit alone and watch everyone else, but they never join in.. I worry.

But enough of all that seriousness! Anyway, Riverpaw's mentor is Sparrowwing, isn't that cool? She's become.. I'm not sure exactly how to explain, she's not as serious as a few moons ago. I think Sparrowwing's a positive influence on her or something, I dunno. And Cinderpaw's mentor, is Mousepelt. I still worry about my siblings though... They've all changed in some way. Hopefully all for the better, but... You never know...

The sun sprinkled gentle rays of light down on the camp as it rose above the trees. The den filled with the soft light, and distant sound of birds, chirping. I blinked my eyes open to the sun glaring me in the face as if warning me to get up. I pushed myself up to my paws, parting my jaws into a yawn as I stretched out my black-pelted paws. I glanced around the den. It was spring, just the beginning of spring, though everything was so green and growing so quickly, it seemed close to summer. The den was almost full, most were asleep still. I counted the apprentices, naming each one as my gaze crossed their pelts. Ashpaw, Stonepaw, Riverpaw, Cinderpaw, Juniperpaw.. Icepaw and Snowpaw were gone. I glanced out at the entrance to my den at the sound of my sister, Snowpaw's voice in the clearing of the camp. Now, I could always forget about it... But I'm too stubborn to do that, where's the fun in sitting around while my sister is having all the fun, hm?

I popped my head out of the den, glancing around at the sun-lite clearing. Dew sparkled against the sun's warm rays, the sky an orangy-purple-black color as the early morning arrived to wake everyone.

"You loose!"

I glanced into the center of the clearing at the sound of my brother's voice. Icepaw stood, looking quite pleased with himself, a paw lay on Snowpaw's cheek, keeping her down. His claws sheathed, and from what I could see he wasn't actually trying to hurt her, sort of just keep her down. Snowpaw pouted slightly, before mewing as best she could with his paw on her muzzle,

"Fine, you win this round... Now let me up you big furrball!"

Her voice was playful in tone, she didn't really sound angry with Icepaw, only slightly amused really. Icepaw? Lift his paw when he's won a battle? Never, he's too proud to do that. He'd never let an enime up, whether it was play fighting or real. despite my thoughts, perhaps I don't know my brother as well as I thought I did. He lifted his paw from her muzzle, taking a few paw steps back to give her room to stand, if not take a moment to catch her breath again. And for once, the first time since I don't know when, he gave an amused smile to his pouting sister. Snowpaw leapt up to her paws, crouching down immediately to begin the battle again.

"Nah-ah, first round is battle, second round is stealth."

Icepaw reminded her with a soft purr. He seemed to be enjoying the fight more then she was. She paused for a moment, taking the time to search her memory for what must be the rules of the game they played now. She let out a defeated sigh after a couple minutes, before plopping down to sit in front of her silver-pelted brother.

"Oh yeah.. But this time I get to be in the trees!"

Icepaw laughed at his sister's forgetfulness.

"No way."

"Wha-Hey, you got to be last ti-"

"You can't now." Icepaw purred in amusement as he interrupted his sister in the middle of her mew. "You just told me where you would be. You would have lost instantly."

The brightly pelted she-cat stared at her brother for a moment, most likely running a battle scenario in her head of what would happen if he hadn't have said anything and the battle would have begun. She soon began to pout again as she squeaked,

"Oops..."

I let out a soft purr as I listened to the two argue, watching as Icepaw gave his sister a gentle bat on the head. Maybe I could sit and watch them.. Just a little while longer I mean. Until the rest of the Clan awoke. This is a side of them I've never seen. I've never seen Icepaw smile, never heard Snowpaw speak a word, never seen them having so much fun.. I wasn't going to give up this chance. Not to see my siblings happy, never, never, would I give up a chance of that.