Scorpionpaw sat by the palm trees on the other side of the camp. He was batting at some leaves when he heard a hissing sound coming from behind him. When he turned around he saw a scorpion. Scorpionpaw bolted up from his sitting position and ran out of the camp.
"AHHH! HELP ME I'M BEING CHASED BY A BIG SCORPION! HELP ME!" Scorpionpaw shouted as he ran into a palm tree. He scurried up the palm tree in record time and watched the scorpion dance in the shadow of the desert tree. He chuckled. "You thought you could scare me, huh? Well you are wrong!" Scorpionpaw shouted at the scorpion triumphantly... at least until he let go of the tree with his front paws. That was a pretty big mistake. "AAHHH! BAD IDEA, BAD IDEA, BAD, BAD, BAD!" Scorpionpaw yelped as he hit the sand bellow.
The scorpion looked at him with cold black eyes. It raised it's tail menacingly towards him. The black and dark grey creature slowly inched towards him as if it were stalking it's prey. When the scorpion was no more than a tail-length away it ran off. Scorpionpaw sighed in relief.
"It is good not to be chased by a scorpion!" Scorpionpaw mewed to himself. The comment made him snicker. Then he heard a cat a little ways away talking. Scorpionpaw tracked down the sound to find out who the cat was and what they were saying.
After a little while Scorpionpaw found his brother. He was in the same predicament that he had been in only a short while before. He was being chased by a scorpion. Scorpionpaw chuckled at the sight of Desertpaw being shown up by a scorpion. After a while of Scorpionpaw watching his brother losing a fight with a scorpion he padded over to the Fireclan camp.
When Scorpionpaw reached the camp everyone was sitting in the sun sharing tongues and taking naps, so he decided to take a short nap too and regain the energy he had lost because of the scorpion trying to kill him that morning. When Scorpionpaw closed his eyes he felt a sharp prick in his tail and back. It was a shooting pain, like fire shooting through his veins. Scorpionpaw yelped in pain and opened his eyes. He saw the scorpion escaping the camp walls out of the corner of his eye, but what was more important at the instant was he was about to die. Scorpionpaw's father was at his side in an instant.
"What happened, Scorpionpaw?" Snaketooth asked.
"That scorpion just stung me in the back and tail. I'm gonna die aren't I?" Scorpionpaw asked. Snaketooth nodded, sorrow clouded his gaze. Scorpionpaw's own sight clouded at the thought of dying. He didn't want to die. He wanted to live to be a warrior. Oassisstar was now at his side.
"I shall make you a warrior before you pass." Oassisstar concluded. Oassisstar stood tall and looked down at Scorpionpaw. "Moonclan, I give you this apprentice in his turn, for he is dying and shall be granted his final name. Scorpionpaw, do you accept?" Oassisstar asked.
"I do, Oassisstar." Scorpionpaw said solemnly. He then shrieked in pain. He could not take more of this pain. He would die soon.
"Then, your new name shall be, Scorpionvine. You would have been a great warrior one day. But now that will never happen. Moonclan will be honored to have you." Oassisstar nodded his head and rested his muzzle on top of Scorpionvine's head. Scorpionvine tried to lick his shoulder in respect, but failed his goal and looked at Oassisstar apologetically. Oassisstar's eyes shone with understanding and sorrow. "I hope you rest in peace, Scorpionvine. You will be remembered." With that everything went dark for Scorpionvine and he closed his eyes for the last time. He knew it was his time.