Sunpaw:
Sunpaw couldn't sleep. The image of Shadowpaw rung in her mind as she quietly rose from her nest, careful not to disturb Icepaw and Brightpaw as they slept. She padded out into the clearing, her green eyes glittering like stars.
Mapleheart, who was on watch that night, shot her a questioning glance. Before she could ask anything, Sunpaw answered, knowing what she was about to be asked. "I can't sleep... I'll go for a walk." Mapleheart narrowed her pale blue eyes before seeing the truth in Sunpaw's eyes and nodding.
"Be back before dawn!" she called.
Sunpaw nodded to the pale red she-cat, who resumed her watch after watching the ginger apprentice pad through the trees. Sunpaw found herself running across the RiverClan territory, swerving to avoid the reeds and marshes. Her paws skimmed across the ground as she bounded across. Sunpaw closed her eyes, momentarily lost in the bliss of the wind against her face. The weight of her problems was lifted for a heartbeat as she ran, not knowing where she was heading.
Sunpaw paused, blinking open her green eyes. She looked around, confused. The place where she stood was unfamiliar to her. Where am I?
She let out a yowl of shock as a heavy weight landed on her from behind. But her yowl was muffled by a tail that flicked over her jaws. Sunpaw struggled desperately. She heard a startled, feminine gasp as the cat on her released her. Sunpaw rose to her paws, coming face-to-face with the black she-cat she had seen a few days before.
Sniffing, Sunpaw hissed and rose to her paws, watching as the black she-cat let out another sound of recognition.
"I thought you were a tresspasser!" the she-cat gasped.
Sunpaw narrowed her eyes. "Well, I am."
"No," Shadowpaw mewed, sounding frustrated, "I mean... something told me that..." She trailed off, staring at her paws. Sunpaw was struck. She had never thought she would see Shadowpaw embarrassed... the black apprentice had seemed to be proud and dignified at first sight. Sunpaw had only met Shadowpaw about twice, on patrol, but they had never spoken, yet they felt an unspoken relationship.
"I know what you mean," Sunpaw admitted. "I just feel that there's something in common between us." Shadowpaw didn't respond with words, just nodded, her sad green eyes huge. "You're Shadowpaw, aren't you?"
Shadowpaw nodded. "You're Sunpaw?"
"Yes." Sunpaw nodded. "I was made an apprentice over half a moon ago."
"So was I," Shadowpaw mewed.
So, we're the same age, and we have the same eyes. There was a long pause, making Sunpaw a little uncomfortable. "Well, I think... we should go, now. I'll see you around."
Shadowpaw simply nodded, her eyes glowing in the moonlight, her gaze following Sunpaw as she raced away, back to RiverClan territory. Her ginger tail streamed out behind her as she raced back through the reeds of RiverClan territory. Strangely, though she was out of Shadowpaw's sight, she still felt those bright green eyes trained on her fur as she dashed back to the RiverClan camp.
Dawn was just breaking as Sunpaw tore into the RiverClan clearing, her tail flicking from side to side. A gray-white tom padded toward her. "Where have you been, Sunpaw?" he asked. "I was so worried!" It was Cloudpatch.
"I'm fine," she murmured. "I went for a walk."
Cloudpatch nodded. "Silversplash said you're on the dawn patrol at the ThunderClan border. I'm on the patrol, too!" he purred, pressing against her. Sunpaw sighed and let him, knowing that he loved her, but she couldn't bring herself to return the gray-white tom's affection.
"Great!" Sunpaw mewed. At least, she liked him as a friend... She paused. "The ThunderClan border?"
Cloudpatch frowned. "Yeah. What's wrong with that?"
"N-nothing." I was just there! "Let's go!"
"Sunpaw!" a voice yowled. Sunpaw's tail waved as she spotted her mentor calling for her. "Dawn patrol!" Sunpaw bounded toward her, her paws skimming across the clearing as she raced toward her mentor. Her heart soared as she welcomed the thought of seeing Shadowpaw again. I hope she's on her dawn patrol, as well.
"Where's Rainblaze?" Cloudpatch asked, looking around. "She's on the patrol, too."
"I'll get her." Sunpaw raced into the warriors' den, her eyes scanning for the dark gray she-cat. She found Rainblaze curled up in her nest, her blue eyes closed as her paws twitched in her dream. Sunpaw felt almost guilty to wake Rainblaze up, but she prodded her friend anyway. "Rainblaze!"
"Wha-" Rainblaze's blue eyes shot open, blinking to adjust to the morning light.
"You're on the dawn patrol!" Sunpaw mewed. "Come on!"
"Be a little quieter, will you?" a voice snapped grumpily, and Sunpaw looked into the eyes of Pebbleshade, a light gray tom with black speckles on his back. "You're louder than a fox!"
"Fox?" Graywish's head shot up, her eyes blinking. "What?"
"N-no," Pebbleshade mewed, sounding frustrated. "It's just... oh, never mind, Graywish." Graywish's head fell back into her nest as she slept again.
"All right, come on," Sunpaw mewed, leading Rainblaze out of her den. "Let's go!" Silversplash was leading the patrol, and she padded through the reeds toward the small border with ThunderClan, by the lake. The fronds of grass waved gently as they approached.
Sunpaw's heart sank as she realized that Shadowpaw wasn't on the patrol. "Greetings, Dawnfang." Silversplash dipped her head to the dark red ThunderClan she-cat.
"A pleasure to see you here, Silversplash." Dawnfang's voice said otherwise. She watched, eyes narrowed, as the RiverClan cats began to mark the border. "One whisker over the border and you're crowfood," she growled, and Sunpaw knew that it wasn't just an empty threat.
Uneasy under the glares of the ThunderClan cats, Sunpaw began to mark the border, pausing as Silversplash waved her tail to stop. Silversplash narrowed her eyes, glaring at Dawnfang. "Same with you." Dawnfang spat angrily and led her patrol, consisting of Rockflame and a cream-furred she-cat whom Sunpaw had never seen before, to mark the border as well.
Silversplash flicked her tail, a sign for the RiverClan cats to head back to camp.