I have returned (Finally), and i'm here to write another chapter! Please note, this story takes place before the Last Hope, (Firestar is alive) but I've added some OC's to make it more interesting.

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Chapter 1

Talonpaw woke with a start. He had experienced strange dreams the night before, many of which involving death. He shook his head to clear it of the dark thoughts that he had been given by his dreams.

No time to worry about that now, it's time for a new day of training in Thunderclan! He thought optimistically.

Talonpaw was a small, but quick on his feet apprentice of Thunderclan. He had only been an apprentice for one moon, but was determined to become a warrior as fast as possible. He had sky blue eyes and a black muzzle. The fur that covered the front of his body was light grey and flecked with red, while the rear of his pelt was a red-orange color.

He grunted and stood up gingerly, stretching his limbs.

"You're such a showoff, stretching your muscles like that." A voice mewed from behind him. Talonpaw turned and shuffled his paws,

"I didn't mean to, Flowerpaw." Talonpaw apologized. Flowerpaw was a sleek-furred she cat, with a light brown pelt, and snow white paws. She liked to tease Talonpaw about just about everything, but they were still good friends.

"Come on," Flowerpaw mewed, "Let's go. Berrynose and Brambleclaw said we need to go on sunrise border patrol with them, and it's sunrise right now!" She then dashed from the apprentice den into the Thunderclan camp.

I just got up! Talonpaw thought irritably. He rolled his eyes and followed his friend into the clearing. The Thunderclan Camp was bustling with cats going about their business. Mousefur was sunning herself just outside the elder's den, Firestar was speaking to Sandstorm on the Highledge, Brindlefeather, a black she-cat with a white muzzle and green eyes, was taking a vole from the fresh-kill pile.

She's eating quite early. Talonpaw thought with amusement. He looked ahead of him and saw Flowerpaw standing with her mentor, Berrynose, and Talonpaw's mentor, Brambleclaw.

"Come on slowpoke! We're all waiting for you!" Flowerpaw called over to him.

"Coming!" Talonpaw replied. He sprinted over to join the three cats.

"Glad to see you could make it." Brambleclaw teased. Talonpaw would be offended, but the broad shouldered tom had a good-humored glint in his eye.

"Oh come on, I'm really not that late!" Talonpaw protested.

"Oh blah, blah, blah! That's all it it with you! Let's get moving!" Flowerpaw exclaimed.

"She's right," Berrynose chimed in, "We're late enough as it is."

Brambleclaw dipped his head in agreement, "Fine." He turned away and padded through the gorse tunnel and into the forest, soon to be followed by the other three cats.

Talonpaw started into the sky as he emerged from the dense tunnel. It was a bright and clear day of greenleaf. The sun shone down through the branches of the tall trees, scorching his fur.

"It's a great day." Flowerpaw commented.

"It'll only be great if we don't run into trouble by the Thunderpath. Shadowclan has been acting up lately." Berrynose meowed gravely.

"Oh, lighten up!" Talonpaw joked.

Brambleclaw rested his tail on Talonpaw's head, "You need to start taking things more seriously."

Talonpaw stopped where he was and looked up at his mentor, "Tell that to Flowerpaw! She takes nothing seriously!"

"You also need to be less sensitive." Flowerpaw mewed. Talonpaw made a frustrated face and kicked a couple of leaves at the light brown pelted she-cat. She jumped backwards and growled in mock anger. Talonpaw looked to where the two apprentices mentor's had been, but the two cats had disappeared.

"I guess they just went ahead." Talonpaw reassured himself. He glanced around at his surroundings and saw no sign of the two warriors.

"Let's follow their scent. They can't have gotten far." Flowerpaw mewed.

"Good idea." Talonpaw agreed. He was trying not to show Flowerpaw that he was getting scared. He opened his mouth to taste the air, and just as he thought, caught scent of his mentor and Flowerpaw's, but there was another scent that hung in the air, and it was fresh! The scent of a fox!

"Flowerpaw, do you-"

"Yeah, I smell it. We need to find Brambleclaw and Berrynose fast!" Talonpaw nodded in agreement and dashed off in the direction of their mentor's scents. He glanced back and saw Flowerpaw sprinting behind him. Talonpaw kept his mouth open as he ran so that he could follow the scent, but the scent of fox stayed just as strong as it was before. Had the fox followed them? Soon they started to hear yowls from up ahead.

"They're fighting the fox!" Talonpaw mewed urgently.

"Well, duh." Flowerpaw retorted.

The two cats burst through the bushes and saw their mentor's locked in combat with a huge fox. The red animal had Berrynose pinned to the ground and was aiming a blow at the cat's throat. Brambleclaw rushed in to stop him but the fox raked his muzzle with a free paw.

"I need to help," Talonpaw mewed to Flowerpaw, "So back me up if anything goes wrong!"

Flowerpaw looked at him as if he were some sort of mouse-brain, "You're going to help them fight off a fox? How mouse-brained can you-" Flowerpaw continued speaking, but Talonpaw didn't hear her, because he was already running at full speed towards Berrynose's attacker. Talonpaw let out a fierce yowl as he leapt onto the fox's back. He dug his claws into the fox's sides and clung on. The impact threw the fox off balance, sending it toppling over into the dirt.

Berrynose stood back up, "Thanks." He mewed gratefully.

"Don't thank him yet!" Brambleclaw said, "We still need to chase it off!" The dark brown tabby turned to the fox and raked it's muzzle with his forepaw. The fox yelped in pain and sprinted away into the underbrush.

"You guys did it!" Flowerpaw trotted out from the bush she had been hiding in.

"Sure did!" Talonpaw mewed, "Good job backing me up though."

"You didn't even need backing up!" Flowerpaw protested.

Brambleclaw flicked Talonpaw's ear with his tail, "Don't gloat. Let's get back to camp."

The group soon made it back to the Thunderclan camp. Sunhigh had come and gone, and it was getting late, but the two apprentices were still filled with energy. They were telling everyone the story of their great adventure. Soon enough, however, it was time for the cats to go to sleep in their dens.

But just before Talonpaw could enter the apprentice den, Firestar padded up to him, "Talonpaw?"

"What is it, Firestar?"

"I have a mission for you and Flowerpaw."

So yeah, that was chapter 1 of this new story. If you're enjoying this story so far, then check out my other story, Heat of the Blaze! I'm still accepting OC's and I will be until I say i'm not, so feel free to submit some, and one last thing. The first one to guess the reference involving Talonpaw gets digital cookies! That's it for now, and don't forget to REVIEEEEW!