As they bounded into the forest towards the Riverclan border Lightpaw stopped. "Lightpaw, hurry up!" Rainpaw mewed slowing down to walk with her pale sandy colored friend.
Lightpaw sniffed, "I smell a hint of Riverclan." She meowed slowly.
"Oh it's probably the wind blowing in from their territory." Rainpaw dismissed.
"Yeah you're probably right." Lightpaw mewed agreeing with her friend, she didn't want to even think about what would happen if Riverclan invaded them.
Whitefur yowled at them "Hurry up slowpokes! We're almost to sunning rocks."
Rainpaw groaned and swished her fluffy dark gray tail. "I like having Whitefur as a mentor, but sometimes she can be such a mouse-brain."
Lightpaw was taken aback "You really want to talk about your mentor that way?" she asked.
"Eh, if she never hears about it I'll never get into trouble." Rainpaw meowed arching her back into a stretch before they bounded to catch up with their mentors.
"Well it's a good thing I like Redstar," she purred "I could never say a thing like that about him!"
They caught up to Whitefur and Redstar who were setting out the new scent markers. By that time the fishy scent of Riverclan was all over the place. "Um, everybody." Lightpaw hissed, all eyes turned to her "I think Riverclan is either here or was here recently."
Redstar sniffed, "She's right." He mewed. "Show yourselves!" he yowled with a voice commanding respect and obedience.
Several warriors slunk out of the bracken and reeds. She recognized Rockfang, the Riverclan deputy from Rainpaw's descriptions but the other's identities remained hidden because Rainpaw was busy snarling at the hostile warriors.
"If it isn't Redstar himself." Rockfang sneered. "I'm so honored, you know sunning-rocks is rightfully ours, so you can let us have it without a fight, or we can rip you to shreds and take it anyway."
"Or a third option," Rainpaw snarled, "We can keep sunning-rocks by ripping you apart and marking the borders with your blood!"
"A puny apprentice thinks she can defeat me?" One warrior hissed.
"She'd be crow-food without even trying." Another one sneered.
"Why you fox hearted fish brained-"Lightpaw hissed at them but she had no time to finish, for her fluffy gray friend had already leapt at the warrior who had made fun of her.
Seeing that his other choice was to let Rainpaw battle the whole patrol alone, he wasted no time in yowling, "Attack!"
Lightpaw leapt into battle alongside Redstar and slashed a white she-cat across the nose drawing blood beneath her claws. The she-cat came around with a retaliation and scratched across her face and tried to attack again but already Lightpaw was running to Rainpaw and the huge tom warrior that she had attacked.
Screeching a battle cry she jumped on top of him and started digging her claws into his flanks. Yowling in pain he thrashed around until the brown tabby tom threw her off. Lightpaw lay there for a moment with black spots swimming around her line of vision. She shook her head and charged at the warrior that Rainpaw had since given a split ear and a chunk of fur missing from his chin.
Lightpaw head butted him, hard and he was on his side breathing heavily. Once he had caught his breath he got up and sped into his own territory. Lightpaw sped to help Redstar but just as she got there He had pinned Rockfang down and Rockfang yowled "Retreat Riverclan!" The warriors remaining ran to their camp.
Redstar mewed "Good work, Lightpaw, Rainpaw. If you weren't so young I'd make you both warriors. Especially you Lightpaw, you only have had two days of training but you handled this beautifully. Now let's go get patched up." Lighpaw bursting with pride silently agreed with everything he said. Then they all meowed in agreement and started off on their trek to camp.
So I know I've been gone for a long time but hello? Thanksgiving and before that I just needed a break. So please don't get mad. If you want you can give opinions on what should happen next chapter as you all know I LOVE feedback so tell me! I don't care if it's good or bad just No mean stuff because it's mean. If you don't like something please tell me, maybe I can change for the better. Kay til' next time.