Chapter 6 is done! Yes, I realize I haven't been doing updates as quick as I was before. Sorry... Anywho, this one is shorter than the others because I've noticed I've been making them too long. Please R&R and I hope you enjoy reading! :3

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Chapter 6

"Wake up!" a she-cat whispered, nudging Dawnpaw's body. Dawnpaw recognized her voice; it was Twilightpaw. "Wake up!" she repeated, "Ashstar wants to see you!"

What does he want? Dawnpaw asked himself irritably, refusing to listen. He remained still on his comfortable moss, not interested in Ashstar's demands.

"It's important!" Twilightpaw pleaded. She kept nudging him to get him to listen.

Ergh, leave me alone! My rest is more important, he joked in his mind. Dawnpaw finally realized it was useless to ignore Twilightpaw, and finally obeyed. "Well," he demanded, "what does he want?"

"I don't know," she admitted, "he told me to fetch you for him."

Dawnpaw shot her an annoyed look, letting out a large yawn. He scrambled onto his paws and headed out of the apprentices' den drowsily.

Dawnpaw scampered across the clearing toward the leader's den, catching Snowtail exchanging words with Ferntail and Maplefeather again.

Maplefeather turned to Dawnpaw with an angry look, and returned muttering words to the group of cats, still having his eyes on the apprentice.

Dawnpaw sighed with annoyance. Snowtail is getting sucked in their gossip, he predicted silently. The apprentice was approaching the leader's den when he seen Jadepaw scramble out of the den. Jadepaw turned to Dawnpaw, then sighed while padding away to the apprentices' den.

Jadepaw is mad with me, he thought, but why? He shook away his wondering thoughts away and entered the den reluctantly.

Ashstar was laying down on his moss-bedding, looking at the entrance when Dawnpaw entered. Majestically, he called Ashstar's name in annoyance. "Ashstar," he started, "you called for me?"

"Yes, I have a task for you to do," he meowed.

Knew it, he murmured in his mind. "What is it?" he asked, knowing he couldn't deny the leader's orders.

"As you know," he started, "a rogue cat has attacked our camp. I wish for you to go on a patrol with Ferntail, Maplefeather, and Emberpelt to see if he brought other cats with him in our territory."'

Disappointment stung Dawnpaw's heart. He had to go on a patrol with two cats that he hated the most! "Er, fine," Dawnpaw mewed reluctantly. "I'll try to hunt while I'm out."

Ashstar nodded and dismissed Dawnpaw from his den. This is going to be horrible! He muttered in his head. When Dawnpaw's paws were out of the den, he noticed that the patrol was already waiting for him at the gorse tunnel. Dawnpaw sighed and made his way toward them.

"Well, if it isn't a loner," Maplefeather sneered.

Dawnpaw turned his head away. He didn't care about their hostility. He already had too much on his mind to bother letting them bring him down.

"Let's report that we found a trespasser on our territory," Ferntail joked.

Dawnpaw held in his anger, but didn't know how long he could prevail doing this. He turned back to them, ignoring their insults. "Shouldn't we be going on a patrol rather than insulting my past?" he challenged.

"Whatever you say loner," Ferntail answered with hostility.

Dawnpaw turned to Emberpelt, awaiting what he'd do to them, but he didn't do anything. Dawnpaw thought out of all the cats in the clan, he'd defend him. Dawnpaw shook away his disappointment and continued to listen to them.

As soon as Ferntail and Maplefeather realized Dawnpaw wasn't going to react, they turned to lead the patrol out of camp. Dawnpaw followed them annoyingly.

Dawnpaw looked down at his paws as they left the camp, looking back every few pawsteps to see if any of the other apprentices' were watching him leave, but none of them were. Dawnpaw sighed with disappointment, and was led out of the camp.

When they were out of the camp, he could smell the sweet aroma of prey. I promised I'd bring back fresh-kill for the Clan, he remembered. Dawnpaw broke away from the patrol to go hunt, forgetting to tell them he was going to hunt. As the patrol moved along, Dawnpaw got in his hunting crouch, ready to pounce on the mouse he scented out.

The patrol grew farther and farther away from him without knowing of Dawnpaw's disappearance. Dawnpaw was getting ready to pounce on the mouse, all weight on his back paws, ready to leap forward. All of a sudden, Dawnpaw felt weight on his back increase and he fell down, leaving him pinned on the undergrowth.

Dawnpaw couldn't turn around to see what it was because he was ruthlessly pinned down on his back, claws sinking into his back. "Help!" he cried desperately. This can't be a cat! It's too big! He thought with built up fear.

Dawnpaw felt the huge creature cuff it's scruff and sling him into a rock, knocking all the air out of Dawnpaw. Dawnpaw let out a wail, struggling to get back on his paws, but it was too late. The creature already pinned him down, biting down on Dawnpaw's scrawny body.

Dawnpaw didn't know what this creature was, but it was trying to kill him. "Help!" he yowled in pain. "Dear StarClan, help!"

No help came and Dawnpaw was left struggling for his life against this unknown creature that Dawnpaw didn't have time to even glance at. The creature grasped his neck in it's jaws and slung him around.

Dawnpaw felt like the whole forest was shaking. Pain gripped at him like a blazing fire raging inside his body. This is it, he thought, I'm going to die. The rogues will find me dead and tear my body into shreds. No one from the clan would bother to bury me, the useless apprentice.

The creature slung the apprentice onto the ground and placed it's thorn sharp claws on top of his body, ready to rip him open.

Dawnpaw felt one of his bones crack as he hit the ground. Dawnpaw yowled one last time before he felt claws rake across his chest, seeing blood spatter out of his body. Dawnpaw laid motionlessly on the ground. He couldn't move a limb due to his pain.

Only if I didn't leave the patrol... he trailed off in his mind when he felt jaws yank at his leg and pulled him off of the ground and flail it around in the air.

Dawnpaw felt his leg dislocate, but he couldn't yowl. He tried to, but he realized he couldn't breathe anymore. The creature pinned Dawnpaw to a tree, still having Dawnpaw's dislocated leg in its jaws.

This is my fate, he thought in dismay. Dawnpaw felt another bite in his flank, but it didn't hurt as much as the other bites. Dawnpaw's vision started to blur and all the pain started to fade away. I am dying, he thought miserably.

"Dawnpaw!" Dawnpaw heard the caterwaul, but couldn't recognize who it was. I wish I could have proved myself to my clan before I died... The pain was almost completely gone. Dawnpaw gazed at the blood running out of his body. This is my blood...

"Dawnpaw!" he heard the caterwaul again, but it was fading. His name was ringing in his ears from the voice. The voice was cracking and was faded. StarClan, take me or help me, he muttered in his mind. Dawnpaw wished he could have spun around to see who was calling his name, but he couldn't, his bones were cracked and he was in too much pain.

Everything started to fade to black and he felt the creature grasp at his neck again, but this time it had his scruff. This is it, he meowed in his mind. Dawnpaw turned to look down on the ground as the creature was slinging him around in its jaws.

He felt the jaws release him, throwing him again. The creature was repeating everything over and over. Dawnpaw's back was slammed into a tree, hearing another bone break, but this time, he could barely feel any pain. Dawnpaw couldn't move and didn't want to.

Why haven't I died ye- he stopped in his thoughts when everything started to fade away quicker than before. Dawnpaw heard the caterwaul again, but he couldn't react. The sky turned red, and everything flashed black.