Chapter 2
Fernpaw
Fernpaw was watching Honeyfoot and her apprentice through the bushes in the marsh. She was used to hearing that name. The apprentice toms, Beetlepaw and Shadepaw, were always whispering about how she earned her name. She just wanted to scream at them, LOOK AT ME! I'M HERE TO! But, of course, they never noticed her.
She was just a nuisance. She was going to march right home and tell them! As she jumped over ponds, avoided puddles, and raced around trees she ran straight into Beetlepaw and Shadepaw.
Beetlepaw started, "Hey Fernpaw want to-"
"NO! I'm tired of you ignoring me! You just look at me, wait, no, you don't! Like I'm not even there! Do you know how it feels like to be rejected, ignored, dismissed? No, no, NO! she snarled.
She left the shocked faces of Beetlepaw and Shadepaw and raced through the trees, tears streaming down her muzzle. Why, Starclan, was she like this?! I am not a jealous cat.
But as she slowed the rythymic pawing of her steps, she snarled under her breath, that cat, her name…
"Beautifulpaw."