Chapter 6
Lilacpaw slunk down, trying to keep her weight in her shoulders, "Put your tail down!" yowled Redwood, "You will alert your prey that you're coming before you even SEE them."
"Sorry, Redwood." Lilacpaw muttered.
She flicked her tail down, keeping it below the grass, "Like this?" she asked.
Redwood nodded, "Yes! Good!"
It had been about a week after her apprentice ceremony, and so far she had been doing great.
Besides hunting, that is.
"Can I catch something now?" She asked, her eyes blinking forward. "Yes, just remember the jump I showed you. Try catching a mouse, I'm pretty sure Riverblossom would love you for it." Redwood meowed, sitting down.
Lilacpaw sniffed the air, she padded forward, trying to follow a trail.
She saw a mouse, lightly nibbling on a seed. Lilacpaw launched forward, the mouse squealing. She kept her paw ontop of it, and quickly nipped it in the neck.
The mouse stopped its squealing, and went limp in her mouth. Lilacpaw got up, holding the mouse by the neck, "Redwood! Look what I caught!" She mewed with delight.
Redwood smiled, proud of his apprentice, "Great job! Lets bring it into camp."
Lilacpaw smiled and began to pad to camp with Redwood, excited to give her prey to Riverblossom.
Once they reached the camp and padded in, Lilacpaw ran over to the elders den happily.
She ran in, holding her mouse in her jaws. She saw Riverblossom talking to another elder, Swiftcloud.
Lilacpaw set the mouse at Riverblossom's paws, "I caught a mouse for you."
Riverblossom smiled, "Why thank you, Lilacpaw." she nodded, and began to eat her mouse with Swifcloud.
Lilacpaw ran out of the Elders den and over to Redwood, "What now? What should we do next?" she meowed eagerly, "Actually, I think you can eat, and catch up with your siblings." Redwood flicked his tail and began to pad towards the fresh-kill pile.
Lilacpaw ran in front of him, snatching a squirrel and quickly padding over to the Apprentice den.
Streampaw, Yellowpaw, Foxpaw, and Lightningpaw were already eating.
"Hi! What did you guys do today?" she asked, with a glimmer of excitement.
"Me, Yellowpaw, and Foxpaw practiced fighting!" Streampaw meowed, Lightningpaw giggled, "I went hunting, I caught a raven, stupid thing flew into my paws.." he meowed, flicking his tail over his paws.
Lilacpaw smiled and laid down, eating the squirrel.
After she had finished, Foxpaw loomed over her, "Wanna go out into the territory? You know, walk around and talk." he asked.
Lilacpaw shrugged and nodded, getting up and disposing of her squirrel carcass. They walked out of the camp, "Are you sure we are supposed to go out without a warrior?" Lilacpaw asked, "It will be okay, don't worry. I just want to go out and walk." Foxpaw replied.
She nodded and walked with Foxpaw, blinking her green orbs.
Foxpaw sighed, "What about Beetlekit?" he muttered. "What about him?" Lilacpaw mewed.
"He should have been with us."
Lilacpaw nodded in agreement, "Yeah..."
They padded to the Thunderpath.
"Foxpaw, we shouldn't be near here. Redwood said that monsters are on the Thunderpath."
Foxpaw shook his head, "I know that, I just wanna see what's across it."
He started to walk forward, ignoring the loud sound that shook the ground.
"Foxpaw! No! Come back! It's not safe over there!"
the rumbling sound got closer, and Foxpaw froze, his eyes giant.
SMASH.
"Foxpaw!"