Hollypaw twitched her tail in excitement and glanced up at
Snowpaw. The wind streamed through her fur.
Snowpaw looked at Hollypaw. "Is something wrong?"
"No, no, it's just that I'm so excited!" Her mew was a gasp. "What will the other clans be like?"
Snowpaw purred and almost lost her footing in the process. Dewpaw shoved past the two, glaring at them. "Try to kill me on the way to the gathering, why don't you, Snowpaw? Great medicine cat you'll make!" He flicked her over the ear to soften his words.
The medicine cat apprentice grinned at Dewpaw's remark and replied to Hollypaw, "They're respectful at best… And it's certainly good to make friends from other clans: they might help you one day."
Hollypaw leapt over a fallen log and turned her green gaze to her friend. "What happens if there's a fight?"
"The gathering ends regardless if the leaders have finished speaking. It's best to get back to your clanmates if that happens." They lapsed into silence until the clan approached the tree-bridge.
"Go on," hissed Snowpaw from behind. "It's best if you cling in deep with your claws."
Hollypaw leapt up without a word and stuck her claws into the rotten wood. "It's slippery!"
"That's why you dig in deep." Snowpaw jumped up behind and soon they reached the other end.
Hollypaw gazed around, stunned by the large number of cats walking around the island. She jumped as Snowpaw spoke, "I've got to meet with the other medicine cats now, Hollypaw. You go and find some other apprentices to talk with."
The black apprentice watched as her only friend padded after Jayfeather. She jumped when a tabby bumped into her.
"Oops! Sorry, I was looking for Redpaw and Bloodpaw. Have you seen them?"
Hollypaw snarled at him. "Why would I want to even look at those pieces of fox-dung?"
"Hey!" The tom objected, "What's with the attitude?" He purred and flicked her ear. "I'm Frostpaw. What's your name?"
"Hollypaw. Bloodpaw and Redpaw are my –"
"Sisters! You're the famous Hollypaw who clawed Bloodpaw's ear." Frostpaw looked smug, his blue eyes glinting in the moonlight.
Hollypaw was left speechless as a shaft of moonlight made his fur look like it had stars in it. "I was defending myself," she snapped. Hollypaw weaved past a group of elders and sat in the middle of the massive group of cats.
Frostpaw followed, completely forgetting about meeting with Bloodpaw and Redpaw. "From who?"
She spat at him, her claws raking his nose. "Stop following me!"
"Hey!" His eyes were surprised. "Why did you do that? It's a gathering."
"What in StarClan's name do you think you're doing talking to that thing, Frostpaw?" Bloodpaw bowled Hollypaw over and glared at the ShadowClan tom. "You could get a disease."
Hollypaw dragged herself to her paws, ears burning in shame as eyes turned to look at them.
"Ugh, well you see… Erm," Frostpaw looked frantically at the cats that had turned to stare questionably at them. "I wanted to find out who she was."
Bloodpaw glowered at the cats. "What do you think you're looking at?" She turned to glare at Hollypaw. "What is your problem, Hollypaw? Why do you always have to ruin everything?"
Redpaw padded up behind Bloodpaw. "Cats are staring at you."
"Yeah, Bloodpaw," mimicked Hollypaw. "Cats are staring at you." Inside, she was furious that her sister had caught her unaware with someone they both knew.
Frostpaw glanced around as cats began to turn back to their friends. He padded up to Bloodpaw, "Come on, Bloodpaw, we were only talking. In fact, I was asking her if she knew where you were."
Hollypaw felt an odd burning sensation in her belly as Frostpaw addressed Bloodpaw. He was obviously very fond of the she-cat despite only meeting her twice before.
Bloodpaw snorted. "Alright. Frostpaw, come and meet the rest of the ThunderClan apprentices. We're actually doing something good for the clan." She glared meaningfully at Hollypaw before heading off to the edge of the clearing with Redpaw and Frostpaw in tow.
Hollypaw lowered her head and didn't bother to listen properly to the leaders as they announced clan news. She felt too miserable.
A bit short but I needed another filler chapter. A chapter in Hollypaw's perspective showing how she feels. I've also come to attention that there is a Dewpaw in ShadowClan (Frostpaw's brother), and one in ThunderClan. It's good that I decided to make the ShadowClan Dewpaw a medicine cat, right? :P
Spottedmask12 – Ah, but Snowpaw gets on with everybody, and it's just Hollypaw the rest of the apprentices have problems with.
Icecloud447 – I guess you could say Frostpaw has a bit of a crush on Bloodpaw. I wonder how Hollypaw feels..? And I guess Hollypaw's actions aren't good enough reasons for the things she has already done, and the things I'm planning for her to do.
See you guys. :3