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badguthrie:I did come up with Wrenstar's name. I was just thinking of cool names that haven't been used before and Wrenstar was one that popped up. Thanks for your suggestion on Leafkit's warrior name and I'm glad that you like the story so much!

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On with the new chapter!

Chapter 8

Sagepaw went back to sleep in the medicine cat den and woke up when Wrenstar called her name.

"Sagepaw, time for battle training with Bouncepaw, Whitepaw and Nightpaw!" Wrenstar called.

"Okay!" Sagepaw called back. Today, she was going to tell Wrenstar that she wanted to and needed to become a medicine cat apprentice.

Sagepaw trotted out of the medicine den over to Wrenstar.

"Wrenstar, can I ask you something?" Sagepaw meowed.

"Later. We have to do battle training now." Wrenstar replied.

"Well, actually… I need to talk to you right now before battle training."

"Fine. What is it?" Wrenstar meowed, starting to sound annoyed.

"Well… you have been a good mentor but… Cindertail came to me in a dream telling me that I needed to become a medicine cat apprentice because it's my destiny." Sagepaw meowed.

Wrenstar looked at Sagepaw like she had two heads.

"Cindertail told you this?" Wrenstar asked, sounding absolutely stunned and no longer annoyed.

"Yes. She told me this in a dream when I had blacked out from the sting of the poultice."

"Okay." Wrenstar meowed. She sounded like she was starting to recover from the shock. "So you want to become a medicine cat apprentice to Hawkwing?"

"I do." Sagepaw simply stated.

"Well then, I will hold the ceremony today at sunset." Wrenstar meowed. "You can hunt though, because as of right now, you still are a warrior apprentice."

"All right. I'll try to catch a lot of prey because this is my last day."

"Good. Now go off and bring back some prey for your clan!"

Sagepaw left camp and started to walk to the Sky Tree to hunt. As she padded through the high trees, she stopped because she heard a scuffling noise. Slowly and quietly, Sagepaw walked over to the Sky Tree, where the noise was coming from.

She saw three cats, Eagleclaw, Clawslash, and Duskfur, who was pinned the ground by the other toms. Sagepaw quietly sprinted to the nearest bush to watch what was happening.

"Please! Don't kill me!" Duskfur wailed.

"Well, we're going to anyways!" Eagleclaw screeched eerily. Clawslash then started to claw at Duskfur. Sagepaw desperately wanted to help Duskfur but she wasn't a strong fighter. She would be no help at all to Duskfur and would probably get herself killed.

Starting slow at first and then mercilessly and brutally attacking Duskfur. Eagleclaw joined in soon after, and the two toms didn't stop until Duskfur had died. Sagepaw couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. Eagleclaw and Clawslash seemed happy at what they had done.

"Now Wrenstar will surely pick one of us to be the new deputy." Clawslash eagerly meowed.

"Probably me rather than you." Eagleclaw meowed back. "Remember, you ruined your chances more than likely when you attacked the kit."

"Yeah, well, we'll just see about that," Clawslash meowed.

Sagepaw just had to get away, back to camp even though she didn't catch anything. Sagepaw had to tell Wrenstar about this. She tried to get out of the bush that she was in without any noise, but she ended up shaking the bush to the point where Eagleclaw and Clawslash could hear it.

Eagleclaw and Clawslash started to run over to where Sagepaw was, and when they saw her, they pinned her down.

"Don't you ever tell anyone what just happened you freak! If you do, we will do the same thing to you as we did to Duskfur." Eagleclaw growled fiercely.

"O-Okay. I won't!"

"Good." Eagleclaw growled, and with that he and Clawslash started to drag Duskfur's body back to camp. Sagepaw just stood there, in shock of what had just happened. As she started to walk back to camp, she heard Eagleclaw yowl, "Duskfur is dead!

Cliffhanger! I will try to post as often as I can now that school is starting. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter!

Question of the Day:What do you think that Sagepaw's warrior name will be? I already know, but I want to hear what everyone else guesses!