Now for Chapter 3! Yay! The next chapter will have the updated allegiances. And I thought I'd say that I don't own warriors. At all. Erin Hunter does. Read away!

Chapter 3

The whole clan was shocked by Owlkit's death, but only Greenheart, Mosskit, Eaglekit, Badgerkit, Cliffstar, and I participated in the vigil. After the vigil Dustpaw and Ravenpaw buried his body.

It had been about a half moon when Cliffstar called a meeting. Appleheart had told us we would become apprentices any day. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the High Tree for a clan meeting!" Appleheart and Leafstone gave each of us one last lick, and then all five kits shuffled out of the Nursery.

"Cliffstar, could I have a word, please?" Patchfur, one of the senior warriors asked. Cliffstar signaled to Patchfur that she would talk to him after the meeting.

Once all the cats had gathered Cliffstar continued, "It is now time some of our kits moved out of the Nursery and into the apprentice den. Would Eaglekit, Sunkit, Mosskit, Breezekit, and Badgerkit please step forward?" We all walked up and stood in a straight line.

Cliffstar leaped to the ground and began, "Eaglekit, you will now be known as Eaglepaw. Your mentor will be Stonenose. Mosskit, you will be known as Mosspaw and your mentor will be Spottedtail. Sunkit will now be known as Sunpaw. Your mentor will be Patchfur," Cliffstar paused while the three new mentors came and touched noses with us. I couldn't help but feel disappointed by Cliffstar's choice of my mentor. Patchfur is a great warrior, but his muzzle his tinged with gray. He's probably old enough to become an elder.

"Breezekit will be now known as Breezepaw and your mentor will be Grayheart. Badgerkit will be known as Badgerpaw. His mentor will be Ripplefur. That is all for this meeting. Would Ripplefur meet me in my den with some fresh-kill? You all may return to your duties." Cliffstar finished by walking into her den.

I looked up at Patchfur. "What are we going to do first?"

He answered, "Get another new apprentice and their mentor and we can show you the territories." I glanced at Badgerpaw who nodded and said something to Ripplefur. Soon the two had walked to where Patchfur and I stood.

"First we'll show you the border along BoulderClan. Be careful there; it's rocky and dangerous," Ripplefur stated. "Next we will take you to the PondClan border and we will show you some of the easy trees to climb. Tomorrow we can show you Four Trees and the HawkClan border." We set off, keeping at a steady pace.

Finally we reached a huge rock. "Breathe deeply, Sunpaw. Do you smell that?" Patchfur asked. Badgerpaw and I nodded. "That's the BoulderClan scent. They live on huge rocks that scrape their paws and make them very strong. Always remember that, and never go through this border." I wrinkled my nose in disgust. BoulderClan really does smell!

"Next is PondClan!" We traveled a little ways until the ground became soggy under our paws. The breeze carried a new scent. "That is PondClan territory. Their camp is right near a pond. They hunt fish and swim in their pond." Ripplefur paused to remark his scent along the border, and then we started running.

Eventually we stopped in front of a huge tree. It had branches that seemed to reach up to the sky. Patchfur glanced up then said, "This is one of our training trees. The trees the warriors use for practice are much bigger." I couldn't imagine any tree being bigger.

Ripplefur opened his mouth, twitched his ears, then whispered, "There's a squirrel in that tree," he leaped onto the tree with his claws unsheathed. Using his huge claws he bounded up the tree silently. The squirrel seemed to scent him and decided to move, but not before Ripplefur had bitten its neck with the killing bite.

He bounded done from the tree. "Nice kill," Patchfur complimented the deputy. "Now it's time to go back to camp. You two can get some fresh-kill and settle into the apprentice's den." It was a short journey back to camp.

As we were walking back, I asked Patchfur, "What is it you were going to tell Cliffstar before our apprentice ceremony?"

He didn't look at me as he replied, "I was going to ask to become an elder."

We arrived back at camp. I was so weary I didn't even get a piece of fresh-kill. The apprentice den was between two logs with a moss covering. I squeezed in and found nests. One didn't seem to be occupied, which I settled down into. Badgerkit was right behind me. We curled up together. It had been a long day.

(It's Moonhigh) 3rd person POV

There was a slight breeze. An old black and white tom stepped out of the warriors' den. His brown eyes glowed in the moonlight. Twigfoot stood on guard at the camp.

"Patchfur." Twigfoot nodded and then returned to the warriors' den, where he curled up in his nest. After he left Patchfur stood on guard. The breeze was going the wrong way, and he couldn't seem to scent anything. Just a small trace of HawkClan came through the breeze.

Before he could do anything, a black tom with a gray tail tip leaped from the shadows. He jumped on Patchfur's elderly back. The strong, heavy warrior was too much for Patchfur. He crumpled to the ground and was soon bit in the neck with the killing bite.

Blazeheart didn't stop biting until all the life was out of the old warrior. He signaled with his tail and Petalclaw, Dirtgaze, Redcloud, Lionpool, Caveheart, Longpaw, and Jaypaw walked into the TreeClan camp. The two apprentices rushed into the Nursery. The warriors divided up into the warriors' and apprentices' den. Yowls split in the air. The battle had begun.

Well there's Chapter 3! R&R!

~Suntalon1010101~