Author's Note: This is a pretty intense chapter! Something bad happens at the end of the chapter, so read, read, read! Also, I'd like to thank fernunderblazingstar for reviewing last chapter. You get a Silverpelt plushie! :D
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Cherrypaw munched away at a mouse that Thunderstar had caught for her at dawn, when she was still resting. It was her first day training, so she'd have to be ready to fight.
The tom padded over to her. "Glad your finishing up your prey, Cherrypaw. Are you ready to start your first day l-" He got interrupted.
"YES! I am so excited for starting to train!" She said with excitement in her tone as she started to run around.
"Cherrypaw, stop running! You will lose your energy!"
The apprentice sighed, stopped, and sat down.
"Now, we aren't training today. I need to teach you the surroundings of our forest," He mewed. The apprentice nodded. "Is that fun?"
Thunderstar smiled and let out a quick yes, then continued speaking. "Let's start with near the Twolegs Place, then we'll make our way across." He told her, getting up and starting walking to the edge of the forest, where the border between the Twoleg's Place and the Clans lay.
"What's a Twolegs Place again?"
"Where you used to live,"
The two continued to walk towards the Twolegs Place. Since the young cat was new to the forest, she was still getting used to everything in the forest. The leaves crackling beneath their feet made her chuckle inside her head. She would have started laughing, but he wouldn't want to disturb Thunderstar, since he looked serious.
Maybe...she should act serious?
Her bright, big smile turned into almost a frown. She stopped plopping around and started to walk firmly. She put her tail down, and lastly, she raised her back. The only thing...
She raised her back a little too high.
The light brown she-cat fell onto the forest floor, with her right paw hitting a stone. Thunderstar glanced over to her as quick as he could, but was looking firm. Inside of him, he was worried.
"Sorry!"
She stood up, feeling as if she was burning up from fire, but in this case, the only fire is embarrassment. She blushed a bit.
"No need, mistakes happen, let's just continue on." Thunderstar told the apprentice.
They went on, until Thunderstar stopped at a Thunderpath. "Once we pass this, then we'll be right near the border."
The gray tom eyed both ways, then scurried over to the other side. "Your turn, Cherrypaw! Look out for any monsters!"
The apprentice heard her Twolegs call 'monsters' cars, so she just replaced the word, like she did with a lot of things that Thunderstar said. If he didn't explain anything, half of what he said would just sound like gibberish.
The apprentice glanced to the right, then the left. She started to run over, until she heard a noise. Her heart started pounding as she sprinted over to Thunderstar.
The leader ran over to her, but she got to him on time. The monster sped past them.
Cherrypaw took a big sigh of relief, and ignored the dirt that was all over her pelt from almost sliding towards Thunderstar.
"That was close."
Cherrypaw nodded, as she started to travel once again. Thunderstar quickly tip-toed in front of her. The whole trip was silent, until they gotten over to around the Twolegs Place. The gray cat stopped, careful not to go to much into the area. "This is the Twolegs Place, as you should know. I know it's not a good idea for you to be around here, but eh, it's probably so for a lot of cats."
Cherrypaw looked at the vivid scenery. The Twolegs Place was full of lots of stuff, slow moving monsters, big cream, white, blue, or yellow dens, a few Twolegs, and some Twolegs even had a dog, tied with them. There was also a lot of green that had surrounded the area.
"I've been here before, Thunderstar. I can show you where my den used to be, too!"
The gray cat shook his head. "It would be too dangerous. Anyways, we shouldn't show any respect to our old lives as a kittypet."
The light brown she-cat looked at him, and let out a little gasp. "You were a kittypet?"
Thunderstar gulped a bit. "Not exactly. I had a...friend, though, who was. I stayed with her often."
Cherrypaw let out a saddened face. "That's sad that you left her..."
"I didn't. She's in a Clan, actually, just not ours."
"Who is she?"
"...Shadowstar."
Cherrypaw nodded. "Cool."
Thunderstar and Cherrypaw got a little closer, but, one Twoleg realized that two cats were there. Every cat on the street had collars, so they must have been strays. She started to walk over to them.
The two weren't paying attention, until she was right in front of them.
"RUN CHERRYPAW!"
The apprentice started to dash off, hoping the leader was behind her. But once she was at a safe spot in the bushes, she saw that the Twoleg caught him, since she started to chase after him.
"Th-thu-thunderstar?" She whispered.
The leader glanced at the bush, and mouthed, "Stay Safe."
After that, the Twoleg had left.
"This is all my fault..." Cherrypaw whispered to herself, and then, ran for the Clans.