Chapter 2

Flamefur prodded the young silver apprentice with his paw. She groggily got up and saw the flamed coat warrior standing in front of her. She stood up fast when she remembered that it was her first day as an apprentice. Looking at him attentively he flicked his tail over to the fresh-kill pile.

"You should get some fresh-kill before we head out to explore the territory." He mewed to her. "We might have time to learn how to hunt." He stood up to eave and walked away over to a couple of other warriors and joined in on their conversation. She was about to walk over to the fresh-kill pile when her sister grabbed a mouse and a robin from the fresh-kill pile and plopped down beside her.

"Hi! How are you?" Featherpaw mewed to her. She bent down to take a bite of her mouse and then turned her head over, looking at her with interest. Silverpaw didn't know quite what to say, speaking how she only became an apprentice yesterday and hadn't gone out to do anything yet. So she just said good and started eating her robin. They sat there for a while until finally when Featherpaw shot up.

"I forgot to bring some prey to Spotteddapple!" Featherpaw bolted towards the fresh-kill pile and ran towards the den. Silverpaw smiled at her sister but then buried her prey and then looked around for Flamefur. She saw him in the same spot. Waiting patiently, she decided to wait for him.

Flamefur eventually came over, ready to go on exploring. They walked out of camp and went through the forest. It had just rained that night so there were birds everywhere chirping happily. The mice and squirrels would be out so it would be a nice day for hunting. Flamefur lead the way through the forest and eventually stopped right in front of mixed smells. There was her clan, which she recognized, but there was another smell. Silverpaw looked up to her mentor with a questioning look in her eyes.

He replied roughly, "This is the Stormclan border, but now that you know the scent let's go over to the Dawnclan border." They walked through the thick amount of trees and bushes. They jumped over a couple bushes, and then Flamefur walked behind a thick group of trees. Silverpaw followed and then she gasped her eyes wide with astonishment. There was a rock, taller than any of the trees in the whole forest.

"Can we climb it?" Silverpaw mewed hopefully. Flamefur nodded and then bolted over to the other side of the rock and she soon followed. When she turned the corner she learned why he had gone to the other side. There was a path leading up to the top of the giant rock and Flamefur started to scramble up the rocks and step holds. She jumped on top of the first step hold, and then jumped to the next, and then the next and the next. This is so much fun! She thought to herself. They kept on jumping and walking up more straight paths until they came across a cave. She peeked inside and saw another path leading upwards and then bright light. She looked to her mentor, as if to say can I? He nodded and then she ran up and around the bend and then popped up and saw the exit. Walking out of the exit, she could feel the wind on her fur. Stepping across the brown and tan rock she walked over to the edge and looked down. That's a long way down, she thought.

Then Silverpaw looked up and saw the other territories. She saw the tiny outline of cats over on the left where Dawnclan was. She looked over around Dawnclan and saw more rocks like this rock, except even taller. She couldn't even see the top of one! On the right there was a little bit of moorland with the occasional tree that popped right out. Below that was some forest, but not as tightly packed as Mistclan's forest. ((((Sorry I'm making Silverpaws clan Mistclan. I'll tell you at the bottom.)))) She looked at Stormclans camp and was overcame by amazement. She saw the camp, and it was a lake! There were little dens made out of trees in the lake! She was just dumbfounded by how absurd, but amazing it was. Looking to the left side of the clan cat territory, she saw Dawnclans camp and saw that there were two rivers on one side and then one on the other. She followed where the river and then was taken by surprise. The river wasn't two rivers but one river! (We call it an oxbow. It's just a really large one.) She looked above their camp and above the river and saw a gorge. She then looked back at the river surrounding Dawnclans camp and followed it until it went down into the gorge as a waterfall! Above to the right a little bit was the humongous rocks again, the ones that were even bigger than this one. Then she looked below Dawnclans camp and saw a couple hills and high ones, but slowly glided down to show a beach. There was the ocean with the waves pounding on the shore. But she could barely hear them over the wind and distance. Then there was Mistclan below her. There were trees all over the place and a couple ponds here and there. She was astonished at how many different kinds of land there were!

"Impressive, huh?" The flame-colored tom walked to her side. "It's funny how soon you take things for granted." Silverpaw shifted her paws nervously. Then Flamefur pointed with his left paw. "Do you see those giant rock towers? Like this one? The tallest one is where the medicine cats speak with Starclan. And in the middle of the territories is where we gather at each full moon." Silverpaws eyes looked at the middle of the territories. How come she hadn't noticed it before? There were some sunbaked rocks in the very middle with large rocks circling around it. To get there you had to jump from rock to rock, or you would fall down about 5 feet. But she knew she could do it when she went eventually.

Flamefur nudged her and Silverpaw looked at him. "It's about time we go. It's a bit past midday, and we still have to look at Dawnclan's border." Flamefur told her. She reluctantly got back on her paws, and came down after him.

"What are we doing after we check Dawnclan's border?" Silverpaw mewed hopefully as she moved down the rocks. She waited for the flame colored cat to reply.

"How about you learn how to hunt?" Flamefur stated as he jumped to the bottom.

"Oh yes please!" She scrambled over the last rock and fell on the ground. She got back up and skidded after him as he bolted through the forest. They ran through the forest jumping over logs and dodging rocks when Flamefur took a sharp left and Silverpaw didn't follow. She tried to slide against the tough ground and dirt kicked up. Dust and dirt flew up in the air creating a cloud. Eventually when the cloud cleared Flamefur saw Silverpaw drenched in water. She fell into a pond! Flamefur tried to suppress a laugh as Silverpaw walked over. But she saw the look on his face.

"Oh yah?" She laughed and then shook right next to her mentor and water flew at him. Silverpaw started laughing and then Flamefur joined in.

"Haha I got you wet!" She mrowed in laughter as she prodded her mentor with a paw. He looked up at her with amusement on his face.

"But you got drenched! I think a little beat beats that." He laughed. They were interrupted when they heard some cats coming from the border. Flamefur looked at where the sound was coming from.

"Smell the border, but then let's go. I don't want to make a quarrel with Dawnclan. Silverpaw looked at him and then the border. She trotted towards it and smelled. Wow! She thought. The scent was fresh and the smells were very different from her clan and Stormclan. When she was done she trotted back to her mentor.

With a flick of his tail, he signaled for her to follow him through the trees. She caught up with him and walked beside him.

"Are we going to go hunting?" She mewed to her mentor. She had a prick of hope.

"Yes, we are." He sniffed the air. It was dewy and fresh here. The rain had made it nice for prey to be out. "Here seems like a good spot. Alright, now get in a hunters crouch. And remember to keep your tail and ears down." Silverpaw got into the hunters crouch, wither her ears bent downwards and her tail was down.

"Good, your ears and tail are down and you are light on your paws, but your left hind leg has too much weight than your right leg. You need to keep them balanced. Otherwise it could affect your leap or push off and could make you flip over." Silverpaw shifted the weight until they were even. "Good. Now slowly walk, keeping your paws light so you can sneak up on your prey. Practice on those ferns." He pointed with his tail and she got into her hunters crouch. Ears and tail down and even weights, she slowly sneaked up on the ferns. Then suddenly she pushed off with her hind legs with great force and pounced on the fern bush.

"Good. Now, can you tell me the difference between the way you hunt a rabbit and mouse." He questioned her. She thought about it, and then answered.

"With mice and voles, since they are so small, they can feel your paw steps, but with rabbits you need to be quiet and not shake around too much because of their ears." She replied hopefully. He shook his head. She felt a bit of disappointment.

"Very resourceful, but you are only half correct. You were correct on the mouse, bit." He meowed to the young apprentice. Maybe not the tiny bit, he thought to himself, but he didn't dare say it aloud. "But rabbits smell you before they hear you or feel your paw steps."

"Okay!" Silverpaw said happily. She looked at her mentor with a questioning glance, as if to say, Can I go hunting for real? He nodded and she ran into the dense amount of trees. She found a good spot and then tasted the wet and humid air. She could taste tress, bushes leaves and... Squirrel! She dropped into a crouch as she followed the scent and tried to locate it.

Then she saw the squirrel, nibbling on an acorn with its back turned. But the wind was blowing the wrong way. It was blowing towards the squirrel. She tried to creep up on it, but she was barely 5 tail-lengths away when it could smell her. It started to scrambled up a tree. Mouse-dung! She chased it, running as fast as she could, and then jumped off of the wood of the tree. She barely caught hold of the squirrel, but it still fell down. She landed with a thump, but then got back up. The squirrel was dazed and she quickly bit its neck. She stopped what she was doing with the squirrel to give thanks to Starclan for what she had caught.

Returning to where Flamefur was when Silverpaw last was, but he wasn't there anymore. She started to worry but then he popped out of a bush with a sparrow. He looked at her catch and beamed with pride. Maybe he changed his opinion of her size after all.

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They returned to camp with a squirrel, a couple mice and a robin. Flamefur flicked his tail towards the fresh-kill pile and they walked across over the soft ground to the pile. They dropped their catch and then Flamefur turned to her.

"Nice job with the hunting. Normally, 4-5 cats in a hunting patrol bring a little more. But for two cats and you hunting on your first day, you did very well." He complimented her and she smiled with a bit of pride. But she shrugged it away. "You have the rest of the day off. Not like there's much of it left though." With that he trotted off into the warriors den and disappeared. Silverpaw grabbed a vole and then sat right outside the apprentice den. She took a bite, and then chewed slowly, enjoying the rich flavor. When she was done, she buried her scraps and then sat in her den. She sat in her nest and put feathers in it, trying to make it more comfortable and then lay down to sleep. She was exhausted. But she would have to do it all over again, so she had to get used to it. Then she slowly drifted off into the dark grasps of sleep.

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"I know Yellowfang! I'm just worried!" The ancient warrior said. "The prophecy said-"

'I know what the prophecy says Bluestar!" Yellowfang snapped. "I can tell why you're worried. But it will hopefully roll out smoothly with time." The grumpy cat watched the blue and silver leader as she paced back and forth. "But when should we reveal it to her?"

"Not yet. Not when she is so young. We will have to wait." Bluestar said solemnly. Then they just sat it silence. Just in silence.

Hi guys! How did you like it? I tried to make it longer. And I guess I did. By about 900 words. Anyways... Please review and favorite and follow, because that tells me that people like my story. So you remember when I said I would explain why I'm changing her clan? Well I did it because mI had this idea but... I might tell you. If you review! Mwahahahahahha! I'm evil ;3 Oh and about the large description... Heheheh... I kind of enjoyed it. Should I make a map? I don't know. It would be cool but... XD Anyways, I will see you guys all later. Take care!