Hey everyone, before we start the story I want to say that I will be updating the clans this week for those of you that has given a OC. Thanks again!

Antpaw woke up with a shudder as a few water droplets ran down her fur. Her whiskers twitched with irritation in return. Antpaw lifted her head and could hear heavy rain pattering on the roof of the den. The thick reeds covering the den was holding up the water well, but no good enough for Antpaw.

Antpaw warily rose to her paws and poked her head out of the den. Mud squished her paws as she placed a paw out of the den, Antpaw giving a hiss of disgust. "Ew!' She commented quietly before shifting her gaze toward the river.

The river was pulling the reeds in, the water bubbling furiously. Her ears flattened. What if a flood happens again? She thought, pulling herself back to her nest.

Antpaw was clearly reminded of her past, when she almost drowned from a flood not many moons ago. Thankfully, Bluepaw and Shadepaw, kits back then pulled her up in time. Shadekit, or Shadepaw pulled Antkit by the scruff, while Bluepaw helped her up by going under the water.

The young apprentice quickly shrugged off her thoughts and placed her muzzle on her fore paws. Quickly, she was interrupted by mewls and wails of kits. "Oh StarClan..." She sighed, recognizing a familiar wail. She got to her paws with a huff, and she sprinted out of the den to her family.

A queen lay in the corner, rapidly licking her kin. Antpaw slid next to her mother, pressing her soaked flank to hers. "Thank StarClan you're here!" Beetlemask whispered gratefully. "Your brother won't stop crying unless it's you." She added with a sigh. The apprentice smiled awkwardly as she flicked her tail lightly on her brothers back. "Warriors don't cry, Crowkit." Antpaw reminded gently. Crowkit would straighten immediately. "I'm not crying!" He protested with a lash of his tail. Other kits would join in. "Then keep quiet, we're trying to sleep." She sighed. The kits would nod in reply. "I'm going to be the most quietest warrior yet!" Boasted one kit, Hailkit.

Antpaw would purr as she left, the purr fizzling away as she met rain. She scrambled to the den alertly, tying to not to slip every few paw steps.

She sighed with relief as she entered the den, her eyes widening with surprise as she saw most apprentices awake. "Wow, I did not expect you guys to be awake." Antpaw commented.

"How can we sleep with these kits?" Stormypaw groaned. "Why does the nursery have to be so near us! I bet the kits scared all the prey from here to the highstones." The russian blue she added with a disgusted snort. Antpaw held a giggle, then turned to the other apprentices, who seemed to be agreeing. "Yeah," Bluepaw said from the corner of the den. "Hey, I have a idea!" Greypaw mewed out of nowhere, raising to his paws. "Lets all go on a hunt, maybe we can get away from the yowling kits!" A quiet cheer filled the den. "And we can get praise!" Shadepaw added quickly.

Antpaw felt a prickle of uneasiness creeping up her fur. "What about the heavy rai-" Antpaw tried to say, but was easily stopped, the rest of apprentices heading out. Antpaw shook her head and padded out.

The wind howled and tugged on the apprentices fur as the hunting patrol lined near the river.

"Hey! Hey!" Bluepaw called under the wind and the load bubbling of the river. "I found a lot of fish over here!" The apprentices would swarm to Bluepaw's spot, Antpaw giggling.

She was stopped to her tracks as a voice mewed her name. "Antpaww!" A familiar voice said. "Wha..?" Antpaw spun around, only to find Crowkit behind her. "Phew! Thank StarClan that was only you!" The black apprentice sighed. Crowkit purred with a satisfied expression, then scrambled toward the other apprentices. "I'm going with you!" He declared. Antpaws eyes widened. "Crowkit!"

The rain kept pouring down, mud streaking on Antpaws fur as she weaved around the small crowd of apprentices. Oh, why does Crowkit have to be so small? Antpaw thought.

The apprentice stepped on something fuzzy, and she pulled back her paw with surprise. The kit slid away from the crowd in reply.

SPPPLLLAAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHH!

"Antpaw! Crowkit just went in the river!" Stormypaw meowed urgently above her. Antpaw jolted away without a word back. She swept her gaze across the water, trembling. "Why didn't you get him?" She burst out to no cat in particular. "We tried!" Defended a voice.

No... This can't be happening! Antpaw thought, horrified.

There you have it! A long but a important chapter. Hope you enjoyed!