Cloverpaw turned around, to see a dark grey apprentice, with a large white she-cat. "Cliffpaw, what did we say about 'Your territory.' This is the territory of the clan." Cliffpaw responded "Sorry Brookstar" rats! The WindClan leader" Cloverpaw stood her ground "If you hadn't killed a member of my clan, I wouldn't be here!" "We didn't kill her!" Brookstar mewed "That's the smell of a kittypet from the Twolegplace." Cloverpaw was surprised with this statement. What would kittypets want to do with our clan?" she responded "I don't know, but they have only recently moved to Twolegplace. WindClan has been having – well -Problems with them as well." Mewed Brookstar. "Also, I can clearly see that this isn't your fault, so Cliffpaw and I will personally escort you back to your camp" Cloverpaw couldn't refuse this offer, but then Cliffpaw complained "Aww, I wanted to claw her eyes out." Brookstar audibly sighed "Why are you like this, Cliffpaw?" Cliffpaw looked disappointed, but started walking to the border, with Brookstar and Cloverpaw walking behind him. While the three cats were walking away from the Valley, Cliffpaw asked Cloverpaw a question. "So, how long have you been an apprentice for?" Cloverpaw responded truthfully. "1 week. How about you, Cliffpaw?" Cliffpaw mewed "Today is my first day as an apprentice" He seemed extremely excited to be an apprentice. After they crossed the border, Brookstar made an offer. "Would you like us to take you to the camp, or stay on our side of the border?" Cloverpaw decided to have the cats take her to the camp, it would be safer with more cats taking her home. They crossed a river via the stepping stones, however once they reached the camp, Brookstar could tell something was off. "Be quiet." Cliffpaw was about to protest, but Brookstar brushed her tail over his mouth. "Did you not hear what I JUST SAID" Brookstar's remark started off quiet, but quickly became a yell. Brookstar ordered the two apprentices to go into the camp, while Brookstar would launch into battle against ShadowClan. Brookstar charged into battle and yelled "For WindClan!" Cloverpaw and Cliffpaw snuck into the camp, and bolted into the nursery Cloverpaw heard Willowkit scream "Help! Help!" Cloverpaw instinctively grabbed onto one of Willowkit's paws and started pulling. "Cliffpaw, help me pull Willowkit out!" Cliffpaw promptly grabbed onto Willowkit's other paw, and the apprentices started pulling Willowkit out of the hole. There was a subtle groan, and Willowkit came free. "Thanks, Cloverpaw, and- er" "Cliffpaw" Introduced Cliffpaw, who then ran off. Cloverpaw stuck around and glanced around, noticing all the kits were gone. Cloverpaw asked Willowkit "Where did the kits go?" Willowkit glanced into the hole and mewed "There." Immediately, Cloverpaw leapt into the hole. She heard a faint thud behind her, and knew it was Willowkit. "Willowkit" she said, without turning around. "I don't know where this tunnel leads, and Kits aren't allowed leave the camp."
"But it would be safer with backup."
"Fine, I'll get Cliffpaw."
"It's dangerous in the fight. You could die, then no one would save the kits.
Cloverpaw was annoyed with Willowkit's logic, but agreed to Willowkit joining the endeavour, besides, he was almost an apprentice. "Alright, but I'm not taking any blame when Greystar goes insane on you" Willowkit murmured an agreement before running up the tunnel. "And stay behind me!" Cloverpaw heard Willowkit padding slowly behind her, as she started to race through the tunnel. Willowkit stumbled into Cloverpaw, knocking her over. "Willowkit, what are you doing?" She could feel blood on his claws, and was confused how. "Were you in the battle?" Cloverpaw questioned. Willowkit seemed hesitant to answer, but eventually mewed "Y-Yes, I fought a ShadowClan apprentice" Cloverpaw was jealous, she hadn't fought an apprentice, not even from another clan. Willowkit mewed "After this, Greystar will have to make me an apprentice early" Cloverpaw ignored Willowkit, but he seemed to be hoping for a response. Cloverpaw's ears pricked when she heard rushing water. She didn't say anything until Willowkit mewed "Why do I hear water?"
"That's because the border with ShadowClan is over a river" Willowkit perked up, and asked "Have you been here?" Cloverpaw mewed "Yes" and kept going through the tunnel. "Willowkit, who do you think your mentor will be?" Cloverpaw asked a simple question to pass the time. It was completely black, and for a second, Cloverpaw thought Willowkit wasn't there, until she heard his reply. "I think Shatterpelt would be a good mentor. He mentored Darkheart, and I saw her fighting really well today." Cloverpaw thought that was a valid reason for wanting Shatterpelt as a Mentor. Willowkit was having trouble keeping up with Cloverpaw, and Cloverpaw audibly sighed. "Willowkit, you insisted on coming" she hissed. "Sorry, I'm not as fast as you, besides, I can see the moon." Cloverpaw looked up, to see the moon "Tomorrow will be the half-moon" Willowkit mewed. 'The prophecy!' Cloverpaw remembered that she would have to leave the camp to go to the Moongrove. Willowkit's unusual green fur glistened in the moonlight, the blood on his claws glowing red. Willowkit stepped out of the tunnel first, breathing in fresh air and sighing. Cloverpaw exited the tunnel and glared down into the ShadowClan camp, Seeing three kits and the leader, Goldstar on a rock above the clan. Goldstar glared at the kits, and started talking. "This day, we lost an apprentice. Bluepaw has been killed by a dishonourable RiverClan warrior. Cloverpaw flicked her tail over Willowkit's mouth to stop him from yelling. As she dropped her tail, Willowkit quietly hissed "Bobbyblaze isn't dishonourable, he was defending his clan from an attacking clan." Cloverpaw agreed with Willowkit's statement, however she didn't say anything, not even muttering an agreement. She didn't dare to make a sound, in case Goldstar heard her. The attacking clan had already gotten back to their camp. 'StarClan, help us get the kits'