FlameClan
Rainpaw hid in the tall grass of FlameClan territory. Her mission, to sneak up on Whitethorn, her mentor. She sniffed the air, trying to find Whitethorn's sent. Nothing. He must have hidden his sent. Clever. What else did she expect from her mentor? Rainpaw narrowed her eyes in concentration. She had to find Whitethorn before he found her. She felt a sudden weight on her back as a cat pounced on her, claws sheathed."Failed," the white cat said as he released her.
Rainpaw looked down at her paws. "Sorry, Whitethorn."
Whitethorn huffed. "Sorry catches no prey. Seriously Rainpaw, you've been an apprentice for two moons! I would expect that you would be able to at least hide from me a bit longer. By StarClan! Do you even want to be a warrior!"
Rainpaw flinched back. "I-I do Whitethorn. I do want to be a warrior."
He narrowed his yellow eyes. "Then try harder. We'll do some hunting. That is something you are actually good at."
Rainpaw nodded to her harsh-mouthed mentor. She did not take what he said personally, he was called Whitethorn reason.
Rainpaw laid low to the ground, a vole sniffed the soil ahead of her. She moved carefully towards the rodent, not wanting the tall grass around her to move much. She did not want to startle the mouse-like creature. No, that would be awful. She did not want to return to whitethorn empty-pawed, he would claw her ears off.
Rainpaw halted. The vole sniffed the air. The grey she-cat's mouth watered. She had to catch that vole. Her Clan needed it. Rainpaw pounced, chancing her catch. She knew if she waited any longer she would lose her prey.
The vole gave a small squeak as Rainpaw softly landed on it. She bit down on the neck and killed the rodent.
Rainpaw picked up the limp vole and found a clump of loose soil. She buried her prey and marked it so she could find it after she was done hunting.
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Rainpaw felt proud of her hunt. She caught a total of two pieces. Sure it did not sound like much, but this had to be one of her most successful hunts in a while. Whitethorn also caught two things of prey. He led the way back to camp not showing any signs of acknowledging her successful catch.The two made it back to camp, the Clan already sharing tounges. Whitethorn dropped his prey in the pile, then padded to Fireflower, Bramblestorm, and Meadowclaw.
Rainpaw placed her prey in the pile and sighed. Looking for her siblings before the Clan went back to their normal duties. Spying Sootpaw and Singepaw talking to Frostpaw and Snowpaw by Softmoss's den, she bounded over to her fellow apprentices. "Hey! So, what did you do with your mentors?" She did not know what they were talking about and did not want not to feel left out.
Snowpaw's green eyes sparkled as she looked at Rainpaw, her white pelt shining int the sunlight. "Stormclaw gave me a hunting lesson," She purred, "He said that I was amazing!"
Frostpaw looked annoyed at Rainpaw's interrupting of the previous conversation. He gave Snowpaw and Rainpaw a yellow glare. "As I was saying," he hissed, "I can't believe that Petalstar thinks TunnelClan is innocent! All the signs point to them!"
Rainpaw felt her pelt get hot with anger. "You don't know that! You don't have all the facts! Besides, you're sounding like Bigstar and CloudClan! If you think that way, maybe you should spend some time with them and join them!" She flicked her tail as she bared her teeth.
Singepaw fluffed out her pelt. "Hey! Don't talk to Frostpaw like that!"
"But, but," Rainpaw stopped and sighed, there was no point in arguing with her sister. Especially with that new crush on Frostpaw she had. She flicked her tail and looked away from the group. She flicked her ear, ignoring whatever mumble Sootpaw was saying. "I'm going somewhere else."
Rainpaw stormed off, her tail lashing. "Hey! Wait for me!" Snowpaw called as she bounded after her.
Rainpaw halted and waited for Snowpaw to catch up. Once she did, Rainpaw padded forward again. "You don't want to be with the others?"
The white she-cat shook her head. "Eh, I don't really like talking about the other clans." Snowpaw thought for a moment. "Or disrespect our leader."
Rainpaw purred. "Glad some other apprentices respects Petalstar."
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At sunhigh, everyone went back to work. Whitethorn was assigned to a border patrol, meaning that Rainpaw went as well. Ahead of her, a dark ginger tabby she-cat led the patrol, her wiry frame resembling a TunnelClan cat. However, the red warrior was not a cat that transferred clans, nor was she half-clan. No, she was formerly a loner and before that a kittypet."So Robinflight," a grey tom behind Rainpaw said, "what are we looking for so near CloudClan's border?" His voice was filled with a condescending tone and Rainpaw imagined that his eyes were narrowed and having a bit of a smirk.
Robinfilght bristled a bit before her green gaze glared at the tom. "Well Ashwhisker," she said sarcastically, "what do we look for on a border patrol? I'm sorry, but my poor kittypet brain can't recall. Maybe Stormclaw shouldn't have made me the leader of this patrol."
Rainpaw expected for Ashwhisker to start talking back, but instead, she did not. And did she hear purring? No, that was just her imagination. The purring had stopped, so she thought she was just hearing things.
Robinflight halted as she sniffed the air. She started to hide in the tall grass that filled FlameClan's territory. Rainpaw knew what this meant. There were intruders in their territory. She followed Robinflight's example, as did the other members of the patrol. Rainpaw sniffed the air herself. Defiantly CloudClan. She did not know why they trespassed, unless. There was an unused TunnelClan tunnel up ahead. Where they checking out the tunnels themselves?
The FlameClan cats neared the intruders, pelt bristling. They wanted to teach these trespassers a lesson. At least, Rainpaw did. Every clan has its own borders, and they were to be respected. Rainpaw got so close that she was about to see the trespassers in the tall grass. Two were red and two were grey. One looked like an apprentice. Rainpaw bared her teeth at the outsiders. Robinflight stepped out to face the intruders, looking like she was ready for a fight. " What in the name of StarClan are you doing here?!"
