Lurking Evil- A warriors fanfiction. |By- Shock|

Chapter 1- One, two, three. It is you i can see.

The misty morning air ruffled the fur on the spotted she. The cat was staring into the abyss of the forest, through the crack in the large den's walls. "Leopardpaw, Leopardpaw!" The cat, now named, snapped towards reality, throwing her head back to the noise. "Oh my Starclan, Pantherpaw! What did i say about sneaking up on me?" Leopardpaw let out an exasperated and relieved sigh. "Sorry Leopardpaw; but you're going to be late! Our second to last assessment is today!" The black tom went on. "Alright, alright. I'll be there in a few. Now go, stop pestering me." The she turned away and padded out of the den, giving a weary sigh. 

Leopardpaw's second to last assessment was taking place, today, here, now. Her mentor, Dovestare, was explaining everything to Pantherpaw and Leopardpaw herself. Pantherpaw seemed stressed, as he was changing his stance quite often. She nudged him, and he let out a quiet snort to say 'Leopardpaw, stop'. And so the mannered she did. "And that's all. Now, run along now, go hunt!" finished Dovestare. "Yes, Dovestare!" Pantherpaw leaped in the air excitedly, and then ran off somewhere in the large, yet comforting forest.

Leopardpaw stalked around the bracken and reeds, lifting her nose to catch of whiff. She sniffed and found a scent. Leopardpaw creeped up downwind of the creature, soon figuring it was a rabbit. She slowly crept towards the rabbit, like a snake in the reeds. She whipped around and pounced on the creature's side, pushing her claws more and more into it. The animal struggled under the she's paws, closer and closer to death, suffering and bleeding through her claws. The she smirked. She bit the rabbit's neck, slowly. She wrapped up the hunt and grabbed all of her prey, stalking back towards Dovestare with her head high.