Dawnstar's decision ( ShadowClan AU)

Chapter 1: Mistakes and meetings

A/N: I don't own Warriors. Erin Hunter does. I just play with the characters.

" Speech"

Thoughts, dreams

' Flashback'

Dawnpaw padded out of ShadowClan's apprentice den, breathing in the crisp scent of pine, sap, and marshy ground. The young she-cat looked around the camp, noticing her mentor, Acorndapple with a few other warriors whom she thought were the mentors of other apprentices. I wonder why he's talking to them. Are they planning something, like a training session? But I just got my name less than half a moon ago! I don't know any fighting moves! I'd get shredded into mouse dust by Pouncepaw and the other older apprentices!

After a few heartbeats, she heard the familiar paw steps of her brother and sister and soon the two of them were on her side, looking for their respective mentors.

" Do you know what they are talking about ?" Pondpaw asked her.

Dawnpaw shook her head. " No, I don't. "
After what felt like moons Acorndapple padded over to the trio. He gave an appreciative nod to Dawnpaw and her siblings. "It's good to see that you three are already out and about. Today we will go to check the ThunderClan border during the morning patrol. "

Soon they were joined by a dark grey tom with yellow eyes, called Slatepuddle who was the mentor of Marshpaw, and a black and white tom called Rooksplash who mentored Pondpaw.

Acorndapple nodded to the two before leading the group away from the camp.

Dawnpaw padded beside her mentor, looking around the pine forest that sheltered ShadowClan's camp. This is the best place in the whole forest.

Suddenly there was a squeak from the nearby bushes and a group of blackbirds took flight.

Rooksplash leaped into the air, managing to stun one of the biggest birds. After killing it with a swift bite in the neck he buried the fresh kill.

" I know that we aren't a hunting patrol but the opportunity was too good to pass. " He told the patrol, flicking his tail slightly.

" And because Addercloud's favorite prey is a blackbird, isn't it?" Slatepuddle asked him, purring teasingly. Nearly the whole Clan knew that Rooksplash had a massive crush on the dilute torbie she-cat.

The black and white tom didn't reply to Slatepuddle before continuing the patrol.

After a while, the patrol had reached a stretch of the black hard stonelike area on the ground.

" Is that... Thunderpath? We saw it briefly on the first tour but not this close. " Dawnpaw asked Acorndapple who nodded.

" It is Thunderpath" He confirmed.

I want to see what is on the other side of the Thunderpath, it looks like it would be a great area for hunting.
Before any of the mentors were able to stop her, Dawnpaw rushed over to the hard, black surface and the other side.