Hooves to Paws: An MLP/Warriors fanfic

Chapter Fifteen

Twilight (Silverpaw)'s POV

Five days until le battle

I padded out of the apprentices' den, sitting near the entrance. Grooming my pelt, I thought about the coming battle. My thoughts turned to panic.

What Clan will I be in? Will I remember my battle moves? What if I have to fight my Clan?

The thoughts rang inside my head as I padded towards the fresh-kill pile. I picked a small sunfish, and padded back towards the apprentices' den. Pinkie padded out of the den, and laid next to me. I shuddered a bit, remembering what she told me when she almost killed Rainbow Dash a couple nights ago. I calmed her down, but she still looked at me, worry in her blue eyes.

I could have sworn my heart almost stopped when I saw her eyes flash red.

I shook my head, and took a few bites of the sunfish. I nudged it over to Pinkie, and she and I ate it. Pinkie took the bones and buried them.

She came back over and whispered something in my ear.

"Twilight, can we talk? In private?"

I nodded my head, and Pinkie lead me out of camp. Outside the camp, the dawn patrol was coming back. Streamfur was at the head of it.

"Going hunting?", he asked.

I nodded. "Hopefully the fish like the sun as much as we do."

Streamfur chuckled. "Good luck!"

Pinkie and I went through the marsh into the willows. Trekking past them, and going through some bushes, we ended up in a seccluded clearing.

"Where'd you find this place, Pinkie?", I asked out of nowhere.

"Stormcloud brought me once, for training. Anyway, there's something we need to talk about.", she replied, urgency in her voice.

"Is it about what happened the other night?"

Pinkie nodded. "I'm scared, Twilight. I almost killed our friend. What if it happens again? What if I kill someone this time?!"

I placed my tail tip on Pinkie's shoulder.

"Its gonna be okay. It won't happen again.", I meowed.

Pinkie looked at me, joy shining in her crystal blue eyes.

"Okay.."

We walked out of the clearing and sat by the lake to fish. Pinkie and I fished until a while after sunhigh, then came back to camp, plenty of fish in our jaws.

Rosethorn saw us pad in, and walked over, almost stumbling over Emberkit and Smokekit.

"Look, some fish!", she meowed to her kits.

"I don't want fish! I want milk!", Smokekit whined.

Rosethorn just shook her head.

"No. You're too big for milk."

"But ma..!"

"No."

Rosethorn took two of our fish, one larger and one smaller, then padded back to the nursery. Pinkie and I placed our fresh-kill on the pile.

Oceanstorm walked over to us.

"Silverpaw, come on, we're going on a patrol.", he ordered.

Pinkie jumped to her feet.

"Can I come to?", she asked.

Oceanstorm shook his head.

"We're doing assesments. Stormcloud will take you once he comes back from hunting."

Pinkie's tail drooped, then she trudged to her nest.

Oceanstorm nudged me out into the forest. We went to the training clearing, and I noticed that Cloudpaw and Reedpelt were there.

"Alright. Cloudpaw, Silverpaw, in the center.", Reedpelt meowed.

I padded to the center of the clearing, and so did Cloudpaw.

Cloudpaw looked at me, her amber eyes blazing. She got into a battle stance and smiled, her expression posing a challenge.

"Whenever you're ready.", Oceanstorm meowed.

I lept at Cloudpaw, making sure to keep my claws sheathed. I gently hit her sides, then tripped her with my hind leg. I stood, towering over her, until Cloudpaw went limp. I kept my grip strong but jumped when she screeched all of a sudden. The jump made me lose my grip, and Cloudpaw went soaring into the air. She twisted and landed behind me. I swiveled to meet her, but she came rushing towards me. She shoved me with her side, then tripped me with her paw. I fell to the ground, and barely avoided Cloudpaw's leap. I rolled to the side, then got up quickly.

Oceanstorm put his paw in front of me. "That's enough, Silverpaw. You both fought well.

After our battle, the four of us hunted a bit then went back to camp.

Cloudpaw went over to Pikepaw and started boasting about her battle moves. I padded over to Pikepaw and Cloudpaw.

"How was it for you, Pikepaw?", I asked.

Pikepaw shrugged. "It was okay, I guess. Man, Springpaw sure is a vicious fighter. You shoulda saw her."

I looked closer at Pikepaw's fur. My eyes widened when I saw multiple deep scratches.

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