BOOK 1~A Broken Beginning

Chapter 11

     Snowpaw saw that Hollowpaw had grown mad a tiny bit when she said no... But she simply shrugged it off. She heard something behind her, and she turned around to face the dark brown tom.

     "Er, hi Dirtpaw." She said, trying to sound proper.

     "Hello," Dirtpaw said, looking deeply into her eyes. She looked back at him with confused, childish eyes, but he looked at her.

     'Awkward...' She thought. Snowpaw got up and raced towards the apprentice den, and sat down on some soft moss. Hollowpaw entered the den to see the white she-cat, nervous. Hollowpaw shrugged the fact she was nervous off and lied down on some moss next to her. Dirtpaw walked in and approached the white she-cat.

     "Snowpaw, would you like to go to the river later?" Dirtpaw asked.

     Snowpaw became alarmed inside but she remained calm as she stared the brown tom down.

     'Ah no you don't...' Hollowpaw thought angrily.

     Hollowpaw stiffened and tried to stay still as Snowpaw sighed and shook her head kindly.

     "Sorry dirtpaw, I'm tired from today," Snowpaw fake yawned.

     "Ok maybe some other time," Dirtpaw purred sympatheticly. Snowpaw sighed and rested her head on her paws and layed in thought.

     Snowpaw's mind couldn't focus on one thing. She was thinking about Dirtpaw, then about when she fell on Hollowpaw, to pigeons, to, finally, Hollowpaw. 'He's a nice tom... He's friendly...' She thought, looking at the multicolored tom as he drifted away in thought as well.

     'She rejected him... Thank Starclan. I have a chance to be closer with her.' He thought, staring at the brown tom coldly. 'He has a crush on Snowpaw... That fool...' Hollowpaw thought angrily.

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     "Want to wreck a party?" Bone smirked gazing at his growing kit. She looked up from her scuffle with a gray tabby tom about a moon older than her and pricked her ears.

     "Yes of course!" She yelped happily, shoving her training partner away. The large older trainee smirked and followed her over to Bone. Bone gave him a small cold glare. Quickly, the trainee named Jinx bowed his head respectfully and stepped back.

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     Hollowpaw had his mind on a lot of stuff. Snowpaw, Blazepaw becoming Medicine cat, Dirtpaw hitting on his crush, and his lack of courage when Snowpaw was near. Rockcall had always been on him about how he liked Snowpaw, and Hollowpaw had to admit Rockcall was right, he didn't want to admit it because of the risk Rockcall would tell Snowpaw. Hollowpaw was deciding on doing something special when they turned warriors... A nice day at Skyclan's most beautiful area by the creek where they were found. If you climbed the nearby hill behind the creek, it would be a pretty area because of the special scenery and sunsets and sunrises.

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      Night came. Echo sat by her adopted father and mentor and her friend jinx, watching as the full moon began rising.

     "The cats will be gathering. Come on lets go!" Bone called. Cats around pricked they're ears and brown tabby called Ivy purred in delight and bounded up to Jinx happily.

     "Im so excited aren't you?" She purred slyly. Jinx scrunched up his nose. She was a pretty shecat but she wasn't much of a fighting she was a hunter and a queen, not a great fighter. She was ok at healing though. Echo gave Jinx a smirk before racing after her leader with the beta Crimson and Jinx by her side and the rest of Shattered Bones following with blood thirsty eyes. The full moon showed and brightened they're path as they raced to the lake.