Chapter 9

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Hazelpaw stalked a mouse keeping light on her front paws like Bearclaw instructed. When she got close enough she sprang up and trapped the small creature under her paws. She bit down onto its neck killing it. She picked it up. "Done. Now can i go collect herbs for Crowpaw and Owltail?"

Bearclaw chuckled. "Ok. Be back by sundown." She lied. Wanting to see Stormpaw agian. She ran off in the direction of Waterclan territory. Bushes tugged at her fur as she went the quickest way possible. The mouse dangled from her jaws with every paw-step.

Finally she made it to the edge of her territory lookind down off of the waterfalls edge. "I wonder we're he is?" She said out loud looking around the river. Scanning the territory she couldn't see him. Lashing her tail back and fro.

Than she spotted him with... Another apprentiance. She felt anger and sadness rush through her. Flattening her ears in sorrow she glanced at her paws. Her eyes filled with tears as she saw them sharing prey. A single tear splattered on the rock she was sitting on.

She set the mouse down and ran off her tail curling in anger. She ran over to the Crevice in the earth the first thing she ever saw that resembled her clan. She unsheathed her claws and leapt onto the branch she pushed herself down onto tge tree as she climbed across her underbelly brushing agianst the trunk.

Setting herself down at the ledge she burst out tears. She turned her face down into the Crevice of earth looking at her reflection. "Am... I ugly...?" She asked herself. Laying down pebbles slid under her making them fall.

She hung her paws over the edge of the ledge and curled her tail around her haunches. She sighed. I shouldn't get worked up... Maybe they are just littermates? She thought.

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After awhile she heaved herself up. "Its getting Dark. Oh no! I told Bearclaw id be back at Sundown..." She said in a hurry. Shuffling her paws making her go backwards she paused as she saw Stormpaw sitting on a root of a pine tree staring at her.

"What do you want...?" Hazelpaw growled and dug her claws into the rocky ledge. "You." Stormpaw purred. "I saw you with the other Apprentiance. And we are in different clans we cant be good freinds." Hazelpaw flattened her ears sadly at the thought.

"She is my sister. But has a different dad... So not exactly my sister. But i dont like her." Stormpaw edged closer to her from the trunk making his way over to her. "We can be at least friends?" Stormpaw insisted sitting down staring at her.

"Y-yeah. I think so. What are you doing? On our territory?" Hazelpaw tilted her head to the side as her ears. "I scented you." Stormpaw meowed quickly. Hazelpaw nodded. A chill ran down her spine and her eyes flickered. "Im cold. Are you?" Hazelpaw asked nudging a paw out to him.

"No... But you are." Stormpaw walked closer to her and sat down beside her sharing his warmth with her. Hazelpaw let out a quite purr and closed her eyes. "Thanks. I guess." Hazelpaw meowed secretly envying it.

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Swiftstar gazed down in the pool of reeds with his two front paws in. "Good... But now theres one step she has to finish." He meowed flicking the tip of his tail into the pool. "And what is that?" Yellowfang stared at him.

"The wound." Swiftstar nodded. "W-what? No. You mean... The wound? I dont get it. Isnt she supposed to..." She was cut off by a signal from Swiftstars paw. "Mothpaw, must open the wound. Now." Yellowfang stared at him with pure confusion.

"So Stormpaw chooses his side. Hazelpaw or Mothpaw. His destiny and Mothpaws and Hazelpaws lies here."

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