Prologue

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Blaze Paw stepped lightly on the mossy ground, his copper fur gleaming in the sun, blue eyes fixed on a mouse. He was careful not to disturb the mouse only a few paw-lengths away. Soon he was close enough and..

Pounce!

He clasped the mouse tightly between his jaws as the life slowly seeped out of it. Trotting to a bare spot on the ground, he carefully dug a hole and placed the mouse in it. It was Leaf-fall, and they needed all the prey they could get for leaf-bare. "Good job." Purred Cinder Snout, his mentor. "At this rate, you should be made a warrior by the end of the moon." Blaze Paw bowed his head at the praise.

A dark grey brown tabby blur of fur shot past them, in hot pursuit of a cheeky squirrel. Catching up to the squirrel, the cat leapt onto the squirrel, crushing it with his strong paws. "Hey, Eaglepaw!" Blaze Paw called to the cat. His brother grinned at him through the squirrel, joy gleaming in his blue eyes, the same color as Blaze Paw's .He padded over, soon joined by his mentor, Lightning Mist. Upon reaching them, Lightning Mist mentioned, "Eaglepaw, too, will probably reach warrior class as well," Eaglepaw lifted his tail in pride.

Lightning Mist glanced at the sun. "We should head back to the camp." he meowed. Cinder Snout nodded, and the apprentices and mentors started to head back.

Until they were interrupted by a piercing yowl, coming from the camp.

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