Warriors Blinding Stars

Chapter 3

CliffPaw's P.O.V

CliffPaw sat on top of the high rock, hidden away in his little hide out.

CliffPaw perked his ears up as he heard his mentor. "CliffPaw! CliffPaw!" Called TurtleHeart.

CliffPaw padded down from  where he was, and tapped him on his shoulder. "Yes?" He responded.

TurtleHeart looked at him and smiled, than flicked his tail. "Today we're going to the lake, I'll show you the Old Willow, where we gather during full moons." Meowed TurtleHeart, with a small smile.

CliffPaw nodded and stretched than padded to the mouth of the camp cave.

"Hey! I wanna come too!" Yowled a voice, ThornKit came pelting over, followed by his very small younger sister, who had a mild cough.

"I wanna come with you guys!" He meowed again. CliffPaw twitched his ear and sighed.

"Not till your six moons old." He responded. The two kits grunted and growled, then stomped away. TurtleHeart padded over to him and smiled. "Ready to go?" He asked.

CliffPaw flicked his tail and started out, followed by TurtleHeart. The two stopped at a clearing.

"Okay, CliffPaw, Tell me, what can you smell?"

CliffPaw hesitated than sniffed the air, he Twitch his ear, and felt a small breeze.

"I can smell Mice in that bush that is two fox lengths away from us, and a squirrel in the tree, that is five fox lengths away."

TurtleHeart nodded.

"Good, but there's actually some voles in that bush over there."

He meowed and pointed with his paw at the bush that was a tail length away. Mouse Dung! I was so close! He thought and twitched his whisker a bit.

"It's okay, not every apprentice can scent what's around them in their first try."

He meowed again, CliffPaw nodded and a bit of relief.

"Alright now, let's try and get those voles over there!"

CliffPaw inched closer to the bush, TurtleHeart showed him the hunting crouch.

Alright, I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna get this as my first catch!

He leaped into the bush and crushed whatever was under him. Suddenly he felt something struggle under him, CliffPaw saw a vole struggle out from under him, and he lashed out at it. The vole died from the slash.

CliffPaw trotted out of the bush, his chest puffed out with pride, and joy. I did it! My first catch of fresh kill! He thought with excitement, and dropped the vole in front of his mentor.

"Good Job, CliffPaw! That was a great catch!"

CliffPaw nodded and flicked his tail. "I think it was mostly that I missed it, and crushed it... than finished it with claw swipe." CliffPaw responded. TurtleHeart only laughed a bit and nodded.

"Still you did good for your first try!" Meowed TurtleHeart. "Pick up your vole and I'll show you the lake." CliffPaw nodded and picked it up.

The two padded to the lake, CliffPaw was wide eyed at the large body of water.

"Woah! Is this really the lake!? It's huge!" He meowed with excitement. TurtleHeart nodded, than pointed with his paw at an Island near the shore of StormClan Territory.

"Tonight's the gathering, you know." Meowed TurtleHeart, CliffPaw dropped his prey and jumped with happiness. "Really!? Wow! Can I go!?" He asked his heart pounding with excitement. TurtleHeart smiled. "You might be going tonight, you should meet the other clans."

"Who are the other Clans?"

Asked CliffPaw, with a Twitch of his ear.

"Well... there's SnowClan who live on the other side of the lake, with MistClan, and next to us is MeadowClan."

"Why are they called SnowClan, MistClan, and MeadowClan?

"Well, its cause SnowClan lives in an area where it snows a lot, and they have special ways to survive the snow, and MistClan hunts in a very dense forest that more dense than this, and when it's foggy it's hard to hunt in, but not for them. Finally we have MeadowClan, they live in the moor, which has few trees, and bushes, they have their long running legs to catch prey."

"Wow! That's cool! StormClan had their special strength of hunting in the forest, and being able to hunt in storms right!"

TurtleHeart nodded, and looked at the sky.

"It should be, a clear night." He meowed. CliffPaw nodded, the other Clans are pretty weird... like Hunting in the Snow? Or hunting in the fog? That's weird... but it's even weirder to hunt on open land! How do they hide from the prey? Thought CliffPaw.

"I'm going to hunt over there!" CliffPaw point with his paw and gave his prey to TurtleHeart, and started to the border of MeadowClan and StormClan. Eww! They smell funny! He thought, not wanting to say it out loud. CliffPaw noticed a mouse on the edge of the border between StormClan and MeadowClan, he licked his lips and got into a hunting crouch, than leaped onto it.

He fell face forward, missing the mouse, suddenly a broad voice came from behind him.

"What are you doing on MeadowClan Territory!?"

They hissed. CliffPaw turned around and saw a black she cat standing behind him. Oh no.. I crossed the territory... I got this! He thought, she's kinda pretty... ahh! I should think that!

He stomped his paw and got up.

"Pardon me ma'am, it seems I lost track of where I was, I am a new apprentice, named CliffPaw."

CliffPaw bowed a bit than stood up and gave slight nod. The Black she cat gave a small smile, than shook her head. "I- I'm HeatherPaw! You- you should get off our territory! N- now!" She stuttered.

CliffPaw gave a another nod, than gave her the mouse.

"I'm sorry again for taking the mouse."

He meowed and padded away. Hopefully she doesn't tell anyone that I was there... he thought and looked back at HeatherPaw, who was now holding the mouse, than trotted away.

He met TurtleHeart, and the two went back to camp.

The day went by, and now it was a just about time to go to the Gathering.

"JayLeap, WishLight, FoxClaw, CrookedTail, StormWing, YarrowClaw, DoveHeart, TurtleHeart, HoundFang, CloudBush, and LightStep, you are all coming to the gathering, don't forget to bring your apprentices." Yowled PikeStar, he padded to the entrance of camp and the group came together.