Sunshine poured into the apprentice den. Greenleaf had just begun and prey was everywhere. The song of birds woke up Rosepaw. It had been two moons since she joined FireClan. She yawned and checked on the other apprentices. They were all asleep except for Stonepaw who was grooming. He looked up and smiled at her.
"Morning!" Stonepaw said softly.
"Hello." Rosepaw replied.
"Stonepaw! Let's go!" A voice shouted from outside. It was his mentor, Dustfur. Stonepaw gave Rosepaw an apologetic look and left the den. Beside her, Frozenpaw groaned.
"Couldn't Dustfur be a little more quiet?" Frozenpaw complained.
"Couldn't you complain less?" Rosepaw rolled her eyes. Frozenpaw muttered something and went back to sleep. Rosepaw shook out moss from her fur and padded out. She sat down outside and watched the busy Clan.
Flameflight, the deputy, called out orders from the Highledge. Cats below listened and went out on patrols. Rosepaw saw Willowpelt walk out with Poppywing, Dustfur, and Stonepaw for a border patrol.
"Sunheart! I want you to lead a hunting patrol. Take Amberpelt and Rosepaw with you." Flameflight ordered.
Sunheart dipped his head and waited at the camp entrance. Amberpelt followed and Rosepaw quickly got up and ran to them.
"Ready?" Sunheart asked. Rosepaw and her mentor nodded. Sunheart motioned with his tail for them to follow. The patrol then hurried out of camp. Once they left, Sunheart told them to split up and look for prey. Amberpelt nodded and padded deeper into the forest. Sunheart stayed where he was and Rosepaw went near the DarkClan border. She lifted her nose and tasted the air. She scented mouse and followed its trail.
The mouse nibbled on a seed unaware of Rosepaw. That was her chance. She slowly stalked forward and got into her hunting crouch once she was close enough. Then, she leaped on the mouse and gave it the killing bite. Rosepaw picked up her mouse and proudly went to the meeting spot. She saw Sunheart waiting there with a squirrel in his jaws. He saw Rosepaw's mouse and nodded approval. Amberpelt came back with a thrush.
"It's so small. That mouse will barely feed anyone!" She snorted. Rosepaw ignored her. She was used to Amberpelt. She shrugged and followed Sunheart back to camp.
By the time they reached, the whole Clan was awake. Icefur's kits played with Frostwing pretending he was a badger. Darkpaw and Lionpaw were talking to each other nearby. Silverpaw hurried in and out of the medicine cat den sorting herbs with Gingerleaf. Flameflight sat with her apprentice, Frozenpaw, about the warrior code.
Rosepaw dropped her prey in the fresh-kill pile and sat down with her sister, Cherrypaw. Cherrypaw greeted her and soon, the two cats were talking non-stop. While they did Rosepaw thought about the Clan.
I can get used to this. She decided.
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Rosemoon's Destiny
Fiction généraleRosemoon had a rough start. She was a loner who called a bush her home. She encountered many dangers but was found by FireClan, her new home. She and her littermates were forced to completely change their lives. As she learned about life in the Clan...
