"From this moment on, you shall be known as Smokepool!"

Smokepool stood beside her sister, eyes gleaming. While Snowfern had become a scavenger and would spend her time hunting for old objects in the Twoleg ruins, Smokepool was a warrior! She would fight and hunt and defend her Clan. And one day, Frondclaw would retire from deputy and Patchstar would see how hard she had worked and let Smokepool become deputy. And then leader! Smokepool imagined looking down at the camp from Highrock and having all of the cats listen to her.

Dapplewhisker padded up to her. "You should get some rest now, before your vigil tonight," she meowed, and walked away to the fresh-kill pile.

Smokepool shook her head. She was going to hunt! 

Snowfern followed her out of the camp. "Can I come?"

"Of course!"Smokepool purred. "Come on!"

"Oh!" Snowfern meowed, struggling to keep up. "I was thinking of going to the ShrubClan border."

"No way!" Smokepool hissed. "We'll find so much more prey by the trees."

Snowfern stopped. "No, we won't!"

"Fine!" Smokepool snapped. It was her first day as a warrior, and she didn't want to spend it arguing with her sister. "But we won't catch anything."

"Shh!" Snowfern insisted. "I hear a mouse."

Smokepool froze, listening hard. There was something scuffling in those leaves- was that what Snowfern was talking about?

Snowfern dropped lower to the ground, placing each paw down lightly. But her tail was dragging- Smokepool was about to correct it when Snowfern accidentally disturbed a pile of leaves.

The mouse began to dart away, and Smokepool pelted after it. She leaped and landed on it, killing it neatly, but her momentum carried her right into a fallen tree.

"Are you okay?" Snowfern called, concerned. Smokepool sat up, hissing at the pain in her shoulder. 

"I caught the mouse!" She announced, then added under her breath, "No thanks to you."

She limped away from the fallen log, clutching the mouse between her teeth. Snowfern took one look at her and said, "We should go back to camp!"

"No!" Smokepool protested. "We've only caught one mouse!" 

"But you're hurt!" Snowfern insisted. "Come on!"

Smokepool followed her sister all the way back to camp.