For Cotton_Breeze
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"Willowcloud was in camp. She looked around, eating a vole she'd caught. The wind was fine at that time, it was a nice day of Newleaf. Willoedcloud smiled. "Newleaf's here, Leafbare's gone. A nice day for kits to play snd warriors to hunt." She looked around camp once more, but her eye had been caught at the sight of the nursery. Smokekit and her brothers weren't there. She looked inside the den pf rock, only to find Robinwing with Dewdapple. She tried to find the kit's scent, but to no avail, the kit was nowhere to be found.

She sighed, and decided to go out of camp. She must've snuck out, Willowcloud thought. She caught the scent of a fox. She remembered the other day that Vinestar had announced a fox was on the border, and they had chased it out.

But was it really gone?

Questions spread in her mind like wildfire. She kept looking in trees, bushes, but she couldn't find Smokekit. All there was, was-

Fox scent.

It hit her the moment she was scenting on the border. A fox had taken Smokekit while she snuck out of camp. She ran to the source of the scent, and she was able to locate the fox den. She heard muffled wails, growls, and they all made her spine shiver. She ran to the den, seeing Smokekit, the fox, and the corpses of her siblings. The bodies were mangled, as if they were ripped and torn apart.

It was a horrifying sight to see, and the fox only looked at Willowcloud with enraged eyes. The fox was slender, but it was swift and strong. Willowcloud lunged at the fox, only for it to dodge and bite her back. Willowcloud stood with her back legs, using all her energy and force to go backwards into a wall of the den. The fox's head started to bleed, but it didn't fall down. It started getting dizzy, and with her last bit of energy, she bit the fox's throat, ending it's life. Willowcloud fell down, exhausted.

"Willowcloud! Willowcloud!" Smokekit started calling out for help. Luckily, a patrol came over, and the cats looked at the scene, horrified. "What happened?" Pebblepaw asked, looking at the dead bodies of the fox, and Smokekit's brothers. "I-It's a long story.." Smokekit mumbled. She looked at Willowcloud once more, and the apprentices carried the warrior back to camp.

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"Ughh..." Willowcloud looked around, and smelled herbs. She was in the medicine den. She looked around for Woodfrost, the medicine cat. She tried to stand up, but she remembered that her back had been bit. She saw a kit padding inside the den. Smokekit.

"Hey there." Willowcloud smiled and looked at the kit. "Woodfrost says you can't stand up for a couple of days. She says you have to rest your wound. Also, she's in her den, arranging herbs." Smokekit smiled, and gave way for Woodfrost. The tabby she cat looked at Willowcloud, smiling. "You must've been brave out there." Willlowcloud smiled in reply. "Yeah.." She looked at her medicine cat friend. "Ya know, it's been a pretty long day for me." She looked at the sunset outside camp, smiling now that the fox was gone. It had no more reason to terrorize them. She looked at Woodfrost and Smokekit.

"Smokekit, shouldn't you be in the nursery?" She asked. "Well.. i just wanted to check on you. You were so cool fighting the fox!" Smokekit smiled, determination flashing in her eyes. "One day, I want you to be my mentor!" The young kit smiled, looking at Willowcloud. Smokekit padded away to her mother, Dewdapple. Willowcloud smiled at the kit's determination. She looked up, realizing it was nighttime. The stars twinkled in her eyes, flashing with dazzling lights.

"Hey, uh.. Woodfrost. I'm sleeping now." Willowcloud smiled, looking at Woodfrost. "It's alright." Woodfrost padded to her herbs, checking if she had any left. "Smokekit really looks up to you, huh?" Woodfrost smiled, thinking about the young kit. "Yeah. We've hung out a LOT of times." Willowcloud smirked, remembering that one time where she threw snow into Smokekit's face in leafbare. They kept doing it ever since then.

Willowcloud slept, thinking of pleasant memories.

-Two moons later-

"Smokekit, do you promise to follow the warrior code, even if it costs your own life?" Vinestar looked at the kit.

Smokekit nodded.

"Then from this day forward, your name will be Smokekit. Your mentor will be Willowcloud. Willowcloud, I hope you pass on your skills to this young apprentice." Vinestar smiled, "Clan dismissed!" The tom padded down the rock, and talked to his deputy about a patrol.

Smokepaw touched noses with Willowcloud, excitement flashing in her eyes like the same determination flashing in her eyes two moons ago. Willowcloud simply smiled.

As the day passed on, the two had been filled with great content and happiness, Smokepaw had learned new things from her mentor, and she'd been doing pretty great as an apprentice. Willowcloud had become a respected senior warrior after mentoring, and everybody was happy." Softpelt concluded with a smile.

"Woah! Where are they right now?" Duskkit asked, as Smokedapple and Willowcloud padded inside the elder's den. "Ah, ol' Softpelt, always talking about the old days of warriors..." Willowcloud chuckled. "Hey! Did you tell them the part where I was with Willowcloud?" Smokedapple asked. "Yes, yes, I told yes everything. They were so excited to meet you two!"

Bramblekit and Duskkit ran up to them, their minds stocked with answers.

"This is gonna be a long day." The two said in union.

Fin

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