Squirrelpaw yawned. It was so boring being an apprentice. Why did she have to do it again? And without Leafpool this time. What was she meant to do? Pretend to be terrible at everything? No way! At least she could be the best apprentice this time.

"Squirrelpaw! You're on the evening patrol!". Squirrelpaw groaned. "All right, all right, I'm coming! If you shouted any louder I'd think your fur was falling off!".

After a short scolding from her mentor about respecting warriors, Squirrelpaw set off on patrol. It turns out life in SkyClan isn't very different to life in ThunderClan in some ways.

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"Squirrelflight!". Squirrelpaw pricked her ears up. Someone knew her warrior name? "Squirrelflight, you mouse-brain, speak!". Oh. There was only one warrior who spoke like that.

Slipping away from her patrol, Squirrelpaw pinpointed Sandstorm's location. She was on the ThunderClan side of the border. "It's Squirrelpaw currently." she grumbled.
Sandpaw sighed, "And it's Sandpaw for me."
"Are there any ThunderClan apprentices called Bramblepaw?"
Sandpaw shook her head, "Not even a Bramblekit. And before you ask, I've nothing of Leafpool."
Squirrelpaw grumbled for the third time that day.