Star padded out of camp, with his mentor, Bramble. Padding alongside Star was Misty, with her mentor, Fern. He has been there for a few months now. Cats who were 13-19 years old are known as Students. They train with their mentors to become Fighters when they turn 20 (let me remind you, they are mutants, they age the same as humans). Misty was 14 and Star, as you may know, is 15, so he'll become a fighter before her.

"What are we going to learn today?" Misty asked Fern.

"We're going to practice hunting today, and hopefully catch some prey while we're out here. Winter is approaching, we need as much food we can get." The red and brown she-cat replied. Star noticed the temperature dropping ever since he joined the tribe. Bramble lead them to a grassy clearing, the meadow. 

"Star, Misty, the meadow is a dangerous place, it is where human hunters can have the advantage of shooting anything that wanders here. Star, I believe you understand what's it's like to be shot." The brown and black striped tom meowed. Star nodded in understanding. Misty, on the other paw (see what I did there? XD) was shaking in fear, she backed away and crouched down into the bushes.

"It's alright Misty, there are no hunters here now, you'll be fine." Star explained. Fern and Bramble looked at him, confused. Bramble looked out into the meadow, ears pricked.

"He's right, how did you know that Star?  You barely even know how to track prey." Star looked up at him and shrugged.

"I don't know, instinct I guess."  He meowed. Fern sighed at turned back to the open field.

"Let's go, I smell rabbit." She hissed, she bounded into the meadow. She crouched and started stalking the small creature. Star and Misty watched her and they studied how she hunts. She pounced, the rabbit ran as soon as she did, but Fern was too fast and killed it with a simple bite to the neck.

"You need to be light on your paws and make no sound so the prey won't run. You also need to be quick when you pounce, especially with a rabbit. They are incredibly fast." Bramble explains to the two Students. Misty and Star nod. After a little while of hunting, Misty suddenly picked her ears and her whiskers twitched.

"Oh no..." She hissed, alarmed. Star looked at her.

"What is it?" He asked. Misty looked back at him, fear in her eyes.

"Hunters..." Star widened his eyes. Then, he caught a weird scent, there were hunters out there after all. He, Misty, and Bramble all started running back into the safe forest. Fern was busy stalking a deer.

"Fern! C'mon!" Star called. Fern stood up and looked over her shoulder at him. She started running, she scented the hunters too. There was a loud bang and Star closed his eyes shut. When he opened them, to his horror, he saw Fern's dead body on the ground, a bullet wound on her chest, right in the heart. Misty shifted closer to him, her eyes wide, he could tell that she was in shock. Bramble gathered up his senses and rushed to grab Fern's body. He grabbed her scruff and dragged her into the forest.

"Let's get her back to camp." He meowed through Fern's brown and red fur. Star nodded and looked over at Misty, who was still in shock. He nudged her and they padded alongside each other, with Star supporting Misty. 

They padded into camp, Star listened to the shocked mews from his tribe. Luna Spirit padded out of her den. She approached Bramble and the Students.

"What happened?" She demanded. Bramble placed Fern's body down, and sighed.

"We were attacked by hunters, while hunting." He meowed faintly, with a grim expression on his face. Luna Spirit dipped her head and leaped onto the Ancient Oak. She called the tribe for a meeting. Star and Misty stayed where they were. As the other cats gathered around the Ancient Oak, Luna Spirit began the meeting.

"Cats of the Northern Tribe, I have very sad news, Fern was shot and killed by a human hunter. We must honor her bravery and loyalty to the Tribe." Luna Spirit dipped her head and the tribe followed. This wasn't a very good training day, Star thought.