Mousepaw watched as Frightpaw snagged a rat and buried it quickly to get to Viperfang who just kept gazing at Ravenclaw. Was every cat turning crazy in the world? Frightpaw waited for praise, but when seeing she wasn't going to say anything, he lowered his head and ears to continue his hunting.

"How do you take all this?" Mousepaw asked running after him. Frightpaw didn't speak. He just looked at her with unreadable amber eyes and opened his mouth to sent for prey. "That rat didn't even smell you, you deserve praise for catching that thing!"

"Mousepaw!" Ravenclaw called out disgustingly. "We're going to battle train with Frightpaw and Viperfang!"

Frightpaw looked terrified. He didn't want to fight Mousepaw.

"Let's go Frightpaw," Viperfang yowled, "you're going to have to battle train sooner or later!"

Frightpaw began heading toward his mentor, but was stopped by Mousepaw, who lifted her paw in front of his path. "First," Mousepaw growled, "praise him for catching that rat!"

"Excuse me?" Viperfang flicked her tail. "Are you telling me how to train my apprentice?"

"Do you want to end up with me as an apprentice?" Mousepaw retorted. "Look how well I'm being treated by my mentor and you can see how great I'm turning out!"

"I'm Frightpaw's mentor and what I say he does!" Viperfang spat. "Frightpaw, climb that tree!" She pointed to a huge pine tree that, just by looking at it, made Mousepaw scared of heights.

With a gulp, Frightpaw began walking up to the tree. Mousepaw quickly ran in front of him pleading with her eyes for him not to climb it. Frightpaw looked back to his mentor and gently pushed past Mousepaw to the tree. He jumped up to the lowest branch, then the next, then the next. Mousepaw shook as the scarred tom kept going higher and higher in the tree.

"That's high enough, don't you think?" Ravenclaw spoke worryingly.

"He can do it, can't you Frightpaw?" Viperfang purred. Frightpaw looked down and he looked dizzy. He quickly shook his head and went on with climbing.

"What's going on here?" Smoothpaw and his mentor, Blackclaw, a black she-cat with light green eyes. "Why's Frightpaw climbing that tree so high?" Blackwing demanded. Mousepaw then realized that Blackclaw may have been Frightpaw's mother.

"I'm showing how Mousepaw should listen to her mentor!" Viperfang answered. "Frightpaw should have been Ravenclaw's apprentice instead of a disobedient kittypet!"

"That's it!" Mousepaw snapped. "Frightpaw, get down before you hurt yourself!"

The black scarred tom looked down and almost tripped to see how high he was.

"Come on, Frightpaw," Smoothpaw called, "you got nothing left to loose!"

"Would you be quiet!" Blackclaw shot to her apprentice. "Frightpaw be careful!"

Frightpaw jumped to a lower branch and continued down, hesitating at each jump. Mousepaw shot Viperfang a look and prepared herself to catch Frightpaw if he fell.

That's when a puff of smoke appeared on the branch Frightpaw was about to jump off of. He spun to face the white scarred face of Silversol.

"No!" Blackclaw yowled.

"Aw, poor thing, so young," Silversol mewed stepping closer to the terrified apprentice, "and look how hideous!"

"Frightpaw!" Mousepaw cried beginning to jump at the branches.

"Well if it isn't my favorite little kittypet." Silversol purred. "Isn't it great to find a clan born cat who's less appreciated than you?"

"Get away from him!" Mousepaw demanded.

"What are you going to do stop me?" Silversol mrrowed with laughter.

Mousepaw pounced at the dark she-cat and they both fell off the tree. They hit the ground and had to regain their senses before getting to their paws. Silversol pounced at her aiming for Mousepaw's neck. The brown she-cat jumped away then pounced on the she-cat's back. Mousepaw raked her claws along Silversol's back making her yowl and writhe in pain.

"Enough!" Mousepaw looked to see Frogstump appeared. "This fight it for another day!"

"I'll be back!" Silversol vowed before vanishing in a puff of smoke.

"Mousepaw!" Coldeyes ran out the bushes to Mousepaw's side. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine!" Mousepaw snapped. "Frightpaw!" the back white tipped tail tom was on the ground with his paw off the ground.

"I think he twisted his paw." Blackclaw reported to Frogstump.

"Return him to my den, I'll get to him soon." Frogstump instructed.

"You did wonderfully Mousepaw," Coldeyes praised as Ravenclaw, Viperfang, Blackclaw, Frightpaw, and Smoothpaw headed back to camp.

"Whatever..." Mousepaw flicked her tail and went on with hunting.