Leafpaw woke up and he yawned,stepping out the apprentice den.He felt an odd fluttery feeling in his chest as he passed by Twilightpaw,another apprentice.
Then he saw his mentor Shadowstriker walk over to him and the jet black senior warrior meowed,"You're going with me and Shadedclaw on the morning patrol." Leafpaw nodded and before joining his mentor and Shadedclaw on the morning patrol,he ate a vole from the fresh-kill pile.Then the young ShadowClan Apprentice walked over to his mentor and Shadedclaw,who was a she-cat that was obviously closer than being just an friend to Shadowstriker,though the two ShadowClan cats were not mates.Then the three cats quickly padded around the territory,checking for any other Clan scents.Then,ThunderClan scent filled the air.Leafpaw's attention quickly diverted to an orange tom with mostly orange fur,except for yellow underbelly fur and some yellow fur around his muzzle.The ThunderClan tom appeared to be the same age as Shadowstriker and had piercing yellow eyes that were tinted orange somehow.With him were an pale white she-cat who was clearly the ThunderClan tom's mate---his worried glances were enough proof---and an young apprentice---perhaps a week younger than Leafpaw himself.It was clear the apprentice was not mentored by the ThunderClan tom,though.Shadowstriker snarled,"Thunderstriker,get off of ShadowClan territory!Or I'll force you out!" Leafpaw nearly jumped out of fear.He had never heard his teacher sound so serious.The older ShadowClan tom was clearly deadly serious as he unsheathed his claws instantly,already preparing himself for battle.Thunderstriker said,"Very well---let's see if ThunderClan should fear you or not for real." and he unsheathed his claws in seemingly a fraction of a second.It was as clear as day that both Shadowstriker and Thunderstriker were hardened veterans due to many extremely bloody battles.Shadedclaw prepared herself for battle against the ThunderClan she-cat.Leafpaw was ordered by his mentor to stay back,and one quick glance from the she-cat from ThunderClan kept the apprentice of ThunderClan incapable when it came to entering the battle.(Le Time Skip)Leafpaw padded over to the medicine cat den to treat his injuries from when he purposely entered the battle to stop Thunderstriker from landing a killing blow on Shadowstriker.Softheart seemed nice enough---the medicine cat acted kind during the whole process of treating Leafpaw's wounds.But then a she-cat with white fur the color of the full moon and sparkling silver eyes that was the exact age of Leafpaw walked up and started talking to Softheart,only to suddenly start staring at Leafpaw,seemingly in a trance.Leafpaw found himself staring back at the young she-cat.Softheart meowed,"Moonpaw,can you please go arrange the herbs?" Moonpaw hesitantly nodded and padded over to the herbs.Softheart told Leafpaw,"Your injuries have been treated.Now go rest.You deserve it.Not every ShadowClan Apprentice can say they've entered battle with Thunderstriker and have seen another day." Leafpaw found himself somehow chilled by Softheart's words instead of encouraged by those words,despite the amiable tone used with them.