bloodpaw heard the words of the she cat loud and clear. it was almost as if he had heard them before. her voice sounded familiar but he couldn't remember where he had heard it. the strange cat padded up to him and sniffed his wounds. "get away from my brother!" strawpaw yowled. the she cat looked up into her eyes. something in them told her to keep quiet. the she cat paced in and out of the den. then she padded back to bloodpaw. she then left and didn't come back in. bloodpaw passed out a few moments later. he saw only black for a while. then he woke up near a twoleg nest. it was twilight. his wounds were gone. he knew that when he looked at his fur. he saw a sleek silver kittypet come out of the twoleg nest. at closer inspection he saw a star on the kittypets eye. the kittypet padded away from the twoleg nest. bloodpaw watched her go then sat up in the grass. he padded away from the nest slowly enjoying the cool breeze on his pelt. then he heard dogs barking. they sounded very close. he turned around to see two huge dogs running at him. one was brown, the other was black and white. bloodpaw ran away as fast as he could. he stopped when he made it to a thunderpath a few foxlengths away. he looked back. the dogs were growling and leaping but they were tied up. bloodpaw decided to move farther away just in case. he walked away a few tail lengths from the thunderpath. when he couldn't hear anymore barking he stopped. he was under a thunderpath light. he stood there wondering what to do next. he saw cat walking toward him. he recognized the kittypet he had seen earlier. she stopped when she was in front of him. "what are you doing here, who are you?" she meowed. "i'm bloodpaw and i honestly have no idea why i'm here." bloodpaw replied. "who are you?" the kittypet bowed her head then replied. "i'm star." bloodpaw nodded. "if you need a place to stay tonight i could take you to my home."star offered, unbowing her head. "no, it wouldn't be right." bloodpaw meowed. star nodded then fled away from him. bloodpaw tried to chase her but tripped over a stone. star was out of sight. bloodpaw knew there was no hope in chasing her so he curled up where he was to sleep. right before he fell asleep he heard a scream loud enough to scare a twoleg. he recognized the voice of star. he jumped up to save her but when he did the world grew blurry. he opened his eyes to see he was lying in the medicine den, all wounds intact. "it was all just a dream." he thought. but it felt so real. it felt as if he could actually feel the hard rough ground underpaw and like he could hear stars voice. her scream echoed in his head. he had to get to star, but all his wounds made it impossible to move. he looked out of the medicine den. it was predawn. he heard coldfrost sleeping in his nest. "i am loyal." the medicine cat mumbled. "why does he have to mew in his sleep?" bloodpaw thought. he watched as the sun crawled ever so slowly into the sky. he heard coldfrost sit up. bloodpaw closed his eyes so he wouldn't know he was awake. coldfrost rasped his tongue over bloodpaws ear then padded slowly out of the medicine den. "he doesn't think i'm gonna make it!" bloodpaw thought. he opened his eyes. he lied there for a while before anything happened. then coldfrost came in with the two elders, snaketail and iceflower. iceflower grabbed bloodpaw by the scruff. snaketail grabbed him by the hind paws. they lifted him up and carried him to the clearing. "great starclan, they think i'm dead!" bloodpaw thought. bloodpaw tried to say something but all that came out of his mouth was of gurgling blood. he coughed then was dropped by the elders. "he's alive!" snaketail gasped. "I'll tell darkstar!" coldfrost meowed. he pelted to the elders den. iceflower stood there motionless, staring at bloodpaw. he gazed back up at her. he then heard coldfrost dash toward him. the slow heavy steps of darkstar followed close behind. bloodpaw looked at them. darkstar looked skeptical. "are you sure he's alive, i don't see him moving." darkstar meowed. "he coughed while we were carrying him, i'm sure of it!" iceflower mewed. bloodpaw twitched the tip of his tail to confirm that he was alive. darkstar ran to the highlog immediately. he leaped on top of it. "all cats old enough to catch your own prey gather around the highlog for a clan meeting!"
bloodpaw heard the words of the she cat loud and clear. it was almost as if he had heard them before. her voice sounded familiar but he couldn't remember where he had heard it. the strange cat padded up to him and sniffed his wounds. "get away from my brother!" strawpaw yowled. the she cat looked up into her eyes. something in them told her to keep quiet. the she cat paced in and out of the den. then she padded back to bloodpaw. she then left and didn't come back in. bloodpaw passed out a few moments later. he saw only black for a while. then he woke up near a twoleg nest. it was twilight. his wounds were gone. he knew that when he looked at his fur. he saw a sleek silver kittypet come out of the twoleg nest. at closer inspection he saw a star on the kittypets eye. the kittypet padded away from the twoleg nest. bloodpaw watched her go then sat up in the grass. he padded away from the nest slowly enjoying the cool breeze on his pelt. then he heard dogs barking. they sounded very close. he turned around to see two huge dogs running at him. one was brown, the other was black and white. bloodpaw ran away as fast as he could. he stopped when he made it to a thunderpath a few foxlengths away. he looked back. the dogs were growling and leaping but they were tied up. bloodpaw decided to move farther away just in case. he walked away a few tail lengths from the thunderpath. when he couldn't hear anymore barking he stopped. he was under a thunderpath light. he stood there wondering what to do next. he saw cat walking toward him. he recognized the kittypet he had seen earlier. she stopped when she was in front of him. "what are you doing here, who are you?" she meowed. "i'm bloodpaw and i honestly have no idea why i'm here." bloodpaw replied. "who are you?" the kittypet bowed her head then replied. "i'm star." bloodpaw nodded. "if you need a place to stay tonight i could take you to my home."star offered, unbowing her head. "no, it wouldn't be right." bloodpaw meowed. star nodded then fled away from him. bloodpaw tried to chase her but tripped over a stone. star was out of sight. bloodpaw knew there was no hope in chasing her so he curled up where he was to sleep. right before he fell asleep he heard a scream loud enough to scare a twoleg. he recognized the voice of star. he jumped up to save her but when he did the world grew blurry. he opened his eyes to see he was lying in the medicine den, all wounds intact. "it was all just a dream." he thought. but it felt so real. it felt as if he could actually feel the hard rough ground underpaw and like he could hear stars voice. her scream echoed in his head. he had to get to star, but all his wounds made it impossible to move. he looked out of the medicine den. it was predawn. he heard coldfrost sleeping in his nest. "i am loyal." the medicine cat mumbled. "why does he have to mew in his sleep?" bloodpaw thought. he watched as the sun crawled ever so slowly into the sky. he heard coldfrost sit up. bloodpaw closed his eyes so he wouldn't know he was awake. coldfrost rasped his tongue over bloodpaws ear then padded slowly out of the medicine den. "he doesn't think i'm gonna make it!" bloodpaw thought. he opened his eyes. he lied there for a while before anything happened. then coldfrost came in with the two elders, snaketail and iceflower. iceflower grabbed bloodpaw by the scruff. snaketail grabbed him by the hind paws. they lifted him up and carried him to the clearing. "great starclan, they think i'm dead!" bloodpaw thought. bloodpaw tried to say something but all that came out of his mouth was of gurgling blood. he coughed then was dropped by the elders. "he's alive!" snaketail gasped. "I'll tell darkstar!" coldfrost meowed. he pelted to the elders den. iceflower stood there motionless, staring at bloodpaw. he gazed back up at her. he then heard coldfrost dash toward him. the slow heavy steps of darkstar followed close behind. bloodpaw looked at them. darkstar looked skeptical. "are you sure he's alive, i don't see him moving." darkstar meowed. "he coughed while we were carrying him, i'm sure of it!" iceflower mewed. bloodpaw twitched the tip of his tail to confirm that he was alive. darkstar ran to the highlog immediately. he leaped on top of it. "all cats old enough to catch your own prey gather around the highlog for a clan meeting!"