Whitepaw breathed in the scent of a mouse scuffling along the forest floor. it was moons after she had become Nightwhisper's apprentice. The cool icy air pierced her fur as she couched low to the ground stalking the mouse. There was a scarce amount of prey since it was late Leaf-fall. Whitepaw caught sight of the mouse and rocked her haunches preparing to leap on the mouse. She laid her paw down and it snapped a twig,and the mouse retreated for its den."No!" she yowled quietly. It had took half the morning just to find that mouse and she blew her chance to catch prey.She grumbled and headed back to camp,frost was covering the stiff ground. Whitepaw looked over her head at the dead trees, No leaves hung from them anymore. She shivered as she pushed through the camp entrance. when she was a kit she sneaked out with her mentor, Nightwhisper. Nightwhisper said it was a mission but he looked troubled when he returned. Rosethorn was huddled next to Oceanpaw,who was keeping her warm. Oceanpaw was shivering violantly her tan fur streakes standing out against her brown fur. She always preferred the heat more than the cold.She nooded towards Whitepaw ,her grayish blue eyes begging for heat.Whitepaw hung her head low to the ground as she faced her mentor. "I-I'm sorry I didn't bring anything back, Nightwhisper. I looked but there was only one mouse and it got away." Whitepaw whimpered in shame. "It's okay Whitepaw. Prey is always scarce at this time of year." Nightwhisper nodded. "Okay?How is okay to not feed your clan?!" Sprucepaw retorted. His reddish ginger fur fluffed up against the cold. Sprucepaw never liked Whitepaw or Nightwhisper and especially Sandwing. He was always hanging around Gatorfang and acting as if he was Gatorfang's apprentice. "Well then, if you think you can find more prey than off you go." Nightwhisper  yowled coldly. Sprucepaw stammered and snapped his jaws shut before replying."You can't tell me what to do. Y-you're not my mentor!" Sprucefang hissed defiantly. "Oh! Then mabye we should take this to your mentor. Or... better yet we can go see what Leafstar has to say about this." Nightwhisper sneered his brown eyes unmoving as he waited for a reply." Hmm... I wonder what she would say..." He threatened Sprucepaw. "Fine! I'm going!" Sprucepaw hissed and raced out of camp to hunt."That's what I thought..." Nightwhisper muttered under his breath.  "As for you, I want you to help Cuddlepaw and Spicepaw find moss for the Warriors' den." Nightwhisper nodded to Whitepaw. Whitepaw sighed ran to help her sister spread out the moss in the warriors' den. "I'll go get some more moss." Whitepaw heard Spicepaw grumble, a few heart-beats later Spicepaw raced past Whitepaw. "I'm here to help." Whitepaw announced as she stumbled in the spacey den. "Oh great! You can help me spread out these nests. But first, roll up the rest of the old ones." Cuddlepaw mewed,Angling her ears  towards the old, stinky nests. Whitepaw wrinkled her nose in disgust as she rolled and pressed all the nests together into a big ball. By the time she finished, Spicepaw raced back in with more moss. Whitepaw was surprised at the amount that she could hold in her mouth.  Spicepaw dropped the ball of moss were Whitepaw was standing and helped her set it out. "That should be enough." Cuddlepaw meowed, prodding the nests Spicepaw and Whitepaw had put down. "Good I'm starving!"Spicepaw yowled heading for the fresh-kill pile. "Mabye we should hunt first?" Cuddlepaw suggested looking down at the very small pile of prey." I tried all morning, I barley found any prey at all." Whitepaw murmured. "Oh...Maybe we should see if Leafstar needs help with her kits. We could bring them prey?" Cuddlepaw grabbed a mouse from the fresh-kill pile. The apprentices made their way to the nursery. It was in the hollow of the live oak tree. brambles and sticks were shoved into the open patches. The nursery wasn't very big but it was stable and warm. Leafstar's den was just overhead. A tiny hole was pierced in the wooden roof. Moss was visible through the hole, It was Leafstar's nest. Cuddlepaw Dropped the mouse in front of Leafstar and her kits. Leafstar blinked gratefully at Cuddlepaw. "Need a break?" Whitepaw purred."Thank you." Leafstar meowed leaving the den and heading for Sandwing.

Sun-down was drawing near as Sandwing was pacing around camp impatiently. Whitepaw watched him pace back and forth. Her crystal blue eyes following his every move. Sprucepaw had not returned yet and the camp was getting very worried. Orange sunlight blanketed the camp as the pinkish red sky grew darker. "That's it! I'm going to find him!" Sandwing roared with anger,his amber eyes blazing with anger. He side glanced at Nightwhisper, and turned away from him,padding towards Gatorfang. "Come with me." Sandwing growled at Gatorfang. Gatorfang followed with wide eyes, no cat had ever seen Sandwing this angry. He was always calm and reasonable. Whitepaw let out a long sigh as she watched them walk out of camp in search for Sprucepaw. Did he run away? Whitepaw thought in horror.