Border Patrol

*Rockstar gathers up the Noon patrol. Nettlebrook, Emberpaw and Rockstar leave camp and head toward the Oak Waterfall near the Rocky Oak River.* Ok Emberpaw, what do you smell? *Emberpaw raises her head into the air and drinks in the air.* I smell... water vole... and mouse and... hmmm... FOX! *She screamed in alarm. Rockstar raises her head and drinks in the air.* Quick everyone hide under the brambles! *She whispered. They heard a rustling in the bushes and peek out of their hiding spot to see a young fox scuffling among the leaves.* Emberpaw, go back to camp and get Tigeroak, Jaggedfang, Leopardpelt and Mudpelt. Hurry! *Rockstar hissed urgently. Emberpaw nodded and dashed off through the undergrowth silently. She returned some time later with the four warriors Rockstar had requested.* We must chase it away before it gets one of our kits or harms us. The mother could be lurking around somewhere. Rockstar and Tigeroak slowly creeped out of the brambles and stood a few tail-lengths away from the fox. It's head shot up at the sight of the cats. It crouched low onto the ground and hissed menacingly. Rockstar and Tigeroak hissed back, taking a few steps forward. The fox stood its ground. Leopardpelt came out of the undergrowth some tail lengths to the right with Emberpaw at her side. Heartbeats later, Jaggedfang and Mudpelt came out of the bushes to the left of Rockstar. hey joined together and hissed at the fox in unison. They took a few steps forward, bringing them only two tail-lengths away from the fow. The fox gave one last hiss and ran off in the direction of the border. The five warriors and apprentice chased after the fox to make sure it left OakClan territory.* We will have to keep an eye on this border to make sure it doesn't come back. Good work! *On the way back to camp, the group hunted.*

Emberpaw's training

*Rockstar and Emberpaw exit through the gorse tunnel, Rockstar leading the way. When they reached the training hollow, Rockstar sat down in the warm sand and licked a paw.*

"Today were going to work on your fighting skills. Attack me." Rockstar placed her neatly groomed paw on the soft sand and waited for Emberpaw to attack her. Emberpaw's eyes went from one side of Rockstar to the next and finally rested on Rockstar's left side. When she bounded towards Rockstar, Rockstar easily dodged to the right as Emberpaw dove in the air and landed on all fours. She had missed her target by a tail-length. Rockstar swiftly shoved her paw under Emberpaw and swiped Emberpaw's feet out from under her. she landed on the ground with a loud thud. She quickly go to her feet, disappointment painted on her pace.

"You weren't fast enough and I knew exactly where you were going to attack me at. If I had been an enemy, you wouldn't have had a chance. now try again, but this time be faster and don't let me know where your going to attack at." Rockstar braced herself as Emberpaw put distance between them and prepared to attack. She looked Rockstar in the eye and charged. Rockstar had less time to dodge her. Emberpaw aimed for her ear and caught it with a sheathed paw. She landed on Rockstar's back. Rockstar wriggled out from underneath her sheathed paws quickly, leaving her on the ground.

"Way to go! that was much better! Attack me again." Emberpaw prepared herself and charged. This time when she reached Rockstar she raised her front paws in the air and longed forward. Rockstar had just enough time to defend herself. She slid swiftly under Emberpaw, knocking her back legs out from under her. She quickly stood up and groomed a dusty paw.

"How'd you do that!?" Emberpaw asked admiringly. Rockstar explained the move to Emberpaw and Emberpaw tried it, easily succeeding and knocking Rockstar onto the ground.

"Good job. That's enough for today. I want you to take Brindlepaw and Hawkthorn and go hunting. I will come too." Rockstar ordered.

Clan Meeting

*As the sun crept up over the horizon, Rockstar bunches her muscles and leaps onto the thick branch of the Great Oak.*

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Great Oak for a Clan meeting."

*Clan gathers beneath the Great Oak. Dovekit, Crystalkit and Briarkit sat on either side of their mother, Fuzzyfern, at the base of the Great Oak.*

"We gather today to recognize three young kits who are ready to be made apprentices." *With a glance at Dovekit, Crystalkit and Briarkit, Rockstar went on.* "Dovekit, from this moment until you have received your warrior name, you will be known as Dovepaw and your mentor shall be Spottedstorm." Rockstar glanced at Spottedstorm, who walked towards the excited apprentice and nuzzled noses with her. " Please pass on your knowledge to this young apprentice." *Spottedstorm nodded and led Dovepaw towards the edge of group of OakClan cats.*

"Crystalkit, from this moment on until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Crystalpaw and you mentor shall be Pinefur." *Pinefur padded away from the group and towards the base of the Great Oak, smiling proudly.* "Please pass on your courage and bravery to this young apprentice." Rockstar added to Pinefur. *The apprentice and mentor nuzzled noses and padded over to Dovepaw and Spottedstorm.*

"And last but not least, Briarkit. From this moment on your will be known as Briarpaw and your mentor will be Tigeroak." Tigeroak, who was standing nearby, walked toward his new apprentice and they touched noses. "Tigeroak, please pass on your loyalty to this young apprentice." Tigeroak nodded and replied, "Yes, Rockstar." he bowed towards his leader and led his apprentice over to the others. "You will begin training immediately. You will all go together and follow all of the borders. Please remark the scents on all borders. Hawkthorn and Pebblesong you may take your apprentices,  Brindlepaw and Blizzardpaw out to train and then have them hunt for the elders and queens.  Fuzzyfern I would like you to take over your apprentice, Whitepaw, whom I had to give to another warrior to mentor while you were nursing your kits, on an assessment. Follow him but do not let him know you are there. He must catch as much fresh-kill as possible. Report back to me when you return. You can leave immediately." Rockstar gave a nod of dismissal to the apprentices and and their mentors.

"I would like Speckletail, Crowleaf and Silverpaw to take up the dawn patrol. Please return with some fresh-kill. Nettlebrook, Emberpaw and myself will take up the noon patrol. And Mudpelt can lead a patrol of three or four down to the river to patrol that area at sunset. Whitenose will stand guard at the entrance to the camp until sunset. Leopardpelt shall guard the camp from sunset until dawn. I would like Crowleaf to take his apprentice, Silverpaw out training after the dawn patrol. The rest of you shall make yourselves useful by hunting, caring for the elders or making the camp walls stronger. Today, Dovepaw and Briarpaw will learn how to care for the elders. Spottedstorm shall teach them. Crystalpaw will help the other apprentices gather twigs and materials for making the camp walls stronger. Pinefur, will you teach her how to do that?" Rockstar asked. Pinefur bowed her head and replied, "Yes Rockstar." Rockstar nodded in approval. At somepoint today, I would like Brindlepaw to help Lightpaw collect herbs for Runningclover. Meeting dismissed!" *Rockstar jumped down from the Great Oak with a great leap.*

OakClan warriors

Would you like to become a member of OakClan? If so, just copy and paste the questions into a new post, answer the questions and post the message. If you are new to warriors and have only read one book, you must start out as a kit. If you have read the first series, you can choose to be an apprentice, warrior, queen or elder. If you have read the first and second series of warrior books, you can choose to be a senior warrior. Just choose a warrior from the list on the home page and send me a message telling who you want to be. Or if you want to make up your own warrior name, color and status you can, but it has to be approved by me. I will add a picture along with your request if I like it. If I don't like it I may suggest another name. Answer the questions below if you'd like to create your own warrior:

Name of the book you are on:

Warrior name:

Warrior fur and eye color:

Warrior status: (kit, apprentice, warrior, senior warrior, elder. Remember, you can only be a senior warrior if you have read the first and second series)

Thank you! And may StarClan light your path! :)

~~Rockstar