What If Briarlight Never Was Paralysed?

Chapter 1

Briarpaw crouched low, making sure to keep her tail low. She knew she was in a perfect hunter's crouch, but the fact that Thornclaw was staring at her made her nervous. What if she missed the mouse in front of Thornclaw? Or what if she waited so long that the mouse moved? She shook her head, trying to remove all the troubling thoughts. She would be fine. Or at least, she would be fine if she got a move on. She gave one last quick check on her crouch. Tail down. Check. Hind legs tense. Check. Thornclaw's approval.... Briarpaw shrugged that one off. She'd get it later if she passed the assignment. She pounced, landing flat on the mouse, and killed it with a sharp nip to the spine. For some reason, feeling the spine snap triggered an ominous feeling in Briarpaw. She frowned, but buried the mouse, and continued on her search for prey.