Mapleshade and Birchface

Prologue
“Mapleshade, deerdapple, and nettlepaw.” Mapleshade lifted herself from her paws in the cool shade of the warriors den as beetail called out her name to go on the morning patrol. “Bye Mapleshade!” A brown tabby tom with a pale brown underbelly and blue eyes, called out to her. “I’ll see you when I get back, Birchface.” The tabby tom nodded. Mapleshade padded up to beetail, deerdapple, and her apprentice nettlepaw.

“where are we patrolling today?” she asked beetail. But it was deerdapple who responded. “The RiverClan border. Oakster thinks he smelled some scent across the border while he was out hunting yesterday night.” Mapleshade nodded. “I think that’s everyone,” said beetail. “Let’s go.”

the patrol set out through the forest to the RiverClan border. Mapleshade loved her territory. she knew every tree, bush, and pawstep. She loved the smells in the air and the flowers just sprouting in the grass.

“as long as we are here, let’s hunt.” Said beetail interrupting her thoughts.