Dawn's Choice

Dawn walked onto RiverClan territory. She liked the look of this place. "H-h-hello?" she called.

Badgerpaw was hunting when she heard Dawn call out. The vole she was hunting raced off into the undergrowth. Badgerpaw sat up and sighed, now her prey was gone. She turned around and stalked off, and soon found herself nose to nose with Dawn. "Oh, hello."

"Oh. Hi, I'm Dawn. What's your name?" Dawn asked.

Badgerpaw blinked at Dawn, who looked about to be a apprentice. "Uh, oh my name is Badgerpaw." she meowed, sitting down and looking at Dawn, and tipped her head to one side. "What are you doing here? This is RiverClan territory you know."

"RiverClan? What's that?" Dawn asked, cocking her head slightly to one side, confused.

Badgerpaw looked at Dawn, "Well, RiverClan is where I live. We are a group of cats living together." Badgerpaw tasted the air, noticing WindClan scent on Dawn. "It smells like you have already found WindClan, who live on the moor." Badgerpaw smiled, her blue eyes shined, even her blind one.

"Hmm? I've just left the moors. I was there for a couple of days, but it seemed unsafe to stay. I like the look of this place, however. What is RiverClan like?" Dawk asked.

"Oh, we are nice. We apprentices and warriors hunt for the kits, queens, and elders when they can't. We have a leader...who is a little crazy right now, but I'm sure he will snap out of it soon. We have a few kits, which are going to be apprentices soon."

"Really? Could I maybe join? But i would prefer to keeep my name, if that is okay with your leader," she said.

Badgerpaw looked at Dawn and nodded. "Oh, I am sure that Sleepystar will be ok with it." she got to her paws and started to pad off toward the RiverClan camp. "Come on, the camp is this way!"

Dawn raced after Badgerpaw happily.

Maykit dropped onto Badgerpaw's back as they entered the camp. "Got'cha again!" and laughed. She hopped off and gave Dawn a weird look. "Hiya! I'm Maykit! And you are? And what are you doing here in RiverClan today?"

Dawn purred. "I am Dawn," she said softly.

icepaw walked out of the den and stretched. "hey badgerpaw! whats up? who is that?" she flicked her tail toward dawn.

Badgerpaw got to her paws, and smiled at Maykit and Icepaw. "This is Dawn, she is a loner I guess. She wants to join, but she wants to keep her name. I will have to talk to Sleepystar about that."