Chapter Thirteen

Early predawn sunlight filtered through the small cave that Birdpaw and the others were currently sleeping in. She had to fight back a yawn as she realized that they would begin moving again once the others were awake.

The dens they were currently sleeping in were small and cramped compared to what she was used to. She wasn't fond of sleeping around so many cats, but she knew she would have to get used to it. Darkflower had warned her that even though she was an apprentice, she was still the size of a small kit. Her size was a disadvantage, and Birdpaw hated that.

It isn't as if I asked to be made an apprentice too early, she thought angrily. Even though I'm happy about training early, it also means I have to work twice as hard as the other apprentices.

She glanced at the larger forms of Ebonypaw and Driftpaw warily. The two siblings were always sleeping together, even when they were in a cramped den like this. Resentment swelled within Birdpaw as she wondered for the first time what