Hawkpaw dreamt that she was hunting a rabbit. Crouching low to the ground, she wiggled her haunches, ready to pounce and pursuit her prey.
A sudden snap of a twig alerted the rabbit, its ears perked up, then it streaked away.
Hawkpaw hissed in annoyance, turning her blue eyes towards the area where the noise had scared off her prey.
"Who's there?" Hawkpaw meowed, her silver fur fluffed up twice her size.
A tortoiseshell she-cat appeared, her black spots gleaming in the night.
"Greetings, Hawkpaw." Meowed the she-cat, her green eyes reflecting stars.
"Fazestar? What are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to talk to you. Now, can you tell me how you got those scars?" Fazestar meowed, now focusing her green eyes on Hawkpaw's scratches.
Fox-dung! I thought she wouldn't notice! Hawkpaw thought bitterly.
So, as quick as she could, Hawkpaw told Fazestar about how she got attacked by Glintpaw, who would've killed her if Bushclaw hadn't have jumped on him. She continued the story about how Glintpaw had gotten furious and had lunged at Bushclaw, only to end up almost getting killed when the brown tom reopened a scar on Glintpaw's stomache. Hawkpaw then told the the tortoiseshell she-cat that Bushclaw had then tried to kill her after she had tried to save Glintpaw and then had released all her anger on the brown tom, who had lunged at her, and was just about to finish her off when Glintpaw reappeared. Hawkpaw's blue eyes streamed with tears as she told how Glintpaw had sacrificed his life saving her, after chasing Bushclaw away.
As soon as Hawkpaw finished, Fazestar's green eyes blazed with fury for a few heartbeats, then grew still.
"I see that you have had a bit of a struggle...I could help you overcome these if joined me as my apprentice." Fazestar meowed.
"But, I already have a mentor! How can I be in two places at the same time?!" Hawkpaw meowed desperately.
"I know, but I can visit you at night, in your dreams."
"My what?! I don't understand! What do you mean, you can visit me in my dreams?!" Hawkpaw protested.
"You'll see tomorrow," Fazestar meowed, her body disappearing in the mist.