Phoenixpaw~

"Phoenixpaw! Get up! We're going hunting!" My mentor, Doveshade, the deputy called as I groaned and stretched. Shaking the moss off my pelt, I pad outside.

"Hey Phoenixpaw! Wanna come training with Skyshadow and I?" Tawnypaw called from the fresh kill pile.

"Umm.." I pause, taking all my willpower to not say yes. "I can't, I'm going hunting with Doveshade. See ya later, Tawnypaw!" I called to her as snow hit the ground of camp as I made paw prints where I stepped. As Doveshade led me, I saw the willow tree, sprouting wonderfully.

"Hey Doveshade?" I called, though keeping my voice low.

"Yes, Phoenixpaw?" She answered, her voice sounding inpatient.

"Do willow trees sprout in the winter?" I asked, my voice filled with curiosity.

"Why no they don't. . . ." She told me, frowning at the willow. Suddenly, my head clicked it.

The night of the gathering! Twilightsky was going to announce he and Willowleaf were mates, as I landed on the willow tree! Now it is sprouting when it shouldn't! I thought to myself as a cat came running toward us with a familiar pelt and a hint of herbs on his pelt.

Twilightsky!