Poisonedpaw's story part 5

Sunlight filtered through the apprentices den. Poisonedpaw could hear busy cats talking and coming out of dens. This day was the most exciting so far. This would be her first gathering! She stepped out of the den, heading toward the fresh-kill pile. What a good day! She thought to herself.
"Poisonedpaw!" Poisonedpaw turned around to see flowerpaw.
"Flowerpaw!" She ran to black-eared apprentice. Her creamy fur still torn from a claw.
"Poisonedpaw, what happened to you!? i saw you pinned down by a fox! Then I myself got caught by one" She looked up at the sky.
"Well, he had me in a death grip, but Berrynose came just in time!" She put a big grin on her face.
"So when can you start training again?" She asked.
"I don't know it's Leafpool's decision, but i hope i can start soon!" Flowerpaw leaped up, showing that she wanted to start training as soon as possible.
"Poisonedpaw!" She heard Berrynose's voice ring around the hollow.
"Sorry, i have to go," She ran her tail against Flowerpaw's back. She started toward Berrynose with quick paws.
"Hunting patrol, with Brook and Stormfur," he explained the party. They started toward the entrance, Squrrelflight came in with the whole dawn patrol behind. She and Stormfur exchanged glances as they passed. Poisonedpaw sniffed beyond the thorn entrance and out toward the forest. The fresh forest scents fill her with happiness. She padded on toward the Ancient Oak. She looked around. The air was starting to grow cold, leaf-fall was here, and soon leaf-bare. She smelled the air. Then she heard something. Instantly she smelled a mouse. She looked side-ways to see Stormfur crouching, and silently moving toward it. Gray fur shuffled under some dead leaves. The hunting patrol stood perfectly still. Then a sudden flash of gray fur made Poisonedpaw jump. The mouse had ran right between her paws!
"Poisonedpaw!? what happened!? The mouse ran right in front of your paws!"
"Sorry Berrynose, i was startled"
"By a mouse!? never mind lets go" He started forward.
Poisonedpaw shifted her paws.
How could i let a mouse slip through me!? She thought as she starred at the ground.
The Ancient Oak's leaves started to appear.
"Vole!" She touched Berrynose's shoulder.
"Shhhh!" He stopped and sniffed the air. "You try" He told her.
Poisonedpaw dropped into a hunter's crouch, and pinpointed the vole by scent.
She started forward. She let her paws move steadily over the dead leaves, one slip and they would crack, sending all the prey away, scared. She stopped the vole was only a tail length away. She pounced. She sent orange and brown leaves flying behind her. She felt warm blood on her paws. She caught it!
"Good job!" Berrynose flicked her ear with his tail.
"Thanks" she lifted her head to his praise.
"Well let's get on, we have to catch enough prey before leaf-bare," He flicked his tail signaling for them to follow him.
The sun was starting to set.
"We have been out all day!" Poisonedpaw complained."Im going to a gathering tonight!"
"Let's go back to camp then," Berrynose turned around.
"At least we found enough fresh-kill," She picked up tree vole's and a mouse by the their tails. Berrynose had caught a wood pigeon and a starling, and Stormfur had caught 2 mice, and brook had caught a few mice as well. They started back to camp. The sky was already going red from the setting sun. Then they arrived at camp.
Poisonedpaw quickly dropped her fresh-kill in the pile and headed for the apprentices den for a quick nap.

Her eyes flew open to the sound of Firestar's voice in the clearing. He was rounding up the cats. She scrambled out of the den.
"Let's go," he called as he saw Poisonedpaw approaching. They headed out of the entrance. They moon shown brightly over their pointed ears.