Book: Shadows Lurking

Blurb
Spiderpaw of StoneClan had just received his warrior name, Spiderblaze and faces trials and faces a lurking shadow in the woods. A darkness is rising and threatening to destroy his Clan...

Detailed Description
Spiderpaw goes out with into the forest, following his mentor, Flickerwind preparing for his assessment. As they are stroll, a fox suddenly pops out of the ferns and snarls at them. The two cats fight the fox, but Flickerwind is injured so Spiderpaw had to lure the fox away from his fallen mentor. The apprentice silently prays to StarClan that he'll bump into a patrol, and his prayer comes true and he sees Flailwind, Codstep and Hazelpaw. The black apprentice tells the patrol to take Flickerwind back to camp and the two warriors race away towards Flickerwind, but Hazelpaw helps him fight the fox.The two apprentices work together and soon the fox retreats with a last defeated snarl and scurries off.

When the two cats approach the camp, they are suprised when their leader, Shrewstar orders them to come stand on the Tall Rock and the two apprentices obeys. Shrewstar starts the warrior ceremony and gives Spiderpaw the name, Spiderblaze and gives Hazelpaw the warrior name, Hazelstep and the whole clan chants their names.

Their mother, Bucklepelt comes over once Shrewstar dismisses the ceremony and gives them a lick on the ear and tells them how proud she is. She shares a shrew with both of her kits and sends her kits to sit vigil.

During the vigil, the two hears pawsteps and they both demand that they reveal themselves. Suddenly, a dark cat pins Hazelstep and hisses to Spiderblaze, saying that if he moved one whisker, he would kill his brother.

He heard a screeching sound from his brother, and to his relief, he saw some of his warriors poke their heads out of the den and some of them sprinted towards the attacking cats.