Petalpaw stood, his whole world flipped upside down and spinning rapidly. He was in love with a kittypet. A kittypet!? Of all the things. He panted for a second, trying to process the words. ``Ma'am, I am a clan cat. You see this river? Past this is my clan's territory and camp. You are not allowed to be here.`` He finally mewed.

``Oh?`` The kittypet stepped back to be polite. ``Is that why the cats the came by here told me to leave?``

``Y- you SAW a patrol?`` Petalpaw whimpered. ``Did they attack you?``

``Goodness no! They were really nice about it. This one cat, called Eaglepaw, even said I was beautiful.`` She purred. What!? Was Eaglepaw trying to flirt with the kittypet? ``Anyways-- who are you? I'm Ribbon III, but you can just call me Ribbon.``

``Ribbon.``Petalpaw tested out the unfamiliar word on his tongue. ``Such a Kittypet name.`` He joked. ``I'm Petalpaw.``

``Such a clan name.`` Ribbon responded with a playful bump. There was a loud ringing of a bell, that sounded like a louder version of Ribbon's. ``Oh. That's my folk. I should get going. See ya later, possibly.`` She purred, bumping her forehead on Petalpaw's cheek and running off. 

``..Bye..`` Petalpaw awed, a jolt of warmth flushing through his body.

``So that was her name?`` A tom said from behind Petalpaw. Scared, the apprentice scrambled away. ``It'll be good to know when you ask her to be your mate. Oh, that's right. You can't! Which is why I will.`` He snorted, puffing out his chest.

``Shut up, Eaglepaw. She doesn't even know us. How do you know she even likes you?`` Petalpaw grumbled.

``Oh, lets see. I'm definitely handsome, I'm smart, blah blah blah..`` Eaglepaw began to blabber. Tuning him out, Petalpaw rolled his eyes and pushed Eaglepaw into the river as he stormed back to camp.

``Stupid Eaglepaw..`` He grumbled. The apprentice muttered curses with the other's name, folding his ears. 

``OH! AND I CAN SWIM BETTER THAN YOU!`` Eaglepaw announced, holding his top half over the bank of the river.