“Have you ever heard of a curse?”. An unknown voice of a cat would speak that is now know as Dusk Sparrow. 

“No, I haven’t. What exactly is it?”. A more younger voice would speak. 

“Well, to make it more simple for you young one to understand, it's basically an inflict of harm or a punishment.”. 

“Oh- Wait, why are you telling me this?”. 

“Because it’s important to learn about the past, we can use that to our advantage in the future.”. 

“Oh..”. 

“There once was a cat”. A story was about to be told, as we see a more colorful picture. “A cat named CherryDrop, she was a med, and did her very best to help provide for the clan.”. 

“Wowie.. She sounds like such a nice cat.”. 

“Yeah…. and although she was one of the loved cats within her clan, she later fell in love.”. 

“*gasp* but isn’t it against the med code?”. 

“Yes, but even so, she couldn’t stop those feelings, and no less she fell in love with a cat from another clan, named DarkBlood, a deputy. They would always sneak out to see each other during the night or early morning. No cat knew that those two were seeing each other. But one day when CherryDrop went out one night, she found out that the one she fell in love with was cheating on her.”. 

“Oh no.”. 

“Even after being mated, she couldn’t help feeling this anger, sadness, and the rage grew within her heart. She screams out cursing StarClan for this, wishing she could never have fallen in love. So much anger grew within her, but when she returned home, everyone knew about it. She was banished from her own clan, and soon she will have kits, she was alone. With that she-”. 

“*sniffling*”. 

“You okay?”. 

“No- I mean yeah, please keep going.”. 

“*giggle* alright then. So CherryDrop walked for a long time, eventually she found a place far enough where no cat would find her. She later on made a deal with a Dark F- I’ll tell you when you're a bit older, so she had to bear it, as she had 3 kits, one of them had died but the other 2 were healthy and alive. She knew she wouldn't survive for long but she wanted to get away from all the pain. So she meets up with another cat, she gives them her kits, she didn’t even want them anyways since their father was- well… you know. But the day that she cursed at StarClan, a curse has befallen on her and her kits.”. 

“*sniffle* What curse did StarClan put on her?”. 

“Well.. some cats say that the curse that befallen her was that she would suffer for eternity and will not die. But the other could be- Oh! Looks like our time is up, little one.”. 

“Awww!”. 

“It’s alright we can continue next time.”. 

“Okay! Bye”. 

“Bye, see you very soon.”. 

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HazelWing is once again in the forest, a place where she feels at home and at the same time feels foreign to them. HazelWing walks forward slowly. 

Their ear twitches slightly and they get to the ground instantly. 

“Did you hear something?” SwirlPaw was sneaking up beside HazelWing.

“Of course I did, but did you hear it? You need to learn how to hunt prey.”

SwirlPaw scoffs quietly, “I already kn-”

“Properly.” HazelWing interrupts immediately.

A rustling of the leaves alerts HazelWing and SwirlPaw. HazelWing motions for SwirlPaw to be silent and to follow them. While stalking up closer, HazelWing peaks through the bushes and sees a squirrel gathering nuts. 

HazelWing stiffens their muscles getting ready to pounce. HazelWing leaps through the air and nabs the squirrel quickly, killing it in their maw. 

HazelWing gets up and turns around, looking at SwirlPaw. 

“Did you see how I did that? You will need to replicate the same thing I did. You don't have to be a professional like I am, since I have been doing it for years, but you need to be able to catch multiple prey within a day. Are you ready for your turn?” HazelWing muffles all of this through their mouth while holding the squirrel. 

SwirlPaw nods hesitantly, “Well, yes, I am, but I nee-”

Before SwirlPaw could finish HazelWing pushed him back into the bushes and covered his mouth. 

SwirlPaw looked confused about why his mentor would do this, he heard a voice he never heard before. 

“Prey was just killed here ....real fresh too. Too fresh…’

HazelWing had froze for a second. They remembered something gruesome that started off the same as the scene in front of them. It was like deja vu. HazelWing had clenched their teeth and wiped that horrible memory out off their mind. 

HazelWing peaks up and notices someone they never want to see on their clan grounds, someone their leader told them to be on the lookout for. 

‘ThornClan. Why are they here?’

HazelWing wanted to attack them right away but they just stayed down and listened to what the ThornClan member was saying and doing.

When HazelWing heard them going away and didn't smell them so close, they got up and immediately looked at SwirlPaw. 

HazelWing crouched down and looked SwirlPaw in the eyes. “That was a ThornClan member, you should never be in their line of sight, okay? You are still an apprentice, an amazing one, but you should keep away from them and always find me or another warrior to help, okay?”

SwirlPaw nodded slightly, “I know already, MoonFall told us earlier when we smelled them in the forest.”

HazelWing looked surprised and then super angry, “What? Why didn't you, TigerPaw, or MoonFall tell me!? That's super dangerous, y'all should already know better than that! Did I not teach y'all properly or somethin’?”

SwirlPaw hurriedly shook his head, “You taught us well! I promise! It's just that I forgot about it, I didn't remember until this happened. I pinky promise.”

HazelWing just squinted and stared at SwirlPaw like they didn't believe him, but they just sighed and got up. “You are my apprentice after all…. Well, we need to get back, fast. I need to report this and get you somewhere safe.”

HazelWing started walking in front for a second and then paused. They looked back at SwirlPaw.

“Get in front of me, I need to make sure you are in my sight.”

“Okay,” SwirlPaw quickly trotted in front of them and led them back to the clan.