i stood impatiently in the clearing everyone was looking at us. Me and my sister frostkit soon to be frostpaw . The entire clan was here i could see our mother at the front smiling but i couldn't see any further because the cats were to big. " branchkit do you promise to uphold the warrior code?" bramblestar looked down at me flicking his eyes.

" i do." i mewed to him " then by our warrior ancestors i name you branchpaw your mentor will be ironclaw." i had to stretch to reach him all the cats were leaving the clearing . I looked at ironclaw wondering what we were going to do.
" go to your den training starts tomorrow at dawn." he then stalked off leaving me in the clearing by myself it didn't take long to find the apprentice den. When i got there all the other apprentices were staring at me lightningpaw was snarling icepaw spat and rosepaw the oldest flexed his claws i looked at the cat in the corner and realized it was frostpaw something had scared her she curled into a ball.

"What do you think your doing filthpaw no one wants you here your just filth why don't you go run to your back to the nursery you'll never be a warrior now leave or will make you leave." growled rosepaw i jumped back and unsheathed my claws
" i'm not going anywhere and if anyone should leave it's you at least my parents loved me enough to give me a toms name rosepaw." i sneered at him lightningpaw and icepaw were snickering behind him.

embarrassment was coming off his pelt, he looked like he was about to attack bramblestar padded in with frostpaw beside him " rosepaw, lightningpaw and icepaw come with me now." he growled " we'll finish this later filth." rosepaw spat at me i turned to frostpaw but she was curled up in her nest .

I had a hard time sleeping that night worrying about rosepaw and his gang what had they meant by filth i'm just as good as them maybe it's because i never knew my father when i was only tree moons old my mother told me that he was a brave warrior he was even deputy but he disappeared that's it nothing else if wanted to found out from the elders they would know after all their elders.

i woke up early to start training and to meet ironclaw he was one of the strongest warriors that's how he got his name ironclaw because he has iron claws .
" let's start training we're going to look at the other territories then will practice some fighting." the territories were boring how would knowing were some stupid clan was help me be a warrior. when we arrived at the training hollow rosepaw and icepaw were there, fighting but claws sheathed
" gingerfur my apprentice wants to learn to fight could he fight icepaw." ironclaw called to gingerfur she nodded and told rosepaw to sit and watch with them.

I faced icepaw she was crouching close to the ground i instinctively did the same she pounced hitting me with her paws i ducked and hit her underbelly she doubled over our paws met in the middle i threw her forward making her lose her balance i held her down she was pinned struggling under my paws. gingerfur told me to stop i let icepaw go leaving her on the ground. " good job branchpaw." purred bramblestar" that deserves extra fresh-kill why don't you and icepaw go get now." he turned to rosepaw " get up, you piece of fox-dung you'll never be a warrior if apprentices younger then you are better fighters now go take care of the elders then go to your den and stay there." he spat and stalked off.