Gatorkit yawns as he wakes from his peaceful slumber. His eyes shot straight open as if he was bitten by a snake. Instead, he was bitten by his sister, Lakekit. She was always looking up to Gatorkit, mostly because he was the only family she has left. All of their kin and parents were killed by several different things, whitecough, greencough, snake bites, and other tragedies.
Lakekit laughed and asked, "That was so easy. Was that good?". "Yes, very good! We're going to be the best warriors ever!", exclaimed Gatorkit. I can't wait for our apprenticeship, Lakekit and I will be the best warriors ever, and I bet that I'll be leader some day! Eagleclaw, the queen that adopted us, entered the Nursery with a fish in her mouth. She drops it gently on a patch of moss and ordered, "Eat you two, you need the strength for your apprenticeship in the Morning!". Lakekit hopped around in joy, until she landed on Sparrowkit.
"Hey!", exclaimed Sparrowkit, while he takes of the mud and moss from his fur. He notices that all the other kits were covered in moss and mud too. "Did you all play without me?", he asked as if he was about to cry. Gatorkit lied, "Ummm... No! We just...fell in the river!". "Yeah...the river!", yelled a mellow voice. It was Pineleap, the sister of Eagleclaw. Pineleap bellowed, "Those kit got so dirty, nearly half the clan had to clean the place up after them!". "Who had to do this?", asked Eagleclaw with concern in her eyes. Pineleap had a glad look in her eyes, then answered by yelling, "Ask one of you kits!". Wow Pineleap! You didn't have to yell! "That hurt my ears!", yelled Fawnkit, Sparrowkit's brother.
"Sorry little one! I still think there's mud in my ears!", bellowed Pineleap. "How about...", said Eagleclaw then she paused to think. Gatorkit and Lakekit winced at each other with worry. "How about Gatorkit takes Pineleap to Dawnface. Lakekit, you tell me who had to clean the mess up.", finished Eagleclaw. Thank you! Lakekit's eyes showed with worry. As the warrior and kit left to see the medicine cat, Gatorkit witnesses Sparrowkit glare at Fawnkit. Fawnkit looks at Gatorkit as if he betrayed him. I'm sorry!
As the two leave the Nursery, Gatorkit witnesses Moonstar in her beautiful glory on top of her den. All cats looked at her with tight stares. Moonstar had been a rouge for most of her life. She left as a young warrior to follow her heart with another rouge, but came back as a near elderly rouge with a murdered heart. The previous leader, Foxstar, was her brother, who made her deputy after Stoneface died. How come she looks like a very new warrior! I guess beauty never dies for a leader! "Clan meeting! Cats old enough to swim in the river, come!". She forgot how to start clan meetings! How embarrassing! We decided to not see the meeting, Pineleap glared at the kit and smirked.
Gatorkit ignored the elderly warrior. They entered the Medicine Cat Den, but the only thing they saw was cobwebs and poppy seeds. "Where is she? Three moons of being a medicine cat and then this!", yowled Pineleap. I guess she's with Yellowear. It's like she wants to break the code! Gatorkit discovered about Dawnface and Yellowear after he went to find his old moss ball. "Please don't tell anyone.". The words repeat in his head over and over, until he hears the words, "Dawnface is having kits.", yelled a voice that was alike to Moonstar's. Oh no! His ears screamed as he heard the yelling. "What!", yelled Pineleap with confusion. "Stay here!", yelled Gatorkit. He ran off to see what had happened.
The kit came out, with thoughts jumbling his mind. Where's Dawnface and Yellowear!? Will the other clans hear about this?! I'm so hungry! The last one was true. Gatorkit hadn't eaten in a night, and he was starving. He went over to Lakekit's and his fish in the Nursery. No one was inside. Guess they want to hear the news. More for me then! He chomped up the fish like a plop kittypet. He was about to finish the rest when he felt something on his shoulder. He turns to see Lakekit, Sparrowkit, and Fawnkit. Gatorkit swallowed the last piece of fish in his mouth and said, "Hi Lakekit". "Lake...paw", corrected his sister. It's morning!? It was like she read his mind when she said, "Yes.". He was like a wolf! Dashing as fast as he could, while dodging the other cats. He sat next to a cat he couldn't remember. Barkfang? Daybreeze? Badgerstripe? He tried to remember, when he heard, "Gatorkit! Please step forward!". He stepped forward, his ears blocked all sound, he felt he would fall of a cliff and then fly away to Starclan. His dream was short lived when a paw tapped his tail, that caused Gatorkit to say, "Yeeeeeeees!", the voice slowly dragged out. There was a short silence, until he heard "Gatorkit, from this day forward! You will be named Gatorpaw.", then he heard, "Gatorpaw! Gatorpaw! Gatorpaw!". Worst. Day. Ever...Wait, who's my mentor!?
Prologue Ended
Fanfiction by XxCRAZYdogXx