Chapter I:
Flamekit, age 2 moons...
"Wake up Flamekit! Mom said we can't go out of the nursery until you wake upppppp!" Squirrelkit's annoyed squeal woke me from my sleep. Great StarClan she's loud! Why does she think I sleep in? I blink open my eyes, instantly closing them again, tiredness making my eyes water.
I reach up and put a paw over the ginger kit's mouth before she could speak again. "Let me wake up, please. For once."
"-you better hurry up then or I'll get dad to force you!" She imediately blurted out the heartbeat I took my paw away. I flatten my ears, ignoring her. Thats what it was like every day dealing with two sisters. Squirrelkit the loud and annoying, Leafkit the quiet and ridiculously overprotective.. It was my second moon in ThunderClan now and it was really starting to get on my nerves. I really hated Squirrelkit's constant jabbering, but I had to admit I was as excited to explore outside the camp as her.
I yawn, starting to climb out of huge nest I was in. Something grabs me by the scruff and pulls me back in, yelping. "Hey!" I groan when my mother starts grooming my fur. "Stop that!"
"Yth nned to vok goof vfen vu go out." She tried to speak as she groomed me.
"What?"
She stopped and glanced at me, her eyes warm. "You need to look good when you go out."
"Alright alright! I can do it myself." I mutter. "Ughhh why can't I be an apprentice? I'm stronger than Squirrelkit and Leafkit!"
"Squirrelkit and Leafkit are only two moons, same as you. And besides, you traded your size for muscle. Which is good, granted! But patience is a virtue you need to learn." Well, I suppose that was true... I was half the size of my sisters. She nudged me out of the nest. "Go on. I'll be with you shortly."
I hesitate, reminded of the noise that would disrupt me when I caught up to my siblings.
"Go on.. Flamekit. Go and be with your father."
I look over my shoulder at her, smiling gratefully.
I am Flamekit, son of Firestar and Sandstorm.
And I am a Warrior!