Dapplekit shivered from the tiny white dot that flew down on her. She stared at it until it melted away. Many white dots were falling down and covering the ground with a light white blanket. It held no warmth for the ground, because the little dots held coldness. Carefully, out of the mossy nest, she placed a paw on the ground. Quickly, she retaliated back. Surprised it was extremely colder than she thought, she stayed in her nest besides her mother, Yellowblossom.
"Yellowblossom? What are these cold things?" She asked her mother, staring at the dots with round, curious eyes.
"It is snow, in Leafbare, all the leaves fall off the trees and snow falls down from the sky. Tomorrow the ground will be full of snow. But very soon your winter coat will grow in." Her mother explained.
"Ooh..." Dapplekit put out a paw on the snow again, and this time it was not colder than before. She went out of her nest and padded around the nursery, leaving tiny footprints on the ground. Excited, she ran over to her denmate, Cherrykit. "Cherrykit! Look! It's called snow!" She squealed in delight, stomping her paws onto the ground excitedly.
Dapplekit was born in ThunderClan, and she was rather pretty. She had orange fur, with stripes of light yellow fur. Her eyes were a brilliant emeraldgreen. She had white belly fur, and white paws. Her Mother, Yellowblossom was light yellow, with white patches on the back of her. And bright, blue eyes, brighter than any river. Her father, Browntail, was a dark shade of brown, while his underbelly was white. Her brother was Sootkit, he was grey, with darker flecks on his back.
Tomorrow was the night that Dapplekit was going to be an apprentice! She was so excited that she felt she could explode with excitement. Sootkit was was excited too, but he tends to not show it. Cherrykit was also going to be an apprentice too, and so the trio was excited.
"Let all who is old enough to catch their own prey come benath the Highrock for a Clan meeting!" Firestar howled. Soon warriors, elders, and apprentices came out to listen what their leader had to say.
"Mother, could I come out and listen too?" Dapplekit asked.
"Me too! Me too!" Sootkit pleaded.
"Very well, but stay close to the nursery!" Their mother yelled after them.
"Tomorrow is the Gathering as you all know, and we also have 3 apprentice ceremonies." Dapplekit beamed. "Our patrols have found a badger in our territory. I will send out a patrol to send the badger out of our territory soon." He nodded at Brambleclaw, and he began asking people to come. "But don't go just yet, I have more important news. After the Gathering, I will go to the Moonpool to share tongues with StarClan in search of answers." And with a flick of his tail, he jumped down and began to talk to Brambleclaw.
"Browntail!" Dapplekit squealed.
"Yes, Dapplekit?"
"Tomorrow I'm gonna be an apprentice!" Browntail nodded and licked her ear.
"Me too!" Sootkit yelled.
"Yes, I know." Browntail stalked off, and told them behind his shoulder "Why don't you two go to sleep, you've got a long day tomorrow." Sootkit and Dapplekit went back to their mossy nest and Sootkit fell asleep just like his Father asked. But Dapplekit kneaded the moss, unable to sleep. She was going to be an apprentice tomorrow! How could she sleep?
StarClan is going to make me a apprentice! Everyone is going to watch, so I need a big sleep tomorrow. Dapplekit thought. As she circled around her nest, she layed down, her tail wrapped around her.