The Prophecy of Blue Fire
Chapter 1
Clawing her way up the mountainside, Hawkpride growled under her breath as she faced the mighty lion that stood in front of her, his lips curled back in a menacing growl. Leaping, the mighty warrior clawed at the ferocious beast until it fell to its end. Triumphant, the she-cat flexed her muscles, glaring at the fallen lion with pride as she puffed out her chest proudly.
"Hawkkit!" Dovewing called from inside the nursery, addressing her daughter. Looking away from the dandelion she had just shredded, Hawkkit raced into the nursery, where her father, Bumblestripe, was sitting next to her mother, Dovewing, who obviously had something important to tell her by the excited look in her eyes.
"Yes, mother?" Hawkkit looked up with curiosity.
"Hollyleaf has decided to take you on as her apprentice!" Dovewing cried, and Hawkkit jumped up, her fur fluffed out in horror.
"What!" she exclaimed, having heard all the horrifying rumors of the she-cat, from how she killed the poor cat, Ashfur, out of cold blood, to when she ran away into the tunnels because she had thought they better suited her cold, black heart.
The fur along Hawkkit's neck raised as quickly as the waves of the lake in a Greenleaf storm.
Her black fur took awhile to lie flat, and her blue eyes glittered with mixed emotions.
"Hi."
Hawkkit jumped and spun around, then relaxed as she met the sparkling silver gaze of her sister, Lunarkit, who was all black and had a gray tail tip, and her whiskers were twitching in excitement. "Mother told me that Cinderheart chose me to be apprentice!" the kit mewed happily, having been the lucky one.
Nodding in envy, Hawkkit flinched as Cinderheart and Hollyleaf walked over.
Hawkkit froze on the spot, her gaze meeting her future mentor's, and both nodded, ready to contain each other's fire within.
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"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!" Lionstar, Hollyleaf and Jayfeather's brother, plus the clan leader, addressed ThunderClan.
As all cat emerged curiously from their dens, only four didn't emerge immediately. As Bumblestripe puffed his chest out proudly, Dovewing poked it, laughing. "Put that away, stupid furball." she laughed, and he rolled his eyes at her playfully.
Lunarkit sat with her fur bristling, say, "Mother, I don't think I can make it! I'll definitely faint if I have to step up there!" she cried, looking exasperated.
"Let's hope you don't faint! Imagine what the clan would think if you did!" Hawkkit laughed, which caused Lunarkit to groan as their mother began to groom her fur.
"Hawkkit, be nice." Bumblestripe said sternly as he began to groom her fur, and she stopped laughing and cleared her throat. "Sorry." Hawkkit said silently, and Lunarkit replied with a curt nod.
As they hurried into the clearing, Lionstar looked at them with a welcoming gaze, and Hawkkit felt as if she were of high importance, higher than being clan leader. She held her head high, and made sure to walk without her legs everywhere, and dipped her heads to the warriors, apprentices, and elders with due respect. Bowing her head to Lionstar, Hawkkit sat in front of him with her back straight and her tail neatly over her paws, unlike her sister, who was trembling nervously and staring at the ground.
"Lunarkit, please step forward."
Lunarkit stepped forward nervously.
"Do you accept to uphold the warrior code, and guard it with your life?"
"I-I do."
"Then you will be known as Lunarpaw until you receive your warrior name, and you will be mentored by Cinderheart. Cinderheart. You have been a noble warrior, and a great mentor to Ivypool. I hope you pass on your skills to this young cat."
Cinderheart nodded her head as Lunarpaw walked to her, sitting somewhat taller, her expression better relaxed.
"Hawkkit, please step forward."
Hawkkit stepped forward with almost too much confidence, which everyone smiled at.
"Do you accept to follow and uphold the warrior code, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do!"
"Then you will be known as Hawkpaw until you receive your warrior name. Hollyleaf, you have been a brave cat, and a very valuable edition to this clan, and have earned an apprentice the hard way. You have many good skills, and I wish for you to pass them on to this cat."
Hollyleaf also nodded, and met Hawkpaw halfway, and they went back and sat together.
Hawkpaw held her head high as she smiled with her sister, who was doing the same, as all the cats of ThunderClan chanted to the universe at the top of their lungs with much vigor, "Lunarpaw! Hawkpaw! Lunarpaw! Hawkpaw!"
Looking to the sky as the sun began to set, Hawkpaw subconsciously dug her claws into the soil, and grinned, soaking in the glory.
I'm ready, world! Whatever you've got, throw it at me, 'cause I'm ready for it!