AT LONG LAST UVE COMPLETED THE FIRST CHAPTER OF MY NEW SERIES DIVERGENT WARRIORS! IM SOOOOOOOOOO SORRY THAT IT TOOK ME SO LONG BUT I HAD COMPLETED THE FIRST CHAPTER TWO WEEKS AGO BUT IT WAS HORRIBLE! So I started over and this is so much better. Hope you enjoy! Please review!
Heartpatch, my mom, licked my fur clean as she prepared me for the first rotations of my kithood. My brother, Sandkit, was getting cleaned by our dad Redstorm. "Sandkit! For the love of Starclan sit still!" Redstorm growled.
"Sorry papa," Sandkit said.
"I can't believe the two of you are beginning your rotations," Mom purred.
"What's the big deal?" I asked.
"It means your growing up," Mom mewed.
"I don't wanna grow up!" Sandkit wailed.
"Shut up, Sandkit!" I hissed.
"Copperkit," mom mewed disapprovingly.
"Sorry. I just don't think its fair that were spending our kithood in other clans with other cats. We didn't even get to meet Seedheart's real kits because they were at Medicineclan," I mewed.
"Oh, Copperkit," mom sighed; licking the top of my head again, "it's not as bad as you think. You'll finally leave the nursery and explore the territory just a little. I know that in Truthclan they make odd dens and tons of them so one cat and their mate can sleep together a lone and when they have kits they get to stay in their den."
"That sounds weird," Sandkit commented.
"It's different from our lifestyle. To them it's normal. Your older brother, Bearclaw, lives in Truthclan. Your other older brother, Eagleswing, lives in Farmclan. Bearclaw, is more disciplined than, Eagleswing," Redstorm said.
Once both of our parents were finished licking us we stared up at them. My brother looked more like our mom but with our dad's blue eyes. I looked like our dad but with my moms green eyes.
"Oh, I'm going to miss you two. I'm gonna have to raise a bunch of kits who aren't even my own," Mom said.
"We'll miss you too, momma!" Sandkit wailed rubbing against mom's chest fur.
"Don't worry my lovely kit. You'll be fine," mom purred.
"Let's go or we will be late," dad mewed. "Seedheart let's go. It's time to take the kits to their rotation."
"I'm coming," Seedheart grumbled getting up. "Come on, Leopardkit and Speedkit. It's time you go home."
"Yay! Were finally going home!" Speedkit cheered.
"Were gonna see mommy!" Leapordkit added.
They were both five moons old now. The rotations are every full moon. So is the Choosing ceremony but they take the kits to the clan first. It's an interesting system.
"Let's go," mom sighed. We all walked out of the nursery and Sandkit and I stared in awe of the camp. The camp was huge! There were five dens. All were ginormous.
"Mom what is that den for?" I asked pointing at the den at the front of the camp.
"You'll find out when you come home."
We walked out of camp and I looked around. The trees surrounding us were so tall they seemed to touch the clouds. The leaves were a lush green and rustled in the wind.
The ground beneath our paws was soft grass that rose to tickle our stomachs.
Up ahead I noticed a break in the trees. I opened my mouth and scented many cats, all with different scents, crowding around a small area. When the trees finally gave out it opened up into a clearing that seemed to dip into the Earth.
We slid down the steep slope and sat down in front of a pile of prey.
"Now that Huntingclan is here we can now begin the rotation," A big Tom in the middle said.
"All kits walk to the clan to your left," a brown tabby Tom in the middle said.
"Goodbye, momma," Sandkit mewed. "Goodbye, papa." I didn't say anything I just left with Sandkit behind me. Speedkit and Leopardkit were too eager to get back home.
"Welcome home, Speedkit and Leapordkit." A blue gray she cat mewed.
"Mommy!" Speedkit cheered. Him and Leapordkit snuggled against her and we just watched. I sank my claws into the dirt to keep myself from turning around and running back to mom.
"And what are your names? You'll be under my care," A deep voice said. We looked to our left and then up. In front of us was a brown tom with with light brown spots.
"I-I'm, Sandkit," My brother stuttered.
"I'm Copperkit," I mewed trying to sound confident.
"I'm Bearclaw. There was only one queen," he explained.
"Bearclaw!" Sandkit squeaked.
"Mom told us about you," I looked at him in shock.
"And who's your "mom"?" He asked.
"Heartpatch! She's your mom too!" Sandkit had a big smile lighting his face.
Bearclaw stared at us both confused and shocked. "So your my little brother and sister?" He asked. We nodded vigorously. He nodded and was about to say something else when the five cats in the middle began to speak again.
"Members of Medicineclan! Take your kits and head back to camp!" The big white Tom said. The clan he stood in front of got up and the ones with kits left.
"Members of Farmclan! Take your kits and head back to camp!" The brown tabby Tom said. The cats in front of him got up and left.
Next went Warclan who was told to leave by a cream she cat with light brown spots on her back and legs.
Then Huntingclan led by a gray she cat. Mom looked over at us and smiled when she saw Bearclaw behind us. She nodded and then left with Redstorm following and three kits. They looked about our age so I guessed they were on their first rotations too.
"Members of Truthclan! Take your kits and head back to camp!" A gray and white she cat told us.
"Come kits. We need to go to Truthclan. You'll be living with me and I will be administrating your tests," Bearclaw told us while leading us through the forest towards Truthclan.
"What's our first test?" Sandkit asked.
"I'm not allowed to tell you. But for your first day since it's only sunhigh and by the time we get there it will be a little later in the day you'll just get a tour of the camp."
"Oh! But I wanted to do more!" Sandkit wailed.
"Wait 'till the tests begin. Truthclan and Medicineclan have the hardest tests for both kits and apprentices." Speedkit and Leapordkit's mom said. "I'm, Watersky, by the way."
"I'm Sandkit!" My brother mewed.
"Copperkit," I mumbled.
"Aren't you excited to be starting your rotations?" Watersky asked me.
"It's just a bunch of tests. Mom told us that most kits decide to stay in their clan. Why should I be any different?" I mewed.
Watersky looked at me stunned before saying, "Copperkit, this is your future. You can either look at this as the beginning of the rest of your life, or a bunch of time wasting tests."
I looked at her as innocent as I could. But her words affected me more than they should have. Finally, we arrived at Truthclan. Now even though the clans don't attack each other we still have the possible threats of badgers, foxes, and cats outside the clans. So the clans build barriers around their camps. Truthclan was absolutely huge!
"Copperkit. Sandkit. Welcome to Truthclan," Bearclaw told us.
We walked through the tunnel entrance and the way the camp was set up was so odd compared to the camp of Huntingclan. Mom was right about their dens. They were in odd shapes and sure enough there were tons of them.
"What kind of dens our these?" Sandkit asked.
"We call them "houses" here. we make them in the shape of a square instead of a dome," Watersky mewed.
"They're is a house for every cat and his or her mate and kits to live in. Then we have what we call the "headquarters" or "courthouse" where the leader lives. All our trials are there. We call this section of camp with all the houses the "city"," Bearclaw explained.
"Mommy let's go home! I wanna see daddy!" Leapordkit wailed.
Watersky purred at her kits. She led them away towards the right side of the "city".
"You two follow me. I'm gonna show you my house," Bearclaw told us. He flicked his tail for us to follow him and we did. He led us pass so many dens then turned left into a section of them. We walked for a few more pawsteps then turned right. We passed three more dens then we walked in through a small hole into his den.
"How can you find your house?" Sandkit asked.
"I've lived here for eight seasons now. I've memorized where my house is. All you really need to do for the time being is to follow my scent," Bearclaw told him.
"So what are we doing tomorrow?" Sandkit asked.
"You'll start your tests tomorrow. You won't be doing tests everyday but you will be doing some," Bearclaw explained.
"Where are we sleeping?" I asked.
"You two will share a nest. It's over there," he pointed with his tail to the top left corner where a small nest was.
"I'd like to go and take a nap," I told him.
"Okay. Go ahead. I need to go to the courthouse anyway. Sandkit stay here with your sister," Bearclaw told us.
"Why do you need to go to the courthouse?" Sandkit asked.
"I'm in the middle of a case between two Warclan cats," he explained. "I need to go." He left quickly.
"I'm taking my nap now," I yawned.
"Okay. Sleep well, Copperkit," Sandkit said.
I curled up in my nest and closed my eyes. "You can either look at this as the beginning of the rest of your life, or a bunch of time wasting tests." Watersky's words echoed through my thoughts.
These tests are suppose to help us choose our home. To help us decide where we are meant to live out our lives. They are important to our system, but it steals our kithood. That's not fair to us, but what Watersky told me about this being the beginning of the rest of my life. She's right. I have a choice in how I'm gonna live my life.
I'm gonna begin my life. I just have to take these tests. That's not so hard is it? Wait...is it?
i really hope you liked this chapter. I will try really hard to have a new chapter up soon.