"Come on Amberpaw! Goldenstar is making Moonpaw a warrior!" Lightpaw said while her brother, Darkpaw bounced up and down. "Hold on Duskflower is finishing up" the medicine cat's apprentice said and flicked her whiskers.
Duskflower came out at that moment and nodded at the two apprentices before walking over to sit under Highrock with Amberpaw beside her. Lightpaw and Darkpaw came to sit beside them so they could see Moonpaw.
Moonpaw flicked his tail nervously and his blue gray fur looked like he had spent much time grooming it. When all the cats had gathered Goldenstar started her speech. "Today is that day that my son, Moonpaw becomes a warrior, may star clan have it in their hearts to welcome him" she said and looked down upon her son with adoration in her eyes.
"I, Goldenstar, leader of Thunderclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn." Goldenstar said loud and clear then looked to Moonpaw.
"Moonpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?" she asked him. Moonpaw took a deep breath and then said with power "I do."
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. Moonpaw, from this moment you will be known as Moonclaw, in honor of your moonlit claws. Starclan honors your spirit and strength, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Thunderclan" Goldenstar finished and jumped down from Highrock to rest her muzzle on his head.
After a brief hesitation Moonclaw licked her shoulder and smiled up at his mother. She smiled back and sat back while the clan welcomed him. Amberpaw stood up and was among the first to welcome him, along with Lightpaw, Darkpaw and Duskflower. "Congratulations Moonclaw" she said respectfully and went to sit out of the way for Duskflower.
Duskflower walked over to Amberpaw then they walked to the den. "Frogspot said that Cottenkit has a cough, I want you to bring him some tansy in the morning while I'm out" she said to Amberpaw.
"Ok Duskflower I'll do it first thing once he's up" she replied and curled up to sleep. When she woke up in the morning Duskflower was gone. She groaned and sat up. "Tansy to Cottenkit and alder bark to Cougartooth" she recited to herself as she washed quickly.
She grabbed what she needed and walked quickly to the elder's den greeting cats on the way. "Good morning Amberpaw" Pinesong greeted her. "Good morning Pinesong" she replied to the old tawny cat.
She walked over to Cougartooth and gave him the bark to chew on. "Hey kid can you get me something for my pain?" a crabby Raggedpelt muttered. "Sure I'll be right back I need to get this tansy to Cottenkit" she said and scurried out of the den.
She trotted to the nursery and gave Frogspot the tansy then ran to the medicine den to fetch some daisy leaves for Raggedpelt. She walked back over to the elders den and quickly applied the paste to Raggedpelt's fur and walked to the small stream outside of camp to wash off.
When she finished she walked back into camp just in time to see the hunting patrol return. She hadn't noticed how hungry she was until then and she picked out a nice plump mouse for herself and a squirrel for Duskflower.
But right when she was about to eat her mouse Fawnpelt came in with Badgerpaw leaning heavily on her. She quickly looked him over and found a wrenched claw. "Hold on Badgerpaw I'll be back" she said and scurried into the den for some comfrey root. She came back and chewed some up before applying it to his paw. "This might hurt" she said to him and slid some cobweb over it to keep the poultice on.
He tested it out and smiled, "Thanks Amberpaw you're going to be a great medicine cat one day" Badgerpaw smiled and left the clearing with Fawnpelt close behind him.. She nodded gratefully and turned to her mouse.
She had just finished when Duskflower walked in. "Everyone is talking about how amazing you are and I was thinking, the gathering is tonight, so why not bring you with? Then afterwards we can head to Highstones and finally make you a medicine cat" Duskflower said with a smile.
"Really?" Amberpaw asked in disbelief. "Really" she replied and began to eat her squirrel. "Thank you Duskflower! What do you want me to do now?" she said all at once. Duskflower laughed and said "You're going to have a long night tonight so I would like it if you slept."
Amberpaw nodded vigorously and curled up in her nest and shut her eyes. She rolled around a bit then finally drifted into a dreamless sleep.
