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Lord Brambleeyes

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Blackkit wiggled himself in to what he thought was a good hunting position. Then, with a loud squeak, he pounced on the frog. At the same moment another two kits came rolling out of a hidden hollow, a pile of wreathing kitten fur, which without warning, rolled straight into the unsuspecting Blackkit. With a small hiss, Blackkit reared up on his hind legs and landed on top of the living heap. The game did not continue for much longer, for at that same moment there was a yowl from the edge of the clearing.

The large ball of kittens instantly broke up, all around the clearing cats were coming out of their shelters, and heading towards the large, smooth rock at the edge of the clearing. A large, pale brown tabby queen emerged from the kit's hollow, and trotted past them. The kits were know watching the cat on the rock, with wide eyed attention."Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here for a clan meeting". Blackkit looked to Brokenkit, who was still watching Raggedstar with a look of great wonder. "Is that Claw-" Blackkit's words were cut off by a hiss from the tabby queen.

"Clawpaw, you have trained hard to be a good apprentice, you fought bravely against that badger today, I think it is now time for you to become a warrior." Clawpaw seemed as if he was rooted to the clearing floor, all that seemed to move were his whiskers, which were twitching slightly. " I, Raggedstar, leader of ShadowClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in turn. Clawpaw do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?" "I-I do." Clawpaw's claws sunk in to the ground as if into a piece of pray. "Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Clawpaw, from this moment you will be known as Clawface. StarClan honors your bravery and your determination, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan." Raggedstar lept off the rock in one graceful bound, landing a few tail lengths away from Clawface and resting his muzzle on the new warrior's bowed head. Clawface licked his shoulder respectfully. There was an instant surge, as all the cats in the clearing came forward, to congratulate the still stunned Clawface. At the back of the throng of cats, sat Blackkit, Yarrowkit, and Brokenkit. Their eyes shone as they watched the young warrior. "I am going to be the best warrior in the forest" said Blackkit, still staring at Clawface. "I will be the greatest warrior in all of ShadowClan, no matter what it takes". At that moment it seemed as though a shadow had passed through Blackkit's eyes, but then it was gone, and there were just three kits, staring out at the new warrior.

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