Jesse S: Hello! This is co-presentator….Splashpaw!
Splashpaw: Hi
Jesse S: You get to know him more in the story…
Splashpaw: Jesse Sakura does not own Warriors/ Warrior Cats
Jesse S: Now, Let the Story begin….
Hello, my name is Shadowkit. My pelt is pure black and my eyes are a magnificent aquamarine, or at least that's what my mother says. I live far underneath the Grand Lake, with the rest of my clan. Waterclan. We are quite a small clan, but we watch the other clans with wonder, and in silence. They don't know about us. I've never seen them though, course, I'm just a kit!
"Shadowkit? You awake?" my mother, Skystar asked. I stretched out, staring at my jet-black paws and she chuckled softly. Because she was the leader of our clan, I often slept with her in the leader's cave. Now was one of those times.
"Yes mother" I mewed. She smiled, her blue eyes sparkling in amusement. Her beautiful white fur shined off the wet rocks around us.
"Come on, you're becoming an apprentice today" she mewed. My head shot up and I gazed at her in shock. I heaved myself out of the seaweed bed and padded over to my mum.
"Who's?" I asked, tilting my head. She smiled and looked out of a gap in the seaweed covering the cave entrance.
"That's for me to know, and you to find out" I groaned, and she smiled.
"Come on, let's get you clean" she said, scooping me up with her paw. I squealed loudly, but she gripped me tightly. My head slumped in annoyance as she licked my fur. I growled softly, making my mother laugh. Luckily it didn't last long.
"Skystar! Shadowkit!" my dad mewed, bursting through the seaweed cover. His green eyes gleamed in happiness as he scooped me out of my mother's hold and into his.
"Jeez, Dad. It's not you getting 'upgraded' today!" I moaned, climbing out of his hold and sitting far away from them both. Even though I'm six moons old, they still treat me like a little kit.
"She has a point, Vineheart" Mum mewed. His head slumped. His black fur glittered with water droplets. He obviously just came back from hunting and managed to catch his breath quickly. His gray muzzle moved silently, trying to find a comeback and failing.
"Can't find any words?" Mum teased. Dad growled softy, before we all started laughing. I stopped first and padded out the cave, the seaweed stroking my fur as I exited.
"Shadowkit!" Silverkit shouted, pounding across the main cave. She stopped just in front of me. Her light gray fur was sleek and she looked upp at me with wonder-filled blue eyes. Most of our clan have blue eyes, either that or green. Apparently, it's because we live under a lake, the water affects our eyes. and by how much we are underwater with our eyes open.
"Is it true that you're becoming a apprentice today?" she mewed. I nodded and she bounced around in circles. She was two moons younger than me, and still had a lot to grow.
"Not much to go till you're Leader!" she mewed, quite loudly. For some reason, they had always believed I would follow my mother in leadership, but I don't want to. Well, I do. It's just if I become leader, then my mum would most likely have to die, and so would Nightclaw, Silverkit's dad.
"Silverkit, go back to your mother" Skystar mewed from behind me. Said kit quickly scampered back over the floor and back into the Nursery cave. I looked over my shoulder to find my parents standing on either side of me. I felt a nudge come from the white she-cat and my father followed me into the centre of the main cave.
"All those fit enough to swim, please gather round the main cave!" Skystar shouted. Her voice rang and echoed through the rocks surrounding us. The clan emerged from the connected caves and surrounded us in a u shape.
I picked out Nightclaw, the deputy. His black fur looked so much like my father's, except his paws and tail tip were a light gray. His mate, Eaglefeather, was a creamy colour with light brown patches. Her two kits, Silverkit and Beekit, bounced around each other. The tom of the two was a darker gray than his sister but you could still see the resemblance.
The medicine cats stood next to them. Fernwater smiled at me, her gray fur almost blending in with the rock behind her, but her blue eyes sparkled with happiness. She was like a second mother to me, and she felt the same way. By her side, stood her apprentice, Splashpaw. His white fur almost competed with my mother's, but not by a long shot since gray patched covered it.
Close by, Reedtail and Fallowtail stood side by side. Reedtail's reddish-brown pelt almost matched his mate's, but hers was more of a light brown. His brown eyes looked happily in Fallowtail' green ones. The day before, she had announced that she was expecting kits and will soon move into the nursery cave. I usually call them the Tail pair, but only in private and with the other kits….
Reedtail's apprentice, Weedpaw, was watching me with wide blue eyes. His gray fur was glittering with water, making me think that he went hunting with my father.
The two elders stood close to the entrance to their cave, not wishing to venture out further. The beautiful brown spotted she-cat, Spottedfur, was my mother's mother. She always said she got her pelt colour from her dad, who died in a flood, short after I was born. Now, the she-cat could only see through one eye. Her den mate, Hawkeye, was a dark gray tom with white paws and muzzle. He retired early because of his loss of smell.
An announcement from in front of me brought me back to the ceremony in hand:
"This moonrise, we gather together to name a new apprentice. Shadowkit, come forward" Skystar instructed. I stepped forward, my head held proudly.
"From this day forward, until she has gained her warrior name, this apprentice will be called Shadowpaw. Vineheart, you are ready to take on another apprentice. You will be mentor to Shadowpaw" I gasped silently as my father's name was called.
"Vineheart, you have shown yourself to be a warrior of loyalty and strength. I expect you to pass on everything Hawkeye has taught you" Skystar said, smiling down at me and her mate. I turned to face my dad and mentor and we touched noses. We then walked to the side of the clearing, smiling to ourselves.
"May the Lake flow with pride" Skystar said, announcing the end of the gathering. Straight after, the kits and, now fellow, apprentices came to talk to me.
"Shadowpaw!" Silverkit and Beekit chanted, running around me and often pouncing on my tail. I chuckled and looked at the two apprentices in front of me. Surprisingly, they included Splashpaw.
"Congratulations" he said. I smiled at him, before Weedpaw grabbed my attention.
"So, you'll be sleeping in the apprentices cave now. I'll show you were to sleep" he said, already heading off. I quickly said goodbye to the others, before following him down the long path to the apprentice's cave. The path steeped up a bit and I bounded up, close on the older apprentice's paws.
When we finally arrived at the cave, he grabbed some shredded seaweed from the side of the cave and started padding down in the far right corner, parallel to his own. I smiled at his kindness.
"There we go!" he said, smiling down at his creation. I smiled and padded next to him, placing my tail on his flank.
"Thank you" I said. He looked at and smiled at me before running back down the tunnel. He shouted back:
"Come on! You don't want to be late for training!"
I smiled, and ran after him. This was the start of something very important.
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Jesse Sakura xxxx