Chapter 2

It had been exactly one moon since the 'Nest Incident', as GrayKit and I liked to call it. RedPaw was still slightly cross about it, but not as much since we made her a new one. Aside from that, today was the day I was going to be become an apprentice.

"Moooom, stop. I'm fine now!" I complained as my mother, MoonWhisker, groomed my light chestnut pelt. "You need to look well groomed for the ceremony! I thought you would know this by now." She said in-between licks. I started to squirm, attempting to escape from my mother's tight grasp.

"Hey, Stop! I told you to be still!" I wriggled free and stood about 2 tail lengths away from my mother. She sighed, "You're just so difficult." She stood up and walked over to GrayKit to groom him next. There was a look of slight horror on his face as MoonWhisker padded towards him.

Chuckling softly, I moved to the other side of the den and gazed outside. It was now the mid-afternoon. I sighed as I watched the yellowish afternoon light illuminate the pale, dying grass. I thought about my future, and what was to become of it. Who I wanted to be. I was now being fully engulfed in my thoughts.

"Hey, are you ok?" A voice asked, bringing me back to reality. I looked up to see ThornPaw, who was the most attractive cat any of the clan members had seen. ThornPaw was a tall, brown tabby tom. All the apprentice she-cats just died of nosebleeds whenever he just smiled at them. He was normally an extremely extroverted cat, but now, he was talking to…me?

I looked around. "Me? Are you talking to me?" He laughed slightly. "Yeah, who else?" "Oh, I don't know. Someone who's actually worth your time?" I looked off to my left, which ThornPaw noticed. He stepped into my view of the left side of the camp.

"You are worth my time." A light pink dusted my cheeks at our closeness. I took a step backwards and looked into his dusty green eyes.

"How so?" I questioned. He seemed to stumble slightly at this question. He then took a deep breath. "I-"Then he was cut off by my mother with her motherly questions. (Face paw)

"Sweetie, it's time!" Well that's just lovely. I thought. "Gimme a sec, Ma!" I yelled across the den. Turning back to ThornPaw, I smiled. "Seeya at the ceremony." He smiled back. "Yeah, Seeya." He then walked away towards the apprentice's den.

That was weird. I realized. Someone I barely even know just comes up to me and- I gasped. Was he? No. It can't be. Nope. Nope. I will not accept this as reality. I inwardly squealed. Was he flirting with me?!

Is this the end of the chapter?

Nah, just trying to mess with your brains ;P

I padded towards my mother, saw my brother's noticeably shiny and damp pelt, and fell onto the floor laughing.

"It's not funny!" He huffed. "Uh, yeah it is!" I giggled once my laughing fit was over. "Children, come!" MoonWhisker demanded. "And your brother," She glared at me. "Looks perfect." GrayKit raised his chin defiantly. "Whatever" I muttered. "What was that?" Oh my starclan, mom, stop. I'm gonna get pissed and be in a bad mood for the rest of the day if you don't stop humiliating me. "I said, whatever." I hissed the last part through gritted teeth.

Great, now my mother was giving me the 'Lighten up, will you?" face. Whatever. I looked forward and saw every cat in River Clan sitting right there. The ceremony was about to begin.

Welp. I thought. I'm screwed.

(A/N) YUUUSSSS It's finally the ending! Phew, *wipes sweat off forehead* that was a long one! (Stop it you pervs) Anyways guys, it took me so long to finish this, so I hope you enjoyed! Even though I really just make these for my own entertainment. More is coming up soon, so stay tuned! God, what is this, a TV commercial? So Seeya later peeps!