Larchkit groggily opened her eyes, awakened by the sound of a she-cat's voice. She was in a Nursery, oddly similar to Thunderclan's , with sunlight streaming through the branches that served as a roof. That was weird, she thought, Starclan didn't have a Nursery - or any other dens like this - since it never rained. Suddenly, the memories of what had happened flooded back to her.

On the bright side, Larchkit thought, they left me with my memory. She scolded herself - She was thinking like Hollykit. The she-cat's voice once again brought her back from the depths of her mind. "Starkit, Glitterkit, you have an important day today!"

Oh no, thought Larchkit. A surge of wrath rose in her body and she could feel her ears burn.

"My name is not Glitterkit."

The she-cat looked down at her with unnaturally huge, cloudy blue eyes. "Of course it is." The she-cat mewed, her blank bug eyes still staring at Larchkit unnervingly. "No it's not." Larchkit said again, slower this time - she was getting the feeling that the queen was not especially bright. The she-cat tipped her head to the side (Larchkit was pretty sure her massive eyes were weighing her down, but she wasn't sure) "Well what is it then?"

"Larchkit" she said proudly, daring that she-cat to try and call her Glitterkit again. Suddenly, her attention was drawn back to the nest across from her. Starkit sleepily rose her head, showing off her star. It was still nauseating. "What do you want, butter?" she murmured, her voice thick and wobbly with sleep. The queen hurried over to Starkit "Oh love! It's a very important day!"

Starkit leaped up, all sleepiness forgotten, "OUR APPRENTICE CEREMONY!". Starkit's orange eyes were incredibly distracting and it took a moment for Larchkit to process what was just said. The queen nodded and nudged the kits close "Now remember kits, just because I'm from Shadowclan and your daddy's a medicine cat doesn't mean we're different..."

"Yeah, it actually does" Larchkit blurted out. The queen blinked, and her blue eyes began to clear "Your right...it doe-" Slowly, Starkit turned towards her. In the depths of her orange eyes Larchkit saw a cold darkness, full of raw power. Power enough to rip her to shreds. Meticulously, as if she was attempting to persuade them, Starkit spoke "No...it...does...not."

The queen's massive blue eyes clouded again "No...it doesn't..." she murmured dreamily. As if on cue, Firestar's booming voice filled the camp "Starkit and Glitterkit!" Larchkit rolled her eyes "You need to be made apprentices!"

Larchkit stepped forward warily. As if they all had a script to follow, the other Thunderclan cats had gathered. Firestar continued in a loud but monotone voice "Starkit step forward. Your a strong, brave cat and thus you shall be my apprentice."

All the cats gave out a comically large gasp

"Glitterkit, step forward" now Firestar sounded bored. Despite herself, Larchkit couldn't help feeling a teensy bit offended. "It's time your an apprentice...Your mentor 'll be...umm...how about Foxheart?"

A cat that resembled Foxleap bounded forward. He had the same clouded "One second Firestar" Larchkit mewed before the ginger leader could officially name her Glitterpaw
"I don't want to be called Glitterpaw."

The crowd of cats gave another comic gasp. Oh sure, she thought, they do it to me but not when Starpaw becomes Gleamstar...

Firestar looked down on her with cloudy green eyes "What do you wish it to be?" "Larchpaw."

"Okay." Firestar rumbled "Your Larchpaw now. Yay."

The crowd started to cheer Starpaw and (to a lesser extent) Larchpaw's name. As the crowd drifted away aimlessly, Larchpaw got a chance to think about the Firestar and the queen's odd behavior. Both of them had clouded eyes; was that how Starpaw controlled them? Larchpaw suddenly realized just how powerful Starpaw on the bright side, she thought, I managed to snap that queen out for a minute!

Dammit Hollykit...

Author's Note: Hello folks! I hope you enjoyed (I know it was a bit serious for a pretty goofy story but I want it to have a story too). Just so you know, I won't always do these little notes unless I have something to talk about. In this case, I would like to know how you liked the direction I took with the story; I was having a bit of trouble on that. I was thinking of maybe dropping Larchkit off in an enemy clan or when Starpaw had become Stargleam but I decided against those. Do you think I made the right choice? Please R&R with questions, suggestions and emotional support XD