Chapter 1: Ocean Clan
3 years later… "GREENE, GREENE!" Chapel howled. Greene looked behind him. "You forgot to go to training today!" Chapel hissed. They were in Soho. It was not rush hour so it was not as busy as usual.
"We had training today?" Greene meowed as Chapel caught up to him.
His sister rolled her eyes and hissed "We have Training everyday at 3:00!"
"Oops I forgot. I thought it was every other day," Greene meowed crossing 10th avenue.
"Well get back to camp, Butler wants to yell at you," Chapel meowed, cheering up. They walked back to camp. When they reached Varick St and Dominick St they went down an abandoned stairwell to their camp.
"Greene, get over here right now!" Butler's howl echoed through the room.
"Have fun, bee-brain" Chapel meowed sarcastically.
Greene ignored his sister and started off to his mentor. Everyone looked at him confused. Butler ran up to him really mad.
Greene braced himself for his mentor's wrath.
"Greene you have missed training every other day. When will I get you to fully understand that training is EVERY day." Greene stopped listening when he saw Cranberry looking at him. She shook her head disapprovingly. His happiness faded as she looked away.
"If you miss practice one more time I am going to throw you out of camp!" Butler hissed. Greene zoned back in at this. He knew that Butler was not kidding. "Now you have to check the seniors for ticks everyday. Got it?"
"I got it," Greene meowed. Butler glared at Greene and walked off. As Greene left, everyone looked at him. He pushed them aside and padded to where the nurses' den was. Greene stepped into the den and saw Ash and Chapel scurrying around.
"What do you want Greene," Ash meowed, placing marigold in a storage unit in the den. "Chapel, go out and find some more marigold. We are running low." Ash meowed to Chapel.
"Okay," Chapel meowed, exiting the den and glaring at her brother as she did. Greene just looked at her calmly.
"Can I have mouse bile for the seniors?" Greene asked.
"Right, here," Ash threw him a pile of mouse bile.
"Thanks," Greene meowed, looking disgusted at the pile.
"Well, don't just stand there, get out of here or help me," Ash meowed a little frustrated. Greene got out of there fast. He did not want to be yelled by two people in one day. When he got out he heard a commotion in the center of camp.
"He can't be doing this right?" Hill meowed angrily.
Butler came up to Hill, "He does all of this and now he gets to go to the gathering," Butler hissed. Everyone stopped talking and looked up at Greene. He ignored it and went into the seniors' den. York and Annex sat there talking.
"Greene, we heard that you were going to the gathering. How lovely!" Annex meowed.
"What? I am going to the gathering? But no apprentice has ever gone before!" Greene exclaimed.
"Well don't just stand there, I am itching a lot," York grumbled. Greene was happy to do their ticks now. He now got to here everything that happened.
"Rat came out and announced that you were going to go to the gathering tonight. Your sister is going to be mad."
Chapel stepped out of the den to hear Rat talking to her clan mates.
"I have decided who I am going to bring to the gathering," Rat meowed. Trinity started to get up. She was always the person Rat picked. "No Trinity. Not you, I have picked someone different," Rat continued. Trinity looked surprised but sat down. "Greene, will be coming with me to the gathering." Everyone gathered around Rat went silent. Then the cats started to look around for the named apprentice. Chapel was shocked. She started to go to the entrance when she heard the others starting to murmur. She quickly got out of there.
Why does my brother get all the attention? He always was the best at everything; he was a good fighter and hunter. I had to become the nurses' apprentice because I was not good at anything. She thought bitterly as she ran through Chelsea. Once Chapel finally found some marigold by a hospital, she started to head back to camp, but decided to take a detour to the edge of Ocean Clan. She smelled the air to check for cars, tourist, and Central Clan cats. She did smell someone in particular.
As they came into view she realized the smell was Boxer's. Why is Boxer on patrol? He is training as a scavenger for Central Clan. Chapel thought. Rock and Tech kept walking but Boxer stopped and smelled the wind, looked over to where she was, and flicked his tail. Chapel knew what that meant and became happier. When she turned back around she remembered that she was out there for reason and trudged on grumpily. When she got back to camp the sun was already down and the moon was rising.
She saw Greene coming over to her. "What do you want?" Chapel said, moving him to the side as she went to the nurses' den.
"I am going to the gathering today!" Greene exclaimed.
"Great, you skip training and now you are the first apprentice to go to the gathering! What do I get? Nothing! "Chapel hissed under her breath just so Greene could hear.
"What's wrong? Did I do something?" Greene meowed as they rounded the corner to the nurses' den. Chapel just went into the nurses' den without responding. "Chapel?" Greene stared after his sister, confused.
Later that night Rat came into the apprentice den. "Greene." Greene woke up and looked at Rat. He brightened up and stood. "Be quiet." Rat hissed under his breath. Greene nodded his head and followed Rat outside into the clearing. Greene was itching to leave and go to the gathering. This is it! I am going to a gathering when I am just an apprentice!
Edited by Zoe Milex