So Heartkit and Soulkit were raised by Delicateflight. Heartkit remembered her mother, and missed her a little, but was other wise as happy has her brother Soulkit.

Then the time came, many moons later, when the two had to become apprentices. Soulkit bounced around excitedly as Deli cateflight tried to calm him. Heartkit sat quietly, thoughtfully thinking of how she could help Thunderclan.

Now the leader, Silverstar, jumped onto a rock and said, "All cats in Thunderclan who are old enough ton catch their own prey, join beneath the high rock for a meeting!"

Heartkit and Soulkit walked out nervously. They sat on the lower edge of the high rock.

"These two cats are old enough to be apprenctices." said Stripestar. "So, Soulkit...your mentor shall be Wolfleg. Your name is now Soulpaw."

Wolfleg stepped towards Soulpaw. He was a good warrior, so Heartkit felt happy for her brother.

"And, Heartpaw, I will mentor you my self." Stripestar went on.

Heartpaw's jaw dropped. She was going to be trained by the clan leader!

Every cat in Thunderclan began to cheer. "Heartpaw! Soulpaw! Heartpaw! Soulpaw! Heartpaw!"

Heartpaw ran over to her brother, her blue eyes glowing. "Congrats, Soupaw." she said happly.

"You too!" said Soulpaw, flicking his tail. "Let's check out our new den mates!"

Heartpaw trotted to the apprentice's's den. She looked inside at all the cats in there. "Hello." she said sweetly.

Fluffypaw, Zephyrpaw, Shallowpaw and Tatterpaw all looked at her admiringly. They were happy to have such a kind and beautiful cat as their new companion.

Heartpaw sat down in a nest in the corner, next to Soulpaw. "It sure is fun being apprentices." she meowed.

"Yeah." Soulpaw agreed.

Later that after noon, Heartpaw was taken into the forest by Wolfleg and Silverstar for battle training.

Soulpaw was practicing with Wolfleg, but Heartpaw got to fake fight against Stripestar himself.

Stripestar jumped forward, almost knocking her over but she dodged just in time. Then Heartpaw used her sheathed paws to hit his ear. The leader stumbled back, and she pounced, pinning him down gently enough to not be hurt but strong enough so he was defeated.

Then Stripestar got up. "Wow!" he said. "We have a great fighter instinct here!"

Soulpaw looked over. He was also a good fighter but not nearly as good as Heartpaw. "I can't wait for my first battle!" he said.

"Well, I do not like to hurt other living creatures." said Heartpaw. "So when I go into battle I will fisght without hurting any cat."

Wolfleg looked over and nodded slowly. "Good idea. But the rest of us do need to hurt them just so you know."

Heartpaw shrugged. "I won't that is all."

Silverstar flicked his tail. "Okay." he said. "Let's go back to camp. It is getting late."

So Heartpaw went back to her nest and fell asleep. She dreamed of her mother in Starclan.