Two brothers were running in the forest. One had brown hair, brown eyes, and was wearing a green jacket. The other was taller, had blue eyes, blond hair, and was wearing a blue jacket. "Hey, Martin!" the green one shouted. His brother looked up as a snowball landed on his face. "Okay Chris, you're on!" Martin said.
The played in the snow until Chris saw a tortoiseshell cat watching them. "Hey, bro! Look." Chris said to his brother. When Martine came, the she-cat vanished into the trees. "Let's follow her." They said in unison. Quietly, they followed the cat's footprints. "Chris, it's getting late. Don't you think we should camp?" Martin asked. "Okay." The other brother answered. In an hour, both brothers were asleep in their tents.
Martin opened his eyes to see trees above him. Looking around, he noticed a cat lying in the snow close by. Martine got up and started to walk forward, but he felt weird. Looking down, he saw that he had fur… and paws! "I'm a cat!" he mewed. The other cat got up and looked at Martin. "Where am I?" it mewed. That voice sounds familiar. Martin thought. "Chris?" he mewed.
The other cat, which was a brown tabby tom, looked at Martin. "Martin?" it mewed. The two toms ran to each other. "Where are we, and why are we cats?" Chris mewed. Suddenly, the tortoiseshell she-cat appeared from some bushes. "Are you Martin and Chris Kratt?" she mewed. The brothers nodded. "I've been waiting for you, follow me." She mewed as she turned to some rocks.
The brothers followed the she-cat over the rocks and into some sort of clearing. "Wait here." The she-cat mewed. She leaped onto a large boulder and yowled. "Let all cats gather beneath the largest boulder for a meeting." Other cats started coming onto the clearing. "We have two new cats with us. The white tom is Martin, the brown one is Chris."
All the cats turned to stare at the new comers. "Dappletail, will you help me in training these cats? You are one of the first to join after all." The tortoiseshell mewed. Dappletail nodded and the other cats left the clearing back to what they were doing before. "Forgive me for not introducing myself. I am Spottedfrost." The tortoiseshell mewed.
She then nodded to another she-cat, one with brown and orange patches. "This is Dappletail. She will help me train you." Dappletail nodded her head. "You are chosen to help build up the clans to their former glory. You will learn about the warrior code, and if you chose so, the medicine cat code. Any questions?" she mewed.
"When do we get to go back? I mean, to our old lives?" Chris mewed. "You shall return to your old lives when your life here is complete. Don't worry. When you die here, you shall wake up back in your old life as if this was a dream, but you shall share a bond with any cat you encounter." Dappletail explained. "We need your help."
Spottedfrost spoke up. "I have been watching you in your twoleg life. You helped animals in need. Will you help us?" The brothers looked and noticed at how sick and weak these cats looked, but the fire of hope in their eyes burned strong. "Yes." Chris and Martin mewed together. "Then I must give you your apprentice names. You will have them until you become warriors or until you go back to your twoleg life."
Spottedfrost leaped onto the boulder again and called the cats together. "These tow cats have agreed to join our cause. Martin, Chris, do you promise to learn about the warrior code and the clans and protect them with your life here?" she mewed. "Yes." They mewed. "Then from now until you get your warrior names, Martin, you will be known as Reedpaw. Chris, you will be known as Treepaw. We honor your courage and welcome both of you as clan mates." The cats called out their new names.
Spottedfrost approached with three cats that seemed familiar. One was a tabby she-cat with violet eyes. Another was a black she-cat with orange eyes. The last was an orange tom with light blue eyes. "Aviva? Koki? Jimmy?" the two bros stammered. The three cats nodded. The ginger tabby spoke. "Yes, except here, I am Rosepaw, Koki is Hollypaw, and Jimmy is Flamepaw."
Reedpaw looked at each of them; they seemed like the same people he left behind at home, only as cats. "Rosepaw, will you take Reedpaw and Treepaw to the undecided den?" Spottedfrost mewed. "What is that?" Treepaw asked. "It is where you will sleep until you decide which clan you will go to. Flamepaw's nest is there too." Hollypaw explained. Spottedfrost mewed to the two toms. "We will start your training tomorrow at sunhigh."
"That's noon." Explained Rosepaw. The two brothers thought about all that has happened. "Do you understand any of this?" Reedpaw asked Treepaw. "Nope." Treepaw replied. The two toms looked around and sighed.