FlashClan
Chap.3: The Ceremony
By Furyfur
A/N: I own these characters but not the Warriors series. Thanks, Snowstorm, for being my beta! I don't know what I'd do without you!
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"Furypaw?" Rosefur got her apprentices attention with a super-soft voice. Furypaw looked up from where she was sorting herbs.
"Yes, Rosefur?"
"I want you to go on a very special mission for me."
Silverpaw, Moonpaw, Snowpaw, and Spottedpaw burst through the entrance of the medicine cat den. "Great news!" Moonpaw shouted, her tail twitching with excitement, "We asked Flashstar! Not only can the kits stay until they get better, they can be accepted into the clan too! The naming ceremony's right now! Take them!" Moonpaw flicked her tail toward the kits and the four apprentices bolted out of the den, leaving Furypaw.
The medicine cat apprentice sighed. Ever since they were kitted, her friends always ignored her and treated her like the outsider. They probably only came to tell me about the naming ceremony because they wanted me to carry the kits…Furypaw thought. Rosefur noticed herbeing a sour-puss and pressed her flank against Furypaw's as she walked out to the ceremony. Furypaw smiled. At least she had Rosefur. She picked up the tortoiseshell kit by the scruff and offered to carry the black one but he said he could walk.
When they got to the Hightree, Flashstar had just finished explaining how Moonpaw had found the two kits on her first dawn patrol, and how they might be sick, so they could stay in the Clan. Moonpaw was grinning from ear to earwhen Flashstar talked about how lucky they were to have two new kits in theClan. Moonpaw guessed that all the cats in the Clan would be happy and proud, but, for some reason, all of the cats were giving the two kits their coldest, bitterest stares.
Furypaw set the tortoiseshell kit at the Hightree as the black kit walked over and sat beside her. "Will the black kit come forward?" Flashstar meowed. The black kit seemed afraid to confront Flashstar, but walked slowly up to the Clan leader. Almost all the cats in the Clan were staring at him coldly, including the nicest cat in the Clan, Rosefur. Rosefur actually was glaring at the kits worse then everybody else!
Flashstar began. "Since you are not six moons old, we will give you both kit names. Until you have earned you apprentice name, you will be known as Singekit." The clan yowled. At a naming ceremony, all the cats would usually yowl in agreement. However, this almost seemed like a battle cry to the apprentices. They stood there looking confused at the harsh things the Clan was yelling. Furypaw looked scared. That sweet medicine cat that would never harm a fly, or for that matter, disagree with her leader, was wailing as if everybody had died in fierce battle. Flashstar ignored the Clan's protest and moved on.
"Will the tortoiseshell kit step forward?" meowed Flashstar. The kit struggled to stand and trotted over to the leader. "This was the first kit found by Moonpaw." Moonpaw raised her head proudly. Some cats gave her a dirty look. Others continued to glare at the two kits. What was wrong with everybody?
"Until you have earned your apprentice name, you will be known as Ivykit. Since you don't have a mother and are still sick, both of you will stay in the medicine cat den. You will be fed and taken care of by Rosefur and Furypaw."
" They can not stay!" hissed Mossfoot, "They are from HavocClan!" While some major arguing occurred between Flashstar and the rest of the Clan, Rosefur whispered to Furypaw, "I will not care for these kits. I, for one, am loyal to FlashClan, and will not help HavocClan kits!" Rosefur lashed her tail and turned away, walking towards the medicine cat den while the series of arguing only boosted the apprentices' fears.