Chapter 2
"Let all those cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!" Bramblestar's voice echoed around the clearing. Warriors began to rise from talking and pad up in groups. Most of the cats had no idea what was happening. An excited squeal came from the nursery as Snakekit and Owlkit came rushing out, half groomed, with Squirrelflight chasing after them.
"You two, come back here! You can't become apprentices looking like this!" the two turned back and padded up to Squirrelflight, squirming impatiently, and then when she was finished they joined the meeting.
"Snakekit and Owlkit, come up here." Snakekit was the first one up, but that involved pushing Owlkit out of the way in his excitement. "Snakekit, Owlkit, you had reached six moons and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Snakepaw and Owlpaw." Bramblestar waited for Owlpaw to stop jumping around before he continued.
"Owlpaw, your mentor will be Dovewing. I hope she passes down all she knows to you." Owlpaw ran up to Dovewing and touched noses with her new mentor. If she had gotten any more excited, then she would blow up.
"Snakepaw, your mentor will be Lionblaze. I hope he passes down all he knows to you." Snakepaw walked up to Lionblaze, shaking with both excitement and nervousness, and touched noses with Lionblaze. Lionblaze looked down to him and gave a small nod to him.
"Snakepaw! Owlpaw!" the clan cheered and Owlpaw was rolling in the praise. As she lifted her head and took a step forward she walked right off the Highledge, squashing Ivypool. Ivypool let out an annoyed growl and shook her off.
"So when do we start training, Lionblaze?" Snakepaw looked up to his mentor, and Owlpaw looked over to Dovewing, waiting for an answer. The golden warrior thought for a moment before answering.
"We can go now, we'll show you the territory today and maybe do a little bit of hunting tomorrow." Dovewing nodded her head and Owlpaw jumped up and down. The four cats left the camp and passed through into the forest. Snakepaw was looking around and watched Lionblaze. With a cat like Lionblaze as my mentor, I'm definitely going to be the best warrior the clan has ever seen!
Snakepaw and Owlpaw saw the borders they shared with RiverClan and ShadowClan, Snakepaw almost wanted to see a ShadowClan patrol cross just to be in his first fight. They padded up to the lake and watched it. Owlpaw walked up to it and reached a paw forward. Just then, the wind blew a wave that came crashing down over Owlpaw and flattening her to the ground.
"Are you sure you don't want to be a RiverClan cat, Owlpaw?" Dovewing teased. Owlpaw coughed up some water and shook as much of the water off of her as she could before rejoining the group. She didn't seem to take Dovewing's joke very well.
They padded through the territory, and at one point the apprentices watched in awe as Lionblaze stalked and caught a mouse. Snakepaw couldn't help but think of how much prey he would catch once Lionblaze taught him. The other clans had better watch out, because I'm going to be the best warrior the lake has ever seen!