Chapter 2- Apprenticeship and a Gathering? Ravenkit's POV- 3 moons later..
"You two! Get back here! I haven't groomed you two yet and I want you two to look your best for this special event!" Brightcloud groaned as she ran after them, quickly grabbing them by the scruffs of their necks.
"But mom! We just wanna be apprentices already!" Dovekit moaned, kicking and squirming around to get out of her mother's grasp.
"Just let me finish cleaning your dusty fur off and then you can!" Brightcloud grumbled as she placed them down, placing her paws on her tails so the couldn't get away. She then groomed them until their fur shimmered in the light.
Lynxpaw and Bravepaw, who got their apprentice names a moon ago padded over while shaking with laughter.
"You know, when our mother groomed us, we stayed calm and sat still like real apprentices, it looks like you two need another moon in the nursery!" snickered Lynxpaw and Bravepaw.
Ravenkit and Dovekit were about to counter that with a rude comment when,
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the highrock for a clan meeting!" yowled Breezestar.
Ravenkit and Dovekit walked to the center of the clearing as cats left their dens to gather.
Rosepetal, who had passed her warrior ceremony a moon ago, padded over and smiled at the two kits. Dovekit kneaded her paws on the ground. Ravenkit knew she wanted Thunderstrike as a mentor for Dovekit admired his strength and loyalty to the clan. She smiled and looked up at her father, who was standing up to announce the two kits.
"There comes a time in every Clan were kits reach 6 moons of age and are ready to become apprentices. I am surprised how fast these past 6 moons have gone and now see my two daughters before me, ready to become warriors of Thunderclan." he said with a proud smile.
"Ravenkit, Dovekit step forward." Breezestar said as the two practically leaped forward.
"From this moment on, until these two cats have earned their warrior names, they shall be known as Dovepaw and Ravenpaw. Dovepaw, your mentor will be Thunderstrike. Thunderstrike, pass your great strength in battle to my young daughter, and teach her how loyalty is very important."
"I will" Thunderstrike rumbled, as he proudly walked over to Dovepaw and touched noses with her."
"Ravenpaw, your mentor will be Rosepetal. Rosepetal, I hope you will pass on everything you learned from your mentor, Snowblaze, to Ravenpaw" Ravenpaw jumped with joy as she touched noses with Rosepetal. Rosepetal smiled and purred, "I will teach you everything I knew, I promise"
"Clan dismissed" Breezestar said as he padded over to his daughters.
"I am very proud of you." he told them with a smile. Ravenpaw nearly fell over with the pride she could feel from her sister and father. "Now, go meet your denmates, you need to get to know who you might be friends with" he told them. The two sisters ran to the apprentices den, Dovepaw running into Maplepaw. She quickly blushed and said, "Um.. Sorry Maplepaw" while she shuffled her paws on the ground awkwardly.
"It's okay!" he mewed, startled by the run-in he smiled at her and padded to the fresh-kill pile.
Ravenpaw rolled her eyes. "Someone is clumsy today" she murmured as she padded into the den. She saw two empty nests in the corner and claimed one of them. Creampaw, who had come in with moss and placed it on the nest next to Ravenpaw said, "I made the nests for you.. Sorry they aren't so close in the middle, those two furballs hogged up the center, she said, flicking her tail towards a golden lump of fur and a black lump of fur.
"That's Lynxpaw and Bravepaw for you" Dovepaw growled as she walked inside.
"Well you two need rest if you want to be ready for training tomorrow" said Creampaw as she lay down on her nest, quickly falling asleep"
"Well, goodnight Dovepaw" Ravenpaw muttered as she fell asleep.
The next day…
"Ravenpaw! Dovepaw! Wake up you sleepyheads!" yowled Rosepetal and Thunderstrike, who patiently waited by the apprentice den. Two tired apprentices poked their heads out of the den and yawned.
"But it's only dawn!" groaned Dovepaw, slowly getting used to the sun, shining in her face.
"Well your going to have to get used to it" Thunderstrike said with a mrrow of amusement.
Ravenpaw bounded over and asked, "What are we doing today?"
"Hunting lessons!" announced Rosepetal. "Now show me how to do a hunting crouch" she told them once they reached the training hollow.
The two quickly crouched down like when Maplepaw and Creampaw showed them when they were kits.
"Ravenpaw lower your tail, your prey will see it a fox-length away" Rosepetal instructed her.
"Dovepaw, stop squirming! Your going to scare off all the prey to the Windclan border!" Thunderstrike snickered, half in amusement.
The two finally got the grasp of the crouch and learned the different crouches by sun-high"
"Alright you two, I want you two to go catch some prey" Thunderstrike announced. "Come back by sun-set" he rumbled.
"Alright!" the two meowed, going separate ways to hunt.
Ravenpaw then smelled a squirrel, a huge squirrel by the looks of it. She stalked over by it and leaped, landing on it and killing it quickly. The squirrel was almost two big for Ravenpaw to hold! She had trouble carrying it after that.
Dovepaw was stalking around in he grass when a gigantic rabbit burst through the undergrowth. She quickly chased after it, and when she thought it was slowing down, she jumped at a tree, twisting around to where her hind paws hit the tree, she spring boarded straight at the rabbit, who had no time to get away once Dovepaw tackled it and killed it. She dragged it to camp, making it the same time Ravenpaw got there. Their mentors stared at their catches, their eyes as wide as moons.
"That rabbit and squirrel are huge! Thunderstrike meowed in surprise.
"In honor that you caught these massive pieces of fresh-kill, you should go to the gathering tonight!" the two mentors told them. The two sisters squealed in excitement.
"Awesome!" should we take these to the elders?" asked Dovepaw.
"Take the squirrel to he elders, and you two take the rabbit to the apprentice den and share with the others before the gathering" the mentors told them before walking in the camp to tell Crowstep and Breezestar.
At the Gathering-
"Whoa.. Ravenpaw! Look how many cats are here!" Dovepaw meowed excitedly.
"I know" Meowed Ravenpaw as she ran down.
"I'm going to go talk to those apprentices over there!" she said, not looking where she was going and running straight into a black she-cat with one white paw.
"Hey! Watch it mousebrain!" the she-cat snarled, her icy blue eyes glaring at them while she flicked her black tail at Dovepaw, pointing the white tip at her,
"Sorry!" Dovepaw mewled as she scampered off, looking behind her to make sure the she-cat wasn't following her.
"Nightshade, did you have to scare her like that?" asked a pale gray she-cat.
"I know Cloudgazer, but she startled me, and you know I don't like to be startled, she said, giving her a knowing look that looked like it hid something.
Ravenpaw walked away until she bumped into Rosepetal, who was with four other cats Ravenpaw didn't know.
"Ah, Ravenpaw!" These are my friends, Winglight and Jaystorm! They have apprentices to!" she said while the two smaller cats looked over at Ravenpaw.
"You must be Ravenpaw." Jaystorm meowed. Jaystorm was a blue-gray tom with icy blue eyes. Ravenpaw nodded shyly.
"This is my apprentice, Amberpaw" she said while flicking his tail over to a pretty white she-cat with gold and ginger stripes and patches.
"Nice to meet you" she said, nodding to her.
"Hi! I'm Winglight!" said the other cat, a pretty speckled brown she-cat with lighter patches. "And this is my apprentice, Wolfpaw! He just became an apprentice today, but he caught a lot of fish so Streamstar said he should go" She told her.
"I'll leave you to get to know each other" the mentors told the apprentices as they looked over at each other.
"Actually, I want to go talk to Lightningpaw of Windclan" Amberpaw meowed, looking over at a really hyper golden tom who was talking rapidly to some other apprentices. She then sat up and walked over to them.
Ravenpaw then looked over at the gray-and-white tom, Wolfpaw, he was quite handsome, really. With warm, yellow eyes that seemed to make your heart flutter..
"You um, look pretty tonight" Wolfpaw said, breaking the silence.
"I could say the same thing… Well, for you handsome, but you know what I mean."
"So what's your name?" asked Wolfpaw with a smile.
"Ravenpaw" she murmured.
"A pretty name for a pretty she-cat." he meowed as he walked over to her and sat down next to her. Ravenpaw blushed a bit and then looked at the ground while the gathering went on. Once it ended, the leaders let the cats socialize for a bit.
"So do you have any siblings?" asked Ravenpaw as she looked over at him.
"One, Goldenpaw." He said, pointing his tail over to a gold tom who was talking to Dovepaw and Creampaw. "How about you?"
"I also have one, Dovepaw" she told him as she pointed her tail over where Dovepaw talked to Goldenpaw.
"Is she a pain?" asked Wolfpaw. "I know Goldenpaw is at times."
"Sometimes." she meowed. "She is quite energetic though."
"Yeah, I get you" Wolfpaw meowed. He then looked over at Ravenpaw with a warm smile and whispered, "I wasn't lying when I said you were pretty, you really are"
Ravenpaw blushed a bit an was about to say something when Streamstar, Boulderstar, Breezestar, and Sorrelstar said, "Gathering dismissed!"
As the clans were gathering together, Wolfpaw looked at Ravenpaw and whispered, "Would you like to meet me by the lake tomorrow night at moon-high?"
Ravenpaw nodded and smiled at him. "Well, see you tomorrow" she said as she bounded to her clan to leave.
Somewhere far from the clans..
A well-muscled tom padded up the slope. He made it up and stared down the mountain pass, looking down where he swore he could see a lake and with forest surrounding it. He smirked, his black and orange face showing no emotion except for hatred and lust for revenge. "It seems as I have found the clans.." The tom spoke, his voice cold and evil. "It's time for my revenge" he meowed as he headed down to the lake.
AN: Who is that mysterious tom? Well will give you his description. That's his descript. I wonder if you can find out where I got his appearance from… Whoever guesses gets.. A Wolfpaw plushie! Anyway. I wonder whats happening between Ravenpaw and Wolfpaw… I wonder if its L-O-V-E….. Whelp, see you guys next week!
?- A well-muscled tom, with half of his face orange, and half of his face black. On the orange side, his eye has a slash on it, rendering him blind in that eye. The rest of his body has scars and is black and orange. His paws are black.