Hello everyone! Yes, I know. I finally did a quick update. I'm really proud of myself. Anyways! Thank you to Fernsky72 who has sent me some rogue/loner/kittypet OCs. Very helpful. You can still send some, I'll try to fit most of them into the story. Trust me, it's really important to the plot line. Also, thank you followers and favorites, and a big thanks to you 146 viewers, from Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and the United States (that was in alphabetical order, no biases)! Sadly, no one voted on the polls, so I chose things myself. Well, here's your next chap!

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath Mossrock for a clan meeting!" yowled a big orange tom with a bushy tail and white underbelly. Cats of all shapes and sizes came out of their dens or stopped eating and playing to look up at their leader, Foxstar.

"Come on!" whispered Ravenkit, and lead Lavenderkit and Owlkit to the front of the herd of cats, who were surrounding the big rock covered in soft, green moss and the seven cats in front. One was a gray tom with dark amber eyes. Next to him were three she-cats, one orange with white paws, another calico, and the last one cream-colored with orange patches. Behind them were three kits, the "Flower Sisters".

"Wolfpaw, Orangepaw, Cherrypaw, and Petalpaw. Come here." The four named cats went up the rock to Foxstar, some hesitant.

"Today, two ceremonies will be held. Both of them is what makes our clan go on." Foxstar looked at the apprentices before him, and then at the kits below. "Fernberry, Redfur, and Mousetail. Are your apprentices ready to become warriors?" All three mentors nodded yes. "Good. I believe that Wolfpaw is ready, too." The leader turned back to the apprentices, then to the clan.

"I, Foxstar, leader of Mossclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn." He looked at all of the eager and nervous apprentices, looking up at him. "Wolfpaw, Orangepaw, Cherrypaw, and Petalpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do." proudly called Wolfpaw.

"I do." Orangepaw held her head up.

"I do." whispered Cherrypaw and Petalpaw at the same time.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you all your warrior names. Wolfpaw, from this moment you will be known as Wolfblaze. StarClan honors your bravery and strength." He padded up to the gray tom and rested his muzzle on the smaller tom's head, who in turned licked his leader's shoulder. "I am proud to have been your mentor."

As the newly named Wolfblaze stepped backwards, the orange tom repeated the process with Orangepaw. Orangepaw was renamed Orangespark for her enthusiasm and spirit, Cherrypaw was renamed Cherrymist for her cleverness, and Petalpaw was named Petaldawn for her courage.

Foxstar ended the new warrior's ceremony with, "We welcome you as full warriors of Mossclan." Here the new warriors turned around to face their clan, who were cheering, "Wolfblaze! Orangespark! Cherrymist! Petaldawn!" Lavenderkit called out their names loudly, even though she didn't know them that well. She knew that she was supporting her clan though. She called out the names until they quartet jumped off the rock and melted into the crowd.

"Now, I would like to call three more names." Foxstar silenced the cheering clan.

"Daisykit, Flowerkit, and Marigoldkit. Come." he announced. The kits struggled up to the top of the boulder, helped by their mother, Quietpoppy, and their father, Redfur, who were beaming.

"I am happy to announce that three new apprentices will become of today. And another day, three more." With that he looked at Lavenderkit and her brothers. The clan followed as well. Feeling all of the eyes on her, Lavenderkit tried to shrink with Owlkit while Ravenkit tried to make himself seem taller, looking around at all the faces.

"Ahem…" Foxstar got the attention of all the cats, "As I was saying, today three apprentices will come."

"Daisykit, Flowerkit, and Marigoldkit,you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. Daisykit, from this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Daisypaw. Your mentor will be Oak. I hope Oak will pass down all he knows on to you."

To Oak, he said, "Oak, come up."

Oak obeyed.

"Oak, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have been a loner before, along with your sister, Maple. I trust that with your training with Honeyleaf, you will pass it on to Daisypaw. You will be the mentor of Daisypaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her."

With this, Oak went up to Daisypaw and touched noses with her, whispering something to her. For some reason unknown to Lavenderkit, Daisypaw was scowling. I wonder why. I'd be happy to become an apprentice! she thought to herself. Lavenderkit watched as Flowerkit became Flowerpaw and took on the mentor Mothnose. Following her, Marigoldpaw touched noses with Maple. Both of them seemed excited. Lavenderkit cheered louder than everyone else, howling loudly, "Daisypaw! Flowerpaw! Marigoldpaw!"

The new apprentices went up to their parents and shared some prey. All of her clan went back to what they were doing. As nightfall came, Lavenderkit watched Wolfblaze, Orangespark, Cherrymist, and Petaldawn go up to the camp entrance, guarding for the silent vigil. Feeling safe, Lavenderkit went to the nursery, ready for some sleep.

Lavenderkit woke up to noise of loud, painful groans. Looking for the producer of the noise, she found Squirrelfeather, a ginger tabby with blue eyes, wailing. "What's wrong, Squirrelfeather?" she asked the distressed she-cat.

"Kits… Mintcloud… Now…" she managed weakly.

Lavenderkit suddenly realized that Squirrelfeather was about to give birth! "Okay! I'll be right back!" she leaped out of nursery and ran as fast as she could to Mintcloud's den. "Mintcloud, wake up! Squirrelfeather's having kits!"

"Lavenderkit, is that you?" Mintcloud woke up groggily. "And Squirrelfeather… wait what!? I'll be right there!" Mintcloud raced to the nursery.

Trying to keep up, the tortoiseshell kit found the medicine cat already comforting the tabby in pain. Ivymoon, Lavenderkit's mother, had already woke up.

"Ivymoon," Mintcloud asked the white she-cat, "can you get me a stick?" Ivymoon ran off. "And Lavenderkit," she looked at the kit, "can you get me some raspberry leaves?"

Lavenderkit inquired, "Aren't they those soft green leaves? And they look sharp?"

A moment after Mintcloud had nodded, she took off. It was hard to find them in the dark, but with some moonlight and luck, she found them. Grabbing a couple, she ran back to the nursery. By now, the whole clan had woken up, along with her two brothers, who had been sleeping at the time. She dropped them next to Mintcloud.

"Thanks. Squirrelfeather, it's going to be okay. Eat these."

The ginger tabby stared at the fuzzy leaves with her blue eyes, and slowly chewed and swallowed them. A couple moments later a ball of fur was appearing.

"Push, Squirrelfeather, push!" told Mintcloud to the kitting mother. The soon-to-be mother was biting into the stick Ivymoon had given her, muffling her whimper of pain. A little bundle of ginger came out. Mintcloud cried, "It's a tom!" and pushed the kit over to Ivymoon, who automatically started to lick the kitten.

I suppose to keep him warm. silently thought Lavenderkit.

"Another one! Push!" said Mintcloud. The tabby bit hard into the stick, but nothing happened. "Uh oh…" murmured Mintcloud silently. "Lavenderkit!"

"Y… yes, Mintcloud?" asked the worried kit.

"Lavenderkit…" the medicine cat asked softly, "can you push right there when I tell you to?" Mintcloud put her paw down on Squirrelfeather's stomach.

"I… I think so." hesitated Lavenderkit.

"Good. Okay, Squirrelfeather?" she looked at the ginger tabby. "Push! Lavenderkit, push!"

The two called cats pushed together and out came a bundle of ginger, light brown, and white. Mintcloud pawed it over to Brackenfeather, a light brown tom with white paws, Squirrelfeather's mate. He obediently did what Ivymoon was doing.

"Good job." Mintcloud breathed to Lavenderkit.

"Thanks."

"Your welcome." the two cats turned over to Squirrelfeather and Brackenfeather, next to each other looking at the pair of kits.

"What are you going to name them?" squeaked a small voice.

Whipping around, Lavenderkit forgot that Owlkit and Ravenkit were in the nursery.

"Hmm… I was thinking Sunkit for our little tom. But what about our daughter?" asked Squirrelfeather.

Umm… You can decide, dear. I never was the best at names." the light brown tom wrapped his tail around his mate patiently.

"What about Spottedkit?" blurted out Lavenderkit. Everyone in the den looked at her, making the embarrassed tortoiseshell cover her mouth with her tail and suddenly became very interested in paws.

"That's a lovely name. Brackenfeather, I like it. Do you?" asked sweetly the new mother.

"It's a beautiful name. Perfect for our little daughter." responded Brackenfeather, looking down at the kits who were nursing.

Feeling the urge to go back to sleep, Lavenderkit muttered a quick good-night, and fell asleep.

"Hi Lavenderkit!" squeaked Spottedkit.

"Hi!" giggled the older kit, looking into the kit's amber-flecked blue eyes, which had opened 5 sunrises ago. Spottedkit's brother, Sunkit, had opened a couple sunrises after he was born.

"Spottedkit, are you bothering Lavenderkit?" asked Squirrelfeather.

"Not at all." purred the tortoiseshell.

"Spottedkit, I heard Starbelly and Rainclaw are going to tell about Marshclan."

"Really?" asked the little mixture of fur. "Sure! Lavenderkit, do you want to come?"

"Why not?" replied the other she-kit, "Might as well fit one more story in before I become an apprentice." Walking over with the Spottedkit, who still was figuring out how her legs worked, she went over to the Elder's Den, where Sunkit was. On the way there, Lavenderkit bumped into Mintcloud.

"Hey! Oh, it's you!" Mintcloud purred, "I'm just going to get some more marigold for Flowerpaw. She got a scratch during training see you later!"

"Bye!" The two kits walked into the elder's den.

"Hello Spottedkit!" cheerfully greeted the white tom, Starbelly, "Oh! What are you doing in here, oldie?" playfully teased the old tom.

"I wanted to listen to one more story before I became an apprentice, even more oldie." grinned Lavenderkit.

"All right. Should I begin?" asked Rainclaw, a blue-gray she-cat.

"Yes!" mewled Sunkit and Spottedkit.

Purring, Rainclaw began, "Once there were two cats, named Shadowpaw and Ghostpaw. They were sisters from Marshclan.

"Ew!" exclaimed Spottedkit, "Marshclan's evil!"

"Hush!" croaked Starbelly, "One day, the two sisters got into a fight and hated each other for the rest of their lives. Don't do that, okay?" he asked Spottedkit and Sunkit, who were both looking at each other in surprise.

"Sure. As long as she doesn't do anything mouse-brained." cheekily responded Sunkit.

"Continuing on," started Rainclaw, "one day, a badger attacked Shadowpaw. By the time help came, Shadowpaw had already killed the badger. She was immediately made into a warrior. Her name was Shadowscar, for the badger had left a scar right here." Rainclaw traced a line down over one eye.

"Luckily," Starbelly jumped in, "she didn't lose the eye."

"What about Ghostpaw?" asked Spottedkit, "Was she made a warrior?"

"No." bluntly replied Starbelly, "This is what made her hate Shadowscar even more. She was still Ghostpaw when Shadowscar was made deputy, turning her to Shadowmarsh."

"But that's not fair!" squealed Sunkit.

"I know." replied Rainclaw, "And then... " suspensefully whispered Rainclaw, "their leader, Weaselstar, mysteriously disappeared."

"Shadowmarsh killed him!" screeched Sunkit.

"No!" exclaimed Starbelly, "Well, maybe. Nobody ever found Weaselstar's body. Many believe Shadowmarsh killed him, but others think he drowned or something. Anyway, when Shadowmarsh became Shadowstar…"

"Isn't that Marshclan's current leader?" asked Lavenderkit, who was very interested in the story.

"Yes." quickly responded Rainclaw, "When Shadowmarsh became Shadowstar, she gave her sister, who was still Ghostpaw, her warrior name. It was Ghostshadow. Many think it was after herself and to tease her sister that she was the leader and she was not."

"Their rivalry," Starbelly went on, "has lasted forever. Shadowstar has never given her sister an apprentice. And as we all know, you can't become deputy unless you've had an apprentice."

"And the moral is not to become enemies with your family. The end." finalized Rainclaw.

"Bye." whispered Lavenderkit, who snuck out of the den. As she headed over to the fresh-kill pile she saw a calico rush into camp, who she recognized as Cherrymist.

As Cherrymist caught her breath she howled, "Mintcloud's been injured!"

There you go! And my little disclaimer:I, Lavenderpaw1, do not own the idea of Warriors, at all. That is owned by the amazing Erin Hunter group. Okay, done. Hopefully you got a bit of an insight on Shadowstar and didn't become bored. See ya!