Hey! I know it's been a REALLY long time since I posted, but I've been having a really bad case of writer's block. So, if you want to RP, PM me! This chapter might not be very good, so don't say I didn't warn you.

Ravenkit P.O.V.

It was morning. I was sleeping just outside the nursery, as usual. I had a small nest woven in between the small, thin roots of some tree growing conveniently just next to the nursery, where my mother and a new queen, Emberwing, stayed with her kits, Echokit and Ivykit. There was another queen, named Maplestripe, who had one kit, name Cherrykit. Cherrykit is my BEST (and honestly my only) friend.

This is morning it was not the gentle sunlight shifting from dull orange to glowing day, nor the soft, cool breeze of the approaching leaf bare that woke me up. That accomplishment goes to Echokit, the she kit I told you about earlier. She is so mean to me! I don't understand why everyone (except Cherrykit, obviously) hates me so much! Even my own mother despises me. To be honest, I'd rather have no family than have my family that I have now. Even so, I can't really do anything.

Anyway, today I woke up to a sharp, deep pain across the bridge of my nose. Opening my eyes, I see Echokit dragging her tiny yet sharp claw over the area.

"Hey! Stop it!," I squeak, shoving her off me and ignoring her smirk. I should teach her a lesson sometime, I'm much taller than her and certainly stronger as I spend most of my time working to become faster and stronger than the others in the nursery.

I slip past her, and head over to the fresh kill pile, to meet Cherrykit and my other friend, Fallenpaw. When Fallenpaw sees my nose, he looks scared, then confused, then a little angry.

"What happened?!" He asks, padding over to me and licking the wound.

I shake my my head away from him, I don't want others to think I like him, though I do. I just hope he feels the same.

"Echokit was told to wake me up this morning, and this is what I got," I answer him, "It's not that big of a deal, only a scratch."

Apparently ly it was a bit more than a scratch.

"But blood is literally dripping from it!" Cherrykit screeched, looking horrified.

"Come on, let's go see Hazelbranch for the millionth time this moon," I said sullenly, and started off toward my destination, the medicine cat den.

"Hazelbranch?" I called in.

"What do you want, Ravenkit? I've told you not to see me unless it's life threatening." Came Hazelbranch's gruff reply.

"Echokit scratched my nose, and it won't stop bleeding." I reply as though I actually tried to stop the bleeding.

"Fine, I'll put some cobweb on it, but then you leave me alone." She said, roughly applying the cobweb.

As as I turned to leave, Cherrykit glared at Echokit. She turned to me and said,

"I think today is your apprentice ceremony," she said, getting more excited.

"Really? I hope I actually get made an apprentice." I reply discouraged. Finchstar hated me as much as my parents, so delaying apprenticeship seemed likely.

But then we heard her strong voice calling out.

"All cats old enough to catch prey gather beneath the high rock for the making of three apprentices."