Blazefang: You mean I'm next!? I need to get back to WindClan before Slatestar has my skin!
Rosethorn: You don't need to do that, besides, I'll put you back in WindClan in just a second.
Blazefang: Ok, that's a relief. Oh, Rosethorn does not own anything involving warriors. None of the Clan's, territories, ideas, ect.
Chapter 3
The cool leaf-fall wind blew across the rolling hills in which WindClan claimed their territory. The tom looked up with emerald green eyes to see the first warriors of Silverpelt vanish. He parted his dark ginger jaw to scent the air around him, his dark ginger tail tip twitching. He shifted his weight back and forth on his black paws out of anticipation.
"Blazefang, what do you smell?" Coalclaw asked. The sleek dark gray- almost black- tom padded over to him, curious as to his former apprentice's actions. Blazefang turned and looked at him, the white fur made up most of his pelt shining in the now rising sunlight.
"I'm not your apprentice anymore." Blazefang mewed. It was just annoying that Coalclaw was still asking him questions that an early apprentice was asked. "Nothing really. I'm just nervous." He looked around the clearing that was in the center of WindClan's camp, and saw a few other cat's as excited as he was, if not more.
Today Sunsetsong's two kits were old enough to begin their apprentice training. The other two queens, Orvalpad and Dreamheart, weren't due to have kits for a few more moons, and these were the only two kits in the Clan. The last apprentices had just been made warriors a few moons ago, and were now known as Lightwhisker and Nightwhisper. The two were brother and sister, but their appearance didn't show it.
Lightwhisker, no doubt Blazefang's best friend, was a cream tortoiseshell tom with bright blue eyes. His sister, Nightwhisper, was a black she-cat with pale amber eyes and white paws. In other words, the two looked nothing alike. Nor did they act alike, but that was a different story.
Slatestar yowled for every cat's attention. It worked, and all attention was back on Slatestar as she looked around the clearing, her amber eyes beaming.
"Thank you." she mewed calmly, curling her dark gray tabby tail over her paws. "As you all know, Sunsetsong's kits are now ready to become apprentices." She paused, looking around the clearing. Two kits sat at the base of the tree stump. They were both gray tabby toms, the one on the left had bright green eyes, and the one on the right had pale blue eyes. They both seemed to be shaking slightly, probably from excitement and nervousness. Blazefang couldn't blame them, he had done the same thing moons ago.
"Raccoonkit, please step forward." Slatestar said. The kit on the left with green eyes stepped forward. Blazefang saw that he had a patch of black fur over his eyes and part of his ears. "From this day foward, until he has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be called Raccoonpaw."
"Raccoonpaw has already asked to choose a different destiny than his brother. Snowpelt, you are ready for yout first apprentice. You will begin Raccoonpaw's training. You had an excellent mentor in Dawnshadow, and I expect you to pass on her determination and healing, and share with him the skills you learned." Slatestar said. Everyone exchanged glances, including Blazefang and Lightwhisker who had taken a seat beside him.
A snow white cat got to his paws from the other end of the crowd gathered for the apprenticing cerimony. Snowpelt padded over to his new apprentice and touched noses. He turned to go sit back down, and Raccoonpaw sprang to his paws to follow his new mentor.
"So he wanted to be a medicine cat," Blazefang said, turning his attention back to Slatestar who had started the other kit's apprenticing. The gray tabby tom had stepped forward, and Blazefang noticed that he had white paws and a white tail tip.
"From this day foward, until he has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be called Utterpaw." Slatestar started. "Blazefang, you are ready for yout first apprentice. You will begin Utterpaw's training. You had an excellent mentor in Coalclaw, and I expect you to pass on his strength and cunning, and share with him the skills you learned."
Blazefang jumped to his paws, surprised beyond his wildest dreams. He never thought he'd get his first apprentice so soon. He padded up to Utterpaw and touched noses with him. They both padded back to where Blazefang had been sitting before as the other cats started to chant the new apprentices' names.
"Raccoonpaw! Utterpaw! Raccoonpaw! Utterpaw!" they chanted, and Blazefang glanced down and saw Utterpaw had his chin held high as he looked around him. Reminds me of myself. Blazefang thought. The group of cats started to seperate as all of the cats went back to their duties.
"So what're we gonna do first?" Utterpaw asked, looking up at Blazefang. He had his head cocked to the left as he waited for his new mentor's response.
"For today I think you should get some rest. Tomorrow I'll show you the borders, okay?" Blazefang asked. Utterpaw nodded and padded away to join his brother. Blazefang padded out of camp to go hunting.
"Hey Blazefang!" He turned to see Nightwhisper bounding over to him. "Congrats on your first apprentice!" she said once she caught up. "Do you mind if I go hunting with you? You were going hunting right?"
"Yeah, and thanks." Blazefang said, turning and padding out of camp. Nightwhisper fell in step beside him, her ears pricked for the slightest movement around them. Blazefang did the same, parting his jaws slightly. He flicked his tail to tell Nightwhisper to wait. He pounced, scaring a rabbit out of it's hiding place. He darted after it, pinning it down and killing it in one swift bite.
"Nice catch." Nightwhisper said as he padded back with the rabbit dangling from his jaws. She padded on ahead, and he turned back to camp.
"I shink I'll sho back to shamp." Blazefang said though his mouth was full. Nightwhipser gave mrrw of laughter and nodded. Blazefang padded back to camp.
About half way there, he spotted something a short ways off to his left. Setting the rabbit down, Blazefang padded over on silent paws. As he neared, he saw that what he had seen was a black kit, probably no more than a few days old. He felt a pang of sympathy run through his body at the sight of the kit.
"Hi." Blazefang mewed as he got within ear shot of the kit. The kit, who had had her back to him, turned to look at him with pale silver eyes. Blazefang took a few steps closer until he was right in front of the kit.
"Hello." the kit replied. "Would you, by chance, be Blazefang?" Blazefang could now see that she had a trickle of ginger fur down her forehead to her nose.
"Um, yes. How do you know me?" Blazefang asked. He didn't even know that kits this age could talk. He knew he couldn't talk at that age.
"Good." she replied. "My name is Aurakit. I know you because I've been watching you for a while now."
"What do you mean?" Blazefang asked. "You can't be more than 5 days old." Auramist sighed.
"Quite frankly, I'm old enough to have my warrior name- which I decided would have been Auramist- like you." Auramist said matter-of-factly. She padded around Blazefang, looking at the lake as the sun reflected on the clear blue waves as they splased against the muddy bank.
"You mean you died when I was a kit?" Blazefang asked, starting to get the picture.
"Exactly." Auramist replied. "You were only a little bit older than me, not even a day older. I remember being in the den with you qnd mom when daddy was out hunting."
"What do you mean? Mom was helped when we were kits, after all, if I understand you correctly, you and I were the only kits mom had." Blazefang mewed, curling his tail over his paws as the chilly wind blew past, ruffling his fur. Beside him, Auramist let out a mrrw of laughter.
"Ah, but that's where you're wrong." Auramist purred. "Mom had a big litter, and her only help was daddy."
"But I don't understand." Blazefang said, glancing down at the black kit.
"You'll find out in due time." Auramist said, starting to fade away.
A black she-cat watched as the white tom sat on the hill looking out at the lake. He seemed to be talking to someone, but she didn't see anything.She turned and padded back to camp, glancing over her shoulder before placing her paws one in front of the other. Her amber eyes stared blankly at her paws as she thought about what she had just seen. Is Blazefang really going mousebrained and tallking to cats who aren't there? she thought as she slipped into camp.
A/N: Yep, that's chapter 3. Let me know what you think! And I am curious about whether or not I should have a chapter from Auramist's point of veiw. What do you think? Thanks for reading, I'll try to update soon.