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Robinkit bounded around the clearing, squealing in happiness as she chased a butterfly around the camp. She wasn't alone for long as one by one, Hailkit, Stormkit and Waterkit joined her in the chase. Robinkit glanced over her shoulder briefly at them. "Come on RobinClan warriors! We need to attack the FlyClan spy!"

"Come on, Hailfur! Let's attack from the sides!" Stormkit meowed as she darted around, trying to catch the butterfly by leaping at it.

Hailkit nodded and raced to the other side and together the two kits managed to keep the insect corralled between them and within a manageable height.

Waterkit bounded over and raced alongside Robinkit, glancing at her curiously. "Robinstar! What's the plan for bringing down the spy?"

"Get ahead of it and block its path," Robinkit responded gleefully.

Waterkit nodded and darted ahead, leaping up in front of the butterfly every so often, to slow it down. Robinkit then leaped forward and brought the insect down, quickly crushing it beneath her paws. "We did it!" she crowed.

Waterkit, Stormkit, and Hailkit crowded around the butterfly with bright eyes and tails sticking straight up into the air like flags.

"We destroyed the spy!" Waterkit squealed, bouncing around.

"That rogue won't bother us anymore!" Stormkit meowed proudly, puffing out her chest.

"We're the best!" Hailkit added with a flick of his tail.

"Can you kits not frighten the whole camp by yelling rogue?" A grumpy voice made the four kits freeze and look at each other with wide eyes.

Robinkit turned around to stand beside her friends as they collectively looked up into the face of Nettlefrost. The tom's amber eyes gazed down at them, showing up against his pale gray fur. His long tail flicked slightly behind him.

"Hi, Nettlefrost." Robinkit spoke up, a bit plaintively. "We were only playing."

The tom let out a snort. "Only playing? It didn't sound like playing to me."

Waterkit, blinked up at the elder, her mew perfectly innocent. "We were," she promised. "It was only a game."

Hailkit piped in with a small nod of his head. "It was this butterfly that was the rogue," he explained, nudging the dead insect over towards Nettlefrost.

Nettlefrost let out a disdainful sniff but peered at the insect with mild interest. Then without another word, he turned and stalked away, heading for the fresh-kill pile. The kits gazed at each other, tails flicking slightly with a confused expression. Then Stormkit's eyes widened and his tail stiffened.

"Robinkit! Look out!"

Robinkit whirled around and gulped, immediately crouching down in a submissive posture. Birdflight was padding over, her ginger and white coat perfectly groomed. She stopped in front of Robinkit and gave her a harsh nudge with a barely sheathed paw. "Sit up straighter!" she scolded, her ears flattening ever so slightly. "And clean up that fur of yours!"

Robinkit sat up straight and began to lick her ruffled and dust stained fur. She flattened her ears slightly, her tail flicking behind her.

"Keep your ears pricked and tail curled around your paws," Birdflight barked out. "Only the perfect she-cat gets the perfect toms."

"Birdflight, what are you doing with our daughter?" Robinkit allowed a smile to cross her features and she got to her paws and bounded over to her father. Sootpelt greeted her with a small purr and nudged her in the direction of the other kits.

Hailkit had led his siblings away from Birdflight and Robinkit and was initiating a game of play fighting. Robinkit happily bounded over, unaware that her father had turned to face Birdflight with a barely restrained snarl.

Unaware of the ensuing fight, she happily joined in the game, wrestling with Waterkit as she tried to gain the upper paw.

She only stopped when a yowl rang through the clearing. The kits glanced at each other and turned their gaze to where Lakestar was standing with his tail held erect and his amber eyes gleaming. Cats were emerging from the dens and Robinkit blinked as Blazefall padded over and ushered her kits off to the side. The silver tabby queen was giving her kits quick grooming, eyes shining with pride. She was soon joined by Smoketail, a smoky gray tom with bright green eyes, the father of Waterkit, Hailkit, and Stormkit.

Robinkit watched, head tilted slightly in curiosity. She wasn't sure about what was going on, but a small inkling in her mind told her that it was similar to Birchpaw. As she watched her denmates, soon to be former denmates, get groomed she felt a gentle nudge. Looking up, Robinkit spotted the kind face of her father, Sootpelt.

"Come, Robinkit," he meowed, turning away. "Let's get a good place for you to watch the apprentice ceremony." Robinkit bounded after her father as he joined Birchpaw in the crowd, making room for his daughter to sit next to him.

Batwing, Spiderheart, and Fishpaw were nearby, each cat gazing up at Lakestar with curious expressions. Batwing was sitting by her former mentor, Petalflash, her gaze fixed on Lakestar. Spiderheart, a golden and white tabby tom with amber eyes, was sitting by his former mentor, a kind yet strict warrior named Bounceheart. Fishpaw, a silvery black she-cat with bright blue eyes and an air of hyperactivity around her was sitting beside a patient black and white dappled warrior with green eyes by the name of Rosedapple.

"What mentors will they get?" Robinkit asked in a whisper as her denmates made their way into the center of the clearing to stand tall in front of Lakestar.

"You'll find out soon enough," Sootpelt responded quietly, flicking her ear lightly with his tail. "Let's pay attention and find out."

Lakestar was speaking, a relaxed and calm aura about him as he gazed at the three kits in front of him. He motioned with his tail to Willowflame, the Clan's medicine cat to come forward before looking at Hailkit. "Hailkit, is the path of a medicine cat still the path you wish to take?"

The tom nodded, a grin appearing on his face as he gazed at Willowflame. "It is, Lakestar!"

Lakestar let out a small chuckle and continued. "Then until you earn your full name at the Moonpool in the presence of our ancestors, you shall be known as Hailpaw." He turned to Willowflame, giving the gentle medicine cat a small smile. "Willowflame, you have shown great dedication in the service of your Clan. Is it your wish to take Hailpaw on as your apprentice and to teach him the ways of a medicine cat?"

"It is," Willowflame meowed confidently.

"Then Hailpaw is your apprentice."

Willowflame and Hailpaw touched noses before making their way to the side of the clearing, Hailpaw bounding happily after Willowflame. Robinkit watched him go, her ears pricked in surprise. She hadn't heard Hailpaw speak anything about wanting to be a medicine cat apprentice or even hang out in the medicine den.

Though, now that she thought about it, she always seemed to spend the majority of her days stuck in the nursery under her mother's orders. After all, she was supposed to be proper and elegant and show off for all the toms. Which, by the way, Robinkit didn't understand at all.

"Stormkit," Lakestar continued turning towards the storm gray she-cat. "Until you earn your warrior name, you shall be known as Stormpaw." Lakestar straightened up and looked around the clearing, his gaze settling on a dark tabby tom with white paws. "Fernleaf, you have shown great skill in hunting and have shown a great deal of dedication to our Clan. You have learned well from Otterscar and will be mentor to Stormpaw."

Fernleaf got to his paws and padded over to Stormpaw. Fernleaf was a dark tabby tom with white paws that had a friendly personality which causes his amber eyes to glow almost all the time. He was one of the younger warriors and by the bounce in his step, Robinpaw guessed that this was Fernleaf's first apprentice. Stormpaw and Fernleaf touched noses before stepping back into the crowd of cats.

Lakestar beckoned Waterkit forward, his eyes narrowing slightly as he scanned the crowd of cats. "Waterkit, until you earn your warrior name, you shall be known as Waterpaw. Adderfern, you have shown yourself to be a dedicated warrior of RiverClan and it's only fair that I give you another apprentice. Your late mentor, Reedheart, was a fine mentor and even a finer warrior. Qualities, that I see, have passed down onto you which has made you a fine warrior." Lakestar gave the she-cat a friendly smile as the black and white she-cat got to her paws. No expression showed in her amber eyes but Adderfern smiled slightly as she touched noses with Waterpaw before melting back into the crowd.

"Stormpaw! Waterpaw! Hailpaw!" The Clan cheered, their yowls echoing across the camp. Robinkit tilted her head back and joined in, her pelt prickling with excitement at the ceremonies of the day. Yet, there was still a part of her that wanted to be an apprentice. That was afraid of spending the last moon in the nursery alone. Her mother wasn't really sleeping in the nursery anymore and her father couldn't always come in and visit. He had his own duties to attend to.

But still, Robinkit couldn't help but wonder what will happen in the coming days.

"Robinkit! Come and join us!"

Robinkit pricked her ears, the voice snapping her out of her thoughts. She looked over in the direction of the voice, seeing that Waterpaw was beckoning her over with a flick of her tail. She was standing with Hailpaw, Stormpaw, and Birchpaw. Robinkit got to her paws and bounded over, a small smile flickering briefly across her face.

"Hi, guys!" Robinkit greeted them as she joined them.

"Mossyfall just talked to us and Fishpaw after the ceremony concluded," Birchpaw meowed. "She said that since you will most likely be alone in the nursery without anyone with you, she suggested that you can spend a few nights in the apprentices' den with us."

Robinkit pricked her ears in surprise and glanced in the direction of the black and white dappled she-cat. Mossyfall was busy sorting the group of warriors in front of her, but she turned her head to fix Robinkit with a friendly green gaze. Robinkit knew it was a good offer and she should accept it, but…it might be weird.

After all, she will be a kit sleeping in the apprentices' den. She gave her friends a friendly smile. "Thanks, but I don't think that's a good idea."

Waterpaw took a step closer and gave her a worried look. "But…Robinkit, you will be stuck in the nursery all the time. Don't you want freedom?"

Robinkit hesitated, staring at her paws as she thought about it a bit more. Yet…it still seemed wrong. She knew she will become an apprentice eventually, but…that offer was so tantalizing. Stubbornly she shook her head. "No," she meowed as firmly as she could. "I can handle it. It's only for a moon after all."

RiverClan:

Leader:

Lakestar: Grey tabby tom with amber eyes and a graying muzzle

Deputy:

Mossyfall: A black and white dappled she-cat with green eyes

Medicine Cat:

Willowflame: Ginger tabby she-cat with green eyes Apprentice: Hailpaw

Warriors:

Sootpelt: Black tom with green eyes Apprentice: Birchpaw

Shellfrost: A stone gray tom with a white chest and amber eyes

Petalflash: a golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Bounceheart: A fluffy light ginger tom with blue eyes

Rainspring: a light gray tabby tom with green eyes and a scar on his flank

Rosedapple: Black and white dappled she-cat with green eyes Apprentice: Fishpaw

Fernleaf: Dark tabby tom with white paws and amber eyes Apprentice: Stormpaw

Smoketail: A smoky gray tom with bright green eyes

Adderfern: Black and white she-cat with amber eyes Apprentice: Waterpaw

Blazefall: A silver tabby she-cat with green eyes and white paws

Batwing: A brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

Spiderheart: A golden and white tabby tom with amber eyes

Apprentices:

Fishpaw: A silvery-black she-cat with bright blue eyes

Birchpaw: Black tom with white paws and amber eyes

Hailpaw: A silver tabby tom with green eyes

Stormpaw: A gray she-cat with amber eyes and white paws

Waterpaw: A dark gray and white she-cat with amber eyes

Kits:

Robinkit: Calico she-cat with amber eyes

Queens:

Birdflight: ginger and white tabby she-cat with amber eyes (Mother of Robinkit)

Elders:

Cloudstem: A white she-cat with brown patches and amber eyes

Otterscar: A formerly sleek brown tom with green eyes

Nettlefrost: Pale gray tom with amber eyes and a long tail

Spiderclaw: TBD