Okay! Thank you so much for the reviews! This time, change will happen! And will Jaguarkit have so...problems. And if someone seems to hard a mentor, it might or might not be because of his daughter and his new apprentice! No spoilers! Even though you only have a few more words before you find out what happens...but whatever!
One Moon Later...
"From this day forward, until he earns his warrior name, he will be know as Jaguarpaw. Wolfheart, you are ready for another apprentice. You will mentor Jaguarpaw and I expect you'll pass down all the skills you know to this apprentice." Stonestar announced to the clan. Wolfheart?! Jaguarpaw thought bitterly He's Echokit's father! Walking forward to touch noses with his new mentor, he saw Tigerpaw who was now apprenticed to Petalshine and Lionpaw to Grassleap.
"Jaguarpaw! Lionpaw! Tigerpaw!" The clan yowled. Jaguarpaw found his bitterness wash away by pride. Walking over to his littermates, who were currently being talked by Lightningheart.
"Lionpaw, Tigerpaw!" He called. After finishing their conversation with Lightningheart, they walked over.
"You're so lucky!" Lionpaw huffed. "You got Wolfheart. He's the best hunter in the clan!"
"Oh, come on! I have Petalshine." Tigerpaw said, clearly annoyed."She's way too soft! And besides, Grassleap is a great mentor! Graylily is a great warrior!
"But Wolfheart will work me through the day and night!" Jaguarpaw argued.
"See? You'll become good enough for Echokit!" Tigerpaw laughed. Oh, she-
"Well, you'll never be good enough for Stormkit!" Lionpaw defended Jaguarpaw. It's obvious who's the better sister.
"I'm always good enough!" She said, sticking her tail up in the air proudly."Stormkit said so."
"But you're definitely not a good enough sister." Jaguarpaw said. Tigerpaw huffed and stalked over to the apprentice den. Lionpaw went over to Mistpaw and the other older apprentices. Jaguarpaw went over to the nursery to check Echokit.
"Why couldn't I become an apprentice?" He heard Stormkit complain.
"Because you're only five moons old." Duskflower said.
"I think Cinderkit would make a great medicine cat apprentice!" Echokit said proudly.
"R-really?" Cinderkit asked, flattered.
"Yeah!" Ashkit agreed. "Why else would Snowstorm be training you?"
"But... we can't have more than two medicine cats!" Cinderkit squeaked
"Oh, yeah..." Echokit couldn't find a solution to that.
"Hi!" Jaguarpaw said happily as he walked into the nursery.
"Jaguarpaw!" Echokit said excitedly. "I'm so sorry I wasn't at your ceremony! I would've been there but Lilyflower had to check my health." She looked at her paws nervously but looked up with happiness in her eyes. "So, who's the lucky warrior?" She asked.
"Wolfheart!" Jaguarpaw said through his laughs.
"No...seriously?" Echokit asked.
"Seriously." Jaguarpaw said. Now he will never let us be together.
"Oh no." Echokit said. She blushed and looked down at her paws. "I mean...then you'll never have time to visited the nursery!"
"But you'll an apprentice in no time! And I'll visited the nursery in all my free time!" Jaguarpaw reassured.
"Jaguarpaw!" Wolfheart yelled loudly. "Hurry up! We are already running late!"
"I need to go..." Jaguarpaw said, secretly not wanting to leave.
"Yeah...you better hurry up!" Echokit called after him. Running to Wolfheart as quickly as he could, he wasn't surprised to see a cold and disappointed look from his mentor.
"Sorry!" Jaguarpaw said."I was talking to Echokit!"
"Don't talk to her." He said darkly."If you want to be my apprentice, you must follow my rules. Including the one that is not talking to my daughter."
"O-okay." Jaguar said. But I still don't want to be your apprentice.
"Good. Now we're going to go master the hunting crouch." He said calmly. Master it? It's only my first day!
After Mastering the Hunting Crouch...
"Are we done for the day?" Jaguarpaw asked, looking up at Wolfheart with hopeful eyes.
"Nope." He said simply. "You need to catch at least three pieces of prey."
"But it's almost moon-high already!" Jaguarpaw complained.
"But you need to finish a day of work. You want to go to the gathering, right?" Wolfheart said coldly.
"Yes..." His apprentice muttered, confused on how this conversation was going.
"Then get to work!" Wolfheart snarled as he walked in the direction of camp.
"Learning the territory, mastering the hunting crouch, and remembering all of his stupid rules, the last thing he would give me was a break!" Jaguarpaw muttered to himself. Walking soundlessly through the forest, he quickly found a dove resting on the lowest branch of a small tree. Swiftly, he lowered into a crouch, checking all of his movements and still caught the bird within seconds. This must be how Wolfheart feels after catching his prey. Slightly winded and surprised by his sudden quick movements, Jaguarpaw walked carefully over the dead leaves and overgrowth. Spotting a rather large squirrel on a high branch of another small tree, he jumped up only making the slightest noise before gathering enough strength to do a powerful leap and a killing bite on the helpless squirrel. Only one left to go.
"What are you doing?" A new, unfamiliar voice growled. Turning around, he saw a young tom across the stream that marked the border between Windclan and Thunderclan.
"I'm on my side and you're on your's." Jaguarpaw growled. "There shouldn't be any problems."
"As long as you watch your mouth!" Another new voice, this time a she-cat's, meowed. A moment after, he realized she was talking the the young tom and now him. "Sorry for his behavior. He has be rather grumpy lately."
"No problem." He said, hearing the growl in her throat. "I'll be on my way then." With a curt nod, Jaguarpaw picked up his prey and walked in the direction of camp. His finally piece of prey was a grey mouse, only big enough to fill one warrior.
"Finally!" He heard Echokit meow."It took you ages! what did you catch?"
"A squirrel, dove, and mouse!" He said proudly."Want to share the dove?"
"Sure!" Echokit purred moving closer to Jaguarpaw to get warmth. The cold night of Leaf-fall was surprisingly not scarce of prey. Enjoying his last meal with his best friend before he went to bed, he spotted Lionpaw at the entrance of their den. After finishing the dove and saying goodbye to Echokit, he walked over to Lionpaw.
"What?" He asked carefully.
"Don't let Wolfheart find you with his daughter." She warned. "You don't know what he will do."
Okay! Done! Not as good as the deleted one (RIP) but it's good enough. I'm posting this when we have 5 reviews but it's close enough. I love the support you guys are showing!
Question Of The Day!
Why is Wolfheart so hard on Jaguarpaw? And why did Wolfheart get him as a apprentice? Also, what do you think will happen to Cinderkit? Will he become a medicine cat apprentice like he dreams of? Or will he be stuck with warrior life like his siblings?
Have a good day/night/whatever!
~Silvermist