"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the highrock for a Clan meeting." Runningstar's voice rung across the camp. Every cat, but the Queens, kits, and Elders came at once.

"What's going on?" Asked, Hazelfur.

"I don't know, but why is Ivykit up there beside Runningstar?" Hawknose asked. Runningstar told Mosspelt the wh0e thing before calling the clan to a meeting. He stood on the leader's left and Ivykit sat on the Leader's right.

"I have some deep and dark news." That point Blackpaw, Whitefang, and Holyfrost came out of the den to listen. "Everyone remembers Silverpool's kit."

"Yeah, Ivykit." Blackpaw pointed out.

"No, Blackpaw..." From then on, Runningstar told the whole clan about Silverpool leaving, Mosspelt taking Snowtail as his mate, and that Ivykit wasn't Stonekit. The cats gasped and started looking at Mosspelt in disbelief.

"I think we should get rid of Mosspelt and Ivykit all at once!" Hissed Tawnyfur.

"I think they should stay." Hushmouth protested.

"They are staying, but Mosspelt has agreed to going back to being a Warrior until I find that he has been punished enough. From then on, I shall have Gingerfoot and Spottedwind take over the role of Deputy."

"Two deputies until Mosspelt is out of punishment?" The cats started to ramble.

"I have one more thing to share. From this day forward, until she has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be called Ivypaw. Ashclaw, I trust that you will mentor her well. May you pass down all you know to your apprentice." A smile formed on Ashclaw's face.

"Why Ashclaw!" hissed Ivypaw. Runningstar looked down at her.

"...What I say is what you will follow." He replied.

Ivypaw padded down to meet Ashclaw. He grinned down at her.

"Now do you think I'm not a good Warrior?" He asked. Ivypaw didn't answer. The two touched noses, before the clan started to call out Ivypaw's new name.

"Ivypaw! Ivypaw! Ivypaw!" With that said Ivypaw padded over to join them.

Ashclaw took Ivypaw out at Moonhigh, so he could teach her to hunt. Ivypaw followed four pawsteps behind her mentor, Ashclaw. The dark gray tom with a scared up body, blue eyes, and sharp front claws stopped and turned to her, making her flinch.

"You need to learn to smell your prey first." He replied. That came as a shock to her. She thought he would bite her head off. "What do you smell when you sniff the air?" Ashclaw asked. Ivypaw lifted her nose up into the air and took a big woof of it. She smelled Rabbit! Ivypaw took off without waiting for Ashclaw. "Ivypaw wait!" He hissed.

"Oh Starclan, I lost his scent." Ivypaw plopped down onto the grass. Ashclaw padded up to her and glared at her.

"You must be quiet!" He hissed. "Like this." He meowed before sniffing the air. He crouched down and padded slowly across the ground. Ivypaw saw a Muskrat, but stayed put. It was pretty big and chewing on a stick by a stream. The she-cat watched as her Mentor slowly aprouched his prey. As soon as it's head perked up, Ashclaw jumped and bit into it's neck and then delivering the killing blow. Ivypaw looked away in sorrow. Her Mentor slowly padded up her with it hanging from his jaws. "That is how tou hunt." He replied in a harsh tone.

"I don't want to hurt animals." Meowed Ivypaw. Ashclaw's prey fell from his mouth. He turned in a flash at Ivypaw. He had anger in his eyes.

"You will starve if you don't. Go back to the camp. I'll finish hunting. I'll teach you another time." He replied.

"But-"

"I said go!" he hissed. "You will learn another time." He meowed before padding away from his Apprentice. When Ivypaw entered the camp she was greeted by her three best friends. Whitestone, Reedheart, and Blackpaw.

"This is great! You being an Apprentice too!" Blackpaw cheered as he circled her.

"Thanks, Blackpaw." Ivypaw meowed. Her voice was filled with Sorrow. Reedheart was the only one who noticed it.

"What is wrong, Ivypaw? Aren't you happy to be an Apprentice?" Reedheart asked. The white and gray patched she-cat stared up into his icy blue eyes.

"I scared a rabbit away," She began. "Then Ashclaw got mad and showed me how to do it."

"So, that's how you learn, Ivypaw." Meowed Whitestone. Ivypaw looked over at Reedheart's younger Kin.

"He caught a Muskrat and after I told him I didn't want to hurt an animal, he yelled at me again and told me to go back to the camp while he went out hunting. He said he'd teach me another time."

"That little rat!" Hissed Blackpaw.

"Blackpaw, he's way taller then you." Whitestone pointed out.

"Oh yeah." He meowed.

"Ivypaw, your back early." It was Holyfrost's voice. The tom padded up to her, greeting her with his warm smile. "I'm finally well enough to leave thee Medicine den." Holyfrost looked down at the sad Apprentice. "What's wrong?" He asked. Ivypaw shook her head before padding away to the empty Apprentice den.

"I'll go talk to her." Reedheart meowed before padding after her.

Ivypaw laid against the cold wall in the back. Mosspelt had made her a nest while she was gone. She sighed as she laid down in it. She curled up into a ball, thinking why Runningstar had chosen Ashclaw for her. Mosspelt or Holyfrost would do, but he picked Ashclaw.

Why does Ashclaw have to be my Mentor?

"Ivypaw?" Ivypaw lifted her head as she saw Reedheart pad into the Apprentice den.

"Why are you in here? I don't think your aloud in here." Meowed Ivypaw.

"I didn't hear anything in the Warrior code saying I can't visit a friend in the same clan." Meowed Reedheart as he sat down beside Ivypaw. "It must be lonely being the only Apprentice right now. Flowerfeathers kits are almost ready, but Rosepelt hadn't had her's yet. The gathering is soon. You think Runningstar will take you?" Reedheart asked.

"I don't know. it took him seven moons to make me an Apprentice. It might take his sixty moons before i get to go."

"I don't think you'll be going to your first gathering at sixty moons old...Wow Whitestone and I'd be about sevendy-two moons old." replied Reedheart.

"Your 12 moons old?" Ivypaw asked.

"Yes." He replied. "Don't worry. It's fun to go to gatherings. You meet cats from other clans and their Leaders, Deputies, and Medicine cats." Meowed Reedheart. Ivypaw only sighed before laying her head back down. reedheart frowned before laying down beside her.

"What are you doing?" Ivypaw asked.

"Going to sleep." He replied.

"You can't sleep in here." Ivypaw meowed as she looked up at the Warrior. The Warrior pressed her side against her's.

"I didn't see that either." He meowed as he laid his head down to sleep. Ibypaw sighed before laying her head down next to his.