Chapter 6
"From this day until you receive your Warrior name, you will be Firepaw." Whitewing started to call his name, and everyone else joined in. Firestar looked up at the light blue sky. "I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior. Brambleclaw, you mentored Berrynose and he is a very strong warrior and great credit to the clan. I ask you to do the same with this young cat."
Firestar meowed while Brambleclaw padded over to Firepaw. She could tell that it took all his strength to stay calm. Firepaw raised his muzzle to touch noses with Brambleclaw. "Tigerkit?" The Thunderclan leader called to the excited kit. Tigerkit bounded up to his leader with his head held high. "From this day until you receive your Warrior name, you will be Tigerpaw."
Firestar paused while the clan cheered the apprentice's name. "I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Firestar looked into the crowd of cats. "Cinderheart, Cloudtail was your mentor. I ask you to pass on the courage for battles and other struggles in your life that you learned from Cloudtail down to this apprentice." Firestar watched as Cinderheart and Tigerpaw touched noses. Tigerpaw padded down with his mentor. "Tallkit?" Firestar called the kits name. Tallkit padded up with a walk that made him look like a warrior.
He stood by his leader with a steady gaze. How was he keeping himself so calm? She felt excited enough to go in a battle with Shadowclan! "From this day until you receive your Warrior name, you will be Tallpaw. "I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." Firestar paused while the clan cheered Tallpaw's name. "Brackenfur, Graystripe was your mentor. I ask you to pass on the ability to love and forget down to this apprentice."
Brackenfur padded up to Tallpaw and they touched noses. "Waterkit?" Firestar called over the cats.
My heart twisted, I was so excited. Then a paw poked me. "Go ahead!" Meowed Sorreltail gently. I padded up to Firestar. Trying my best to stay calm when inside I felt like a firework waiting to explode. "From this day until you receive your Warrior name, you will be Waterpaw." Firestar paused again while the clan cheered my name. "I ask Starclan to watch over you and guide you until you find in your paws the strength and courage of a warrior." I looked around trying to figure out who my mentor might be. Sorreltail, Graystripe, Birchfall…….. "Lionblaze, Ashfur was your mentor. I ask you to pass down the skills and knowledge that Ashfur taught you down to this apprentice. I padded up to Lionblaze and touched noses with him. My heart pounded hard in my chest. I was now a apprentice. Ashfur and I padded down as the meeting dissembled. "So….. What are we going to do?" I meowed awkwardly. Lionblaze was clearly thinking hard. "First I'm going to show you around the camp." Lionblaze meowed to me. We padded out of the camp and into the woods. We walked until we appeared on a beach. "This is Ancient Oak. Its named this……..His voice trailed off but I knew why it was called that. There was a huge oak tree next to it. The sand slithered between my paws.
We walked away quietly into the trees. We eventually ended up at a twoleg nest. "This is the abandoned twoleg nest. Twolegs haven't been there for a long time. The garden is a good place to find catmint. After awhile we managed to go through the whole territory. I padded back into the camp. My feet felt like weights and my eyes were barely opened. "Go rest." Lionblaze told me and I nodded. I almost went to the nursery but caught myself and padded over to the apprentices den. In there all my littermates except for Leafpaw, who was now sleeping in the medicine cat den with Leafpool.
I curled up in a empty nest next to Tallkit and closed my eyes. I woke up in a dream where I was surrounded by loners with there teeth bared and the prophecy Bluestar had given me kept repeating itself. Over and over again………….
BTW: Sorry, I forgot to include Cinderheart in the allegiances. Also I'd really appreciate it if you left a review for me! If you want to compliment, review, or give me a tip, that would be awesome. (I really would like tips to if you have any for me!)
