Just wanted to say this takes place six moons after...and sadly, I don't own Warriors. But I do own: Crowsong, Dawnspirit, Skykit, Emberkit, and Elmfire.
TAKE DAT ERIN HUNTER! Just kidding! And please review!
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(3RD PERSON'S P.O.V.)
Skykit, Emberkit, and Elmfire pushed their way out of the nursery and into the clearing. The fresh-kill pile was well stocked and Everyone in the Thunder part of GreatClan was gathered. Bramblestar stood proudly on the Highbranch as he prepared to address his Clan; his deputy, Spiderleg, sitting right beneath the Highbranch. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highbranch for a Clan meeting."Bramblestar yowled. Skykit and Emberkit had been cleaned furiously by their mother right before the ceremony. Now, they were ready to become apprentices. "Skykit, Emberkit." The two kits padded proudly up to the Highbranch, triumphant smiles on their faces. "Skykit, Emberkit, you have reached the age of six moons and are ready to be apprenticed. Skykit, from this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Skypaw. Berrynose, you are ready to take on an apprentice. I believe I have given you excellent training, and you have shown yourself to be strong and loyal. You will be the mentor of Skypaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to him."he announced. Berrynose stepped up to touch noses with his new apprentice, then he and Skypaw stepped back into the crowd. "Emberkit, from this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Emberpaw. Rosepetal, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have recieved excellent training from Squirrelflight, and you have shown yourself to be caring and courageous. You will be the mentor of Emberpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her."Bramblestar went on. As Rosepetal and Emberpaw touched noses, the Clan chanted the new apprentices' names: "Skypaw! Emberpaw! Skypaw! Emberpaw!"
(EMBERPAW'S P.O.V.)
I slid through bracken and ferns, following my mentor through the forest. We came to a mossy clearing surrounded by ferns and maple trees. "This is the training area."Rosepetal explained. "What should I learn first? Hunting? Battle?"I asked. "Hunting, since we won't need battle training for a while. This place is way away from the rest of the Clans. Unless they make some other two part Clan like we did. And we've picked up plenty of loner scents from the near Twolegplace, but...anyway, we'll do battle training some other time."she explained. I nodded eagerly, and Rosepetal showed me a hunting crouch. "Put all of your weight in your haunches, and put your tail low, but not low enough to sweep the ground. Like this."Rosepetal instructed me. I got down into the crouch, waving my tail up in the air like a snake. "Low, not up where every creature in the forest can see it!"she scolded. I put my tail down. "Good...now can you stalk and kill the real thing?" We found our way through the unfamiliar forest. I heard beating wings above my head, and scented blackbird. I stopped abruptly and looked up to the birch tree it perched on. If I could just climb to that low branch...I thought, creeping silently up on the birch. Rosepetal watched quietly. I unsheathed my claws and found a pawhold. I bunched my muscles and dragged myself up the tree to the branch where the blackbird perched. Suddenly, it knew it was being hunted. Its wings fluttered furiously, trying to escape. I hooked the blackbird's wing with my claw, and killed it will one swift bite to the neck. "Very well done! You climbed exceptionally well."Rosepetal praised. Soon, I had caught a mouse, too. Rosepetal carried a squirrel. As we padded back to the camp, my mentor started a conversation. "How did you climb that well? I've never seen a new apprentice climb that good."she asked, her meow muffled by the squirrel. "I don't know. I guess...I guess I just did."I replied with a shrug. As we reached the camp, Spiderleg nodded his approval when he saw the prey we had caught. I proudly put my blackbird and my mouse on the fresh-kill pile. Skypaw bounced up to me. "Guess what? Berrynose taught me a really cool battle move!"he boasted. "I bet Jayfeather and Elmfire will be really proud of what we learned."Skypaw added. I nodded in agreement. "I can't wait until we become warriors. I want to be called Emberwing!"I told my littermate. "I want to be called Skyleg. I wonder if Bramblestar would take name requests..."he mewed thoughtfully, trotting off to Spiderleg to discuss it. I took a squirrel from the fresh-kill pile and cocked my ears toward Skypaw and the Clan deputy's conversation. "Me and Emberpaw were wondering,"Skypaw explained, and went on,"if Bramblestar would take name requests. You know, for when we become warriors." The black warrior tom nodded slowly, thinking. "I would like to be called Skyleg, and Emberpaw would like to be called Emberwing."Skypaw informed Spiderleg. "I'll be sure to talk to Bramblestar about it."Spiderleg replied, padding off towards Bramblestar, who was sunning himself on a smooth rock. I padded off to the apprentice's den; a bramble bush lined with ferns. And as I fell asleep in my mossy nest, I began to dream. I was looking down on a Twolegplace alley. I saw a jet-black tabby tom sitting on a broken Twoleg thing. It was wooden with a soft brown pelt. A big dark brown tom stalked up to him, dipping his head. "Lord Snoop, we have not yet scented the wild cats."the brown tom reported. "Wild cats? We are WildClan, Brick! What other cats could there be here in Twolegplace?"snapped the black tabby. Brick flicked his tail toward the forest. "They live there, sir." Snoop looked to the forest. "Then we might have made a foe...or a potential ally,"Snoop muttered. "Gather the rest of the Clan. We must discuss this." Brick dipped his head again and padded off into the Twolegplace. Snoop? Snoop is a kittypet name! The leader of BloodClan at least changed his name, Emberpaw thought. Suddenly, I jerked awake. "Quick! Get up, and follow me!"I heard Rosepetal hiss. I got up and stretched quickly, and Twolegplace scents mingled with the scents of the camp. "We're being attacked!"Rosepetal whispered. Am I going to have to fight? I wondered. I don't know any battle moves! Rosepetal motioned me to follow her with a flick of her tail, and we slipped out of the apprentice den and out onto the moor. Cats fought, and blood stained the ground. "You need to go to the Twolegplace at the meeting point. Spiderleg, Icecloud, and Skypaw will be waiting for you at the edge of the moor. I have to go out and fight, but I'll make sure you make it to the edge safely."she explained to me. I'm not a kit! Rosepetal led me to the edge of the moor as quickly as she could, and as she had told me, Spiderleg, Icecloud, and Skypaw stood waiting for me. Rosepetal dipped her head and raced back to the middle of the fight. "Come on, we have to go quickly."Spiderleg ordered. I nodded and followed the patrol as it headed out towards the Twolegplace. We squeezed under a fence and into a Twoleg garden. Icecloud helped me scramble up a tree that leaned over the other side of the fence, then we jumped down into an alley. I saw that lots of cats stood shivering. Dozens of queens, kits, elders, apprentices, and warriors were already waiting for us. This must be the meeting point, I thought. "Cats of GreatClan!"Spiderleg yowled. "We must all fight back!"
