You truly understand what it means to be a warrior." Darkstar said.

"You will be Swiftstep, Sahara will stay Sahara, along with Savanna remaining Savanna. Clovertail, Heavythud, Brookefur, Drizzlefur," Darkstar named the cats, "and Dovepelt." Felicity decided to be called Dove-something.

Sahara and Savanna stepped up to Darkstar, and whispered something in her ear.

"Sahara has chosen to be called Lilacfur, and Savanna has chosen to be called Leaftail." Darkstar announced.

The Clan cheered "Swiftstep, Clovertail, Heavythud, Brookefur, Drizzlefur, Dovepelt, Leaftail, Lilacfur!"

"What about me?!" no-name called out and the clan silenced.

She leaped onto the Rock Pile.

"I don't deserve it?"

"Yes, you do, but you have no name." Darkstar said.

"Fine, I want to be called Bloodclaw."

"No. How about Scratchclaw?" Darkstar asked.

No-name grunted.

"Scratchclaw! Scratchclaw!" Darkstar started the cheer, followed by her Clan-mates.

"She scares me." Whiteheart whispered to Hareclaw.

"I know!" Hareclaw replied.

Duskpelt lashed her tail. Her claws flexed, and with one massive leap, she slammed into Scratchclaw. Scratchclaw hissed and dug her claws into Dustpelt's nose. Duskpelt shrieked, and began clawing wildly at Scratchclaw's face. Scratchclaw leaped backward, yowling in fury.

Duskpelt scratched the rock slowly, making a deafening screech. The Clan covered their ears. Duskpelt mumbled something to herself before leaping down and padding out of camp.

Scratchclaw stood dumbfounded on the top of the rock, while blood dripped from her face. Darkstar had her head tilted, and her mouth hanging open.

Skypaw looked taken aback, "Why would mom do that?" she nudged Amberpaw.

Mousepaw grinned, "She was such a good fighter!"

"Who?" Honeypaw asked.

"Scratchclaw!" Mousepaw said.

"That's enough! I will talk to Duskpelt later." Darkstar silenced the clan, "We still have apprentices to make." (So nonchalant!)

Owlkit's eyes lit up and he bounced to the bottom of Rock Pile.

Vinekit, Ivykit, Cloverkit, Mintkit, and Leafkit padded up beside him.

"You girls, come on up." Darkstar motioned with her tail at the 5 she-cats.

They bounced up happily, while Owlkit stared at the ground. His litter-mates licked him.

A shriek split the silence.

Hareclaw charged out of camp. More warriors were hard on her paws. Hareclaw's son, Mousepaw, and Duskpelt's son, Mousepaw, were on either side of her, while Coldkit was right behind her. "Coldkit!" Bluepaw scolded the little she-cat.

The crowd of cats stopped when they saw Duskpelt being cornered by a coyote.

Duskpelt's daughter, Skypaw, charged at the coyote. She stopped dead when it whipped around and looked at her. Skypaw backed up slowly.

Hareclaw sprang at it, while more apprentices and warriors followed. She slashed wildly. The coyote whimpered. It backed away. Duskpelt ran to the crowd of cats. She wasn't relieved, but angry. She slashed out at the group of cats, scoring Singingdove in the nose. She slashed out again, this time hitting more than one cat. She kept attacking. Duskpelt dug her claws into Skypaw's shoulder. Hareclaw leaped at her, and the two rolled in a ball of teeth and claws. Hareclaw pinned her down. Duskpelt kicked up, and Hareclaw was thrown off with a thud. Hareclaw got back up, and sprang at her again. Hareclaw shoved her towards the cowering coyote. The coyote ran off, with Duskpelt in its jaws.

"She was trouble, but we can't let her die!" Gingerfur hissed.

"Yes we can." Hareclaw said.

The Clan gasped.

"A long time ago, a cat, some mysterious cat, came to me and said some odd prophecy, "Sparrow will parish when Dusk comes." Then Sparrowheart was born, and Duskpelt came. It was pretty odd. After that, StarClan came to me with a vision. Duskpelt killed Sparrowheart. Longnose and Stretchedstar told me to get rid of her, or she would actually kill him and the whole clan." Hareclaw said.

The Clan nodded, like they believed her. They slowly separated and walked away.

Skypaw remained glaring at Hareclaw, "You're going to let my mother die!?" Skypaw's eyes were filled with hurt. She licked her shoulder where Duskpelt had scratched her.

"I have to, Skypaw." Hareclaw said.

Skypaw looked down, "She never showed any kind of affection for us anyway, plus, she attacked me." Skypaw sniffed. (My mom died, no big deal. lol)

Hareclaw licked her forehead, "Thank-you for understanding."

Skypaw nodded slowly, before limping back to camp.

Hareclaw followed.

She sat down beneath Rock Pile and listened.

"Vinepaw, Cloverpaw, Leafpaw, Mintpaw, Ivypaw!" the Clan chanted after the she-cats got mentors and their name.

A pale figure appeared in front of Hareclaw while she chanted. It was Stretchedstar. He put his nose on her shoulder and whispered, "You saved the Clan," before disappearing.

Buzzstripe was hunting. She spotted a chipmunk scampering around a rock. Buzzstripe started to stalk it. Her leap fell short. The chipmunk started to run towards the old camp. Buzzstripe chased it. It ran past the leader's den. Buzzstripe leaped, and killed the chipmunk. A white head poked out of the leader's den. Frostystar!

Buzzstripe nuzzled her.

"I have a gift." Frostystar said before disappearing into her den. She appeared shortly with 3 young cats and Branchtooth.

"Take them back to camp with you, and tell Blizzardpaw, Snowpaw, Frostpaw, Icepaw and Blizzardpaw I love them." Frostystar nosed the cats forward.

"You mean, say hi to Blizzardpelt, Snowtail, Frostpelt, Icefur and Blizzardfur?" Buzzstripe said. The cats had recently become warriors, along with Foxheart, Foxfur, Dogtail, and Fawnfur. Horsefoot, Horsefur, Sheepfur, Cowpelt, Gingertail, Sandclaw, and Rustypelt became warriors too.

"My kits are warriors?!" Frostystar looked about to explode with pride.

"Yes, they are." Buzzstripe said.

Branchtooth looked dazed with happiness, and he twined tails with Frostystar. He shook his pelt to snap himself out of it, and said, "This is Echopaw," he said motioning to a pretty white she-cat with silver paws and ears, "Mosspaw," he motioned to a silver she-cat with a white muzzle, paws, blaze, and tail, "Dovepaw." He nodded to a fluffy gray she-cat.

The cats dipped their heads, without saying a word.

Frostystar licked Dovepaw a little before saying, "They just became apprentices. You can come visit me and Branchtooth any time, and if we have kits that are old enough to be apprentices, you may take them back to RushingClan. You need them. You can only take our kits that are apprentices, no younger."

Echopaw slumped, "You're giving us away?"

"No, we're," Frostystar paused, "You're going with this cat back to RushingClan, so you can be warriors, you can visit us any time. We aren't giving you away."

Dovepaw exchanged glances with Mosspaw before shrugging.

Buzzstripe said goodbye, and headed back to camp, with Mosspaw, Dovepaw, and Echopaw behind her.