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Brightpaw ran through the forest with all his strength. He turned around and saw shadows chasing in the underbrush. 'Go away. go away,' he thought. Right then one of the shadowy cats leaped out of the underbrush and onto his back. Brightpaw screeched under the weight and tried to throw off his opponent. Then he felt more weight. The cats kept on landing on him and started running their claws though his fur.
"Brightpaw! Wake up!" Brightpaw jumped up and hissed. "Are you okay Brightpaw?" Lilypaw asked.
"Sorry Lilypaw, I just had a bad dream." Lilypaw frowned at Brightpaw, but then shook it off.
Lilypaw shrugged,"It's okay, even if you woke me up. Since we're up, want to go hunting?"
Brightpaw nodded,"Sure."
Brightpaw and Lilypaw walked into the camp with their jaws full of prey. They set down their freshkill on the small pile. When the two apprentices started to leave to hunt again, Riverheart came up to them. "Lilypaw, can you go tell Honeypaw and Firepaw that you all will be going to the gathering tonight? And Brightpaw, could you go tell Dawnfeather that she and her kits will be attending as well?" The apprentices nodded eagerly. "Good, I know Daystar and Sootstar will enjoy bringing new apprentices and warriors into the clans."
"We're getting our warrior names tonight!" Lilypaw purred.
Riverheart nodded,"Yes. Also, thank you for refreshing the freshkill pile. That was something a warrior would do. But now, I must go talk to Daystar about the gathering tonight." Brightpaw and Lilypaw dashed to different parts of the camp, doing as their mentor told them.
Dawnfeather was sitting outside of the nursery watching her two kits play. Brightpaw ran up to her,"Riverheart says that tonight Cheetahkit and Foxkit will be attending the gathering to get their apprentice names and Honeypaw, Lilypaw, Firepaw, and I will be getting our warrior names."
Foxkit ran up,"We're going to be apprentices? This day couldn't get any better!" Cheetahkit ran up to her mother purring, while Foxkit bounced around in circles.
"Remember, at a gathering Moonclan and Sunclan have a truce that lasts the whole night. Don't bicker with any other kits, apprentices, warriors, or elders," Dawnfeather reminded her kits.
Brightpaw licked Dawnfeather's ear and ran back to the apprentices den. "I can't believe this is our last day being apprentices!" Honeypaw exclaimed.
Lilypaw cut in,"This is our last day with Riverheart. Let's enjoy our last day of training. We will never get to do it again." All the cats nodded in agreement, then dashed out of the den.
Firepaw bounded ahead,"Riverheart, Riverheart! Can we spend our last day as apprentices with you? Please, please, please!"
"Sure," Riverheart purred,"how about we do battle training. It always seems to cheer you guys up when you get to tackle your mentor."
"Race you to the training clearing!" Lilypaw shouted, then dashed off.
Honeypaw hissed,"Cheater."
Brightpaw raced through the entrance tunnel and out into the forest. He followed Lilypaw's scent trail the the training clearing. Brightpaw didn't see Lilypaw immediately, so he rolled out of spot that he was just in to avoid a surprise attack. A moment later, the young she-cat leaped out of the bushes and landed where Brightpaw had just been. "Ha, ha. To slow!" Brightpaw sneered.
"You always seem to know when someone is about to get you. I don't know how you do it, but it never seems fair!" Right as the she-cat finished, the other apprentices crashed into the clearing.
The apprentices spent the rest of the day training with their mentor. Brightpaw dragged his paws back to camp, along with his fellow denmates and Riverheart. "I've never been so tired!" Honeypaw exclaimed. Lilypaw nodded in agreement while she panted.
Riverheart interrupted,"You all go lay down and grab something off the freshkill pile before we leave for the gathering. Just make sure that you all are ready at moonhigh." Brightpaw nodded and walked over to the apprentices den with his denmates.
"Come on, time to go to the gathering," Riverheart said as he peeked his head in. Brightpaw got out of his nest and walked outside of the den. The sun was just falling behind the trees and the sky was bright pink and orange.
Lilypaw walked up behind him,"Wow, so much can happen in one day. I can't believe that tonight is the night that we get our warrior names and we get to find out who our future mate will be!" Brightpaw nodded in agreement. Daystar walked out of her den and called to her clan,"Tonight, Sootstar and I will name new apprentices and warriors. Then we will agree on mates for our new warriors. We must leave now if we wish to have enough time to do so." With that, she dashed out of the camp with Sandstripe, Lionstrike, Flamefur, Dawnfeather, and Whitepool right behind her. The deputy and medicine cat would go with the elders, like always, so Brightpaw dashed out of the camp with them.