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Chapter 9

Another Gathering! It was on Sootpaw's mind as he pushed through the pines. Sunpaw close behind him. A small shrike fluttered from branch to branch as, unaware of the danger below. It was a small white tarnished with a gray-blue, ruffling its wings, singing a happy song.
"NO, NO, NO!" Graypelt pulled out of the bushes, "Sunpaw you are doing the crouch all wrong! You keep you legs slightly lower than in a mouse crouch that way you a can leap higher when you are right under the bird! And stop making so much noise!"

"Sorry, I learned from you." Sunpaw replied glaring at her mentor as the little bird flew off.

"If you had done the crouch the right way, you would have already caught the little beast. Learn it the right way and you will get the bird!" Sootpaw found this to an excellent time to sneak off. "Not so fast! I'm the one watching you so that means no slipping away to go talk to your friends by the lake!" Sunpaw's mentor had not forgotten the apprentices midnight meeting as easily as the rest of the Clan. 'Graypelt in knowledgeable, not necessarily nice' The ash gray apprentice thought as he walked back next to his friend. He looked up at the sky for an excuse.

"Um… Graypelt if you wouldn't mind, Sunpaw and I have to go prep Stormy for later today." It wasn't total lie. They did have to go.

"Prep her for what she' becoming a freaking kit! What does she need to know?" Sunpaw was going to explode soon, and she was really to scram

"Graypelt please! We have to go, we promised Rainstar!" that on the other hand was a total lie. The senior warrior's face changed it softened and he mewed quietly,

"Alright, go."

With out missing a beat the two scrambled away stopping only to each pick up a mouse they caught earlier. Sunpaw let out a deep breath and laid her head on Sootpaw as they walked.

"Sootpaw, thank you so much for that quick thinking! I couldn't one more moment with that bossy fur ball!"

"Sunpaw you're talking about your mentor!" She looked him straight in the eye.

"Fully aware, and your point is?" the gray tabby just shook his head, he didn't know much, but he was pretty sure mentors and apprentices were supposed to get along. Camp came into view and the two plopped their fresh-kill onto the pile and strutted over to the nursery.
"Stormy!" Sootpaw called. The little black and white she-kit bolted out of the nursery and straight into Sunpaw.

"oof." She murmured getting up and shaking herself off. The golden apprentice burst out laughing, "It's not funny Sunpaw!" Stormy complained sending a sharp glance at Sootpaw who had begun to laugh too. The tom held his laughter in, poorly.

"Ok, Stormy were here to teach you about Clan life, so you know what to expect when well anything happens. Stormy nodded.

"First the warrior code." Sunpaw started, "we can't tell you all the rules word for word but, here is the basics, first you have to defend your Clan with your life, you can friends in other Clans," she shot a look at Graypelt who just walked in, " You can have friends but no matter what you loyalty lies with the Clan first. Always." Sootpaw piped up next,

"You can't hunt or trespass in another Clan's territory."

"The elders, queens and kits always eat before the apprentices and warriors. And as an apprentice you have to permission tom eat if you haven't hunted for the elders yet. But if you're sick then you can eat with the elders and kits and queens.

"Prey is given only to eat; we should be thanking StarClan for it not playing with it."

"You have to be six moons to be an apprentice." Stormy frowned as Sunpaw stated that rule.

"For on night after receiving your warrior name you have to stay up all night on a vigil, and you can't talk 'till dawn."

"A warrior can't be picked for deputy unless he-"

"Or she!"

"Yes he or she has trained atleast one apprentice."

"The deputy becomes leader if the current leader dies, retires or is-"

"Exiled!"

"Let me finish Sootpaw!"

"Sorry. And after the death or retirement or a deputy, the leader has to pick a new one by moonhigh."

"Gatherings are held on full moons and it's a universal truce where no is allowed to fight. There's one tonight!"

"Boundaries have to be checked everyday. You are required to challenge any cats that come across the borders."

"Never neglect a kit if they are in pain even if they are from another Clan."

"Or loner?" Stormy asked smiling, Sunpaw smiled back.

"Or loner. One time there was a kit that was in ThunderClan, but he got hurt and a few ShadowClan cats ignored him, and ThunderClan will never forgive us for the mistakes of our ancestors." Sunpaw shook her head, and Sootpaw picked up where the other apprentice left off.

"The word of the Clan leader is law." Sunpaw stated the next rule.

"You don't kill to win a battle, unless it's self defense, or the cat doesn't follow Clan rules."

"Now that you are a Clan cat you can not become kitty-pet." Stormy gazed at Sunpaw as she stated the last code of the Warrior Code. The it nodded and Rainstar's yowl rang into the hollow.

"Let all cats old enough to train in the shadows gather beneath the Pine Stump for a Clan meeting." Sootpaw nudged Stormy closer to tall pine stump. "I believe it is time to ad a member to our Clan. Stormy came to us three sunhighs ago, and she has decided to stay with us. Stormy is your wih to stay with us as a member of ShadowClan for the rest of your life?"

"Yes!" The she-kit squeaked. somewhere in the crowd the gray tabby apprentice heard the rumble of laughter.

"well then stormy, your name is now Stormkit. We welcome you as a member of ShadowClan." Rainstar leaped down for the pine tree, and touched noses with the stunned little kit. Stormkit was now officially accepted.

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-Skystar:D