It had been a moon, and today was the day of Brightheart's kits apprentice ceremonies. The whole clan was excited, especially Seedpaw, as now she would have some den mates to train with. Just then Squirrelflight came rushing up to me. "Dovewing! Bramblestar wants to see you in his den." Tigerheart suspiciously looked up from his grooming. "Ok." I told her as she went to order the border patrols.
"I thought we were going to be on a border patrol." reminded Tigerheart. "Tell Squirrelflight to wait for me. If I am taking too long, then go without me. I will just go hunting instead." I told him. "Ok. What does Bramblestar want with you anyway?" he asked curiously. "I don't know." I admitted. "But I promise I will tell you." Tigerheart looked a little more comforted, and then went to talk to Squirrelflight.
I quickly hurried over to Bramblestar's den, and scrambled up the rocks. I pushed my way through to find Thornclaw and Ivypool waiting for me along with Bramblestar. "Hey, sorry I'm late." I apologized, giving my chest fur a couple of licks. "No harm done." said Bramblestar. "So, why are we here?" asked Ivypool as I went to sit beside her and Thornclaw. "I want each of you to be mentors to Brightheart's litter."
Both Thornclaw and my sister looked pleased, but I was quite nervous. "Um, Bramblestar? Wouldn't you be better off choosing someone more experienced?" I asked nervously. "Dovewing, everyone has to mentor their own apprentice if they want to be called 'experienced', don't they?" he replied logically. I nodded. "Fine, I'll do it." Bramblestar glanced at the two other warriors. They both nodded. "Good. You can go now." The leader dismissed us.
I walked out calmly before remembering that there was a patrol waiting for me outside. I clumsily slid down the rocks, but to my disappointment, when I looked around no one was there. I scurried over to Blossomfall who was guarding the camp entrance. "Hey, Blossomfall. Did Squirrelflight's patrol leave already?"
Blossomfall looked thoughtful for a minute before replying, "Oh yeah. They left shortly before you finshed talking with Bramblestar. What was it about anyway?" she asked me. I tried to hide my disappointment about the patrol. "You'll find out soon." I told her. She still seemed curious and envious, but she didn't question it any longer.
Since there were no patrol's left to go on, I decided to go hunting again. "Hey Spiderleg, Hazeltail!" I called out to the two warriors. They looked up surprised. "Want to go hunting?" I questioned them. They nodded before making their way towards me. "Get Brackenfur as well." I told Hazeltail. She ran into the warriors den, and came out with Brackenfur by her side.
"Let's go." I said once everyone was ready. "Let's split up." suggested Brackenfur. "I'll go to the old thunderpath and see if I can catch a couple of mice there." he announced. "I'll go with you." said Hazeltail, hurrying after him. I looked at Spiderleg questioningly. "Oh, I'm going to go to the ancient oak. Hopefully there might be a squirrel there." He said licking his lips. I nodded to him. "I'll go down to the lake. There might be a few mice down there." I set off in the opposite direction. When I arrived at the beach, I had already caught a big vole, which was foolish enough to stray into the middle of the forest. The air was so breezy here. I settled down beside the lake and instantly fell asleep...