AN: Here is Chapter 10. Have fun!

Chapter 10

The sunlight filtered through the branches as a paw prodded Bramblekit. She raised her head to see Badgerkit's paw pushing into her side. The silver she-kit moaned and shook the paw off. She blinked her eyes in the light as she heard her leader's voice, "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!"

Cinderheart's head shot up, "Oh my StarClan! I forgot it was today!" Bramblekit prodded Cinderkit and Goldenkit in the sides. The two she-kits raised their heads drowsily.

"It's today!" Bramblekit mewed to her sisters. They shot out of the nest and was heading to the entrance of the nursery when Cinderheart called them back. They walked sulkily back. Lionblaze came through bramble entrance.

"My kits," he purred loudly. His golden fur was shaking from all the purring he was doing. He walked over to Bramblekit and flicked her on her ear. He flicked Goldenkit and Cinderkit too.

"Well. You could be a dear and help me with them. Bramblekit needs her pelt groomed too," Cinderheart called to her mate as Cinderkit slipped out of the queen's reach. Her black pelt was glistening in the sunlight. Lionblaze nodded and began grooming the silver tabby she-kit. The kits were done in a few heart-beats. Firekit padded up to Bramblekit.

"I'm going to miss you in the nursery," the ginger tom mewed. He looked down at his paws, embarrassed that he just told her that.

She stepped toward him and whispered in his ear, "Don't worry. As soon as you are apprentices, we are going to leave. I'll miss you too!" Bramblekit licked his ear. "Now go join the rest of the cats so the ceremony can go on!" She flicked her golden tipped tabby tail to the clearing. Firekit rushed outside. That left no one but Lionblaze, Cinderheart, and her littermates. Bramblekit sighed. It's today! I'm going to become an apprentice!

Bramblekit and her littermates walked slowly out of the nursery, all eyes on them. Cinderheart and Lionblaze nudged their kits forward, and they walked to the middle of the circle of cats. Bramblestar called, his voice loud, "I have called you all here to do one of my favorite jobs. Bramblekit, Goldenkit, and Cinderkit have reached their six moon, and are ready to become apprentices. They have caused trouble for the Clan..." he paused as the cats purred, "but they have learned from their mistakes, and are will be a great help to ThunderClan."

The silver she-kit looked up at the leader, her namesake, as he mewed, "Cinderkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Cinderpaw. Your mentor will be Hazeltail. I know Hazeltail will pass down all she knows on to you." He flicked his tail toward Hazeltail as she walked foward, "Hazeltail, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You received excellent training from Dustpelt. You have shown yourself to be a great mentor when you trained Blossomfall, and you are a smart cat, You will be the mentor of Cinderpaw and I expect you to pass on all your knowledge to her." Hazeltail nodded and bent down to touch noses with Cinderpaw. The black she-cat accidentally banged her nose on Hazeltail's. She murmured a quick sorry, but her eyes betrayed her pain.

Now it's Goldenkit's turn! Bramblekit thought as Bramblestar continued, Goldenkit you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Goldenpaw. Your mentor will be Brightheart. I hope Brightheart will pass down all she knows on to you. Brightheart, please come forward." The ginger patched she-cat walked forward to stand next to Goldenpaw. "Brightheart, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Whitestorm and Cloudtail, and you have shown yourself as a strong and determined. You will be the mentor of Goldenpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Goldenpaw." Goldenpaw reached her nose up to touch Brightheart's, and the two of them walk over to stand next to Cinderpaw and Hazeltail.

Bramblekit was left trembling by herself. The silver tabby she-kit raised her head proudly as Bramblestar continued, Bramblekit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Bramblepaw. Your mentor will be Brackenfur. I know Brackenfur will pass down all he knows on to you." The golden brown tom walked forward, already knowing what to do. "Brackenfur, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Graystripe, and you have shown yourself to be a great mentor by mentoring Whitewing and Hollyleaf. You will be the mentor of Bramblepaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to this apprentice."

Bramblepaw hopped a little and then touched noses with Brackenfur as he mewed, "You will be great Bramblepaw."

The Clan called, "Cinderpaw! Goldenpaw! Bramblepaw! Cinderpaw! Bramblepaw! Goldenpaw!" The new apprentices purred and leaned into one another. Cinderheart and Lionblaze licked them each on the ear. Bramblepaw squirmed and protested with squeals.

The silver tabby raced over to her mentor, "What are we going to do today!" She ran around Brackenfur. Bramblepaw stopped in front of him as he put he grabbed her tail.

"Well. I thought since it's not even sunhigh yet, you can look at the apprentice den, find a nest, talk to the other apprentices, and then share tongues. After the sunhigh patrol leaves, I can show you the territory!" Brackenfur purred. The silver tabby she-cat nodded and ran off to the other apprentices that were gathered around their den. Goldenpaw and Cinderpaw chased after her.

"Hi everyone! Can you show us where our nests are?" Goldenkit mewed. Bramblekit looked at the other apprentices. She had been denmates with them all at some point in her life.

"Sure! We already made you nests," Amberpaw replied. The gray she-cat padded into the den, and pointed to three nests in the corner, "Those are your nests. We tried to make them as confortable as possible. None of the toms helped. They were all out on patrol, but Duskpaw, Stonepaw, and I made them. Hope you like them!"

Bramblepaw padded over to her nest and sniffed around. It was filled with moss and a few feathers, "Thanks! It looks really comfy. You want to share some prey?" Amberpaw nodded her head. "Okay. Then let's go eat!" Bramblepaw, Amberpaw, Goldenpaw, and Cinderpaw headed out of the apprentice den toward the fresh-kill pile. Snowpaw, Dewpaw, and Swiftpaw were already there.

"You want to join us?" Dewpaw mewed. He looked at Goldenpaw, his eyes wide and sparkily. Bramblepaw purred quietly to herself. She would let her sister answer this one.

"Sure!" Goldenpaw mewed, not noticing the moony look in the tom's eyes. Goldenpaw grabbed a vole and a mouse off the fresh-kill pile. "I think we can share these," she told Dewpaw. Dewpaw opened his mouth, but all that came out was a squeak. He nodded his head instead and padded over to a spot that was empty. He patted his tail on the ground, and Goldenpaw bounded over to sit next to him.

Snowpaw, Duskpaw, Swiftpaw, and Amberpaw all mrrowed with laughter. Bramblepaw asked, "What is so funny?" Duskpaw set her tail on the silver tabby's shoulder.

"He has liked her since she was born. He finally get's the courage to talk to her, and all that comes out is a squeak," Snowpaw mewed. He stared at his brother. "I think he should wait a little. She just became an apprentice."

Bramblepaw shook her head in agreement. Her stomach rumbled, "Well. I think it's time to eat!" She sat down and shared a rabbit with the other apprentices. Little did Bramblekit know, Firekit was staring at her the whole time.

AN: That was Chapter 10. Did you like it? Review. I need kit ideas for ShadowClan. I have enough for RiverClan. WindClan can do with a couple.
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RANDOM FACT TIME: Did you know that Bluestar regained her sense of mind when she attacked the dogs. She died knowing that her Clan was loyal after all. She saw all the cats helping each other and regained her mind.

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