Stormykit glanced over at Thornpaw and Coalpaw, who had just been made apprentices. It was her turn now. Her brother sat awkwardly with her friends, he had just become an apprentice as well. Stormykit was prodding her paws against the ground in agony, waiting to recieve her name. She looked up at Rainstar, who stood high and tall on the Hightree. The rays of sunlight peeked through the trees into the clearing, and the wind chimed the leaves of the afternoon air.

"From now until your warrior name, you will be known as Stormypaw." Rainstar was saying. "Moonscar..."

Stormypaw raised her head, unbelieving her ears.

"...you are ready for another apprentice. Pass your wisdom and strength to this apprentice, and teach her the ways of a warrior." She said. Stormypaw whirled her head around to glance at the black warrior, who smiled, as if expecting this. Rainstar must have spoken to her about this. All Stormypaw knew was that Moonscar was the best mentor, and best friend, that any cat could ever have. She grinned to her scarred mentor with happiness. Moonscar walked before her and their noses touched.

"Stormypaw! Thornpaw! Coalpaw! Jaggedpaw!"

Stormypaw lifted her head, bathing in the attention given to her. She gave a show-off smile and looked at her friends. Thornpaw was licking her chest, embarrassed, and Coalpaw was looking around egarly. Jaggedpaw seemed to look around shyly, often licking his paw as if it was no big deal. The other warriors stood up around them and approached the new apprentices.

"I can't believe you get to be my mentor!" Stormypaw burst out to Moonscar.

"Rainstar didn't think there was anyone else better." She said with a smile, licking her paw. "I hope you're teachable."

"Stormypaw? Teachable? Hah!" Coalpaw snorted, and Stormypaw grinned inwardly, knowing she was stubborn when it came to teaching.

"Well then maybe I'll have to bite her tail a few times to get her to follow directions." Moonscar joked. The other warriors were clouding around, congradulating the new apprentices. Stormypaw said 'thank you' over and over again as they talked.

She looked over to see her mother shining with pride. Stormypaw felt warmth spread through her chest at being praised by her mother, even if she hadn't even spoken yet. She looked over and saw sweet old Volepelt grinning at her. He had been like a father to her these past few moons, and they had become good friends.

But her heart tore when she saw him cough, and his body shake. He was getting older, and only StarClan knew how much life he had left in him. She spotted Shadowsong sitting outside of the den for the first time in a while. Volepelt probably got her to come outside for some fresh air. She was scanning over the crowd, until her eyes fell upon Stormypaw. Her eyes seemed to slightly widen, and Stormypaw cocked her head.

She padded over to Shadowsong. "Hi Shadowsong." She smiled. Shadowsong seemed to stare at her with wide eyes until she realized she had spoken.

"Hello, Stormypaw." She greeted softly, turning her head so she wouldn't stare at Stormypaw.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Congradulations." She gave a weak smile and then retreated to her den.

Well that was odd. Even for Shadowsong.

"So what will we get to do first?" She whirled around to Moonscar, who was approaching her from behind.

"Well, we need to collect some bedding right now. The old bedding is a bit damp from the rain last night."

Her tail slapped against the earth and her face fell. "But- couldn't we do some battle training? Or hunting moves?"

"Another time, Stormypaw. You have to first realize that clan duties are very important to keep our warriors healthy and safe."

"I know... but-"

"C'mon. Tomorrow we can do some hunting moves, it's starting to get cold and we need all the hunters we can get, but today we need fresh bedding."

Stormypaw considered for a moment, wishing she could do something more exciting for her first apprentice day. She was reminded of Bluestar's first day as an apprentice. Whatever. You'll get to hunt tomorrow. "Okay." She said, forcing a smile.

"Alright then. Follow me."

"Are Coalkit and- I mean Coalpaw and Thornpaw coming too?"

"No, they're going to learn to clean the elders ticks." Moonscar said, looking up. Stormypaw turned her head to see Coalpaw and Thornpaw walking across the clearing with mousebile in their jaws.

Hah! I can't wait to rub it in. She thought, knowing they would all laugh about it anyway. Stormypaw tried not to smile boastingly as she followed Moonscar out of the thorn tunnel and into the forest. She padded at her side, looking around at the forest.

"I wish I could see a tour of the forest." She said aloud.

"You already got to do that, remember? Be thankful I didn't collect you guys when I first spotted you." Stormypaw giggled at the rememberence of the week before. She padded onwards, facing the territory as the colorful autumn leaves swayed in the breeze.

"So, is this season when the clans start becoming angry at one another?" She asked openly. Moonscar peered down at her, wondering where she got this information. But she did not openly ask.

"Leaf-fall seems to be peaceful at part, but once the cold kills the trees the shortage of prey causes threats and accusitions to be thrown around. I only wish the clans could live in harmony." She sighed.

Stormypaw felt a pang, knowing how much she agreed with her. There had been war for constant moons in the books, and if only there could be some way for all to be right. "Me too."

She spotted Moonscar smile out of the corner of her eye, and turned her head. "I'm not as bad as I sound when it comes to learning, you know. Coalpaw was right, but i'm not that stubborn."

Moonscar laughed aloud, making Stormypaw jump a moment. After a few seconds of laughter, Moonscar looked down at her with whiskers twitching. "You sound like me when I became an apprentice. I was one of the most stubborn cats this clan had. It took my mentor day and night to get me to behave." Her eyes twinkled.

"Who was your mentor?" Stormypaw asked her wonderingly, blinking at her mentor.

Moonscar looked down at her and smiled with her answer. "Volepelt."


Yay... now they're apprentices lol. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and you have just been foreshadowed of the main plot XDD by the way, once I start getting into the gist of the plot, I'm thinking about uploading slower, just to leave you all on cliff hangers :3

Well this was fun. I love coming on my email every day and seeing reviews for this story. I really appreciate them.

Thank you so much for reading, you all are so awesome.

~Stormy:D