Sunnykit's P.O.V
Sunnykit woke up and stretched her tiny paws. If we were still in the clan, I would be an apprentice by now she thought to herself. Cloud was the only other cat in the den. Sunnykit padded out of the den to see many cats running back and forth, doing their duty. Her eyes spotted a small ginger cat limping. Redpaw! She padded over to him.
"Did Stoneteller say you could walk around?" she narrowed her blue eyes.
"No. But I can walk around perfectly fine." He winced.
"You should listen to wat Stoneteller tells you!" Sunnykit said sternly.
"I can walk perfectly fine." he paused. "We need to keep going if we are going to make it to home."
"Not until your leg is better." Sunnykit said as she padded away towards Star. She was happily sharing a vole with Spider.
"Stoneteller said he's getting better." Star said, her mouth full of vole.
"That's good." Sunnykit mumbled. I'm kinda having fun with the tribe!
"Then you can go back to your clan." Spider said coldly.
"It's going to be kind of sad seeing the three of you go," Star said, ignoring Spider's comment. Spider padded away.
"Yea, it'll be sad to leave. But I still can't wait to get back to my brother, Stormkit." Sunnykit sighed, imagining what Stormkit must look like now. He's probably a lot bigger now, and stronger.
"I bet you miss him a lot." Star said kindly. Sunnykit nodded.
"I don't know what I do if I didn't have Cloud." Star said. Sunnykit tilted her head. I didn't know Cloud was her brother!
"Betcha didn't know he was my brother, did ya?" Star smiled. Sunnykit just shook her head. But they look nothing alike!
"We wouldn't be here now, if it weren't for Redpaw." Star's ears perked up at the mention of the ginger toms name.
"Really?" Star asked.
"Yea. I was careless. I led all the other kits out of the nursery and down to Sunning rocks, where the river is. Redpaw, Foxpaw and Silverpaw found us. They were going to take us back to camp but I slipped on a rock and fell into the river. If it weren't for Redpaw jumping in after me I would have drowned. The river carried us far away from home and then we met Buddy. We're just trying to get home." Star listened as Sunnykit told her the story.
"Wow. What Redpaw did was very brave." Star sighed. Sunnykit just rolled her eyes.
"Sunnykit."
"What?" She spun around to see Redpaw standing behind her.
"We should start walking again soon." said the ginger tom.
"No. Not until your leg is healed." Sunnykit protested.
"My leg is healed. I can walk perfectly fine." Redpaw retorted.
"I meant healed properly!" Sunnykit snapped.
"I just want to get home." Redpaw mumbled.
"I know you miss Icepaw and Foxpaw. You'll see them soon." Sunnykit touched his shoulder with her tail.
"Your right. But as soon as I can walk without any pain at all, we leave."
"Deal." Sunnykit smiled as he limped away. At least I have more time with the tribe!
Foxheart's P.O.V
"Where's my dad?" Cloudkit wailed over and over. She was starting to get on his nerves.
"You'll see him when we rest!" he growled. Cloudkit hissed and squirmed. Foxheart struggled to keep a firm grip on her. He almost dropped her a few times.
"Keep still!" he hissed at her.
"Having troubles?" Silverstreak laughed. Foxheart just rolled his eyes.
"Lionclaw! Why don't you take Cloudkit for a bit?" Silverstreak called over to strong warrior. He padded over. Foxheart hesitated.
"Oh come on, I'm not going to hurt a Thunderclan kit." Lionclaw hissed as she took Cloudkit away from him. I still don't trust him!
"Thanks." Foxheart mumbled as Lionclaw padded away.
"Don't worry, Lionclaw won't hurt her. He's really gentle." Silverstreak mewed when she saw the look of dismay on the red warriors face. Lionclaw? Gentle? When Hedgehogs fly!
"So, I uh, saw you with Lionclaw last night." He said, changing the subject.
"Yea, so? I see you with Icestorm every second you can." Silverstreak shrugged.
"That's different, Icestorm's my mate." Foxheart objected.
"What's the difference? Lionclaw is my mate." Silverstreak retorted.
"Well, congratulations. I didn't know. You should have told me." Foxheart congratulated her.
"You never asked. You were too busy mooning over Icestorm to even notice." Silverstreak scoffed before padding over to Lionclaw. Out of the corner of his eye he could see a white she-cat padding over to him, a dark tom was behind her. What do they want now? he thought irritably.
"Hi Foxheart." Nightstripe said awkwardly.
"What do you want now?" Foxheart said coldly. Why won't they leave me alone? Isn't there any Windclan cats they can bother?
"Jeez, can you blame a she-cat for wanting to get to know her long-lost brother whom she was told he was dead all these moons?" Tigerlily's voice quivered.
"Sorry." Foxheart mumbled.
"I still think you should give them a chance." she said. he didn't have to ask who 'they' were. He knew she meant Ashfeather and Crowwing.
"No. Ashfeather murdered my apprentice's mother. I won't forgive her for that." Foxheart said firmly. Angry, Tigerlily padded away.
"Just put yourself in Ashfeather's paws. How would you feel if you lost a kit, and for moons, go on living thinking he is dead. But suddenly, she finds out that her kit is alive, and well living in another clan? It's painful for her." Nightstripe said before padding away after his sister. Maybe he's right. How would I feel if I found out that my kit was alive after all these moons?
"Boo!" He felt a cat pounce on him. Icestorm had him pinned to the ground.
"Did I scare you?" Icestorm asked.
"No." he lied.
"You're a terrible liar. Berrypelt says we are stopping. It's getting pretty late. They are making a patrol to look up ahead. Hollystar said the rest of us should rest." she explained.
"Good. I'm tired. Cloudkit wouldn't stop asking for her father." Foxheart yawned before curling up in a ball. He could feel Icestorm's heart beat through her warm, soft white fur as he fell asleep.
Fernkit's P.O.V
"Heatherberry, can we go play?" Wolfkit asked.
"Alright, just don't get into any trouble!" she called as her five kits bounded away.
"Isn't this great? Now there are more kits to play with!" Turtlekit exclaimed.
"I know! Now I'm not the only tom! There are four toms now." Wolfkit said excitedly.
"Yea, and seven she-kits! Our clan is going to be huge!" Ivykit shrieked.
"No, you mis-counted, Ivykit." Fernkit said.
"No she didn't." Mollykit insisted.
"Yes she did. You forgot about me mouse-brain. There are eight She-kits." Fernkit objected.
"Yes but, you don't play properly. We can't have a blind warrior in our games. Sorry Fernkit." Mollykit apologized.
"Let's go see if the new kits want to play!" Turtlekit exclaimed. The other kits nodded. They padded over to where Darkstorm lay with his seven kits.
"Can the kits come and play?" Wolfkit pleaded, looking directly into the dark warriors green eyes.
"I don't know." Darkstorm hesitated.
"Please can we play with them?" Swirlkit asked.
"Yes, please dad?" Graykit pleaded.
"Alright. I suppose. But don't go to far!" He called to them.
"I'm Wolfkit. These are my sisters, Mollykit, Ivykit, Turtlekit and Fernkit. What're your names?" Wolfkit asked. The white she-kit with orange and spots stepped forward.
"I'm Swirlkit. These are my sisters, Lilykit, Cloudkit and Snowkit. And those are my brothers, Deerkit, Graykit and Larkkit."
"Ok, lets play pass!" Lilykit picked up a small ball of moss and tossed it over Wolfkit.
"Here you go Graykit!" Wolfkit batted it towards the tiny gray kit.
"Pass it to me!" Snowkit squealed. Snowkit passed it Ivykit. Ivykit hit it with her tiny paw, it rolled over to Larkkit.
"Pass it here!" Mollykit called. Larkkit just sat there. Staring at the ball of moss, unsure what to do.
"What's wrong with him?" Turtlekit retorted.
"He's deaf." Deerkit spat at them. Deaf? So, in a way...He's kinda like me!" Fernkit thought.
"What good is a deaf warrior? He couldn't even hear the enemies coming.!" Wolfkit sneered.
"Well, A blind warrior isn't very good either! What are you supposed to if you can't see your enemies?" Snowkit snapped. What did I do? Why are they making fun of me?
"Fernkit can fight perfectly fine! She can hear and smell her enemies coming!" Turtlekit spat.
"Well Larkkit can see and smell them coming." Swirlkit growled.
"Fernkit could beat Larkkit in a battle any day!" Fernkit guessed that Wolfkit had unsheathed his tiny claws.
"Bet she couldn't!" Cloudkit sneered.
"There may be more of you, but we would still win. Don't you know that our father is Dustfur? He's one of the best fighters in the clan." Mollykit said proudly.
"Darkstorm is better." Graykit growled. He sounded as if he was now face-to-face with Mollykit, Fernkit knew that both kits had their claws unsheathed.
"No way! Dustfur is the best. Hollystar gave him the responsibility to mentor the deputy's son!" Wolfkit snapped.
"Your lieing!" Deerkit scoffed.
"No I'm not!" Wolfkit objected.
"You are so. Berrypelt doesn't have a son." Lilykit spat.
"Yea, and Dustfur mentored Rosepetal. She's a kittypet!" Graykit sneered.
"He did so have a son. But he jumped into the river to save a kit." Ivykit scoffed.
"Oh yea? Which kit?" Snowkit challenged.
"Sunnykit. Stormpaw's sister. But the river drowned Sunnykit and Redpaw. Ask any clan cat. Redpaw was Berrypelt's son and Dustfur was his mentor." Wolfkit glared at them.
"Stop fighting!" Fernkit screeched. All the kits just looked at her.
"But they were making fun of-" Turtlekit started.
"Just stop. It doesn't matter. And you started it!" She attempted to glare where she guessed her littermates were standing.
"Fine, Let's go see if the Shadowclan kits want to play. These kits are no fun anyways." Wolfkit and the other kits began walking away.
"Are you coming Fernkit?" Mollykit asked her.
"No, you go on ahead. Tigerkit is too braggy anyways." Fernkit mewed.
"Ok." She heard her sister pad away with her other siblings. She followed Larkkit's scent and sat behind him. She felt him touch her neck with his tail.
"It's so he knows what you're saying." Graykit explained. Fernkit nodded.
"I'm sorry about my littermates." she said.
"It's alright." she felt him shrug. she was relieved.
"I'm Fernkit." She smiled.
"Why don't you look me in the eye when you talk to me? All the other cats do." Larkkit asked.
"I'm blind."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Larkkit said kindly.
"It's alright." Fernkit shrugged.
"Fernkit!" Fernkit heard her mother call.
"I got to go. Bye Larkkit." She flicked her tail.
"Goodbye Fernkit!" Larkkit called as she padded away.
Hollystar's P.O.V
"Berrypelt and Frostfang.I need to speak with you." Hollystar called. The two cats the Thunderclan leader had summoned padded over to her.
"You may already know, but Heatherberry's kits have nearly reached their sixth moon. They will become apprentices." Berrypelt and Frostfang nodded.
"We have to decide what we are going to do about Fernkit." The other cats were silent. They were thinking.
"She can't be a medicine cat, I already have an apprentice." Frostfang mewed.
"Then we have no choice but to make her a warrior." Hollystar said.
"Fernkit would have to have a mentor who's gentle and who will have a lot of patience." said Frostfang.
"What about Lionclaw? He's a nice, fine warrior." Berrypelt suggested.
"No, I don't think Lionclaw is the best choice of mentor for Fernkit. I would have said Foxheart but he is already mentoring Stormpaw. " Hollystar said.
"I think Lionclaw would be a good mentor for Ivykit. She seems kind of jumpy." Frostfang said.
"Yes. Lionclaw will be Ivykit's mentor." Hollystar decided.
"And how about Darkstorm for Wolfkit? I'm sure Dustfur would approve. Darkstorm is his best friend." Berrypelt suggested. Hollystar nodded.
"For Turtlekit, Cherryblossom?" said Frostfang.
"Yes, and for Mollykit Cedarleaf." said Hollystar.
"But we still need a good mentor for Fernkit." said Frostfang.
"I remember one warrior talking to me about mentoring her but I don't quite remember which cat is was." Berrypelt murmured.
"I know, how about-" Frostfang started.
"Icestorm!" Berrypelt shouted. "That's who asked me if she could mentor Fernkit."
"Yes." Hollystar thought or a moment. "Icestorm would be the perfect mentor for Fernkit." She stood up. "Now it is time for two ceremonies."
"Two?" Frostfang asked but Hollystar had already padded away.
"Spottedstar, Runningstar, Flamestar. I have an apprentice ceremony and a warrior ceremony to do." Hollystar told them. They all nodded.
"It is time some of our kits became apprentices as well." said Flamestar.
"Some of our apprentices are ready to be warriors. We need all the warriors and apprentices we can have for this journey." said Runningstar.
"Some kits have reached their sixth moon." Spottedstar said. There is going to be a lot more apprentices and warriors tonight. Hollystar thought.
"Cats of all clans. There are some ceremonies we need to do." Spottedstar called. All the cats grew silent.
"We will start with the apprentice ceremony." Flamestar announced.
"There are no kits from Windclan ready to become apprentices yet." Runningstar took a step back.
"From Riverclan, will Stonekit, Mistykit and Reedkit please step forward." Spottedstar called.
"From Shadowclan, will Tigerkit, Rowankit and Whitekit please step forward." Flamestar's voice boomed.
"And from Thunderclan, can Mollykit, Turtlekit, Ivykit, Wolfkit and Fernkit come forward." Hollystar called down. All the kits who had been called stepped forward.
"You have been with the clans for six moons. Are you all ready to begin training as apprentices?" Hollystar asked them.
"Yes." They all called out.
"Stonekit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Stonepaw. Your mentor will be Thornheart." Spottedstar announced. The young tom stepped forward. They touched noses and he led him away. He repeated the ceremony for Mistykit and Reedkit. Mistypaw was given Streampelt as her mentor while Reedpaw's mentor was Runningbrook.
"Tigerkit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Tigerpaw. Your mentor will be Stormheart." Flamestar called. A dark brown tom stepped forward, he touched noses with his new apprentice and led him away. Flamestar chose a tom called Cedarclaw to mentor Rowanpaw, and a she-cat called Kinkfur to mentor Whitepaw. Finally, it was Hollystar;s turn to step forward.
"Ivykit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Ivypaw. Lionclaw will be your mentor." Lionclaw and Ivypaw touched noses and He led her away.
"Turtlekit, until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Turtlepaw. Your mentor will Cherryblossom." They touched noses and Cherryblossom led her over to her sister.
"Mollykit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Mollypaw. Your mentor will be Cedarleaf." Cedarleaf and Mollypaw touched noses and the two padded away.
"Wolfkit, until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Wolfpaw. Your mentor will be Darkstorm." Darkstorm padded over and touched noses with his new apprentice.
Icestorm's P.O.V
Icestorm watched as Hollystar and the other leaders were appointing new apprentices. Foxheart sat beside her.
"Fernkit, from this day forward until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Fernpaw. You may have some troubles in battle due to your blindness but I have chosen the one warrior I thought that could help you with that. Icestorm will be your mentor."
"Me?" Icestorm choked. She felt Foxheart nudge her forward,as she had done to him when he had been given Stormpaw as an apprentice. She touched noses with Fernkit -Fernpaw now- and led her back down to where Foxheart sat with Stormpaw.
"I'm so happy that your my mentor!" Fernpaw mewed. Icestorm smiled at her, she knew she couldn't see it though.
"A blind warrior?" Wolfheart, of Windclan called out. Icestorm heard Foxheart growl in his direction. She touched his shoulder with the tip of her tail and the two of them turned their attention back to the clan leaders.
"An apprentice is ready to become a warrior from Windclan. Rockpaw, please come forward. " Runningstar called.
"And there are three apprentices from Thunderclan. Dapplepaw, Featherpaw and Rainpaw, please step forward." Hollystar announced. The four apprentices step in front of the two leaders.
"I, Runningstar, leader of Windclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. He has worked hard to learn the ways of your noble code and I commend him to you as a warrior on his behalf. Rockpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect your clan even at the cost of your life?" He asked him.
"I do." said the grey tom.
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. From this moment on, you will be known as Rockfall. Starclan honors your loyalty and your strength. Windclan welcomes you as a full warrior." Rockfall respectfully licked his shoulder.
"I, Hollystar, leader of Thunderclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon these three apprentices. They have worked to understand and train by your noble code and I commend them to you as warriors on their behalf. Do you three promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect your clan even at the cost of your lives?" Hollystar asked them.
"I do." The three she-cats called out.
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior names. Dapplepaw, from this moment on you will be known as Dapplespots. Starclan honors you bravery and your pride. We welcome you as a full warrior of Thunderclan." Dapplespots gave her shoulder a respectful lick.
"Featherpaw, you will be known as Featherwind. Starclan honors your skills and loyalty. We welcome you a true warrior of Thunderclan." Featherwind licked Hollystars shoulder respectfully.
"Rainpaw, you will be known as Rainsplash. Starclan honors your agility and kindness. We welcome you as a full warrior of Thunderclan." Hollystar finished.
"Stonepaw! Mistypaw! Reedpaw! Tigerpaw! Rowanpaw! Whitepaw! Mollypaw! Turtlepaw! Ivypaw! Wolfpaw! Fernpaw! Rockfall! Dapplespots! Featherwind! Rainsplash!" The clan cats shouted at out their clan mates. Icestorm spotted Heatherberry, Dustfur and Snowstorm watching their kits proudly.
"That will be us someday." Foxheart murmured softly in her ear. "We'll be sitting in the crowd looking up at our kits proudly as they become warriors."
Sorry I haven't been updating lately...I have been busy with school work. I know things go really fast in this chapter but I need them to be warriors and apprentices for what I have planned for later on...I hope you enjoyed it! I'll try to post the next chapter sooner.