Snowcrystal of Thunderclan- hahaha! :) :)

Unicorn Brownies- :D All the missing moments between Broken Hearts and Second Chances, Dancing the Impossible and Being Accepted, and Future game (The briarfeather part) are all on my new story Briarfeather and Cinderblaze :)

From Apprentice to Warrior

Traktor- Tigerstar

Ivory- 15

Braxton- 15 and a few months-ish

Atol watched Ivory silently keep punching the punching bag in front of her, each punch dead center and causing the bag to swing dangerously. "That's enough. You don't want to tire yourself out before your test."

"Test? What test?" She asked, obediently stopping and stepping back from the bag.

"Your test of becoming a warrior and a soldier." He said walking over to her, looking completely serious

"I'll try my hardest Atol." She replied fervently, blue eyes flashing with determination.

"I have no doubt that you will pass. You've done well in your training." He cracked a smirk and ruffled her hair like he would a daughter, "After all, I am your mentor."

"Hey!" She pushed his hand away with a grimace, "I just fixed it!" She took the ponytail holder out and re-did her ponytail once again, sticking her tongue out at him at she did so. "Anyway, I am ready to become a full dark forest warrior, I've been ready since I came here."

Atol nodded, he was proud of the girl he had brought into the dark forest two years ago. She had grown into a fierce fighter that could easily match his own skills, he taught her everything he knew and even got his father to show her a few things. "The test will take place in ten minutes out in the obstacle course, your mission is to track, find, and kill Alex."

Brief shock sparked in Ivory's eyes but she quickly recovered, "Kill style? Any specifications?"

"Only that you make sure he won't be getting up. Be well aware Ivory that you get points for kill style and how badly he's killed."

"Alright," Ivory already had an an idea of what she was going to to, "So stay out of sight, track him down then kill him?"

"Yes. That is the point of the test, the faster and the sneakier you do it the more impressive it is."

"Yes, sir," Ivory said calmly, her mind whirring on the fastest way to carry out her plans. No she wasn't and evil person and didn't like to kill but it was necessary if she was going to advance farther into the dark forest and make Atol proud, all the warriors would be watching and she would get some decent respect if she did this right.

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Ivory slipped into the dark obstacle course, listening for Alex's footsteps. Carefully following him for at least six minutes she made out the pattern he went in and slipped away, hiding behind a thin brick wall. Throwing one of the bricks to catch his attention she drew him right to her with the wall. Crashing through it with her blades open and ready for battle, she tackled him to the ground and moved as fast as she could, slitting his throat and clamping her hand over his mouth and nose.

Using a blade three times as large as she usually would, starting at his neck she let the blade travel down to his stomach, feeling a small amount of pity at his cries of pain she put him out of his misery, hitting his temple with the steel handle of her blade. She waited until the blood flow stopped before she got to her feet, completely drenched in Alex's blood from head to toe. She flicked the red liquid off her blades and closed them, tucking them into her boots for safe keeping and looking up as the obstacle course was lit up with light.

Every face was shocked, expressions all containing shock behind the pleased looks. But Ivory was only looking for one, wanting to see her mentor's expression. Atol's face was lit with pride, shock, and amazement, he was grinning with what looked like partial blood lust but mostly pride. Ivory smirked at them all as she heard Traktor announce,

"Ivory Is deemed a dark forest warrior, any objections?" Nobody dared to speak, "Then it is official, Ivory Fernandes is a dark forest warrior!"

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"That was great," Atol told Ivory as they were walking back to the training buildings. "Very well executed. But why did you knock him out?"

"Because the screaming would bring attention," Ivory replies smoothly, "If he kept screaming then it would attract all kinds of unwanted attention."

"Very good, I must talk to my father, go train."

"Yes, sir." She ran off.

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Braxton was in the training room without his mentor who had been the victim of Ivory's test, shocked and stunned, not at all missing the coward of his mentor, but stunned at the display of power and skill from the girl probably at least half a year younger than him. He'd been told to watch just like all the other apprentices had and received the shock of his life. A girl younger than him broke through a brick wall, slit his mentor's throat, and essentially flayed him like a fish, all within a span of about two minutes. He wasn't horrified by the action, he knew it had been necessary for the test and Alex had been the worst mentor in existence, completely ignoring him and not teaching him anything. The door opened and Braxton looked back to see Ivory walking into the room, clean of the blood with damp hair and a cold look in her blue eyes. She walked over to one of open punching bags and started punching with focused hits and a focused and determined look in her eyes. He watched her for a while, watching her movements. 'I'll be as strong as her one day.' He promised himself, watching as she nearly knocked the punching bag off its chain.

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Ivory blocked his strike starting to back off towards a wall, giving Atol the appearance of giving up and backing away, he kept up the pace and Ivory smirked at him, turning around in the tight space she ran up the cement wall behind her and crashed down onto her previous mentor's shoulder, causing his knees to almost buckle and the cold metal of her blade touch his throat.

"Where'd you learn that?" He asked in obvious surprise, at the mercy of her blade.

"It's something I taught myself," She shrugged easily, getting off him and dropping to the ground. I figured if I could make the opponent feel like their gaining the upper hand their defense falls slightly and if I can surprise them and catch them off guard."

"Clever, very clever. Some day you'll have to teach me how to do it."

"Maybe,' She grins at his surprised look, "We all secrets don't we?"

"Yes, I guess me all do," He replied grudgingly, "But tomorrow I'm teaching you how to balance on wires."

"Seriously?" She asked in surprise, "Balancing on wires? Now that's a surprise."

"Maybe, but I'm sure you'll do well."

"I can always try."