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Echopaw went back to the camp and into the apprentices' den. She wanted to pour everything out to Dovepaw and Ivypaw. Then she remembered that they were now Dovewing and Ivyvine, and they wouldn't be sleeping in the apprentices' den anymore.

Berrypaw came over to Echopaw. "Tigerheart told you?" she meowed sympathetically.

Echopaw looked at her in amazement. "How did you know?"

Berrypaw mrrowed lightly. "Everyone could tell. Even when he was still in ShadowClan."

"You've only been here two days."

"Gossip spreads."

Echopaw shrugged and settled down in her nest of moss and bracken. She wished for the warmth and comfort of Hazeltail in the nursery, not even caring that Hazeltail was her mother. Hazeltail was more of a mother to her than Cinderheart was.

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Echopaw awoke to the sound of Cinderheart and Dustpelt's voices right outside the den.

"But Goldenpaw and Fogpaw aren't even warriors yet," Cinderheart was arguing.

"It's long overdue. It was long overdue for all eight of them. Bramblestar just didn't make them warriors because he wanted Dovewing, Ivyvine, Smokefur, and Dewleaf to have some time. But I don't want my apprentice to stay an apprentice if she doesn't need to."

"But that would leave only Ashpaw and Berrypaw."

"So?"

"Well, I think that they, at least, Echopaw and Dapplepaw, should become warriors with them."

"Why?"

"Because, I think they need some more help as apprentices."

"I'm going to go talk to Bramblestar. My apprentice deserves to be a warrior. She's been doing so well now. It seems that she's a different cat than the rash apprentice I first got."

Pawsteps voice told of his leaving, and suddenly a tortoiseshell bolt flew past Echopaw.

"We're becoming warriors soon?" Dapplepaw asked Cinderheart excitedly. "Really? Really?"

Echopaw came out after Dapplepaw. "We are?" she asked.

"Quiet," Cinderheart hissed. "I don't know yet. Bramblestar has to approve. But yes, I think it's very likely, along with Goldenpaw and Fogpaw, of course."

Echopaw shrugged. "It has been a while."

Cinderheart nodded. "Apprentices usually train for around six or seven moons, generally. Dovewing and Ivyvine had been training for nine, and Dewleaf, Smokefur, Goldenpaw, and Fogpaw for about seven and a half or so. You have been training for nearly seven, so I think it's about time."

Echopaw felt as though she were in a dream as Bramblestar yowled for the cats to assemble.

"Dustpelt has raised a good point," he yowled. "Goldenpaw, Fogpaw, Dapplepaw, and Echopaw have been training long enough, and they are also ready to become warriors. I don't know why Firestar delayed for so long."

Goldenpaw, Fogpaw, Dapplepaw, and Echopaw made their way to the top of the Highledge next to Bramblestar.

This is really happening, Echopaw thought dazedly. All thoughts of Tigerheart vanished, and all that really mattered were her and Bramblestar.

"I, Bramblestar, leader of ThunderClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn." Bramblestar looked at Goldenpaw. "Goldenpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do," Goldenpaw meowed, her voice cracking.

"Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name. Goldenpaw, from this moment you will be known as Goldenclaw. StarClan honors your loyalty and your compassion, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan." Goldenclaw licked his shoulder. Then her eyes were all for Smokefur.

"Fogpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do," Fogpaw hissed, unsheathing his claws on the rocks.

"Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name. Fogpaw, from this moment you will be known as Fogpelt. StarClan honors your courage and your endurance, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan." Fogpelt licked his shoulder, and then joined his sister.

"Dapplepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do," Dapplepaw meowed strongly, swelling with pride. Echopaw remembered her sister when she was still her sister, and they were only kits, play-wrestling with Snowkit as Silverkit and Echokit watched. Echopaw's heart wailed for those moments, and the simpleness of life back then, but she forced it down and felt the happiness surge through her again.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Dapplepaw, from this moment you will be known as Dappleberry. StarClan honors your fearlessness and your valor, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan." Dappleberry licked his shoulder, her amber eyes shining.

"Echopaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

Echopaw didn't hesitate. "I do," she meowed firmly, and no cat could doubt that she meant it.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Echopaw, from this moment you will be known as..."

Suddenly, Bramblestar broke off. Echopaw wondered why. Suddenly, a breeze whispered through the hollow. Echopaw wondered what was so strange about the breeze, but then she heard something.

"...fade like an echo..."

Echopaw listened harder.

"...fade like an echo..."

Echopaw shivered at the echo of the prophecy on the breeze. She looked out at the cats of the Clans, and she knew that they heard something too, but couldn't tell what it was.

"...fade like an echo..."

What was StarClan trying to tell her?

Whoa, interrupted warrior ceremony! Anyway, I have a few questions for you:

1. What do you think Echopaw's warrior name is going to be now?

2. Which do you like better: EchoXFlame or EchoXTiger?

Your answers aren't going to affect the story, sorry, but I like to know what people think. Anyway, REVIEW!!!!!!!