Chapter 9:

Darkpaw turned to Tigerpaw.

"You let her die! You just sat there while the snake bit her!" Darkpaw hissed and lunged at Tigerpaw. Tigerpaw screeched as Darkpaw landed on her back and clawed it. Then, Wolfwhisker dragged him off of her.

"What are you doing?" Wolfwhisker demanded to know. Darkpaw glared at him.

"It's her fault that Mosspaw's dead." Darkpaw hissed.

"No it's not! There wasn't anything Tigerpaw could do. You should thank Snowpaw for trying to save her. Tigerpaw is grieving as much as you are." Wolfwhisker meowed and Darkpaw hung his head.

"I'm sorry." Darkpaw meowed, looking at Tigerpaw with pure hatred in his eyes. Tigerpaw was scared of what he might do to her in the future. Tigerpaw was also scared of what the clan would do to her. Tigerpaw truly believed it was her fault.

5 moons later

Tigerpaw stood in front of Stormstar.

"I, leader of ThicketClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn. Tigerpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect protect your clan, even at the cost of your life?" Stormstar asked.

"I do." Tigerpaw meowed.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. From this moment on, you will be known as Tigercloud. StarClan honors your bravery and kindness and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThicketClan." Stormstar rested her muzzle on Tigercloud's head and Tigercloud licked her shoulder.

"Tigercloud! Tigercloud!" ThicketClan cheered. Tigercloud lifted her head up high. She was glad she finally earned her warrior name. Even Darkpool cheered her name. Tigercloud's friend, Willowmist, padded up to her.

"Nice name." Willowmist meowed.

"Thanks." Tigercloud meowed. Snowbush and Darkpool padded up to her. Snowbush playfully butted heads with her. Tigercloud purred.

"Well, now that you have your silent vigil tonight, the rest of us can get some sleep." Darkpool yawned and padded into the warrior's den. Tigercloud had always found Darkpool a little strange. He always made rude comments, or comments that made no sense. Tigercloud pretended not to pay attention to what Darkpool had said and just continued conversing with Willowmist and Snowbush.

Tigercloud noticed that it was getting dark out. "I guess I'd better go and sit vigil. Goodnight." Tigercloud meowed.

"Goodnight." Willowmist and Snowbush meowed and padded off to the warriors' den. Tigercloud walked over to the center of the camp and sat and waited.