I'm sorry if this is bad, I'm super tired right now, but I hope you like it, it's a pretty important chapter.

Blood splattered everywhere, cats of all sizes fighting for their lives, Starkit's eyes followed a battle scared, but beautiful silvery-white she-cat fighting in the midst of the chaos. This wasn't the first time Starkit had this dream, in fact, she had it almost every night. Wait a minute, that's me. Starkit realized for the first time. The silvery-white she-cat was Starkit grown up. Will that really happen to me?

Starkit didn't know if it was true, maybe it was just a nightmare, but she couldn't shake the feeling that it might happen, and she didn't know what she could do to help

"Good morning kits", Dawnlight's voice woke Starkit up. "G'morning Mother!". Peachkit's excited mew was loud. Really loud.

"Morning Mother", Starkit said, stretching. "We're going to become Apprentices today!", Peachkit said, "I want Shimmerpelt as my mentor".

"You want the Deputy as your Mentor?", a new voice interjected. It was Lilykit, a white she-kit. She and her sister Lilackit were 2 moons younger than Peachkit and Starkit. Peachkit smiled at Lilykit. "Of course! She's amazing! Better than Lichenstar anyway. Way better"

"Don't talk like that about our Leader", Starkit hissed at her. She whirled around and stalked out of the Nursery, leaving Peachkit and Lilykit staring after her. I shouldn't have done that, but she shouldn't have been talking like that about our Leader. She was saved by further thoughts when an Apprentice, Owlpaw, came racing into camp.

"Da-arkClan attacke-ed us a-at the border", Owlpaw yowled, "B-Bearclaw tol-ld me to g-get help!". Shimmerpelt jumped onto the Willowstump, a tree stump that came from a willow tree.

"Duskfall, Violetshade, Sunsetfur, take your Apprentices and head to the border", Shimmerpelt ordered, "Lunartail, Mapleheart, Stripeheart, and Longfur, go with them". They nodded and raced to the border. "Typical DarkClan", Starkit hered Shimmerpelt murmer, "Always trying to start a fight".

Starkit was worried, as normally only a few Warriors would go, but taking Apprentices with them... Starkit shook herself, she was probably just overreacting. She took a worried look at Owlpaw as he headed into the Medicine Cat Den.

As the Warriors came back from the fight with DarkClan, she saw that something was wrong. They all looked sad, and something was missing.

Not something, someone. "Report", Shimmerpelt said.

"We were ambushed", Sunsetfur said, "We were patrolling the territory when no less than eight DarkClan Warriors attacked us for no reason!". "I told Owlpaw to get help, and I gather that he returned, as more Warrior came", Bearclaw said.

"Although we won", Duskfall spat, "Hazelpaw was killed in the battle. By that evil foxheart Wrathheart, he savaged her neck, purposely killing her". That caused a reaction. Killing in a battle is against the Warrior Code, Starkit thought, horrified. She saw Oakstone look sad and angry. He was Hazelpaw's older brother, the only family she had. "We brought her body back to camp", Violetshade interjected, "So we can sit a vigil for her".

A hush fell over the cats as Lichenstar emerged from his den. "This is a sad day for all of us", he said, "And only a moon into her Apprenticeship and she is going to go to HeavenClan". Lichenstar took a breath.

"Today we are having a ceremony, one that Hazelpaw would have wanted to watch. Today two Kits are ready to become Apprentices. Starkit and Peachkit, come to the middle".

Peachkit bounced all the way until she was in front of the Willowstump. Starkit followed more slowly. Lichenstar climbed up onto the stump and began speaking.

"Peachkit, you have reached the age of six moons, do you promise to uphold the Warrior Code and protect your Clan with your life?"

"I do!"

"Do you promise to hunt, serve, and fight for you Clan?"

"I do!"

"Then by this day, until you receive your Warrior name, you shall be known as Peachpaw. Your Mentor will be Lunartail. Lunartail, I hope you will give the knowledge of our Clan ways to your first Apprentice", Lichenstar mewed.

"Peachpaw, Lunartail! Peachpaw, Lunartail!", the cats cheered.

"And now Starkit. Do you promise to serve your Clan in everyway possible and to hunt and fight for it?"

Starkit looked up at the Clan Leader.

"I do"

"Then by this day you shall be known as Starpaw, until you receive your Warrior name. Your Mentor will be Shimmerpelt. She has Mentored several Apprentices, and I trust her to show you the ways of WillowClan"

"Starpaw, Shimmerpelt! Starpaw, Shimmerpelt", the cats cheered.

The newly named Starpaw touched noses with her new Mentor. As she pulled away, there was a flash of white light, and then everything went dark.