-1Blaze gently opened his eyes trying to blind is eyes from the sunlight he placed his paws into the air. He knew that many of the other cats were staring at him. Opening his eyes he saw that Bronzestar was right in front of him.
"I see you have had a nice sleep." she purred nudging him. Blaze got to his paws. "Good morning." he moaned in a loud yawn. "Yes, I guess I did get a nice sleep." He looked over to the nest beside him. Silentpaw wasn't there anymore. "Don't worry about Silentpaw he has gone with the other cats and have gathered under the rock for your ceremony. Today I have chosen to name you as an apprentice." she purred proudly flicking her tail happily.
"I have decided who your mentor will be and your name so get ready young one we have to go meet out there so the other cats can witness it as well." she padded out of the den. Blaze noticed she was incredibly much smaller then the other warriors as he followed her to the clearing. He was almost her size at the least.
The ginger leader lead him onto the rock. He swallowed hard. What if this wasn't what he dreamed of, what if he dies from starvation or other things Bronzestar had mentioned. "Welcome every cat who is able to hunt and get food for themselves. Blaze looked down. He noticed three she-cat apprentices sitting together. None of them looked alike. Bronzestar nudged him so he stood at the edge of the rock. "This cat is at least 6 moons or older and he has wished to join our clan as an apprentice." she started. Some mews of approval came from Silentpaw. "Do you intend on following the warrior code?" she meowed looking at him urging him on to say something.
"I do." mewed Blaze happily. Bronzestar nodded. "From this day on you will be known as Flamepaw!" she yowled. Flamepaw's eyes opened widely with pride as he heard what his new name was. "I have name you that because it reminds me of a Tigerclan warrior pouncing from flames." Bronzestar continued. "The warrior I have chosen to mentor Flamepaw is Bramblefur!" yowled Bronzestar looking for the pale brown tom to reply.
Bramblefur stood up and gave a slight nod. Flamepaw glanced at Bronzestar. She was urging him to go to Bramblefur. Flamepaw jumped onto the ground from the ledge of the rock. He shyly padded over to his new mentor. The pale brown warrior padded over to him and touched noses with Flamepaw respectfully. Flamepaw breathed in Bramblefur's scent trying to be able to remember the day he was made into an apprentice. "Thanks." he whispered into Bramblefur's ear knowing deep in his heart that no one really in the clan wanted him as an apprentice or even to be there because of where he was born. Then a flashback appeared in his mind. He remembered the day his human was reading about some Two-leg event in the past called the Civil war. About slavery of black people and how wrong it was, his human had read him a story about it. In the end black had gotten out of slavery but still the thoughts of discrimination crawled into his mind. Why did the Riverclan cats think it was so great to be forest born?
Flamepaw stepped away from Bramblefur. And gave him a respectful nod then padded over to where Silentpaw stood. "Hi Silentpaw." he purred giving his friend a quick lick on his ear. Silentpaw shrugged his shoulders. "Hi Flamepaw." he teased back. "So you're finally an apprentice maybe Silverstorm will allow us to practice hunting and that together."
The dark ginger tabby nodded. "Yah that would be nice." he meowed. Glancing over once more he noticed the three she-cat apprentices once more. "Who are those apprentices?" he asked his friend. Silentpaw turned to see what Flamepaw was talking about. "The white one is Diamondpaw, the white and brown striped tabby is Rainpaw, and the silver tabby is Juniperpaw there all sisters and look after each other." he replied. "The other apprentices besides them are Ruddypaw and Deerpaw. They both don't have any siblings just like me." he meowed. Flamepaw nodded.
"So what can we do today?" he asked. Silentpaw shrugged his shoulders. "I don't really know but maybe we can go hunting, if we do a good job. Maybe, just maybe we'll be able to go to the Gathering." he purred with delight. "What's a Gathering?" he purred curiously.
"A Gathering is when Riverclan cats and the other three clans come for a peaceful break of news, or they let each other know new news every moon." Silentpaw spat.
Flamepaw still confused purred. "What's the other three clans?" he asked . Silentpaw threw back his head in exaggeration. "The other clans are Shadowclan, Thunderclan, and Windclan. They are outside our territory and they'll kill you if they have a chance if they catch you in their territory." he growled trying to seem hostile.
"Come on I'll go talk to Silverstorm if you and Bramblefur can go with us to the river so we can fish." purred Silentpaw leaving Flamepaw by himself. Flamepaw padded over to Bramblefur. "Flamepaw you're going to have to go with one of the other apprentices I have patrol over by the gorge again." meowed Bramblefur. Flamepaw looked up at his new mentor and nodded. "Yah, okay Bramblefur." he mewed. Flamepaw watched as the pale brown warrior padded over to a golden warrior and the calico tom who'd he had attacked the day before. The calico warrior gave him a pure look of hatred and turned to face Bramblefur. Then the feeling returned to Flamepaw. The feeling of being alone.