Chapter #4 The Scars -

As Blackkit tried to get back to the camp she found herself stuck. She started wailing for her mother. Thorns surrounded her and one wrong move and she could get badly injured. Mousefur ran over and looked for her daughter, then found her. Blackkit was stuck in a thorn bush. Mousefur reached her paw in but was quickly stabbed by a thorn. She pulled back and began licking her paw and then looked for a way to get Blackkit out of the bush. Mousefur reached in again, now with her head, and grabbed Blackkit by her neck fur, and pulled her out, The thorns cut across her body, they were about as big as Blackkit's paws.. Blackkit wailed even louder now and cried helplessly. Mousefur saw blood running across her small face and tiny body. She ran into Leafstone once she entered the camp.

"What happened?" Leafstone gasped.

"Thorn bush, please help her!"

Leafstone ran into the split rock den were she worked and came back with poppy seeds and cobwebs. Working quickly she placed some cobwebs on her limp body.

"Chew the poppy seeds for the pain, Blackkit, keep your eyes closed or you will get blood in them." Leafstone said quickly. She placed the cobwebs over her face were it was bleeding. Rainwhisker and Sootfur then ran over to Mousefur. They stopped and stared at their 'kin'.

"I heard Blackkit got stuck in a thorn bush, is she Okay?" Sootfur gasped.

"She will be, i hope" Leafstone quivered.

Mousefur got really scared. Blackkit was still too little to see her father. Mousefur should of waited until she was a warrior or a bit older. After a long day Mousefur slept in the nursery waiting for her beloved daughter to get better. She could die easily from loss of blood, and it would be Mousefur's second kit to lose, after Graystripe.

Firestar voice rang out among the camp. "Would all cats able to catch their own prey gather below Highrock."

The cats gathered below Firestar and looked up at him with awe. "Today we are brought together to add another apprentice to our collection." He purred at his little joke. Few joined in. Wrenpaw snorted. "Anyways," He continued on, peering at the apprentice, Wrenpaw, who was a dark brown she-cat with a long tail and a tabby coat and white face, " We have been brought here to give Blackkit her new name and mentor. As StarClan has shown me it is time for her training."

Blackkit jumped up the rock. Three scars were planted on the right side of her face. Two of them seemed to run through her violet eye, looking like one of those of ShadowClan. Her dark gray fur and slender body made it easy to see why many cats thought she was of WindClan. Her boldness and strength made it seem as if she was a part of RiverClan. Her spirit and smarts made her a true ThunderClan cat, to be a great warrior, and this was her first step.

"For now on you shall be known as Blackpaw" Firestar paused, "And your mentor shall be, Sootfur. You two share a great friendship and I hope you can pass on all you have learned from Longtail, to Blackpaw."

"I shall, Firestar" Sootfur said, his gray coat shining in the sunlight. "Our training shall begin at dawn, be ready, Blackpaw!"