A few dawns later Brambleclaw was sleeping in the warrior's den again. "Let all cats old enough to catch there own prey join here beneath the ledge for a clan meeting" meowed Firestar "Today we are here to honor an apprentice who faught like a warrior today in the battle against Hawkfrost Whitepaw would you come here please. I, Firestar, leader of ThunderClan, 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 command him to you as a warrior in her turn. Whitepaw do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?" asked Firestar "I do," Whitepaw replied happily. "Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name. Whitepaw from this moment on you will be known as Whitepelt. StarClan honors your courage and your strength, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan"
"I also have another announcement, there is one thing I believe is long over do. I say these words in the spirits of StarClan that may approve my choice. Brambleclaw you will be the new deputy of ThunderClan" "Firestar does this mean your giving up Graystripe" asked Sandstorm "No I will never give up on Graystripe until I see him in StarClan myself, but the Clan needs a deputy and I can't hold that off any longer." Meowed Firestar
"Congratulations new deputy, want to go hunting?" asked Squirrelflight "Sorry Squirrelflight but I have to train my apprentice but how about tomorrow after I send out all the patrols" suggested Brambleclaw "okay" and she bounded off toward Leafpool. "Hey Brambleclaw have fun 'hunting' with Squirrelflight" joked Cloudtail Brambleclaw walked toward his apprentice "Ready to learn some good hunting skills Birchpaw?" "Sure Brambleclaw"
"Can we hunt around the abandoned twoleg place?" asked Birchpaw, Brambleclaw thought for a moment that would be the perfect place for him and Squirrelflight to hunt tomorrow and if he took his apprentice their today no one would suspect him going back there tomorrow. "Sure Birchpaw we can hunt there."
The next morning after Brambleclaw had finished give out patrols Squirrelflight came up to him. "Ready to go hunting?" asked Squirrelflight "Yes my apprentice is spending the day looking after the elders and helping out Sorreltail she kitted last night" replied Brambleclaw. "I was thinking we could hunt around the abandoned twoleg place" "That sounds like a great place" meowed Squirrelflight
The dawn patrol, which consisted of Dustpelt, Spiderleg, and Ashfur, had just returned. Birchpaw was looking after the elders, and a hunting patrol needed to be sent out Brackenfur was in the nursery. "Leafpool have you seen your sister?" asked Firestar "No not since her and Brambleclaw went hunting this morning. " "Oh well tell Cloudtail to form a hunting patrol and when Brambleclaw gets back tell him to come to my den we need to decided who's coming to the Gathering tonight" meowed Firestar "Okay" "Hey Cloudtail Firestar wants you to lead a hunting patrol take two other cast with you" meowed Leafpool "Okay but why isn't his deputy telling me this, oh that's right he's 'hunting'" meowed Cloudtail "Whitepelt, Rainwhisker, lets go hunting"
Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight had just returned from hunting with some fresh kill but not enough for how long they were gone. "Brambleclaw can I have a piece of that for the elders?" meowed Birchpaw "Sure" replied Brambleclaw. The apprentice ran toward the elder's den with the piece of fresh kill. "Hey Brambleclaw, Firestar wants to see you" meowed Leafpool "Okay" "Firestar you wanted to see me?" asked Brambleclaw "Yes tonight's the Gathering and I don't know which cats to take" meowed Firestar "How about we leave Birchpaw, Sorreltail, Brackenfur, Brightheart, Rainwhisker, and Longtail" suggested Brambleclaw "Okay that makes perfect sense thank you Brambleclaw" meowed Firestar
The gathering was pretty much your basic gathering. A few moons later Squirrelflight moved into the nursery. Sorreltail's two kits Skykit and Nightkit were getting bigger. Brightheart had just kitted a few dawns ago they had two kits, as well their names were Gingerkit and Clearkit. Brambleclaw looked around for his own apprentice Birchpaw "Must have gone off on his own again" muttered Brambleclaw "What did you say?" asked Ashfur "Oh nothing" replied Brambleclaw he padded over to the nursery where he saw all the kits playing and Leafpool with Squirrelflight. "Hello Brambleclaw come to see Squirrelflight?" asked Leafpool "Yes" meowed Brambleclaw "She should have the kits soon" meowed Leafpool leaving the nursery. "Something seems different about her" meowed Sorreltail "Yeah your right." agreed Brightheart "Oh well maybe she just likes kits" meowed Squirrelflight "Well I better go" meowed Brambleclaw.
"Brambleclaw wake up" meowed Sandstorm "What" growled Brambleclaw. "Squirrelflight's kits are coming" hissed Sandstorm Brambleclaw quickly got up and ran for the nursery. When he got there he could already see one ginger tabby kit he could already tell this one was a tom. "You're doing fine Squirrelflight" then another kit came this time a white tom with brown splotches. Finally the kit came this one was a brown tabby she-cat. Brambleclaw gave Squirrelflight an affectionate lick on the head and went to sleep next to her. "Brambleclaw what do you think we should name the kits?" asked Squirrelflight Brambleclaw pointed to the white and brown tom "Thrushkit" he pointed to the ginger tom and looked into his amber eyes "Amberkit, and I think you should decide what to name her. " he wanted to shout lets just name her Tigerkit she looks just like him anyway. "I can see what your thinking and the name Tiger has brought shame to are clan for so lone and that is why we will call her Tigerkit" meowed Squirrelflight.