Sunkit woke to something on top of him. He opened his eyes and saw his brother, Nightkit, on top of him.
"What was that for?" He asked, a bit annoyed.
"Sorry I tripped on your tail, there's almost no room to walk in here, there are so many kits." He meowed.
Now that Sunkit was awake, he decided to go and get some prey. He grabbed a wood mouse off of the prey pile and padded to his favorite corner of the camp. It has a small hole above it so some sunlight can get into the camp, and the dirt there was softer than the hard dirt in the rest of the camp. It was right behind the nursery, so it was out of sight from the rest of the camp. He had discovered the spot when he was three moons old. He stretched and sat down.
After he ate he padded out of his spot. When he got back to the nursery, his foster sister, Flowerkit, was waiting for him. She was a moon younger than him.
"Can you play with me Sunkit?" She meowed.
Sunkit didn't really feel like playing a game since he was nearly six moons old and felt too old for games, but he decided to do it so he wouldn't disappoint Flowerkit. She had always been very nice and sweet he would always try as hard as possible to make her happy.
"Ok, I'll play with you." He responded. "What game will we play?"
Flowerkit's eyes lit up with happiness when Sunkit said he would play. "Maybe we could make dirt piles over there and see who's is bigger." Flowerkit suggested.
There was one area of the camp where the kits and apprentices could practice tunneling to help them improve. You could dig a hole, and make a pile from dirt. Flowerkit loved that area of the camp, sort of like how Sunkit liked his spot behind the nursery.
"Sounds good." Sunkit meowed.
The two padded over and got to work. On the other side of the area, Yarrowpaw was digging a small hole to practice.
"Hello you two, are you making dirt piles?" He asked.
"Yep!" Flowerkit responded, "We're having a competition to see who can make the biggest dirt pile."
Yarrowpaw smiled. "Have fun then, I have to go on a patrol."
Sunkit dug some dirt with his paws and started his pile. His dirt pile slowly got larger as he added more dirt to it and packed it together. Soon, his pile was half as tall as he was. He looked over and saw Flowerkit, with her pile almost as tall as her.
"I win!" She meowed triumphantly.
"How did you do that?" Sunkit asked, amazed.
"I've had practice." She meowed, smiling.
The two cats heard pawsteps and turned around to see Coldwhisker, their mother
"My StarClan! I leave you two alone for a bit and now you're covered in dirt!" She meowed. "You two are going to be cleaned right now, and stay out of that area for the rest of the day!"
"But-" Sunkit started to protest.
"Nope! You need to look nice for the clan, and I don't think that you two look attractive with mud all over your fur." Coldwhisker adamantly stated.
Despite the kits' protests she licked them clean.
"All cats old enough to tunnel under the ground, gather by the meeting mound for a Clan meeting!" Ivystar yowled.
The meeting mound was a big pile of dirt on the other side of the clearing. Under the meeting mound was Ivystar's den.
"We have some kits ready to be apprenticed." She meowed, and turned to where all the kits were sitting. "I'm sure you all will be very happy to finally have some space in the nursery, kits. Anyway, Nightkit, Sunkit, step forward."
Sunkit couldn't believe it. He was going to be an apprentice. Today. He padded forward with his brother and looked up at Ivystar.
"From now on, you will be known as Sunpaw and Nightpaw. Snowtail, Silvertide, I believe the two of you would be good mentors to Nightpaw and Sunpaw. Snowtail, you mentor Nightpaw, and Silvertide, you mentor Sunpaw." She finished.
"Wow, you got the deputy as a mentor! That sounds really cool!" Sunpaw meowed to Nightpaw.
"Yeah. Are you excited to explore the tunnels." Nightpaw asked.
"Of course! I can't wait!" Sunpaw responded.
"Let's go, we're going to show you the tunnels today, and tomorrow we will teach you a bit about tunneling." Snowtail quickly meowed.
They padded out of camp and into the network of tunnels.
"Since it's newleaf, it won't be long until we can start hunting above the ground. Once it is greenleaf, we will go to our camp above the ground and live there since the dirt isn't as firm and the tunnels have a higher chance of collapsing." Snowtail meowed.
Eventually they got to a cave at the end of a tunnel with a pool of water coming from a hole in the surface.
"This is where we get drinking water for all the cats in Tunnelclan. It never freezes or dries up, so we can use it all year." Snowtail stated.
"Wow, she talks fast." Sunpaw whispered to Nightpaw.
"Are we going to go above the ground today?" Nightpaw asked.
"Yes, once we show you all the tunnels we can go above ground for a bit, since it is not as cold as it would be in leaf-fall or leafbare." Silvertide responded.
Eventually they saw all the tunnels and it was time to go above the ground. They went to an entrance and slowly walked out. The cold slapped him in the face. It was freezing, but Sunpaw didn't mind. It was beautiful compared to the dark muddy tunnels he was used to.
"Wow..." Sunpaw whispered.
"Yeah, I was this amazed when I was above the ground for the first time too." Silvertide commented.
"It's beautiful!" Nightpaw exclaimed.
"It really is wonderful up here on the surface." Snowtail meowed.
Sunpaw stared at the snow on the ground. He looked the other way and saw a lone tree next to a frozen pond. The glittering snow on the ground was beautiful to look at.
"Can we explore?" Nightpaw eagerly asked.
"I don't think it would hurt." Silvertide shrugged.
After Silvertide had finished speaking, the two apprentices raced off with their mentors following close behind. They were eager to see what the world looked like above the ground. Sunpaw padded over to the frozen pond.
"Do you think we could walk on top of it without falling in?" Nightpaw asked.
"A warrior would have to test it first." Snowtail replied.
"Can you test it now?" Sunpaw asked.
"No, I think we should probably head back. This is your first time outside so we don't want you to catch a cold." Silvertide meowed.
Now that Silvertide had pointed it out, he realized she was right. He was shivering and his paws already felt numb from the snow.
They padded back to the tunnels and back to camp.
"You two can grab some food and warm up, we will do more tomorrow." Snowtail meowed.
Gratefully, Sunpaw grabbed a mouse from the fresh kill pile and started to eat.
"How was it outside the camp?"
Sunpaw looked up to see Flowerkit.
"It was fun! We got to see above the ground and it was beautiful!" Sunpaw meowed.
"Cool! I can't wait to see it in a moon or two." Flowerkit meowed excitedly.
"How about we share this mouse and you can tell me all about it." Flowerkit suggested.
"Sounds good." Sunpaw meowed.
After Sunpaw finished his mouse he decided to go to sleep.
He went to the nursery on accident and stopped himself halfway.
Sunpaw claimed a nest in the apprentices den next to his brother and went to sleep.
TunnelClan
Leader: Ivystar - Thin, lean, very long furred pale tan she cat with dark green eyes and ginger and grey spots all over her pelt
Deputy: Snowtail - small, white, she cat with a stub tail and clear blue eyes
(Apprentice: Nightpaw)
Medicine cat: Wrenflutter - tall brown she cat with white speckles and green eyes
Warriors:
Sablepelt - black she cat with amber eyes
(Apprentice: Flowingpaw)
Silvertide - small, lean, broad shouldered, dark silver tabby she cat with wide blue eyes
(Apprentice: Sunpaw)
Tallpatch - slender black tom with silver patches and pale green eyes
Gorseowl - Dark grey well-muscled tom with yellow eyes
(Apprentice: Amberpaw)
Frozenivy - white she cat with grey tabby splotches, grey paws, and blue eyes
(Apprentice: Yarrowpaw)
Sleekice - ice colored tom with blueish green eyes and grey paws
Icefur - White tom with a grey tail tip
Ivyfrost - grey tabby she cat with blue eyes
Shriketail - long legged tortishell and white tom with cool amber eyes
Apprentices:
Yarrowpaw - grey tabby tom with green eyes
Amberpaw - reddish brown she cat with green eyes
Flowingpaw - light grey she cat with white and grey-blue speckles on her legs, paws, face, a white tail tip, and green eyes
Sunpaw - Yellow tabby tom with white paws and green eyes, has a scar on his hind leg from tripping over a rock(prophecy kit)
Nightpaw - Black tom with silver flecks on her belly that look like the night sky, green eyes
Queens:
Coldwhisker - light grey she cat with a few brown and ginger spots, green eyes(mates with Sleekice, mother to Nightpaw and Sunpaw, foster mother to Flowerkit)
Whiskerchill - black she cat with a few tan and white spots and light green eyes(mates with Icefur, mother to Wingkit and Holekit)
Kits:
Holekit - black tom kit with green eyes
Wingkit - black she kit with scattered silver on her belly, chest, muzzle, paw, left ear, and tail tip, folded ears and green eyes
Flowerkit - pale brown tabby she kit with green eyes
Elders:
Thistlefur - tangled, rough furred, grey and black she cat with green eyes and a scarred nose