I hear the sweet noises of purrs and comforting voices. Then everything changes...
"He's beautiful!" Purrs Sandfoot, his mother, as his father Flashstar is checking out the other kits. Sandfoot rolls her eyes and meows "Don't you want to see your own kit?"
"He should've opened his eyes by now! If they don't I'm naming him an outcast!" Flashstar growls back. 'I don't wanna be an outcast!' Wolfkit thinks, frantically he strains to open his eyes until finally his goal is achieved. Everyone around him gasps.
"What?" Wolfkit mews a little frightened.
"His eyes! Ones blue and ones amber!" gasps Petalflower.
"Seems I won't be announcing just apprentices." Flashstar meows.
"He's just a kit! He'll grow out of it I'm sure!" Sandfoot protests desperately trying to change his mind. As if. Flashstar pads out of the den and yowls
"May all of LeafClan gather under the Big Stump!". Sandfoot beckons Wolfkit to follow her into the clearing.
"Maplekit and Darkkit step forward! Maplepaw you will be my apprentice. Darkpaw you will be Yellowtail's apprentice. Wolfkit! You will be known as Ratheart They take names literally in this clan, so in this case, it's pretty offensive to Wolfkit! ! Now get outta my sight before I make your name fleabag!" Flashstar finished hissing coldly at the kit. Ratheart nods his head and pads into the Outcast Den.
"Poor kit, don't worry we're going through the same thing." meowed Scareye. Threelegs nodded. I like my warrior names, different.
"Thanks" Ratheart mews. He missed the warm nursery, before he could begin to cry a beautiful shecat walked up to him.
"I am Honeywhisker, the Outcast caretaker." She meowed sweetly.
"Come, you can sleep with me tonight. You need a mothers warmth."
"Aren't we breaking the rules?" Threelegs rasped. Honeywhisker shook her head,
"You must remember Threelegs I am Outcast caretaker. I gave up my perfect life to help you" Honeywhisker meowed, Ratheart could sense deep regret was in her eyes.
"Sleep now," Honeywhisker meowed interrupting his thoughts. The other outcasts obeyed, while Ratheart waited.I have some explaining to do. The reason why Outcast kits are given full names is so that the leader doesn't have to bother naming them later, and normally they are really cruel names. Who would like to be called Ratheart?
It has now been six moons since Ratheart lost everything. Sandfoot had gone missing, and Ratheart so badly wanted to find her! In the background Flashstar is doing a naming ceremony. Pinepaw was now medicine cat apprentice, and Darkpaw and Maplepaw were now Mapletree and Darkstorm.
"Ratheart! Get here!" He heard him call. Ratheart sighed and did his fathers bidding.
"I need you too..." he began, with regret in his voice. Threelegs urged him on with a nod of his head.
"You... will now... have a proper mentor" Flashstar finishes.
"It will be Lakeeyes. No buts!". Everyone begins to hiss in objection. Obviously everyone else (besides the Outcasts) wasn't too keen with the deal. 'What is Threelegs up too?' Ratheart wondered. The grey tom was a shady character, always hiding his presence.
"Come! Darkstorm and I will show you around the territory," Lakeeyes meowed, trying not to sound disgusted. Lakeeyes pads toward the bramble. Then one cats perfection is taken.
Liking it so far? Macygracie please don't be worried that someone is going to flame me. But just in case I'm asking the rest of you:
What sounds best? Littlehope or Littlefeather?