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Chapter 1

Applepaw looked out of her den. It had been nearly a moon since Littlestream had become a warrior. These days, Applepaw was learning more fighting moves. She whined to Maplebrook her mentor countless times, "How many more are there?" Nevertheless, Maplebrook just shrugged and answered, "I don't know, I just think of different ones each day. And practicing them again doesn't hurt." Then she was stuck practicing more. Not hunting like she enjoyed, but fighting.

"Hi Applepaw," Wovenstar called from the corner of her eye; "Can you round up all the apprentices and bring them to my den?"

"Sure," she answered turning to him. She found Marshpaw and Toadpaw eating at the stump near the apprentice den, Pumpkinpaw and Dewpaw in the elders den putting mouse bile on the elders' ticks, and Gingerpaw sleeping in the nursery, "You miss this place don't you? She asked walking Gingerpaw up.

She blinked, startled, and then answered, "Yeah, I guess I do."

"Wovenstar asked the apprentices to meet in his den right now."

"Okay." They walked over to the den to find Wovenstar already waiting for them.

"You have been apprentices for about a moon," he turned to Pumpkinpaw and Applepaw, "Or a moon and a quarter," he continued, "It is time you came to the Mooncave to speak to StarClan."

The apprentices talked among themselves excitedly.

"Are we going all by ourselves? Pumpkinpaw stood up hopefully.

"No," Pumpkinpaw sat back down, "I will be accompanying you there because I need to speak myself."

"Can we tell our mother and father?" Dewpaw asked.

"Yes you may," he chuckled, "Go ahead, go and tell them."

All six apprentices ran to their parents, Marshpaw, Toadpaw and Applepaw to Lionfur and Lightcloud, and Dewpaw, Gingerpaw and Pumpkinpaw to Thornclaw and Aquaflower.

"Guess what?" Applepaw asked Lightcloud who was in the nursery.

"What?"

"We get to go to the Mooncave 'cause we're apprentices!" Toadpaw mewed happily.

"With Wovenstar too!" Marshpaw put in.

"Congratulations," she mewed then went back to her work.

They had hoped for a little more enthusiasm but went back to the Leader's den and saw that Dewpaw, Gingerpaw and Pumpkinpaw were already back.

Later that night they picked up their traveling herbs, Poppy flowers, Juniper berries and Dandelion leaves wrapped in Dock leaves. This was the first time that Applepaw had eaten traveling herbs so she asked what each herb was used for.

"Well," Littlestream started, "The poppy flowers are for extra energy, the Juniper berries are for strength when you get tired and the Dandelion leaves are to keep your breathing at the right rate and calm you, and the dock is just to wrap it up."

They walked to the Mooncave with Thornclaw and Fogheart in case they ran into trouble. When they got there Thornclaw and Fogheart stood outside the cave while Wovenstar and the apprentices went in.

"I can't see anything!" called Dewpaw, "Is everybody still there?"

"Yeah, we're still here," Marshpaw answered.

"Let your eyes get used to the dark by closing them for a moment," Wovenstar advised, "Now open, doesn't it look brighter?"

"Yeah, it does," Dewpaw squinted around trying to see, "But it's still really dark."

"Just wait," Wovenstar meowed mysteriously. They kept walking until Marshpaw bumped into something.

"Its pure stone," he began, "I think it's a wall."

"You must be imagining it," Toadpaw's voice sounded as if he kept walking, "Because I'm still walking."

"Toadpaw, come back," Wovenstar mewed, "I'm going to talk to everyone."

"Okay." His voice grew closer again.

"Alright," Wovenstar began, "You are about to enter StarClan's presence, when you walk in, a Mooncrystal will fall from the roof of the cave, it will be yours forever and will bear your marking."

When Gingerpaw cocked her head he explained, "Like for me, Wovenstar, it's an intersecting pattern of lines," she nodded her head and he moved on, "You must put your nose to touch the crystal and StarClan will lull you to sleep, then you will meet StarClan."

"Wow," Pumpkinpaw mewed.

Wovenstar then led them into the last room in the cave and immediately the cave began to glow. Applepaw saw seven little rocks glowing at the top, which gracefully began to fall and land at their feet one by one. While in the air, lines and shapes on the crystals that were glowing a bright green carved themselves into the crystals, each a different drawing. When Applepaw's fell at her feet, she saw five Apple seeds in a star, a copy of the marking in her fur on her forehead. It glowed bright green for a minute, then stopped.

"Okay, now put your nose to touch the Mooncrystal and you should fall asleep," Wovenstar was mewing but Applepaw did not hear, she put her nose to it instinctively and fell asleep.

So, the first chapter is done.

Hope it gets a lot of reviews.

Littlestream