Chapter Six: Whitepaw's Ceremony
Ravenwing stretched himself out of the warriors den. The Gathering yesterday had not gone has he had hoped, but he was still very happy that Firestar would be sending a patrol in a moons time. He blinked sun out of his eyes and went hurried next to Dawningsun. The Clan were all huddled beneath the Highledge.
"Whats happening?" he muttered, yawning loudly.
"Firestar just called a meeting." Dawningsun replied. Ravenwing liked her ear gently and then turned his attention to Firestar.
"It is time that we make one of our apprentices into a warrior." Firestar said loudly. "Whitepaw, come foreward."
Whitepaw, who had been sitting beside Birchpaw, opened her mouth in shock and pleasure before walking unsteadily up to the Highledge.
"I Firestar, leader of ThunderClan, ask my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. She has trained hard to learn the rules of your noble code, and I ask you to commend her as a warrior in turn. Whitepaw, do you swear to hold the warrior code and protect ThunderClan, even at the cost of your life?" Firestar said.
"I do." Whitepaw said firmly.
"Then I give you your warrior name. Whitepaw, from now on, you shall be known as Whitelake. StarClan honors you and ThunderClan welcomes you as a full warrior." Firestar said cheerfully. He bent his muzzle onto Whitelake's shoulder. She licked in respectfully.
"Whitelake! Whitelake!" Ravenwing cheered with the Clan. Whitelake grinned happily as her mentor, Brakenfur, and her parents, Cloudtail and Brightheart surrounded her with pleasure.
Ravenwing felt good about taking part in a warrior ceremony. He could barely remember the only other one he had witnessed, back when he was a kit. It had been Longtail's.
Despite all that was happening, Clan life would still thrive.
And thrive it would.
I'm really sorry about the wait, and this pitiful chapter. But ever since I read Sunset, which was amazing by the way, (haha Hawkfrost.. poor Graystripe), I've been wondering if I should finish this story or not. Please let me know with a review. If I dont continue, I will give you one last chapter, which willl summ up everything that would have happened in the next book. Please let me know what I should do, I'm really confused.!!!! By the way, I updated my penname.. Poor Sootfur!
Mistystream Sootfur's Loyalty.