Sorry it's taken me so long to update. Been busy with everything. Anyway, heres chapter 2! Oh, and before I forget, I rewrote the chapters from before, not much, but a little. Made it neater. Hope you enjoy reading this chapter as much as I did writing it!

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm Ralph Waldo Emerson

Chapter 2

The sun was warm and bright now that leaf bare was over. Prey was returning as fast as it had left. And for the first time since last leaf fall, the entire ThunderClan camp was fed and full.

It had been many moons after the murder of Lunarshadow, the former ThunderClan deputy. Cinderfang was now the new deputy, and had gotten used to it. The apprentices were becoming warriors and the kits were becoming apprentices.

The lichen entrance to the nursery spread apart as a snowwhite she-kit dashed out of it, giggling and panting. Right behind her came a pretty light gray she-kit, panting like she was. The snowwhite kit giggled again and raced off toward the fresh kill pile with the other on her paws.

"Snowkit, wait up! Come on, no fair!" cried the light gray she-kit, narrowing her eyes and growling under her breath playfully.

"Of course it's fair, Seakit! I'm fast and you're not!" mewed the first she-kit, laughing afterwards. But her laugh was cut short as she bowled into another, much larger cat. The warrior grunted on impact and Snowkit was sent rolling. When she looked up, she was looking into the familar gleaming eyes of a rusty gray tom cat. Snowkit giggled and then Seakit tumbled on top of her.

"Hiya Cinderfang!" mewed Seakit excitedly. "Me and Snowkit were just playing!" As she mewed this, she took her paw and swipped it across Snowkit face, earning a slap back from the smaller she-kit. Cinderfang purred with amusement.

"Okay, but stay away from the fresh kill pile. We don't need anymore trouble out of you two," Cinderfang growled goodnaturedly. Snowkit and Seakit stiffled a laugh as they untangled their paws. "Now get on back to the nursery!" he hissed playfully nipping them both on the ear.

"Yes Cinderfang!" the two kits said in unsion as they bounded away, jumping over each other and tackling one another. As Snowkit got to her paws after a brutal tackle from Seakit, the hairs on the back of her neck prickled and she turned around curiously. On the other side of camp near the Highrock, Icestar was staring at her, tail wrapped neatly around her paws. Snowkit tilted her head questionably but Icestar turned her gaze away. Snowkit pushed the uncomfortable feeling she had away and padded into the nursery behind Seakit, who immediatly tackled her.

"What took ya?" she mewed, getting off her friend. Snowkit got to her paws and shook her pelt.

"Icestar was..." she paused, shaking her head. "It was nothing. It was-"

"What are you two kits doing inside the nursery on such a nice day?" came the friendly growl behind them. Snowkit and Seakit turned around. A sleek black tom was standing behind them, his black pelt shimmering in the newleaf sun.

"Hi, Panthershadow," Snowkit and Seakit mewed together. "We were just talking."

"Well, I have some news for one of you," Panthershadow remarked, glancing at each of them. "Snowkit, could you come with me? I think you can deliever the message to Seakit later." Snowkit looked over at Seakit to see her crestfallen face, but Snowkit licked her on the head and muttered "I'll be back" before slipping out of the den behind Panthershadow. She picked up her pace to walk beside him. Where was he taking her? Her eyes widened at the sight of Icestar sitting in front of her den with her tail tucked neatly over her paws. She nodded at Panthershadow and her and slipped inside her den. To Snowkit's amazment, Panthershadow followed.

Snowkit felt a bit of exhilaration in being inside her leaders den. If only Seakit could see this, she thought, eyes wide. She followed Panthershadow inside and sat next to him in front of Icestar's nest. Icestar nodded at Panthershadow, dismissing him. Panthershadow nodded and slipped out the vine covered entrance. Snowkit forced herself to sit as streight as possible and keep herself from trembling in excitment.

"Hello, Snowkit," Icestar mewed warmly. Snowkit bowed her head in respect and caught her leaders eye. Something was hidden beneath the warmth in her eyes. Something mysterious. "Do you know why I called you into my den?"

Snowkit thought a moment. She couldn't think of anything she done wrong or right or anything. She looked up a moment, before looking back at Icestar and shaking her head.

"Well, I am pretty sure you are approaching 6 moons, right?" Snowkit's stomach flipped. "You know what that means?"

"I'll be an apprentice?" she answered, a bit too excited. Icestar purred and nodded. Her eyes flickered with importance, and this confusion Snowkit. Why was Icestar looking at her like this.

"Correct. I think it's time for you to become one. I'll hold the ceremony tonight at moonrise." With that, Icestar flicked her tail in dismissal. But Snowkit hesitated.

"But Icestar, what about...about Seakit? She's the same age as me..." Icestar's eyes flashed with regonziation.

"Oh yes. Inform Seakit of it, would you?" Icestar mewed, turning her back on Snowkit. Snowkit nodding and padded out, feeling as if she were floating. She was going to become an apprentice! As she padded away from Icestar's den, she collided with another warrior, and she fell to the ground. Shaking her head, she looked up to see a ginger colored she-cat looking down at her, amusement sparkling in her eyes.

"Sorry about that, Gingersky," Snowkit mewed, getting to her paws. "I was...thinking..." Then she perked up, shifting from one paw to the other. "Guess what! Me and Seakit are gonna be apprentices today!"

Gingersky licked Snowkit on the top of her head. "Excited?" she mewed mockingly. Snowkit scoffed and nipped her ear.

"What do you think?" she meowed matter-of-factly. "Of course I am! I wonder who my mentor will be? I hope it's you..."

Gingersky licked her on the head. "Shouldn't you go tell Seakit?" Snowkit purred happily and nodded before racing off toward the nursery. Gingersky purred in amusement and flicked her tail.

"Seakit! Seakit!" Snowkit meowed happily, skidding to a stop inside the nursery. She flicked her ear as she padded farther inside. Seakit was lying next to her mother, who was grooming her fur. Snowkit felt a pang of jealousy. Her own mother had died a few days after she was born in a rouge attack. Seakit's mother, Crescentfeather, was her adoptive mother. Snowkit pushed the feeling of depression away and padded closer.

Cresentfeather, a pretty tortoiseshell she-cat, flicked an ear as Snowkit approached and lifted her head from grooming Seakit. Her eyes softened in love and Snowkit padded closer. She nuzzled beside her adoptive mother and sister, purring. Seakit immediatly shot questions at her.

"What did Icestar want? What was it like in her den? Did she want you to do something important? Can I come?" Crescentfeather purred in amusement before flicking her tail against Seakit's nose to silence her.

"What did Icestar want, Snowkit?" she mewed in curiousity. Snowkit's eyes shone.

"Seakit and me are gonna be apprentices!" she mewed shuddering in excitment. Seakit's eyes grew wide and she purred in happiness.

"Really! When!" she mewed loudly. Snowkit told her and her eyes glittered.

"Well, we need to get you two ready..." Crescentfeather purred and started to groom the two kits lovingly.

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Moonrise came quickly to the two kits as their mother finished grooming them. Their pelts were sleek and shiny. Icestar padded from her den and summoned the clan with the old words handed down by her ancestors. Warriors and apprentices alike poured from the dens as well as queens, elders and the medicine cat, Spiceleaf, a gray tabby with brown markings. Seakit, Snowkit, and Crescentfeather stalked proudly to the front, the two kits tails trembling in excitement.

They stopped at the base of the Highrock and sat down, looking up at Icestar. Snowkit noticed that her gaze lingered a moment longer on her than on Seakit, but she shrugged it off as Icestar began the ceremony.

"We are here to welcome two new kits as apprentices. Seakit, step forward please." Icestar's voice rang out in the camp as Seakit shakily and nerviously stepped forward, standing in front of his leader. Her eyes scanned the group of cats before she finally looked down at a dark tabby tom. "Nightstripe, you are ready for your first apprentice. I give Seapaw as your first." The young warrior nodded and his eyes gleamed as he stepped toward Seapaw and leaned to touch noses with her. Seapaw shakily touched his nose as Icestar spoke again. "Nightstripe, you are a brave and wise warrior, and I know you will pass on what you know to Seapaw." Nightstripe purred and nodded, and Seapaw sat next to him, proudly puffing out her chest. Snowkit looked back at Icestar and felt excitement tingle all over her body.

Icestar looked down at her, her eyes gleaming as she looked directly at Gingersky. "Gingersky, you are also ready for your first apprentice. I give you Snowpaw as your first." Snowpaw. The name sent chills of happiness up her spine. Gingersky padded toward her, her eyes shinning happily as she leaned to touch noses. "Gingersky, you are a knowledgeable and courageous warrior, and I know you will pass all you know to Snowpaw." Gingersky nodded and stepped back into the crowd of cats. Snowpaw followed. Finally, her day of an apprentice had come. She was now out of the nursery.

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Yeah, I know. Boring. But it had to happen! Next chapter is great! I expect reviews too! Bye!

SoL