Chapter 2
Littlewhisker looked slightly confused. She had heard about the old ThunderClan home and what happened. "Sorry, but I've learned to take a cat that mutters in their sleep seriously."
"I just had a dream. Nothing to worry about," Littlewhisker meowed rising to her paws and shaking moss from her pelt.
She padded out of the den to see it was almost moonhigh. Most of the Clan was out in the clearing already, but their were still some cat missing; Whiteear and Maplestripe among them.
Littlewhisker felt a pang of sympathy for the new coming apprentice would be the only apprentice now since her and Goldentail sat their vigil just the night before.
"Littlewhisker!" Goldentail called to her. Goldentail was her closest friend and sister. Littlewhisker padded over to her sister. "Stormkit's so excited she won't sit still! Spottedheart is in the nursery trying to help Ferncloud calm her down." Spottedheart was her other sister who had received her warrior name with Maplestripe and Whiteear.
Littlewhisker and Goldentail got their warrior names later because when they were kits Littlewhisker had greencough when she was four-moons old and again the day before she was going to be made an apprentice. Goldentail was born with a foot that sometimes dragged so Firestar thought she would never become a warrior. Brambleclaw trained with Goldentail along with her actual mentor, Sandstorm, so she could become a warrior.
"Is she as excited as when I became a warrior?" Littlewhisker asked.
"Just as excited," Goldentail responded. Littlewhisker let out a purr of amusement. "She said she can't wait to be a apprentice so you two can hunt together."
Firestar came out of his den and jumped onto the Highledge. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join at the Highledge for a Clan meeting," he yowled.
Ferncloud came out of the nursery followed by a fluffy creamy gray kit while Brackenfur and Sorreltail padded out of the warriors' den. Stormkit padded by her mother's side with her tail up high. Littlewhisker noticed that Maplestripe and Whiteear seated near the back of the camp.
"This moonhigh, we gather together to name a new apprentice. Come forward," Firestar meowed after he jumped off the Highledge.
Stormkit quivered with excitement and slowly padded over to Firestar and Brackenfur. "You will be known as Stormpaw," Firestar continued.
"Brackenfur," Firestar meowed, "you are ready to have another apprentice. You will mentor Stormpaw. I hope you will pass on all of your skills to Stormpaw."
Littlewhisker saw so pain the Graystripe's, the ThunderClan deputy, eyes. She thought that he must have been remembering his own son, Stormfur. She didn't know a lot about Stormfur, but she knew that he had left the Clans to be with his true love Brook because his sister, Feathertail had died saving Brook's tribe in the mountains, his mother, Silverstream, had died giving birth to him and Feathertail, and at the time Graystripe had been captured by Twolegs. Thanks to Brambleclaw Graystripe escaped. On the halfbridge just inside ShadowClan territory, Brambleclaw saw Graystripe in a cage and tricked the Twoleg carrying him so he dropped the cage. Then Graystripe fell out and they ran back to ThunderClan territory. Graystripe's escape happened when Littlewhisker was one-moon old.
Brackenfur and Stormpaw touched noses and drew to the side of the clearing. Littlewhisker bounded over to the new apprentice and was the first to congratulate her like Stormpaw did when she became an apprentice. "Congratulations, Stormpaw!" Littlewhisker purred touching noses with Stormpaw.
"Thanks!" Stormpaw meowed. "Now what do we do?" she asked Brackenfur.
"Now you go rest so at sunhigh I can show you all of ThunderClan territory," Brackenfur instructed.
"I'm not sure that I can rest, I'm too excited!" Stormpaw mewed. "Can Littlewhisker come too?"
"I'll hunt with you after you see all of our territory, but I'll expect you to know all the best hunting places," Littlewhisker answered before Brackenfur could reply.
"Okay!" Stormpaw purred dashing off to he apprentices' den.
"Good night, Brackenfur," Littlewhisker meowed heading over to the warriors' den. She was the first in the den and curled up in a tight ball in her nest.
"At moonhigh, three days from the fullest," a voice in Littlewhisker's dream told her. She woke up startled, but recovered when she padded out of the den into the bright sunlight.
It must be sunhigh now, she thought padding over to the fresh-kill pile. She picked up a vole for Leafpool and started towards her den. Since Littlewhisker was a young apprentice her and Leafpool were very close because of a secret that Littlewhisker found out about.
"Littlewhisker, Firestar said that you and Goldentail are going to the Gathering tonight. Will you tell Goldentail?" Graystripe called to her. She replied by nodding her head.
"Leafpool?" she called setting down the vole in the medicine cats' den.
"Littlewhisker, hello," Leafpool greeted. Seeing her niece turned her eyes full of worry.
"Your wondering about them, aren't you?" Littlewhisker asked lowering her voice.
"Who?" Leafpool asked trying to act like she had no idea what Littlewhisker was talking about.
"Your kits, Smokekit and Mudkit. Don't try to deny it. I'll ask Crowfeather tonight at the Gathering if you would like me to," Littlewhisker meowed.
"Thanks, Cinderpelt was getting suspicious at the last Gathering," Leafpool explained.
"Okay; I brought this for you," Littlewhisker meowed nudging the dead vole with her paw. Then Littlewhisker remembered her dream. "Leafpool, StarClan sent me a dream," she blurted out.
---As you can tell I am a major Crowfeather x Leafpool fan. I think they look cute together. I will tell you this now, if more people review, the faster I will update!