Between the Series
I'm still Firestar's Gal and I STILL don't claim any rights to warriors.
Chapter 2:
Leafkit's Decision
Squirrelkit, Leafkit, and their second cousin Whitekit were sitting outside
the nursery awaiting their Apprentice ceremony. They had just turned six moons,
and Firestar, being related to all of them, was very excited.
"I'm going to be the best fighter the Clan has ever seen!" Squirrelkit boasted.
"I'm going to be the best hunter the forest has ever seen!" Whitekit challenged.
Leafkit looked at the two uncomfortably but remained silent.
"What are you going to be, Leafkit?"
"I don't know," she said in a small voice.
"Well, you could be the fastest, or the most clever or something," Squirrelkit improvised.
"I'm not sure," Leafkit replied.
"Well, you better get sure since you're having a warrior ceremony soon," Cinderpelt said, coming up from behind the kits.
"Hi, Cinderpelt. Finish tending to Longtail's eyes?" Leafkit greeted the medicine cat.
"Yes, I did, but it looked like his sight will only get worse," Cinderpelt replied.
"Too bad, send him my regards," Leafkit said.
"Hey Leafkit!" Squirrelflight whispered loudly as Cinderpelt left. "You can be a medicine cat!"
"That's ridiculous. I'm going to go think for a while," Leafkit replied, sneaking around the nursery into the
forest.
When Leafkit got out of earshot, she started bawling her little eyes out. "What do I do!" she cried.
"What do you mean, child? You have great potential in your future," a voice said.
"Who are you?" Leafkit demanded, "Show yourself!"
"Here I am," the voice said, appearing out of the shadows. Its starry appearance told Leafkit at once
that this was a warrior from StarClan. "I am Yellowfang, Cinderpelt's mentor before I died."
Leafkit gaped at her. "Yellowfang, why are you here?"
"To tell you where you belong, dear one, but first, you need to calm down. See that plant over there?"
Yellowfang asked. Leafkit nodded. "That's Chamomile. It'll calm you down. It's okay, eat some."
"I'm here to tell you that you belong on the path of a medicine cat," Yellowfang told her.
"But I don't know how to do all that!" Leafkit exclaimed.
"You will learn over time. Now go! Go ask Cinderpelt to be her apprentice," she glanced from side to
side. "Or she will ask you first." And with that, she was gone.
Leafkit sat thinking while she ate some of the chamomile.
"Leafkit!" Cinderpelt exclaimed, coming toward her. "Don't eat plants unless you know what they're used for."
"Chamomile," Leafkit prompted, "used to help relax."
"How did you know that?" Cinderpelt asked.
"Yellowfang told me. She claimed to know you,"
Cinderpelt gaped at Leafkit.
"Did I do something wrong?" Leafkit asked.
"No, you did something right. Would you like to be my apprentice?" Cinderpelt asked.
Leafkit glanced back at the place where Yellowfang had vanished. "Yes," she said.