RainFace's Romantic Journey: Chapter 1

6 moons later

Redkit and Rainkit were finally becoming apprentices. Rainkit was looking at a puddle and putting his paws in it.

"All you cats who can kill animals get over here," shouted Waspstar. She had climbed onto a branch of the willow tree located in the camp.

"Aw shoot bye water!" said Rainkit. He hurried over to the willow tree. He looked up at Waspstar and she looked directly at him with narrowed eyes.

"There are going to be some new apprentices and warriors," She said. Rainkit suddenly quivered in excitement as he realized he was one of those apprentices. "If they would step forward now, it would make my life easier."

Rainkit stepped forward and looked to his left and right. He saw Redkit, Gyaradoskit, Strawberrypaw, and Plaidpaw all standing next to him.

"Alright, i don't want this to be too long so Strawberrypaw and Plaidpaw you are now warriors. Your names are Strawberryblast and Plaidpelt. Redkit you're a medicine cat apprentice, Rainkit and Gyaradoskit you are just regular apprentices. Congrats you're Redpaw, Rainpaw, and Gyaradospaw. Your mentor are Orangeeye, Dragonflytail, and Beeear respectively. Now do the licking thing and everybody cheer."

"Woo…" says the clan half-heartedly. They dispersed around the camp.


Dragonflytail returned to the camp hearing a half-hearted cheer.

"Oh no," he said, "I must've missed the ceremony." He hurried into the camp and stopped infront of the apprentice den.

"Hi there Mr. Deputy sir," said Rainpaw, "You're my mentor so we should go around the territory now!"

"Oh, well that's nice, but I have to go talk to Waspstar," said Dragonflytail, "go and play in a puddle or something." He was shocked to hear that Rainpaw had been assigned to him, after all he hadn't even been told before hand and he was the deputy. He walked over to the leader's den under the willow tree.

Waspstar was relaxing in her den when Dragonflytail came in.

"Ah Dragonflytail, my trusted deputy, what are you here for?"

"Well you see Waspstar, I wanted to talk about my new apprentice."

"Oh yeah?

"I was not aware that Rainpaw was being assigned to me."

"Well he is now and I don't want to hear any arguments otherwise, "said Waspstar, "and please leave your voice is a poison to my ears."

"Alright then, I'll go and see Rainpaw now." Dragonflytail backed out of the leader's den and went to the warriors den. He observed Rainpaw through the entrance to the den, splashing in a puddle of water. His eyes slowly closed as he entered the realm of sleep.


The forest was dark and the sky had no stars. The grass was dead and would prove difficult to move silently through. There was no sound of prey anywhere in the forest.

In the starless sky above a clearing came a pillar of light from which descended the form of a cat. On the ground the light illuminated the face of Tigerstar, who had been sitting in the foliage at the edge of the clearing. The cat in the light looked over to him and bowed its head. The light ascended, leaving the cat behind.

"Ah yes my most faithful informant, Dragonflytail," he said, "have you any new dirt on the clan cats for me? Perhaps some of Starclan?"

"Oh hey there Tigerstar," said Dragonflytail, "unfortunately I don't have any new information."

"Well then, this was pointless."

"Except for the fact that I am the mentor of the prophesized."

"Well then, that is good," Tigerstar said, "Very good indeed."

"Thanks Tigerstar I really try my best, it eases my mind to think that someone apprecia-

"OK thanks, but I cannot listen to your voice anymore, go away now!"

Dragonflytail shut his mouth, nodded, and then shot upward as the same pillar of light appeared returning him to the material plane.

"Yes this will do nicely," said Tigerstar as he started to laugh. Soon the whole of the Dark Forest was filled with the sound of his maniacally evil laughter.