It was a bright Newleaf day; three moons had passed since Leaf-bare. The elder, Brackenfall had died from greencough and Snowcloud moved into the nursery with Blossomtuft and her kits.
Today Ashkit was six moons old, she couldn't wait to get out of the crowded nursery and move into the apprentices den with Longpaw and Yellowpaw.
The gray she-kit padded into the elders den and looked around the large den for Skywing and Eaglesong, but they were nowhere to be found inside of the den. Ashkit stalked back out of the elders just before she heard a loud yowl coming from the Branch.
"Let all cats old enough to catch a frog gather here beneath the Branch for a clan meeting!" The small gray tabby looked up to the overhanging branch to see Froststar look back at her as the rest of Shadowclan gathered around the Branch.
"Today we have one new apprentice, Ashkit step forward." Ashkit stepped towards the Branch, her excitement showing through every step she made.
"Ashkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Ashpaw. Your mentor will be Gorseclaw. I hope Gorseclaw will pass down all he knows on to you."
"Gorseclaw, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Clawpelt, and you have shown yourself to be brave and wisdom. You will be the mentor of Ashpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Ashpaw."
The newly made apprentice ran over to her mentor and they touched noses as the clan chanted her new name.
Gorseclaw pulled away from Ashpaw after the clan was finished calling her name, right as Longpaw and Yellowpaw padded over to them.
"Congratulations on becoming an apprentice, Ashpaw. You'll be in the same den as us now!" Longpaw purred as his sister rolled her eyes, "Too bad we won't be in the same den for long; we should be having our final assessments soon."
Gorseclaw slowly stalked over to the entrance of the clan's camp and looked back to the group of apprentices. "Ashpaw let's go, I want to show you Shadowclan's territory before Sundown." The black tom told his apprentice, licking his white chest fur as Ashpaw ran to him.
"Can Longpaw and I come with you two?" Yellowpaw asked, Gorseclaw stopped grooming himself and looked at the she-cat, "Go ask your mentors, me and Ashpaw will wait here for you two."
The two older apprentices ran off to their mentors, Yellowpaw's mentor, Thistlefur was outside of the warriors den sharing tongues Sweetflower. While Longpaw's mentor, Silverheart was eating a frog with her mate, Wolffrost.
Only heartbeats after the two apprentices came back to Gorseclaw and Ashpaw. "Silverheart said I could come with you." Longpaw told the gray tabby's mentor, Yellowpaw saying the same thing about Thistlefur after.
"Very well, let's go then." The black tom impatiently said before padding through the thorn tunnel leading outside into Shadowclan's territory.
Gorseclaw slowly led them to the Greenleaf Twolegplace first; Ashpaw looked around confused about the large Twoleg bridge-like thing over the water. "What do the Twolegs do with that?" The gray tabby inquired, the two older apprentices laughed as Gorseclaw hid his laughter.
"We're not really sure what the purpose of it is, but the Twoleg kits play on it in Greenleaf." The black and white warrior told her as she gave the Greenleaf Twolegplace another confused look.
"Don't worry, Ashpaw Twolegs always build weird things like this." The older tortoiseshell apprentice chuckled.
Gorseclaw padded a few tail lengths away before he looked back at the three apprentices, "Let's keep going you three" he called to them with a sharp tone, while ushering with his tail for them to follow him.
The four cats were finished looking around the territory, in was nearly Sundown and the group was now heading back to Shadowclan's camp.
While they were out Ashpaw learned what Thunderclan smelled like, saw most of the marshes and swampland that made up Shadowclan's territory and remembered the salty fish scent of Riverclan.
The four cats padded into camp, Longpaw and Yellowpaw head back to their mentors to train, while Ashpaw and Gorseclaw walked to the fresh kill pile. "You can eat and rest now, we have a long day of training tomorrow." Ashpaw nodded, he grabbed a frog and left his apprentice.
Ashpaw picked up a mouse for herself, and walked to the apprentices den. She ate her fresh-kill in small, neat bites. After she was done eating she buried the remains of the mouse and stalked inside of the apprentices den. She looked around her new den and found a nest near Yellowpaw's. The gray tabby laid down and quickly fell asleep.
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