Chapter 6
Willowpaw walked towards Fourtrees, her pelt brushing Brownpaw's. When they arrived, she saw a lot of cats from all clans chatting. AppleClan hadn't arrived yet, so she went with Brownpaw towards some apprentices.
"Hi, which's your name?," asked Willowpaw, looking at a pure white she – cat with amber eyes.
"Hi, I'm Whitepaw, I'm from YellowClan. And this is Blackpaw, he is from RatClan," said Whitepaw. "Which is your name?," she asked, jumping excitedly.
"My name is Willowpaw, and this is my friend Brownpaw," she said. "Is this your first gathering?".
"Yes it is!," she said, jumping so high she bumped a YellowClan warrior.
"Watch out!," said the tortoiseshell and white she – cat.
"Sorry Mossfur," she said, rolling her eyes. "She is my mother. Who's your mother?"
"My mother is that she – cat over there," she said, pointing Silverfur with her tail.
"Isn't that Tigerstar's mate? Oh, let me guess. You're Tigerstar's daughter! That's amazing! I'm Swiftstar's daughter!," she said.
A golden tabby tom looked at Whitepaw.
"Could you please be quiet? AppleClan has just arrived, and the leaders are trying to speak," said the cat, looking sternly at both apprentices.
"Sorry Lionfang. He's my mentor, by the way, and my mother's littermate. Their mother is Flamedapple, an elder who couldn't come…," she started saying, but was silenced by Lionfang.
All the looks turned to the four clan leaders, who were looking at each other, ready to start. Finally, Maggotstar was the first to speak.
"We have two new warriors, Mintwing and Jayfang. We have two new apprentices, Thunderpaw and Dustpaw. And, lastly, our queen Hollyberry gave birth to two kits, Foxkit and Ashkit. I'm done," he said, looking at Swiftstar.
"We have had a queen who gave birth to four kits, Spiderkit, Mallowkit, Rainkit and Morningkit. I'm done," he said, now looking at Tigerstar.
"We have made two new apprentices. Lionpaw and Goldenpaw will train to become warriors. Also, one of our apprentices, Willowpaw, drove a badger out of the territory by herself, in order to save another apprentice," he said, and all the clan started cheering Willowpaw's name.
She felt hot with embarrassment. She heard Whitepaw and Brownpaw shout the loudest of them all.
Then, Tigerstar nodded at Heavystar, the RatClan leader, and he continued.
"Our queen Adderheart had two kits, Leafkit and Thistlekit. Our new warrior is Haildust. I'm done," he said, and the cats started heading back to their camps.
Willowpaw and Brownpaw said goodbye to Blackpaw and Whitepaw, and they went back to the camp. She was very tired, but in the nursery, Dapplekit, Tawnykit and Nightkit were jumping around two newborn kits, next to Bluetail. The white she – cat with the blue – gray flecks looked at Willowpaw and introduced her to the newborn kits. There was Graykit, a black tom with a gray tail and Berrykit, a white tom with a blue – gray tail. They were Stonetail's too.
Willowpaw went to the apprentices' den. She needed to rest, and she curled herself next to Brownpaw.