Chapter 2

"Keep close to me, Sky." Tree demanded.

She and Tree were heading to ThunderClan to become warriors.

"Can you fight?" Bramblestar asked once they were settled in his den.

"A little." Sky confessed.

"What are you talking about, Sky? We're better than all the warriors in this Clan combined." Tree boasted.

Bramblestar sighed, rolling his eyes.

"You'll still become apprentices." He said.

"OK." Said Sky, shuffling her paws beneath her.

"Damn cat." Tree muttered under his breath.

"Let all cats-" Bramblestar didn't even have to finish his sentence. Cats poured out of dens, fur bristling.

"Two rogues are now joining ThunderClan." Mewed Bramblestar, pointing his dusky brown tail at Sky and Tree.

"They killed Cloudtail!" Hissed a white she-cat with a torn-away eye.

"Now, Brightheart. We're only giving them one chance." Bramblestar reassured the furious she-cat.

"Personally, you should've been named Bright-eye!" Teased Tree, amber eyes gleaming with satisfaction when Brightheart looked down at the ground, embarrassed.

Bramblestar glared at Tree, who winked at him.

"Tree, from this moment on you will be known as Brownpaw. Ambernose will be your mentor." He said.

Brownpaw, who was much bigger than the dusty gray she-cat, padded up to Ambernose, and touched noses with her like he didn't care.

"Sky, from-" began Bramblestar.

"I like my name, may I keep it?" Sky asked.

Gasps and murmurs arose from the sea of cats gathered below the Highledge.

Bramblestar sighed.

"Fine." He groaned.

"Thanks!" Chimed Sky.

"Your mentor is Dustpelt." Bramblestar told her.

Sky nodded, then padded up to the dark tabby tom known as Dustpelt, and touched noses with him.

"I'm going to train you like you've never been trained before." He growled.