Chapter 2
Fight to the death, and you'll be rewarded
Moonkit complained as their mother's sister, Brightwing groomed her fur. She was the closest they could get to a mother. Skykit and Nightkit were already well groomed, looking quite handsome for their apprentice ceremony. Moonkit soon stepped away from Brightwing, her silky gray pelt shining.
"Do I have any burrs in my pelt?" she asked. Nightkit padded to his sister and buried his nose in her fur trying to detect a burr.
"Nope. No burrs!" Nightkit purred and batted Moonkit's ear. Moonkit pawed Nightkit's tail in return. Before they knew it Brightwing was nosing them up to their clan leader, Jawstar. She had a bony jaw, which scared the kits away. But Skykit kept on walking forward. slowly Moonkit followed, Nightkit at her side. The ceremony began.
"Do you solemly swear to fight as hard as you can, hunt as best you can, and show respect to your betters?" Jawstar croaked in her old cracked voice. She had been leader for a very very long time, and she was only a moon younger than the eldest elder. The three kits nodded eagerly, None of them had noticed that she hadn't added one part in particular that was about the warrior code.
"Then I declare to the youngest kit to the oldest elder, that Skykit, Nightkit, and Moonkit have received their apprentice names Skypaw, Nightpaw, and Moonpaw until they get their warrior name." The newly apprentices touched their leaders shoulder in appreciation and respect. Jawstar began to speak again.
"Skypaw, your mentor shall be Sparrowsong. Good luck to Sparrowsong as this is your first apprentice!" Sparrowsong dipped her head to the leader then stepped up and touched noses with Skypaw. Jawstar then set her gaze on Moonpaw.
"Moonpaw, your mentor shall be Sparrowsong's mentor, Stoneclaw. He mentored Sparrowsong well and showed strength and courage to his clan." Stoneclaw stepped up and touched noses with Moonpaw. Now it was Nightpaw's time to shine.
"Nightpaw, I shall mentor you." Nightpaw's eyes grew wide and the crowd gasped in shock. He touched noses with his leader, which was his mentor! He couldn't believe it! However, littermates weren't so happy for their brother. They just flicked their tail and were off to patrol the border. Too bad Nightpaw was coming along with them. Well, that's what they thought.
"Nobody's better than anybody else!" Moonpaw hissed as Nightpaw padded happily toward then. Nightpaw looked confused.
"Wha-what did I do?" he stammered following along. Then he understood. He got a higher ranked mentor than his littermates.
Don't judge people by their ranking, Judge them by their personal attitude.
Finally got this chapter done, yay!
