A/N: Hello, everyone. I am sorry. I am terrible at updating! I promise I will be updating, but it will be slow. I am so busy and a huge thing just happened in my life and that will be taking up a lot of my time. I do promise to update, though! Your reviews really encourage me to update, so thank you to everyone who has reviewed this story!
I poked my head through the brambles separating the den from the rest of the camp. Lying in the nests were Alderpaw and Sparkpaw. I saw an open nest, so I quietly trotted over to it. I curled up and tried to sleep.
I wish I was home.
The next morning, I awoke to Sparkpaw bouncing near the edge of my bed.
"Get up! Get up! Get up! Get up!" She mewed excitedly. I looked at her, confused.
"Who are you and what have you done with Sparkpaw? I thought you hated me?" I mumbled, confused. She rolled her eyes and grabbed me by my tail to haul me up. I yelped and shot to my paws. She laughed.
"I was just tired, silly. It was late at night, in case you've forgotten." This time, I rolled my eyes. She and I padded out of the den to the clearing where all the ThunderClan cats were gathered. Bramblestar stood on highrock.
"Cats of ThunderClan. Last night at the gathering, a new cat came back to camp with up. Her name is Larchpaw. She will be given a mentor and will learn the ways of our clan. Larchpaw," he turned to look at me. I padded up to highrock. "From this day on, you will be a ThunderClan member. Hollytuft, you are ready for an apprentice. You were trained well and will pass on your knowledge to Larchpaw. I wish you the best of luck. May StarClan be with you both." Hollytuft steps forward and brushes her nose against mine. The rest of the camp cheers. Eventually, the cats branch off and begin their daily tasks. Hollytuft turns to me.
"We will begin training after you have eaten. The freshkill pile is over there," she pointed with her tail, "and that is where you will put the prey you catch." I nod and trot over to eat some freshkill.
A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. I will try to update soon. School gets out on Wednesday, so I will have more time to update. Also, next chapter will have skipped ahead some, I will not be writing all of Larchpaw's training, only the highlights. I need to be able to get to the most important parts, don't I? ;)
