Stargleam adored these new powers! But she supposed she should make these new kits apprentices. That Magicalgirlkit looked perfect, like her! She should mentor her! With that thought, Gleamstar leaped up onto the high ledge.

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath my awesome self!", yowled Gleamstar loudly. "We are going to make some 6 moon old kits apprentices!"

"Magicalgirlkit, Rubykit, and Sapphirekit please step forward! Rubykit, from this day forward you will be known as Rubypaw! This is a super special name! Your mentor will be Lightyear because he is great and likes rocks, and you are named after a rock! Now go and touch noses with your mentor.

Rubypaw wondered why his name was so special. Aren't all apprentices given the suffix -paw? He set aside the thought though, and went and touched noses with his mentor, Lightyear. While he was doing so, he thought he heard him whisper, "Don't worry, you'll do fine." Of course, that couldn't be right because Rubypaw looked horrible. Sapphirekit would tease him all the time about how he was 'too girly'. Of course he wouldn't do fine. Lightyear is just trying to comfort me before I fail.

Sapphirekit looked up to Gleamstar for who she would be apprenticed to. She heard Gleamstar's raucous call, but only registered a few words of it.

"You will be apprenticed to… Easyshort!"

Easyshort? Thought the newly- christened Sapphirepaw. He's like, that weird cat who goes on about being short. But, I'm one of the tallest cats in the clan! Swallowing nervously, Sapphirepaw stepped forwards to touch noses with Easyshort. Sure enough, he narrowed his eyes angrily at her and hissed under his breath. Sapphirepaw just knew this would not be a happy apprenticeship.

Finally, Magicalgirlkit stepped forwards. She was so confident that she would get the most perfect mentor ever! She already knew that she could use the force, so she knew that Gleamstar would mentor her because she could teach Gleamstar the force. Maybe she could even get another magic rainbow lightsaber! Of course, she didn't need it because she had a magical butterfly tail that shot fire, but it was so pretty!

Even though she wasn't paying attention, she knew that Gleamstar was her mentor. Rather than forcing Gleamstar to dirty her paws with the plebeian warriors, she flew up and touched noses. This would be the best apprenticeship ever.

First things first. Magicalgirlpaw started grooming her perfect rainbow fur until not one shining hair was out of place. Next, she sharpened her claws on a stone. Of course, Gleamstar was grooming at the same time. All perfect cats must look perfect together, after all. Gleamstar was much more practiced at grooming then Magicalgirlpaw was, so of course she finished first. She gave Magicalgirlpaw many tips to groom better and faster.

Meanwhile, Rubypaw was getting pretty bored listening to Lightyear drone on and on about rocks.

"There are many important distinctions between shale and slate. For example, one looks different. One is harder. These distinctions are very important. You will use shale as a life preserver, because it is cooler looking than slate, which you can use as a skirt.", mumbled Lightyear. Rubypaw would be lieing if he said he wasn't about to fall asleep on his paws, and they were only half-way around the territory!

Suddenly, Rubypaw stumbled into a very angry she-cat. Sapphirepaw looked she was about to claw his ears off, and he didn't even know why! Once she realized it was him, however, she back down. Lightyear and Easyshort appeared to be talking animatedly about tiny rocks, leaving one irate apprentice and one confused one behind.

Previously

Would Easyshort ever stop hating her? though Sapphirepaw as she trailed through the forest. So far she hadn't even learned anything! Why does Easyshort hate me for something I can't control? And why did Gleamstar make him my mentor? Eventually she realized that Easyshort had stopped yelling about how stupid she was for being tall and started yelling about how bad ShadowClan was for the same fault.

I wish RiverClan and WindClan weren't destroyed in that huge battle so many moons ago... Maybe then I could run away. I can't go to ShadowClan though... They're evil! With her last hope of escape gone, she decided that it was time to tune back it to whatever gobbledygook it was that Easyshort was spouting now.

"... And on top of that ShadowClan don't name their cats good things like Lightyear or Leafblower, they name their cats things like Loveydovey! Loveydovey! Have you ever heard of such a ridiculous name! And on top of that, all of their cats are tall, so they are dumb and mean and bad at hunting and fighting! Only ShadowClan cats are tall...", ranted Easyshort.

Huh, maybe I will be accepted in ShadowClan... No, they destroyed the other clans! They don't even believe in StarClan! That means they must be evil. Satisfied with her conclusion but still angry, Sapphirepaw bumped into Rubypaw.

"What are you doing, punk?!", she snarled, before realizing who it was. She promptly turned into a stuttering wreck, and it took her a moment to regain her composure. Apparently it took longer than she thought, because Easyshort and Loghtyear had already wandered off somewhere to do who knows what.

"So, do you want to practice fighting or hunting? I don't think your mentor will have done much, and mine certainly hasn't.", said Rubypaw some what hesitantly. Sapphirepaw agreed, and soon they were stalking. Sapphirepaw had learned a bit about hunting from Hawaiipaw and Kawaiipaw, so she dropped into a crouch.

"Okay, be sure to hold your paws in, and don't swish your tail", she said after seeing Rubypaw's clumsy attempt at her crouch. "Also be sure to be aware of your surroundings so you don't step on a stick."

They decided to hunt for some prey, and quickly found a small sparrow pecking at a tree. Rubypaw decided to try and go for it, but before he was even half-way there, the bird finished pulling out a berry and flew away. Rubypaw made a mental note: Go fast and quiet. Sapphirepaw seemed disappointed but soon cheered back up.

"Oh well," she said. "There will be more prey in the forest."

However, at that moment Easyshort and Lightyear came up, wearing identical looks of disapproval. Rubypaw and Sapphirepaw shared a glance. Uh-Oh. We're in trouble.