Chapter 4

"Dawnpaw! Dawnpaw!" Wildfur nudged his daughter. "Wake up!"
Dawnpaw slid her eyes open and leaped up. "I'm up!" Wildfur ordered her to go to the hunting patrol. Nightfall went to his den sleeping.
"Echostar, you lead a hunting patrol. Take Dawnpaw, Cloudfoot and Dreamblaze with you." he swooshed to he other side. "Dappleflower, lead a border patrol and take Crowpaw, Flowerpaw and Flamepaw with you." Dappleflower dipped her head led the way out.

"Come on let's get going." Echostar meowed. They went to the middle of their territory and started hunting. Dawnpaw spotted a mouse crawling beside a rock. It was a smart mouse, but still stupid, and knew if it ran the predator would catch it. So Instead it hid for camouflage. You're still an idiot. She leaped for the mouse, but it didn't even hear her. She sliced it open and carried it back. She dug up a hole and spat it out. You taste different.

"Good catch." Cloudfoot praised. Dawnpaw blushed. "Thanks." She tasted the air and smelled a wooden pigeon. He had a broken foot so it was easy to creep up on him. She crept up and pounced on it and it wailed loudly. You scared off the other prey. Flowerpaw should eat you! She dropped it along with her mouse and climbed up a tree. There was a squirrel nibbling on a sunflower seed. He was enjoying it too much and didn't care if a cat ate him. So she scratched the squirrel leaving it injured. She bit it in it's neck and tasted the fresh blood from his neck. She dropped it along with her other prey and tried to scent her clanmates. She scented Dreamblaze and padded towards her. She was stalking a mouse and then swiftly killed it with one blow.

"Great catch!" Dawnpaw yowled. Dreamblaze blinked up on her. "Um..thanks." She padded past her and Dawnpaw followed. Dreamblaze was going towards Echostar and Cloudfoot who had been next to Dawnpaw's hole. She took her prey and Echostar led them to camp.

"Wow! Three catches? That's incredible!" Flamepaw exclaimed. Dawnpaw nodded. "Thank you!"
The hunting patrol dropped their prey and Echostar padded to her den. She signaled with her tail to Wildfur. He followed her into her den.
Dawnpaw guessed that Echostar was thinking of their names.

Nightfall had woken up. He padded to Dawnpaw who was eating the mouse she had caught. She looked up at him. "Want to share?" Nightfall nodded and sat beside Dawnpaw.

"So, today you're going to be a warrior." Dawnpaw couldn't help but smile. "Yep. And then finally, we'll get to be together." Nightfall took a big bite and so did Dawnpaw. They finished the mouse and Echostar padded to the treetop. Let all cat's old enough to catch their own prey and gather beneath here, the treetop. The clan joined together everyone murmuring about the apprentinces.

"This is a very important ceremony, the naming of new warriors!" Echostar continued. " Dappleflower, Sharpclaw, has your apprentices learned the ways of the warrior code and has trained hard, even at the cost of their lives?" Dappleflower nodded. "He does" Sharpclaw also nodded. "He does." Echostar nodded. "Dawnpaw has too.
Everyone was looking at Flowerpaw. Wasn't she going to be a warrior?
"I, Echostar leader of FireClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look upon these three apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their return." She narrowed her eyes on the three apprentices. " Dawnpaw, Crowpaw, Flamepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this clan even at the cost of your lives?"
"I do." They all said.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior names: Crowpaw, from this moment you will be known as Crowfoot. StarClan honors your bravery and hunting skills, and we welcome you as a full member of FireClan. Echostar stepped forward and rested her muzzle on his head. He licked her shoulder and padded next to the other warriors. "Dawnpaw, from this moment and on you will be known as Dawnstream. StarClan honors your wiseness and strength. We welcome you as a full member of FireClan." She rested her muzzle again and she licked her shoulder. Dawnstream padded beside Crowpaw and held her head high. Flamepaw stepped forward.

"Flamepaw, from this moment you will be known as Flamestorm. StarClan honors your swiftness and loyalty. We welcome you as a full member of FireClan." She bowed down to rest her muzzle and Flamestorm licked her shoulder respectfully.

Flowerpaw wailed."What about me?"
Echostar hissed. " You, are punished. Wildfur and I have decided we are not going to give you your name today, tomorrow you will."
Flowerpaw's ears flattened. "But why?"
Echostar blinked. "You gave away a rumor that is unforgivable. I will force you to apologize to your sister."
Flowerpaw glanced at Nightfall who was smiling. He had told Wildfur that she had leaked the rumor and he was still going to be harsh on her. Flowerpaw ran to her den crying. She deserved it, but it was too harsh. She could've cleaned ticks?.

"Crowfoot! Dawnstream! Flamestorm!" The clan cheered.

Wildfur padded to his kits. "I am very proud of you three. Since Flowerpaw will be a warrior tomorrow she'll have to guard camp tomorrow, with Crowfoot. Tonight it's you and Flamestorm."He glanced at Dawnstream. They all nodded. Velvetblaze trotted towards her mate and kits. "Kits! I am so proud of you! You're warriors now!" She glanced at Wildfur. "I need to speak to you, Wildfur. Now." She padded towards the corner of the camp and Wildfur followed. Nightfall licked Dawnstream's cheek. "Now you're a warrior. We can do anything."

I've become a full warrior now, but Nightfall and I should wait. I'm still small like an apprentice. I want to be big as Dreamblaze at least. She's only one inch bigger than me. Even Flowerpaw is bigger. Dawnstream shook her head. "We can be mates, but no kits-yet. I'm still pretty small and Echostar told me, she had kits when she was my age and she had two kits. They weak and couldn't make it. I don't want to lose kits either." Nightfall nodded. "I'm not ready for kits anyway. You aren't either. Just mates."
Dawnstream touched noses with him. Amberface padded to them. "So now it's official?" She rested her muzzle on her adoptive son. "Take care of each other." She dipped her head and ran to the warrior's den.

"I cannot believe you did this to Flowerpaw! She may have done something wrong, but this isn't the way to punish her! Too harsh. You're making her, you and I look like a fool! How dare you do that to my kit. And how on our territory did Echostar agree to this?"
Wildfur shook his head. "Now, Velvetblaze. This was the right punishment. She had no right to do that to her sister."
Velvetblaze tensed. " Yes, she had no right to do this to her sister and you and Echostar had no right to do this to her! Couldn't you give her a punishment to look after the elders? Do apprentice duties for one day? You couldn't get that into your mouse-brain head, right?" Her velvet-amber eyes flashed with anger.
"I am the deputy and I know what is best for this clan and so does Echostar! Don't you dare to call me a mouse-brain." he growled.

"No one cares if you're the stupid deputy! I will call you whatever I please because that is the truth!" she spat. "We are no longer mates! You and Echostar have hurt Flowerpaw. This day was supposed to be the best day of her life. And thanks to you, today is ruined. She's probably depressed. You have no idea how much this also hurts me. I will go to Echostar now. I don't care if she's the leader. Whoever hurts my daughter I'll hurt them even more."
Velvetblaze dashed to Echostar's den.

"Oh my, StarClan!" Velvetblaze yowled. She saw a dead body on the floor with it's mouth in blood.