Sorry for the late update guys! I really haven't had time to do any uploading because I just seem to not have any time! Everytime I sit down to write I'm either exhausted or being scooted off to soccer or doing homework! Anyway, enjoy! :0
Eaglekit was standing beside the nursery, his head lifted as Brightdream gave the top of it a few licks. Rayshine stood beside him, looking as proud as ever.
Applekit stood beside Blazekit as he whispered, "In 14 sunrises, that'll be us!"
Applekit bounced on her toes as she noticed the other kits also staring at him with envy. They still had to wait for this moment. Cloverspirit was in her den, back to training Lightpaw since her kits had gotten older.
"No, Lightpaw. Poppy seeds look like this! You feed somebody that and it'll do some major damage."
Flarestrike was standing by Sharpclaw, murmuring something. Sharpclaw gave a glance over at Northwind, she had gotten her warrior name a moon earlier. Supposedly, Sharpclaw was very fond of her. Lightpaw didn't like Sharpclaw very much and shrunk away from him whenever he came near.
"He scares me." She had explained.
Cinderstar was grooming on top of her den, blue eyes bright as she gazed upon the next apprentice of Amberclan.
Cloverspirit looked down at Blazekit and Applekit, "I wonder who his mentor will be."
She said, providing an opening for her kits to amuse her by guessing.
"I bet it'll be Dawnblaze!" Blazekit said, his tabby tail flicking a little.
"I want my mentor to be Daddy! He could teach me lots!"
Applekit said loudly, and suddenly everybody in the camp stiffened, their ears perked. Cloverspirit could hear it too, a loud crashing towards the camp. Suddenly, Jayheart burst through the entrance, something clamped in his jaws. His eyes were wide as he shot towards the medicine cat den. The kits squeaked and skidded out of the way. Jayheart dropped a large chunk of honeycomb on the ground and let out a yowl.
"Bees! Bees everywhere!" Lightpaw raced inside, her fur fluffed up.
"Jayheart! Jayheart! Look at me, there are no bees."
Cloverspirit steadied his jerking head with her tail and looked down at the honeycomb with a sigh.
"Tell me what happened." She said.
"Well, I was out hunting for something extra good for Ashfall since leaf-bare will be coming up soon and I smelled something sweet and I just wanted a little bit! They swarmed me... and stung me."
He shook his head, licking his flank and wincing.
Lightpaw examined his side and gasped, "They're all over him. We need to use yarrow, right?"
Cloverspirit nodded and left her to fetch that. Her kits were gathered in her nest, watching curiously.
"They hurt!" Jayheart complained, licking his paw and spitting something out.
Cloverspirit began to groom his pelt free of the stingers and Lightpaw came back and helped.
"Okay, now what do we do next?" Cloverspirit questioned her apprentice.
Lightpaw began stripping the leaves off of the plant.
"We chew it up into a poultice and put it on the stings!"
She answered cheerfully, leaning down to do so. Soon she will need her medicine cat name... Cloverspirit thought as she watched her, and then internally shivered. To give her apprentice a full name she had to face Starclan again... and that propechy! As Lightpaw licked it into his scratches Cloverspirit explained to her kittens what she had just done. None seemed very interested besides Snowkit, who pricked his ears and tipped his head.
"Will all cats gather beneath my den for a clan meeting!"
Cinderstar yowled and Cloverspirit nearly tripped over Featherkit as they all scrambled from the den to watch. Jayheart padded out of the den, whimpering. He sat down stiffly beside Ashfall. Cloverspirit guided her kits towards Flarestrike and Sharpclaw and away from her and her own kits.
"We've gathered here today to celebrate a very important time in a young cat's life, naming them as an apprentice. Eaglekit, you have waited for this for six moons. Will you please step forwards?"
Eaglekit took two steps away from Brightdream and then looked up at Cinderstar.
"Closer." She said and a few cats meowed in amusement.
Glancing around at the clan, he frowned and then padded fully forwards until Cinderstar could look down at him.
"Eaglekit, from this day until you are named a warrior your name will be Eaglepaw. Your mentor will be Whiteleaf, I hope that he passes his wisdom and strength to you."
Eaglepaw stepped towards Whiteleaf and they touched noses.
"Eaglepaw! Eaglepaw!" The clan chanted and Applekit bounded over to her cousin.
"Can I help you set up a nest?" She asked and he nodded, slipping into the apprentice den.
Suddenly, all the rest of the kits noticed their absence and shot away towards the den. Cloverspirit froze when she saw Acornkit and Moonkit among them. Then she relaxed her muscles with a sigh, surely she shouldn't be worried about those kits. They... regrettably, had Flarestrike in them too. Eaglepaw slipped outside and was directing the kits about.
"Go get me a soft feather from your mum's den!"
"Fetch me some soft blades of grass."
"Bring me some moss!" The kits sped around camp, following orders.
Applekit bumped into Acornkit as she was hurrying back with a feather clamped in her mouth.
"Watch out!" She squeaked and the feather fluttered away.
Blazekit pounced on it and Acornkit looked at her strangely. Then she scrambled away and disappeared into the nursery. Well, there goes my theory. Cloverspirit thought, her heart sinking. If Ashfall was plaguing her kits' thoughts with bad ones about hers, then what had she told them about their father?
Dun. Dun. Dunnn. I'm not a big fan of cliffies at the end of every chapter, so you won't get many. Thanks to my story alerters & favers. :) R&R!