Authors Note: Ok, I know it's been forever, I got carried away with other things. So here is where Splashkit and Ravenkit finally become apprentices. And then some...Enjoy! ;)

"Splashkit"

I watched Ravenkit bristled in frustration. He wanted to go before his younger littermate. Ha ha! Looks like you're last. Sorry! ;)

"From this day until you receive your warrior name you will be known Splashpaw"

We know.

"Splashpaw! Splashpaw! Splashpaw! Splashpaw! Splashpaw!"

Again, five. I want to get six cheers!

"StarClan watch this apprentice as he strays closer to being a warrior"

That almost sounded like Acornstar didn't like Splashpaw.

"Fogstep, you're a talented hunter with a sense of humor. I know you will pass these traits on to Splashpaw"

Is he running out of praises? Humor, really? Glancing around no one else seemed bothered by it. Oh, well.

Splaspaw carefully touched noses with Fogstep, hardly containing his excitement.

"Ah, Ravenkit"

This will be interesting.

"From this moment until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Ravenpaw"

I watched carefully. Was it just me, or did he look...calm?

"Ravenpaw! Ravenpaw! Ravenpaw! Ravenpaw! Ravenpaw!"

How can he be calm? I'd be dying of excitement!

"StarClan watch this apprentice while he draws closer to his next name"

What? Does Acornstar favor Ravenpaw?...hmm...

"Bluestripe, you're patient and a good thinker. I hope you will pass these traits on to Ravenpaw"

Did he say 'hope'? Maybe, just maybe...

Ravenpaw touched noses with Bluestripe and the clan scattered. In no time I'd be going off with my mentor!

The next few days were slow and annoying! It felt like forever! I wanted to be an apprentice, now! When Sandkit woke me up on the morning of our ceremony, I nearly popped with excitement! I was goning to be an apprentice! Me! I told Sandkit a while back that I'd be a medicine cat apprentice. She was happy for me, I'm glad, I didn't want to abandon her.

It took forever for Acornstar to call the clan meeting.

"Let all cas old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Sky Stone for a clan meeting."

"Finally!", Sandkit breathes in my ear.

I try to walk out carefully, like an apprentice, but I'm not sure how I did. Sandkit walked out beside me, I'd have thought she becoming leader, by the way she held her head up! Next to Sandkit was Thistlekit, he looked like he was bounding to a Gathering, not real apprentice-like.

Don't let him ruin the ceremony! I tried to hold my head higher.

"These three kits have reached their sixth moon and are ready to join SandClan as full apprentices"

Does he always say that? I mean ALWAYS?

"Sandkit, step forward"

My siter looked back at me, eyes filled with excitement. 'Go on', I mouthed to her. As she steped closer to the Sky Stone, I stared up at the leader. So high up...

"From this day until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Sandpaw"

Wait for it...

"Sandpaw! Sandpaw! Sandpaw! Sandpaw! Sandpaw!", the clan called.

Not this time! "Sandpaw!", I shouted a sixth time for my sister.

Acornstar glared at me. What? Do you only want five? Oh, sorry.

"StarClan watch as this apprentice follows her path to be a fasinating warrior"
Nope! She's the GREATEST!

"Illuminatedpath, you are a careful thinker and a quick learner. I know you will pass these traits on to Sandpaw"

Yes, please.

Sandpaw quietly touched noses with her mentor and then looked at me. She looked so happy, and she was waiting for me to become a medicine cat, too.

"Thistlekit"

You ARE waiting to suprise Fallingheart!

"From this moment until you receive your warrior name you will be known as Thistlepaw"

Wait for it...

"Thistlepaw! Thistlepaw! Thistlepaw! Thistlepaw! Thistlepaw!"

Now! "Thistlepaw!", six for Sandpaw, six for Thistlepaw!

Authors Note: Finally! Oh wait that's NEXT chapter...;) wink and review people wink and review!