Sorry for the last chapter! It was poorly written, I know. I also felt I was rushing my writing, so im gonna slow down a little bit.(: Or I shall attempt to. So anyways, hooray for surprises! :DDD

Anyways, I shall hurry up and get a move on cause I bet some of you wanna know what happens next, right? It just gives me signs im not boring you guys to death! xD

Disaster- haha this chappie is for you! And Fernblaze! :D

~Let us continue!~

Chapter 12

Jaypaw

(out on patrol)

Jaypaw followed his mentor Snakefire who was hissing at one of the warriors. Everyone was tense as they checked the RiverClan border which thankfully was no signs of trouble other than his clanmates annoying Snakefire. She was snapping at Featherfoot who had done nothing but talk too much. The small gray she-cat sighed in frustration and fell in beside Jaypaw.

"I feel bad you have to deal with that every day during training." She whispered to him. Jaypaw laughed. "Well, she sure does live up to her name." He joked good-naturedly. The pair followed Snakefire, Sunpelt, and Thorntalon.

All part of the patrol had their fur fluffed up against the cold. Frost still glittered off the remaining leaves on the trees and the ground was hard as stone. Featherfoot pressed close to Jaypaw and shivered.

"Young warriors, they all are just softpaws." Sunpelt purred jokingly. "Apprentices too!" Jaypaw rolled his eyes in annoyance. The annoyance rose as they neared the FireClan border, and Jaypaw felt that annoyance turn into anger inside his chest at how Briarpaw could be so heartless to his best friend- even if their more-than-friendship was forbidden.

That anger grew even more as he saw the tom in a patrol that seemed to be waiting for them to approach. He stalked up straight towards the red tom as patrols met.

"Briarpaw." He growled. The red tom pressed his ears back.

"My name's Briarpath now." He replied with slight fear in his voice.

"How could you be a warrior now? You're too young!" Jaypaw snapped impatiently. Guilt flashed in Briarpath's eyes. Badgerswipe snarled from behind Briarpath.

"He made stupid decisions, fathering kits as an apprentice. She even looks like him, a reminder of his mistakes. I thought maybe the son of the leader might make good choices, but I believe I set too high of standards." He hissed mockingly. The rest of their patrol glared at the red tom.

"Why would you say that in front of others?" Jaypaw asked. Why would his former mentor try to humiliate Briarpath in front of enemy warriors?

"I don't care what he says." Briarpath muttered. "Fernkit is a healthy little she-kit. She shows signs of being an excellent future warrior." Jaypaw couldn't help but notice how he forced pride into his voice.

Then he lowered his voice to only where Jaypaw could here. "Please have Larkpaw meet me."

"Well, congratulations! Kits are always a good thing. Jus-" Jaypaw carried on as he watched Badgerswipe approach them and cut him off with a sharp growl.

"Enough chatting- you sound like a pair of queens in the nursery!" Jaypaw pressed his ears flat against his head in anger and glared at him defiantly. This enraged the black and white tom and he sprang at him.

Jaypaw rolled quickly to the side and clawed the FireClan tom's side as he missed Jaypaw. Then he turned around and slashed at Jaypaw's front paw as he prepared to attack Badgerswipe again.

Soon all of both patrols were at each other. Featherfoot was fighting against a large pitch black tom that pinned her to the ground. Jaypaw gasped and gave Badgerswipe a final slash and dashed over to the young warriors' side to help her.

"Leave her alone!" Jaypaw slashed the black tom on the nose. The tom let out a loud screech of pain as blood poured down his face.

"Enough! Smokepounce, get back with the rest of your patrol. It is best if you leave. NOW." Snakefire's sharp hiss scared the enemy warriors slinking away. Featherfoot laughed at the irony with Jaypaw. The deputy then directed her anger at her apprentice.

Jaypaw cowered a little bit. "Snakefire, I didn't mean to cause anything..." He looked down at the forest floor in fear of being scolded. For a moment he braced himself for a long and drawn out rant, but after a moments' silence he brought his gaze back up to Snakefire. She was smiling slightly and flicked her tail.

"I'm not going to get mad at you, Jaypaw. What you did for Featherfoot was brave." She congratulated him. His chest filled with pride and looked away in embarrassment.

"It was nothing no other warrior would do." He meowed shyly.

"Which is why I think it is past due time you earned your warrior name." Jaypaw pricked his ears just to make sure he didn't misunderstand his prickly mentor.

"Did I stutter, Jaypaw? When we return to camp tell Larkpaw and the others that I have spoken with Rowanstar and we have agreed you deserve your warrior names."

Jaypaw dipped his head, still surprised.

-Back at Camp-

Jaypaw scrambled into camp as fast as his scratched paw would allow him. He hurried over to Brownfeather's den so he could get it treated before Larkpaw woke up or found him. Fawnpaw and Kindlepaw slid into the den while Brownfeather looked at his paw. They kept quiet as she silently evaluated his paw. Then she set his paw down and went back into her storage.

"I'm going to just give you some poppy seeds for now." She mewed while nudging tiny black seeds towards him. "Take it easy for a while and come back for more seeds if it still hurts in the morning." As soon as she turned around to tend the others that were part of his patrol, he was bombarded by questions from Fawnpaw and Kindlepaw.

"What happened?" Fawnpaw mewed worriedly.

"I heard you fought Badgerswipe!" Kindlepaw meowed. Jaypaw nodded.

The pale red tom gasped his green eyes full of respect. "You only had a scraped paw? You fight really well!" Fawnpaw purred. Jaypaw smiled and flicked his tail.

"Obviously Snakefire agreed too." He meowed. The pair looked at him curiously.

"She talked to Rowanstar about us becoming warriors." He exclaimed happily. Fawnpaw purred happily while Kindlepaw looked at him in surprise.

"I guess she isn't too mean." He laughed. "Now I think Larkpaw woke up, go find her and tell her." He motioned his head towards out of the den.

Kindlepaw didn't need to tell Jaypaw twice.

Larkpaw

Jaypaw nudged her gently through the gathering crowd of their clanmates. Fawnpaw, Kindlepaw, Nightpaw, and Heatherpaw soon joined them. They all sat down at the base of Rowanstar's den. Larkpaw watched her father look down proudly at all of the apprentices- even her.

"It is time for these young cats to earn their warrior names. Each and every one of them has shown they are worthy for the title of being a warrior in their own ways…" He gazed at Nightpaw.

"StarClan, I look at these apprentices and they show me have worked hard to learn the way of the warrior.

Nightpaw, Heatherpaw, Fawnpaw, Jaypaw, Kindlepaw, and Larkpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and defend your clan even at the cost of your own life?"

Larkpaw looked straight at her father with determination burning in her heart. "I do." She declared with her friends. Rowanstar nodded and continued to speak.

"Then Nightpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Nightwhisper." Larkpaw's friend smiled and blinked her eyes proudly.

"Heatherpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Heatherspring." The white she-cat smiled happily, her tail flicking back and forth.

"Fawnpaw, you shall be known as Fawntail." The calico she-cat sighed in relief.

"Jaypaw, you shall be known as Jayfrost." Larkpaws' best friend merely dipped his head in recognition. She rolled her eyes in annoyance. He is such an annoying furball!

"Kindlepaw, you shall be known as Kindlestrike." The pale red tom puffed his chest proudly.

Larkpaw's heart quickened. She hoped her father wouldn't give her a name that sounded bad.

"Larkpaw," Rowanstar began. Larkpaw looked up at her father hopefully. Small hints of his former self shone through, and that gave her more hope than she had in the past few moons.

"From this moment on, you shall be known as Larkblossom. Your Clan honors all of each of your strengths and we hope you put all your heart into serving your Clan."

Larkblossom felt pride burst in her chest, and she loved her name. She looked at the newly named Jayfrost and smiled with happiness she had found again.

Anyone surprised by her name? I thought of it and fell in love with it ^-^

The next chapter I post will be the new allegiances! It shall include another author' warriors and the new warriors' names. Thank XxXThistlefaceXxX for the rest of FireClan :D
I wanted to make her life not so depressing, cause that would just be cruel! D: So I made some happiness(:

Thank y'all for the kind reviews I'll respond to them later, mmkay?

Love you guys!

~Larkspirit