Faithblossom: Sorry for the very late update! I had it written down on a piece of paper, but I lost it :/ now I found it again! Anyway, this is only one half of the chapter, originally it should've been longer, but since I left you hanging for a very long time I decided I'll give you the first half now and the second half either today or tomorrow. Excited? You should be!

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Chapter 3

(Lily's POV)

Lily's heart raced as she held her breath. This is it. There's no turning back. I'm going to be a ThunderClan. And even though she was nervous, she felt like this was the right thing to do. She wasn't scared; she knew this was her destiny. She would be a ThunderClan cat and she would do everything to everything to protect her new home. She raised her head and looked at Bluestar. The blue-gray she-cat stared back at her before meowing clearly, "Lily, from this moment on until you receive your warrior name you will be known as," Bluestar hesitated. Lily's heart pounded in her chest. Then Bluestar smiled at her and continued, "You will be known as Sunpaw."

The heart of the newly named Sunpaw sung with happiness as she accepted her new name. It filled every fiber of her body and she purred. Sunpaw…

"Your mentor will be…" Bluestar hesitated once again, her gaze sweeping across the assembled cats. She seemed to have a difficult time choosing a mentor for her, but then the moon light up Bluestar's blue-gray fur and there was a breeze that seemed to carry a voice into the clearing. "Bluestar will be Sunpaw's new mentor." Sunpaw heard skipped a beat as she looked up at Bluestar. She seemed just as shocked as Sunpaw and as she looked around she saw that her new Clanmates felt the same. On every face was the same surprise as on hers or Bluestar. Sunpaw's gaze fixed on Firepaw and she held her breath as she saw something flicker across his face. Jealousy? Before Sunpaw could think about it anymore, Bluestar regained her consciousness and she yowled, "I will take the post as your mentor! I will pass down everything Cedarpelt and Sunfall taught me and I will turn you into a warrior that ThunderClan can be proud of!"

There was a silence and Sunpaw started to feel uncomfortable, Sandpaw raised her head and began cheering. "Sunpaw, Firepaw! Sunpaw, Firepaw!" One by one the other cats joined, until every cat in the clearing cheered hers and Firepaw's new name. Sunpaw purred and she felt happier than she ever felt before. She turned her head and she was relieved when she saw that the jealousy had passed. Sunpaw purred and glanced at Bluestar. She looked uneasy, but she didn't know why and she didn't have any more time to think about it, since the Clan circled her and Firepaw and congratulated them.

"Welcome!"

"Hey Sunpaw, hey Firepaw!"

Sunpaw buzzed with happiness as she looked into the faces of her clanmates. She couldn't really see them because the sun already went down, but the moon was high in the sky and dove the pelts of the others in a silvery light.

"Sunpaw!"

That voice specifically made Sunpaw happy. The pale ginger fur of Sandpaw pushed into Sunpaw's line of sight. "Hey Sandpaw."

"Great name by the way," Sandpaw purred and butted her head against Sunpaw's shoulder. "And good job with making StarClan decide that Bluestar would be the best to be your mentor. Bluestar never would've chosen to mentor you by herself. She's just like that."

Sunpaw nodded confused. "Okay."

Sandpaw smiled at her. "Don't think about it too much. So, I'm guessing that Bluestar doesn't have time in the moment to show you around camp, so I'll show it to you if it's fine with you."

"Of course, but what about Firepaw?"

Sandpaw laughed and stepped aside, revealing Firepaw talking to a long-haired and sturdy gray tom. "I think he's already occupied."

"Who's that?"

"I guess you're not talking about Firepaw," Sandpaw teased. "His name is Graypaw. He's an apprentice like me, Dustpaw and Ravenpaw. Come on, I'll show you where we sleep."

Sandpaw led Sunpaw over to a clump of ferns next to a tree stump. "We sleep in the ferns. The warriors den is right there, next to the entrance." Sandpaw gestured over to a bush with a gap in the middle. "Did you know that the senior warriors sleep in the middle where it's the warmest? And the youngest warriors are forced to sleep in the outer circle, where it's colder." Without letting Sunpaw even open her mouth, Sandpaw swept on. "The warriors sleep next to the entrance so that they can fight off enemy warriors if they intrude and attack us. The nursery is directly next to the warriors' den. You see that thick bramble bush? They sleep there. It's very protected so that the enemy warriors will have a hard time attacking our queens or the kits."

Sunpaw nodded and inspected both the warriors' den and the nursery. The nursery had a huge gap; Sunpaw guessed that that was the entrance. The warriors' den had a smaller gap, probably because the warriors' den should be kept warm. The nursery's entrance hole was bigger and the reason for that was probably that the kits shouldn't get caught in the brambles and hurt themselves.

"Now, shall we continue?" Sandpaw asked, looking at Sunpaw curiously.

"Yeah, why shouldn't we?" Sunpaw cocked her head.

"You were drifting off, I thought you fell asleep," Sandpaw teased, eyes sparkling with amusement. Sunpaw batted at Sandpaw with one paw but Sandpaw easily dodged, letting out a teasing mrrrow of laughter. "Is that all you can do?" Sandpaw shook her head mockingly. "Are you sure that you want to become a warrior?"

Sunpaw knew that Sandpaw didn't mean it, but Sunpaw narrowed her eyes. "I will do what it takes to become a loyal warrior of ThunderClan. It is what I am destined to do and I won't let anyone stop me from achieving my goal."

Sandpaw gave Sunpaw a measuring look. "You think you can do it?"

Sunpaw held Sandpaw's gaze and replied confidently, "Yes, I know I can."

Sandpaw nodded slowly. "Then you will. You know, the reason why some fail to become warriors is because they aren't confident they can do it, but you don't show that weakness. You seem to have the strength of a warrior. But enough of this serious talk, I'll show you the rest of our – your – camp."

Sunpaw nodded and purred. "Let's do it!"

And she knew, this was where her destiny was, it was here, in ThunderClan, with all of her clanmates. She didn't know what would be coming, but she knew that she would be ready and that she would achieve her goal of becoming a warrior that ThunderClan could be proud of!

Faithblossom:There! Do you like Sunpaw's name? Do you? Do you? Review please? It always makes me ridiculously happy when I receive an e-Mail notifying me that I got a new review :)