Chapter 1:
Moonkit opened her eyes.
Woah! The nursery is huge!
She looked up and saw a beautiful pale gray she-cat with green eyes looking down at her.
"Hello, Moonkit." She meowed.
"Hi Dovewing!" Moonkit exclaimed.
"Your the first to open your eyes." Dovewing informed her.
"Why is it so dark?" Moonkit asked.
"It's night silly. It'll be morning soon and you can go out into the camp when your littermates open their eyes." Her mother told her and licked her head. "Now go to sleep and rest up for tomorrow. You may be able to go outside."
"Okay." Moonkit meowed and closed her eyes.
When Moonkit opened her eyes again, it was light out. She looked around the nursery. Dovewing was sitting up in her nest washing herself.
"The first one to wake up again, I see." She meowed, purring.
"I want to explore!" Moonkit mewed. Her voice sounded high and squeaky next to her mother's. She puffed out her chest to make her look bigger.
Dovewing laughed. She looked at Moonkit and stopped.
Why is she making that face? Is there something wrong with me?
"I'll be right back, Moonkit, stay in your nest." She meowed and padded out of the nursery.
When she came back, she had Briarlight with her.
"Briarlight, look at her eyes. I need you to tell Jayfeather about this." Dovewing told him.
Briarlight dragged herself over to Moonkit. She looked at her eyes.
"Oh. I have never seen this before. One blue eye and one yellow eye." Briarlight meowed. "I'll ask Jayfeather about it." She dragged herself out of the nursery.
"Dovewing, what's wrong with me?" Moonkit asked.
"Nothing dear, it's just not normal for a cat to have to different colored eyes, that's all." Dovewing told her.
Moonkit looked over to her brother, Ashkit. He was starting to stir.
"Ashkit! Open your eyes it's awesome!" She told him.
"I'm scared." Ashkit mewed. His voice was deeper than hers, but still squeaky.
"It's a little overwhelming at first, but you get used to it." She comforted him.
Ashkit opened his eyes. He looked around. His eyes were a bright blue.
"Woah! It's awesome!" Ashkit exclaimed.
He sat up and looked wide eyed around the nursery. He nudged Hollykit.
"Hollykit wake up! It's awesome!" Ashkit meowed.
"Why?" Hollykit mewed.
"Because you wont get to be a warrior until you open your eyes!" Ashkit prompted.
"Fine!" Hollykit said. She opened her eyes. Her eyes were instantly bright green.
"Woah!" She said in wonder.
"Stormkit! It's your turn now!" Moonkit meowed. Stormkit was the smallest out of the litter. But he had muscles in his shoulders already.
"I'm tired." Stormkit snapped. His voice was surprisingly deep.
"But don't you want to become a warrior?" Hollykit asked.
Stormkit slowly opened his eyes. They were bright amber.
"Okay, my eyes are open. Now what?" He said.
"Now we can go out into the clearing!" Moonkit exclaimed.
"Dovewing! Can we go out into the clearing now?" Hollykit asked.
"Of course. But stay in camp! And be back by the time the dawn patrol gets back!" Their mother told them.
The kits scampered out into the clearing.
Moonkit looked around. It was huge!
"Woah!" She mewed in wonder.
Then, they saw a muscular pale gray tom walking towards them.
"Hello Moonkit." He said.
"Hello, Bumblestripe." Moonkit greeted him. She sat up straight.
"How do you know who I am?" He asked her and laughed.
"Oh, Dovewing told us all about you!" Hollykit meowed. "You're our father!"
"You're right, Hollykit" Bumblestripe meowed.
Then, a group of cats ran through the thorn entrance. They looked scared.
"Uh, oh. Trouble I better go see what's wrong." Their father meowed. He licked their heads and walked over to the group of cats.
"Well we better go back into the nursery." Ashkit told them.
They walked into the nursery and laid down.
A few moons later
"When can we move to the apprentice's den?" Hollykit asked.
"Any day now. You're almost 6 moons." Dovewing told them.
"You're so lucky! We have to wait another 2 moons!" Mosskit, one of Ivypool's kits, meowed. They were born 2 moons after Hollykit and her littermates. Owlkit, the only tom of the litter, died about a moon ago. His stomach did not respond to Jayfeather's herbs, and he died.
Mosskit's sister, Larkkit was asleep.
"I think Larkkit isn't in any hurry to become a warrior." Ivypool meowed.
"Larkkit told me she wants to be a medicine cat." Mosskit said.
Hazeltail's litter were only about a moon old.
Silverkit, a silver and white she-kit, Oakkit, a golden brown tom and Hawkkit, a big dark brown tom.
Silverkit lifted her head up, "I'm going to be the best warrior ever!" She boasted.
"No! I am!" Hawkkit said.
"Hush, little ones." Hazeltail soothed her kits.
Bumblestripe padded into the den.
"Hey kits, guess what today is!" He said excitedly.
"What?" Ashkit asked.
"Today, you four are going to become apprentices!" He announced.
The four kits started jumping around.
"Now you have to act like apprentices instead of mousebrained kits." Dovewing purred.
She started licking Stormkit.
"I can take care of myself!" He snapped and pulled away.
"Of course." Dovewing meowed.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, join here beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!" Bramblestar summoned the Clan together.
We're going to be apprentices! Hollykit thought excitedly.
"Today is one of the most important days in Clan life. It is time four kits become apprentices!" Bramblestar meowed when every cat was in the clearing.
"Hollykit step forward." Bramblestar summoned. She obeyed. "From this moment on until you have received your warrior name, you will be known as Hollypaw. Poppyfrost, you are an excellent hunter and fighter, I hope that you will pass your skills on to Hollypaw while being her mentor." Hollypaw looked for Poppyfrost and went to sit by her new mentor.
"Ashkit, from this day forward, until you have received your warrior name, you will be known as Ashpaw. Squirrelflight, you will be his mentor. I hope that you will pass your skills down onto your apprentice." Ashpaw walked up to his mentor and sat next to her.
"Stormkit, from this day forward, until you have received your warrior name, you will be known as Stormpaw. Berrynose, you are ready for an apprentice. Please pass down your skills to Stormpaw." Stormpaw walked up to his mentor and sat down.
"Moonkit, from this moment on, until you have received your warrior name, you will be known as Moonpaw. Lionblaze, you are an excellent fighter, I hope you will pass down your skills to this young cat." Moonpaw looked over at Lionblaze. She bounded up to him and sat down
"Hollypaw! Ashpaw! Stormpaw! Moonpaw!" Cats cheered their new names.
We're apprentices!