"Let all cats old enough to climb the highest sycamore gather beneath the Hightree for a clan meeting!" Brackenstar called.
Oakpaw leapt out of her lone-corner and headed for the clearing. Seemed as if everyone was here. She settled down by Birchpaw and Snowpaw.
"Fawnpaw, Juniperpaw, Mintpaw, and Thrushpaw have completed their final tests! We are now making them into warriors!" Brackenstar yowled excitedly. "Fawnpaw, from this day forth, you will be known as Fawnfoot. Starclan honors your energy and eagerness in battle. Juniperpaw, from this day forth, you will be known as Junipertail. Starclan honors your strength and swiftness in battle. Mintpaw, from this day forth, you will be known as Mintleaf. Starclan honors your calmness and steadiness in battle. Thrushpaw, from this day forth, you will be known as Thrushfeather. Starclan honors your rather excessive ability to hunt for your clan. Clan meeting dismissed!" Brackenstar ended.
As Oakpaw was leaving, she decided to check the Thunderpath carefully. As she headed out, she noticed some yowling in the distance. Could it be one of her friends? She ducked into a bush near the Thunderpath, but didn't see anything apart from a hat and a scarf. Too bad that scarf isn't Snowpaw's. If it were red, it would be, but this one is checkered black and white. She picked up the scarf and put it on top of the hat. Having done that, she decided to return to the camp and wait to be assigned to a patrol.
"Great job, Oakpaw!" Swiftfeather praised his apprentice. "That thrush couldn't get away from you, now could it?"
Oakpaw was proudly carrying her unusually large thrush into the camp. The kits ooh'ed at it and came for a closer look.
"How did you catch it?" Mewed Snailkit.
"I crept up on it and sprang," Oakpaw said. "It didn't stand a chance."
"Cool!" Meowed Bushkit.
"Let all cats old enough to climb the highest sycamore gather beneath the Hightree for a clan meeting!" Brackenstar called for the second time that day. Oakpaw found a space near Birchpaw and looked up. Those cats look unusual, she thought. Do I know them? She decided to study them, and it seemed that she had caught the eye of one of them, who had stared back. She stopped studying them when she realized that the ceremony had begun.
"Do you two wish to pick your apprentice names?" Brackenstar asked.
"No thanks," they both replied.
"Alright. As of today, this cat will be known as Violetpaw," Brackenstar said behind the first cat.
"And as of today, this cat will be known as Gingerpaw," Brackenstar yowled behind the second one.
"Beetleskip, you have shown your speed and bravery in battle, so I am entrusting Violetpaw as your apprentice," He said to a dark tabby tom in the back. "And Nightwater, you have shown level-headedness and steady fighting in battles, so I will entrust Gingerpaw as your apprentice." He pointed to a Russian Blue cat in the front with his tail. "Clan meeting dismissed!"
Oakpaw moved to talk to them, but they quickly dashed off to the meadow between Cliffclan and Gemclan to do who-knows-what. She spotted Lilacpelt coming to talk to her.
"So, what do you think of those two?" Lilacpelt asked.
"Nothing, really. They don't look familiar to me," She answered back.
"Well, I found them near the thunderpath, just like how I saved you," Lilacpelt said.
"So were they ever found out by someone other than you?" She asked.
"No, I found them in a bush, trying to hide. Seems they were as scared as you were when you first came." Lilacpelt teased. "In all seriousness, I think it's better that they came together to console themselves, rather than having no one to talk to."
"Yeah, I bet it is," Oakpaw said.
Blooper: Okay, so actually I have MANY, MANY bloopers from our trip to Silverwood and just Idaho in general, so here's one: We were having a pool party at the hotel we were staying in (Holiday Inn) and we played Marco Polo. This is how it plays out.
Me: *sitting on the edge of the pool*
Classmate #1: Marco!
Everyone else: *splashes classmate #1 and some even get out of the pool and cannonball near classmate #1 to splash them thoroughly* Polo!
And just rinse and repeat with literally everyone with the exception of me because I was splashing them outside of the pool so I would just be leaning over the pool and splashing them.