Alright I got bored and did chapter 3! I love Thornclaw as you will find out along the life of this story! I'm all about the old-ThunderClan haha. But basically this chapter is in his POV because I needed a somewhat neutral cat. Firestar would have been too difficult and Mousefur and Longtail would have been super-defensive. Thornclaw has a connection with both the cats so he seemed like a good choice.

Thornclaw POV

I returned from the dawn patrol with Sorreltail, Brackenfur and Hazeltail following close behind. We all noticed Firestar looking down from High ledge.

"Looks like a clan meeting." Sorreltail meowed.

Just then Daisy appeared from the nursery with Toadkit and Rosekit on either side of her. Both kits fur was shiny and smooth, no doubt they had a thorough licking from their mother.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here, beneath the High ledge for a clan meeting!" Firestar yowled.

The few cats who were not in the clearing gathered around excited mews going through the clan.

"I wonder who their mentors will be?" Poppyfrost exclaimed.

"Not Spiderleg, that's for sure!" Cinderheart replied.

Firestar calmly waited for everyone to be silent before he began.

"We have two kits who wish to become apprentices," he announced. "By naming new apprentices, we show that ThunderClan will survive and remain strong. Toadkit step forward," before Firestar could even finish the sentence Toadkit was padding forward.

"Toadkit, from this day forth until you are given your warrior name, you will be known as Toadpaw. Birchfall, you are ready for your first apprentice. I trust you will pass on all the courage and wisdom Ashfur passed on to you."

Birchfall nodded solemnly, no doubt remembering his mentor. He met Toadkit in the middle and the two touched noses.

"Rosekit, from this day forth until you are given your warrior name, you will be known as Rosepaw. Brightheart, you are long over-due for your apprentice. I know you will pass on to her all the determination and strength that you have."

Brighthearts' face was aglow, she raced towards her apprentice and the two touched noses. Finally my sister would be the mentor she always deserved to be.

"Toadpaw! Rosepaw!" The cats shouted in unison.

"I have one more thing to announce." Firestar yowled before the meeting could break up.

"ThunderClan has two new kits." He started, waiting as a few surprised yowls broke out. "Mousefur and Longtail have had two healthy kits, their-" But before he could give out the new kits names he was bombarded with questions and yowls from his clan.

"But their elders!" One cat yelled, "They can't have kits!"

Firestar waited yet again for them to be silent. "It appears our elders are not as old as we should think." he calmly stated.

Still some cats seemed unsettled by the news, not so much because the kits parents were elders, more just because this was something none of them had experienced before. Would StarClan be angry over this, would the kits every be able to be warriors or were they too weak?

Brambleclaw made himself known then. "I remember Speckletail and Smallear having Snowkit back in the old forest. No one seemed to think it too strange then, why should this be any different."

Firestar nodded to his deputy, no doubt happy to have someone on his side.

"Snowkit was deaf! Probably because his parents were elders!" Cloudtail yowled, always the first to speak his mind. "He was carried away by a hawk after the fire! He was too weak! How do we know the same thing won't happen again!"

Thornclaw had remained quiet through out the meeting. He was just as shocked to hear of the kits, but rather then worrying him, it had warmed his heart. Mousefur had been his mentor and he was happy for the old she-cat. And Longtail too, blinded by that blasted rabbit and sent to the elders den too young. It would do ThunderClan good to have these cats kin become warriors.

"Leafpool has looked over the kits, they are strong and healthy." Firestar reassured the cats, "Speckletail's kit met a terrible fate, but these kits will not."

"What are their names?" Thornclaw yowled. Happy to see that most of the cats were getting over the initial shock of the news.

Firestar smiled at Thornclaw, pleased to hear support from a senior warrior.

"Their names are Thistlekit and Dapplekit." he meowed.

A few of the cats even went as far as to show their support of the kits by yowling their names, much like an apprentice or warrior ceremony.

"Thistlekit! Dapplekit!"

Thornclaw turned to see Longtail being congratulated. A few cats still looked wary, but most were either going to look at the new kits or returning to their warrior duties. Thornclaw turned to find his sister being congratulated as well. She would make a fine mentor and every cat knew she deserved it.

"It's about time." He purred, brushing his muzzle against his sisters.

"I can't stay and chat. Rosepaw is too excited and I think we should go explore the territories." She meowed to her new apprentice.

Rosepaws' face lit up, "Really, already!?" She meowed.

"Why of course!" Brightheart exclaimed.

And with that Thornclaw watched his sister and her apprentice padd toward the gorse thicket.

He looked to the nursery, wondering if he should take a look at his old mentors kits, but he stiffled a laugh when he saw the entrance to the nursery nearly over-run with cats trying to get a glimpse of the new kits. He would have to wait til the exitement died down to get his first look at them. Either way Thornclaw was happy to know that almost everyone was accepting the two new kits as they would any kits.

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Alright I liked this one better then chapter2. Yay for Brightheart! R&R Please!