Frostkit woke up to see Fallenshade sitting by her.
"Hi Fallenshade!"
"It's Fallenstar now." He corrected.
"Starclan approved of you as leader! That's wonderful!"
"Frostkit, you were trying to be noble towards the end of Rainstar's life. You also admitted that you deserved the punishments he gave you. So I'm going to take off those punishments. I will hold your apprentice ceremony tonight at dusk."
"Really!"
"You get to be an apprentice before Goldenpetals kits."
"Isn't that against the warrior code?"
"I asked Starclan and they said you showed bravery saving me from that fox."
"Cool! I'm going to go hang out with Goldenpetals kits!"
"Okay see you later."
Frostkit pranced out of the nursery to find Marigoldkit and Cloudkit. Then she heard them talking and stopped to eavesdrop.
"I'm going to find Skykit!" Sneered Marigoldkit.
"Search parties!" Cloudkit imitated Rainstar.
"There's no fox!"
"Get away from there!"
"No! I'm going to kill you! I want to be an apprentice now!"
Frostkits tail drooped as she walked to the nursery. As she was about to go in, Fallenstar was walking out. He had stayed to talk to Brindleheart. Fallenstar ran into her and looked at her questioningly.
"I thought you were going to play with Goldenpetals kits."
"I decided I didn't want to." She whimpered.
"What happened?"
"They were mimicking me. About what I accidentally did to Rainstar."
"Let's go for a walk."
"Okay."
Fallenstar led the way up the ravine and into the forest. Then he suddenly turned towards Frostkit and meowed.
"You know that what you did wasn't on purpose."
"I still feel bad though, because I killed him."
"I know you do."
"I wish that he could have lived."
Frostkit stopped in her tracks and sniffed the air.
"Ugh! What's that awful smell!" She exclaimed as Fallenstar looked back at her.
Fallenstar opened his mouth to taste the air.
"Shadowclan! Quick Frostkit, do you know the way back to camp? Get some warriors." He hissed.
"Yes!" She ran straight back to camp bursting through the entrance. "Help! Shadowclan is attacking and Fallenstar is out there alone!"
Mudclaw came over to Frostkit and looked her in the eye.
"It's not okay to play pranks like that." He meowed sternly.
"You don't believe me? Anybody? Fine! I'll go save him by myself!"
She ran out of camp, to find Fallenstar before it was too late. As she got closer to where they were, the smell of blood became strong.
"I'm coming Fallenstar!
She pelted the rest of the way and threw herself on a Shadowclan cats back. Fallenshade quickly got up and yowled to Frostkit.
"Did you bring a patrol?"
"Nobody believed me!"
"Follow me!"
Frostkit pelted after Fallenstar who was leading Shadowclan straight to camp. As they got closer, Fallenstar yowled a battle cry and pelted through the entrance with Frostkit right behind him. A few moments later the Shadowclan cats ran in claws unsheathed and eyes filled with rage. One of the Thunderclan warriors told Frostkit to go into the nursery, so Frostkit started heading that way then turned to find Fallenstar. It wasn't too long until she spotted him writhing under the weight of a big tom. Frostkit pelted behind him and jumped to bite his tail. The tom ran out of camp and back towards Shadowclan territory. Fallenshade looked around camp and glanced down at Frostkit.
"You know the way to Riverclan?"
"I think so."
"Go see if Riverclan will help us. Be quick but don't fall in."
Frostkit pelted to where she thought the river was and found out she was correct. She looked for the stepping stones and started jumping across. Once she was across she thought she should take a right first. Soon she found what she thought looked like an entrance to the camp. So she pelted towards it and ran straight in. She was correct. All the Riverclan cats stared at her astonished.
"Shadowclan has attacked Thunderclan and we're losing! You must help us!"
"You seem a little frightened for an apprentice." Commented one of the warriors.
"I'm a kit."
"Why did Rainstar send you?"
"I was the only one available."
"Enough talking! We need to help Thunderclan!" Someone meowed. He sounded quite familiar.
"Let's go Riverclan!" Called Blossomstar.
The Riverclan cats started sprinting to the river and Frostkit pelted after them. The tom who sounded familiar dropped into place beside her.
"I remember you! You're the cat I saved from the river! It's Frostkit right?" He meowed.
"Yes but who are you?"
"Emberpaw."
Soon they were at the river but not near stepping stones. Frostkit paused as the Riverclan cats jumped in.
"I'll teach you." Emberpaw meowed. "It's just like walking. Start walking and keep making the movements like you're walking."
Frostkit jumped in after Emberpaw who stayed beside her the whole time. Once they got out Emberpaw was staring at her in astonishment.
"What?"
"Your. Your pelt. It's blue!"
Frostkit glanced at her self and stared in awe then focused her attention back to Emberpaw.
"Let's catch up to the others!"
Soon they were right behind all the Riverclan warriors who came, they pelted down the ravine yowling battle cries. As soon as they emerged in the camp, Emberpaw and Frostkit flung themselves at the nearest Shadowclan cats.
Unfortunately for Frostkit, she landed on the fiercest Shadowclan cat, Darkstar. Darkstar twisted around and grabbed Frostkit by the scruff before she could bite him. Darkstar whipped her around and flung her into the middle of the battling cats. Riverclan, Shadowclan, and Thunderclan cats were everywhere around her. She was dizzy but, as soon as she saw Darkstar creeping up on Fallenstar who was on Scarfqce, scratching his belly one paw after another, she got up despite her injuries and ran as fat as she could yowling her loudest battle cry and leaped onto Darkstars back then turned around and clamped down on his tail.
"Shadowclan retreat!" Yowled Darkstar.
Soon after they left, fallenstar went up to Blossomstar and he dipped his head and meowed,
"We thank Riverclan for saving us. If it weren't for your generosity we'd all be dead."
"Not a problem, Riverclan should be heading back to our territory now."
The Riverclan cats were on there way out but right as Frostkit was about to go see Blizzardrain, Emberpaw ran up to her,
"Are you okay? Darkstar really sent you flying! I'm surprised that you didn't die from landing!"
"I was scared but I'm fine now, I just need to see Blizzardrain."
"Okay bye!" The Riverclan apprentice ran out of camp.
However, instead of going to Blizzardrain she started to head towards Fallenstar. When he suddenly whipped around, eyes blazing with anger he hissed at the clan,
"Next time a cat comes in camp and says to send patrols and that there's an invasion, you believe them! I don't care how many moons they are! If it weren't for Frostkit running back into the forest, I'd probably be dead!"
"We are sorry Fallenstar. We should have believed her." Mistrise meowed calmly.
"Alright now get your wounds treated by Blizzardrain while I talk to Frostkit."
Fallenstar walked over to Frostkit and as he got closer she saw anguish on his face.
"What happened to you?" He exclaimed.
"I fought Darkstar! He flung me into the battling cats, but then I saw that he was creeping up on you so I got up and bit his tail!"
"Let's get Blizzardrain to treat those wounds."
"Okay. Do you think if Skykit were here, that he'd have battled with me even though he would also be a kit."
"Knowing how close you two were, I'd say yes. Wait a second! We have to do your apprentice ceremony!"
Fallenstar bolted up onto the highrock and yowled,
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here!"
The clan turned and looked up at Fallenstar.
"I have asked Starclan, and they said it was okay to make Frostkit an apprentice early! So Frostkit from this day forward, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Frostpaw! Frostpaw, your mentor will be Dewfang!"
"Frostpaw!"
"Frostpaw! Frostpaw!"
I'm an apprentice now! A four moon old apprentice! I will be the best apprentice Thunderclan has ever seen!
Frostpaw thought as she walked over to her mentor and touched noses with him.
"When do we go training? Do I get to hunt? Or go over the territory? Or battle? Or or or or or what?"
"We will go training at dawn. You are the only apprentice right now, so you have to rely on yourself. As far as what we are doing, that's a surprise."
