*Rainkit's P.O.V.*
"Rainkit, your fur is a mess! Lick yourself clean while I get Hawkkit. Wolfkit, lick yourself!" Our mother, Patchclaw, said.
Our apprenticeship is today, I hope I get a good mentor.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting!" Bramblestar called.
"No, you're not ready, oh just look at your fur." Patchclaw fretted.
"It's time to make 3 new apprentices, Rainkit, Hawkkit, and Wolfkit step forward." Bramblestar called to us.
We stepped forward. I was trembling with excitement.
"Hawkkit, from this day forward, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Hawkpaw. Whitewing, you will be mentor to Hawkpaw." Bramblestar said. Whitewing stepped forward to touch noses with Hawkpaw.
"Rainkit, from this day forward, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Rainpaw. Lilypelt, you will be mentor to Rainpaw." Bramblestar continued. I walked over to touch noses with my new mentor, Lilypelt.
"Wolfkit, from this day forward, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Wolfpaw. Seedclaw, you will be mentor to Wolfpaw." Bramblestar finished.
The whole clan hollered our new names.
"What do we do now?" I asked Lilypelt.
"I'm going to take you to explore the territory." Lilypelt told me.
"Can Hawkpaw and Wolfpaw come with us?" I asked.
"That's up to Seedclaw and Whitewing." She answered.
Seedclaw and Wolfpaw walked over to us. "Mind if we join you sis?" Seedclaw asked Lilypelt.
"Okay, let's go." Lilypelt told Seedclaw.
Wolfpaw and I padded out after Lilypelt and Seedclaw. Hawkpaw and Whitewing followed, but once we were out of camp, they went the opposite direction we did.
Lilypelt and Seedclaw took us on a tour around the territory. We visited every spot in Thunderclan territory.
We got back to camp around Moonhigh. I noticed that Hawkpaw was already home. He was over near the apprentices den sharing a rabbit with Puddlepaw and Pinepaw.
Puddlepaw and Pinepaw were really close to getting their warrior names, they only have a half-moon left of training.
I felt kind of left out; my brother was sharing prey with older apprentices. Has he forgotten about his littermates?
Hawkpaw didn't even look up when Wolfpaw and I took a thrush from the fresh-kill pile and sat down next to him. We asked him to join us, but he completely ignored us.
Angrily, I tore into the thrush. Wolfpaw must have noticed I was angry.
"Rainpaw, what's wrong?" He asked.
"What's wrong!? Hawkpaw is what's wrong! Look at him; he doesn't even care about us. He's too busy with his new friends." I said, desperately trying to control my temper.
"Hawkpaw's allowed to have friends. He still cares about us; he's just enjoying time with Puddlepaw and Pinepaw." Wolfpaw told me.
Ignoring the rest of the thrush and my own hunger, I stormed off towards the apprentices den.
I tried to get comfortable in my new nest, but I was too angry with Hawkpaw and Wolfpaw.
I heard someone come into the den, I ignored them and left.
I didn't know where I was going, but I didn't care.
Eventually, I found myself at the lake shore. I looked out over the water, with the stars reflecting off the surface.
Tears forming in my eyes, I took a pebble and threw it out onto the lake.
I watched the small waves rippling on the lake's surface. All of a sudden, I saw a shape walking towards me. It was the shape of a cat. I didn't know who or what it was, but I backed off.
I bumped into something furry behind me. I looked and saw a ginger tom behind me, but something was weird, he had stars in his fur.
He looked at me with an intense green stare. I calmed down a little, knowing he was a warrior of Starclan.
"Don't be scared young Rainpaw. We won't hurt you." The ginger tom said.
"Who… who are you?" I asked.
"I am Firestar, the leader of Thunderclan before Bramblestar." Firestar told me.
"And I am Hollyleaf." The cat I had seen on the lake said.
"W… Why are you here?" I asked.
"Once again, darkness rises. Storm, Fire, Gold, and Rain must come together and brighten the stars again." Firestar and Hollyleaf said in unison.
After saying that, they started to fade away.
"Wait! What does that mean!?" I asked, even more scared now.
I awoke to cats calling my name. I was still by the lake shore, in my nest of pebbles.
"I found her, she's over here!" I heard Stormfoot say.
Stormfoot came over to me. Lilypelt, Firestorm, Goldentail, and Squirrelflight followed closely.
"Rainpaw, are you okay?" Goldentail asked me, her voice full of concern and fear.
I realized I was still trembling from my dream.
I nodded and stood up.
Squirrelflight led us back to the camp. I leaned on Goldentail's shoulder, still trembling.
Once we got back, Goldentail and Squirrelflight led me to Bramblestar.
"Where have you been!?" Bramblestar asked me.
"I fell asleep by the lake." I answered innocently.
"Why were you out of camp in the first place?" He asked, angrily.
"I was mad at Hawkpaw and Wolfpaw, so I ran away. But I meant to come back before dawn, I just fell asleep." I answered.
"You don't know what could be out there. You could have been attacked by a fox, or worse, a badger." He told me, fury in his eyes.
"I'm sorry Bramblestar, I didn't think." I told him.
He calmed down a little. "Just don't do it again."
With that, he took Squirrelflight, Whitewing, and Hawkpaw out on patrol.
All of a sudden Goldentail asked me, "Did Starclan come to you in a dream?"
"Y…Yes, yes they did." I told her.
"Who visited you and what did they say?" She asked.
Surprised, I told her about Firestar and Hollyleaf's mysterious prophecy.
"Ferncloud, Shrewpaw, Hollykit, and Larchkit told me the same thing. It's a prophecy, and it has something to do with us."
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