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Chapter 5
It was the day of Sagekit's apprentice ceremony. She was very excited but was scared that Wrenstar would give her a mentor who hated her. In the past few moons, Sagekit had been battered by words of hatred from many in the clan. Larkkit had become one of the meanest cats to Sagekit once she figured out that Tigerpaw and Sagekit were friends. But Leafkit and Tigerpaw were the two cats who were able to keep her going. Their friendship had helped Sagekit through her hard times when other cats were vicious and mean to her.
No one helped clean Sagekit's pelt for her big day, except Leafkit. He finished helping her right as Wrenstar called a clan meeting for the ceremony. As Sagekit stepped outside of the nursery, the clan was gathering underneath the tall rock.
She waited with anticipation as her brother and sister had received their apprentice names and their mentors. After Whitepaw and Bouncepaw had received their names, Wrenstar called Sagekit up.
"Sagekit, from this day forth until you become a warrior…" Wrenstar started.
"Which she won't!" Eagleclaw shouted for everyone to hear. There were snickers by many of the cats around her as he said this.
Wrenstar glared at Eagleclaw with cold eyes but returned to the ceremony.
"Your name will be Sagepaw. I will mentor you myself." As Sagepaw stepped forward and touched noses with her mentor and her leader, Sagepaw was bubbling with excitement at the fact that she couldn't have a better mentor. But the excitement was short-lived as no one but Leafkit, Tigerpaw, and Hawkwing cheered her new name.
As Wrenstar dismissed the clan, Sagepaw ran up to her.
"What are we going to do first Wrenstar?" Sagepaw asked.
"I was going to start off by showing you Airclan territory." She meowed.
"Awesome!" Sagepaw exclaimed.
As Wrenstar led her out of camp, they padded through lots of tall trees and finally Wrenstar stopped walking.
"This is the border between our clan and Heatherclan." Wrenstar meowed.
"Next, we will go see the Sky tree and then the border between us and Forest clan. Later I will show you the best places to hunt for prey."
"All right," Sagepaw meowed. She had heard tales about the Sky Tree from Tallfoot, who said that it was so high up that it was close to touching Starclan. Sagepaw wanted to see the giant tree for herself.
As Wrenstar was leading her to the border between Airclan and Forestclan, she stopped by a huge tree. This must be the Sky Tree. Sagepaw thought. Tallfoot was right. This tree is really tall.
"As you have probably heard, this is the Sky Tree." Wrenstar meowed.
"It's awesome!" Sagepaw breathed.
"We are losing time looking at it so let's continue heading to the border," Wrenstar reminded her.
When they got to the border, the other side of it looked like Airclan territory except for the fact that the trees were shorter and there were a lot more shrubs and bushes.
"It's getting late. I will show you the best places to hunt and how to hunt tomorrow," Wrenstar meowed as she led Sagepaw back to camp.
"Goodnight, Wrenstar," Sagepaw replied as she headed to her new den. While she was gone, someone had made a nest for her. "It must have been Tigerpaw," Sagepaw thought, "None of the other apprentices would have done this for me."
Tomorrow would be fun. Sagepaw couldn't wait to finally be able to try to hunt for her clan. Hopefully, if she caught more prey, her clan mates would finally respect her.
Excluding the author's notes, this chapter is 600 words on the dot. So anyways, Sagepaw is finally an apprentice and Wrenstar is her mentor! Did anyone see that coming? Thanks for reading this chapter and I will update soon!