"Wake up!" The sound of her denmate made the silver tabby raise her head
"Go Back to bed Flutterkit" she murmerd, rolling back over. "Come on Cloverkit, are ceremony is today!" The young Brown tabby pleaded.
'Our ceremony!' The thought lit up in Cloverkit's head as she forced herself into a sitting position, blinking around the dark den.
She could see her mother, Tigerbloom licking the tufts of fur between a orange tabbies head. "Hold still Blazingkit" the queen muttered through licks. "But it hurts" the tabby whimpered, trying to pull out of the queens grip, but it was in vain as the She-cat roughly held the cats tail.
"Done" Tigerbloom announced, lifting
her paw and observing as Blazingkit fell over, head first into the moss. "Now come here Cloverkit, Honeystar will start the ceremony soon" Tigerbloom meowed, padding towards Cloverkit and giving her ear a quick lick.
"You all look so beautiful" the mother mused, looking from kit to kit. "Now rembe-" the queen was cut off as a yowl from Honeystar erupted around camp.
Cloverkit stepped out of the shadows of the nursery, Flutterkit pushing past and padding forward confidently. "It's just your clan" Blazingkit murmerd before bouncing forward to join Flutterkit under the Oak tree. 'That's what I'm most afraid of' Cloverkit thought, padding forward, her head lowered.
"How is she a kit of Yewleaf? He was never shy" a voice muttered to another. Cloverkit wanted to do nothing more then bury herself and never again see the light of day, but she knew she was simply exaggerating.
"Today we gather for one of the most important ceremonies done in a clan" the golden tabby, half hidden by the branches of the Oak announced,"Blazingkit, step forward" the orange tabby next to Cloverkit bounced forward, her head raided and her green gaze shining. "Blazingkit, from this moment on you will be known as Blazingpaw until you earn your warrior name, Tansysplash will be your mentor, Tansysplash I expect you to pass on your quick thinking and sharp fighting skills to your apprentice" Honeystar meowed.
Towards the front of the crowd, a white and golden She-cat stepped forward, lowering her muzzle as the orange tabby padded towards the fae, touching noses. Raising her head, she looked at Honeystar "I promise to do just as" she meowed, receding towards the crowd with Blazingpaw following eagerly.
After Flutterkit being named Flutterpaw and given Splashstorm as a mentor, Cloverkit felt all eyes on her.
"And Cloverkit" Honeystar looked down of the She-cat, smiling gently. "Cloverkit from this moment on you will be known as Cloverpaw until you earn your warrior name, your mentor will be Teaseltwine"
Cloverpaw looked towards the Brown Tom sitting in the front row before turning back to Honeystar. "Teaseltwine,I expect you to pass on your courage and bravery to Cloverpaw". "I promise I will" Cloverpaw drew in a gasp, looking next to her stood Teaseltwine. "But you were just-" Teaseltwine smiled, touching noses with her "you have a lot to learn"