First Chapter! Already? Some of you might ask, I got excited after I got a review five minutes after posting it
Chapter 1: Kit Hood and Apprenticeship
Ever since Lakekit had joined ThunderClan he had been so cheerful and happy, he had a special connection to Poppydawn who had become his mother he was happy when Mousekit and Runningkit were born sure Bloodkit was there, but it wasn't the same.
He was just silent so Lakekit grew until he was six moons old Bloodkit had already left and become Bloodpaw his mentor was his uncle Burntail.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath high rock for a clan meeting." That was Sunstar's calling
Lakekit rushed out and sat beside Adderfang, he was jumping so much Adderfang had to put a paw on him to keep him down.
"Lakekit come forward." Sunstar called to him and Lakekit bounded forward. "Lakekit has reached his sixth moon and it is time you become an apprentice, from this moment until he receives his warrior name he will be known as Lakepaw." Sunstar paused.
then Stonepelt spoke up.
"Who will be his mentor?"
"Lakepaw's mentor will be me."
Everyone was shocked as Sunstar jumped down and touched noses with him
One moon later
"NO NO NO! Sunstar shouted at his apprentice. "Like this."
This is how it was everyday for Lakepaw his mentor said something he saw another way to do it, he had been an apprentice for one moon and already he was the laughing stock of the apprentices, Bloodpaw and Tigerpaw made fun of him at every turn.
And having the Clan leader as his mentor, there was a lot of pressure on him.
"Hahaha, you should be in the nursery Lakekit." Laughed Tigerpaw.
They were training with him and ThistleClaw today and it was terrible, he was doing everything wrong, maybe it was because he wasn't born in ThunderClan, while every other cat in ThunderClan hated the water, Lakepaw didn't seem to mind it, while everyone else hated fish he didn't seem to mind it."
"Sorry Sunstar." He mumbled and got into position to try again.
"It's alright, you should just listen and leave two paws on the ground all times while fighting."
Referring to how Lakepaw always somehow included a jump in his attacks.
"But Sunstar, how can I fight two opponents if one is in front of me and ones behind me?
"That is for later for now focus on this."
"Okay Sunstar."
After the training session the group walked back to camp, (Sunstar, ThistleClaw, and Tigerpaw walked, Lakepaw dragged himself) when they got there he just walked into the apprentices' den and fell on his nest.
Poppydawn who has always felt like a mother to Lakepaw saw this and went to talk to Sunstar.
"Sunstar? Why is Lakepaw so sad?"
"He just had a hard training, I just can't get him to learn the moves."
"Well maybe, you couldn't teach him those moves?"
"They're basic moves!"
"No, I mean let him do his own moves."
"Huh?"
"He's different then most apprentices, let him make his own moves."
"Okay I'll try your method since you know him best."
The next day when Sunstar and Lakepaw when out to train, Sunstar decided to tell Lakepaw about what they were doing.
"We're going to try something new today."
He looked up at Sunstar with eyes that were a mixture of sadness and wonder
"What?"
"You're going to make up as many moves as you can."
"WHAT?"
"Poppydawn talked to me last night and gave me a new idea, you will make your own fighting moves."
He ran ahead of Sunstar to the sandy hollow and when Sunstar got there he was already making moves and having fun, when Burntail and Bloodpaw arrived, they were surprised to find Lakepaw making his own moves and Sunstar doing nothing about it.
"Sunstar, what's going on?" Burntail asked. "Those aren't the moves he should be learning."
"We're trying something new, are you questioning your leader?" Sunstar immediately responded. "Remember my word is law."
"Of course not!"
"Then get on with training."
LATER
"Let all cat old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath high rock for a clan meeting!" Sunstar's words echoed throughout the camp
"Mousekit and Runningkit have reached six moons of age and it is time they become apprentices, Runningkit come forward." The brown tabby came forward. "From this moment until he receives his warrior name this is kit will be known as Runningpaw, Bluefur! Your ready for your first apprentice, you will mentor Runningpaw.
"Mousekit come forward from this moment forward until she receives her warrior name this kit will be known as Mousepaw, Adderfang your ready for another apprentice you will mentor Mousepaw, pass all your knowledge onto her, let us leave to the gathering this clan meeting is over."
Everyone who was going to the gathering exited the camp, Lakepaw was excited to be going to his first gathering he had heard of them and heard what had happened at them from cats, he followed Sunstar closely and was almost bursting at the seams.
