Finally! The moment you have all been waiting for! THE NEW CHAPTER!
Nightkit tossed and turned. He had a hard time getting some rest, thanks to his chatty littermates.
"Wow! I can't wait to become an apprentice!"
"I know right? It'll be so cool, hunting and fighting!"
"Who do you think our mentors will be?"
"I dunno, but I hope I get Stoneheart!"
Nightkit's temper was getting higher and higher.
He thought angrily, "Why won't they shut up? Why won't they shut up?"
His denmates continued to chatter on and on about their apprentice ceremonies, except for his brother Tigerkit.
Silverkit asked loudly, "Hey Nightkit, who do you think your mentor will be?"
Finally, he snapped.
"SHUT UP! Will you just SHUT UP," Nightkit yowled angrily.
His sister snorted, "Don't be such a killjoy."
Tigerkit meowed quietly, "He does have a point, though. It's late, and we wouldn't want to be tired for our apprentice ceremony, now would we?"
A chorus of no's echoed in the nursery.
"Then shut up and go to sleep," Nightkit murmured as he lied down again.
"Alright, alright, geez," Duskkit growled.
"I'm certainly not sleeping anywhere near him," Silverkit hissed.
"Well…"
"SHUT UP," Nightkit screeched.
He sat down, and immediately curled up.
Next thing he knew, everyone was asleep.
Nightkit opened his eyes. To his surprise, he was back in the very same meadow where he had died.
He looked at the ground to see if he still had paws. Nightkit was shocked. Instead he was looking at green blocky feet.
He whooped and hollered in joy, all while bouncing around.
"Oh thank Notch! It was all just some crazy dream! Hooray!"
Bob bounded through the meadow.
"Bob! Bob, is that you?"
He was even more surprised.
He thought, "Is that… Karen?"
"Karen! Karen, I'm over here," Bob yelled.
He started to run over to her, but everything started going in slow motion while some music played.
"How cliché… Oh well, at least I'm back in MineCraftia."
And then he woke up.
It had all been just a dream. A perfectly cruel dream.
Sunlight streamed through the bramble den. He heard voices outside.
"Hey Nightkit, wake up! It's time!"
A paw gently prodded him. He looked up, and saw a golden-brown tabby with a white muzzle, chest, and paws staring down at him.
"It's time for our apprentice ceremony! Aren't you excited?"
Nightkit stood up on his mossy nest.
"Not really. I'm more like… confused. Why is everyone making such a big fuss about it?"
"Because we're a step closer to being warriors! Now come on, Featherwing is waiting for us outside."
The kits strolled out of the nursery, where Tigerkit, Silverkit, Boulderkit, and Featherwing were waiting.
Featherwing looked down on Nightkit.
"Your fur is a mess. You ought to clean it before your ceremony starts. Go into the nursery to do it."
Nightkit looked at his shoulder.
He murmured, "It doesn't seem that bad…"
"No, there's dirt all over it! Clean your fur! Honestly! Your littermates already did it."
Embarrassedly, Nightkit stalked back into the nursery to lick his fur clean.
"Whatever this ceremony is must be really important!"
Once his fur was sleek and clean, he walked out of the nursery, and sat next to Tigerkit.
Featherwing glanced at Nightkit, and purred, "Much better."
A white tom leaped onto a giant boulder. It was none other than Icestar.
He announced, "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join beneath the Big Boulder for a Clan meeting!"
Most of the cats were already there, but a few cats slunk out of the dens and joined the others.
"Come on, this is it," Silverkit meowed excitedly.
Nightkit, his littermates, Silverkit, and Boulderkit gathered there too.
"This is an important part of any Clan life; it is the making of apprentices. Nightkit, Duskkit, Tigerkit, Silverkit, Boulderkit, step forward."
The kits did as they were told.
"Boulderkit, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Boulderpaw. TreeClan welcomes you as a full apprentice."
Icestar glanced at Stoneheart and said, "Stoneheart, you are a loyal and strong warrior. I expect you to pass this to Boulderpaw."
The crowd chanted, "Boulderpaw! Boulderpaw!"
Icestar gave the rest of the kits their apprentice names and their mentors as well. Tigerkit, however, had decided to become the medicine cat's apprentice.
Finally, Icestar said, "Nightkit, step forward."
Nightkit strode forward confidently.
"Nightkit, until you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Nightpaw."
Icestar stared at a light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes.
"Owltalon, you are an excellent fighter and a cunning warrior, and I want you to pass this on to him."
The Clan chanted, "Nightpaw! Nightpaw!"
He sat there proudly, and thought, "Maybe being a cat won't be so bad after all."