A/N: Hello everyone! I'm sorry for not updating sooner. I had a plot hole! I named 7 leaders by mistake and ahhhh! I have to change everything in the chapters before.

Anyway, hope you understand!

Thanks a ton! (have a chocolate! [:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:|:] )

Chapter 5

Smokepaw carried a mouthful of fresh-kill back to the camp. Dumping the prey onto the fresh-kill pile carelessly, he headed off to have a nice nap. It was evening already, and the apprentice had been out training for the whole day, so he was extremely tired.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Burnt Log!" A yowl jolted the apprentice awake. Different situations ran through his mind; was there another flood? Battle? Ambushes? Anything to do with warriors? Apprentices? Ah, that must be it - he hadn't realized that Dawnbreeze's kits were old enough to be apprentices.

Smokepaw followed the flow of cats towards the front rows of the crowd. "As a few of you may know, Dawnbreeze's kits are ready to become apprentices." Rosestar began just like Smokepaw had imagined she would. A flurry of movement came from the nursery, and some laughed.

A few heartbeats later, Sorrelkit, Cloudkit, Adderkit and Finchkit came proudly padding out. Smokepaw had known them for quite some time, though they had chosen to leave the Clan during the flood. "Sorrelkit, from now on until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Sorrelpaw. Your mentor will be Leafstripe, and I hope he will pass on all he knows to you." The two touched noses and returned to their positions, Sorrelpaw looking proud of herself.

"Cloudkit, from now on until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Cloudpaw. Your mentor will be Reedfall, and I hope he will pass on all he knows to you." Rosestar smiled proudly as her mate greeted his new apprentice with a smile.

"Adderkit, from now on until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Adderpaw. Your mentor will be Swallowpath, and I hope she will pass on all she knows to you." Adderpaw seemed delighted to have the deputy as his mentor. Smiling, Rosestar continued,

"Finchkit, from now on until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Finchpaw. Bramblethorn is young, but he shall be your mentor and I am sure he will be able to pass down all he knows to you." She mewed, leaving the surprised Bramblethorn to touch noses with his equally surprised apprentice.

That night Smokepaw proceeded towards his first Gathering. He was extremely nervous and excited at the same time, as tonight his name would be cheered by all the cats there. Plus, he would know what other cats were going with him on the journey.

In the midst of all his thinking, Smokepaw realized they were already at the Island. Sitting down quickly, he felt a little embarrassed being the only apprentice of his Clan there. "Hi! What's your name?" A cheerful voice came from behind him. He flicked his head around quickly, as if expecting an ambush.

A small brown tom smiled at him. "Hi! I'm Smokepaw from DuskClan." Smokepaw meowed enthusiastically, jumping straight into the conversation. "I'm Barkpaw from LakeClan." The brown tom replied. "Do you have any sisters or brothers?" Smokepaw asked out of the blue. "No. I was the only kit in my litter." Barkpaw lowered his head sadly. "That must have been sad." Smokepaw meowed sympathetically.

"The Gathering is starting now!" Rosestar yowled, and Barkpaw quickly skittered back into the LakeClan group. "Let us first announce the cats going on the journey to find the killer." LakeClan's leader called. "From LakeClan, Littlepaw!" The so-named apprentice stood up shyly, and the cats cheered her name. "Littlepaw! Littlepaw! Littlepaw!" A gray tabby tom stepped forward next. "From SorrelClan, Yellowclaw!" The warrior lifted her head and nodded at the cheering cats.

"From SageClan, Riverpetal!" A small, pretty she-cat stood up, her eyes expressing deep grief. Then it was Rosestar's turn to speak. "From DuskClan," All eyes turned to the group of DuskClan cats. Smokepaw saw some looking at Cloudfall, who did look upset at the death of his apprentice.

"Smokepaw."

"Goldenfern! Goldenfern!" Cinderflight rushed to the medicine cat as soon as she stepped into the entrance. "Icekit is incredibly sick!" From across the camp, Feathersky's wails were heard. Blazeflight responded quicker, grabbing herbs from his den in a heartbeat. Cinderflight led the medicine cats towards the nursery, where Feathersky was still licking her kit frantically.

As soon as they entered, Feathersky cried, "Save my kit! Do anything, just save her!" while Blazeflight hurriedly chewed up some herbs for the young, almost unconscious kit. Icekit was soon brought back to consciousness, which made everyone sigh in relief. But their smiles were wiped away when Blazeflight announced that Icekit had mild greencough.

A/N: DUN DUN DUN!

That's all I'm going to say. Bubye, Aquadolphins!