Chapter 1
Yellowkit yawned. He and his sister, Hollykit, were already six moons, and would be apprenticed soon.
Suddenly, a big golden tabby entered the nursery. Yellowkit knew exactly who that cat was. It was Lionblaze, his father.
"Good morning kits," he said, and then crouched next to Yellowkit's mother, Cinderheart. "Bramblestar told me he already chose your mentors. The ceremony will be held soon."
"It will be good, to be able to hunt and fight again," said Cinderheart, as she licked Lionblaze's ear.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join beneath the highrock for a clan meeting!," called Bramblestar, and the clan gathered. Yellowkit bundled excitedly.
"We have two kits that are ready to become apprentices. Yellowkit, Hollykit come here!," he called, and the kits went running.
"Dovewing, you are ready for your first apprentice. Teach Hollypaw all the skills she needs to become a great warrior," said Bramblestar.
Dovewing and Hollypaw touched noses.
"Thornclaw, you are ready to have another apprentice, so you'll train Yellowpaw," said Bramblestar.
Thornclaw and Yellowpaw touched noses. Yellowpaw suddenly felt disappointed. He had wanted to be trained by Lionblaze, not only because he was his father, but he was also one of the best fighters in the clan.
"Hollypaw! Yellowpaw!," shouted the clan.
Yellowpaw noticed Lionblaze had sensed that he was upset, and the warrior padded to the apprentice.
"Don't worry Yellowpaw. Thornclaw has trained cats before. He will make you work really hard," said the golden tabby. "We'll go on many patrols together."
Yellowpaw suddenly felt better and went towards his mentor.
"What are we going to do now?," he asked.
"I will take you on a border patrol to show you the territories," said Thornclaw. "Squirrelflight told me to take Lionblaze and Rosepetal with us."
After Thornclaw finished speaking, he spotted Lionblaze and told him to fetch Rosepetal.
In a couple of seconds, they were heading towards the forest.
After they walked for some time, Yellowpaw saw a place where there were no trees.
"That's WindClan's territory," said Thornclaw. "WindClan cats live in the moorland and hunt rabbits. Their leader is Onestar."
Then, they continued walking and suddenly saw a gray and white she – cat with a kit in her jaws, waiting at the border. The patrol headed towards her.
"Minnowtail, what are you doing here?," asked Thornclaw.
"And why have you brought Lakekit with you?," asked Lionblaze.
"I decided to leave my clan. Nobody trusts me and Lakekit because he is half – clan, so we thought we could come to his father's clan," said Minnowtail.
Yellowpaw suddenly remembered his mother had told him that Mousewhisker had had kits with a RiverClan warrior.
"That's for Bramblestar to decide," said Thornclaw. "Let's take her to the camp, we'll finish the patrol later."
The cats went all the way they had come from back and suddenly they arrived to the camp.
In the camp, all the cats started staring at Minnowtail. Thornclaw and Rosepetal escorted him to the leader's den, and the rest of the clan waited impatiently outside.
Suddenly, Bramblestar came out of his den and all the clan gathered under the highrock.
"We will let Minnowtail and Lakekit stay," he said.
Not all cats were happy with Bramblestar's decision.
"Lakekit is already six moons, so he'll train with the rest of the apprentices. Lakepaw, your mentor will be Squirrelflight," he said, looking at the dark ginger she – cat.
"Lakepaw!," cheered some cats in the clan.
Thornclaw went towards Yellowpaw.
"We will continue the patrol," he said, and Lionblaze and Rosepetal arrived.
This time, they headed somewhere different. It was full of pine trees, and it had a bad smell.
"What's this?," he asked.
"This is ShadowClan. ShadowClan cats hunt at night," replied Thornclaw.
They continued walking and suddenly Yellowpaw saw a huge extension of water.
"This is the lake," said Thornclaw.
Yellowpaw looked at it with huge round eyes.
"Over there" pointed Thornclaw with his tail "is the RiverClan territory."
After that, the cats went back to the camp.
Yellowpaw saw that the other apprentices were questioning Lakepaw.
"Leave him alone!," said Yellowpaw, and then turned to Lakepaw. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine," replied the dark gray she – cat.
"Come here," said Yellowpaw.
Lakepaw followed Yellowpaw to the apprentices' den, where they started talking.
"I would love to rule ThunderClan," said Yellowpaw.
"And I would love to rule RiverClan," said Lakepaw.
After talking, they both went to sleep.