Chapter four: Strong
Tigerpaw trembled with excitement. He had reached six moons at last, and his apprentice ceremony was today! He paced around in the nursery, impatiently waiting for Sunfall, now Sunstar, to go on the rock, say the ceremony, finish the ceremony, have all his clanmates cheering for him...
"Tigerkit! Hello?! Didn't you hear what I just said?!" Tigerkit flinched as Whitekit's voice rang in his ears."I hear you now!" He snapped back at his denmate. Whitekit trembled slightly. "I.. I only asked if that... When you're an apprentice, can you teach me all the things your mentor tells you?" Tigerkit didn't answer his question, and turned to look at the leader's den.
Sunstar suddenly padded out onto the highrock, and Tigerkit bolted to the rock, only to be held back by his mother. "HEY!" He hissed to Leopardfoot. Leopardfoot rolled her eyes in a friendly way. "Do you want to start off your ceremony looking like you got pulled backwards through a bramble thicket?" His mother licked Tigerkit's fur. "Clean yourself immediately!" Her son growled in frustration and started to groom his ears, wanting to race towards the rock when Sunstar began to call the clan together.
After he'd finished washing, he walked towards the highrock, head and tail held high. His ears suddenly pricked up as he heard Sparrowpelt whispering to Smallear: "There isn't much hope of him being a warrior. He's probably going to become a kittypet like his father. It must be in his blood. The blood of a kittypet." From the corner if his eye, he saw Smallear nodding. "That is the rumour, and it is highly possible." Tigerkit had to force himself not to whirl around and attack his clanmates. How dare they accuse him of doing such a thing! I'm not like my father! I'm way stronger than him! Stupid, weak Pinestar!
He suddenly realized the highrock was standing very close to him. Embarrassed, he shuffled a few paces backwards. Sunstar looked down at him. He began the ceremony: "This is a wonderful day for Thunderclan. A young kit is growing, and it is time to make him an apprentice. From this day forward, until he has earned his warrior name, this apprentice will be called Tigerpaw." Tigerpaw relished his new name. Tigerpaw. What a fierce sounding name! "Thistleclaw," Sunstar went on. You will be a mentor to this apprentice. You have great battle skills and loyalty for this clan, and I know you'll train Tigerpaw well." Thistleclaw touched noses with the apprentice, and whispered into Tigerpaw's ear. "I know you've heard the kittypet rumour. I don't care about what your father did. As long as you train hard and listen very carefully to me, I can make you the strongest warrior in the history of the clans. I could make you a leader, so follow me, and I will make it happen." Tigerkit's eyes widened. "It's a deal." He murmured back. "Now come with me," Thistleclaw raised his voice slightly higher. "We'll do a quick tour of the territories, and then, battle training."
Thistleclaw's words sang in Tigerkit's ears.
I can make you the strongest warrior in the history of the clans. I could make you a leader.
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