Riverkit's Apprenticeship

Chapter 1~ Riverkit
Riverkit jumped on top of Heatherkit. Riverkit's tabby sister turned and panicked. Riverkit landed on top of her sister."This is too hard!" complained Heatherkit. Riverkit snorted. Her blue-gray tabby pelt glistned in the sun.

"This is how you will be training, Heatherkit! If you want to become a warrior, you'll have to fight!"

Heatherkit hesitated. The entrance to the bramble nursery in front of them, shook slightly. Brightpelt, Riverkit's mother, stepped out into the open.

"Hello kits." mewed the orange-pelted she-cat. "It's time for a nap, you don't want to be tired for your apprentice ceramony!"

Heatherkit quickly dashed inside, Riverkit followed.

Inside, Lionkit, Slashkit, Breezekit, Whitekit, and Rainkit, were all sleeping comfortably. Rainkit shuffled in his sleep. The gray tom was the weakest of the litter. Mousetail, another ThunderClan queen, was sleeping soundly on the other side of the nursery.

Brightpelt shooved Riverkit into the moss bed, where her siblings were already sleeping. "Come on, love," whispered Brightpelt, "you need some rest."

Riverkit nodded her head and climbed into her bed. I'm going to be an apprentice!, she yowled in her head.

After a good nap, Riverkit, Slashkit, Breezekit Whitekit, Heatherkit, Lionkit, and Rainkit walked over to High Rock, where Stormstar, Riverkit's father, called out a meeting.

"Today, we will be welcoming seven new apprentices." Stormstar announced. Rapidlly, Heatherkit whispered something in Stormstar`s ear. ''What`s Heatherkit whispering to Stormstar? Riverkit wondered. ''

''Maybe she is telling him that she is to scared to be an apprentice and wants to still be a kit ! Riverkit let a mrrow ''of laughter in her head."Until they have earned their warrior names," Stormstar continued, " Lionkit will now be called Lionpaw, Slashkit will now be Slashpaw, Rainkit will now be Rainpaw, Whitepaw will now be Whitepaw, Breezekit will now be Breezepaw, Riverkit will now be Riverpaw, and Heatherkit will be now called Heatherpaw and she will be moving to the medicine cat`s den.

''So thats what she whispered to him! ''Riverpaw thought surprisingly. "Lionpaw, your mentor will be Sharpfang, and Sharpfang, pass your strenth to Lionpaw." Sharpfang touched noses with his first new apprentice.

Rainpaw went to Dazzelfur. Breezepaw to Hawkheart. Whitepaw to Bumbleberry. Slashpaw was given to Sparrowflight. Heatherpaw was given to ThunderClan's medicine cat, Frostleaf.

Later on, Riverpaw was so excited to begin her first time training with her mentor, Flameheart, and battling with her brother, Lionpaw.

Chapter 2~ Riverpaw
"Okay Riverpaw, remember the basic fighting skills I taught you." Flameheart directed. Riverpaw was battling with Lionpaw. The black tom was on his haunches. His mentor, Sharpfang, sat next to Riverpaw's mentor.

"Riverpaw will never beat me! Since we were kits, she would always los-" Lionpaw was cut off by Riverpaw's swift attack. Lionpaw was knocked to the ground. His expression showed he was astonished.

Riverpaw glouted her victory. "Who's top cat now?"

The blue-gray tabby she-cat glanced at her brother with beautiful blue eyes. Her one patched eye stared down at her deafeted brother.

"Very good, Riverpaw." praised Flameheart. Riverpaw nodded. She was full of pride.

Sharpfang seemed to growl. "Lionpaw, could you come with me?"

Lionpaw nodded. The black tom walked towards his mentor. Sharpfang hid behind a tall oak.

Riverpaw kept a close eye on her brother. She did't want any of her siblings getting hurt.

Flameheart sneaked up behind her. "Sharpfang can be harsh sometimes." Riverpaw glanced back at her mentor. The flame pelted she-cat's pale green eyes were moony-looking.

Riverpaw chipped in. "You like him, Flameheart?" teased the young apprentice. Flameheart glanced at Riverpaw.

"You're acting like Rosetail."

Riverpaw tilted her head.

"Rosetail used to be a member of ThunderClan. She used to gossip about love." Flamheart explained.

"Oh,"

"Come on, let's go back to camp."

Riverpaw followed her mentor to camp. Home.

In camp, Riverpaw saw Breezepaw, and her mentor Hawkheart, place a good load of fresh-kill in the pile.

Breezepaw looked over at Riverpaw. Her green eyes shimmered with glea.

"Hi!" Breezepaw ran over to her sister, and gave her a friendly lick. "How was training?" asked the gray she-cat.

Riverpaw told Breezepaw about her training. Cloudpaw, another apprentice, walked over to Riverpaw.

"H-hey, Riverp-paw. W-want to come and share this thrush with me?" stammered the white apprentice. His amber eyes were hopeful. Riverpaw nodded."Sure."

Cloudpaw let out a sigh of relief and went over to the apprentices' side of camp. Riverpaw got up but, Breezepaw stopped her from doing so. The gray apprentice pulled back on Riverpaw's tail.

"Looks like somone likes you already, Riverpaw." teased Breezepaw. Riverpaw gazed at her sister, and back to Cloudpaw. He is cute, thought Riverpaw. She didn't want to tell her sister that, though.

"Umm...we're just friends." Riverpaw quickly got up, and joined Cloudpaw to share a thrush.