When Dawnkit woke, she was surprised to wake up to feel warmth and scents that she had never grown up with. Then, she remembered the fast events of the day before.
"Good morning!" Sorrelfur purred.
Dawnkit gasped.
"Am I actually here?!" Dawnkit said, her eyes wide.
Sorrelfur nodded.
"Yay! I'm not alone!" the tortoiseshell-and-white she-kit cheered.
"What do you mean by alone?" Amberkit asked.
"When Fallenbird and I were still in ShadowClan, Darkstar made me sleep by myself in the nursery," Dankit explained.
"What about your mother?" Firekit asked.
"Darkstar killed her for naming me Dawnkit," the kit mewed softly. Tears pricked the corners of her eyes.
"Well, you are in ThunderClan now!" Sootkit pointed out.
"I know, and I'm glad," Dawnkit meowed.
"Darkstar and Grayclaw are big meanies!" Firekit exclaimed.
"Enough about ShadowClan," Sorrelfur scolded. "Today is your sixth moon."
"I'm half a moon younger," Dawnkit mewed sadly.
"You'll survive," Sorrelfur reassured the kit.
"I guess," Dawnkit sighed.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather below the Highlegde!" Sandstar yowled.
The kits bounded out. Dawnkit joined her sister, Sorrelfur sitting slightly to the side.
"Sootkit, Firekit and Amberkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Sootpaw, Firepaw and Amberpaw. Sootpaw, your mentor will be Featherflight. I hope Featherflight will pass down all she knows on to you," the pale ginger tom announced.
Sootpaw touched noses with the white-and-cream warrior.
"Firepaw, your mentor will be Sparkfern. I hope Sparkfern will pass down all she knows onto you," Sandstar said.
Sparkfern and Sootpaw touched noses.
"Amberpaw, your mentor will be Leafsong. I hope Leafsong passes down all she knows onto you."
Amberpaw and Leafsong touched noses.
"Amberpaw!" Dawnkit exclaimed,. "You're going to be a medicine cat!"
Amberpaw nodded.
"I want to be ShadowClan's leader," Dawnkit sighed. "I want to redeem the Clan I was born in. To get rid of Darkstar and Grayclaw and to avenge my mother."
"You need to avenge your grandmother," Sunbird corrected.
"What?!" gasped Dawnkit.
"I thought I would wait to tell you, but now is the time," Sunbird meowed. "You are not Birdflower's kit. You are my kit."
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Dawn of a New Day
FanfictionDawnkit. The one kit in modern ShadowClan with a hopeful name. When she is a kit, her sister, Fallenbird, gets exiled. Dawnkit follows and the two end up in ThunderClan. Can Dawnkit and Fallenbird fit in, or will they shunned for being born in Shado...
