The leaving

The cold

"That's no fair! I want to be a warrior already!" A little grey kit mewed "Soon enough little one." Bluefur had her first litter of kits a little bit before, the father was ravenfrost though he never showed interest in the kits even though they were almost six moons old, about ready to become apprentices. Spiderkit and goosekit played in the nursery ever since they were about to walk, full of energy. Bluefur struggled parenting the kits on her own but she'd rather that than a tom who acted like he'd cared. Ravenfrost had always been a cold tom but he warmed up to her and loved her until he found out she was expecting kits, then he turned away and wasn't someone she could talk to. They had also found a kit in the forest, assuming it was one of the rouge's, they took it in and Bluefur offered to keep it warm until she was old enough. She was smaller than the other two kits but just as fierce, the black and grey kit spiderkit loved her like a brother would and grey goosekit wasn't bothered, he liked the kit either way. Tinykit, goosekit and spiderkit rolled around the damp floor of the nursery, squeaking and pouncing. They were almost six moons old, and their ceremony was in three sunrises. Jayclaw had sent a patrol out moons before to find the missing leader, warriors and medicine cat but they never did. So Jayclaw went to speak with starclan and apparently, in a cat's tale, they told him lionstar was still alive but to keep guiding the lost clan, while the rouges had heavy control over the forest, trying to get alliances with emberclan, nobody knew what emberclan said though, so they rarely interacted with the clan.

"Tinypaw! Goosepaw! Spiderpaw!" The clan chanted these new apprentice's names with joy, tinypaw watched Jayclaw with excitement as he touched noses with her. Spiderpaw had always been cocky but now that he was an apprentice, it would be even worse. He held his head up high and trotted along side harveysplash, who was his mentor, while goosepaw got ravenfrost, and wasn't too pleased and tinypaw got Rowanclaw. Rowanclaw was typically a kind cat but tinypaw had seen him get mad, and it wasn't something you typically wished for.

Claws sliced and tinypaw fell back onto the hard moss, she kicked the cat off her and quickly sprung up and at the tom. They both rolled over and he pushed her head down and nearly bit her neck "Hah! I win!" The tom got up "Good job spiderpaw! Though, next time keep your claws in." Harveysplash mewed while spiderpaw helped tinypaw up. He smiled "Great training session!" He walked off and met up with his mentor while tinypaw was frustrated. It had been seven sunrises since she had become an apprentice and her and her littermates began to learn battle moves, clearly her brothers were better than her though. Rowanclaw gave her a sympathetic look and smiled, "you'll get em next time." She didn't want to get them next time, she had always been compared to these toms she called her brothers even though she and the rest of the clan knew she wasn't a mapleclan cat. The rouges were still in reign of half of the forest, the sunclan, rouge, and now emberclan territory. Tinypaw sighed as they began to walk back. She grabbed a piece of prey from the fresh kill and laid beside goosepaw and spiderpaw who bragged about his win with tinypaw. The snow began to fall and it clung tinypaw's pelt, making her shiver.