Moonlit

Chapter 1

"My kits, it's time," Our Mother whispered to me and my siblings. "GoldKit," That's me! My ears perked up, ruffling my golden, brown, and white calico coat. Our Mother had the same calico as me, just blue-gray instead of my golden. 

"OnyxKit," Mother walked over to my brother, nuzzling him. OnyxKit was all black, with yellow eyes, and gray stripes on his legs. My brother was very careful and clever, very smart for our age of 6 moons. Many said he'd make a good medicine cat, not a warrior, like me and LilyKit hoped to be.

"And, my little LilyKit," Mother smiled at the smallest of us, the only girl. LilyKit was a beautiful pinkish brown, and tiny compared to me and OnyxKit, her two older brothers. (I was the oldest, of course!) But don't put her small size against her! She was a feisty little kit, who was born to be a warrior. 

"My kits, it's time to become apprentices," Mother rounded us up to the Maple-Rock, where FernStar sat, with the deputy, RainFang. Mother said he was our Father. Many cats were shaken up, because IcyStream, the medicine cat, had announced that she wanted an apprentice.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the Maple-Rock!" FernStar called out, all the cats coming over. "It seems we have 3 kits who have reached the age of 6 moons. It is time for an Apprentice Ceremony."

FernStar stood regally over all of TreeClan. A slight murmur went through the clan, me and my siblings standing proud. "GoldKit, 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 GoldPaw. Your mentor will be SwiftEye. I hope SwiftEye will pass down all he knows on to you," FernStar said, and I padded up to in front of the Maple-Rock. My pride showed on  my face.

"And, SwiftEye, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from OliveTail, and you have shown yourself to be calm and a calculating fighter. You will be the mentor of GoldPaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to GoldPaw," FernStar said, addressing SwiftEye, who was a pure brown with white streaks down his back.

Me and SwiftEye touched noses, and the other cats, including my Mother, greeted me as GoldPaw, instead of my old name of GoldKit. I beamed, puffing out my chest. I trotted over to stand with my mentor.

The same happened to LilyKit, you became LilyPaw. Her mentor was a younger warrior who was fierce, but could also teach my sister how to calm herself, named BlueBlossom. Then, it was OnyxKit's turn. He was bouncing up and down, full of excitement.

The ceremony was done again, but this time with now OnyxPaw and IcyStream. Many whispered to each other after. The medicine cat's apprentice had a long and somewhat thankless job ahead, but those who liked it as much as OnyxPaw would do it well.

Me and my siblings trotted over to our Mother, who nuzzled each of us close to her. "My kits are all grown up!" She smiled at us, and shooed us over to the Apprentice den, which was a little cave full of moss that was hollowed out of the side of our rocky home, in the middle of a big forest.

"We're apprentices now!" I laughed, going to the apprentice den. 2 other apprentices sat there already. I knew they were QuietPaw, apprentice of VioletSky, and LunaPaw, apprentice of FireOcean. OnyxPaw was in the medicine den, but me and LilyPaw would be together.

"Our first night in the apprentice den!!" My sister whispered to me as we curled up. No longer little kits curled up to our mother gave us a sense of freedom.