Featherlight's lover

Chapter 1

A ray of sunlight shined to Featherkit's eyes. "Featherkit..." someone whispered. Featherkit recgonized her mother's scent and opened her eyes. Cinderheart was leaning over her and licked her cheeks. "It's time to get up."she said softly and nudged her up. Featherkit mewled in protest and grumbled. Honeykit and Nightkit ran to Featherkit. "Come on!" Honeykit pleaded,"It's the day!" Then, Honeykit attacked Nightkit and rolled him on the ground. They wrestled each other, making their fur ruffled. "Honeykit! Now is not the time, surrender!" Cinderheart said with an edge on her tone. Honeykit let go of Nightkit and washed her ears. At that time, their father, Flinchpelt,walked inside the nursery. "Need help?"he mewed with amusement in his eyes. Cinderheart looked at him with frustration. "Can't you see I need help? Where were you the whole morning?" Cinderheart huffed and began licking Featherkit with hard, rough licks. "Squeak!" Featherkit squealed by how strong the tounge was. Flinchpelt let a mrrow of laughter and pulled Honeykit to his chest. "Hey!" Honeykit whined when Flinchpelt pulled her away from pinning Nightkit to the ground. "Nightkit, go find your sister Bristlekit and come back in here. Don't fool around okay?" He asked and began licking Honeykit. She kicked and tried to avoid his licks but Flinchpelt put her in place. Featherkit pulled away from her mother. "Okay! That's enough!"she yowled and ran away. Before she could run out the entrance, Daisy appeared with Bristlekit in her jaws, followed by Nightkit trailing behind her. "Bristlekit!" Cinderheart exclaimed and ran to her. Daisy dropped her on the ground as Bristlekit shook leaves off her pelt. "Cinderheart!"she greeted and ran towards her mother who pulled her in and began grooming her. "Hello Cinderheart." Daisy meowed, " This little adventurer went out of the nursery at dawn. I followed her to make sure she was safe." Bristlekit cheered "I spotted a squirrel and catched it!" Cinderheart smiled sweetly. "Of course you did, my kit." Then, Cinderheart turned to Nightkit and groomed him too. Larclaw walked in the nursery. "Everyone good in here?" He asked, "Cloudstar is about to announce a clan meeting for the apprentice ceremony." Flinchpelt answered " We're all about ready." Honeykit ran up to Larclaw and sprang on his back. "I'm totally ready! I'm ready for anything!" Larclaw let out a mrrow of amusement and said "Okay, I'll let Cloudstar know." And he left the nursery. Featherkit moved closer to Cinderheart. "I'm scared Cinderheart..." she whispered quietly. Cinderheart licked her ear as comfort. "It'll be fine Featherkit. I promise it'll feel like the best day of your life in kithood." she soothed. A few moments later, the clan leader voice boomed outside. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting". Featherkit peeked outside to see her clanmates gather beneath the Highledge. Bristlekit's eyes went big. "That's a lot of cats!" she meowed to Featherkit. Cloudstar continued his speech, " Everyone, we have gathered here to make an important memory of our life to Thunderclan". Then he faced the entrance of the nursery. Every other cat did too. Featherkit felt ice to the bone of her spine. "Go on." Cinderheart said softly and nudged each of her kits towards the Highledge. Their clanmates looked at them with bright eyes. Honeykit walked down the path their clanmates created for them proudly, followed by Nightkit who was aware of the cats and Bristlekit, who was trying to be confident with herself. Lastly, Featherkit walked slowly, her legs shaking and eyes wide with shyness. Featherkit looked back to see Cinderheart and Flinchpelt sitting down, pride shining through their eyes. Larclaw sat next to Flinchpelt, and Hollytuft and her kits sat at the entrance of the nursery with Daisy. Soon, Featherkit reached the middle with her littermates. Cloudstar jumped down from the Highledge and went up to Honeykit. She said the words of agreement to become an apprentice, so as Nightkit and Bristlekit. They became Honeypaw, Nightpaw, and Bristlepaw. Honeykit's mentor was Sparkpelt, Nightpaw's mentor was Blazefire, and Bristlekit's mentor was Ambermoon. They've touched noses with each other, sat down, and looked at Featherkit. Then, it was Featherkit's turn. Cloudstar went up to her and said the following words, " You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you received you warrior name, you will be known as Featherpaw. Your mentor will be Poleice. Poleice, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from me, and you have shown yourself to be an amazing hunter and skilled fighter. You will be the mentor of Featherpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Cloudstar rested his head on Featherpaw's, and she licked his shoulder in response. Her clanmates cheered her new name, "Featherpaw! Featherpaw!. Then, Featherpaw walked to Poleice and touched noses with him. She expected him to purr and hope he'll teach her well like what her littermates' mentors said, but he didn't say anything and looked at her with a emotionless expression. That gave her a chill flowing on her spine. Her clanmates stopped cheering and returned to their morning duties. Featherpaw's littermates ran to her to congratulate together, followed by their mentors smiling behind them. Poleice, still didn't smile on bit. Cinderheart and Flinchpelt trotted to them. "Congrats my little kits!" Cinderheart said happily and nuzzled each of her kits' cheeks. "We're not kits anymore! We are apprentices!" Honeykit said cheerfully. "We hope we'll teach them well to become warriors" Ambermoon vowed. The other mentors nodded in agreement. Flinchpelt nodded back to them. "I know you will" he said. "Cinderheart! Flinchpelt! Are you ready to return back to your warrior duties?" Flywhisker, the clan deputy, called at them. Cinderheart flicked her tail at her kits. "See you later, my darlings" Cinderheart said. She and Flinchpelt went to the deputy. "Honeykit was shaking from excitement. "What do we do first?! Ohh, what do we do!." She said eagerly. She was now bouncing from the ground. Sparkpelt let a mrrow of amusement. "Don't worry you'll do something" she said, looking at the leaders. "What do you want the apprentices to do?" Sparkpelt asked. "How about my apprentice and yours go help Briarlight?" Blazefire asked Sparkpelt. She nodded and announced to Honeypaw and Nightpaw, "You guys are going to do Briarlight's ticks. You can go to the medicine den and ask a medicine cat for mouse bile. Briarlight will show you how to do it." Honeypaw's eagerness turned into shock. Blazefire looked at them knowingly. "We know, every apprentice hates doing elders' ticks but at least you can hear stories." he said. Honeypaw began to protest until Nightpaw slammed his tail over her mouth. "Come on, let's get the mouse bile" he said and they walked towards the medicine den. Honeypaw muttered something in his ear that was too quiet to hear. Ambermoon said, "We are going to explore our territory to get to know about it. How about that?" Bristlepaw and Featherpaw looked at each other with the same expression. "Yes!" Bristlepaw yowled happily. Featherpaw also felt excited. Maybe being a apprentice is fine after all.