"Watch it Maplekit, you just stepped on my tail!"
"Sorry, Echokit." Maplekit couldn't help herself today. She and her sister had been running around the nursery, bouncing around each other and their mother, Poppyflight.
I can't believe I'm going to be an apprentice!
"You two are as excited as ever," Poppyflight purred, as she rested her sky-blue eyes on Maplekit, "especially you, Maplekit!"
Maplekit bent down to lick at her white chest fur.
"Why wouldn't I? I'm going to be an apprentice! Any cat on their sixth moon would be thrilled."
"Do you think Breezekit and Sandkit would be proud of us?" Echokit asked.
Maplekit felt a stab of sadness at the memory of their two denmates. The two kits has died during Leaf-bare, after getting sick from greencough. Their mother, Dawnsky, had died a few sunrises later, from the same sickness.
At least all three of us didn't get sick, Maplekit comforted herself.
She padded over to the entrance of the den. She saw the frost rays of sunlight streaming through the branches and leaves that sheltered the three cats. Maplekit knew that when the sun reached above the sky, Emberstar would call out a Clan welcome Maplekit and her sister as apprentices!
The sun was rising very quickly. It was almost Sunhigh!
She turned around to see Echokit busy with grooming her ginger tabby and white fur.
"Come on, Echokit! We already licked our pelts clean!" Maplekit chirped.
Her sister wrinkled her muzzle at Maplekit. "What? We have to make ourselves look presentable for every cat in the Clan!"
Maplekit snorted at her sister's fixation on appearances. Echokit was such an annoying furball sometimes!
I don't care how my fur looks. I just want the Clan to approve of me and think I deserve a place in ThunderClan. Today has to be perfect!
Suddenly the ferns parted to reveal a red streaked face. It was their father, Amberfang! "Good morning, my kits," he mewed softly. " Emberstar has called for us! Are you ready for your big day?"
"Oh, I was born ready!" Maplekit meowed to her father.
Poppyflight purred at her daughter's enthusiasm. "Then let's go." Maplekit's mother pushed through the den, with her father strolling after her, tail twined with hers.
Maplekit and Echokit walked side by side together, both between their parents. Gazing around the masses of cats, Maplekit felt her paws tingle with excitement.
I can't believe this day has finally come! I will be the best apprentice in all of ThunderClan!
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Mapleshade's Wrath
FanfictionMany seasons ago, before the time of Bluestar and Firestar, a young fierce she-cat loved among many ThunderClan's warriors. She thought she was destined to become Clan leader. That is until she chose a mate outside the borders, and little did she kn...
