The Light: Lost dreams (warrior cats fanfiction)

Chapter 2: Apprentices

Foxstar peered down at the three kits below him, his eyes glimmered with pride as if they were his own kits.
"Brightkit, Gingerkit, and Birchkit" his voice rung out around the clearing.
"From this day forward, until you receive your warrior names, you will be know as Brightpaw, Gingerpaw, and Birchpaw" he mewed boldly.
Brightpaws eyes shone happily.
"Hollyfern will be Brightpaws mentor, Snakeheart will be Gingerpaws, and Fernpool will be Birchpaws" he nodded to each mentor as they touched noses with their new apprentices.
Brightpaw smiled as she touched noses with Hollyfern. Im Brightpaw now! She thought to herself excitedly.After the cats went back to their clan duties, Brightpaw bombarded Hollyfern with questions

"When can we got hunting? Ooo, or on a border patrol!! Where's my nest in the apprentice den? Can we practice battle moves soon?" Brightpaw bounced around her mentor happily.
Hollyferns eyes widened as Brightpaw swarmed her with all these questions.
Before Hollyfern could answer, Fernpool, Snakeheart, Gingerpaw, and Birchpaw padded over.
"Would you like to come hunting with us?" Fernpool asked Hollyfern with a friendly smile.
Brightpaw caught Snakeheart's eye accidentally, his strange brown gaze bore into her's. Her hackles rose and she turned away towards her mentor trying to not show unease.
Fernpool and Hollyfern already started walking towards the stoney entrance. Brightpaw followed,her tail flicking in the air behind her as she walked out of camp with her mentor excitedly.

The excitement faded when Birchpaw slowed down to walk near her.
"You won't last a day" he growled beneath his breath.
She hissed at him as he padded away quickly flashing a taunting look back at her. Her tail drooped, why did he treating her like this? Did they not trust her?
"Brightpaw!" A loud mew snapped her back to reality.
Hollyfern,Snakeheart, and Fernpool were staring at her. She shook herself. "uh, yeah?" She meowed quietly shuffling her grey paws.
The mentors exchanged glances.
"You were supposed to be demonstrating the hunters crouch not day dreaming" Snakeheart's comment pierced her like thorns digging into her pelt. Brightpaw felt hot with embarrassment,
"Never mind Him," Hollyfern whisked her tail around Brightpaw bringing her away from the others.
"We can practice away from the others" she nodded crouching down, demonstrating the hunters crouch for Brightpaw.
She examined Hollyfern copying the way she crouched.
"Good!" Hollyfern purred proudly.
Excitement and happiness rippled through Brightpaws pelt.

It had been a moon since Brightpaw became a apprentice and it was time for her first gathering. She couldn't stop fidgeting and talking about how excited she was.
"We will get to meet apprentices from other clans!" She squeaked excitedly chattering with Gingerpaw.
Gingerpaw, who was busy cleaning his pelt, clearly wasn't too excited.
"Mmhmm" he agreed. Gingerpaw's eyes glinted as he watched her.
A loud mewed echoed around the clearing.
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the high rock for a clan meeting!" Foxstar yowled stepping up onto the high rock. Cats began to stream out and sit down by the high rock.
Gingerpaw joined Brightpaw who had bounced over excitedly and sat beside her mentor. Her pelt itched and she really didn't want to sit still.
"Tonight is the gathering, like you've heard, but.. Emberkit,Quailkit,and Adderkit have reached their sixth moon," his voice run out to each cat in the camp.
Brightpaw could see the three kits from the corner of her eye.
"Emberkit, Quailkit, and Adderkit, please step forward" Foxstar mewed looking down at the kits.
"From this day forward, until you have received your warrior name you'll be known as Emberpaw, Quailpaw, and Adderpaw" his eyes flashed with some sort of emotion.
"I will mentor Adderpaw, Birdfeather will mentor Quailpaw, and Darkshade will mentor Emberpaw" he finished dipping his head at each mentor.
They stepped forward and touched noses with they're new apprentices.
"I also have more news," Foxstar purred happily
"Yarrowleaf and Silentleap are moving to the nursery, they are both expecting kits in four moons" he looked over at Silentleap flicking his tail.
Bright kits heart fluttered more kits!
Gingerpaw smiled and stood up. He nudged Brightpaw.
"Foxstar and everyone else is leaving for the gathering!" He mewed looking down at her.
"Oh yeah! The gathering!" She scrambled to her paws and ran over to the group of cats leaving.
The line moved slowly but they would surely make it.