Dropstar gives me a look of surprise. A grey she-cat walks up beside me. She sniffs me over and I tense up. "Ugh! Your a kittypet! Dropstar, you brought a little kittypet into our clan?" She snarls. Dropstar gives her a warning glance. "No Mistpaw, Firesoul brought her to me. Her name is Sapphire." I glare at her. "I prefer Sapphire rather than kittypet." I pause. "Mistpaw." I snarl. She pounces on me. Her muscles bristling under her stormy colored pelt. Her strength is no match for mine. She pins me down. "Get off of me!" I spat. I manage to kick her off. Dropstar steps in between us. "Enough you two. Mistpaw, leave." He growls. Mistpaw give me a death difying look. I bare my fangs at her.
"Sapphire, I watched the whole thing. You need some work but we can manage. We need more cats like you." He purrs. I look into his gold flecked eyes. He is serious. "If you will, I want you to join us." I freeze, my eyes going wide. "Me?" I meow softly, my mouth so dry. "Yes, I want you to become an apprentice for Flameclan. I will watch you in your first few weeks in training. If you impress me, I will let you stay." A purr rises from my throat. "Thank you so-" he interrupts me. "But, if you fail. I will have you killed in front of everyone." My muscles tense up. He's kidding, right?
He pads over to a large rock in the middle of the clan. He asks me to follow, and I do curiously.
"I would like everyone to join me under the Bigrock for an apprentice ceremony." Dropstar's voice echos across the camp. It took everyone a while to gather under Dropstar. They all look very bewildered as soon as they saw me.
"As you all know, there has been a shortage in clan mates since last leaf bare." Dropstar says. "And we need cats who are willing to-" "Are you saying we take that kittypet in?!" A voice shouts from the crowd. It was Firesoul. Of course. "Firesoul, t-." "Look at her! She's a kitty pet! She will scare away all the prey with that bell!" Firesoul continues. "Firesoul, enough." Dropstar growls. Murmurs rise from the crowd. "Go home to your two legs!" "She's just a mouse brain, and another mouth to feed!" I hear these things clearly. Dropstar slams his paw on the rock and booms. "ENOUGH EVERYONE!!!!" I am too focused on my paws to jump. For a few heartbeats, the camp explodes in chatter. My mind races. I should just leave. They hate me. I will NEVER belong. I do have something to say, but I hesitate. I go ahead and say it anyways.
I lift my head up confidently, but slowly. "I want to join you." I say loudly the words spilling out. The hush returns once again. My heart is pounding in every inch of my body. "I know I am not forest born, but does that matter when someone is willing to fight with you?" I unsteadily sift on my paws.
"I will grow with you all and learn with you all, if you will just accept me." I say to everyone. I mean it. Everyone's eyes are on me, hanging on to every word. Silence.
"I say we let her join us!"
Calls a confident voice. The she cat who said that looks a lot like..me.
Murmuring rises once again. Dropstar purrs in approval. "Sapphire do you promise do protect your clan with your life? To fight with, by ,and for your clan mates? To follow the warrior code and put all your faith in Starclan?" Dropstar meows. "I do, I promise." I meow. "I, Dropstar, Leader of Flameclan present you with your new apprentice name. Sapphire will be now known as Sapphirepaw. You will train hard with your other apprentices. Sapphirepaw's mentor will be Flowertail. Pass all your wisdom down to her Flowertail." She nods. "I will." Flowertail says to me along with Dropstar. I see that Firesoul has left the meeting early. In your face.
YOU ARE READING
Starwritten
Adventure"A war that will kill all. Only the bluest eyes can save the clans." Sapphire has just joined Flameclan. She is given the cold shoulder by some cats because she comes from a twoleg home, but war has struck the four clans. There is no time to dwell o...
