Silentsong's Cry

Chapter 3

Okay 3rd chapter, Hope you enjoy! Hope its not confuzzling XD

          *That was a nice dream, I wish I could tell Softhollow tough* I thought sadly. I opened my eyes and woke up better. I was the first one awake in the den. *I could go outside for a...look...* I grin and stand up and start to walk out of the den.

          "Oh no you don't," Softhollow addressed me. She picked me up by the scruff. I opened my mouth to protest but I remembered I couldn't. I pouted when I was set back down.

     *Why can't I go out?* I thought and just flopped onto Lionkit, who was the biggest out of us three.

          "Oof!" Lionkit woke up with surprise. I set my head on my paws but didn't move, "Get off me Silentkit!"

   I shook my head no. Lionkit shook me off tough.  I landed on my paws, and went straight back to pouting. *I just want to go outside!* My body thought better off of me, I fell asleep straight away when Softhollow curled around us.

*TIME SKIP*

          "Hold still!" Softhollow snapped, grooming our pelts. It had been moons since we were born. I had befriended everyone in camp. Applesong seemed to be the only cat that thought I was useless, and he wasn't wrong.

          "Why do we have to be groomed?" Echokit whined, as Sunleap licked her pelt, "It's not our ceremony!"

          "Because you should look nice anyways," Sunleap answered. Ripplekit, Dapplekit and Shinekit were becoming apprentices today. *I can't wait till I become an apprentice!*

          "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Sparkrock for a Clan meeting!" Miststar called the clan as she leaped up onto the Sparkrock, a large garnet rock that grew off of her den.

    *I can't wait!* I rushed ahead and sat next to Weaselpaw. Ripplekit was on my other side.

          "Ripplekit, Dapplekit, Shinekit, please come forward," Miststar called. I pushed Ripplekit forward and bounced with excitement. Softhollow took Ripplekit's place next to me.

          "Shinekit, 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 Shinepaw. Your mentor will be Cloverstem. I hope Cloverstem will pass down all she knows on to you," Miststar named, "Cloverstem you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Piketuft and you have shown yourself to be loyal and intelligent. You will be the mentor of Shinepaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Shinepaw,"

          "I will," Cloverstem promised and touched noses with Shinepaw. They walked to the side of the Sparkrock to watch the rest of the ceremony. Dapplepaw was apprenticed to Jayhaze, Ripplepaw to Ashmask.

   They all touched noses and walked to the side of the meeting.

          "Meeting dismissed, I would like to speak with the elders now," Miststar dismissed and walked over to Piketuft and Birchcreek. The elders were nice to me and told me lots of stories.

          *I'm so happy for them!* I think and rush over to my newly apprenticed friends and leaped onto Ripplepaw, knocking him over. My littermates, Dapplepaw, and Shinepaw joined me in cat piling on Ripplepaw.

          "Ever heard of personal space?" Ripplepaw's voice wheezed from underneath us all. I shook my head, teasing.

          "Nope!" Lionkit teased, helping me express my action. Ripplepaw groaned.

          "Don't break my apprentice," Ashmask teased as he came up, Weaselpaw trailing after him. Weaselpaw picked me off of the pile, even tough he was about 3 moons older than me, I was still big.

          "Fine," We got off of Ripplepaw and let him go training. Lionkit and Echokit bounced off somewhere, Dapplepaw and Shinepaw went training as well. Sunleap left me with Weaselpaw.

         "What do you want to do?" he asked. We were best friends, despite our age difference. I motioned battle training, indicating I wanted him to teach me to fight, "Okay, get ready,"

    *This is going to be fun!* I thought and I was right. Weaselpaw taught me front paw swipe, sliding under your opponent and clawing their underbelly. When we finished we just played with a moss ball. *I can't wait to be an apprentice! One more moon to go!*

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! If Silentkit does end up having a mate who should it be? Ripplepaw, Weaselpelt or another cat? Big chapter for you guys, and see you in the next chapter aka whenever I decide to upload the next chapter.

-Nyx