Warriors: Blazing Fires

Chp. 1

Chp. 1

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"Hurry! Get up, get up! Thistlestar's called a clan meeting!" Amberkit prodded Blossomkit in the side with her paw. "Come on! Fine. I'll just leave without you." Amberkit stormed out of the den. Good riddance.

Blossomkit yawned as she got up and stretched. Petalkit and Nightkit, her two sisters, and Thornkit, her brother, were also yawning and stretching. Blossomkit climbed out of her nest and padded through the entrance of the nursery. Outside, the whole clan was already gathered beneath high rock, the place where Thistlestar sat, conducting the meeting.

Once everyone had arrived, Thistlestar started talking. "Cats of LeafClan. Today, we gather here for one of the most important ceremonies of the clans. The naming of new warriors." Thistlestar scanned the crowd, searching for the apprentices. Spotting them, he meowed, "Moonpaw, Scorchpaw, and Blazepaw.

"I, Thistlestar, leader of LeafClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these 3 apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your code and I commend them to you in their turn.

"Moonpaw, Blazepaw, and Scorchpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and and defend this clan, even at the cost of your lives?"

"I do," Moonpaw mewed excitedly.

"I do," Scorchpaw meowed with barely suppressed excitement.

"I do," Blazepaw's mew rang throughout the clearing.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior names. Moonpaw, step forward please." Moonpaw bounced forward to end up almost too far forward. "From this day forward, you will be known as Moonstream. StarClan honors your loyalty and courage." Moonstream stepped back into the crowd of cats, waiting for her brothers to be named also.

"Scorchpaw, step forward please." Scorchpaw acted much more calm than his sister, but you could still see the excitement in his eyes. "From this day forward, you will be known as Scorchtalon. StarClan honors your bravery." Scorchtalon padded back into the throng of cats.

"Blazepaw, step forward please." Blazepaw practically ran up to Thistlestar. Most of the cats purred in amusement. "From this day forward, you will be known as Blazefur. StarClan honors your courage." Blazefur stepped back into the crowd of cats.

"Moonstream, Scorchtalon, Blazefur!"

"Before you all go back to your dens, we have one more ceremony to do." Blossomkit bounced in excitement. Maybe it's me! Thistlestar then continued speaking. "Amberkit, step forward please." Oh. It's just her. Amberkit stepped forward.

"Amberkit, from this day forward, until you earn your warrior's name, you will be called Amberpaw. Your mentor will be-" Thistlestar paused, adding a dramatic effect. "Redsong."

"Amberpaw, Amberpaw, Amberpaw!" the clan chanted. Then everyone started moving away, congratulating the 3 new warriors and apprentice.

Blossomkit yawned, exasperated. She'll probably come and brag about it later. Blossomkit started padding over to where her two sisters were arguing over something.

"If we go in this way," Nightkit scratched the ground with her tiny claws, illustrating what she was saying, "We can sneak up on them and they'll never see us coming!"

"Yah, but if we go in my way, we'll be completely sneaky and silent. Your way is full of brambles that will scratch our pelts and make you throw a fit with all of your complaining." Petalkit covered Nightkit's scratches with some dust and scratched different scratches leading to a new path.

"I don't complain as much as you!" Nightkit squeaked angrily.

"Oh really? Says the cat with the anger issues! I've never met a cat before who was this hot-tempered."

"You take that back!" Nightkit suddenly pounced on top of Petalkit and the two kits rolled over and over with dust flying everywhere. Blossomkit stared at them, shocked. Nightkit was usually so gentle and calm, unfazed by Petalkit's teasing. Blossomkit ran up to them. "Stop it!" Blossomkit hopped on top of the two kits, trying to stop them, but instead they just jumped over her.

Blossomkit stood up, shaking the dust out of her fur. Her sisters had stood up and were now facing each other with the fur fluffed up. Blossomkit ran in between them before another fight could break out. "Stop now," she commanded, her voice shaking. Nightkit stared at her, thinking about what she had just said. She slowly calmed down and Petalkit did the same. "Good." Blossomkit sighed, relieved that they were starting to cooperate.

"She started it," Petalkit mumbled. Nightkit glared at her, turned her back, and whisked away towards the nursery, looking pretty angry. Blossompaw inspected them slowly, looking for any signs of injury. Neither of them really seemed hurt, but she couldn't really tell.

"What was that about?" Blossomkit meowed to Petalkit.

"It was nothing. We were just arguing and then she got mad at me and attacked."

"Why would she do that?" Blossomkit asked.

"I'm not really sure. I guess it's probably because of Amberpaw. They aren't exactly friends so she's probably just kind of mad that Amberpaw is an apprentice and we're not."

"Well, we are almost 5 moons younger than she is. I guess Nightkit just doesn't want to be thought of as unequal and is trying to be as good as Amberpaw."

"Maybe you're right," Petalkit meowed, "She's probably just really frustrated." Petalkit stared at the nursery entrance where Nightkit disappeared off to. "I'd better go apologize. See you later."

"Bye," Blossomkit meowed as Petalkit padded away to the nursery. She watched her go until her sister disappeared through the entrance, then got up and went to her secret hiding place.

A few days ago, Nightkit and Petalkit had decided to play a game where Blossomkit and Thornkit were from a different clan and they had decided to be complete enemies. They mostly ignored them and Blossomkit had no idea that they were only playing a game. Feeling lonely and frustrated, she had walked around the walls of the camp and found a little hole under the ferns and bracken which she crawled through. The little hole led to a small cavern just big enough for one or two full sized cats, if they squeezed together.

Blossomkit crawled to the middle of the small cavern and laid down, thinking. Deep in thought, she didn't even notice when Thornkit came in and lay down beside her. She almost jumped when he finally said, "Strange seeing you here, Blossomkit."

Blossomkit turned her head and frowned at him. "Why is that strange to you?"

"I thought I was the only one who knew about this place," Thornkit meowed, "And besides that, this place is out of camp. You're such a rules follower." Thornkit flicked his whiskers in amusement.

"Yah, well, you're not the enclosed spaces type of cat," Blossomkit joked.

"Well, no not really, but I've gotten used to it," he pointed out and purred. "You understand me so well!" he mewed jokingly.

Blossomkit purred and yawned. "I might as well get some sleep," she meowed.

"Would you like me to stay here?" Thornkit asked, yawning also, "I'll keep you company. I'm tired anyways."

"Sure. Thanks," Blossomkit mewed tiredly and yawned as her vision blurred and blackened as she fell asleep.