Darkkit's eyelids fluttered open as she regained consciousness. She felt normal now, but the strange cat's words haunted her, and the words before were on the edge of her mind.
You have options, choices. Don't make the wrong ones... disaster... Dark...s, disaster, he had told her. After the word "ones", his words had been chopped. The words before she lost consciousness were still there,
Bounding through the grass she was, tracking scent trails she was
Traveled she had, stopped she would
Always running, always fighting
In her endless mission of the dead
She shivered and stood up, shaking herself. I will figure this out later. I have an apprentice ceremony tonight. Just as she realized that she was in the medicine den, she spotted Mudpool trotting towards her after quickly organizing his herbs.
"Darkkit! You seem alright. Are you?" He meowed worriedly.
"I'm fine," She replied, "Just a little shaken." Making her way out of the den, she cast glance over her shoulder. She happened to see Mudpool open and close his mouth as if he had wanted to say something, but didn't. She wondered why.
"DARKKIT!" Dripkit had spotted her and was hurtling across the camp in a tortoiseshell flurry. She slammed into Darkkit, knocking her onto the ground and leaving her breathless.
"I got you!" She squealed with delight. Darkkit smiled.
"Darkkit! Dripkit! Come over here!" Their mother's voice rang out across the clearing.
"Race you," Darkkit breathed in her ear. They shot across to their mother faster than a monster in pursuit of a cat.
"Cats of StoneClan! Gather around Dead Tree for a meeting!" Mintstar called. Their mother beckoned with her tail for the kits to follow. They followed her out to under Dead Tree, which Mintstar stood on. She took a breath.
"Dripkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprentice. From this day on, you shall be known as Drippaw. Your mentor will be Scartail. I hope Scartail will pass on all he knows to you," she meowed, "Scartail, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Orchidstorm, and have shown yourself to be strong-willed and cunning. You will be mentor of Drippaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Drippaw and Scartail touched noses. Mintstar went on.
"Darkkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprentice. From this day on, you shall be known as Darkpaw. Your mentor will be Sunbrush. I hope Sunbrush will pass on all she knows to you," she meowed, "Sunbrush, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Silverbell, and have shown yourself to be swift and witty. You will be mentor of Darkpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Darkkit touched noses with Sunbrush, her violet eyes gleaming. StoneClan chanted their new names.
"Mintstar sure had to say a lot," Scartail remarked. They all nodded absently.
"What will we be doing tomorrow?" Darkpaw and Drippaw asked almost simultaneously. Scartail and Sunbrush exchanged an amused glance.
"Well, we'll be exploring some of the territory, and a few of the boundaries that we share with the other Clans, FireClan, VineClan, and BoundClan," Sunbrush explained, "But first, we all have to get some sleep- except for you -you have to keep vigil for the rest of the night."
Darkpaw frowned. She wanted to go to bed, but they went to their places and kept vigil through the night.
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Two Paths
FanfictionThis story is about a kittymeow that has two paths, both which will be written about in this story. This may be a long story, so settle down and get comfortable if you will read this. :Z I know that the cover is sideways... and a really bad drawin...
