Jayfeather's Apprentice

Hey guys!!! This is Ali and I'm FINALLY posting my first story!! This is a Warriors fanfiction, set 5 moons after the final battle. If you haven't read the Warriors series, I wouldn't read this! Spoilers alert! I would read the series though! The Warriors and the other series by Erin Hunter are very good books. Let's get on to the story!!

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Chapter One

(5 moons after the final battle)

Silverkit was warm. She stirred sleepily, not bothering to open her eyes. Something hard poked her side, and she let out a shrill mewl of protest.

"Firekit!" Her mother, Dovewing, meowed sharply. "Leave her alone."

"But I'm bored! Why won't she wake up?" He squeaked.

"She'll open her eyes when she's ready." Silverkit could feel her tail run down her fur, comforting her. "Also, Graykit and Whitekit are sleeping too."

She could feel Firekit huff and lay down beside her. "Fine." Engulfed in her littermates' warmth, she sunk back down into sleep.

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"Dovewing! Silverkit's opened her eyes!" She could hear Whitekit squeak excitedly as she blinked over and over as the world swam into focus. A cat loomed over her, the scent sweet and familiar.

"Dovewing." She meowed. Dovewing looked surprised that she was meowing already.

"Hi, Silverkit. Welcome to Thunderclan." She beckoned the other kittens to her. Pointing with her tail, she introduced them. "These are your littermates. Whitekit," a white she-kit with blue eyes, "Graykit," a gray tom with amber eyes, "and Firekit." A tom with a patterned orange pelt and green eyes.

"Hey!" a pale gray tom with black stripes padded into the nursery. "Is it true? Has Silverkit opened her eyes?" Dovewing purred at him.

"See for yourself." He looked down at her.

"Sure enough! Purdy was actually right with his gossip for once." He blinked warmly at her. "I'm Bumblestripe. Your father." Silverkit squeals in delight, shakily rising up onto her paws and walking over to him. She purred warmly, rubbing against his pelt.

"Can we go outside now?" Graykit asked, his eyes pleading with Dovewing. She purred at him.

"Sure. The whole clan wants to see you." Dovewing now rises off the nest, shaking her pelt to get rid of the scraps of moss. Leading the way, she and Bumblestripe walk out of the nursery. Squeaking with excitement, Silverkit followed Firekit and Graykit with Whitekit just behind her. When the get outside, Silverkit looks around. There's a few cats milling around, but none have noticed them. Beside them there's a high ledge, behind it a little cave with vines sheltering the entrance. Below that, a huge crack in the walls where a gray tabby with sightless blue eyes sat. Beside that was a tunnel of brambles, which Silverkit guessed led out of camp. To the left of that is a huge bramble cave, with many nests inside. Finally, beside that, there was a yew bush which she could see a bit more than a few nests. Then she was back at the nursery.

"Wow..." Firekit said, at once lost for words. Silverkit agreed. The camp was so big, and organized. Near the entrance was a pile of... something. Tiny bodies lay there.

"Come on," Dovewing ordered. "I'll show you the camp." She led them to the big cave up above the ledge.

"Can we go inside here?" Graykit asked, poking his head through the vines.

"No, you can't!" Dovewing pulled Graykit back. "That's Bramblestar's den."

"Whose that?" Silverkit asked. She had heard his name once before, though.

Bumblestripe purred at her. "He's our leader. Your leader, too."

Then Silverkit heard a meow from inside the cave. "Who's there?"

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Yay! The end of chapter one! Sorry if you don't ship Dovewing and Bumblestripe! Cause I do! (And you should of read the tags it says DoveXBumble)

Please comment if I should keep it going! I have 4 chapters already written, so if you guys want to read more I will post it! Thanks for reading!!

Love ya,

Ali