Riversplash's Defeat (plan on finishing soon)

Chapter one

" All cats old enough to swim join me to hear my words." A silky meow rang through the camp of RiverClan. It was inviting to all.

Is today the day?! The day I will finally be an apprentice like those sleazy other young cats like me? Wondered an excited bundle. He was a gray Tom cat. His eyes were alit with excitement, light green.

He skirted over there, his greedy siblings following in suit. Marigoldpaw and Melonpaw were there, whisker twitching in mockery of the kits with their: oh we're so older than you, teasing looks.

Riverkit tried to conceal himself. It was hard not to race around the camp in excitement, squishing the mud that had been made the day before in between his claws.

This gathering makes it exciting. I wonder who I will get as my mentor? There seem to be so little choices...between all the constant fighting that somehow is broken out between the clans, and the rogues that keep taking the lives of my clan mates. It's awful! They're aren't just killing them, they're recruiting them! How sad!

Deepkit and Wildkit bounded up behind him, Deepkit's white-and-Gray body quivering in excitement. She had already cleaned up, too. But Riverkit couldn't help bending his ears as his clan mates talked about where he came from.

I'm not a rogue! I'm not a kittypet! Chargefoot is all the proof you need! They were all just gossiping. His clan mates just liked talking.

Riverkit assumed they liked to talk about things going on outside of the clan. He also assumed he got his pelt color and eyes from his father. Deepkit also got her eyes and parts of her pelt from her father, but she got the fluffiness of it from her mother.

Chargefoot was purring in pride. She seemed oblivious to the chatter of their clanmates as she approached her kits, paw wrapping around Riverkit. She gave him a quick bath.

" That's enough." He squeaked, swiftly kicking his mother. It wasn't hard. He was just already tired of being treated a kit, even though he was still one until the ceremony.

" RiverClan has three new apprentices: Wildkit, Deepkit, Riverkit come forward." Lilystar ordered the three kits. Wildkit's orange-and-Gray pelt shook with excitement. He had amber eyes. They blazed with excitement.

So did Deepkit's green ones. Riverkit was also ecstatic for this. He hoped Lilystar wouldn't discard them like crow-food instead. They reached the view of the clan leader, and approached her even further, tripping over their own paws.

" Riverkit," Lilystar began, " You have reached the age of six moons, and it's time for you to be apprenticed." Riverkit trembled. I'm going to be an apprentice! I'm going to be an apprentice! He silently cheered to himself.

Lilystar opened her jaws once more to speak. " From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Riverpaw. Your mentor will be Iceclaw. I hope Iceclaw will pass down all that she's learned from the lately deceased Pinestorm."

"Iceclaw approached the leader and the new apprentice. " Iceclaw, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Pinestorm, and you have shown yourself to be agile and quick thinking. You will be the mentor Riverpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Riverpaw." Lilystar addresses Iceclaw.

Iceclaw bent down to Riverpaw's level. She touched her nose to his. Riverpaw's tail twitched. Iceclaw quickly retreated her nose from his.

So this is what being an apprentice feels like. It's nice. " Riverpaw!" The clan greeted and called as he walked to sit with his mother. Chargefoot licked him on his head in affection. Not in front of the clan, mother!