The story of Ivykit

chapter 3

ivykit woke up to the gentle strockes of her mothers tounge. she yawened and streached her eyes though still clouded form her sleep, could make out the shapes of foxkit and mistykit bouncing around the nursery there fur neatly groamed apart from foxkits tail which was unable to keep neat. skykit and redkit were doing the same, well Redkit was trying but his mother sandtail was fustatedly trying to hold redkit down while he buzzed with enegy and excitment. ivykit looked around confused, "whats happening?" she asked "WE ARE BEING MADE APPRENTICES RIGHT NOW!" shouted foxkit ivykits hearts skkipped a beat, this was the day she had longed for, the day that she would became an equal to her friend and her litermates. she leaped in the are and yelped "SHHHHH" hissed rainshadow "you'll wake everyone who is sleeping!" she looked at ferretwhisker and her four kits who were awaking, grumbling misirably since they wanted to become an apprentice as well. ivykit heard the familar yowl of hawkstar: "all cats old enough to eat a mouse gather under the ash branch!"

sandtail and rainshadow lead them out into the bright sunlight were her clanmates were waiting. she staighted up trying to look taller then she was lifting her head high. she saw her father mudstorm watching her and her littermates with pride in his eyes. ivykit wanted to be just like him. they then all lined up with there heads high though foxkit tripped on his way and ivykit sniffled a giggle. "these young cats" Hawkstars voice rang clearly out " have reached 6 moons and are now to become apprentices."

Mistykit please step forward. mistykit slowly stepped forward to stand in frount of hawkstar, from this day until you recive your warrior name you shall be known as mistypaw, your mentor will be mudpool. as they went to tuch noses, hawkstar continued " foxkit from this day until you recive your warrior name you will be known as foxpaw your mentor will be fuzzytail. foxpaw fell flat face on his way to touch noses with fuzzytail. "ivykit from this day until you recivee your warrior name you will be know as ivypaw and your mentor will be thrushfeather." ivypaw smiled shyly at thrushfeather who looked just as excitd as she felt. she acidently wacked her nose into his and she murmered her sorry only to relize that skykit-paw and redpaw had finished there ceromony and the clan were chanting there names "mistypaw, foxpaw, ivypaw, skypaw, redpaw, mistypaw, foxpaw, ivypaw, skypaw, redpaw!"

so what now she asked thrushfeaher um..... i think you have to clean the elders den as a punishment." ivypaw frowned. .....but i could show you were to find some fresh moss?" ivypaws eyes lite up, this means she could go out into the forest! as they headed out the entrance to the camp when redpaw came up beside her with loudtaoln paddding behind him. hay ivypaw he meowed brightly, were are you going? he asked to collect moss. same! he squeeked giving a little bounce. great! ivypaw replied. they have now stepped out of the tunnel and they both gaspped in amazment though ivypaw wasnt that excited since she had already been out in the forest before. hay race you to that log! yelled redpaw ok! ready, set, GO!

ivypaw could feel the wind whip her face as she raced her friend who was starting to pull ahead of her. im not going to let him win she thought. with every last bit of strenghth she pounded the ground and finely pulled ahead of redpaw, beating him to the log by two fox-lengths. wow your fast he meowed inbetween pants, thanks ivypaw answered. They flopped down on the soft forest flour still panting until they saw there mentors walking slowly towards them. Well it didn't help you going in the wrong direction did it? Meowed Loudtalon, Oops redpaw exclaimed not sounding like it realy bothered him or anything. Come on this way! Thrushfeather beckoned then in the opposite direction.

As they reached the moss area there mentors started to show them how to get moss out without it getting muddy and dirty. They had a race of who could get the most moss clean and there piles looked even so they split it with there mentors and carried it back to camp.

You have got more then you need meowed loudtalon so you can start on the nursery he said sternly.