Chapter 1

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"LillyPaw, wait for me!"
SleekPaw giggled, running after his friend. His black and orange pelt looked flaming in the sunset.
He came to a stop by the highrock, where SpottedStar had called for a clan meeting. SleekPaw sat down next to LillyPaw and looked up at his leader. This might be my ceremony! He thought excitedly, proudly sitting up tall and straight to seem bigger. He had always been a bit on the smaller size compared to the other apprentices his age, but it didn't effect him much. As cats gathered around, SleekPaw looked at his clanmates, noticing how much some of them had grown. CharmTail padded out of the medicine den and stepped forward a bit before sitting down, her mentor NightVine following. LillyPaw's father, EchoFall, sat down next to his kit. The warrior's pale blue eyes looked grumpy as he sat in the clearing, his tail lashing impatiently from side to side. He's probably thinking of the battle with ThunderClan tomorrow. SleekPaw thought. He was dreading the day, however somewhat excited to get to fight. I will rip any prey-stealing ThunderClan warriors to shreds! He promised to himself. SpottedStar signaled for silence with his tail. "Cats of ShadowClan," he began, "I know you are all busy preparing and training for the battle. However, I must hold a ceremony for two of our apprentices." Is it us? SleekPaw thought, hoping to finally get to be a warrior.
"SleekPaw, can you step forward?" SpottedStar meowed. The apprentice's amber eyes lit up as he padded excitedly towards his leader. After SpottedStar finished saying the traditional words, SleekThorn sat down proudly, his new name being chanted around him. LillyPaw was the first one to say it, she brushed up against him affectionately and smiled. Next, she was made a warrior. She was named LillyFoot, after the one pink-ish colored paw that stood out against her beautiful white pelt. SleekThorn touched noses with her happily, saying her new name over and over. He noticed CoalPaw and Hawk padding over to them from the croud of cats. The two apprentices we're chanting their new names, giggling. "It's a shame we won't be able to train together anymore." CoalPaw sighed. SleekThorn laughed. "Are you kidding? I won't stop training with my friends until the day I die!" LillyFoot stepped forward, nudging him. "Me neither." she mewed kindly. EchoFall smiled and rolled his eyes. "Come on now, you two." he said, standing up. "Big day tomorrow." The two new warriors sat together in the clearing until the next morning.
SleekThorn had gone into the warriors den to rest in the morning, saving energy for the fight.
RedTree, his former mentor, whom he never really liked, nudged SleekThorn awake. "We're going to the battle soon, are you done resting?" SleekThorn got up immediately. "Of course!" He yowled, shaking himself off and running out through the mouth of the den. LillyFoot was waiting for him there, looking as if she had just been awakened too. As they waited there for more cats to gather around, SleekThorn noticed her starting to look nervous. "What if...one of us doesn't come back from this battle?" she whispered. "Don't think that way!" he yowled. "Of course we'll come back. And if one ThunderClan warrior injures you, I'll... I'll rip them to shreds!" LillyFoot laughed awkwardly. CoalPaw and Hawk sat down together near them. "I hope we're made warriors after this." Hawk grumbled. "Oh come on," CoalPaw reassured her. "It hasn't been that long." Their mentors, EchoFall and RavenTail, stood next to them, both looking feirce and ready for battle. RedTree sat with his mate, FoxLilly, but the young warrior never seemed to be happy around him. Then again, SleekThorn couldn't remember the last time FoxLilly was happy. StripeFur and FinchPaw arrived aswell, her mentor SilverBreeze following. More cats came, and eventually, SpottedStar and his deputy, FrostEar, joined the crowd. "Let's go!" SpottedStar ordered, walking to the front of the cats. Everyone began walking. This was it.
SleekThorn was excited to get to fight, but LillyFoot looked a lot more nervous. He tried to comfort her. I will protect LillyFoot until I die. He thought. After a walk that seemed like forever, they got into ThunderClan camp.

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