{{Lost Shadows}} Book 1 in The Moon's Prophecy

Chapter 5

A figure was spotted by the moonlight. A voice hissed out.

Goldenpaw slowly opened one eye to see Flamefur grumbling in front of him. "Come on!" he whispered.

Blinking awake, the golden apprentice slowly nudged the small grey she-cat awake.

She yawned, touching her nose to Goldenpaw. "It's moonhigh, right?"

He smiled and nodded.

"Come on, lovebirds." Flamefur meowed a hint of amusement in his voice.

Goldenpaw shakily got up, hearing Cliffpaw chuckle as he heard Flamefur's comment subconsciously.

**Lunar time skip**

"All cats old enough to climb the mountains gather here for a Clan meeting!" Whitestar's yowl rang out across the camp.

The apprentices were all very nervous. The assessments had taken place a few days before, almost one moon after Diamondclaw's death.

Goldenpaw sat down with Moonpaw by his side.

(you know sure as heck I'm copying the New Flight scene later)

"I, Whitestar, leader of MountainClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They all have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn." the leader solemnly repeated those words, gazing down at each cat that showed powers, his eyes softening as he saw the ones who didn't.

"Apprentices, do you all promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your lives?"

All apprentices yowled out "We do!"

Goldenpaw thought it was loud enough for SwoopClan to hear them.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior names. Goldenblaze, for your passion, Kestrelfall, for your strength, Moonspot, for your bravery, Eclipsesight, for your forethought, Stormheart, for your great loyalty, Clifftail, for your determination, and Nightfeather, for your honesty. StarClan honors you all, and we welcome you as a full warrior of MountainClan!" he rested his muzzle on each new warriors' head.

"Goldenblaze! Kestrelfall! Moonspot! Eclipsesight! Stormheart! Clifftail! Nightfeather!" the Clan yowled out, while Whitestar paused. "Oh. And Lostfur." he nodded to Goldenblaze, who smiled.

"Because there are so many of you, some of you will stand outside the tunnel, some inside, and three outside various dens. It is up to you to pick." the white tom meowed, jumping down from the rock. "MountainClan dismissed!"

" I can't believe we're warrior it came so soon!" Moonspot mewed to Goldenblaze.

"Yeah, it feels weird."

Goldenblaze nudged Moonspot. "Come on, we're going outside of the camp tunnel."

The she-cat smiled in a reply, padding out, her tail twining with his. Purring, they sat down outside. Gathering as much courage as he could muster, the golden cat turned to Moonspot.

"Uh... Moonspot," he meowed, "Since we aren't apprentices anymore, I thought it wouldn't be awkward to..."

"To...?" Moonspot meowed, looking at Goldenblaze, her head turned to one side.