I awoke to my sister, Moonkit, prodding me. “Come on, let’s sneak out and play with the apprentices,” she said. “Brokenkit, Moonkit!  You are NOT sneaking off again!!!!” We had made it to the entrance when our mother, Leopardstar caught us.

“Please!!! We’re sooo bored!” Moonkit mewed.

“You have only been awake for a few minutes!” she said amused.

“It feels like moons!” I whined. Leopardstar stood up.

“Come on, let’s get some prey.” she meows.

“Awww… Can we please wait for the hunting patrols to get back?” I mewed.

“You can! I’m hungry,” Moonkit meowed, then stalked off to the fresh kill pile.

“You’ll see. One day there will be better things than fresh kill,” I muttered under my breath. When Moonkit got back, we pretended that we were warriors. I jumped out of a bush, but Moonkit rolled away from me.

“Ha! If that’s all you got, you’ll never be an apprentice!” she mewed

“Yes I will. It is only half a moon left.” I mewed. “And anyways, I will become leader of ShadowClan,” I added under my breath.

***********************

“May all cats old enough to caught their own prey please gather here under Clanrock for a clan meeting!” Yowls Leopardstar. “We have two kits ready to be apprentices!” She nodded that we come up with her. “Moonkit step forward,” She did “Birdsong you are an experienced warrior please train Moonpaw well.” Her chest swelled in pride. She went over and greeted her mentor. “Next Brokenkit. Amberlake,” She turned toward Amberlake. “You will mentor Brokenpaw. I hope you will pass on your sense of control to Brokenpaw.” Like there’s a chance in that! I thought.

“MOONPAW!!! BROKENPAW!!!!” the Clan chanted our names. After the meeting, Amberlake, Birdsong, Moonpaw, and I toured the territory.  Then we met the other apprentices. They seem like weaklings. I thought. One of them, a gray tom named Smokepaw, seemed insistent on following Moonleaf. I went to get some fresh-kill, and then I went to bed.