POV; Gingersplash

The next day had come. Fawnkit survived the night and was now being examined by the medicine cat, Briarfall. "Can you reach up and touch my paw?" she asked the little kit. Gingersplash watched her remaining kit as she reached up with her paws and batted at the medicine cat's paw.

"How's she doing? Is she okay?" she asked, her tail swished from side to side anxiously.

"Fawnkit is doing well. There's no need to worry. I will come back to check in on her before sunset." Briarfall mewed. She turned and left the den, leaving Gingersplash with her kit.

Gingersplash slowly stood up and walked over to the entrance of the nursery. She sat down and swept her tail around her paws. She saw Amberpaw and Willowpaw bringing herbs to the medicine cat den. After they had gone into the den, she started grooming her chest.

"I remember when I was an apprentice. Always so naive and carefree." Dawnpool said from behind her. "My kits will become apprentices soon. I will miss them. I'm sorry about Lillykit and Dunekit. I know how much they meant to you. Are you okay?"

Gingersplash didn't reply to her friend. She just sat there, staring off into the distance, thinking of the time when she was an apprentice...

<13 Moons Ago>

"I can't believe we are finally apprentices! After moons and moons of waiting, it's finally here!" Bramblepaw mewed excitedly to his sister.

Gingerpaw glanced at her brother and smiled. It was a small smile, a good smile, but not an excited smile. She had been looking forward to becoming an apprentice, but she didn't want to be Leafdrop's apprentice. She had heard that she was mean and pushed her apprentices too hard.

Her brother interrupted her thoughts with a cuff to the ear. "Come on mouse-brain, get your head out of the clouds! We need to go get our nests together in our new den!" Bramblepaw mewed.

Gingerpaw sighed and started towards the camp entrance. She breathed in the scents of the forest and smiled happily. This is what she had been looking forward to the most. She was finally a ThunderClan apprentice. Just as she had caught up with her brother, Sorrelstripe came running up to her.

"Gingerpaw! It's your mother!" she panted. "She got attacked by a badger!"

Gingerpaw's eyes went wide in terror. She couldn't lose her mother! Not on her first day of apprenticeship. "Bramblepaw! Come quick! Mama's hurt!" she mewed to her brother before racing after Sorrelstripe.

The leaves crunched under her feet and she could taste the scent of blood. No, no, no! She can't be dead! She can't be hurt! Mama! As soon as she saw her mother's ginger fur, her heart stopped. There was so much blood. Blood in her fur, blood everywhere.

"Gingerpaw. I-I love you." her mother rasped.

"No, Mama! You can't leave me! You can't leave us!" she yowled.

As her mother slowly died, Bramblepaw and Gingerpaw slowly sat down next to their mother, burying their faces into her thick fur. Why did this happen to her? Why not me? Why not anyone else? A few moments later, a group of cats ran up to the three.

"What have you all done!? You killed your own mother! This is unacceptable!" Rainstar yowled angrily.

Gingerpaw looked up at her leader, tears streaming down her face. "W-we didn't do it. A badger killed her. Sorrelstripe came and told us." she said, her voice shaking with fear.

"That's not what Sorrelstripe told me. She said she saw you two attacking your own mother. I don't believe you two. You are hereby exiled from this clan! If you ever set foot in this territory ever again, you will be sorry!" he yowled. The group of cats all glared at them and then stalked off towards the camp.

"Bramblepaw, what will we do?? Where do we go??" she mewled quietly.

"I'm not sure. Why don't we go to WindClan and tell them what happened? Maybe they'll let us live with them."

Gingerpaw nodded and silently stalked towards WindClan, tears streaming down her face. Would they let us live there? Probably not. I miss you Mama.

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That was how Bramblefoot and Gingersplash ended up being WindClan cats. After they had explained the situation to them, they gladly let them live there. Gingersplash trained under Riverthorn and Bramblefoot trained under the late Snowbriar. They trained the best they could with their new clan. When they went to their first Gathering, ThunderClan was surprised to see them there, but remained silent.

When they both became warriors, Gingersplash was one of the best hunters in the clan. She met Birchdusk and they had three kits moons later. Gingersplash and Bramblefoot are still honorable and loyal warriors to this day.

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"Gingersplash! Gingersplash, are you with me? Hello???"

"Sorry Dawnpool. I was thinking about when I first came here. Do you remember that?" she mewed.

"Yes, I do. You were the only one who truly understood me. You were my best friend, and still are my best friend. Those ThunderClan scum don't know what they lost when they exiled you two. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me. You're the best friend I could ever ask for." she mewed.

"Thanks Dawnpool. I still can't believe that I lost two of my kits. First my father left us, then my mother died, then I got exiled from my own clan, and now two of my kits are dead. StarClan must hate me." she mewled soflty. She couldn't bare losing any more cats. She was so relieved when Fawnkit lived through the night. Now, she just needed to live to be a great warrior for this clan.

A tiny brown bundle flew past Gingersplash's paws. It was Fawnkit. "Mama! Look what I can do!" the tiny kit mewled.

"I see darling. It's time to rest now though. Come with me." she purred. Her little kit was amazing. She was kind, energetic, and silly, just like she was until her mother died. Hopefully her siblings death doesn't affect her personality like it did mine. She needs to stay happy. She means everything to me...