Monday, September 5, 2005

CHAPTER 1: the beginning

I was awoken from the loud snore of my sister, Mudkit, who was sleeping right beside me, nose to my ear and breathing heavily. I got up from my mothers nest and started to wake up Mudkit. But before I could even touch Mudkit I flopped over and woke my bother, Sinkit, he yelped with fear in which woke everyone in the nursery. I could already tell this was going to be a clumsy day. The warriors came rushing over in attacking position. But mama was to…the warriors step back as they new she was doing that for defense. Once the warriors had left, the she-cat calmed her kits down with one lick each. In our litter there was mama also known as Sunflower she is one of mountain clans queens, Sinkit who was my brother, and Hogkit who was the fattest kit in the litter, also the stupidest one, and then there’s Mudkit that is the one that I would rather hang with, and last but not lease me. Today was also one of the best days of all our lives. Today is the day our ceremony will take place. At the ceremony we will become an actual apprentice and we even get our own mentors. “Hey Greenkit are you exited?” yelled Mudkit. “I sure am!” I said with enthusiasm. We both wrestled back in forth. Until we hit a rock that is. We just slammed right in to the sucker. Then a warrior came. He walked toward us with such pride he seemed to glow. “You two stop fooling around. You two should know that.” “I did…” Mudkit started off. “I was just…um…” I butted in “testing you…yeah she was testing you to see if you could…um…” ‘Oh no’ I thought ‘I ran out of words to say.’ Then as if she was hit by lightning Mudkit spoke “ Tell the difference between fighting and showing off!” he looked at us with uncertain eyes. “Sure.” he said boldly then walked off. Mudkit and I looked at each other until we couldn’t see Mousefoot. Then we both burst out laughing. Mama called us back inside the nursery. I followed Mudkit and then stopped as Mudkit slowly creped to the entrance of the nursery. I looked back, not at were Mousefoot left us, but at the medicine cats entry, otherwise Snowleafs’ entry. Then I patted to the nursery in which I saw Mudkits tail vanished. I headed on in and laid down by mothers’ side and took a catnap. I awoke to Mudkits voice saying, “wake up Greenkit! Or your going to miss the ceremony!” I shot up and ran to the entrance and poked my little head out of the thick draped vines that covered the entrance so the kits would keep warm. It was nighttime now and ever one was gathered in the clearing. I smiled brightly at mama. She looked back with the happiest smile I have seen in 6 moons. She licked Mudkits hair in which made it stand up on end. She looked at mama with an angry stare. Mama just licks her hair again. Then it was my turn. Once I was done with my bath I was cover from head to tail with saliva. Mudkit looked at me and then giggled. I didn’t mind, I giggled at her as well. And anyways I was to caught up in my thoughts for I was daydreaming about how life is going to be different now. I was going to learn the warrior code. I was exited. I heard a voice that sounded familiar. It was lemurtails’ voice “Now announcing…” he paused for a moment. “ Fallingstar!” as lemurtail said that, Fallingstar approached. He walked slowly to the edge of the rock that stuck out of the mountain. “I call upon Sinkit, Hogkit, Mudkit, Greenkit, and Clawkit.” Clawkit is on of the other queens’ kits…he’s called Clawkit because he uses everything as a scratching post. Everyone who was announced came up to the rock. Here the ceremony began. “I call forth Mudkit…” she dashed towards his side. “This kit will now be called Mudpaw from now on…” she said her name with pride. “Next I call Greenkit…” I patted to the same spot where Mudpaw stood. “Who will now be called Greenpaw…” I held my head high and said my name. I loved my name. I ran off to the apprentices den. There I found a open spot and slept.

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