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“Keep still,” her mother scolded. “You can’t go to your apprentice4 ceremony looking as if you’ve been pulled through the thorn barrier backward!”
Ivykit glanced over her shoulder from where she was crouched6 at the entrance to the nursery. “The cats are gathering7 out there already,” she reported, her voice quivering with anticipation8. “I think the whole Clan9 will come to see us become apprentices10!”
Dovekit twisted away from her mother’s tongue and scampered11 over the mossy floor of the nursery to join her sister. “Let’s go!” she urged.
“It’s not time yet,” her mother told her. “We have to wait until Firestar calls the Clan together.”
“It won’t be long.” The gentle mew came from Daisy, the cat from the horseplace. Dovekit understood that Daisy would never be a warrior13; she and Ferncloud both stayed in the nursery to help each new queen with her kits14.
Now Daisy was curled up beside Poppyfrost, who had moved into the nursery two sunrises before, her belly15 gently rounded with Berrynose’s kits. Berrynose was Daisy’s son, so these kits would be Daisy’s kin5 too.
“Are you coming to see us made apprentices?” she asked the she-cats.
“Of course.” Poppyfrost heaved herself to her paws and gave herself a quick grooming16 to get rid of the scraps17 of moss12 that clung to her pelt18. “We wouldn’t miss it for anything.”
Dovekit gave her shoulders another wriggle2; she felt as if she couldn’t keep her paws still for another heartbeat. She was so excited that she could almost forget how thirsty she was. “I wonder who our mentors20 will be,” she meowed.
Before Ivykit could reply, Firestar’s flame-colored figure appeared on the Highledge and his voice rang out across the camp. “Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey21 join here beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting.”
Dovekit sprang up, ready to bounce out into the clearing, but her mother’s tail reached out to hold her back. “Not yet,” Whitewing murmured. “And you will walkout there like a sensible apprentice, not a little kit1 who doesn’t know how to behave.”
“Okay, okay,” Dovekit muttered, trying to force down her impatience23.
Ivykit echoed her sister, then added, “I think I’m going to be sick.”
“Oh, no!” Dovekit let out a wail24. What will the Clan think of us if Ivykit is sick at her apprentice ceremony?
“No, you’re not,” Whitewing mewed calmly. “You’ll both behave yourselves and make me proud of you. Look, your father’s come to get you.”
Birchfall had appeared at the entrance to the nursery, looking down at his daughters with glowing eyes. “Come along, the Clan is waiting for you,” he told them.
Ivykit sprang to her paws, and Dovekit flexed25 her claws while Whitewing gave her own pelt a quick grooming and came to join them. By this time the whole of ThunderClan had gathered in the clearing, beneath the Highledge. Dovekit felt the gaze of many eyes on her as she padded out of the nursery beside Ivykit, their mother and father following behind. Daisy, Ferncloud, and Poppyfrost brought up the rear, and sat down just outside the entrance.
Dovekit’s heart was thumping26 so hard that she thought it was going to burst out of her chest, but she kept her head and her tail held high.
“I just know I’ll forget what to do,” Ivykit muttered into her ear.
Dovekit brushed herself against her sister’s pelt. “You’ll be fine.”
Whitewing guided them toward the circle of waiting cats, who parted to let them in. Dovekit found herself standing27 between her sister and Squirrelflight, who gave her an encouraging nod.
“I’ve called you together for one of the most important moments in the life of a Clan,” Firestar began. “Dovekit and Ivykit have reached their sixth moon, and it’s time for them to become apprentices.” He beckoned29 with his tail. “Come forward.”
Dovekit wanted to do a big jump right into the middle of the circle, but at the last moment she remembered what her mother had told her and made herself walk slowly forward beside her sister.
“Dovekit,” Firestar meowed, “from this day until you receive your warrior name, you will be called Dovepaw.”
“Dovepaw!” The voices of her Clanmates rang out around her, making her pelt tingle30 as she heard her new name for the first time. “Dovepaw!”
“StarClan, I ask you to guide this new apprentice,” Firestar went on, gazing up at the hot blue sky above the hollow. “Set her paws on the path she must follow to become a warrior.”
Dovepaw suppressed a shiver as she thought of all the starry31 cats, her warrior ancestors, looking down on her as Firestar spoke32 to them.
“Lionblaze.” Firestar flicked33 his tail toward the golden tabby warrior who stood close to the tumbled rocks that led up to the Highledge. “You will be mentor19 to Dovepaw. You are a loyal warrior and your battle skills are outstanding. I know that you will pass these qualities on to Dovepaw.”
Lionblaze!Dovepaw’s heart lurched as she gazed across the clearing at the golden-furred tom. He’s a great cat—but what if he doesn’t like me?
She bounded over to him, anxiously looking up into his amber35 eyes. She was astonished and delighted to see how pleased he looked as he bent36 his head to touch noses with her.
“I’ll work really hard,” she promised him in a whisper.
“So will I,” Lionblaze replied. “We’ll make a great team.”
Dovepaw stood proudly beside him and listened as Firestar repeated the ceremony for her sister. Ivykit looked lonely and nervous all by herself in the middle of the circle of cats, but she kept her head up bravely, her gaze fixed37 on Firestar.
“Ivykit,” Firestar meowed, “from this day until you receive your warrior name, you will be called Ivypaw. May StarClan watch over you and guide you in your journey to become a warrior.” He paused for a heartbeat for the rest of the Clan to call Ivypaw by her new name, then swept his tail toward Cinderheart. “Cinderheart, you have shown courage and endurance in your apprenticeship38, and I trust now that you will teach Ivypaw to follow in your path.”
A murmur22 of approval rose up from the surrounding cats as Ivypaw scampered across the clearing to touch noses with Cinderheart. The gray warrior’s blue eyes shone with joy as she welcomed her new apprentice.
“Dovepaw! Ivypaw!” the Clan called out.
Dovepaw felt as if she were about to burst with pride and happiness as her Clanmates crowded around to congratulate them both.
“What do we do now?” she asked Lionblaze eagerly.
“Nothing exciting, I’m afraid,” he replied with a twitch39 of his ears. “The Clan needs water. We have to collect some moss, and then go down to the lake to soak it.”
Dovepaw gave a little skip of excitement. “That’s great! I’ll get to see more of the territory.” Glancing around for her sister, she added, “Can Ivypaw and Cinderheart come with us?”
“Of course.” It was Cinderheart who replied, padding toward them with Ivypaw bouncing at her side. “But we have to watch out for RiverClan. They might try to cause trouble.”
“I thought RiverClan was on the other side of the lake?” Ivypaw asked, tipping her head on one side.
He led them through the thorn tunnel and headed in the direction of the lake. Dovepaw had never been more than a few fox-lengths outside the camp, but her excitement at seeing somewhere new was mixed with indignation at what Lionblaze and Cinderheart were telling them.
“But RiverClan can’t just take the lake like that!” she protested. “Can they?”
“Why doesn’t Firestar fight them?” Ivypaw mewed.
“Firestar doesn’t like to cause trouble,” Cinderheart explained. “He always tries to look for a solution that doesn’t involve fighting. That’s part of what makes him such a great leader.”
Dovepaw wasn’t sure that she understood. Even though she was only a new apprentice, she knew that Clans41 didn’t trespass42 on one another’s territory. That was part of the warrior code!
“Stick close to me and Cinderheart,” Lionblaze warned them. “And whatever happens, don’tmess with RiverClan.”
Just so long as they don’t mess with me or Ivypaw, Dovepaw thought.
Their mentors took them to the foot of a huge oak tree, where they collected balls of moss from the roots, and then onward43 to the lake. As they emerged from the trees onto the bank, Dovepaw’s mouth dropped open, letting her moss fall.
“I thought the lake was huge!” she gasped44. “Not just that little bit of water right over there.” She felt a stab of disappointment. Why did the warriors45 make such a fuss about something that was not much bigger than a puddle46?
“It usually comes right up to where we are now,” Lionblaze told her. He angled his ears forward to where a narrow strip of pebbles47 gave way to dried mud. “It’s only because of the drought that it’s shrunk so much.”
“The drought also means there haven’t been so many Twolegs around this greenleaf,” Cinderheart meowed. “So it isn’t all bad.” It sounded as if she was trying to convince herself as much as the apprentices.
“What if the lake shrinks away altogether?” Ivypaw asked.
“It won’t,” Cinderheart stated, though the look she exchanged with Lionblaze told Dovepaw that she wasn’t completely certain. “It’s bound to rain soon.”
“Now that we’re here, you might as well learn something about the territories,” Lionblaze meowed. “This is ThunderClan territory, of course, and over there”—he swept his tail around in an arc—“is WindClan.”
Dovepaw’s gaze followed his pointing tail to where smooth grassy48 moorland swelled49 up to meet the sky. “There aren’t many trees for hunting in,” she remarked.
“No, WindClan cats like open spaces, so their territory’s perfect for them,” Cinderheart told her. “ShadowClan cats like pine trees, so they chose the territory over on that side.”
Dovepaw and Ivypaw both examined the dark line of trees that bordered the lake on the other side of ThunderClan. “I’m glad I’m not a ShadowClan cat,” Ivypaw mewed.
Dovepaw concentrated for a moment, trying to memorize everything that the scene in front of her could tell her. She could see a group of cats on the ShadowClan side, trekking50 across the barren ground toward the distant lake, and she drew in a long breath to taste their scent51. On the WindClan side, cats were returning to the shore, and Dovepaw breathed in their scent, too.
“Ivypaw,” she whispered, flicking52 her sister over one ear with her tail, “you should be picking up the scents53 of those cats over there. It’s all stuff we need to know.”
“What?” Ivypaw gave her a puzzled look, but before Dovepaw could say any more, she was interrupted by a loud exclamation54 from Lionblaze.
“Now what’s happening?”
Dovepaw looked across the brittle55 brown mud and spotted56 a patrol of ThunderClan cats close to the water’s edge. They seemed to be struggling, their backs arched and tails thrashing in the air. A couple of heartbeats later one of the warriors began racing57 back to the shore; as he drew closer she recognized Thornclaw.
“Trouble?” Lionblaze called.
“Berrynose and Spiderleg are stuck in the mud,” Thornclaw panted, pausing briefly58. “I need a branch or something to get them out.”
“We’ll come and help,” Cinderheart told him, with a whisk of her tail to beckon28 the two apprentices. “Come on, you two. Bring your moss, and watch where you’re putting your paws.”
As she led them out onto the mud, Dovepaw glanced back to see Thornclaw pull a long stick out from under the roots of an elder bush at the edge of the bank. Before he could carry it off, Jayfeather erupted from the undergrowth, a bundle of herbs in his jaws59.
“Hey, that’s mine!” he protested, spitting leaves everywhere. “Put it back!”
“It’s mystick.” Dovepaw was startled to see how worked up Jayfeather was, his eyes blazing and his neck fur bristling61 as if he was facing an enemy. “If you don’t bring it back in one piece, I’ll…I’ll…”
He raced back across the mud with the stick in his jaws. Dovepaw and Ivypaw followed more slowly behind their mentors. Dovepaw was trying to lift each paw almost as soon as it touched the scorching63 ground. Her pads would be shriveled by the time she reached the water.
“Do you think the heat is getting to Jayfeather?” Ivypaw whispered. “Thornclaw’s right. It’s only a stick.”
“Yes, but what happens to us if our medicine cat gets bees in his brain?”
Dovepaw didn’t reply. They were drawing closer to the edge of the lake, and she could see the glistening65 bodies of dead fish lying here and there; she almost choked as the smell rolled out to meet her. Suddenly the hard ground vanished, replaced with glossy66 warm mud that sucked at her paws. Her feet sank deeper with every step, and the surface shivered, as if it were waiting hungrily for her next paw step.
“Stay there,” Lionblaze warned over his shoulder. Brownish-gray sludge flecked his pelt and clotted67 his belly fur. Just beyond him, Berrynose and Spiderleg were up to their haunches in mud.
The two warriors were thrashing helplessly, their pelts68 plastered to their sides by the brown slime. They didn’t seem to be sinking past their belly fur, but they couldn’t get a paw hold to drag themselves out.
“I’m glad they won’t be sharing our den34,” Dovepaw murmured to Ivypaw. “They’ll stink69 of mud and dead fish for a moon!”
Ivypaw nodded. “I bet they won’t be sharing any cat’s den until they get that stench off!” She wandered off to examine a dead fish lying a couple of fox-lengths away. Dovepaw stayed to watch as Thornclaw cautiously approached the mud hole, holding the stick at one end and stretching the rest of it out so that his Clanmates could grab it. Berrynose sank his claws into it and scrambled70 along it until he reached more solid ground, where Lionblaze and Cinderheart helped him to his paws.
“Filthy stuff!” he exclaimed, spitting out mud and shaking his pelt so that sticky drops flew everywhere.
Dovepaw leaped back to avoid being spattered. Meanwhile Spiderleg clambered along the stick and stood panting at the edge of the muddy hole.
“Thanks,” he meowed to Thornclaw. “I’ll be more careful where I put my paws next time.”
Thornclaw nodded. “You’re welcome. You’d better go back to camp and get yourselves cleaned up.”
Spiderleg and Berrynose plodded72 off, their heads and tails drooping73, shedding mud from their pelts at every paw step.
“And now I suppose I’d better give the stick back to Jayfeather,” Thornclaw went on, “or he’ll be madder than a fox in a fit.”
He set off toward the shore, only to halt after a few paces as a furious caterwaul came from farther around the lake. Dovepaw looked up in alarm. A mottled blue-gray tom was racing toward them, his tail streaming out behind him. Twitching74 her whiskers, Dovepaw picked up another unfamiliar75 scent, similar to the fish lying on the mud.
That must be RiverClan
Thornclaw dropped the stick again. “Hey, Rainstorm!” he called. “What do you want?”
The RiverClan warrior ignored him and the rest of the cats who were clustered together a few tail-lengths away from the mud hole. He was heading straight for Ivypaw, who was still sniffing76 curiously77 at the dead fish.
“Prey-stealer!” he yowled. “Leave that alone! The fish are ours!”
Ivypaw spun78 around, her fur fluffing up and her eyes wide with terror at the sight of a full-grown RiverClan warrior bearing down on her.
“Mouse dung!” Cinderheart spat71, bounding off to intercept79 Rainstorm before he could attack her apprentice. Dovepaw and Lionblaze raced after her.
Suddenly Lionblaze let out a yowl. “Rainstorm, watch out!”
Dovepaw realized that the RiverClan cat was heading straight for the mud hole. Too intent on Ivypaw, he seemed not to hear Lionblaze’s warning. His flying paws slid into the deeper mud; he gave a screech80 of mingled81 fear and surprise as he rapidly sank up to his belly fur.
“Serves you right,” Cinderheart meowed indignantly, halting at the edge of the mud hole and looking down at the struggling warrior. “Can’t you see she’s only an apprentice? This is her first time out of camp.”
“I don’t think any cat would want to eat it,” Dovepaw added, coming to stand beside her sister. “Yuck!”
Rainstorm didn’t reply. He had sunk into a deeper part of the hole than the two ThunderClan cats who had been trapped earlier; the mud was oozing84 around his shoulders, and his frantic85 efforts to climb out only made him sink farther.
“Keep still,” Lionblaze mewed. “We’ll get you out.”
Thornclaw trotted up with the stick and pushed it out across the mud until Rainstorm could sink his claws into it. But he couldn’t get a firm-enough hold to drag himself out, as if his struggles had already worn him out. Dovepaw pressed close against Ivypaw as she watched, her belly fluttering with anxiety. Even though the RiverClan warrior had been about to attack her sister, she didn’t want to see him drown.
“Oh, for StarClan’s sake…” Lionblaze muttered. He crept up to the very edge of the hole, testing every paw step before he put his weight down, and leaned over so that he could sink his teeth into Rainstorm’s scruff. He gave an enormous heave, and with a loud sucking noise the RiverClan tom scrambled free of the clinging mud and collapsed87 on one side, his chest heaving as he gasped for air.
“Consider yourself lucky,” Thornclaw meowed unsympathetically. “Now take off. You shouldn’t have been on this side of the lake at all.”
Rainstorm’s paws scrabbled, but when he tried to stand up his legs gave way and he fell onto the mud again.
“Now what are we going to do with him?” Cinderheart meowed. “He’s never going to make it back to RiverClan in that state.”
Lionblaze sighed. “There’s no need for any of this, if RiverClan would just be reasonable. Are any of his Clanmates around?”
“Over there.” Thornclaw pointed88 with his tail and Dovepaw spotted a group of RiverClan cats in the distance, close to ShadowClan territory. They were confronting the ShadowClan patrol she had seen heading to the waterside earlier. Her whiskers quivered and she sensed they were having an argument.
“I’m not getting involved in that debate,” Thornclaw decided89. “If we go over there, we’ll find ourselves fighting with ShadowClan as well as RiverClan. Come on.” He prodded90 Rainstorm with one paw. “You can come back to our camp until you’re fit to travel. It’s not nearly as far as your own territory.”
“Thanks,” Rainstorm panted. He staggered to his paws, managing to stay upright this time; Lionblaze padded alongside him and gave him his shoulder to lean on. “Cinderheart, will you keep an eye on the apprentices while they collect the water?” he called. “I’ll help Thornclaw get Rainstorm back to camp.”
“Sure,” Cinderheart replied.
Dovepaw watched the two ThunderClan warriors set off across the mud, flanking Rainstorm, who was still unsteady on his paws. “Hey!” she called after them. “Don’t forget the stick!”
Thornclaw bounded back, his tail flicking irritably91. “I don’t know what’s got into Jayfeather,” he growled, snatching up the stick and carrying it away with him.
“Are you okay, Ivypaw?” Cinderheart asked, looking down at her apprentice with concern in her blue eyes.
“Yes, I’m fine,” Ivypaw replied. “I’m sorry I was stupid about the fish. If I hadn’t gone near it, Rainstorm wouldn’t have fallen into the mud.”
“It wasn’t your fault!” Indignation surged through Dovepaw. “He was being horrible.”
“Dovepaw’s right,” Cinderheart mewed. “He had no need to come dashing over here like that. Now, pick up your moss, and we’ll go collect the water. I want to get back to the hollow and find out what Firestar does when he hears about this.”
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