Juniperkit squirmed through the PebbleClan nursery, feeling the snow and eventually the sand under in the camp. It was snowing lightly. The nursery had been filling with kits, even with lots of room, he barely had any personal space. He felt the cold air of PebbleClan, and he went to the medicine den, where Gingerface was organizing herbs. “Hi, Gingerface!” He mewed “Can I help you?” The she-cat turned around to see the gray tom. “Sure! Can you give poppy seeds to Heatherblaze? She’s got some pain in her thighs.” Juniperkit nodded and went to the elders den, where Heatherblaze perked her ears and looked in the tom’s blue eyes. “Oh, thank you! I was wondering when I could get these seeds. Young cats these days are slower than a snail!” Heatherblaze took the poppy seeds and yawned. “Can I hear a story? Please, Heatherblaze?” The old she-cat chuckled “Well, alright. Moons ago, when I was an apprentice, there used to be six clans. You already know TwilightClan, PineClan, VioletClan, PebbleClan and MeadowClan… but there used to be RoseClan.” Juniperkit was in awe. He never heard of RoseClan. “They were a fine clan. But that Spiderberry from PineClan, was it? Anyways, he hated RoseClan…” she mewed, her gentle voice cracking. “And he teamed up with the old PineClan leader, Hornetstar to drive them out, and claim their territory.” Juniperkit gasped, that was such a cold-hearted thing to do! “And when they did invade RoseClan, the other clans were alerted and tried to fight PineClan off. I was apart of it, and my memory is fuzzy… but I think RoseClan went extinct! After Hornetstar lost his eighth life, those nasty PineClan cats retreated. The territory was eventually taken by both TwilightClan and PineClan.” Heatherblaze coughed some more. Juniperkit felt some excitement and anger. He wanted to hear more on this mysterious clan, but he just wished PineClan would suffer from this! “But remember, young one, this happened moons ago… so every is fine now..” Cloverstar looked around the camp and eventually spotted Creamfoot and her apprentice, Snakepaw. He hopped down into the snow, and walked up to them. “Hey. Do you two want to come hunting with me?” Snakepaw looked at the leader “Sure! I’d love to!” Creamfoot would also nod, her green eyes made a calm stare at Cloverstar. The cats walked out of PebbleClan camp, and to the river, where they would hunt fish. “It’s frozen… we’ll just have to hope the squirrels and birds are out.” Cloverstar sighed, disappointment in his gray eyes. They walked over the frozen river, and back into the snow covered grass. Snakepaw then spotted a squirrel. He crouched down, his belly touching the snow. The apprentice slowly approached it until a warrior from the side caught the squirrel. The scent was MeadowClan. “Hey! That’s our squirrel! Give it back!” Creamfoot hissed at the warrior “Slugfur! This is PebbleClan territory! You know it’s against the warrior code to take another clan’s prey!” The tom snickered “And what are you gonna do, cry? Even with your new warriors, your clan is still pathetic and weak!” As Snakepaw leaped for the warrior, Slugblaze swiftly dodged the attack, stealing the squirrel. Cloverstar groaned in frustration. Creamfoot approached him “We could always ask Harestar and TwilightClan for help. The warrior code states clans can help each other so they don’t fall.” The leader shook his head “No. I’m not going to be asking him. I refuse to make PebbleClan look weak, if I tell Harestar about this weakness, he’ll surely attack us soon.” Creamfoot shook her head “No… Harestar hasn’t done much yet. I’m sure he’ll help us.” Cloverstar walked away, ignoring what the she-cat said. Snakepaw was still angry from losing the squirrel, and he grumpily followed him back to camp. Juniperkit was playing around with his littermates: Flarekit, Skykit and Breezekit. Then Cloverstar past the clearing, and Breezekit ran up to him “Cloverstar! Cloverstar!” She squealed “We’re six moons now! Can we become apprentices?” The tom glanced at the dusty brown she-cat, then the sky to see it was sun-high. “Sure. I’ll call a meeting.” The leader climbed on the high rock and shuffled his paws. “All cats old enough to swim in fast currents come under the high rock for a clan meeting!” PebbleClan gathered under the high rock, where Cloverstar was sitting on “I, Cloverstar look down at these four kits. They have reached the age of six moons, which means it is time for them to get apprenticed and learn the ways of a PebbleClan warrior.” He first looked at Flarekit first “Flarekit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Flarepaw. Your mentor will be Honorstripe. I hope Honorstripe will pass down all they know on to you.” The tom gasped in excitement as he got the deputy for a mentor. Next, Cloverstar looked to Juniperkit. (Rest is below)
“Juniperkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Juniperpaw. Your mentor will be Spiderclaw. I hope Spiderclaw will pass down all they know on to you.” The rest of the kits would get their mentor, with Skykit having Embertail and Breezekit having Cloverstar himself. Cloverstar finished appointing these mentors and apprentices “Flarepaw! Juniperpaw! Skypaw! Breezepaw!” The clan cheered on for the apprentices. “You’re so lucky you get Cloverstar!” Skypaw hissed to her brother. Juniperpaw didn’t care for who he was apprenticed by. He just wanted to finally learn the ways of a warrior. The moon shone brightly, and Cloverstar fell asleep in his nest. A StarClan cat greeted him. “Torrentstar…” he dipped his head to the former PebbleClan leader “What do you have to tell me?” The she-cat sighed “There’s danger coming from all the clans. Something that will destroy the warrior code.” Cloverstar seemed concerned on this new and sudden prophecy “What is it? Tell me now!” Torrentstar sighed and stared at Cloverstar with her blue eyes “Star, smog, river, flare and daisy. All are strong apart, but once they come together… they will be strong enough to destroy the future of the clans forever.” Torrentstar finished and began to fade “Wait! Tell me more!” Cloverstar was awake before he knew it… now having a new prophecy made this more worrisome… what would come next? (Btw it’s been moons so new warriors and apprentices) Music - Home by Toby Fox
