Chapter 2

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Two moons later

A paw prodded sharply into Bluekit's shoulder.
"Whaaaa...?" She mumbled, blinking sticky sleep from her eyes. Immediately, a wave of cold air hit her.
"Bluekit, wake up!" Emberkit meowed, prodded her again. Her intense green eyes bite into hers. "We're being made apprentices!"
Bluekit's heart soared. She was all of a sudden wide awake. She was alone in the nest; Bluefeather had went to grab some fresh-kill and Mistykit and Ivykit were thrashing about in the snow. How much we've all grown! She thought happily.
Ignoring the bits of frosty moss clinging to her blue tabby pet, she followed Emberkit out into the clearing. It was new-leaf, but the snow had only grown thicker.
"It's still snowing!" Ivykit greeted her, shaking snowflakes from his dark tabby pelt. His yellow eyes looked worried. "It was meant to be new-leaf a moon ago!"
"I think snow is great!" Emberkit sniffed, flicking her ginger tail.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Bright Stone!" Hazelstar yowled.
"Come on!" Mistykit mewed, her bright blue eyes shining.
Bluekit squirmed around in the cold, damp snow, waiting impatiently for the BrightClan cats to settle down.

Finally, after what seemed like moons, Hazelstar spoke up. "As you know, we have four new apprentices to announce!" She yowled. "Mistykit, Emberkit, Bluekit and Ivykit, step forward!"
Bluekit pushed to the front, gazing up into Hazelstar's amber eyes.
"You have all now reached the age of six moons, and you are ready to be apprenticed. Until you are given your warrior names, Mistykit, you shall be known as Mistypaw. Iceflower, you are ready to to train an apprentice. You will mentor Mistypaw. You have shown yourself sensible and respectful, and now I ask you to pass down your knowledge onto this apprentice."
Iceflower, a white she-cat with a grey cloud-shaped spot on her shoulder, stepped forward to touch noses with Mistypaw.
"Emberkit, until you are given your warrior name, you shall be known as Emberpaw. Foxtalon, you are ready to mentor an apprentice. You will mentor Emberpaw. You have shown yourself courageous and a skilled fighter, and I ask you to pass your knowledge onto this young cat."
Foxtalon, the brown tom, leaned in to touch noses with Emberpaw.
"Bluekit, until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Bluepaw. Dawnleap, you have trained Honeypetal well. You have also shown yourself positive and a great thinker, and I ask you to pass your knowledge onto Bluepaw."
Bluepaw's eyes shone, and her heart pounded as she padded forward. Dawnleap was a cream coloured she cat with white paws and blue eyes. Her nose was cold from the snow as she pressed it against Bluepaw's.
"And, lastly," Hazelstar continued, "Ivykit, until you earn your warrior name you shall be known as Ivypaw. Nightsnow, you have shown yourself brave and wise, and I ask you to pass these skills onto Ivypaw."
The black and white tom stepped forward to touch noses with Ivypaw, his yellow eyes gleaming.
"Mistypaw!"
"Emberpaw!"
"Bluepaw!"
"Ivypaw!"
The clan cheered. Bluepaw's dark blue eyes shone, and for a moment she forgot about the piercing cold. Hazelstar silenced them with s flick of her bushy, light brown tail. The tabby she-cat flicked her ears to keep away another snowflake. The snowfall was becoming stronger.
"I also have one more announcement to make." She meowed loudly. Suddenly Bluepaw noticed her amber eyes clouding with worry, fear and excitement. Something was wrong! She held her breath as Hazelstar spoke.
"We have to leave the forest."

I'm sooooo sorry this chapter is super short! But I'll try to post really soon to make up for it.

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