Current kits:  jackelflower 

Lightflower

Cheetahflower 

Littleflower 

Hillclaw

Jackelflower stood at the edge of her small den the decorators had made, the small Lilly flowers twinkling the sunlight.  She could hear her dad, horsestomp, growling under his breath that he didn't want his kits in the arena.

Jackelflower turned to him sharply, her fur rising.  Yes, many kits died in it, but she wouldn't, would she..?  Jackelflower shook her long-furred head.  She couldn't think like that.  Not ever, and not now.  She was suddenly aware she should be in a bowing motion because he was older than her.  Jackelflower slid her paws forwards, then dipped her head.  A small squeak escaped from her as her leg hit her front paw.  

Horsestomp stared at her with frost in his eyes that Jackelflower couldn't understand.  Well, I'm not happy to go into the arena, but I'm still the one going into it.  She thought, her ear twitching.  Horsestomp snarled at her, then turned and left the pretty den.  She turned to the arena where she would have to fight.  First, there would be some training, then fighting.  She let out a shiver.

 "Jackelflower and Hillclaw, come up, " Jackelflower padded up, slightly dazed.  It was her turn!  

"Jackelflower, I will teach you, " Jackelflower was too excited to hear who hillclaw got.  She padded away with her teacher, her tail raised.  Today, she would be a trainee!  Hopefully.  Jackelflower watched closely as her teacher taught her how to hunt.  (She wasn't good at it) then taught her how to fight.  Jackelflower was more interested in this.

Her trainer leaped at her, claws sheathed.  Jackelflower slid to the side, dodging the trainer easily.  She then hooked a paw onto her trainer's paw, pushing it out from under her.

"You're ready for the arena, " her trainer said gruffly.  Jackelflower gave an excited skip of happiness.  They trotted to the camp, the arena set up with bark to make battling harder.  Tinyclaw padded into the camp, his tail quivering in anxiety.  He didn't like battling.  Yet, a battle he would get.  One of the trainers turned to them.  

"Get in the arena, " the young trainer said, her voice sharp.

"Ok, " Jackelflower said happily.  She got into her place and Hillclaw got into his, looking uneasy.

    "And... Start, " the trainer called.  For the first time, Jackelflower saw the big crowd.  I can't disappoint them, she though.  She turned to Hillclaw, then leaped into him with unsheathed claws, just like she was told to do.  Hillclaw let out a yowl, desperately trying to free himself.  She clawed his belly, again, what her trainer told her to perform.  He let out a wail of pain, and his claws made contact with her throat.  She let out a yowl, stumbling back.  It was only a small scratch, but it angered her.  She let out a mad roar, then smashed her paw into his head.  He fell to the ground, dazed.

    She hooked a claw into one of his hind legs, ripping away fur.  Hillclaw let out another wail, and the trainers flicked their tails.  

"This battle is over, " one said.  The other looked at her.

"Hillclaw isn't dead yet, " the young trainer replied, her fur rising.

"Do you want to become weak because we lose all our kits?  She's won, and it's clear, " the she-cat said.

"We aren't weak if a kit like this puny kit dies," the younger she-cat hissed, arching her back.

    "He can become a decorator.  Their good for nothing, " the she-cat growled, arching her back as well.  The leader of dawnclan flicked Jackelflower with her tail.

    "Attack one of them.  I don't care who, " Snowfin, their leader, whispered.  Jackelflower widened her eyes but unsheathed her claws again.  She then leaped onto the young trainer, letting out a roar.  She grappled onto his fur, grabbing hold of her ear.

    "How dare you, " the young she-cat hissed, her amber eyes blazing in hostility.  Jackelflower didn't answer except by slashed her claws down her ear.  Pain flooded her sides, and she was yanked off of the furious she-cat  Made erupted into her ear, but in the pain, she heard a voice.

"Stop.  She was following my orders.  I was testing her.  She reacted perfectly, " Snowfin said, her voice blunt.  The pain ebbed away a little, and she could stand again.  Jackelflower started to lick the blood off her pelt, satisfied to see the trainer she had attacked licking blood off his pelt, too.

What is this?  I... I love fighting?  Will I be a fighter, or will I be a guard?  she thought, her tail twitching. It was almost time for her ceremony!  Tomorrow would be the day!  First, the prophet would see what her and hillclaws new name was from the stones, then it would be ceremony time!

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The day seemed to go slower than a slug, but she was happy when it was almost time to go to bed.  Maybe her dad would visit and congratulate her soon?

Of course not, he never did.

Jackelflower sighed, her ears twitching as she started to lick her scratches again.  The smell of dry blood flooded her nose as she started, but she ignored it.  It was fine.  Blood wasn't gross, it wasn't scary.  In fact, if you were still alive and had blood on your fur, it meant you had won your battles.

And you have won them well.

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Jackelflower woke up with a yawn,  her small orange ears twitching at the sound of a busy camp. Then she remembered.  

Today was the day she would be a trainee!  Not a helpless kit anymore!  "All cats that honor the ways of my leadership, step forward, " Snowfin said, calling a meeting.  Her snow-white pelt was gleaming in the shadowed sunlight.

"Hillclaw, put your paws forward, " she commanded.  Hillclaw slid his paws forward in a bow.

"Hillclaw, I have spoken to the name-giver, our prophet, and he says that your new name shall be starlingclaw," Snowfin called.

"You have shown experience in hunting.  You shall be a hunter trainee!"

"Starlingclaw!  Starlingclaw!"

"Jackelflower put your paws foreword". Jackelflower did.

"Jackelflower, I have communicated to name-giver, our prophet, and he says your new name will be..."

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