Peachpaw sat up when she heard a cat moving through the barrier of vines surrounding the medicine cat den. "Hello Bramblebug!" She greeted her mentor and went back to sorting herbs. A moon had passed since Snowfoot and Rainblaze had died, and she had become the youngest apprentice known to the clans. She was only 2 moons, 1 moon when she became an apprentice. Her ceremony was wonderful, the whole clan cheering for the young apprentice who knew everything about herbs. "Hello Peachpaw! Why don't you go and play with Glowkit and Tinykit? Shiverflint misses you, you know that right?" She said to her apprentice. "I know Bramblebug. I think I will, thank you!" Peachpaw said as she bounded out of the den. Though she was an apprentice, she was still young enough to need her mothers milk, she hadn't had any prey yet. She felt really bad that her siblings weren't apprentices yet she was, but Starclan had made her who she was, and accepted her wish. She arrived at the nursery and heard her siblings suckling and Shiverflint wispering quietly to Nightberry, who had just moved into the nursery expecting Hopstripe's kits. She padded in and greeted her mother with an affectionate purr and a small mew. "Hello Peachpaw, my dear. You're just in time for food, my love, if you're hungry." Her mother said, gesturing to her stomach where her other kits were suckling and mewling hungrily. "Thank you Shiverflint!" Peachpaw said as she happily obliged to her mothers suggestion. "Um, Peachpaw?" Shiverflint asked slowly. Peachpaw sat up and licked her lips. "Yes mother?" She replied. "Um, well I was thinking, and I think that since you're an apprentice and all, that maybe, you could um..." She stuttered. Peachpaw sighed. She had been expecting this for the past couple days. "I should start eating fresh kill, right?" She said sadly, almost crying at the thought of not being in the nursery with her mother and siblings. But I'm an apprentice now, however old I am. I have duties for my clan, and I should be proud that I'm an apprentice at 2 moons. She thought. "Yes, I'm sorry." Her mother sighed. "Here-" she flicked a small lump of fur to her daughters paws. "Try this. It's a vole." She said. Peachpaw sat next to Shiverflint and bit into the small creature. The warm blood of the creature sank into her mouth and she inwardly sighed of happiness. She had never tasted anything so good! "Mmmm..." She said happily. She curled up next to her mother after finishing her meal and purred"I love you mother..." Before she sank into sleep.

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