"Birdkit! Wake up!" A voice shouted in my ear. I grumbled. Sorrelkit has been waking me up since we first opened her eyes. It was getting annoying. 

"Leave me alone, Sorrelkit," I said. My mother, Fernfrost, was not here. I wonder where she went. We never knew out father, and I was going to ask her today.

"I'm up," I mumbled.

"Yay! Let's play mossball with Goldenkit and the others!"

I stumbled out of our nest, still half asleep, outside. I couldn't smell Fernfrost's scent anywhere. Where could she have gone? I suddenly realised that I was outside of camp. Great, now how do I get back? I wandered around on which seemed like the right path, but got even more lost. 

"Birdkit, where are you?" A familiar voice called. Fernfrost! 

"I'm here!" I answered. My mother rushed up to me.

"You shouldn't have wandered out of camp," she scolded. "You scared everybody! But I'm also glad I found you..." her voice trailed off, and her eyes clouded as if she where in a different world, filled with memories...and was there a trace of sorrow in her eyes? I followed her back to camp, and risked asking her a question. 

"Fernfrost, who is mine and Sorrelkit's father?" She slowly turned around, and her eyes were gentle and filled with the sorrow that may have been there before. She hesitated.

"You will find out in good time," she said. "For now, why don't you play with Sorrelkit?"

I padded off to find my sister, but instead found Goldenkit. 

"There you are! We've been looking for you all over, camp! Did you hear? Stormfeather is expecting kits!"

"That's great news!" I purred. Seems like we were going to have more company in the nursery soon. "Hey, do you know where Sorrelkit is?" 

"Yeah, she's by the medicine cat den."

"Thanks," I called over my shoulder. I was three moons old, while Goldenkit was five. She must be excited to be an warrior apperentice! 

~*~

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highledge for a clan meeting!" Redstar's voice rang in the clearing. It must be Goldenkit, Oakkit, and Swiftkit's apperentice ceremony! That means mine will be soon.

"Goldenkit, Oakkit, and Swiftkit have reached the age of six moons and are ready to become apperentices. Oakkit, you will now be known as Oakpaw. Fallowheart, you have mentored many apperentices before, and will do your best to do just as well with Oakpaw." Fallowheart padded up to Oakpaw to touch noses with the newly made apperentice. 

"Swiftkit, you will now be known as Swiftpaw. Cinderstripe, you are ready for an apperentice. I hope that you will pass on your strength and bravery to Swiftpaw." I knew that Swiftpaw would be her first apperentice, so I wasn't surprised to see excitement in her eyes when she bounded up to touch noses with Swiftpaw. Then, to my surprise, Berryfur padded up next to the leader. She was the medicine cat. 

"Cats of Ivyclan," she said. "It is time for me to take on an apperentice. Your next medicine cat will be Goldenpaw." 

"Goldenpaw, do you accept the post of apperentice to Berryfur?" 

I couldn't believe it. Goldenpaw wanted to be a medicine cat apperentice?

"I do," Goldenpaw replied calmly.

"Then at halfmoon, you must travel to the moonpool to be accepted by Starclan before the other medicine cats. The good wishes of all Ivyclan will go with you."

"Oakpaw! Swiftpaw! Goldenpaw!" Everybody cheered. I knew that I couldn't wait for my name to be called along with my sister's. I would be the best warrior in my clan.