Snowkit shivered when she awoke. It was morning. Had she slept all day? She had only gone to sleep that afternoon.

            Snowkit looked around, noticing the thick blanket of snow that laid throughout the forest. The sun glittered off the snow, showing a beautiful scene.
            Snowkit exited the log, her stomach growling. She sniffed the air, hoping to find some prey, but she scented nothing. Snowkit tilted her head. Where was the prey?
            Snowkit trudged through the heavy snow, looking around for a piece of prey. She dug through snow, but found only the ground below. "WHERE'S ALL THE PREY?!" she hissed, becoming frustrated with herself.
            She continued looking, only to return to the log empty-handed, her stomach still growling. Snowkit sighed, eating some snow to quench her thirst. "STARCLAN, HELP ME!" she pleaded, remembering how Stonecloud said she would return.
            Snowkit growled. Why was StarClan just abandoning her like this? They led her to a different part of the forest, only to show her that there was no prey?! She paced around, hissing and growling, frustrated at StarClan and her mother.
            Her mother! Why hadn't Snowfeather come to her?! Why was it Stonecloud?! Surely it should've been her mother leading the way. Unless...she wasn't dead! The thought sparked hope in Snowkit, though she couldn't understand why her mother hadn't stayed with her in that old forest.
            Snowkit sighed, plumping herself down in the cold snow. "Mother," she whispered. Snowkit sighed, laying her head down on her paws, her chin dampened by the snow.
            Snowkit was about to close her eyes and sleep when she saw a silvery light shining. Snowkit stood up, looking towards the light. Was it StarClan?
            "Hello," she called, edging forward, her eyes blinded by the bright light.
            As she came closer, she noticed the shape of a cat. "Snowfeather? Stonecloud?" Snowkit said, easing her paw forward.
            "My name is Silverwhisker," the she-cat replied. "I am a friend of Stonecloud."
            "But where is Stonecloud?" Snowkit asked, tilting her head.
            "She'll be here shortly. But for now, I will stay with you," Silverwhisker said, her gray tabby pelt shining.
            "What are you doing here?" Snowkit asked Silverwhisker.
            "Stonecloud and I will be here to help you," Silverwhisker replied.
            "Help me with what?"
            Silverwhisker paused. "We're here to make sure you survive. We'll teach you how to be a warrior, so that way you won't starve."
            "You will?!" Snowkit gasped, bouncing up and down.
            Silverwhisker smiled. "Yes, you are blessed by StarClan, Snowkit.  No other cat has received this training before. But since there are no cats that could teach you nearby, we are substituting."
            "Thank you," Snowkit purred. "My mother? Is she here?"
            Silverwhisker paused, thinking of what to say. Before she could speak, however, Stonecloud floated down from StarClan, landing at Silverwhisker's side.
            "Hello, Snowkit," Stonecloud said.
            "Hi!" Snowkit said, bouncing up and down with excitement. She was going to be a warrior! "When do we start my training?!"
            "Settle down," Stonecloud laughed. "First, we need to get something in your belly."
            "I already tried looking for prey," Snowkit sighed. "There's nothing here."
            "You're just not looking hard enough," Silverwhisker said, rising from her seat. She paced around the forest floor, digging at the snow, trying to find something. "Ah!" she said, uncovering something. "Over here, Snowkit," she whispered.
            Snowkit padded forward quietly until she came to Silverwhisker's side. She looked at what Silverwhisker had uncovered. It was a hole. Snowkit was about to turn away when she picked up the scent of rabbit.
            "How do we get them out?" Snowkit asked quietly.
            "I'll scare them out," Silverwhisker replied. "Then you kill one."
            Snowkit nodded as Silverwhisker began to dig at the hole until one rabbit came bursting out. Snowkit acted fast, killing the rabbit in one swipe.
            "Great job!" Silverwhisker congratulated her.
            "Thanks," Snowkit said.
            "Wow, you already know how to hunt?" Stonecloud asked.
            Snowkit nodded. "I taught myself."
            "Well you're pretty good, alright," Stonecloud said. "But I think we'll be able to teach you even more. Plus some fighting moves too. You never know who you'll meet in these woods."
            Snowkit bit into the rabbit while listening to Stonecloud speak. Her words sounded great and all, but wouldn't Snowkit be able to join a clan? Did she have to stay alone in these woods? She didn't want to argue with the two StarClan she-cats who had taken her under their wing so easily, so she remained silent.
            "What do we learn first?" Snowkit asked.
            Stonecloud smiled. "Well you need the ultimate clan experience, don't you? We'll have to make a den and a nest for you..."
            "I can use the log," Snowkit suggested. "It kept me covered."
            "Good idea," Silverwhisker said. "I'll collect some moss," she said, padding away, her pelt still gleaming.
            "We need a rock to do ceremonies on," Stonecloud said. With a flick of her tail, a rock came into view in the center of Snowkit's camp.
            "How did you do that?!" Snowkit gasped.
            "Little StarClan trick," Stonecloud replied.
            "Can Silverwhisker do that?"
            Stonecloud shook her head. "She hasn't been in StarClan long enough. She's only been in StarClan for a couple of moons. You have to be in StarClan for a while to do that."
            "Oh," Snowkit said.
            Silverwhisker quickly returned with the moss in her mouth. "It's nice and dry," she said, placing it in the small log that Snowkit had slept in.
            Snowkit looked around her new home. It was small but felt perfect. For once, Snowkit let out a decent smile.
            "Thank you all for taking me in," Snowkit said. "I don't know where I'd be without you."
            Stonecloud smiled. "No problem, Snowkit. But I think it's time you received your apprentice ceremony."
            "Really?!" Snowkit gasped, excitement filling her entire body.
            Silverwhisker nodded. "Stonecloud will perform the ceremony," the gray tabby said.
            Snowkit padded up onto the rock with Stonecloud. She had always pictured a day like this, though she had wished her family was here and more cats too. The only cat she looked down upon was Silverwhisker who smiled at her.
            "CATS OF STARCLAN!" she yowled. "Snowkit has reached six moons which means she is ready to become an apprentice. Snowkit from this day forward, until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Snowpaw!"
            "SNOWPAW! SNOWPAW!" Silverwhisker cried.
            "And as for your mentor, Silverwhisker and I will train you all about being a warrior and what it really means, not the silly BloodClan stuff they were going to teach you."
            Snowpaw waved her tail and smiled, looking forward to her new beginning and home.