Swift padded into camp as the sun was rising. He dipped his head to Ice, who was sorting through the prey pile. Swift watched as Storm took the kit to the nursery. He decided to follow her and check on his kits. As he padded into the nursery, his son, Lightning, pounced on his tail. His daughter, Cloud, watched and glanced at the new kit. "Who's that?" She asked, bouncing up and down around the smaller kit. Swift watched as "Lilykit" stood up and looked around at her new surroundings. "Her name's Lily." Swift answered. "Yeah, and she needs a mother." Storm added. Swift's mate, Dandelion, looked up at the kit. "I'll be her mother." She said quickly. Swift nodded and watched as Lily padded over and sniffed her new mother. "Where's momma?" Lily asked, looking around. Dandelion licked Lily and curled her tail around her. "I'm your momma now. Don't worry, I'll keep you safe." She reassured the kit. Lily nodded and snuggled up closer to Dandelion. Swift padded out into the clearing and grabbed a mouse from the prey pile. He gulped it down and headed over to his den for some sleep.

     In the morning, Swift woke up before the sun rose. He stood up and stretched, then padded out into the clearing. The only other cats up were Storm and Dandelion. The kits were out and bouncing around, even Lily. Swift padded over to the prey pile and decided that he needed to send out some hunting patrols. Winter was approaching quickly and they couldn't afford to lose any cats. Swift leapt up onto the Bone Pile and called his Clan together. "Storm, Maple, Fang, and Ginger, come with me to go on a patrol over into ThunderClan's territory to see what we can find." He ordered. Ginger bounced over, her green eyes glowing. Swift glanced down at her and decided that her warrior ceremony would be today. She would have to prove herself, though. Swift leapt down and padded over to Fang, Ginger's mentor. He told Fang his plan and Fang nodded. As Fang went to tell Ginger, Swift led the patrol out into the forest.

    As they came closer to the ThunderClan border, Ginger leapt up to him. "I'm gonna be a warrior soon!" She said, pouncing on a leaf. Swift nodded and waved his tail. The patrol instantly ducked down and watched as a ThunderClan patrol padded into view. Swift recognized the long-haired white tom he had kicked last night. He thought his name was Cloudtail. Behind Cloudtail was the golden tom he had fought. Next to him was a gray tabby she cat with bright blue eyes. Suddenly, Cloudtail flicked his tail towards the BloodClan patrol. He called to the golden tom. "Lionblaze!" He hissed. The golden tom stepped forward and Cloudtail whispered something to him. Then, Lionblaze disappeared from view. Swift curled his lip and stepped out from the undergrowth. He stepped up to Cloudtail and the gray she cat. They hissed at him and Cloudtail instantly attacked him. Before Swift could make a move, an apprentice jumped out of the frozen grass. It was a gray and white tom and he leapt right at Ginger. This was her chance! Swift looked at Ginger and she met his eyes bravely. Then, she leapt to meet the apprentice in midair. "Dewpaw!" The gray tabby she cat yowled at the apprentice. Swift watched as Dewpaw crashed into Ginger and knocked her down to the ground easily. He was much bigger than Ginger and Swift could see his muscles twitching under his fluffy pelt. Cloudtail instantly ran towards the fight, but Storm sprang forward to block him. She bared her teeth at him and he backed away. Swift watched impatiently as Dewpaw sank his claws into Ginger's bushy chest fur. She hissed angrily and planted her hind paws on his belly. Then, she pushed him away. Ginger leapt up and darted after her oppenent. Dewpaw reared up on his hind paws and Ginger dove at him. Dewpaw yowled in shock as his paws were swept out from under him and he hit the ground with a sickening thud. Ginger pinned him down and sank her claws into his shoulders to hold him down. Swift purred proudly as she lunged forward to finish him off. But she stopped suddenly and looked the apprentice in the eye. His blue eyes met her green eyes. Swift hissed at Ginger. She ignored him. Then, she let the apprentice up. Dewpaw dipped his head to her. "I'm Ginger." She said to him. He nodded and glanced at Cloudtail. Cloudtail curled his lip in disgust and whirled to glare at Swift. "You won't get away with this!" He hissed. Then, he darted off into the undergrowth. Dewpaw turned to look at his new leader. "So, Dewpaw. You're name will now be Dew and you're a warrior now. Ginger, here, as proved her readiness to be a warrior and will become one as soon as we get home. Welcome to BloodClan, kid." Swift greeted the new warrior and led the way home.