"M-me? A warrior?" Nightpaw stuttered. Sparkstar nodded.

"My daughter, you've saved the clan time and time again. You are definitely able to serve your warrior duties." 

"I haven't taken the test!" Nightpaw ventured.

"chillypelt  says you are a very good hunter, and I believe her. Do you not want to be a warrior?"

"No! I mean yes! I mean.. I would very much like to be a warrior Sparkstar." Nightpaw gushed. Sparkstar nodded. 

"Then get yourself cleaned up!" He ran out of the den and jumped up onto the high rock. "All eevees old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the high rock for a clan meeting!" He called. Nightpaw quickly licked herself, cleaning mud and twigs out of her black fur. A warrior! She thought to herself, smiling with pride. She padded out, the clan parting as she walked forward, pelt gleaming. She stood beneath the high rock, looking up at her father. He nodded, and Nightpaw realized an eeveelution was standing behind him. An espeon. Nightpaw recognized Gazepelt, he must have become the new deputy. Nightpaw's attention was driven back to Sparkstar as he began speaking. "I, Sparkstar, leader of lightclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn. Nightpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do." Nightpaw responded, smiling.

"Then by the power of Starclan," Sparkstar continued, "I give you your warrior name. Nightpaw, from this moment on you shall be known as Nightstrike. Starclan honors your bravery and sacrifice. We welcome you as a full warrior of Lightclan!" The smell of herbs filled her once again. Nightstrike picked out Sagepelt in the crowd, beaming.

"Nightstrike! Nightstrike! Nightstrike!" The clan cheered. Sparkstar lept off the highrock, and Nightstrike licked his shoulder.

"I'm proud of you Nightstrike." Sparkstar smiled. "Now you have to sit vigil during the night, the sun's setting, you should probably start now." He nuzzled her before padding away. The cheers died down, and congratulating eevees, (including her siblings, now puddlenose and staticface, as well as Starstep,) gradually faded away into their dens. One remained, an espeon.

"Nightstrike i'm so glad you're alright!" Gazepelt ran up to her, nuzzling her face with his. "I was so worried!!" he stepped back, regarding her. "You look beautiful.." Nightstrike spread her wings, the moon shining through the black feathers. 

"Thank you Gazepelt.. are you the deputy now?" She asked, rubbing up against him affectionately. He blushed.

"Yea.." he lifted up a nearby flower with his mind, placing it behind her ear. Nightstrike blushed too. 

"Congratulations. I'd better get to my vigil.." Gazepelt nodded quickly, smothering a disappointing look from his face.

"oh.. Nightstrike?" he asked as he turned to pad away.

"Yes Gazepelt?" Nightstrike turned to him.

"I love you." he ducked his head, waiting to see her reaction.

"I love you too." Nightstrike looked after him as he padded away, longing to follow. Instead, she turned around and padded to the camp entrance, sitting down. She hugged herself with her wings as a cool breeze ruffled her fur. Looking up at the trees, she realized that leaf-fall was upon them, the leaves turning shades of reed and orange. Nightstrike sighed, knowing that prey would be scarce. My new name.. Nightstrike.. She loved the name. I am a warrior! A full member of the clan! She smiled, reaching up a paw to touch the flower gazepelt had given her. and I have a mate. She stood up straighter, pulling her wing sin to her sides. Nightstrike stared into the forest, preparing for her long night of silence.

Lightstar creaked open her eyes. The dark trees loomed up in front of her. The place where eevees go when they are not good enough for starclan. Lightstar was familiar with the place. She scowled, flicking her tail.

"I see you're back."  a smooth voice drawled. A muscular glaceon stepped out of the shadows. "Did you miss the dark forest?"

"That stupid apprentice!" spat lightstar, tearing up grass in her rage.

"Easy tiger." the glaceon said coolly. "and she's not an apprentice anymore." Lightstar followed the glaceon as he led her to a murky pool, which cleared, the surface revealing Nightstrike on vigil. Lightstar yowled in fury.

"That rotten little- she doesn't deserve this, the insolent little.." Lightstar raked her claws down a tree in her fit of rage. She turned back to the calm glaceon, eyes wild and crazy. "Glacialtalon, can you get me back down there again?!" The glaceon narrowed his eyes, dropping his calm demeanor.

"Again, lightstar? You seriously think you can beat that umbreon?"  he asked skeptically. "She's beaten you twice now you realize."

"Shut up!!!" screeched Lightstar, spitting mad. "Shut up shut up I know!!!! Just can you?!"

"Lightstar give it a rest." Glacialtalon growled.

"I will not!" Lightstar refused stubbornly. 

"Going back a second time is risky Lightstar, and if you get beaten again, which you will, you cannot come back. You will be gone."

"Glacial.. you're my mate.. So do this one thing for me!!" shrieked lightstar. Glacialtalon looked doubtful.

"Lightstar going back once was bad enough, but twice?! There's no telling what will happen!" the glaceon gulped.

"Just work your silly magic," hissed lightstar, claws gleaming, her fangs flashing as she spoke, "or there's no telling what will happen to you!" Glacialtalon stepped back, alarmed, before relenting.

"Ok Lightstar. But don't say I didn't warn you." He lifted into the air, eyes glowing white. A spire of ice shot out of his chest, striking Lightstar. She screeched in agony, the cry turning into fits of insane laughter. The ice faded, and Lightstar was gone.

Lightstar opened her eyes again. 

"Yess." she hissed. She looked down at her paws, realizing they were skeletal. Lightstar came across a pond and looked in. Her face was half fur, half skull. Her back was fur, with bits of spine showing. One of her back legs was bone, the other fur, and both of her front paws were bone. Her ribbons still floated around, though faded and torn. "Ok umbreon." she smiled to herself. "Round two.

Hello! Sorry it's been awhile since I updated, I've been busy! This chapter was not as action packed. It was normal, you know, until the whole skeletal Lightstar thing, but really, you didn't expect the whole chapter to be all sentimental and sappy, did you? So yea.. Nightpaw is Nightstrike now, and she has a mate! If I accidentally say Nightpaw correct me, it's hard transitioning! I'll try to update, and I'll defiantly do art for this, so look at my art book in case I put some in there. Thank you so much for all the support my awesome fans! Bye for now! I'll see you in the afterlife.. Mwahahahahaha....

Okay that was random. Anyways... Bye!

-Nightsong