Hawkkit couldn't sit still, squirming by his mother's paws. Eaglewing kept grooming Hawkkit and Dawnkit so they were clean.

"Now, what are you not supposed to do?" Eaglewing meowed.

Hawkkit rolled his eyes. "Yowl, 'I'm an apprentice!' after the naming ceremony."

Dawnkit purred in amusement. It had been six moons since they were born. The two kits would have their naming ceremony.

Owlstar leapt up onto the HighOak.
"Let all cats old enough to climb an oak tree gather underneath the HighOak to hear my words!" Owlstar's meow rang through the camp, causing the OakClan cats to come out of their dens.

Hawkkit's eyes were shining with excitement. The two kits weren't the only ones becoming apprentices;

"Hawkkit and Dawnkit, step up." Owlstar meowed.

The two kits scampered up to their father.

"Hawkkit, step forward," Owlstar glanced at his son, who almost tripped as he approached the leader.

"From this day forward, until he has earned his warrior name, this apprentice will be called Hawkpaw." Hawkpaw touched his nose to Owlstar's shoulder in respect, then stepped back.

"Lionclaw, you have great skills in hunting. May you pass down all you know to your apprentice." Owlstar announced.

Lionclaw weaved his way towards Hawkpaw. When he reached Hawkpaw, the warrior touched his nose to his apprentice's forehead.

"Dawnpaw, step forward," the OakClan leader meowed, beckoning her with a flick of his tail.

Dawnpaw padded forward as carefully as a warrior would creep up on a mouse.

"From this day forward, until she has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be called Dawnpaw." Dawnpaw pressed her nose to Owlstar's shoulder in the same manner of respect as her brother had, stepping back afterwards.

Owlstar scanned the Clan cats.

"Reedtail, you contributed an immense amount of support to the PoppyClan water patrol last newleaf, which reflects your compassion for helping others in need. May you pass on all you know to your apprentice."

Reedtail approached Dawnpaw and did the same gesture that Lionclaw had done for Hawkpaw.

"Hawkpaw! Dawnpaw! Hawkpaw! Dawnpaw!" came the chants of OakClan cats, approving of Hawkpaw and Dawnpaw as new apprentices.

Owlstar looked proud of his new apprentices, who were beaming with pride.