Blossomkit's POV:

"Tomorrow's our apprentice ceremony!" Blossomkit grinned happily, her eyes bright. She had completely forgotten about her encounter with Whisp- it had probably just been a dream. Now she focused on the anxious wait for her naming ceremony. In one day, her training began. She couldn't wait.

Shadekit let out a yawn from where he was sprawled beside her. She smiled softly at the dark furred tom, watching as he slowly opened his vibrant gold eyes and looked up at her. "It's tomorrow?" He mumbled, running a brown furred paw over his ears.

"Yep." Blossomkit grinned and climbed out of the nest for a stretch.

Stormkit was still snoring, curled around Darkkit and Bluekit. The three littermates slept peacefully together... Until Shadekit and Blossomkit pounced on them with battle squeaks.

Darkkit's green eyes flew open in surprise and she immediately kicked both kits off. "Go away!" She hissed. Bluekit and Stormkit let out mews in agreement, trying to burrow deeper into the mossy nest.

Blossomkit rolled her eyes and turned to Shadekit. "Let's go on our own!" She bounded to the nursery tunnel, storming past the nursery guards. One of the guards yelped as she stepped on his tail and she giggled. "Sorry!"

"You better be!" The tom growled after her, his tail lashing.

"Blossomkit!" Shadekit laughed, catching up to her side. "You stepped on his tail!"

"Yeah, I already apologised." Blossomkit shrugged, quickly turning to a new subject. "How about we visit the prison again? Some of the cats there are fun to chat with."

"They don't really like us." Shadekit murmured back.

"They will when we give them food!" Blossomkit darted to the fresh-kill pile and grabbed a squirrel, hauling it with her as she headed to the prison. Shadekit trailed after her, chuckling.

"We won't be let back in." He reminded.

"You don't know that." The she cat replied, turning to look at the two guards sitting at the prison entrance. "Can we go in? We wanna see the prisoners!"

The two she cats glanced at each other before looking down at the two kits. "You aren't allowed in here."

"Exactly." Shadekit meowed, sighing.

"But we brought them a gift!"

"They don't deserve gifts." One of the guards muttered. "And if you get hurt, NoName will kill me."

"Nah, just keep it a secret! We won't get hurt anyway." Blossomkit meowed, stepping into the prison.

The two guards were given no other option but to let the two kits pass. "Just be careful." One of them sighed.

"We will." Shadekit murmured from behind Blossomkit as the two of them made their way into the dark, crowded den.

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Shadekit's POV:

Shadekit peered at the prisoners, blinking as they all stared at them. "Uh.. Hi." He murmured, looking up as a silver she cat let out a huff. It was Silvershy, her green eyes narrowed in annoyance.

"Oh look, the two brats are here." Flamefur spoke up from beside the silver she cat, her ears back and amber eyes glowing in anger.

Shadekit frowned, looking down at his paws. "But we brought you some food."

"Food?!" A Echoclan cat perked her ears, her eyes fixed on the squirrel Blossomkit was standing by. "Food!" She leapt for the squirrel, hugging it to her chest. Blossomkit back away with a slight mew of surprise, watching as the she cat devoured the squirrel ravenously.

"I wonder how long it'll be before she turns like Echopool." Flamefur muttered, growling at the she cat. "Share the food, fox-dung!" By the time Flamefur uttered those words, the Echoclan cat had already finished the squirrel. A young Smallclan tom dove in to nibble the last scraps of meat from the bones, his lips drawn back in a snarl to warn off the other hungry prisoners around him.

"They've all gone crazy." Silvershy sighed. "Acting like rogues from twolegplace."

Flamefur glared at Shadekit and Blossomkit. "Next time bring us more than a scrawny squirrel."

"Yeah." Silvershy muttered. "Stupid kits."

Shadekit felt a flash of anger. "We're not stupid!"

"Oh really?" Silvershy bared her teeth at him. "Then I guess you're just pampered brats."

Shadekit flattened his ears and drew closer to the silver she cat. "We're trying to be nice to you!"

"Then you're very bad at it!" Silvershy growled back, lashing her tail.

Shadekit snarled and lunged for her tail, attacking it. He dug his claws in, letting out a gasp as he felt a rush of air around him that tugged at his fur. Silvershy let out a shriek, her body shuddering before she suddenly blacked out.

Shadekit was immediately whisked away from Silvershy's tail by Flamefur, the golden she cat hissing. "What did you do?!"

"I... I-I don't know!" Shadekit squeaked, his eyes wide as he looked at the unconscious she cat.

Tyler was suddenly in the den, rushing to Silvershy's side. "What happened?" The Enforcer demanded.

"Shadekit attacked her!" Flamefur growled.

Silvershy snapped awake again with a gasp. Tyler turned to look at her. "Are you okay?" He demanded, curling himself around her protectively.

"F-fine..." Silvershy mumbled, panting slightly.

Tyler looked back at Shadekit. "What did you do?" He glared at the little tom, his blue eyes glowing with rage. "Why did you hurt her?!"

"I didn't mean to!" Shadekit squeaked, his eyes wide in terror as the winged tom glared down at him.

Silvershy stared up at Tyler, blinking in surprise as he continued to shout at Shadekit.

Shadekit stood his ground, fiercely replying to everything his uncle threw at him, but when the black and blue tom rose to his paws and stepped over Silvershy's body to get to him, Shadekit hared out of the prison with wide, fearful eyes.

Blossomkit had already left long before, and was waiting for him outside. "What happened?"

"I don't know." But the moment he said those words, there was a spark of electricity at his paws that quickly shot up into the sky.

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