Allegiances:

ThunderClan :

Leader: Redstar- large reddish tom

Deputy: Sunblaze- yellow she- cat

Medicinecat: Oakleaf- brown tom with warm amber eyes

Warriors:
Dappledfoot- cream colored she-cat with tawny spots on legs

Flamewhisker- ginger tom with white tail tip

Apprentice: Graypaw

Foxbreeze- small pale ginger she-cat with bushy tail

Apprentice: Finchpaw

Sturdyfoot- burly brown tom with especially strong and thick legs

Birchstripe- white tom with black stripes

Apprentice- Berrypaw

Sandfur - yellow tom with white paws

Apprentice- Mosspaw

Lightfur- pale yellow she-cat

Tawnyfoot- cream colored she-cat with a single tawny foot

Mudspots - white tom with brown spots

Squirreltail- tan she-cat with an extremely bushy Tail

Robinwing- dark gray tom with red underbelly

Thornpelt- light gray tom with amber eyes

Whitefern- white she-cat with startling green eyes

Stormcloud- dark gray tom with dark blue eyes

Rainsplash- dark gray she-cat with light blue eyes

Lionfur- golden tabby tom with amber eyes

Blackspot- white tom with a single black spot around eye.

Queens:

Littlewing- small pale gray she-cat with green eyes

Cloudsky- light gray she-cat with black specks

Apprentices:

Mosspaw- gray tom with green eyes

Berrypaw- black she-cat with white speckles

Finchpaw- light brown she-cat with white splotches

Graypaw- dark gray tom with long thin tail

ShadowClan

Leader: Smallstar- small white tom with bright amber eyes

Deputy- Birchstep- very Pale gray she-cat

Medicinecat- Flowerpetal- delicate light brown she-cat

WindClan:

Leader- BreezeStar- brown wiry tom with bright green eyes

Deputy- Rabbitleap- gray tom with long ears

Medicine cat- Twistedbranch- old dark brown tom

Apprentice- Sagepaw- light gray she-cat

RiverClan

Leader- Willowstar- dark gray tabby she-cat

Deputy- Otterfoot- white tom with brown legs

Medicine cat- Mudstripe- young brown tom

Chapter 1

                Swiftkit stood grumpily next to her mother, Cloudsky, tugging unhappily at her mother's tail and pointing outside where Littlewing's kits, Featherkit, Fernkit, and Birdkit were playing. Why can't I go outside?! I'm almost four moons old! It's only just getting dark! Thought Swiftkit Cloudsky looked down at her, "You can't go outside when it's dark!" she meowed. The other kits are outside! And they're less than a moon older than me! Cloudsky sighed, "there's plenty to do in the nursery to!"Like what?! There aren't even any other kits in here to play with! "You could.... Sleep? " Cloudsky said doubtfully. Swiftkit scowled. You know I won't sleep this early! I'm not a little kit anymore!

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               Swiftkit sat alone very early in the morning watching Sunblaze
Organizing the dawn patrol. Snatches of conversation drifted to her ears from across the clearing where they were organizing, "Birchstripe, you can take Berrypaw with us if you like." ..... " Where is Rainsplash?"... "She's still asleep"?! Somecat wake her up, honestly..." Swiftkit watched as a large tom whom she thought was Sturdyfoot stump to the warriors den and come back with Rainsplash, who was yawning and stumbling on her paws.

The dawn patrol hadn't been gone for long, when Lionfur came out of the warriors den yawning and stretching. He cast a tired eye astound the camp before walking over to the fresh kill pile and taking a mouse. He gulped it down quickly before padding towards her. She started in awe as he approached though still young he was huge compared to her, almost like a real lion. She saw muscles rippling under his golden pelt as he walked up to her. Lionfur stopped in front of her and waited. Swiftkit cocked her head. What do you want? Lionfur seemed to guess what she was thinking "There's nothing wrong with me visiting you, is there? He meowed, his whiskers twitching. Why would anyone want to visit me? I'm just a kit, a kit that can't talk.... Yet! Lionfur looked down at her, his paws working at the ground nervously. "I just... Noticed that the other kits don't play with you much.. And... Thought you might like some company...? " He said tentatively. How are you supposed to keep me company when I can't talk?! "We can practice battle moves for when your a warrior!" He meowed enthusiastically. That's optimistic... "C'mon, let's go!"He meowed starting to walk across the clearing. Wait for me! Thought Swiftkit scampering after him. They walked,(or in Swiftkit's case ran) to the edge of the clearing, stopping under a tree that was hanging over the camp. "Okay... First you try to attack me!" meowed Lionfur. And how am I supposed to do that? He's so much bigger than me... Swiftkit thought, but nodding all the same. She crouched down, her eyes darting all around Lionfur, looking for a weak spot. Her eyes lit up at Lionfur's underbelly, and she darted forward, running as fast as she could. She ran straight in between his legs. She reached up to claw some of the think tan fur of his underbelly, and found her claws tangled in his fur. Lionfur reared up, whiskers twitching. Swiftkit burned with humiliation, still tangled in his fur. "Nice try, but your claws weren't fully out, which would have prevented you getting tangled in my fur." Meowed Lionfur calmly, gently untangling her. "Why don't you try again" he meowed, looking as if he was slightly disappointed in her. "...and your supposed to have your claws sheathed". Lionfur added wryly, looking down at his severely tangled belly fur and sighing. Swiftkit sheathed her claws guiltily, and got ready to try again. This time, as Swiftpaw darted forward, she acted like she was going for his belly again, but at the last moment sprang into lionfur's back, catching him by surprise. He rolled over, squashing her to the ground, and he quickly pinned her down with one large golden paw. "Good one", he said his amber eyes twinkling kindly down at her. But I didn't win! Thought Swiftkit disconsolately. They practiced a little while later, until Lionfur was called to go on a hunting patrol. That was great! I don't think any of the other kits got REAL battle training from a REAL warrior!
And, then a truly exciting exciting thought occurred to her...
He really believes I'll be a warrior some day...!
And if a warrior thinks that...
I just might end up being one!