The bright sunlight shined on the small kittypet's crystal blue eyes. Coco glanced up at a bright brown tree with beautiful emerald green leaves, wanting to climb it with his friend, Sade. Sade was a large, quite chubby grey-and-white tom with long, sleek fur. He was Coco's best friend since Coco's birth, which led to Coco clinging onto him like a kit would to their mother. "Need help climbing?" The tom asked, Coco turning to face his friend. The chubby kittypet leaped over the tiny fence, with a smirk plastered onto his face. Coco nodded, the slight breeze of Newleaf racing through his short-haired Siamese fur pattern, Sade nodded, racing towards the tree and instantly unsheathing his claws. He leaped onto the tree's bark, his claws digging deep into the wood, having Coco to be impressed. "Whoa! How'd you do that?" The Siamese tom asked, Sade glancing back at him, "Just unleash your claws and hook onto the tree's bark. As simple as that!" Sade smiled warmly, having Coco to smile along with him. "I wish I could... But I can't unleash them. Whenever I try to, they just... Don't come out." He tried to unsheathe his claws, but nothing came out, leaving Sade to sigh. "Ah, I see. Your house-folk cut your claws." He mumbled, Coco's ears immediately perking up, "C-cut? Why would they cut them?" Sade shook his head "Mainly because they don't want to clawing up their twoleg things. Such as that soft boulder they sit on to watch that square box." Coco tilted his head in confusion. What soft boulder thing? What square box? He thought as Sade jumped down from the tree. The grey-and-white tom's fiery amber eyes scanned the grass, as if he were searching for something to talk about. Coco snapped out of his thoughts, glancing at the other twoleg's nests.

    "Are you sure we should be doing this, Coco? There's plenty of trees near our house-folk..." Sade's ears would flatten against his head, Coco nodding. They were currently trotting through the forest near their house-folk's home, trying to find short, thin trees to climb since the trees they had were thick and tall. The kittypets' collars jingled as their small... Well, for Sade, large, paws trampled the soft grass. "Hm? Coco, look!" Sade perked up, his amber eyes gazing at a hollow in the ground. Coco stopped dead in his tracks, padding back over to the tom, a confused expression on his face. "What is it- oh my!" The small kittypet exclaimed as he saw a hollow with a few cats in it. He examined the area, his crystal eyes narrowing at the cats.

    The first thing that stood out to Coco was a giant rock with moss on it. A bunch of moss, too much for comfort. The substance was dangling off the sides of it, which caused Coco would slightly gag at the sight of it. The next thing the tom noticed was the dens, although they were just overgrown pieces of grass with cats in them, Coco still thought they were interesting. And, finally, where this was all located, a hollow. It was a deep, grassy hollow with a few overgrown grass pieces in it. It had a few pebbles, rocks, and Starclan knows what in it, it could have snakes in there for all they knew. Unfortunately, a cat from this mysterious place spotted those two and trotted towards them. "Excuse me, where's your twolegs?" The pale ginger cat asked, a bit aggressively. Coco swiftly hid behind Sade, who began to explain themselves, "We were just looking for trees to climb... Why do you even care if we're here?" The cat put on a surprised look on their face, as if a surprise birthday party was planned for them. "This is Juniperclan territory! The most strongest clan! Now, leave before we slaughter you kittypets!" As soon as they demanded that, another cat padded over. "Hm? What's happening over here, Volebite?" The new cat mewed, the pale ginger cat having another surprised expression. "Juniperstar! Kittypets are in our clan's territory!" They hissed, the cream-colored cat glanced at Sade and Coco. "Let them stay." She mewed, "Yeah, I th- LET THEM STAY?!" The cat named Volebite yowled in shock. The she-cat before them nodded, staring intently at Coco "Yes, let them stay. They're going to help Juniperclan greatly." She mewed, Volebite rolling his eyes. "But they're kittypets, Juniperstar! They don't-" "Volebite! If I have to tell you one more time that they are staying, you'll be doing apprentice duties for three moons, understand?" Juniperstar hissed, Volebite's ears flattening as he replied, "Understood..." The she-cat shook her head, turning to face Sade and Coco. Her green eyes examined them as Coco examined her, cream colored fur, a few parts of her have black fur, emerald green eyes... It's official, she has a unique pelt pattern. "Say, you remind me a lot of my grandmother, smaller kittypet... You have her exact pelt design.." Juniperstar sighed, Coco tilting his head in confusion, "I'm sorry, what?" He meowed. Volebite's ears perked up, as if he heard something coming. Juniperstar glanced at the tom, her face becoming quite stern. "What is it?" Sade asked, quietly. Volebite swiftly glanced at Coco before fixing his gaze on Sade, replying with "Juniperstar's grandmother was a Dark Forest cat named Icyfeather. She killed her son, which was Juniperstar's father, while Juniperstar was a young warrior. About 24 Moons." Volebite explained, Juniperstar's ears flattening against her head.

    "Who's this, Juniperstar?" A dusty brown tom mewed, his eyes narrowing at the Kittypets. Coco sighed, following Juniperstar and Sade through the clan. He watched as Juniperstar jumped onto the mossy rock, multiple cats immediately rushing over. Coco and Sade ran over, interested in what was happening. "All cats old enough to strike down the other clans, gather beneath Moonrock for a clan meeting!" The she-cat yowled for her clan. A few others padded over, some glanced at Coco and Sade in confusion.

    "We have two new cats joining us today." Juniperstar announced, multiple cats starting whispering about Coco and Sade. "Is she talking about those kittypets?" "But, they're kittypets! They can't do anything but live off of twolegs!" "Give them a chance, Bramblethroat." Coco's ears flattened against his head, feeling Sade's tail wrap around the smaller cat. "Don't worry, Coco. They just don't trust you yet. I'm sure you'll be a great warrior." The chubby tom smiled warmly, glancing up at Juniperstar, who was impatiently waiting for everyone to stop whispering about what she had said. Coco glanced up also, just hear a light brown tom yowl,

    "EVERYONE! SHUT YOUR MUZZLE!" Everyone immediately stopped whispering. Coco saw a blue-grey she-cat hang her head, sadly. He did feel a bit of pity for the she-cat, but he knew as soon as he approached her, she'd scoff at what he is. "Now then, the two kittypets, please step forward." Juniperstar ordered the two. Sade took a step forward, Coco followed closely behind. Juniperstar's emerald eyes scanned the kittypets, most likely searching for acceptable clan names for the two. Coco awkwardly stared back, Juniperstar finally continuing to speak, "In the name of Starclan, white tom, you shall be a warrior. You're name shall be Longtuft. Long, because you're long-haired, and tuft, because of your pelt." Juniperstar mewed, several cats howling "Longtuft! Longtuft! Longtuft!" Sade, who was now Longtuft, dipped his head respectfully. "As for you, Siamese kittypet..." Juniperstar shifted her gaze towards Coco. The tom stood there nervously, Longtuft curling his tail around him once more, which eased Coco. "I'm sure she'll have an amazing name for you." He reassured, Coco nodding slightly. He patiently awaited for the she-cat leader to announce his name, was he going to have an "amazing name" just like Longtuft said? Or will he have a simple name? Eventually, he heard Juniperstar announce his clan name "You shall be an apprentice. Starclan has gifted you the name of "Slatepaw". Not what I have chosen, but I will not argue with Starclan." Juniperstar sighed, once again having several cats howl "Slatepaw! Slatepaw! Slatepaw!" Coco dipped his head respectfully.

    "Nightwing, you are ready to mentor an apprentice. You shall be the mentor of Slatepaw. Teach him all you have learned from Spikefur, as he has taught you well, and I expect the same from you." Juniperstar meowed, a midnight black she-cat stepping forward and resting her forehead against his own. "Congratulations, Nightwing. I never thought you'd get an apprentice." A silver tom let out a laugh, the she-cat whipping her head towards him, "And I never thought that you'd be a father, Bramblethroat. I mean, you'd be a horrible father." Nightwing replied, rolling her eyes playfully. The silver tom laughed once again, leaving Longtuft and Slatepaw to be confused. "Now then, meeting dismissed." Juniperstar dismissed, cats padding off in different directions.

    "Now, Slatepaw. We shall begin training tomorrow at dawn. Allow me to show you where you'll sleep." Nightwing mewed, trotting off to a overgrown section of grass. Slatepaw quickly followed, his collar jingling. "Ah, the twoleg thing... Here, I'll take care of that." The she-cat clawed off the collar, covering it with dirt. "There. It's gone now." She sighed, Slatepaw glancing out of the camp. Whatever... It's in his past now. He is no longer a kittypet. He is now a clan cat.