Lost Stars/Chapter 12

==Chapter description==
:Bristlepaw watches Rootpaw and the SkyClan cats leave the camp, feeling hot with embarrassment. As she watches him go, she wonders why Rootpaw keeps showing off to her. She thinks in horror that word that she failed her assessment has reached all the Clans. She drags her vole over to the elders, thinking that the faster it is eaten, the quicker she can forget about it.
:She leaves the elders after delivering the vole and begins to look for her mentor, but instead Stemleaf approaches her, teasing her about her secret admirer. Bristlepaw tells the white-and-orange tom that Rootpaw is just a mouse-brained apprentice, but the tom reassures her that the SkyClan apprentice can't be that much of a mouse-brain if he selected a wonderful cat like her. He leaves the apprentice, and Bristlepaw stares at him, thinking that this is the nicest thing the tom has said to her and wonders if the white-and-orange tom feels the same as she feels for him. She forgets about the embarrassment she felt during Rootpaw's visit and instead feels grateful for the yellow tom, thinking that he made Stemleaf realize his feelings towards her. She realizes that in order to become mates with Stemleaf, she has to become a warrior, which means she has to pass her warrior assessment.
:The following day, Bristlepaw asks her mentor if she could do her assessment today. Rosepetal is unsure, telling the apprentice that the weather conditions aren't any better, but complies to her apprentice's request. During her assessment, Bristlepaw decides to stay away from the WindClan border, and remembers a place of thick overgrowth in a small valley and reasons that since there is plenty of shelter, there would be prey.
:She reaches her destination and sniff the air, disappointed that she cannot scent any prey. She moves to the edge of the valley and sniffs the air again, scenting a mouse. She slides down the the valley and flattens herself to the ground, feeling the mouse scent stronger as she continues creeping forward. She sees the mouse nibbling at something, too busy focusing on its food to notice her. Bristlepaw flings herself at the mouse, trapping the mouse between her forepaws and bites down on the mouse's neck, thanking StarClan for her catch. Her mentor jumps out from behind a tree and tells her that she passes her assessment. 
:Back at camp, every cat congratulates her for passing her assessment. Bramblestar calls a meeting, and gives Bristlepaw her warrior name, Bristlefrost. After her warrior assessment, Stemleaf approaches her and comments that her warrior name is a great name. While he is still beside her, she confesses her feeling to him, asking if they can be mates. Stemleaf respectfully declines her request, confessing that she likes Spotfur instead. The white-and-orange warrior tries to make the conversation less awkward for her by telling the new warrior to forget about the whole conversation. Bristlefrost runs from Stemleaf, burying herself in the nearest nest in the warriors' den, thinking that she will never be happy again.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*Bristlepaw earns her warrior name, Bristlefrost.
===Ceremonies===
==Notes and references==
Category:Lost Stars
Category:The Broken Code arc
Category:Chapter subpages