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Prologue
A young russet tom sat across from a beautiful black she-cat "Once the pebble falls, one will break and the birds must guide the peace." The black she-cat meowed, her light blue eyes seemed to glow as the words flowed from her mouth "What does it mean?" The russet tom asked slowly in confusion, the she-cat shook her head as she began to fade from the tom's sights "I can not tell you Redstar but you must pass this message on when the time is right." The she-cat sighed as she looked at the tom, he had never heard her sound so serious
"Have you told anyone else?" Redstar questioned as he tried to extend their time together "I have not." The she-cat shook her head once again, Redstar could see the forest through her "When will we meet again." He quickly asked, she was hardly visible now "I'm sorry but we won't see eachother for a very long time." She gave a weak smile, dipping her head in a respectful manner before she comepletly vanished from Redstar's view.
Chapter One
The small kit yelped in fear as thunder boomed, she hid under a small, dead tree root from the rain. The she-kit's blue grey fur was drenched and caked in mud as she continued to tremble in fear, waiting for the loud noises to end. "We should camp out." A stern voice could hardly be heard in the pounding rain "We're not far though..." A younger voice complained, sounding a little closer "You don't have a say in this Dawnpaw." Another, feminine voice snapped "I'm almost a Warrior... My opinion should matter." The young she-cat who the kit now assumed was Dawnpaw growled. Another clap of thunder made the kit squeal in terror, curling up and shaking in fear "Dawnpaw's afraid of thunder!" A fourth, masculine voice laughed but he seemed to be farther then the two she-cats "That wasn't me... I think it came from there." Dawnpaw replied with slight anger in her voice.
"Lilaceye and Viperbite, check over there." The first voice ordered and not much longer, the kit heard mud squishing "I think I see something moving..." The fourth voice yelled to the others, then someone started pushing on the root. A dark brown tom came into view and he just stared at the kit in surprise, he held the root that kept the kit out of the rain in his mouth "It's a kit!" A feminine voice called, she was the one that was rude to Dawnpaw.
Once again, thunder boomed and the kit jumped towards the tom for safety "H-Hey..." He whispered after setting the root down "What's your name little one?" He continued to speak in a soft voice and the kit had a hard time hearing what he was saying "How long have you been alone?" The tom wrapped his tail around the kit in a protective manner but the kit was to scared to speak, she was afraid to use her voice after so long "She's obviously scared of thunder... It might be best to get to camp." The she-cat meowed quietly from behind the large tom "No... We should camp out, we can hardly see and everything is slippery." The tom replied, his green eyes never leaving the she-kit "Go get Darkmist and Dawnpaw." The tom meowed again, the she-cat didn't reply and the kit assumed she went to find the two cats "It's ok, your safe now." The tom licked the she-kit's head in a soothing way "My name is Viperbite... I'm going to help you." The tom continued to whisper things to the small she-kit
"Where is it?" The young, feminine voice of Dawnpaw could be heard a few fox-lengths away "She." Viperbite huffed as he curled up, around the she-kit protectively "I wanna see her." Dawnpaw meowed as she walked into the she-kit's view, she was a cream she-cat with bright green eyes "Move your big tail." Dawnpaw huffed as she reached a paw out "No, she's scared of thunder and she feels safe right now." Viperbite replied quietly, his tail tip twitched next to the kit's head "We can't stay in the open, grab the kit and lets go." The first voice the kit heard, the stern one, meowed and Viperbite sighed in disappointment
The small kit felt herself being lifted from the muddy ground, she looked behind her to see the brown fur of Viperbite "When did you become so gentle?" Dawnpaw teased the older tom who huffed in reply "Focus on finding a place to wait the storm out and not on Viperbite." A black tom with dark grey paws grumbled, he seemed to be the in charge of the small group "Has she said anything yet?" A light grey she-cat meowed, her eyes looked purple in the moonlight and rain "There's the old fox den... We can wait in there." The black tom meowed as he quickened his pace, the others doing the same
Once inside, Viperbite set the small kit down and started grooming the mud and rain water off her pelt "Is it ok if I call you Bubble? Just in tell you remember your name." The kit didn't have a name so she didn't care what they called her. The small blue kitten nodded her small head "The black tom is Darkmist, the grey she-cat is Lilaceye and the small cream she-cat is Dawnpaw." Viperbite pointed to each cat with his long tail, now that Bubble could get a better look she saw that Viperbite has a black tail tip and ears "We're not the only ones... There are more of us back at our camp and they'll protect you, like me." Bubble couldn't help but smile at the tom's words "She's so small... And cute." Dawnpaw peeked over the brown tom's shoulder
Bubble was a blueish grey kit with cream paws and muzzle, she has copper eyes with green near her iris. 
The small kit slowly looked around the small den, both she-cats were looking at her with curious eyes. Everything seemed to be going fine until Bubble heard the thunder and she went back to cowering in Viperbite's grasp "Shh, it's ok." The tom whispered in the small kits ear as he curled up around her "It won't hurt you." He continued to whisper reassuring words as the storm continued on.
After the storm calmed to a light drizzle, Viperbite nudged the small she-kit to her wobbly paws "It's time to leave." He smiled down at the kit who nodded slowly, taking a few shaking step "You look like you've never walked before." Dawnpaw pointed out, a grin clear on her cream face "Shut up... She's just nervous." Viperbite growled, using a paw to help steady the kit "I-I can do it." The kit's unused voice was almost inaudible, only the cats closest to her could hear "So she can talk." Dawnpaw appeared to be frowning but nobody seemed to care.
Bubble shook out her fur before steadying herself, walking towards the exit of the abandoned fox den "Do you think she could do anything for the clan? She seems so weak." Dawnpaw continued talking while everyone shot glares her way "When you were first born, you couldn't do a thing but we didn't throw you out to die." Darkmist growled, slightly pushing the apprentice "Well, I was a kit and I wasn't supposed to do anything." The cream she-cat tried to defend herself "Exactly... Kit's aren't supposed to do anything and when she starts training, she'll be a better apprentice then you could ever be." Darkmist finished, his dark amber eyes narrowed at the apprentice.
Bubble noticed two large ferns with thorn and thistle bushes next to them "This is our camp entrance." Viperbite let the black tom lead the way through the tunnel, Bubble curiously walked towards it "It's ok, I'll be right behind you." Viperbite meowed calmly so Bubble pounced inside, looking around cautiously. The soil was cool and soft and the bushes on the inside had most thorns pulled out, the tunnel was rounded like the cats had pushed through multiple times "Get moving!" Dawnpaw hissed but she soon yelped as Lilaceye nipped her ear
After walking through the tunnel, Bubble stood next to Darkmist while waiting for the rest of the group "We're going to take you to our Leader and you better stick close to me and not wander off." Darkmist meowed before Viperbite exited to tunnel with Dawnpaw and Lilaceye not far behind "I can take the kit from here." Darkmist offered so the two she-cats walked off but Viperbite stayed "It's fine, I can take her." The brown tom nudged the kit forward but Darkmist stopped him "Please don't do this again..." The black tom lowered his voice and Viperbite was shocked, his eyes were wide and his mouth was slightly parted "I'll take her." Before Viperbite could react, Darkmist had the she-kit by scruff and he was walking away "What did he do last time?" Bubble's copper and green gaze turned to look up at the black tom "Nothing for you to worry about." The tom replied simply, which caused the kit to frown in disappointment.
Bubble noticed the tom walking to a large flat rock that was a few fox-lengths off the ground and the only way up was a log that was covered in moss and a few mushrooms "What's that?" "That is the highrock, it's where the Leader sits during a clan meeting." Darkmist replied and Bubble could feel the small smile on his face
"Redstar?" The black tom called after climbing the log, on the left side of the highrock was a small tunnel "Come in." A tired sounding voice replied, he must've been taking a nap. On the other side of the tunnel was a cave, it was so low that Darkmist's ears brushed the top "We found this kit while out on patrol." Bubble saw a dark russet tom lift his head to look at the kit "What is your name?" The tom slowly sat up and Darkmist set Bubble on the cold ground "Viperbite named be Bubble." She whispered and shuffled her paws nervously "Do you have a home?" "No, I've always been by myself." Bubble replied, it was half of the truth but it didn't matter and it never will "Well, your always welcome to join us." The russet tom nodded towards Darkmist "We're a group of cats called WolfClan." The black tom started, he glanced towards his leader before returning his gaze to the kit "We live together peacefully, we hunt for each other and protect each other... We will give our lives to defend our friends and family." Bubble stared up at Darkmist with slight fear, not at what he had said but she simply didn't know how to fight well enough to protect someone
"Don't worry, you won't have to fight just yet." Redstar reassured the kit who sighed in relief "If you join you will become an Apprentice at six moons to learn to hunt and fight." Redstar continued, his pale amber eyes wouldn't leave the small kit as he spoke "But you don't have to answer just yet, we'll give you time to adjust to our ways." The tom finished, he seemed to be having a struggle to hold his sitting position "Darkmist, I want you to watch her while she's here." The black tom dipped his head before nudging the kit towards the tunnel "Is he ok?" Bubble whispered as she glanced back, seeing the russet leader staring at his paws "He's old and our Medicine Cat doesn't know how much longer he'll last..." The tom replied sadly, sorrow filling his dark amber eyes as he talked about his dying leader "Oh... What happens after he goes?" Bubble asked quietly, she didn't like talking about the tom who had one paw in the grave but she wanted to know more about the clan's traditions "The deputy, being me, would take his place." Darkmist smiled sadly but the moment he stepped foot outside the tunnel, his face was erased of all emotion
"I'll show you to the Nursery and do me a favor... Stay away from Viperbite." The tom leaned down to whisper the second part in the small kit's ear "Why? He seemed so nice." "Redstar has forbidden every cat of WolfClan to explain why Viperbite must stay away from kits but we must warn them to." Darkmist leapt onto the log and cautiously scrambled down, Bubble not far behind "By the way, why do you guys have funny names and if I joined, would I have one?" "Yes, you would... I'm sorry for being so rude and not asking but did you really not have a name before Viper called you Bubble?" The she-kit frowned before nodding
"Here it is... There are two queens here but only one has kits, Smallkit and Mosskit." Darkmist meowed before pushing past the ivy "Oh, what a pleasant surprise." A young but tired voice purred and Bubble saw it belonged to a cream she-cat with grey spots and black paws "Nightshade, this is Bubble and she'll be staying with us for a while." Darkmist reached out a paw to push the kit forward "Oh your beautiful." The she-cat purred, her pale green eyes staring at the embarrassed kit "Who is it momma?" A quiet, tom-kit questioned before a white head with grey ears poked out from behind the she-cat named Nightshade "Smallkit, this is Bubble and she'll be staying with us." A black she-kit with blue eyes and white stripes bounced out from behind her mother "Hi! I'm Mosskit and this is my dorky brother Smallkit." She grinned while sticking her tongue out at the white furred tom "Be nice and if your going to play, do it outside." Nightshade yawned, laying her head on her paws "I'll check on you later." Darkmist rested his tail on Bubble's head before leaving the Nursery
"What's your name?" Smallkit asked quietly, keeping his dark forest green eyes on the ground "Viperbite named be Bubble but if I join, I think I will become Bubblekit." The blue she-kit replied, smiling at the tom-kit "Maybe we should go outside, momma's trying to sleep." Smallkit glanced out the resting she-cat before leading the way out "Do you have a momma?" Mosskit asked innocently as they exited the Nursery, the sun was setting and it was turning the sky pink, orange and purple "I kinda need one to be born but I don't remember her." Bubble simply shrugged while Mosskit gasped "I'm sorry, my momma can be your momma too!" "I think our momma has to much trouble to worry about... Maybe Appleseed can be her momma?" Smallkit suggested quietly, shuffling his fluffy white paws 
"Mosskit, Smallkit... Who's your new friend?" A light grey tom trotted up, he had darker grey stripes and light blue eyes "Falconpaw, meet Bubble." Mosskit grinned at the tom now known as Falconpaw "Nice to meet ya." He grinned before another tom, who looked just like him but with light green eyes walked up "Hawkpaw, meet my new pal Bubble." "She's so cute and small." The green eyed tom grinned after seeing Bubble's embarrassment "Don't be like that with Bubble!" Smallkit growled from behind his sister who seemed surprised but pleased at her brother's outburst "Get lost Hawkpaw." Mosskit started ramming her head into the tom's leg "Ok, ok, I'm going." The grey tabby winked at Bubble before taking his leave "Don't take anything he says to heart, he's like that to everyone." Falconpaw explained sadly, embarrassment clear in his voice "The bad thing is, cats tend to mix the two of us." "Then I'll make it my job to remember you as you." Bubble huffed in determination, Mosskit simply laughed at the blue she-kit "Sometimes their mother mixes the two up!"
"Wanna play a game? It's kinda like mossball." Smallkit slowly made his way towards Bubble who was glaring at Mosskit "Tell me how to play first." "Well, there are two teams and you kick something around trying to get it in the other team's Moss Base." "Ok... Can I be on your team?" Bubble looked at the fluffy tom who nodded happily.
The three kits and one apprentice played till the sun went down and Nightshade told them all to go to sleep, Bubble curled up next to two of her new friends.
Chapter Two
"Wake up!" Bubble groaned at the quiet voice next to her ear "Wake up!" A second and louder voice meowed in Bubble's other ear "Not now." Bubble complained as she rolled over and closer to Nightshade "We wanted to show you around camp." Smallkit nudged Bubble as one of her copper and green eyes opened "Ok, ok." She yawned before getting to her cream paws "If you became a Warrior what do you think your name would be?" Mosskit glanced at Bubble who was stretching away sleep "Bubblepuddle." Mosskit laughed before the blue she-kit could say anything "What about Bubblebreeze or Bubblestep?" Smallkit glared at his sister before calmly looking at Bubble "I'm to hungry to think." The she-kit complained before being dragged out the den by Mosskit
"W-Wait for me." Smallkit quickly caught up to his sister, walking next to Bubble who was staring at the pile of prey "This is the fresh-kill pile, it's where we put all the prey we catch." Mosskit explained as she pulled out a large rabbit for the three to share "I've heard a few things about ranks? What are they?" Bubble meowed after a few bites of rabbit "We have Kits, Apprentice, Warriors, Queens, Elders, Medicine Cat, Deputy and Leader." Smallkit explained, one of his grey ears twitched after finishing "We're obviously kits but in a few days, we'll be Apprentices."  Mosskit grinned widely with rabbit still in her mouth "Don't speak with prey in your mouth! You could choke." Smallkit scolded his older sister before taking another bite of rabbit.
A light grey she-cat with sky-blue eyes walked up to the kits "Hello Smallkit, Mosskit and Bubble." She greeted as she picked out a small shrew "That's Lilaceye, she's been a Warrior for a while and everyone thinks she'll join the Elders once she finishes training Dawnpaw." Mosskit whispered in Bubble's ear as the grey she-cat walked away "But when I saw her, she had purple eyes..." "That's why I think StarClan made her the luckiest she-cat in the entire world!" Mosskit sighed happily as she drifted off in thought "It just depends on the type of light you see her in." Smallkit explained and Bubble nodded in understanding "What do you think your Warrior's name will be?" Bubble asked slowly as Mosskit slowly came back to reality "I don't know, I don't have green eyes so I can't be named Mosseye or Mossgaze." Mosskit frowned as she pondered over her future name "You can be Smallclaw, Smallfang, Smallear or even Smalltail! You have an endless possibility!" She huffed as she glared at her smiling brother "How many apprentices do you have?" Bubble attempted to break the staring contest between the two siblings with a new question
     "We have Falconpaw, Hawkpaw, Dawnpaw, Jaypaw, Nettlepaw and Sagepaw." Mosskit replied happily "I know we just met but I gotta tell you something... I have a huge crush on Nettlepaw." Mosskit once again meowed but this time much quieter "Jaypaw, Nettlepaw and Sagepaw are awesome at Score... The game we played yesterday." Mosskit continued on to ramble about Nettlepaw while Bubble turned to talk with Smallkit "Will I get a proper Apprentice name if I join?" "Yeah, it's WolfClan tradition." Smallkit replied quietly, his grey ears twitched as he smiled
"Bubble, Redstar wants to talk with you again." Bubble turned to see the black fur and amber eyes of Darkmist "Ok." Bubble sighed as she followed the tom to the highrock. Bubble climbed the mossy log and onto the flat surface of highrock, she stared down at her two friends who were watching her from their spots at the fresh-kill pile "Hurry up." Darkmist walked passed the kit and she quickly bounced inside the tunnel
"Welcome back Bub-." Redstar was cut off by a fit of coughing and Darkmist took a nervous step forward "I'm fine... Welcome back Bubble." Redstar finished properly as he glanced at his worried Deputy "I know I'm being kind of pushy but have you come with an answer?" Redstar looked down at the kit with hopeful eyes "I've never felt as welcome as I have since coming to WolfClan and I would happily join." Bubble grinned as joy seemed to fill the small cave "Excellent." Redstar purred, his fluffy tail swaying happily "I know it might be a bit early but I can give you and the two other kits their Apprentice Ceremonies today." Bubble stared at the tom in surprise, she was being accepted so easily and her friends would get to become Apprentices a few days faster "Now go back, your friends will let you know when it happens." Redstar smiled but the happy atmosphere soon changed when the russet tom started coughing again "You are dismissed." Redstar meowed between coughs so Bubble took her leave
"Darkmist, I'm not going to live much longer..." Bubble heard the sick leader sigh quietly so she stopped and listened closely "So I must tell you something I've been keeping to myself for many moons..." He meowed again and Bubble couldn't help but feel broken at the Leader's words "Don't speak in such a way, Lakefrost will have you feeling better in no time." Darkmist's meow came out quiet and hurt, as if he had lost a close family member "Everyone knows I'm on my last life and this sickness is only getting worse." Bubble heard a quiet sniffle and she wanted to run as far away from the depressing words that came out both of the cat's mouths but curiosity was keeping her pinned "Plea-." Darkmist started but was interrupted by Redstar "Shut up and let me speak." Darkmist sniffled again before letting out a short sigh "O-Ok."
"Your mother came to me in a dream many moons ago..." Redstar started, he was wheezing and his voice seemed to be getting quieter "She told me that, once the pebble falls, one will break and the birds must guide the peace." Bubble stared at the ground in utter confusion "I doubt anything will happen since it's been so long bu-." Redstar started coughing again and it lasted much longer "But it's good for someone to know..." Redstar continued coughing while Darkmist was meowing soothingly at him that everything would be fine "One... last... thing." Bubble had to scoot closer to the tunnel to hear what Redstar was saying now "Don't name that kit... Bubble... Imagine the... Warrior names..." Redstar laughed quietly while Darkmist chuckled sadly "I-I won't... Anything for you my friend." "Thank you." Bubble could imagine the tiny smile on Redstar's face as he let out those two words "Redstar? Redstar... Redblaze? Red!" Darkmist screamed repeatedly and Bubble couldn't help the tiny sob the escaped her mouth "Red..." Darkmist's voice soon fell to a whisper and Bubble slowly came out the tunnel to confront him
"What are you doing here?" Darkmist tried to hide his tears when he saw the kit but once she tackled him and started crying he could hold it no longer "I didn't mean to eavesdrop." Bubble whined as she buried her face in Darkmist's black fur "I-It's ok." He wrapped his tail around the kit as he stared sadly at the russet tom "Is-Is he really gone..?" Bubble meowed quietly as she tried to peeked over Darkmist's tail "Yes." The tom lowered his head, his dark amber eyes were closed as he silently mourned his friend's death "We should probably get Lakefrost." Darkmist sighed, the fur under his eyes were wet from tears and he continued to stare at his former leader "May StarClan treat him well..." He whispered before getting to his grey paws "You don't need to be involved with this, go play with your friends." Bubble hesitated before nodding her blue-grey head.
"Hey, you ok Bubble?" Smallkit quickly took notice of the wet fur under Bubble's eyes "I'm fine." She whispered, her voice was just as quiet as the time she first spoke in the fox den. Bubble noticed a white she-cat with grey-blue paws making her way to the Leader's Den "Is Redstar getting worse?" Mosskit meowed sadly and at the mention of the tom's name Bubble broke down in tears "Ar-Are you ok?" Smallkit yelped at Bubble's sudden outburst "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey please gather underneath the Highrock for a Clan meeting." Darkmist yowled, he was hiding his sorrow as he watched the clan gather
 "Our beloved Leader, Redstar has just joined the many cats of StarClan..." Darkmist started as cats started to wail in sorrow "Your playing a cruel joke!" Bubble could hear one tom call out "Why would I play such a cruel joke like this... I would never mess around with anybody's death and whoever even thinks it would be funny should just get up and leave WolfClan right now." Darkmist growled as he glared down at his clanmates, some were still crying for their leader "He-He's gone?" Smallkit whispered as he stared at Darkmist in utter disbelief "But Redstar would not of wanted us to drop everything at his death, he would want us to continue and become stronger." Darkmist meowed, his voice sounded strong but Bubble could hear sorrow if she listened closely
Darkmist looked down at the kit as he used her tail to tell her to come forward "Bubble, you have reached the age of six moons and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your Warrior name, you will be known as Finchpaw instead of Bubblepaw at Redstar's request. I shall be your mentor, young Apprentice." Darkmist climbed down the highrock, gesturing for Bubble to come closer. "This is when a Mentor and Apprentice touch noses." Darkmist explained quietly and Bubble nodded, stepped closer and the two touched noses
"Finchpaw, Finchpaw, Finchpaw!" The clan cheered but Mosskit must've been the loudest "You may go while I finish the ceremonies." Darkmist smiled while Finchpaw bounced towards Smallkit and Mosskit.
"Mosskit, you have reached the age of six moons and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your Warrior name, you will be known as Mosspaw. Your mentor will be Emberfoot. I hope Emberfoot will pass down all he knows onto you." A black tom with the top of his nose ginger and his paws ginger, trotted towards the black she-kit "Emberfoot, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Runningbreeze and you have shown yourself to be brave and quick. You will be the mentor of Mosspaw and I expect you to pass on all you know to Mosspaw." Darkmist finished and the two cats that stood under the highrock touched noses.
"Mosspaw, Mosspaw, Mosspaw!" The clan cheered causing the newly appointed apprenticed to lick her chest fur in embarrassment. Then it was Smallkit's turn, his mentor was a she-cat named Mistybreeze, she was a light grey she-cat with ivy green eyes "Smallpaw, Smallpaw, Smallpaw!" The clan cheered once more while the tom tried to hide behind his mentor. "I guess you won't be Bubblepuddle." Mosspaw teased as she nudged Finchpaw "Now she could be Finchwing, Finchsong or even Fincheye." Smallpaw grinned as his sister pouted, her blue eyes narrowed at the white tom "Who is Runningbreeze and Oakwood?" Finchpaw looked at her friend's mentors who were talking near the highrock "Obviously our mentor's mentors!" Mosspaw stuck her tongue out as she meowed sarcastically "Runningbreeze was a grey tom but he's with StarClan now." Smallpaw explained as he once again glared at his sister "Oakwood is that brown tom over there... He's Viperbite's father." Smallpaw pointed to a dark brown tom with a silver underbelly 
"Darkmist was Deputy right? How will he become Leader if nobody can give him a ceremony?" Finchpaw turned back to look at Smallpaw "He will go to the Mooncave with the Medicine Cat, there different StarClan cats give him nine lives and he will become Darkstar." Smallpaw explained and Finchpaw replied with a simple 'ok' "Who will become Deputy now?" "It will most likely be Shadowmask, the grey she-cat with a black face and paws." Smallpaw pointed to the she-cat that was walking towards Darkmist "What relation did Darkmist and Redstar have...?" Finchpaw asked slowly as she glanced at the two apprentices "They were cousins but seemed like brothers... They were hardly apart and did everything together." Mosspaw replied sadly as she watched the black tom who was talking with Shadowmask "I hope I won't loose you guys so suddenly... I wanna be prepared so I can say goodbye." Finchpaw frowned as she stared at the ground "None of us are going anywhere..." Smallpaw started as his dark green eyes looked at his sister for a moment
"I promise that I won't leave you... I will always be by your side and we will protect you with our lives and know that it will be worth it to see you physically unharmed." Smallpaw stared at Finchpaw with determination while Mosspaw agreed "I promise too." Finchpaw whispered as she stared at the two apprentices. These were her friends no- these were her family now and nothing was taking them away, she just met them but she could tell that these two cats are going to be something important.
So much happened in two days, she became a WolfClan cat and has already became very close friends with two of the kits, she couldn't be luckier.
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