Thunder (book)/Chapter 6

==Chapter description==
:Ivypool announces that she's finalized Sunbeam's first trial. Nervous about completing her task alone, Sunbeam asks if Nightheart can join her. Ivypool agrees and allows Sparkpelt and Finchlight, who have been supportive of Sunbeam, to accompany them as well. Sunbeam is relieved to not be alone, and the three ThunderClan warriors are confident that she'll do well. In a clearing surrounded by birch trees, the group meets Spotfur and her three kits: Bristlekit, Graykit, and Stemkit. While the three kits are nearly old enough to be apprenticed, Sunbeam is surprised to see them out of the camp. Ivypool explains that her first trial is to teach the kits how to catch enough prey to feed the elders without catching any herself; a training and teamwork challenge. 
:While Ivypool, Finchlight, Sparkpelt, Nightheart, and Spotfur observe from the edge of the clearing, Sunbeam begins her trial. She quickly befriends the kits by answering their questions, pleased that the kits are bright and eager to learn. She teaches them the basic hunter's crouch and how to detect prey through scenting. Bristlekit discovers a vole nest, and Sunbeam instructs the kits to gather around it, with Stemkit poised to catch the first one after his littermates chase the vole towards him. Their first vole disappears back into its hole, but Sunbeam encourages the kits to try again. Graykit manages to scare the next vole towards Stemkit, but the orange-and-white tabby kit misses. Sunbeam encourages the kits to try again. Stemkit manages to successfully kill the next vole, much to the delight of the other kits. By sunhigh, each kit managed to catch a vole, with Bristlekit catching two. Ivypool congratulates Sunbeam on passing her trial, and Spotfur praises her kits. When Sunbeam asks where Nightheart is, Ivypool explains that he had to go back to the Moonpool to meet Squirrelflight and Bramblestar. While initially disheartened, Sunbeam returns to camp with his kin.
==Characters==
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==Important events==
*Sunbeam passes her first trial.
==Notes and references==
Category:Thunder (book)
Category:A Starless Clan arc
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