The Five (chapter 10)

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A few days later

Braveheart's and Rosegold's kits stand in a semicircle around Speaking Stones. They are ready to be apprentices.
"From this day on, till they have earned their warriors names, they will be kown as, Willowpaw, Thornpaw, Thunderpaw, Bubblepaw, Dapplepaw, Creekpaw, and Tigerpaw. Frecklewish, you will mentor Dapplepaw. Blueshadow, you will mentor Bubblepaw. Doestep you will mentor Tigerpaw. Brambleheart, you will mentor Thunderpaw. Flametail, you will mentor Creekpaw. Daisyleaf, you will mentor Willowpaw. Goatbelly, you will mentor Thornpaw. May all of you pass your patience and kindness to these new 'paws." The clan cheered their new names as Leafstar finishes. Leafstar wheezes after she hopped of Speaking Stones. She was on her ninth life. The last she had.
"Can we battle train?" Thunderpaw asks his mentor.
"Ok, I guess so. Daisyleaf, Goatbelly, Blueshadow, Flametail, and Doestep, what do you say?" Brambleheart ask the mentors.
"Sure," or "Ok" they reply. The newly made apprentices and their mentors pad out of camp to the training cave.

After battle training the apprentices grab a bite to eat in the last light of the day. They had been training all day. Bubblepaw and Thornpaw share a rabbit, "What do they look like?" Bubblekit asks. "I hope there will be a handsome tom!" Tigerpaw remembers from when they were kits. She smiles when she sees them now. All of them curl up in their new nests after eating. Dapplepaw is in the medicine den curled up in her new nest. She did not go battle training, but instead, stayed in camp and learned how to identify the useful herbs. All of them dream together, in a place filled with starry cats of different color and size. A small black tom with amber eyes pads up to them.
"Welcome to StarClan! No you are not all dead, you are just visiting. Someone wants to see you," he says as he moves out of the way. A brown tabby with a white chest, paws, stomach, tail tip, and star on her nose pads up with a black tom and a large orange tabby tom. The apprentices gape at them.
"Hello my kits! You've grown so much!" She says as she nuzzles them. "These are your fathers, Creekfeather and Thundercry. Featherwish is to, but he is still alive," Braveheart meows. The newly made apprentices run up to her and lick their mother all over. The all greet their other fathers, as well.
"Listen darlings, you are part of a prophecy. A very important one at that. The dark forest, the place where Dapplepaw healed Creekpaw, is where evil cats go, like Tigerstar and Brokenstar. You have the power to beat them, and end the dark forest forever. Then, when evil cats die, they don't live an after life, they just go straight to Oblivion, the place after this," Braveheart nods to the to toms. The toms go over to the nearest 'paw, Thunderpaw. Thundercry holds him down, while Creekfeather breaks his leg.
Thunderpaw screeches, "why did you do that!"
"It was the only way to show you. Dapplepaw, heal him. You won't need herbs," their mother says. Dapplepaw races over to her pained brother. Dapplepaw sits down beside Thunderpaw. His leg starts to go back into place, though no one is touching him. They hear a pop! His bone is mended.
"How... Why... When... What?" Thunderpaw manages to get out.
"You all have them. Bubblepaw, run to the dark forest and back, Tigerpaw, tell us when Bubblepaw reached the other side of StarClan, Creekpaw, control Thundercry, and Thunderpaw, you can fight anyone a succeed, and any number of cats. You saw what you can do Dapplepaw," Braveheart says. Bubblepaw runs off, shortly after Tigerpaw yips to let them know Bubblepaw made it, while Creekpaw makes Thundercry run into the tree next to them, repeatedly, Thunderpaw laughing the whole time. When everyone stopped, Braveheart continued.
"So now you know what you can do. I... I feel like you should know the prophecy. Five have the power to vanquish the dark, while the brave are driven insane from the whispers in the forest. "The brave" was me, the "dark" and "forest" was the dark forest, you are "the Five," and the "whispers" were mostly the dark forest, trying to get me to kill you and/or me. They managed to kill me, but not you. Promise me you won't go into the dark forest till you have your full names, alright? Only then will all of you survive. I know you are young, and this is a lot of weight on your shoulders, but you are the clans only chance of living untill next year," she says.
The Five nod, their eyes filled with understanding and determination. The fate of the clans lay on their shoulders.

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