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Musicpaw awoke in the middle of the night; she wasn't sure why, but then she caught something in the middle of her eye. It was a blue-gray she-cat with a gray tail. She then realized it was her mom! And she was sneaking out of the camp!
Musicpaw gasped and struggled to get up, but she was too lazy to do so. She had completed her second week of training, and her mother was sneaking out of the camp. Then her mother disappeared. Musicpaw was frightened and went back to sleep.
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"Musicpaw!"
Musicpaw awoke. She recognized that voice; it was her sister's. She was confused. Then she realized she had to hunt. Musicpaw looked at Waterpaw, who was observing the den.
"Want to hunt?" Waterpaw asked.
"Sure!" Musicpaw agreed, and they both went out onto the plains and out of the camp.
"How about you fish and I hunt?" Waterpaw suggested.
"Okay!" "I'm fine with that!" Musicpaw agreed and went over to the stream, while Waterpaw looked out for prey.
Musicpaw looked at the stream for a moment and gulped. She was bad at fishing, but she knew she could improve. Musicpaw noticed a fish and tried to catch it, but failed. She tried again but failed. Again, failed. She repeated this cycle until she finally felt like giving up. Just as she was about to leave to join her sibling in the plains, she noticed a fish and wanted to catch it. She jumped in the stream and caught it with her teeth.
She swam out of the stream and went to where Waterpaw was. Waterpaw had caught two squirrels.
"Hey, good job!" Waterpaw meowed, and Musicpaw smiled.
"Thank you!" Musicpaw struggled to say it, but Waterpaw gets the idea.
"Let's head back to camp!" Waterpaw meowed, and they both headed to the camp with their prey and put it in the fresh-kill pile. Musicpaw went towards where Lilypaw was.
"So how's being an apprentice?" Lilypaw asked.
"So far, so great!" Musicpaw answered.
"I heard from Hollystar that we are getting a new apprentice today," Lilypaw meowed, and Musicpaw was surprised. There weren't any kits that are becoming apprentices, so what is happening...?
Lilypaw must have seen the confused look on Musicpaw's face.
"Kittypet," she hissed.
Musicpaw grunted. Kittypets. Her mother was one, so that's an exception, but kittypets... Ugh.
"By the way, do you know where your mother went?" Roselight needs her!" Lilypaw stated, and Musicpaw looked at her.
"I saw her sneaking out of the camp at midnight, but she's not back," Musicpaw answered, and Lilypaw gasped.
"Well, I've got to go tell Roselight this," Lilypaw murmured.
"Okay!" Musicpaw acknowledged as she watched Lilypaw walk towards the medicine den.
Musicpaw sighed as she went over to the apprentices' den, where Riverpaw and Leafpaw were. Waterpaw was talking to Riverpaw. Leafpaw noticed that Musicpaw was there.
"Oh, thank goodness, Musicpaw, you're there!" Leafpaw spoke up and raced over to Musicpaw.
"Leafpaw, chill out." "Give her some space." Riverpaw hissed.
"Have you heard? A kittypet is coming to the Clan! We need to go on lockdown!" Leafpaw meowed frantically.
Musicpaw sighed. She couldn't deal with this right now.
"Well, eh, Leafpaw," Musicpaw began to say. "You should barricade your nest."
Leafpaw chuckled and then laughed. Musicpaw was playing along with the joke.
"You're right!" Leafpaw meowed and ran outside, then came back with moss he had gathered from outside the den. Leafpaw then made a barricade around his nest.
"Does that look good?" Leafpaw meowed, and Musicpaw nodded.
"Yes," Musicpaw answered.
"All cats old enough to swim, come join us in the clearing!" Leafpaw looked surprised when he heard Hollystar say it. Already? Musicpaw grunted while Waterpaw walked toward her.
"Grumpy huh?" Waterpaw meowed, and Musicpaw looked at her and laughed and then walked out to the clearing.
There she saw a kittypet and Hollystar. The kittypet looked around her age and had dark ginger paws and a gray pelt, with the ginger and gray blending in. He didn't have a collar, which Musicpaw thought was weird.
Musicpaw got closer to the clearing where the Clan was sitting and sat right next to Waterpaw and Lilypaw.
"So what did Roaelight say?" Musicpaw asked Lilypaw.
"Well, she said she'd look into it. I doubt Holidaypelt's alive." Lilypaw meowed, and Waterpaw gasped.
"Holidaypelt... died?" Waterpaw whispered.
"No, we don't know," Musicpaw reassured Waterpaw.
"Okay," Waterpaw meowed.
"Today we have a kittypet joining the Clan, StreamClan," Hollystar yowled while looking down at the ground. "His name is Flash."
Hollystar looked at Flash.
"Flash, do you wish to join the Clan and learn therefrom?" Hollystar asked.
"I do!" Flash meowed.
"Then until you receive your warrior name, your name will be Ashpaw." "Your mentor will be Blazefern," Hollystar meowed.
Ashpaw looked at the crowd and saw that a ginger tom came up towards the Great Tree. Musicpaw looked at Blazefern.
"Blazefern, you're ready to take on an apprentice; you have shown yourself to be creative and helpful," Hollystar meowed as she looked down at Blazefern. "Make certain that you take Ashpaw to the Coralreef at night."
Blazefern looked at Ashpaw, and they touched each other's noses. Musicpaw looked at Ashpaw, and Ashpaw looked back at her. Blazefern did not want a kittypet as an apprentice.
"Ashpaw!" The clan cheered.
"Clan dismissed!" Hollystar yowled, and Musicpaw was thankful that this was over.