Greenleaf now spread its scorching green paws over WindClan, and Lionkit's time as a kit was coming to an end. "Keep still, you rascal!" Goldenpelt was struggling to lick Lionkit's huge ring of neck fur. It was always a challenge to groom him unless you wanted all his fur to fall out. Lionkit fidgeted a bit, feeling uncomfortable as his mother's saliva ran through him to make him clean.
"Stop fidgeting, Lionkit!" Goldenpelt sighed in exasperation. Lionkit had to be perfect for his apprentice ceremony, along with Honeykit and Fernkit. As their fur were thick and glossy and slick to their bodies, a little teaching could get them do it all by themselves.
"Let all cats who can catch their own prey gather below!"
Goldenpelt rushed to smooth out the rest of Lionkit's mane and sent him out. Lionkit bounced to where his leader was with his head held high, getting in the best angles of the sunlight so he looked a bit more flashy. As soon as everyone was settled for the announcement, Flowerstar spoke.
"In the light of Green-leaf, these kits look like a second sun." Her eyes darted to Fernkit, Lionkit, and Honeykit. Their yellow and gold pelts glowed. "Fernkit, step up." She inched over a bit to let Fernkit scramble up. Goldenpelt scoffed at the dirt ruffling Fernkit's fur.
"Do you promise to uphold the warrior code, even at the cost of your life?" Flowerstar looked more serious than ever.
Fernkit was practically shaking so much she nearly fell off. "I-I do..!"
"Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your apprentice name. From this moment, you will be known as Fernpaw." Flowerstar's eyes glowed happily as she delivered the new apprentice.
Fernpaw took the smoother way down, looking happier than she had ever been. She nudged Honeykit and whispered, "Good luck not having your heart explode." Honeykit opened her mouth to say something back, but Flowerstar was already calling her.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your apprentice name. From this moment, you shall be known as Honeypaw."

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"Honeypaw! Fernpaw! Lionpaw!" The Clan yowled the new apprentices' names to the sky, now turning beautiful shades of pink and orange and yellow and blue. But one of the wispy clouds was shaped like a lion.
"Woah! Lionpaw! That one looks like you!" Honeypaw tried to point at the lion shaped cloud with her nose.
"Wow! It does!" Lionpaw said cheekily. "The neck fur even looks like it's made of feathers!" The recently named apprentices all purred in amusement.
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Lionpaw yawned as he sat at his vigil. How boring, I wish it was morning already. Suddenly, a crash of heather awakened his senses. Honeypaw is sitting nearest to the entrance! I have to go to her! He immediately ran to the entrance to see if Honeypaw was still there. Just then, he heard sounds of Flowerstar talking urgently with Honeypaw. He pressed his ear against the wall of the den, while trying to configure what was in the shadows.
"Flowerstar! I heard something crash right outside the camp!" Honeypaw was heard inside the den.
"Okay, stay calm, get the-" Flowerstar's voice was cut off as thundering footsteps stormed into the camp. Lionpaw quickly ripped away from the leader's den and yowled, "WindClan, attack!" He jumped at the nearest animal and clawed its face. His unseen opponent flipped Lionpaw over with expert strength and tactic, and pinned him onto the belly. I can't beat it, Lionpaw realized, I'm just a kit named apprentice, he thought frantically. And then he remembered how Ash-paw had clawed the air  with her paws, and tried to do the same, and kicked his way out of the big thing's grip. He whipped his tail around to shock his opponent more, slashed around blindly and ran away to help his littermates. Meanwhile, Honeypaw was struggling to fight off the unknown shadows. Lionpaw hesitated a moment before jumping in the middle of them and clawed the fur where the unknown scent was, and used all his strength to push it away, before grabbing Honeypaw and sprinting away from the struggling enemy rolling in blood.
"Thanks Lionpaw, your so brave." Honeypaw gasped, having about the same amount of injuries as Lionpaw had. Lionpaw opened his mouth to say something in relief, but suddenly a heavy weight similar to that of the shadow they had fought before crashed in between the two of them, and Lionpaw's heart practically stopped, as everything went quiet with a deadly scream.
"HONEYPAW?!"