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Newleaf 6 - Overcast and breezy, the air smells fresh and even the most sluggish prey is out of hibernation.


It had finally arrived. The day that the snow finally melted away, leaving only grass and pure ground in its wake. The ground was wet, but a place like Rainclan could be expected to always be wet. But there was something special about this day and the fact that the snow was gone. There was one cat who had looked forward to this day, a certain small Rainclan visitor.

As the sun began to become visible over the trees, a pair of large blue eyes opened suddenly in the Nursery. A relatively small bundle of orange and white fur jumped from one of the smaller nests in the den and rushed over to the entrance, careful to avoid the sleeping figures laying in the other nests. As two white paws stopped at the entrance to the Nursery, there was a mostly silent gasp.

The orange and white tom looked around the Rainclan camp, amazed at what he was seeing. A surprise to most other cats, this was one of the first times that he had seen the ground without any snow on it. It was just ground. It was both odd, strange, and amazing at the same time. He slowly took a few steps out of the den, looking down at the ground around him. For once his pawpads weren't nearly numb because of the coldness of the snow. The ground was still chilly, but not nearly as bad as it was before. A large smile came over his face as he bounded a few leaps forward away from the den, his mouth and facial expression formed like that of laughter, yet no sound came from him. When he finally stopped, he was in the center of the camp, examining his surroundings.

It had been about 3 moons since Rainclan had temporarily taken him in. After he had crossed that river to try and find one of the clans, he had been found by Russethawk and Lotuswhisker, two Rainclan Warriors. He was brought back to their camp and was to stay until either his family was found or until the snow melted and he could care for himself. Through his happiness, he also was currently oblivious to what that meant. The snow was melted. He was 8 moons old now. He could sort of hunt for himself, but he was bad at it honestly. In reality, his time was up. He didn't realize this, but there was a chance that he would soon be kicked out of Rainclan. Despite these things that some other cats knew, the tom still stood in the center of the camp, looking around and looking with curiosity and amazement at the place that he had considered his home for a few moons now.

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The snows had melted, another season had passed. It was time to decide the fate of the small quiet kit that had been brought to them in the heart of leafbare. Silentkit was still mute about his family and origins, though Silverstar got the impression that he had family out there somewhere. Otherwise how could he have been at least decently well cared for at such a young age?

He found the young tom wandering camp and shook his head before coming over and licking the youngster between the ears. "You shouldn't leave the nursery alone. At least not before the decision on your future was made. Come with me." He told him, his silver pelt standing out far too much in the newleaf green.

He walked slowly, aware of the difference in their sizes and that Silentkit still had some growing to do and strength to gain before he could keep up with an adult tom. "Leafbare is behind us now, and you've grown stronger. RainClan has sheltered and provided for you when you needed it most. Now, however, you are old enough to be an apprentice, and must make a choice. I see no problem allowing you to stay, but you have to abide by our rules and prove you can become a provider for the clan's future. As RainClan provided for you, so to must you provide for it in turn. Our ways aren't the ways of loners, but there is room to learn. The question is; little one, are you willing to learn what we have to teach you in order to stay in this Clan?"

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As Silverstar approached, a large smile came over the young tom’s face. He started to cheerfully pad over to the silver tom, meeting him about halfway. As he reached him, he felt a tongue brush across his head between his ears, resulting in a deep purr rumbling from the young tom’s chest. He looked up towards Silverstar with large blue eyes, his smile still large. The Leader brought up the point that Silent’s fate hadn’t really been chosen for him yet, so he shouldn’t be wandering about. He tilted his head, one ear flopping over his head. When the larger tom began to walk away, Silentkit padded after him, a spring in his step.

When Silver began to speak, the small tom’s ears perked and listened intently. There were some points during the talk where he didn’t fully understand what he had said, but he got the basics of it. He was older now and had to make the final choice. When Silverstar came to this point, his options were given to him. He could either leave Rainclan to seek out his family, or he could stay and become one of them. Silentkit looked up at the tom, his face actually emotionless for the first time since he arrived. He looked behind him off in the distance, out towards the territory. The thought of his family came to his head. His family hadn’t showed up not too long after him like he thought they would. He would have thought that his siblings would bring their parents to the clan. But he never saw them. Had they made it? Where were they?

The thought of returning to see his family was tempting. He hadn’t seen them for a few moons, so it was natural for him to be concerned. He then turned his head and looked passed Silverstar back towards the Rainclan camp. Thoughts of Russethawk, Lotuswhisker, and many of the other cats he had met since he arrived ran through his head. He seemed lost in thought for a few moments, thinking of what he should do.

Finally, his blue eyes found their way back to Silverstar’s. They were still large and open as they always were, but they held an expression that they hadn’t really shown outwardly before: admiration.

“Rainclan home.” His voice was slightly high pitched, as any younger cat’s would be, but it was also slightly deeper than it had been previously. Silentkit had only spoken to a Rainclan cat out loud once before, and that cat had been Silverstar back then as well. What he stated this time may not have been understood by any other cats, but he understood it himself. Plus, when he had spoken to Silverstar the first time, he had talked this way then too. He didn’t say a full sentence, only a few words that meant the same thing as a full sentence. A smile formed on the tom’s face again as he looked up at Silverstar. He took a few steps forward, giving Silverstar a few licks across the shoulder to show his respect.

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He knew this was a hard choice for such a young tom, but it was one that had to be made before Silentkit could become an apprentice of RainClan. Silverstar didn't rush the youngster, giving him time to think and consider so that he could answer from his heart. Hearing the other call his clan home made the silver pelted tom smile, and he leaned to lick the other between the ears again. "Yes it is, and now it is your home too."

He straightened and looked around for a moment. "It won't always be easy living here, but you'll always be safe and you'll always have food as long as I'm leader. My clan has no reason to go hungry, even if I must. So, soon you will have a very important ceremony. You'll become an apprentice and then learn to become a warrior. Learn well our ways and devote yourself to the protection and betterment of this clan. I look forward to seeing what you become."

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There was a sudden feeling, something similar to that which came over you when submerging into cold water, but different. It was as if the young tom felt himself make a dramatic change internally. The chills ran through his whole small body, causing a light shiver to break through him. He hadn’t felt this before, nor could he think of what it would be. In truth, the best way to describe what he was feeling, perhaps to someone other than himself, was that he was suddenly hit with the fact that who he was had just changed. He went from a small, sort-of mute kitten who had lost his family to not only a clan cat, but a soon-to-be Rainclan Apprentice. His family had not necessarily changed, but had expanded far beyond what it was previously. He went from only having his parents and two siblings to now having an entire clan.

The lick that he received between the ears produced a loud purr to rumble through the young tom’s chest, his tail curling and twirling behind him. He then listened to his new Leader continue to speak, telling of how his new life wouldn’t always be easy, but that he would always have food when he needed it and that he would one day be tasked with not only learning the ways of a clan, but would also be a part of making the clan better. In reality, this was a lot to take in. An Apprentice who was clan-born had multiple advantages over himself. They had been taught the ways of the clans ever since they were young and understood at least the basics. Silent had learned bits and pieces over his few moons of staying with Rainclan, but he hadn’t learned nearly as much as any other cat his age would have by this point.

Despite this, the smile returned to the toms face. He nodded eagerly to Silverstar, wondering what would happen to him in the moons to come. What would he learn? How many more cats would he meet? Would he make some more friends? Would he truly be able to make Rainclan better than it already was? These were all questions that he was eager to find out the answers to over time.

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