TC- Moonstar Speaks- Flamepaw

Ever since he was a kit, Flamepaw was a troublemaker. He led his littermates on dangerous expeditions outside of camp and into the woods. He annoyed his mother so much that Brightsky begged me to make him an apprentice quickly.

I decided that Flamekit needed a calm, serious mentor. One that dealt with no nonsense and could turn his goofy grin upside down. Or, at least, straighten it. No cat better for the job than I, leader of ThunderClan.

I was an experienced mentor. I taught Sunmist, my current deputy, Brightsky, Flamepaw’s mother, and now this tiny bundle of energy.

The first time I took Flamepaw out of camp to explore, he nearly got eaten by a fox. And I’m not even kidding. I wish I was though. He was singing at the top of his lungs about how great it was to be an apprentice and then stuck his nose into what we thought was an abandoned fox den.

It wasn’t. A fox leaped out, snarling, and slashed him on the nose and dived for his throat. If Flamepaw’s reflexes weren’t as fast as they were, he would’ve been dead. But the ginger apprentice jumped out of the way, and I fought the fox off and gave him a scolding and tick duty.

When we were walking back to camp for Ambershine to treat his nose, I could only feel one thing. What have I gotten myself into?!

Eventually, Flameheart’s… personality.... got him killed. He would’ve made a great warrior, if only he wasn’t so rash. This is now a story we tell all ThunderClan apprentices, to be sensible, or they might end up like Flameheart!