~Thunderstar's Quest~

               Thunderpaw sat in her den. It was very early out, not even sunrise, but almost sunrise. A few cats were waking up, but the only ones she saw was Flamestar and.... Rockstar, Shadowstar and Littlestar? Thunderpaw was puzzled. Flamestar caught Thunderpaw gazing at him, and gestured her to come toward him. 

                    Once she arrived under the High Ledge, the four leaders looked at her from four different sides. "W-Why are they here?" she asked. "Shouldn't they be taking care of their clans?" "Well," said Flamestar, "We have a very important issue to discuss. The other leaders asked their deputies to take care of their clans." "W-What's the issue?" Thunderpaw stammered. 

                        "The issue is your name." bellowed Rockstar as quietly as he could bellow. "What's wrong with my name?" asked Thunderpaw. "Your name is sacred. Sacred names can only be given on very very special occasions."

                                   "You see Thunderpaw," said Flamestar, "We used to not give out sacred names, but now we require in order to have a sacred name, you must prove yourself. Show everyone how special you are."

                                   "How do I prove myself?" asked Thunderpaw.

                                   "Well," said Shadowstar, "I remember proving myself. Basically, you had to ask the medicine cat if you deserve that name, and the Medicine cat will ask Starclan. Usually, cats with sacred names become leaders, medicine cats, or do special things."

                                      Flamestar nodded. "When Dappledpelt wakes up, we can ask her."

                             "That's it?" said Sharktooth, who had been eavesdropping on the leaders and Thunderpaw.

                                  "Indeed." said Flamestar, nodding again. "Before, sacred names were not allowed because of preserving the history of the original 4 leaders."

                                        "Then, about a long time of moons before, Treestar of Windclan spoke up. She said cats should be allowed to have sacred names if they prove they are good enough to have them. Many objected, but it was added as a mini-rule. Not part of the code, but like an extra rule."

                                              "I thought that was a dumb idea...." Rockstar mumbled in a low voice.

                                         About an hour later, Dappledpelt woke up. She was a relatively new medicine cat, and she was quite lazy. Some say she should be a kittypet, but she made up for her laziness by being a great medicine cat and a kind soul.

                                                    "I had the strangest dream..." said Dappledpelt, her eyes every which way as she twirled around in circles, dizzy. 

                                                      "What was it about, Dappledpelt?" Flamestar asked, eyeing Dappledpelt suspicously. 

                                               "I dunno.... something about this sacred name cat?" she said, trying to regain her balance on the ground.

                                                 Flamestar's eyes widened. "Do tell." said Flamestar curiously.

                                  "Well, it told me there was like, a very special cat named Thunderpaw in my clan, who was going to do something special? I guess? Then it said that Thunderpaw had a sacred name, and I had to like, approve it or something." Flamestar looked at Dappledpelt, irratated, and gestured toward Thunderpaw with his head. 

                                          Dappledpelt then realized who Thunderpaw was. She was treating a cat with some nasty wounds during the time of the introduction, and when she healed Thunderpaw from the battle with Sharktooth, Thunderpaw lay down and didn't take a peek at her. Dappledpelt isn't good at recognizing fur colors, only faces. 

                                                    "Oh, yeah, right." she said. "Alright Thunderpaw, Starclan grants you the right to have this name. Sparkle Sparkle." Dappledpelt then sprinkled Goldenrod on Thunderpaw. Thundepaw blinked and blew the goldenrod out of her eyes. 

                                                     "DAPPLEDPELT!" yelled Flamestar. "YOU ARE NOT TO WASTE HERBS! GET SOME MORE GOLDENROD, PRONTO!" 

                                                      "Fine." Dappledpelt grumbled, and walked off into the woods angrily. 

"Well, that's all settled." said Flamestar. "Now then. Let the clan go on with the usual duties."

And so they did.