Honeypaw becomes an apprentice with her mentor being Molewhisker. After, Twigkit is impatient to tell Honeykit and Leafkit that she is special like Jayfeather. She falls into the lake instead though, and Honeykit and Leafkit constantly tease her because of it. She imagines Leafkit, Honeykit and Larkkit will be amazed. Later, Twigkit decides to leave camp and bring back watermint to impress her Clanmates. Later on, Honeykit and her littermates doze beside their mother outside the nursery.

Twigkit persists, but she still refuses, citing that she's too noisy. The gray she-kit asks to join but Honeykit states that Leafkit caught a frog there last time and she’ll only get in the way of hunting. Twigkit tells Honeykit that Leafkit and Larkkit are going to explore some ferns and called for her to hurry up. Jayfeather tells Alderpaw to fetch chervil, and the kit eats it reluctantly. The medicine cat apprentice doesn't think she has one, and Honeykit soon mentions that she shared a rabbit with Leafkit and Larkkit. The tom meows that she's been miserable all morning, and Jayfeather calls Alderpaw to check her for a fever. Fernsong brings Honeykit to the medicine den because of a cough, since Lilyheart is too busy with Leafkit and Larkkit. Later on, the three littermates clamber over a fallen beech. The kits nose through the apprentices' den, and she-kit sighs that she can see Sparkpaw and Alderpaw's nests already in there. Thunder and Shadow Leafpool mentions that Honeykit and her siblings are too boisterous for their foster sister Twigkit. When Alderpaw and Sparkpaw take Twigkit and Violetkit to the Gathering, Sparkpaw reassures the nervous kits that they'll have a lot to tell Larkkit, Honeykit, and Leafkit when they get home. Honeykit comments that they get to fight foxes, badgers, and rival cats.

Larkkit explains to her that it's when a cat is six moons old, they receive a mentor, and learn to become a warrior. Honeykit is seen with her littermates, and Twigkit asks what an apprentice is. He looks down and asks why, as her three kits, Larkkit, Leafkit, and Honeykit are play-fighting with each other on the floor of the den. After returning from the journey, Alderpaw enters the nursery, Lilyheart tells him to be careful about where he puts his paws. Before Alderpaw leaves to go on his quest, Honeykit and her siblings are seen playing around Daisy and Lilyheart's paws. Honeykit : ' And then you get to foxes and badgers and rival cats.' -Lilyheart's kits telling Twigkit what an apprentice is The Apprentice's Quest, page 278 Honeykit, Larkkit, and Leafkit are the kits of Lilyheart and Snowbush.

Larkkit : ' It's when you're six moons old and have a mentor, and learn how to become a warrior.' Leafkit: ' That's how you learn to fight when you're an apprentice.'

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