He told his friend Smudge that he met some wild cats. Smudge was shocked and more so when Rusty told him that he was invited to join there clan. Rusty said he was going to join but Smudge tried to dissuade him but Rusty already had his mind set on joining the clan.
Rusty went to meet Lionheart. Rusty told him that he was going to join. Lionheart showed him around the home base and came across Bluestar. She was mildly surprised and she announced to everyone that Rusty came to the Thunderclan to become an apprentice. Everyone started to make rude comments on how he was a housecat and one cat named Longtail had crossed the line with Rusty so Rusty attacked Longtail. Longtail tried to strangle Rusty but it didn’t work. After the fight, Bluestar complimented Rusty that he fought well and she declared to named rusty as Firepaw because of his fiery