[lone]

Caliapaw had been to the Starcave only once, for her ceremony. So much had changed since that time - she was older, and she knew much more than she had since she had first begun her training. Caliapaw felt like she had never gotten a lot of closure, or at least not enough, on what had happened… she hadn’t even gotten to speak to Wheatfur since his death. She really didn’t want to be here right now, but it was important that Passionblaze was supported by the young she cat. This was a lot for her at the moment… she had liked Snowstar a lot, and through the conversation the two had shared, even before, had grown to respect the former leader. Now that she had stepped down… Caliapaw was left with a new leader that she did not know, and this was hardly the time to get acquainted.

She took a breath and turned to look at the tom, keeping her voice steady and expression calm. ”Are you ready?” The medicine cat wasn’t quite sure how this was supposed to be done. It wasn’t like Wheatfur had given her a step-by-step of it… but at least she could try and figure out at least a little bit of what was supposed to happen. She didn’t really want to be here, if she was being completely honest… part of her had thought that she was able to stay behind and skip out on this whole ceremony thing. But she supposed she had always known she was going to have to do it… it was important, after all.

Just as Passionblaze had a duty to ThunderClan to become their leader now, Caliapaw had a duty to perform the tasks of a medicine cat - and she wasn’t going to be a slacker about it. She couldn’t. The Clan was counting on her, and if she fell behind, who was going to pick up the slack? She didn’t have anyone to lean on right now. Caliapaw was having more trouble now than ever trusting her own instincts, with her confidence, and trusting other cats. Maybe Wheatfur had made a mistake. But if he’d made a mistake… then what hope was there for her future?

@Constellation