RiverClan Floodstone

[-Ash-]

Sapstrike joined the growing crowd of cats and listened intently to pieces of others' conversations.

[Sklee]

Amberpaw ran over quickly. She wondered what this meeting was about.

[DeltaDace]

Bearspot ran to the RiverClan clearing where the rest of the clan was gathering.

[Abyssopelagic]

Palehound narrows her eyes as she looks to the Streamstone. Not out of anger towards Kestrelstar or suspicion, but she was rather tired at the moment. She still got up and made her way over to join her gathered clanmates.

[~Sayonara~]

Honeypaw slunk over, still tired but he felt the sense of familiarity as he sat in the clearing and looked up at his leader. Immediately regenerated, he sat up straight with his eyes shining curiously.

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Nightpaw happily bounded out and skidded to a stop by the streamstone, clearly intrigued by the sudden announcement and just generally excited to find out what Kestrelstar's announcement could be.

[~Fierce~]

~Streampelt~
Streampelt padded over to the Streamstone and sat down.

~Fierceroar~
Fierceroar padded towards the Streamstone and sat down.

~Shypaw~
Shypaw quietly padded to the Streamstone and sat down.

~Lavenderkit~
Lavenderkit bounded over to the Streamstone and sat down.

[Dizerel]

For once, Junipersong opted not to laze about, half asleep at the edge of the clearing to listen into the clan meeting. This time, getting up and walking towards the Streamstone. Opting to find a comfortable one either side of the cluster of cats sitting to watch and listen. Not wanting her large imposing figure to block the view for anyone, so sitting to the side should be good enough.

[JusticeRabbit]

~Batpaw~
The molly padded to the spot, flicking her black tail. She sat down, and looked up at the leader. Where was Dogbark? Maybe he just hadn't shown up yet. She looked up at her leader, nodding gently. She smiled and nodded gently.

[duskfire1]

Shallowstep

Shallowstep kicked the excess moss from his hind legs as he clambered out of the warriors den, and hurried over to the Streamstone, hearing the clans excitement and nervousness, and Birdkit's loud explanation. Sitting down, he licked his paw and drew it over his ear, trying to look somewhat like a cat and not some otherworldly alienated cat! If that makes sense. He had some serious bedhead.

[Kunaisoul]

Nightleap -->

She walked over to the streamstone, taking her place. "Kestrelstar." She dipped her head. "I was wondering, since we are here, i was going to ask if we could talk in your den?"

[furrensic]

➸ fishface - he/him

fishface made his way over, wondering just how many fish he could eat after the meeting. four? maybe five?


➸ mistfreeze - he/him

mistfreeze slinked over, slipping past cats so he could sit near the front where it was easier to see.


➸ daisybird - she/her

daisybird poked her head out of the nursery.

[Brainless_blankie]

Larksong yawned and gathered around with everyone else, though he was too tired to care much for anything kestrelstar had to say, he really just wanted a nap

[alaskaa]

Hazelpaw arrived at the meeting, her eyes wide as she stared up at the leader. What was the meeting about?

Rosyfrost heeded Kestrelstar's call and padded over to the Streamstone, ears pricked in interest.

[Apollo.]

-Pumpkin[Sprout] (17 Moons) [She/Her]-

The former kitty-pet queen poked her head out of the nursery as the kits bounded out and sat infront of a large stone that KestrelStar was sitting on. She padded out gingerly, heavy with kits, and sat close by the nursery, her orange ears pricked up as she watched the RiverClan leader with interest. She had never attended a meeting before so she was wondering what all the noise was about.

[Nixey]

~Reedpaw~
These last few days had felt exceptionally slow. It was like she had been starring blankly into the never-ending hours of apprentice work. The only thing that had always caused Reedpaw to relax, was being around her friends in one way or another. But as the meeting was called, the brown brindled molly had raised her head and looked towards the leader now perched up on the Streamstone. A small ball of anxiety suddenly settled in her chest as she took a moment to wonder what was going to happen during this meeting before Reedpaw raised slowly onto her paws and headed for the gathering cats. Taking a seat in the back, Reedpaw had cast a glance up towards the leader as she listened closely.

[alaskaa]

Sorrelhawk
A sharp meeting call roused Sorrelhawk from her sleep, blue eyes blinking open in the dim lighting of the warriors den. It wasn't early by any means, but she had been out late last night and was attempting to catch up on sleep as much as she could. With leaf-bare coming, the fawn spotted she-cat did not want to risk catching a cold and being stuck inside the medicine den. It had been quite some time since the last time she'd had to pay the stinky herb den and it's medicine cat a visit, and the longer she could go without doing so, the better.

She emerged from the den, jaws parting in a huge yawn. Blue hues shifted to where Kestrelstar stood atop the Streamstone, and the state of him cause a ripple of panic. Were those... wounds? Drifting from the leader towards where Snakeheart had come, she noticed the rather venomous look he shot the tom. Something had happened, and in an instant Sorrelhawk was awake and trotting over to join the growing crowd.

(she is open for any interaction!)

Hazelpaw

Hazelpaw looked over her shoulder, wanting to see a familiar face. She didn't, but she did spot Sorrelhawk emerging from the warriors' den, and Hazelpaw got to her paws, trotting over. She tilted her head back a little to look up at the warrior, and noticed a flash of panic flitter through Sorrelhawk's eyes. Hazelpaw squinted concernedly at the warrior, wondering what was wrong.
"Hi, Sorrelhawk," greeted Hazelpaw, flicking her tail as she padded to the warrior's left, sitting down. "What's up with you?"

[Native Willow]

Willowkit left the nursery with a yawn. He half heard Kestrelstar, but knew it was a meeting, so he sauntered to the nursery entrance to hear what he had to say.

[taillow]

Sorrelhawk
She had been so wrapped up in concern that the voice of an apprentice approaching her was almost drowned out. But after a beat or two, Sorrelhawk managed to pull herself back to notice Hazelpaw staring up at her. Confusion danced in the depths of round blue eyes. "What?" she echoed as her head tipped to one side in order to hear what the apprentice next to her had said better. Shifting her gaze from Hazelpaw to Kestrelstar, then back again. "I can't... be sure from where. But aren't those wounds on Kestrelstar? I'm concerned he's gotten himself into a fight again." It wasn't just concern for him, but RiverClan as a whole. It was so close to leaf-bare, who was he fighting with?

Part of her heart clenched as she thought of Morningpaw. The young she-cat did not have the best experience with meetings as she recalled, and the fawn colored she-cat's head shot up. She couldn't spot her, at least not yet. A soft sigh escaped her as she looked back down at Hazelpaw.

mystical

[alaskaa]

tulle

Hazelpaw

Hazelpaw frowned, at Sorrelhawk's answer, looking up at the Streamstone. A soft sigh escaped her maw as she noticed the pink, healing wounds on Kestrelstar. Of course, the birdbrain had probably, presumably stupidly, gotten in a fight and stupidly injured himself. Hazelpaw suppressed a roll of her eyes, turning her head to face Sorrelhawk.
"He probably did,"she meowed disdainfully, flicking her tail. "That mousebrain." She said the last part more sharply, huffing through her nose.

The stupid idiot! Hazelpaw wouldn't be surprised if he lost a life in whatever fight he was in. The apprentice didn't get what StarClan saw in that impulsive, reckless cat. Hazelpaw wanted to see Splashstar. But she knew that was a thought she'd better keep to herself, lest she was punished like Stormpelt, now Stormpaw. Hazelpaw's green, fierce gaze shifted from Kestrelstar to Sorrelhawk.
"What do you think the meeting's 'bout?" she queried, attempting to change the subject.

[spade]

The sounds of his Clan gathering underneath him usually brought him anxiety, but this time a rush of relief flowed through him. If he had been less careful, if Dogbark hadn't been there... all of this could've been ripped away from him. Slipping through outstretched claws grasping for a paw hold. Kestrelstar took a moment to just let pride fill his gaze as it swept over the Clan.

There were a few that seemed to see right to his heeling wounds despite the effort he had made in cleaning them. It wasn't something he could hide from his Clan - if he didn't tell them now, it would only serve to fester as a rumor, and rumors usually only held a sliver of the actual truth. A few eyes prodded him - Whispershine, Silvernight, Sorrelhawk - but the most notable was the glare shot to him from Snakeheart. He knew the medicine was must be furious with him still, but that was a topic to discuss at a later time.

One cat's face in the crowd stood out to him, one that he hadn't spoken with since being back. Truth be told, Kestrelstar knew the two could go moons without speaking and the friendship would remain; Junipersong. The crab culprit, his best friend (the realization just now hitting him). His yellow gaze met her own, attempting to draw strength from the large molly.

Taking his attention away was his former apprentice, Nightleap. While he wished that she would just come into his den and ask instead of speaking at events, meetings, he directed his voice to her. "A meeting is not the time, Nightleap. You're welcome to come to my den afterwards." With that situation handled, Kestrelstar cleared his throat to begin.

Just as he was about to speak, yellow eyes noticed Coldpaw and Hazepaw on the edge of a scuffle, but Kestrelstar didn't have the energy to try to break it up. Instead, he shot the two apprentices a hard glare in the hopes that it would toss water onto the small fire.

"I wanted to address something before rumors start flying around. Some of you may have noticed that we had a visitor here last night and early this morning, as well as a few new scars on my pelt." Oh, stars above he hoped this went over well and that cats didn't start blaming him left and right. "While on an outing to Smallpines late last night, I came across Dogbark at the border, and shortly after, two skinny coyotes found us and attempted to make snacks out of us both. After the dust settled, he was gravely injured, and needed a medicine cat's attention. He would've gone back to ThunderClan... except that Dogbark has informed me of Icicleripple's unfortunate passing." The leader had been going back and forth about whether or not to reveal this, but he figured there would be more questions about why Dogbark didn't simply return to ThunderClan. He held a moment of silence for the fallen medicine cat, unable to ignore the small trickle of relief in the fact that for once, he didn't have a claw in a ThunderClan high rank death.

Kestrelstar felt silent for a moment to allow this to sink in. He didn't want to alarm anyone, or be silent long enough for chaos to ensue, so the gray tabby lifted his head just a bit. "Snakeheart generously agreed to heal him, and he has since been escorted back to the border. However I want this to serve as a warning for all."

Making sure his voice was heard, he continued, "Leaf-bare is fast approaching, and the predators that normally find food elsewhere will be coming closer to our camp. A reminder that kits are not allowed outside the camp walls under any circumstance, and apprentices are only allowed out with a warrior to accompany them. Any kits and apprentices found outside of camp breaking these rules will have their respective ceremonies delayed." Another beat, then, "I would prefer if cats traveled in groups of three at least. Keep an eye out, and report any alarming scents or sightings."

That was about it for the coyote situation, and hopefully the Clan would not break out in panic. Kestrelstar had remained level-headed and calm throughout the lecture, and he could only hope for his Clan to do the same. He would allow a moment or two before he moved on to ceremonies.

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[Whitewillow]

Dawnflower
The calico she-cat blinked her eyes in response to the news Kestrelstar spoke of. She was a bit frightened by the thought of coyotes and other creatures coming into the clan's territory. Dawnflower tried her best to remain calm but her mind raced with horrible thoughts.

[Shade.]

Lotusheart already had multiple run-ins with angry canines. She honestly didn't need more.

[alaskaa]

Hazelpaw

Her ears pricked up and she glanced up at Kestrelstar. Oh, ThunderClan's medcine cat was dead? What was her name - Iciclesplash, or Icicleripple? She decided it was Icicleripple. Hazelpaw had never ever seen Icicleripple, not even at Gatherings. She couldn't care less.

Her green eyes narrowed as Kestrelstar mentioned the rumours. This morning, Hazelpaw had heard bits and scraps of gossip, from theother apprentices. Turned out they were true.

Rosyfrost

The she-cat blinked, if there were rumours she hadn't heard them. Rosyfrost had seen Icicleripple before, in Gathering, but that had been moons ago. And now she was dead. Rosyfrost didn't feel that sad, though she did feel a twinge of synpathy for ThunderClan that she kept to herself. It must be hard without a medicine cat to heal them.

Coyotes? Rosyfrost winced. Leaf-bare, the harshest season of the year, ws coming up, and she could already feel the air becoming colder and colder each sunrise. Rosyfrost hoped no kit would get themselves hurt, by sneaking out of camp at this dangerous time.

[Dizerel]

For a brief moment, Junipersong's and Kestrelstar's eyes caught eachother. Locked in a brief stare. They still have yet to speak since his return. Had she been unintentionally avoiding him? She usually wasn't one to back down from resolving hurt feelings. Why had she done so thus far?

Either way, she could see the unease in her leader's gaze. Her eyes flashing with determination and assurance, hoping that it will steel Kestrelstar's will for overcoming whatever turmoil he felt with the announcement to come.

Sitting back and listening casually otherwise. Everything seemed fine up until the mention of coyotes. She froze there, a growl starting to rise in her throat, the fur on her body spiking up. Flashes went through her vision, remembering the coyote she had intercepted to save Kes' life, as well as the one she butchered. She had nothing but bad experiences with coyotes. Everyone around her would be easily able to tell how unnaturally put-off she was getting. As if there was some invisible enemy right in front of her she was ready to pounce on.

The rest of the meeting and the ceremonies to come afterwards became dull. Everything else faded out. Her mind spinning, thinking about the return of the coyotes. She excused herself from the rest of the meeting, as rude as that may seem to someone who couldnt tell her current state of mind, heading off to think about this.

[shaae_26]

Rainypaw was scared out of his pelt. Coyoties strong enough to gravley injure a deputy?!

[~Sayonara~]

Honeypaw tilted his head, his eyes full of curiosity and wonder. The ThunderClan deputy had been here? And the ThunderClan medicine cat was dead? When had all this happened? And coyotes?

The thought made the small apprentice's fur bristle slightly as he sucked in his breath. He shifted slightly yet he attempted to keep a calm composure as he listened to Kestrelstar. He felt sorry for ThunderClan. Even if they were at odds, ThunderClan was a fellow clan so there must be some kind of sympathy.

He looked around at his clanmates to gage their reactions. He could see the fear in most of their eyes at the mention of the coyotes. If such beasts can injure a deputy so badly, StarClan knows what it could do to their clan!

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Nightpaw listened intently and huffed. Coyotes around the territory? He let it sink in and he bit his tongue. Thw ThunderClan deputy had been attacked by the beasts. And so had their own leader. He's never seen a coyote, but he knew now that an apprentice like himself would never stand a chance. He looked back up at Kestrelstar, his wind being all over the place.

What could happen to RiverClan if those creatures decided to invade?

[DeltaDace]

*Bearspot*

"So the rumors were true," The brown tom muttered to himself. He wasn't one to dabble in rumors, but he had overheard some talk about the ThunderClan deputy getting attacked by a coyote. Speaking of coyotes, they might be tough to deal with alone. It would be best if Hazepaw would be accompanied by him and another warrior.

[poppy]

Gorgespring felt a thrill of fear under her thick golden ticked tabby pelt. The coyotes were back? She shrunk to the ground, ears flattening. What was she supposed to say? Or do? Not cower. She flinch as if her mother was back, smacking her again. No, she had to be ¨strong¨. Even if she didn´t feel like it.

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Well now the ThunderClan deputy knew where camp was. He could lead the entire bunch of ThunderClan to them, and instead of coyotes they would have to worry about claws slicing their throats in the middle of the night. Or not, because in all honesty, RiverClan wasn't threatened by any of the Clans right now, except maybe ShadowClan. Blizzardwind just sat there, frowning.

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Birdkit had heard about the ThunderClan deputy. She looked around for him, frowning. ''Hold on!'' She said loudly at Kestrel's next words. ''He's a cat?'' She asked, blankly. The small, blue mitted ragdoll plopped onto her rump, bewildered. ''THEN HOW COME EVERYONE SAID HE WAS A SQUIRREL?!''

[Ian]

Shimmerpaw bowed her head in silence, taking a moment to grieve the medicine cat she had never known. Even if it Icicleripple was not from RiverClan, medicine cats were mostly well loved and seen as peaceful healers and she deserved to be remembered by everyone.

[~whirl~]

"What?" Dawnkit mewed, confused. This meeting was very confusing.

[A Wolf]

Sandbreeze hurried over, late.

[error]

The russet she-cat slipped in, only catching the words of "coyote". By the scars on Kes's pelt, it seemed like they had attacked. Her father had told her some about them, but never knew what they looked like, other than being dangerous. She sighed, sitting down. She hoped her leader was okay.

[Akira]

Reedpaw sighed. Well, at least things between the Clans seemed to calm down somewhat... maybe? Well, that didn't affect how he would respect the dead. The very dark gray tabby ducked his head sadly for the ThunderClan medicine cat.

[Clock Dragonshifter]

Vinewatcher listened to what her leader had to say

[duskfire1]

Shallowstep

He shot nervous glances around the group of cats under the Streamstone, hoping that Dogbark would be okay. But Icicleripple dead? That was a blow, and he was sad that Thunderclan had to endure it. Troubling times indeed.

[Spartan-117]

*Bearspot*

"So the rumors were true," The brown tom muttered to himself. He wasn't one to dabble in rumors, but he had overheard some talk about the ThunderClan deputy getting attacked by a coyote. Speaking of coyotes, they might be tough to deal with alone. It would be best if Hazepaw would be accompanied by him and another warrior.

Ravensplash
Ravensplash walks to Bearspot, tilting their head. "I was told you were the mentor of Hazepaw. I was wondering if the three of us and Coldpaw(@/lullabypaw) could train our apprentices." They say, looking at the brown tom in front of them.

[gs29513]

Coyotes huh? That was never a good thing, those could certainly be dangerous. When she was younger she remembered having heard stories of coyotes attacking Windclan, practically chasing them out of their own territory. And, of course, the ones of recent times that had been part of the cause of the whole feud with Thunderclan that still seemed to be smoldering. So yeah. Coyotes = bad. Next patrol to that border should be beefed up as much as possible.

It was a bit alarming to learn that the Thunderclan deputy had been in their camp, that wasn't exactly the safest cat to have wandering around, but he was probably a bit out of it at the time if he was badly wounded. Not to mention having him owe them a bit was good as well. But the real worry here was the coyotes, the scary coyotes that would quite happily consume them all.

[Apollo.]

-Pumpkin[Sprout] (17 moons) [she/her]-

Pumpkin winced, a coyote- and that poor medicine cat... The orange and white tabby's ears flattered, maybe it was mistake to come here..- she thought as she thought about her unborn kits wiggling in her belly, they were due any day now, perhaps she should talk to some cat... perhaps Snakeheart... She blinked up at Kestrelstar.

[15478]

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She shuddered. Coyotes. The thoughts of those large canines never frightened her before, but then again, she had never run into any. Now… in the territory, and that poor medicine cat. She dipped her head in respect, murmuring aloud: “May he forever rest happily in Starclan…”
She gazed up at the leader, and bowed her head, listening to the rest of the announcement with a sinking feeling. What now? Leafbare WAS coming, and when it did, sickness and lack of prey ventured along with it. The river would freeze over; they would need to hunt by land. She felt a feeling of despair start to take over. What was Riverclan going to do?

[Sklee]

Amberpaw was surprised, to put it lightly. She was worried, of course, but she was more confused.

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

Nothing from Kestrelstar's announcements stuck out to Codpaw. It was concerning that something could happen that would bring the Thunderclan's deputy to Snakeheart for healing. But none of it seemed to concern him at all, it seemed so far removed from him. But the rule that apprentices weren't allowed to be out of camp, under the threat of postponement of his warrior ceremony, hit Codpaw in the pit of his stomach. He lowered himself to the ground without taking his eyes away from Kestrelstar. He'd so far done nothing wrong yet he felt like he was being punished. His warrior ceremony wasn't even a moon away, if he could get his mentor to expedite the last of his training. He was already under the threat of falling behind on his warrior ceremony due to his disastrous early apprenticeship and flaky mentors. The only way he could go back to exploring the territory then was to become a warrior.

[shaded shadow]

What! thought rainingpaw she coudent leave camp without a warrior with her! cyotes they would have probably left by now why should they still worry about them she knew her mentor wouldent take her out anyway to train her she had never even met her mentor.

[EnderStorm]

The sounds of his Clan gathering underneath him usually brought him anxiety, but this time a rush of relief flowed through him. If he had been less careful, if Dogbark hadn't been there... all of this could've been ripped away from him. Slipping through outstretched claws grasping for a paw hold. Kestrelstar took a moment to just let pride fill his gaze as it swept over the Clan.

There were a few that seemed to see right to his heeling wounds despite the effort he had made in cleaning them. It wasn't something he could hide from his Clan - if he didn't tell them now, it would only serve to fester as a rumor, and rumors usually only held a sliver of the actual truth. A few eyes prodded him - Whispershine, Silvernight, Sorrelhawk - but the most notable was the glare shot to him from Snakeheart. He knew the medicine was must be furious with him still, but that was a topic to discuss at a later time.

One cat's face in the crowd stood out to him, one that he hadn't spoken with since being back. Truth be told, Kestrelstar knew the two could go moons without speaking and the friendship would remain; Junipersong. The crab culprit, his best friend (the realization just now hitting him). His yellow gaze met her own, attempting to draw strength from the large molly.

Taking his attention away was his former apprentice, Nightleap. While he wished that she would just come into his den and ask instead of speaking at events, meetings, he directed his voice to her. "A meeting is not the time, Nightleap. You're welcome to come to my den afterwards." With that situation handled, Kestrelstar cleared his throat to begin.

Just as he was about to speak, yellow eyes noticed Coldpaw and Hazepaw on the edge of a scuffle, but Kestrelstar didn't have the energy to try to break it up. Instead, he shot the two apprentices a hard glare in the hopes that it would toss water onto the small fire.

"I wanted to address something before rumors start flying around. Some of you may have noticed that we had a visitor here last night and early this morning, as well as a few new scars on my pelt." Oh, stars above he hoped this went over well and that cats didn't start blaming him left and right. "While on an outing to Smallpines late last night, I came across Dogbark at the border, and shortly after, two skinny coyotes found us and attempted to make snacks out of us both. After the dust settled, he was gravely injured, and needed a medicine cat's attention. He would've gone back to ThunderClan... except that Dogbark has informed me of Icicleripple's unfortunate passing." The leader had been going back and forth about whether or not to reveal this, but he figured there would be more questions about why Dogbark didn't simply return to ThunderClan. He held a moment of silence for the fallen medicine cat, unable to ignore the small trickle of relief in the fact that for once, he didn't have a claw in a ThunderClan high rank death.

Kestrelstar felt silent for a moment to allow this to sink in. He didn't want to alarm anyone, or be silent long enough for chaos to ensue, so the gray tabby lifted his head just a bit. "Snakeheart generously agreed to heal him, and he has since been escorted back to the border. However I want this to serve as a warning for all."

Making sure his voice was heard, he continued, "Leaf-bare is fast approaching, and the predators that normally find food elsewhere will be coming closer to our camp. A reminder that kits are not allowed outside the camp walls under any circumstance, and apprentices are only allowed out with a warrior to accompany them. Any kits and apprentices found outside of camp breaking these rules will have their respective ceremonies delayed." Another beat, then, "I would prefer if cats traveled in groups of three at least. Keep an eye out, and report any alarming scents or sightings."

That was about it for the coyote situation, and hopefully the Clan would not break out in panic. Kestrelstar had remained level-headed and calm throughout the lecture, and he could only hope for his Clan to do the same. He would allow a moment or two before he moved on to ceremonies.

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Slykit listened with his full attention, gthen, when it was over, went back to the nursery and went to sleep.

[spade]

It was clear as day the fear his Clanmates felt as he announced the return of the coyotes. Kestrelstar made a note to gather the shields later to discuss possible courses of action. Going into leaf-bare was already a daunting challenge, he didn't need to worry about vicious mutts on top of it. Hopefully the colder weather would scare them away at least for now while he and his Clan both regained their footing.

One cat leaving caught his attention, and his heart twisted in sympathy. Junipersong. It was still quite a fresh memory, the fateful day on the predator patrol. The strong she-cat had risked her life for his, driving back the coyote in his place as he fell. He had been grateful to her then, just as he was now. They hadn't talked one on one since he had been back, but Kestrelstar made a note to change that.

Piping up above the crowd was young Birdkit, and Kestrelstar was unable to hide a twitch of his whiskers in amusement. While he only participated nowadays in slander against other Clans in the privacy of his own den, it wasn't surprising to see that the nickname so often used for ThunderClan had gotten to Birdkit. "Yes, all of ThunderClan are cats, as are the other Clans." A small smile stretched across his face as he watched her briefly before moving on.

Kestrelstar stepped forward and lifted his tail for any chatter to die down. "With that out of the way, there are a few kits who are ready to begin their warrior training. Birdkit
[ poppy. ], Dawnkit [ Whirlpaw ], and Minnowkit [ Angelique ], please step forward."

[Singing Jay]

| Both open |

~ Silvernight

The silvery molly could feel her muscles thence up as her leader mentioned the soon-to-be apprentices. She had never had an apprentice of her own, since she mostly spent her time with other things, but maybe this could be her lucky day?

Three apprentice who needed mentors. Dawnkit, Minnowkit and Bridkit. Birdkit? Ah, that was the kit who had thought everyone meant squirrel literally. Funny little thing. If Silvernight would have to chose one to be her apprentice she would have to go with that little fuzzball. But of course she'd be happy with anyone.

She examined the three kits as her brain got to work. Lets see. All the shields have an apprentice each except Fierceroar who is still rather young. Duckslip and Ravenspalsh have two appretnices each so they cant get any more. Other than that no one other than maybe Kestrelstar and Splashleap (well and Snakeheart two but anyway) everyone else could still get an apprentice...

It wasn't worrying, if someone other than her deserved an apprentice they'd get one and there was nothing she could do about the mater. Just hope.



~ Goldenpaw

Her usually calm facial expression now sunk in to a deep frown. Coyotes... AND Thunderclanners This wasn't good. She didn't doubt for one second that the squirrels across the border would try their little coyote-trick again. Maybe Aspenstar had cooked up some plan and not told Dogbark, who just so happened be there at a bad time. No, that was dump. If someone in Thunderclan it'd either the dog himself or a ragtag group of warriors behind their leaders back.

Other might have blamed everything with the war on Kestrelstar be they forgot who had started it all. Thunderclan and Buckstar had been the ones at fault. Now Eveningstar and Thunderclan had paid for that but it still wasn't enough. Goldenpaw wasn't a murderer like them but if she got the chance she'd haply make sure they knew they were in the wrong, not Riverclan.

But that wan't something to bother with now. Something that did concern her was what Kestrelstar had said about only going outside in groups. She didn't want to be forced to be around some warriors. Especially since far too many were disloyal of out right dump. She had no intention of braking the rules but she sure didn't like them.

[~whirl~]

Dawnkit smiled in excitement. Stepping up, she watched Kestrelstar. She was so excited today! It was her apprentice ceremony, after all. And she couldn't wait, YAY! The little she-kit (Well, soon to be she-apprentice) beamed excitedly. Dawnkit didn't mention that she was, like, SO excited today, did she?

[Madelaine]

Minnowkit stepped forward.

[Akira]

Reedpaw let out a little sigh. At least something good was happening now. The dark gray tom watched closely, remembering his own ceremony and giving the soon to be apprentices a comforting smile, even if they didn't know or see him.

[poppy]

Birdkit looked up at her 'buddy' as he informed her of the actual species of the bordering Clan. She blinked. Well that made a LOT more sense then her theory about Kestrel being able to speak squirrel. It was like her whole life in the Clan was rewritten, as she hadn't been able to fathom eating anything but fish, horrified that RiverClan was preying on their neighboring groups. She had remembered Dawn feeding her squirrels when she was a outsider and once she heard that one of the Clans was made completely of squirrels... she was overcome with guilt, because she was so sure that eating enemy Clans was frowned upon in this new home of hers. And the toads and slugs of ShadowClan were actual cats too? And ThunderClan wasn't squirrels and WindClan weren't rabbits? How could anyone come up with those nicknames? Unless..... maybe ThunderClan cats had red fur and poofy tails and WindClan had giant ears and ShadowClan cats were absolutely hideous, if cats mistaked them for toads and slugs.

Or maybe it was just not nice nicknames, there was that to. She had heard one of her denmates call their sister a mouse-brain, which was probably just an insult since mice were pretty stupid, and while some cats did really dumb things, if they were mouse-brains all they would do was sleep and eat. Which wasn't too far off from what some of the cats did around here, but she couldn't really judge. She didn't do much either.

Preparing to sit back down, she didn't register her name being called by Kestrel. Instead she looked around for this other Birdkit, who she was very upset with because she had gotten her name stolen. Wait, wasn't she the only Birdkit around here? Yeah, she was. If she wasn't, she would have certainly met the other kit, right? Yeah, and then the could be best buddies. (well, second best buddies. she didn't want to make kestrel sad! he was number one best buddy!) She chortled a bit when she imagined what their interactions would be like. 'Hey Birdkit!' 'How are you Birdkit?' 'I'm doing just fabulous, Birdkit. How are you?' They would probably have to refrain from using each other's names to prevent any confusion. But when no future second best buddy came forward, she looked up at Kestrel with wide eyes. Pointing at her chest, she mouthed, 'Me?'. Of course it was her!

Scampering forward to try and stand by Dawnkit and Minnowkit (who one of them had the name of her not-mom, Dawn, which was COOL but also sad) she went too fast and when she was ready to stop, she accidentally tripped herself! Her left paw TRIPPED her front right paw and she faceplanted in front of the Streamstone. Immediately sitting up, her face all dusty, the ragdoll gave her left paw a perplexed look. Stupid thing. Then, she looked around. No one noticed. Probably.

But she couldn't help it, she burst into a fit of giggles. That was so silly of her! But then, she noticed (after a awkward moment of silence), that she probably shouldn't laugh, so she stuffed her left paw in her mouth, stifling her giggles until they stopped. It was the perfect punishment for that traitorous little trippy paw. Settling down beside Minnow and Dawn, she gave them both huge grins. WOW, this was so exciting!

Looking around again, she saw someone smiling at her! She forgot his name, but he looked nice, she she pulled her paw out of her mouth and waved enthusiastically at him. ''HI!'' She whispered loudly. ''I want you to know that you have a nice smile and.... that was random but I just thought that you should know that so you're welcome.'' She smiled cheesily at him, then turned back to Kestrel.
Kyrieknight (just a mention of reedbabysweetiepie :heartbounce:)

[spade]

Proud to see that all of the kits had stepped forward, Kestrelstar looked each of them in the eye. He hoped they were ready to become apprentices - Birdkit appeared to be the most enthusiastic, and the RiverClan leader's whiskers twitched in amusement at her stumble. She appeared to be fine though, so he continued with the meeting.

"From this day forward, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Birdpaw, Dawnpaw, and Minnowpaw. Train well, learn all you can, and you will make great additions to the Clan."

Casting his gaze out towards the Clan, he already had a few warriors in mind. "Birdpaw
[ Poppy ] your mentor will be Silvernight [ Singing Jay ]. Dawnpaw [ Whirlpaw ] you will train with Rosyfrost [ mystical ]. And Minnowpaw [ Angelique ], your mentor will be Dragonflyfrond [ Kade Clock ]."

With the new apprentices done and out of the way, Kestrelstar gave them a moment to find each other and touch noses. He knew this was an important step in their ceremony, and wanted to give them adequate time to do so. There were plenty of apprentices who's mentors were missing, and that would need to be fixed. Both of his apprentices had vanished - his heart ached for Tumblepaw - but that was something to focus on another time.

"Rainingpaw, Goldenpaw, Batpaw, Ivypaw, Nightpaw, Honeypaw, and Reedpaw," Kestrelstar began, realizing that for a brief moment there would be two Reedpaw's in the Clan. Hopefully not much longer, as he had plans for the older tome. He made sure to look at the younger Reedpaw, that he was indicating, nodding to her. "Your mentors have not been seen around camp, and therefor your training will need to continue with another."

"Rainingpaw [ shaded shadow ], your new mentor will be Nightleap [ Kunaiskrill ]."

"Goldenpaw [ Singing Jay ], your new mentor will be Streampelt [ ~Fierce~ ]. You have trained Morningpaw well, and as she is ready for her assessment, I trust you to complete Goldenpaw's training."

"Batpaw [ Playtime! ], you will continue your training with Ryebelly [ vcrdant ]."

"Ivypaw [ Whirlpaw ], your new mentor will be Ravenflight [ Pidge ]."

"Nightpaw [ Jae ], your mentor will now be Troutberry [ soggyfruuit ]."

"Honeypaw [ @/Jae ], your training will continue with Bearwind [ Cat Bee ]."

"And lastly, Whitepaw [ WinterMara ]," Kestrelstar added, choosing to do this reassignment since he had not seen her mentor around camp too often. Perhaps once or twice in the past few days, certainly not enough to mentor two apprentices. "I have not seen Duckslip for a few days. While the scent in his nest indicates that he is not missing, I want your training to continue with a warrior who I know will not leave us. Sunsetbloom [ Rani ] will continue your training."

There was one last apprentice that he had not assigned, and this one was a bit special. Looking towards Reedpaw [ Nixey ] - the younger one - he grinned. "Snakeheart has told me that he wishes to make an announcement, so I will give the floor to him," Kestrelstar called, casting his gaze towards his brother. This would be exciting to watch, indeed.
@/Rani

[Nixey]

~Reedpaw~
Seated at the back of the crowd, the molly had been listening to each name called. Excitement tingled in her paws as she watched the new apprentices be named, and the thought of congratulations happening from her later appeared in her thoughts. She’d have to pry them a little later on about how their mentors were, but for now Reedpaw sat and listened to what was happening, which was the reassignments. Kestrelstar had said her name, and for a moment when he had looked towards her and nodded, a slight tightening of her chest from fear happened. She wondered why he had acknowledged her that way, casting a glance around at the cats before the sudden realization of the fact that the older Reedpaw, which she had met when she was still a kit, head here at this meeting. A soft breath was sucked into her, and her chest rose slightly as the thought of greeting the tom came to her. Even though the two had only spoke once, he had been kind enough to put up with the little cream and brown brindled kit that couldn’t help but hop around, and that said something in her mind.

Focusing back on the current reassignments, Reedpaws thoughts were churning with worry. Who would she get? Would they put up with her, or enjoy her company, or simply hate the excitable she-cat? Swallowing down what felt like a lump forming in her throat, Reedpaw shuffled her paws anxiously as she listened and listed off each of the cats. Rainingpaw, Goldenpaw, Batpaw, Ivypaw, Nightpaw..Honey, wait, Honeypaw? her eyes lit up with the name called. She knew that cat, he had been friends with Eveningpaw, Graypaw, and Finpaw, right? The excitement of the group getting a friend back was suddenly coursing through her, but it didn’t take long for her to notice something was missing. Casting a confused glance towards Kestrelstar, Reedpaw wondered why she hadn’t been called for a new mentor. She had been acknowledged about the fact of getting one, and yet he hadn’t called her? That was odd. Then Kestrelstar looked towards her, and Reedpaw saw a grin form along his maw. He knew she was here, and this was the second acknowledgment, and yet he still didn’t call her forward? There was a obvious look of confusion, especially when the medicine cat was mentioned. What had she gotten herself into?

(If anyone would like to interact with this ball of nerves, please feel free to.)

[Akira]

Birdkit looked up at her 'buddy' as he informed her of the actual species of the bordering Clan. She blinked. Well that made a LOT more sense then her theory about Kestrel being able to speak squirrel. It was like her whole life in the Clan was rewritten, as she hadn't been able to fathom eating anything but fish, horrified that RiverClan was preying on their neighboring groups. She had remembered Dawn feeding her squirrels when she was a outsider and once she heard that one of the Clans was made completely of squirrels... she was overcome with guilt, because she was so sure that eating enemy Clans was frowned upon in this new home of hers. And the toads and slugs of ShadowClan were actual cats too? And ThunderClan wasn't squirrels and WindClan weren't rabbits? How could anyone come up with those nicknames? Unless..... maybe ThunderClan cats had red fur and poofy tails and WindClan had giant ears and ShadowClan cats were absolutely hideous, if cats mistaked them for toads and slugs.

Or maybe it was just not nice nicknames, there was that to. She had heard one of her denmates call their sister a mouse-brain, which was probably just an insult since mice were pretty stupid, and while some cats did really dumb things, if they were mouse-brains all they would do was sleep and eat. Which wasn't too far off from what some of the cats did around here, but she couldn't really judge. She didn't do much either.

Preparing to sit back down, she didn't register her name being called by Kestrel. Instead she looked around for this other Birdkit, who she was very upset with because she had gotten her name stolen. Wait, wasn't she the only Birdkit around here? Yeah, she was. If she wasn't, she would have certainly met the other kit, right? Yeah, and then the could be best buddies. (well, second best buddies. she didn't want to make kestrel sad! he was number one best buddy!) She chortled a bit when she imagined what their interactions would be like. 'Hey Birdkit!' 'How are you Birdkit?' 'I'm doing just fabulous, Birdkit. How are you?' They would probably have to refrain from using each other's names to prevent any confusion. But when no future second best buddy came forward, she looked up at Kestrel with wide eyes. Pointing at her chest, she mouthed, 'Me?'. Of course it was her!

Scampering forward to try and stand by Dawnkit and Minnowkit (who one of them had the name of her not-mom, Dawn, which was COOL but also sad) she went too fast and when she was ready to stop, she accidentally tripped herself! Her left paw TRIPPED her front right paw and she faceplanted in front of the Streamstone. Immediately sitting up, her face all dusty, the ragdoll gave her left paw a perplexed look. Stupid thing. Then, she looked around. No one noticed. Probably.

But she couldn't help it, she burst into a fit of giggles. That was so silly of her! But then, she noticed (after a awkward moment of silence), that she probably shouldn't laugh, so she stuffed her left paw in her mouth, stifling her giggles until they stopped. It was the perfect punishment for that traitorous little trippy paw. Settling down beside Minnow and Dawn, she gave them both huge grins. WOW, this was so exciting!

Looking around again, she saw someone smiling at her! She forgot his name, but he looked nice, she she pulled her paw out of her mouth and waved enthusiastically at him. ''HI!'' She whispered loudly. ''I want you to know that you have a nice smile and.... that was random but I just thought that you should know that so you're welcome.'' She smiled cheesily at him, then turned back to Kestrel.
Kyrieknight (just a mention of reedbabysweetiepie :heartbounce:)
~Reedpaw~
Seated at the back of the crowd, the molly had been listening to each name called. Excitement tingled in her paws as she watched the new apprentices be named, and the thought of congratulations happening from her later appeared in her thoughts. She’d have to pry them a little later on about how their mentors were, but for now Reedpaw sat and listened to what was happening, which was the reassignments. Kestrelstar had said her name, and for a moment when he had looked towards her and nodded, a slight tightening of her chest from fear happened. She wondered why he had acknowledged her that way, casting a glance around at the cats before the sudden realization of the fact that the older Reedpaw, which she had met when she was still a kit, head here at this meeting. A soft breath was sucked into her, and her chest rose slightly as the thought of greeting the tom came to her. Even though the two had only spoke once, he had been kind enough to put up with the little cream and brown brindled kit that couldn’t help but hop around, and that said something in her mind.

Focusing back on the current reassignments, Reedpaws thoughts were churning with worry. Who would she get? Would they put up with her, or enjoy her company, or simply hate the excitable she-cat? Swallowing down what felt like a lump forming in her throat, Reedpaw shuffled her paws anxiously as she listened and listed off each of the cats. Rainingpaw, Goldenpaw, Batpaw, Ivypaw, Nightpaw..Honey, wait, Honeypaw? her eyes lit up with the name called. She knew that cat, he had been friends with Eveningpaw, Graypaw, and Finpaw, right? The excitement of the group getting a friend back was suddenly coursing through her, but it didn’t take long for her to notice something was missing. Casting a confused glance towards Kestrelstar, Reedpaw wondered why she hadn’t been called for a new mentor. She had been acknowledged about the fact of getting one, and yet he hadn’t called her? That was odd. Then Kestrelstar looked towards her, and Reedpaw saw a grin form along his maw. He knew she was here, and this was the second acknowledgment, and yet he still didn’t call her forward? There was a obvious look of confusion, especially when the medicine cat was mentioned. What had she gotten herself into?

(If anyone would like to interact with this ball of nerves, please feel free to.)
Reedpaw did a double take. Ah, there was another Reedpaw here, right? Wait... he remembered her! She had been a kit when he last spoke to her! He was about to go over and comfort her when he heard Birdkit, surprising him with energy that matched his own when he was a kit. Blinking quickly, Reedpaw took a moment to register what she said before grinning once more. "Thanks! Though I like your smile more! And good luck with training!" Unexpected, but she was nice! He liked her already!

With that done, he slowly wandered to the other Reedpaw, shifting slightly. "Hey, uh... remember me? Uh, it's okay if you don't! Some time passed and... well, anyway, I'm sure you'll be fine. Relax: I doubt anything bad will happen here. You'll do great in whatever they have planned for you!"

(Feel free to ignore this if you want!)

[~Sayonara~]

[ soggyfruuit ]

Nightpaw smiles and looks around for his knew mentor. His heart aches slightly with the despair of losing his first mentor but regardless, he kept upbeat and sniffed around for Troutberry.

_____________________

[ Cat Bee ]

Honeypaw got to his paws and hopped around. He would remember his former mentor but for now, he looked for Bearwind, his tail held high.

[Singing Jay]

~ Silvernight | poppy. (Birdpaw) |

She let out a breath she didn't realize she had been holding as a slight laughter of relief. Starclan, fate or Kestrelstar, whoever had made sure she got an apprentice she was grateful to, and it as the only she had liked the most even. She would have to train them, and show them the territory, and bring them to gatherings and all that, were there more a mentor should do? Maybe walk with them at gatherings? It had been so long since she had been mentored herself she couldn't quite recall what she had been taught herself, she did remember the lessons, but not specifics of it. But she didn't have to be like her mentor had been now had she, she could be better.

Letting her deep blue eyes find Birdpaw she rose up and padded over, but couldn't keep her tail from flickering happily. Her new apprentice was talking with Reedpaw who had returned, and the other Reedpaw. Wait? Didn't- she quickly glanced back at Kestrelstar. He had looked at the second Reedpaw and saying Snakeheart had something to say. And hadn't the medicine-cat announced he was looking for an apprentice, Reedpaw hadn't been reassigned to anyone.... Looks like our old grump might be getting himself a little helper outside of his actual helpers.

Anyway, it didn't mater at the moment. Birdpaw did. Silvernight dipped her head to the two Reedpaws before turning to her actual apprentice. "So, Birdpaw. Looks like we're stuck with each other for a while now" Her wording might have made it sound sarcastic or mean but her warm smile and glittering blue eye told a different story. She was the happiest she could be, of course she was. She had always wanted a little thing to care for, but her eagerness to and devotion to her work kept her from having kits herself, since they would keep her stuck in her nursery for almost six moons. Now she was stuck with one cat for at least that time but she could still preform her duties without any issue, in fact she'd have a tiny one by her side and not be alone, not that you were let out without someone now after the coyotes but still, it was nice with company, especially when it was so cute.

"As soon as the meeting is done and we've heard or dear medicine-cat speak we'll head out with someone and I'll show you the territory around here" It wasn't really safe to go alone, maybe Dawnpaw or Minnowpaw and their mentors could come with, just encase. Or one of the Reedpaw's since Birdpaw seemed to like them.


~ Goldenpaw | ~Fierce~ (Streampelt) |

She had lost hope in her mentors at this point. Two had gone before she even had time to talk with them and the latest one, Bumblestep had been around for maybe a moon at least and actually been at the meeting where she had been reassigned, but even he had gone missing. Her newest cat to deal with had at least finished another apprentice so maybe he'd bother staying until she could finish her apprenticeship.

With a slight sigh she stood up and padded over to the cat she recognized as Morningpaw's mentor and dipped her head. "Greetings." she mewed shortly be beginning with the same short speech as last time. "I have all the required training, land hunting, fighting, swimming and fishing. I'll should become an apprentice soon but I think I'm still too young in Kestrelstar's eyes. Not to be rude but you won't be needed much other than maybe some practice, and maybe as company since I'm not allowed outside alone." Better not to spend too much time with her new mentor encase she got too attached, everyone would leave eventually, it was just a mater of time she was convinced.

[Rapid]

Bearwind walked over towards Honeypaw, "Hello," he said sitting down right beside the apprentace.

Jae

[~whirl~]

Dawnpaw was like, SO excited right now, yay! She was now a ApprenticeYAY! She was just so, so, so excited! Yay, yay, yay! Well, she better go look for her mentor!

Ivypaw blinked. Oh, a new mentor. Okay then. Nothing new about that except, well yes, it was actually new- okay Ivypaw was confusing herself now. Anyway, she started looking for her new mentor.

[error]

She was late. She was late. She was late. She was late. Running into the crowd of cats and coming to a screeching halt, she saw her friend, Birdkit, talking with an older cat. Well, it seems like her friend was Birdpaw now, and she missed it. She let out a lowly sigh. Sitting down, she awaited Snakeheart’s announcement, her mind racing with ideas of what he could say.

[~Sayonara~]

Bearwind walked over towards Honeypaw, "Hello," he said sitting down right beside the apprentace.

Jae

Honeypaw's eyes glimmered and he bowed his head.

"Hello!" he replied excitedly. He sits down, trying to keep his excitement still.

[Rapid]

Honeypaw's eyes glimmered and he bowed his head.

"Hello!" he replied excitedly. He sits down, trying to keep his excitement still.

Chuckling at the excited apprentice, Bearwind stood up and shook his head. "I will take care of my apprentice and make him a great warrior," he said touching noses with Honeypaw.

[soggyfruuit]

[ soggyfruuit ]

Nightpaw smiles and looks around for his knew mentor. His heart aches slightly with the despair of losing his first mentor but regardless, he kept upbeat and sniffed around for Troutberry.

_____________________

[ Cat Bee ]

Honeypaw got to his paws and hopped around. He would remember his former mentor but for now, he looked for Bearwind, his tail held high.




Troutberry could feel his paws trembling on the ground as his name was called. A MENTOR!? ME. A MENTOR??? His ears pricked for any other information, but that was all. No instructions? Nothing to send him off into mentorhood? Nightpaw. Right. Find Nightpaw. Or is it Nightpaw? Maybe their name is something else…
His spine prickled nervously as Troutberry searched the clearing for this nameless cat, who was probably searching for him as well.

There!
The apprentice fell into his line of sight, and Troutberry dashed over immediately. This is the right cat, I’m pretty sure… heh.

“Hey there-…. kiddo!”

[~Sayonara~]

Chuckling at the excited apprentice, Bearwind stood up and shook his head. "I will take care of my apprentice and make him a great warrior," he said touching noses with Honeypaw.


Troutberry could feel his paws trembling on the ground as his name was called. A MENTOR!? ME. A MENTOR??? His ears pricked for any other information, but that was all. No instructions? Nothing to send him off into mentorhood? Nightpaw. Right. Find Nightpaw. Or is it Nightpaw? Maybe their name is something else…
His spine prickled nervously as Troutberry searched the clearing for this nameless cat, who was probably searching for him as well.

There!
The apprentice fell into his line of sight, and Troutberry dashed over immediately. This is the right cat, I’m pretty sure… heh.

“Hey there-…. kiddo!”



Honeypaw nearly crashed his nose into Bearwind's, being too excited. It was just like when he first because an apprentice! Tail held high, he looks at his new mentor.

"I'll do my best!" he said happily.

_____________________

Nightpaw turned to the voice and trots over, tilting his head and looking the nervous warrior up and down. He sat and purred happily.

"Are you Troutberry?" he asked curiously. "My new mentor? Oh! I'm Nightpaw by the way!"

[soggyfruuit]

Honeypaw nearly crashed his nose into Bearwind's, being too excited. It was just like when he first because an apprentice! Tail held high, he looks at his new mentor.

"I'll do my best!" he said happily.

_____________________

Nightpaw turned to the voice and trots over, tilting his head and looking the nervous warrior up and down. He sat and purred happily.

"Are you Troutberry?" he asked curiously. "My new mentor? Oh! I'm Nightpaw by the way!"



Nightpaw’s gaze went up and down on Troutberry, and he shook his pelt out. Jeez, no need to scrutinize me! The sun was like a melting glob behind him, and the large tom flicked his tail a couple times. I’m a little surprised that Nightpaw doesn’t mind a raggedy old guy like me. Only half of me has fur on, after all.
Troutberry rested a paw on his new apprentices head, and grinned widely.
“Yes, I’m Troutberry! The coolest mentor ever! Whaddya wanna do firstttt?” The smile warped into a yawn. Mentoring is exhausting! I hope this guy doesn’t have a lot of energy, cause I need a nap…

[~Sayonara~]

Nightpaw’s gaze went up and down on Troutberry, and he shook his pelt out. Jeez, no need to scrutinize me! The sun was like a melting glob behind him, and the large tom flicked his tail a couple times. I’m a little surprised that Nightpaw doesn’t mind a raggedy old guy like me. Only half of me has fur on, after all.
Troutberry rested a paw on his new apprentices head, and grinned widely.
“Yes, I’m Troutberry! The coolest mentor ever! Whaddya wanna do firstttt?” The smile warped into a yawn. Mentoring is exhausting! I hope this guy doesn’t have a lot of energy, cause I need a nap…




Nightpaw's ear flicked, moving from under his mentor's paw and playfully batting at it before looking up at him again.

"You're my mentor... Shouldn't you know?" he asked, purring in amusement. "I think you should show me around the territory first?"

[~Fierce~]

~Streampelt~
Streampelt was listening only a little to the words that Kestrelstar was saying now that he was to the ceremonies and reassignments. It surprised him when he heard his name being called. Wait, what was it for? He listened to the rest of his words. Oh, he was getting an apprentice who's mentor went missing. Streampelt's smiled as he was praised for his mentorship and his heart glowed with pride at the mention of Morningpaw becoming a warrior soon. He payed full attention as Kestrelstar announced that Snakeheart had an announcement to make but he turned his head to a voice close to him. Oh, his new apprentice, Goldenpaw. He gave her a smile. "Well, it seems that you always have this speech prepared. I would too if I kept going through mentors. Maybe we'll see each other around if we don't have to train." He meowed.
:heartbounce: Singing Jay :heartbounce:

[shaded shadow]

rainingpaw looked around to see who her mentor was she had heard the name nightleap before.

[vcrdant]

Playtime!

At the sound of Ryebelly's name being called out, his eyes widened in surprise, but he couldn't hold back the smile that came across his face. Immediately, he knew that a good first impression was vital since he hadn't really talked to Batpaw that much. After all, this was Ryebelly's first time being a mentor, so it was natural for him to be nervous, but he still tried to push his nerves down. With a warm look in his eyes, he rose to his paws and padded to Batpaw. "Hey, I'm Ryebelly, your new mentor." He softly touched noses with his new apprentice. "It's nice to meet you."

[Kunaisoul]

Nightleap -->

"Hello, rainingpaw." nightleap walked up and touched noses with Rainingpaw.

shaded shadow

[Pidge]

~snip~

Ivypaw blinked. Oh, a new mentor. Okay then. Nothing new about that except, well yes, it was actually new- okay Ivypaw was confusing herself now. Anyway, she started looking for her new mentor.

= Ravenflight =

Ravenflight strode over to her apprentice, smiling warmly.

"Why hello. Pleasure to meet you. Would you care to touch noses or do you not care for physcal contact?"

She flicked her tail, chuckling.

[shaded shadow]

"Hello, rainingpaw." nightleap walked up and touched noses with Rainingpaw.


rainingpaw stared at nightleap all her mentors had never thought her anything she didnt even know how to hunt yet and her sister was already a warrior hopfully this mentor would actully train her hello she said.
Kunaiskrill

[windtail]

silverstripe smiled as she watched this kits become apprentices and get their mentors and watched aprentices get new mentors and watched as her sister got a new mentor.

[~whirl~]

= Ravenflight =

Ravenflight strode over to her apprentice, smiling warmly.

"Why hello. Pleasure to meet you. Would you care to touch noses or do you not care for physcal contact?"

She flicked her tail, chuckling.

"Oh, hello!" Ivypaw said, smiling. She reached up to touch Ravenflight's nose, smiling.

[Pidge]

"Oh, hello!" Ivypaw said, smiling. She reached up to touch Ravenflight's nose, smiling.

"You're a rather sociable butterfly. I'm sure you're already aware of my name," Ravenflight shrugged. "But I know we've never been formally introduced."

[Mistletoe]

Angelique

~Dragonflyfrond~

The silver tom was sitting in the crowd. We sure do have a lot of apprentices. Our clan will be strong once they become warriors. He thought pride swelling in his chest for the young cats. Maybe next time maybe he would get an apprentice. It might be fun to train a young cat. Although he supposed he should be older and wiser before he even thought about what he was now. Yes, he would probably need much more experience.

Then his name was called. He almost jumped out of his pelt. Him? A mentor? Well-he-what? Needless to say this had not been on his radar at all. He saw that the other mentors were stepping up to their charges so he shakily got to his feet. What was he supposed to do! Shock pulsed through his mind and all helpful thoughts left his head.

Touch noses! Yes! Get yourself together! This is a special day for Minnowpaw! He scolded himself. He hoped his new apprentice wouldn’t be too disappointed with him. He stepped forward, late, and tried to give them a smile. He was sure they must be much more nervous than him.
“Hi Im Dragonflyfrond. You’re mentor.” They already know that mousebrain! He leaned down to tap noses with them. That, at least, he could do.

[Rani]

Snakeheart was still not exactly happy with the fact that the thunderclan deputy had been in the camp but it wasnt like he had much of a choice in the matter. Sure he treated the tom and sent him home with herbs but that was due to Icicleripples death and the complex feelings that came from that. Having the deputy know the location of their camp and use up their valuable herbs still rubbed his fur the wrong way. What birdbrain said goes however and at least Dogbark was gone and he can move on to something more important.


And that came with Kestrelstar calling him onto the stone with was received with a nod and a practiced bound onto the streamstone.


"Now as you all know last time I was up here I announced I was looking for an apprentice so Im sure you can all guess why Im here again. Ive received a sign from starclan about who should be my apprentice." No he hadnt. Snakeheart though reluctantly and only kind of belived in such an afterlife and so couldnt get any prophesies, but Sparrowskip could. The ex medicine cat was everything Snakeheart wasnt in this area and even if he'd tried to deny it that whole 'reeds speaking' thing had to be a sign from starclan, there was no other explanation. Right? "Reedpaw Nixey the duties of the medicine cat is no easy one and will change the very course of your life but should you choose to accept this role I would like to take you as my apprentice. Ive watched you for a time and you are kind and level headed, an asset that I myself sometimes lack, however I wouldnt wish to take you from your current path if you do not wish it. Reedpaw do you wish to embark on the path of the medicine cat apprentice?"


Snakeheart felt a touch bad for not consulting and talking to her prior to the meeting but with winter setting in it was critical that the tom obtain an apprentice as soon as possible so delaying wasnt really an option. The medicine cat needed an apprentice, it'd be fine to put Reedpaw on the spot like this right? Yeah sure it wasnt like he was doing what Lionstorm did, the apprentice (unlike Snakeheart long ago) could refuse and should if she didnt want this..... But would she refuse at all?




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[poppy]

"OH MY GOSH YAY REED GO REED WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" Birdpaw screamed, joyfully bouncing up and down.

WOW. She was an apprentice and this was so amazing and she loved this and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Bounding over, she flung herself at Silvernight, attempting to give the warrior a huge, gigantic hug and grinned joyfully. "I'm GLAD I get to be stuck with you, you silly nilly! You're so beautiful and I like your eyes. Your eyes SPARKLE, did you know that? Oh my goodness gracious this is so amazing and.... and....THANK YOU KESSSSSSSSSTREL!" She leaned over to look at her mentor, grinning wildly. She was so happy!

~ Nixey Singing Jay

[Nixey]

~Reedpaw~
While caught up in her anxious pondering, Reedpaw hadn’t even noticed the older cat approaching her. She simply stared up towards Kestrelstar as she attempted to form a reason why she hadn’t been called, so when the older Reedpaw spoke up it had spooked the younger one. Casting a glance in his direction, Reedpaw took a moment to examine him before a wide grin broke out across her maw and excitement seemed to send shots through her body. “Reedpaw! It’s good to see you,” with a soft purr rumbling in her throat, the molly took a moment before tilting her head. “Where have you been? You look alright, is Kestrelstar letting you back in Riverclan?” so many questions and yet so little answers. That kit-like curiosity was shimmering softly in her blue eyes, which were quite obvious as she gave a few quick blinks before letting out a gentle breath. “Yeah..yeah! I suppose you’re right,” her grin faded to a little smile as Reedpaw thought over what she had been told. Perhaps the older cat was right, we’re they planning something for her? If so, would she do alright in that position?

As Reedpaw had cast a worried and yet curious glance up towards the medicine cat once Snakeheart was on the Streamstone, she had given a pause before turning back towards the tom now by her. She had been parting her maw to shoot another question at him, where he had been all this time, but Snakehearts words caught her attention. She wasn’t there for that meeting, but Reedpaw remembered murmurs around camp about the medicine cat searching for a apprentice, and while it had been interesting, Reedpaw had found that getting to sleep on time took priority over late night ponderings about who would be named the apprentice. Surely Snakeheart would have to choose carefully, but Reedpaw hadn’t the slightest clue on how it all worked, so instead of paying much attention to the medicine cat Reedpaw had blinked towards the older tom. “So..where have you been this whole time?” genuine curiosity ringed out in her tone as Reedpaw stared towards the older one with a wide-eyed curiosity. Then she heard it. Her name was being called, and Reedpaw wondered for a moment why the medicine cat was the one doing her reassignment. Then it hit her.

Starring wide-eyed up towards the medicine cat, Reedpaw was attempting to process what had just been said. Me? He chose me? shock was suddenly clouding her thoughts as Snakeheart finished. How was she meant to respond? One side was screaming at her to take the chance, that this could be a good chance for herself, but the other was arguing the idea of her current life. Would becoming a medicine cat help quell the problems in her current life? When she had been silent for a few moments, it felt as though, even if they weren’t, all eyes were on her. Awaiting her answer. Oh..well, I-“ pausing, the molly seemed to only be debating this more. It was a simple yes or no, and yet she couldn’t help but ponder what her life would look like if she accepted. Swallowing and clearing her throat, Reedpaw only took one more second to finalize her decision before siding with one side over the other. “I do wish to begin this new path of my life, Snakeheart,” Reedpaw was attempting to form this sentence cautiously, attempting to keep a more mature tone. It was of course filled with anxiety, but she couldn’t help that fact.

Kyrieknight | Rani

[Akira]

~Reedpaw~
While caught up in her anxious pondering, Reedpaw hadn’t even noticed the older cat approaching her. She simply stared up towards Kestrelstar as she attempted to form a reason why she hadn’t been called, so when the older Reedpaw spoke up it had spooked the younger one. Casting a glance in his direction, Reedpaw took a moment to examine him before a wide grin broke out across her maw and excitement seemed to send shots through her body. “Reedpaw! It’s good to see you,” with a soft purr rumbling in her throat, the molly took a moment before tilting her head. “Where have you been? You look alright, is Kestrelstar letting you back in Riverclan?” so many questions and yet so little answers. That kit-like curiosity was shimmering softly in her blue eyes, which were quite obvious as she gave a few quick blinks before letting out a gentle breath. “Yeah..yeah! I suppose you’re right,” her grin faded to a little smile as Reedpaw thought over what she had been told. Perhaps the older cat was right, we’re they planning something for her? If so, would she do alright in that position?

As Reedpaw had cast a worried and yet curious glance up towards the medicine once Snakeheart was on the Streamstone, she had given a pause before turning back towards the tom now by her. She had been parting her maw to shoot another question at him, where he had been all this time, but Snakehearts words caught her attention. She wasn’t there for that meeting, but Reedpaw remembered murmurs around camp about the medicine cat searching for a apprentice, and while it had been interesting, Reedpaw had found that getting to sleep on time took priority over late night ponderings about who would be named the apprentice. Surely Snakeheart would have to choose carefully, but Reedpaw hadn’t the slightest clue on how it all worked, so instead of paying much attention to the medicine cat Reedpaw had blinked towards the older tom. “So..where have you been this whole time?” genuine curiosity ringed out in her tone as Reedpaw stared towards the older one with a wide-eyed curiosity. Then she heard it. Her name was being called, and Reedpaw wondered for a moment why the medicine cat was the one doing her reassignment. Then it hit her.

Starring wide-eyed up towards the medicine cat, Reedpaw was attempting to process what had just been said. Me? He chose me? shock was suddenly clouding her thoughts as Snakeheart finished. How was she meant to respond? One side was screaming at her to take the chance, that this could be a good chance for herself, but the other was arguing the idea of her current life. Would becoming a medicine cat help quell the problems in her current life? When she had been silent for a few moments, it felt as though, even if they weren’t, all eyes were on her. Awaiting her answer. Oh..well, I-“ pausing, the molly seemed to only be debating this more. It was a simple yes or no, and yet she couldn’t help but ponder what her life would look like if she accepted. Swallowing and clearing her throat, Reedpaw only took one more second to finalize her decision before siding with one side over the other. “I do wish to begin this new path of my life, Snakeheart,” Reedpaw was attempting to form this sentence cautiously, attempting to keep a more mature tone. It was of course filled with anxiety, but she couldn’t help that fact.

Kyrieknight | Rani
Ah, had she not heard of his exile? Really? Reedpaw would have thought that Kestrelstar would have announced it after the raid. What was he supposed to say? "Oh hey, I attacked Kestrelstar in the raid was exiled, and came back?" That was crazy! And he didn't want her to feel bad or uncomfortable, but he didn't want to lie to her, either. And the kit-like curiosity that the younger Reedpaw displayed wasn't helping.

The dark gray tabby took a deep breath. "Oh, uh, I was... just taking some time away from camp. All the chaos and tension was getting to me, I suppose?" Not a complete lie, but not a complete truth, either. "I stayed in an abandoned den and decorated it-I can take you one day to look if you want. But enough of me: how have you been? Tell me all about your apprenticeship! Er, at least, if you want to!"

Then, Snakeheart's announcement came up, and Reedpaw's eyes widened. The younger one was being chosen as his apprentice? Impressive! He didn't think anyone who wasn't Kestrelstar could impressed the scale-souled medicine cat. But younger Reedpaw did! That was great! But only if she wanted to... and based on her answer, it seemed like she did.

Reedpaw turned to the younger she-cat with a big grin, eyes gleaming. "That's great!" He cheered, headbutting Younger Reedpaw's shoulder (that was his new Nickname for her! Creative, right?) "I know you'll do fine as the medicine cat... so long as you can get through to the sleeping snake and not annoy him too much. But anyway, congratulations!"

[Madelaine]

-->Minnowpaw<--

The molly heard her new name and her mentor. While everyone else went to their apprentice. She sat there waiting for hers. She didn't know very many cats within her clan. She knew her adopted mother and one of the elders, but that was it.

Waiting for her mentor she just stayed put. She didn't want them to catch her clumsiness. She always fell flat on her face. Minnowpaw was now distracted in what she was doing, which was just thinking about how embarrassing it was when she tripped. Though she always pretended it never happened. That's how she liked it. She didn't like attention.

It took a while of thinking when her mentor finally came over to her. She was a bit nervous and just realized she was. She always was when she was around new cats. It was more nervousness than it was fear. "Cool!", she meowed, her voice squeaking. She pressed her tail closer to her in embarrassment.

// Mistletoe; \\

[Mistletoe]

-->Minnowpaw<--

The molly heard her new name and her mentor. While everyone else went to their apprentice. She sat there waiting for hers. She didn't know very many cats within her clan. She knew her adopted mother and one of the elders, but that was it.

Waiting for her mentor she just stayed put. She didn't want them to catch her clumsiness. She always fell flat on her face. Minnowpaw was now distracted in what she was doing, which was just thinking about how embarrassing it was when she tripped. Though she always pretended it never happened. That's how she liked it. She didn't like attention.

It took a while of thinking when her mentor finally came over to her. She was a bit nervous and just realized she was. She always was when she was around new cats. It was more nervousness than it was fear. "Cool!", she meowed, her voice squeaking. She pressed her tail closer to her in embarrassment.

// Mistletoe; \\

~Dragonflyfrond~

Minnowpaw seemed just as nervous as he was! This revelation made him relax. So she wasn’t anger with him for being late! He gave her a gentle smile. He wanted her to feel at home with him. They were going to be spending many moons together, after all.I won’t fail her like my mentor failed me!

He sat down beside her, and looked up at Snakeheart. A new medicine cat apprentice? He looked over at Reedpaw. He didn’t know the apprentice, but if Snakeheart had faith in her, he was sure she would do just fine.

[WinterMara]

| Whitepaw of Riverclan |

Mentor, number, five. She was done, she lost all and any care for thinking about her mentors at this point, then again, at least Duckslip was still around so they weren't the. . .second biggest failure, battle for biggest failure was kind of impossible to win anymore considering Rumblingstorms, er, 'mistakes' as a mentor. Whitepaw didn't even bother looking around for Sunsetwhatsit, the name didn't matter to her either, she'd assume this cat would come when needed, and hopefully, that would be soon and her training would be done before leafbare ended. . .actually, before the middle of leafbare, that sounded much better.

| Rani [Lol I am so sorry for Whitepaw not even caring for Sunsetbloom's lovely name, she is just. . .done with caring ;w;]

[Rani]

(snake post coming soon) WinterMara



Sunsetbloom? That was her name! She was finally getting an apprentice! The molly was ecstatic, elated, excited, all the e words! Since her little bird friend Tidepaw had left to go back to her moor home the molly had been bereft of company of the younger sort and she'd been missing it like a limb. Yes she loved her beloved more then any else but the young spirit and the shine of youth was something everyone was destined to loose on their path to warrior hood so the beautiful thing that was a younger soul was an area Palehound couldnt exactly have. Simply put Sunsetbloom adored children and found it an honor without compare to be granted the gift of molding an apprentice into their ideal warrior.


And it was Whitepaw too! Sunsetbloom remembered her! The pretty little molly had almost won her little prey stocking event and it'd been a joy to watch her experiment on what netted her the best results. Poor thing hadnt had much luck in the mentor department but the maine coon molly was determined to change that! Near prancing over with a beaming grin the molly let out a mrrrp in greeting ducking her head just in case the younger cat wished to tap noses but accepting with grace if she didnt.

"Hello Whitepaw! Im Sunsetbloom~ Its an honor to be named your mentor and I promise to do my absolute best to guide you to warriorhood and give you the best training possible! Im so happy to be meeting you~"

[Kunaisoul]

rainingpaw stared at nightleap all her mentors had never thought her anything she didnt even know how to hunt yet and her sister was already a warrior hopfully this mentor would actully train her hello she said.
Kunaiskrill
Nightleap -->

"when do you want to train first?"

[shaded shadow]

Nightleap -->

"when do you want to train first?"

as soon as possible she said the sooner the better she thought to herself.
Kunaiskrill

[marshy]

// Nixey Rani

Sparrowskip
____________

Sparrowskip was late to the meeting yes but he came during the most important part. Snakeheart misinterpreting everything he had said. And while that wasn't new in their relationship at all Sparrowskip was so close to dragging Snakeheart out of camp and throwing him into the cattail pond. There was no way in HELL that Snakeheart would do good with an apprentice in his current state. Dude didn't even a good role model in Sparrowskip for that so Sparrowskip was baffled by the fact that Snakeheart thought it appropriate to get one. Sparrowskip bit his lip and almost burst out yelling at Snakeheart for how dumb of a decision Sparrowskip thought it was but, it wasn't like he was in control of that really. It wasn't his place to do so anyway.. Is what he would of thought if he didn't care about Snakeheart in the slightest. No the only reason he was holding back now was because of the crowd of cats around. He instead (for now) sorta just avoided looking at his former apprentice as he didn't want to glare at him. Sparrowskip was having flashbacks to when he glared at Lionstorm that one time and he wasn't looking to be yelled at himself. He simply just walked over to Reedpaw and said. "Hey, I'm Sparrowskip. I want you to come find me after the meeting okay? I have something I would like to discuss with you." Before returning to his spot. He was surely going to have an argument with Snakeheart later about this as well.

[Rani]

Snakeheart should get a prize for how oblivious he was being right now.


Completely missing Sparrowskips death glare so focused on his new apprentice was he the older toms anger flew right over his head and the medicne cats eyes briefly crinkled seeing his ex mentor and new apprentice 'getting along so well already'. Having a helper for the winter would be a huge help really and Snakeheart was going to take advantage of having an extra pair of paws as fast as possible after the meeting ended. Him and Reedpaw could get to know eachother then too! Two birds one stone~ Yes this was working out perfectly and since starclan defiantly approved this choice Reedpaw should be able to take over the spiritual side of the job that Snakeheart had been faking for so long.


In the toms excitement he barley even noted the apprentices hesitation or how pressured she may feel being confronted with this in front of the entire clan as the older tom figured he'd be fine saying no in this situation so Reedpaw must too.


"Then by the power invested in me I name you medicine cat apprentice. Congratulations Reedpaw for undertaking this duty for your clan. We'll begin after the meeting."


With a final nod back at Kestrelstar to wrap up how he liked the tom jumped down from the stone padding up to Reedpaw to touch noses and wait to see if his brother had anything else to say.


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[carmen]

Bristletail laughed, high and giddy. This was a good day, a perfect event. She didn't anything would go wrong, not unless some jealous apprentice decided to attack them. "Reedpaw! Reedpaw!" She started the chant with a smile, proud of this cat who she couldn't really recall much about. But still, he had done well, and becoming a medicine cat apprentice was exciting. Even Snakeheart seemed happy, or as happy as he could be. She didn't pay enough attention to tell if that was a common thing or not. All she hoped was that the new apprentice liked it as much she hoped he did. If so, today would really be a perfect day. And there hadn't been one of those in a while.

[Nixey]

~Reedpaw~
Nodding slowly, Reedpaw understood what he meant. She had only been a kit when all the chaos was going down, and had no intentions at the time to leave the clan and attempt to fend for herself with no training whatsoever. She remembered not seeing him around camp when the other returned from the fight at Thunderclan, and how odd it was. At first she worried he had been killed in the battle, but when Reedpaw hadn’t seen his body amongst the others, that fear had been quickly quelled. The next thing he had said caught her attention and a interested gleam appeared in the smaller Reedpaws gaze. The way he mentioned decorating it had been the thing to really catch her attention. ”Woah, decorating your own den? That sounds awesome! You will have to show me sometime!!” rumbling out with a purr, Reedpaw tilted her head to the side when a questioned was proposed towards her. How had her apprenticeship gone so far? “I’ve been doing alright! I’ve made some new friends, and I’m trying to learn without causing a scene,” remembering the time she had come out the apprentice den yelling for Hawthornmist to come train her, a soft smile spread before she looked back towards him.

After the initial shock had died down, and the ball of anxiety in her chest had begun to unravel, Reedpaw caught the wide grin the older Reedpaw was sporting. A soft smile spread across her muzzle at his words and the headbutt to her shoulder. Even though she had been put on the spot, Reedpaw seemed almost if not fully relaxed by now as she let out a little giggle. “Don’t worry, I’m smart enough to know not to poke the snake,” before pausing and softening her expression. “Thank you, I’m glad you were here to see it,” which was true. Reedpaw, while not have knowing the older one for very long, was grateful he was here to see such a big thing happen in her life. However, much of her comfort and relaxation was quick to drain when Sparrowskip had approached her. This was one of the previous medicine cats, right? Snakehearts mentor? She had parted her muzzle slightly to greet him, because it would be genuinely good to meet Sparrowskip, but was caught off by him starting to speak. Clamping her jaw shut, Reedpaw had only given a little nod in response to Sparrowskips words. A little whisper of “Of course,” coming from Reedpaw before she watched him walk off to sit back in his spot.

Then her attention was drawn back towards Snakeheart. Yet again, the mention of Reedpaw becoming Snakehearts apprentice sent a worried chill up her spine. As she had told the older Reedpaw, she knew not to poke the snake which was now meant to be training her, but what if the poking wasn’t intentional? She knew she had traits other found annoying, and knowing what the medicine cat was like..she didn’t need to think about that now. The more she worried, the more Reedpaw doubted her decision. So instead, the molly raised her chin up and sat a bit straighter, nodding towards Snakeheart in response to his words. She needed to act confident, right? Confidence was important. That was what she was having run through her head now over and over again anyway. When Snakeheart had come towards her to touch noises, there was a obvious falter in her confidence. For a moment, her gaze showed hesitation as she watched him, but as she reminded herself that confidence had to be key in these situations, Reedpaw forced down the feeling of anxiety in her chest and smiled excitedly towards Snakeheart. She was excited, the prospect of a new life ahead of her was exciting, but it was also anxiety inducing.

:Grimm: | Rani | Kyrieknight

[Akira]

~Reedpaw~
Nodding slowly, Reedpaw understood what he meant. She had only been a kit when all the chaos was going down, and had no intentions at the time to leave the clan and attempt to fend for herself with no training whatsoever. She remembered not seeing him around camp when the other returned from the fight at Thunderclan, and how odd it was. At first she worried he had been killed in the battle, but when Reedpaw hadn’t seen his body amongst the others, that fear had been quickly quelled. The next thing he had said caught her attention and a interested gleam appeared in the smaller Reedpaws gaze. The way he mentioned decorating it had been the thing to really catch her attention. ”Woah, decorating your own den? That sounds awesome! You will have to show me sometime!!” rumbling out with a purr, Reedpaw tilted her head to the side when a questioned was proposed towards her. How had her apprenticeship gone so far? “I’ve been doing alright! I’ve made some new friends, and I’m trying to learn without causing a scene,” remembering the time she had come out the apprentice den yelling for Hawthornmist to come train her, a soft smile spread before she looked back towards him.

After the initial shock had died down, and the ball of anxiety in her chest had begun to unravel, Reedpaw caught the wide grin the older Reedpaw was sporting. A soft smile spread across her muzzle at his words and the headbutt to her shoulder. Even though she had been put on the spot, Reedpaw seemed almost if not fully relaxed by now as she let out a little giggle. “Don’t worry, I’m smart enough to know not to poke the snake,” before pausing and softening her expression. “Thank you, I’m glad you were here to see it,” which was true. Reedpaw, while not have knowing the older one for very long, was grateful he was here to see such a big thing happen in her life. However, much of her comfort and relaxation was quick to drain when Sparrowskip had approached her. This was one of the previous medicine cats, right? Snakehearts mentor? She had parted her muzzle slightly to greet him, because it would be genuinely good to meet Sparrowskip, but was caught off by him starting to speak. Clamping her jaw shut, Reedpaw had only given a little nod in response to Sparrowskips words. A little whisper of “Of course,” coming from Reedpaw before she watched him walk off to sit back in his spot.

Then her attention was drawn back towards Snakeheart. Yet again, the mention of Reedpaw becoming Snakehearts apprentice sent a worried chill up her spine. As she had told the older Reedpaw, she knew not to poke the snake which was now meant to be training her, but what if the poking wasn’t intentional? She knew she had traits other found annoying, and knowing what the medicine cat was like..she didn’t need to think about that now. The more she worried, the more Reedpaw doubted her decision. So instead, the molly raised her chin up and sat a bit straighter, nodding towards Snakeheart in response to his words. She needed to act confident, right? Confidence was important. That was what she was having run through her head now over and over again anyway. When Snakeheart had come towards her to touch noises, there was a obvious falter in her confidence. For a moment, her gaze showed hesitation as she watched him, but as she reminded herself that confidence had to be key in these situations, Reedpaw forced down the feeling of anxiety in her chest and smiled excitedly towards Snakeheart. She was excited, the prospect of a new life ahead of her was exciting, but it was also anxiety inducing.

:Grimm: | Rani | Kyrieknight
"Why would I miss it?" Reedpaw questioned, thoroughly confused. Why would he? That'd be rude! And he didn't like being rude. Besides, this was Smol Reed they were talking about: of course he would attend! Reeds had to stick together, of course. And he was happy to hear she was doing fine in the apprenticeship department, much better than him, anyway. "Of course I'll show you den sometime! And I promise to drop in from time to time to see how your doing, so don't turn me away if I'm not bloody or coughing, alright?"

[spade]

The confused look from Reedpaw only served to twitch Kestrelstar's whiskers in amusement. Soon enough the young she-cat would know exactly why he had left her out, and hopefully it would all work out how it's suppose to. He was a little cautious of Snakeheart taking an apprentice so soon after the apparent collapse he had suffered, but maybe this was a good thing. A breath of fresh air for the medicine cat, something to lift his spirits.

As Snakeheart joined him on the Streamstone, he studied his brother's face carefully. Nothing about his expression seemed to hint that this was a bad idea - except the bit about him receiving a sign from StarClan. That was a load of mouse-dung; Kestrelstar knew quite well that he didn't have a lick of belief in their ancestors. Not that he had a lot himself, but there had been moments where his faith had sparked a bit. He was curious as to what brought this about, but decided to not question it now.

The shocked murmur rippled through the cats gathered below, the loudest coming from Birdpaw. Kestrelstar bit back a laugh - the little she-cat was definitely growing on him. Her thanks was heard and he shifted his yellow gaze to her, giving a curt nod and a small smile. He'd have to find time to speak with her - not forgotten was the young kit who he had found on RiverClan's territory. He hoped she was settling in well.

Reedpaw's decision to accept Snakeheart's offer spread a grin across Kestrelstar's face. He was glad the situation had worked out well for his brother. He gave a dip of his head towards Reedpaw, as if welcoming her into the rank. She would do well, perhaps balance Snakeheart out a bit.

Wanting to move the meeting along, Kestrelstar cleared his throat to begin on the few ceremonies he had planned. "I have been informed that we have a few apprentices who have completed their training, and I agree that they are ready to be welcomed to RiverClan as warriors. Shimmerpaw [ NinjaBloss ], Hazelpaw [ shxmmering ], and Reedpaw
[ Kyrieknight ]" he began, nodding towards the older Reedpaw, "please step forward."

[Akira]

Reedpaw blinked, staring at Kestrelstar with big blue eyes as he struggled to digest what he just said. Apprentices? Becoming warriors?? And he was one of them??? Huh???? Really? Really?! No way! Since his exile, he'd kinda given up hope on becoming a warrior, and even when he was allowed back into camp, he didn't think it would actually happen! But why? He'd only been back a day or so!... And especially after such a betrayal and being gone for moons...

Eh, whatever. That didn't matter now. What did matter was that apprentices were becoming warriors, his name was called as one of them. And he wasn't about to argue on that! Struggling to seem calm on the surface, Reedpaw jogged forward, his over excitement shown in his bright eyes and twitching tail.

[alaskaa]

Hazelpaw

She remained perfectly silent throughout the wholemeeting, not even when new apprentixces were made. It wasn't great news for her, because it meant Hazelpaw had to make space for the new apprentices. She already had a small nest that was hardly comfortable. Hazelpaw just couldn't wait to move into the warriors' den, where there would be more SPACE and no whiny, loud six-moon-aged apprentices tha syaed up late at night.

Now Snakeheart, the medicine cat, was taking an apprentice? What was her name? Shaking off all her weariness, Hazelpaw craned her neck up, trying to look over the heads of the surrounding cats at the new medicine cat apprentice. Reedpaw, hmm? Hazelpaw watched with sharp, critical eyes as Reedpaw did her oath and ceremony and everything. The light brown tabby suppressed a yawn at how boring it was.

Hazelpaw turned her attention away from Reedpaw, and sat down on her haunches, her ears deaf as Kestrelstar rambled on and on on top of the Streamstone. Ugh, why couldn't he just GET ON with it instead of making boring announcements? He could brighten up Clan life with some excitement. She wished she could be out on the territory, hunting and providing for RiverClan. Jerking out of her grumpy thoughts when she heard her name, Hazelpaw's whiskers twitched, her tail swishing. Forcing it to stay still, Hazelpaw looked up at Kestrelstar. So now he was making some well-ready apprentices into warriors? Finally. Somethng interesting! Hazelpaw rose to her paws, and trotted forward, all in a very dignified way. She wanted to appear professional in front of the whole entire Clan. Standing next to older Reedpaw,, Hazelpaw gazed up at the leader.

[Ian]

Shimmerpaw took a deep breath as she padded forward after Hazelpaw, doing her best to calm her nerves. She hated that the eyes of the entire Clan were on her, but she would have to deal with it. I'm going to be a warrior now! I hope Larksong is proud of me.

Brainless_blankie

[Kunaisoul]

as soon as possible she said the sooner the better she thought to herself.
Kunaiskrill
Nightleap -->

"Feel free to meet me by the training island." (Please mention me there, and i will respond)

[shaded shadow]

Nightleap -->

"Feel free to meet me by the training island." (Please mention me there, and i will respond)

rainingpaw nodded and looked to watch the rest of the meeting
Kunaiskrill

[Brainless_blankie]

Larksong burst out of the warriors den half asleep and sat down by the stream stone upon hearing his apprentices name, though tired to the point he could pass out on the spot he sat eyes wide open stimming happily and excitedly

(Not sure why I’m making him so tired, guess I’m just projecting onto him FAHAHAH)

[spade]

Kestrelstar had been curious as to what reaction Reedpaw would have at hearing his name. It had been a thought weighing heavy on the RiverClan leader's mind ever since the raid on ThunderClan. The young tom had been astoundingly close to his assessment before his exile, and he couldn't help but wonder if this day would've come sooner had it not been for that. No, for if it hadn't been for the tom scoring his claws through Kestrelstar, the RiverClan leader was afraid the shadows might have taken him for good.

Then there was Hazelpaw, who appeared as though at any moment she might fall asleep. It was concerning, considering she was one of the apprentices being honored as a warrior this meeting. Kestrelstar decided to shelf his worries for now as Shimmerpaw stepped up next to her. All three apprentices were here, and with a graceful bound Kestrelstar leapt from the Streamstone to land just below it, padding forward to stand before the three young cats.

"I, Kestrelstar, leader of RiverClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of our noble code, and I commend them to you as a warriors in their turn.” Allowing his yellow gaze to sweep over the three of them, a small glimmer of excitement lighting them up, he continued; "Reedpaw [ @Kyrkenight ], Hazelpaw
[ shxmmering ], Shimmerpaw [ NinjaBloss ], do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

[Ian]

"I do." Shimmerpaw replied confidently. She wouldn't be a nervous wreck now. It was time for her to become a warrior and do her duty to the Clan!

[A Wolf]

[Open]

Sandbreeze watched from outside the nursery as the events unfolded in front of her. New apprentice was always fun, less cats to talk to in the nursery and less friends for Frozenkit, but one day he would stand there and become Frozenpaw. Oh she wondered who his mentor would be. Sandbreeze was sure Kestrelstar would pick someone good to take care of her perfect little bundle, maybe their leader could event mentor Frozenkit himself, that would certainly make her kit a perfect warrior, just like Frozenclaws had always said she should be.


Next Snakeheart was called to speak, and while she had heard him say he was looking for an apprentice she was still surprised by his announcement. Reedpaw... one of them at least would now be working by the grumps side and heal others. That seemed very exiting, to get new high-ranks was always something that got the clan going with conversations. Personally the queen wasn't one for gossip on anyone but she still greatly enjoyed talking and interaction with others.


And probably last but certainly not least, new warriors. Shimmerpaw, Hazelpaw and the other Reedpaw were all earning their warriors names. What would they get. Sandbreeze knew she had been very happy with her name, and she hoped the three cats over at the Streamstone would be pleased with their names as well.

[Akira]

"Of course," Reedpaw promised. He may have been exiled for a fair thing, but he would always be loyal to RiverClan.

[im a cat]

Lightpaw's ears pricked as the new medicine-cat was announced.
There was a time when she was young were she had wished to one day get that
title, to learn about herbs and Starclan, but after Lightkit and become Lightpaw
that dream had slowly faded into nothingness. Now, after the war, Looncry
disappearance and the short round of mentors she had met, it was noting
but a wage memory of her childhood's naive dreaming.

She shook away the painful thoughts
and focused her light green eyes on the apprentices
who were about to receive their warrior names.

[Brainless_blankie]

Larksong watched proudly as shimmerpaw spoke, if cats could cry oh starclan he’d be crying of joy right then and there

[alaskaa]

Hazelpaw

Looking back at Shimmerpaw as the grey she-cat stepped corward, Hazelpaw noted that she looked pretty nervous. Her gaze flicking up back to Kestrelstar as he spoke, she wondered what he would name her. Hazelface? Bah, definitely not. Hazelfall was alright, Hazelflight was definitely a no. Organising and holding together her thoughts in case she collapsed, Hazelpaw let out a long sigh.

I wish he could hurry up with the ceremony!

Okay, she better respond now. Since Shimmerpaw and Reedpaw had. Sighing again, Hazelpaw twitched one ear back.

["I do," she responded, in a clear, strong voice. Her heart ached for a heartbeat as she imagined her parents' faces if they could see her now. If only coyotes didn't exist! If only ThunderClan hadn't chased the coyotes into RiverClan, then Hazelpaw would still have her mother and father. They had been killed before they could see their daughter become a warrior.

Well, Hazelpaw reflected, she hoped they were watching from StarClan, or wherever they were. And she knew (or hoped desperately with all her willpower?) that her parents would be proud.

[spade]

As the three young cats all swore their loyalty to RiverClan, Kestrelstar let a smile stretch across his face. He was always proud to have a paw in cats obtaining their warrior name and solidifying their place in the Clan. All three of the cats before him would make excellent warriors he was certain, and with leaf-bare on the rise it was the perfect timing to have an extra set of warriors.

[ Kyrieknight ]
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior names. Reedpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Reedlight. We honor your bravery and compassion, and welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." The gray tabby leader took a moment as he watched the young tom. Never did Kestrelstar think he'd be standing before Reedpaw - now Reedlight, and giving him his warrior name. He sincerely hoped he liked it, for it was true. He was one of the lights that had cut through Kestrelstar's shadows to pull the true leader back. Stretching his neck forward, he rested his chin briefly on top of the apprentices head. "Thank you,"[B] he whispered quietly, for only him to hear.

[ NinjaBloss ]
Moving on, Kestrelstar now looked at Shimmerpaw. A light smile appeared on his face. [B]"Shimmerpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Shimmerbird. We honor your kindness and loyalty, and welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." Giving the young she-cat an encouraging look, Kestrelstar took a moment to rest his head on top of hers, a purr rumbling in his throat.

[ shxmmering ]
Lastly, he moved away to look at Hazelpaw. He recalled the day her parents had been slaughtered by the coyotes. He had only been a warrior then, with Lionstorm and Snakeheart at the helm of RiverClan, and had been called upon to lead the predator patrol that had driven out the coyotes. Now they were back, and he watched her for a moment. Hopefully she was okay, and not scared, having faith in her abilities as a new warrior and RiverClan's ability to protect her. "Hazelpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Hazelstorm. We honor your bravery and determination, and welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." Just as he did with the two before, Kestrelstar rested his chin briefly on top of her head for a moment.

Stepping away from the newly made warriors, Kestrelstar lifted his tail. "Reedlight! Shimmerbird! Hazelstorm!" He began to chanting with enthusiasm, yellow eyes shining bright as they looked towards the overcast gray clouds that dotted the sky above him. It was a joyous day, despite what all else may be going on. RiverClan had three new warriors to celebrate.

[ Phantomtamer ]
Once the swell of chanting had died down, Kestrelstar dipped his head to the three warriors before looking to seek a cat out in the crowd. They had come forward about a name change, and he wanted to grant that now. "Ravensplash, if you could step forward please," he called, waiting for the cat to show. He had yet to do one of these ceremonies, and had been going over the lines the night before in his den.

"Spirits of StarClan, you know every cat by name. I ask you now to take away the name from the cat you see before you, for it no longer stands for what they are. By my authority as Clan leader, an with the approval of our warrior ancestors, I give this cat a new name. From this moment on, they will be known as Ravenclaw." Yellow eyes glimmered as he watched the newly named Ravenclaw, offering them a dip of his head.

With that done, Kestrelstar turned and climbed back onto the Streamstone, wincing as he moved his hind legs a bit too fast and tugged at the newly healing wounds. Once back atop the stone he cast his gaze down towards the Clan. "I have one more announcement. Sagewhisper, a warrior who was promoted to a Shield, has disappeared. I am unsure of her whereabouts, but if you see her on our territory do not attack. She might just be lost..." A small bitterness seeped into the last word, but not enough to really be detected. "In her place I am promoting a skilled and dedicated warrior to be RiverClan's newest Shield; Lizardfrost [ Shade. ]."

That had been quite a roll of announcements, Kestrelstar would wait a bit before continuing on and finishing out the meeting.

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[duskfire1]

Shallowstep
He called the names, giving them all delighted looks, happy for their accomplishment. I hope that Sagewhisper is okay... He thought, contemplating her every possible whereabout. He was sat quietly afterwards, letting his mind wander a bit farther than he wanted.

[Akira]

Reedlight, Reedlight, Reedlight. He had to repeat it a few timed to really let it sink. He was a warrior now! And with a cool name, at that! His ears twitched as he heard Kestrelstar's grateful whisper, and he grinned.

"I didn't do much good, but I guess you're welcome!" He said, laughing sheepishly. He really didn't do much, but if Kestrelstar thought he was worthy of thanks, he would accept it happily.

[~Sayonara~]

Honeypaw and Nightpaw cheered among the crowd, congratulating the new warriors.

[Brightlight]

--Brittleshore--

Brittleshore smiled, chanting the names with the rest of the clan. Such a joyous occasion! New warriors! The elder smiled again.

When the news was dropped about the missing Shield, Brittleshore frowned. That was......saddening news. He wondered what had happened to the cat. But the new Shield, yes, Kestrelstar had chosen wisely. He was sure that the new Shield would protect them at all costs.

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

Codpaw watched the warrior ceremony unfold with longing eyes. He was nearly there! He was delighted for his friend, Hazelpaw...no, Hazelstorm. She deserved this as much as anybody could and he hoped to be right behind her with his own ceremony. He called loudly with the rest of the clan, "Reedlight! Reedlight! Shimmering! Shimmerbird!" And with added enthusiasm, he cheered, "Hazelstorm! Hazelstorm!" His mind wandered into what his own warrior name would be, going over and over the dozens of possibilities.

Until he heard Sagewhisper's name...His mother had been gone for some time so really it made sense that she'd be demoted from her appointment as Shield but it still struck Codpaw as disrespectful and uncalled for. Somehow this made it feel more real that she was gone, that she wasn't coming back. He told himself that wherever she was, maybe Eveningpaw was with her but maybe that made it worse; the thought that his family could run off together without even so much as a good-bye to him struck him deep. He shook his head, whatever took Sagewhisper away he had to believe she didn't leave by choice, especially without saying goodbye, there had to have been a good reason. He tried to raise his voice to congradulate Lizardfrost as the new Shield but the bitterness formed like a lodge in his throat and he couldn't get the words out.

[A Wolf]

The sand colored queen smiled as she heard the new names. Reedlight, Shimmerbird and Hazelstrom... They all sounded wounderful, and Sandbreeze didn't doubt they newly made warriors would be proud of themselves and their new - and earned - names. The name change surprised her however, there was nothing wrong with their name, and as far as she could recall nothing had happened in their life to more justify the new name, like some big event or death of a family member they wanted to honor. Not that they few rumors that reached the nursery, and even less herself would be enough to keep up with everyone's life. At the end of the day it didn't really mater, she would call them by the new name if that was what they wanted.

[Nixey]

~Reedpaw~
The look of confusion on the bigger Reedpaws face was actually quite funny to her. Was that what she looked like earlier? Of course, Reedpaw didn’t have the best control over the emotions her facial features showed, it must’ve been at least a little funny. Offering him a wide and yet warm smile, Reedpaw blinked towards her friend excitedly when the bigger one had mentioned taking her to his den yet again. She was overly happy, after everything that had happened, how could she not be? The thought of Reedpaw trusting her enough to show her where he had stayed ever since he left, which hopefully would be comfortable. Even if she had reconnected with old friends since he was gone, Reedpaw had to admit she missed the older one, even if they had only one interaction. After processing the next part he had said, a soft giggle raised from her. It was a funny idea, hilarious even, to think she’d turn anyone away, let alone him. For one thing, she didn’t want a swat over the ear from Snakeheart for turning away someone who needed medical attention. For another, Reedpaw was her friend. “Of course I won’t !”

Reedpaw watched as Kestrelstar dipped his head towards her, accompanied by a wide grin he was sporting. For a moment, there was a bubble of anxiety forming in her chest before she gave a shake of her head. Reedpaw would need to get over her deep seated fear or the leader if she was meant to work by Snakehearts side. She knew how close the two were, and doubted the medicine cat would appreciate if his apprentice could hardly even see the leader making movements to her without a feeling of worry washing over her. Taking in a deep breath, Reedpaw brought a smile onto her muzzle as she gazed up at Kestrelstar, offering it in return to his little head dip before her ears seemed to perk up upon hearing warriors ceremonies. When the twinge of jealousy arrived, Reedpaw had to remind herself that becoming a warrior would no longer be her walk of life. Starclan had chosen different for her, and Snakeheart and Kestralstar seemed to accept her into this spot. So instead of watching glumly, Reedpaw kept her eyes glued on her friend. He had returned, and now was receiving his warrior name! That was so exciting.

Reedpaw kept a close eye on her friend, a soft grin playing along her maw. Excitement tingled in her paws as he agreed to what Kestrelstar was saying. Even though there were two other apprentices, Reedpaws eyes were obviously rested on the bigger Reedpaw. When his name was announced, along with the others, Reedpaw had hoped onto her paws, excitedly working them against the ground as her blue-green eyes seemed to simply glisten with joy. Raising her voice high, Reedpaw stayed in her spot but was certain to begin cheering. “Shimmerbird! Shimmerbird! Hazelstorm! Hazelstorm!” pausing, she gave a soft swallow before “Reedlight! Reedlight!! Reedlight!!” came from Reedpaw, accompanied by a soft purring noise.

Kyrieknight

[Shade.]

Lizardfrost had been listening intently at the meeting. She had never been sure as to why the other warriors shouted the names of the new warriors. Was it to help them remember them? How was this practical? Anyway, she assumed that had been it. But then Kestrelstar made a final announcement. Oh? Apparently Sagewhisper was missing and...Lizardfrost's eyes widened and her face stiffened just a bit. She hadn't expected this and wasn't quite sure how to respond. Her hard work was perhaps the reason for her appointment. She'd always known eating and sleeping half as little as the average cat was the way to go. And now she had to work even harder.
"Thank you, Kestrelstar, it's an honor." she said calmly.

[Brainless_blankie]

Larksong jumped to his feet and cheered loud enough he felt he could’ve broken his vocal cords, he beamed a wide smile and chanted shimmerbird’s name

[Apollo.]

-PumpkinSprout-

The orange tabby smiled happy for the cats who were given their apprentice name, warrior name or changed their name. She looked around the clearing and realised she was one of the only ones not chanting the names of the cats mentioned, as soon a she realised she started chanting the names as well.

[Silverfur & Co]

Featherpaw ans snowstripe chanted all the new names and purred softly

[Madelaine]

-->Minnowpaw<--

Sitting down with her mentor she listened to the few cats becoming warriors. One day she'd be up there, but she'd have a lot to learn. Maybe them she'll be less clumsy. She chanted every single one of their names at least three times. Minnowpaw was excited to explore the territory now. Later she'd try and find her adopted mother. After she placed her nest down in her new den she'd tell her all about it.

[Raven~]

Palebrook cheered for the new warriors, knowing how excited they were to become warriors. They had worked hard for this. She frowned at Sadgewhisper’s disappearance. She wondered what had become of the Sheild.
________
Frostpaw cheered for the new warriors briefly, and rolled her eyes at the mention of Sadgewhisper. She couldn’t believe the she-cat had gone missing, especially since she had had such an important role in the Clan. Ugh, just shows what an important role does to a cat.

[Ian]

Shimmerbird dipped her head in slight embarrassment at the cheering, but it was clear she was happy by the large grin on her face. She had done it, she was finally a warrior.

[gs29513]

Reedlight! Shimmerbird! Hazelstorm! Splashleap chanted, tail waving as she cheered for the new warriors. Especially going into leafbare, increasing the strength of the clan was important. At the mention of Lizardfrost's promotion, she added in a quick Lizardfrost! as well. The fact that Sagewhisper had disappeared so quickly was worrying, to say the least, but they did have plenty of capable cats in the clan who could step up, which was fortunate, and Lizardfrost was sure to do a good job in the rank, and take her role seriously. The molly seemed to do everythign seriously in fact, not that that was a bad thing. Just a bit different than average.

[Spartan-117]

*(Ravenclaw)*
The wiry blue-grey cat beams proudly. "Shimmerbird! Hazelstorm! Reedlight!" They yowl the three new Warrior's names. Ravenclaw looks at Vinewatcher, then quickly looks away.

[Lullabypaw]

Coldpaw lets out a breath at the sound of his mentors name.
Ravenclaw? Okay, I guess. Better than Splash. Ravens do not splash. They thinks to themself.

[PlayWithFire]

Hazepaw nods his head.
"Shimmerbird! Shimmerbird! Hazelstorm! Hazelstorm! Reedlight! Reedlight!" He calls out, as he continues to nod to no one in particular.

[Shade.]

Stormstripe poked her head out of the medicine den. Honestly, she almost missed meetings now. She wanted to see how their leader and fellow toseless cat is doing and what he's having them do for leafbare.

[spade]

As the cheering and chanting continued, Kestrelstar let the sound fill the camp and his ears. It was nice. A meeting without any chaos, any interruptions aside from happy Birdpaw ones. Had he finally reached a point where his past mistakes were behind him? Was this... was this what it felt like to be content? Sure, there was still situations he was navigating - like a certain cat he had not spoken to in some time, and a hollow hole in his heart that it was causing - but outside of trivial and personal matters such as those, he was doing okay. RiverClan was doing okay.

With a soft smile, Kestrelstar lifted his tail once more, nodding to his Clan gathered below. "Remember to look out for one another. I have no doubt in my mind that we will get through this leaf-bare unscathed. RiverClan is strong because you all are strong. Don't forget that." The gray tabby let silence hang for a moment. "This meeting is dismissed."

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[duskfire1]

Shallowstep

He gave a small smile to himself, and turned away, heading towards the warriors den. Kestrelstar has put faith in him, at his lowest points, he's bound to come through. So will the clan.

[Spartan-117]

Coralsplash
Coralsplash nod their head. RiverClan cats are strong. We will all pull through. They think to themself.

Eaglepaw
Eaglepaw beams at the cats around him.

[WhitesilverQueen]

Silverspots swayed. She was at a clan meeting, she had to stay strong. But she was gasping and couldnt think straight. She struggled for a second and then the world went black.

Can someone pls roleplay what their cat sees when Silverspot passes out and what happens after, and how the clan reacts. You can choose what happens just make sure she gets to the med. den and it goes along with my rp of her passing out. Keep in mind she is a Queen and expecting kits in a quarter moon.
(anyone can do it, or multiple points of view is fine, YOU choose.)

[ThePiffle]

Silverspots swayed. She was at a clan meeting, she had to stay strong. But she was gasping and couldnt think straight. She struggled for a second and then the world went black.

Can someone pls roleplay what their cat sees when Silverspot passes out and what happens after, and how the clan reacts. You can choose what happens just make sure she gets to the med. den and it goes along with my rp of her passing out. Keep in mind she is a Queen and expecting kits in a quarter moon.
(anyone can do it, or multiple points of view is fine, YOU choose.)


Horsetail watched a Silverspots fell to the ground, his eyes widened and he ran to her side, "Silverspots?" he cried, "What's going on?"
the usually calm cat was struggling to remain poised as Sivlerspots lay on the ground. "Help!" he called, "Help..." he was crying now, he couldn't remain calm.

[WhitesilverQueen]

Silverspots seemed to be gasping for air but still unconcious(sorry I cant spell)
The usually gentle and sweet she-cat lay on the ground.

WrenStrike

[spade]

[ WrenStrike Silverspot11 hi guys - the previous meeting is over so if this could be moved to the clearing or a private thread i would appreciate it. thank you! ]

[WhitesilverQueen]

(sorry, I will move it to the clearing, )

[spade]

Emerging from his den, Kestrelstar gave a stretch of each of his legs and arched his back as a yawn slipped from his jaws. The sun was hidden behind an array of bright leaf-bare clouds and though nothing fell from the sky, the air was chilling and cutting cold. The RiverClan leader fluffed up his fur and glanced over his healing wounds. The pain was essentially gone and the beginnings of scars were starting to form. Another thing to add to his appearance, but hopefully his fur would soon regrow over the spot to conceal it.

Bunching his hind legs, the dark gray tabby leapt up onto the Streamstone, settling himself a moment before turning to face the bottom of the clearing. Usually he tried to not notice how far off the ground the meeting rock put him, but looking down sent a wave of dizziness over him. But the leader kept his composure as he stepped forward, lifting his tail.

"Let all those old enough to swim gather beneath the Streamstone for a Clan meeting!" He let his call ring out to gather RiverClan, taking a seat as he waited for his warriors to assemble.

[ i haven't gotten a lot of kit-to-apprentice ceremony requests. if you have a kit that has reached the requirements and you would like their ceremony to take place during this meeting, let me know! ]

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[DeltaDace]

Bearspot padded to where he usually sat during the Clan meetings.

[Shade.]

Lizardfrost made her way to the meeting. She would put extra effort into paying attention, now that she was a shield.

[~Sayonara~]

[OPEN]

Honeypaw peeks out from behind a small boulder, tilting his head curiously and hopping across the clearing to the streamstone. What was the news today?

[Akira]

Reedlight walked over, his curiosity peaked. What was going on? Did something happen? And... Wow, Kestrelstar looked like a defeathered pigeon. What happened? Something happened: something always happened. The young tom bit back a sigh and sat down.

÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷

Spikekit peaked out of the nursery, hearing the leader call. Huh? Did something happen? Was it really important? And... Would he have to socialize? The dark tom shivered and hid in the shadows of the nursery, though kept his eyes on the Streamstone.

(Both open if ya want!)

[Kunaisoul]

Nightleap -->

She walked out into camp, her belly heavy with kits.

[marshy]

sparrowskip padded over and sat down.

[Brightlight]

—Brittleshore—

The grey elder padded out of the Elder’s Den, and headed towards the Clearing. After a quick scan to see the cats gathered, Brittleshore found a nice spot near the back. He could still hear everything, but he wasn’t up close and center. This was where he preferred. It was the perfect place to be for meetings.

Now that he was situated, Brittleshore gave himself a moment to think about what this meeting would be about. Apprentices becoming warriors? Kits becoming apprentices? Or something sadder? He didn’t know, but was prepared for anything. As always.

[seeingstars]

Graypaw padded out of the apprentice den, turning his gaze up to Kestrelstar, his tail tip twitched as he stared up, wondering what the leader's next words would be.

Finpaw sat next to Eveningpaw looking up

Eveningpaw pressed closer to Finpaw, looking up at Kestrelstar.

Wavepaw padded into camp and sat near the back looking up

Duckslip padded out of the warriors den, exhaustion clawed at their belly.

[Rani]

Something about the weather or the recent trials in his life had put Snakeheart in a fight snit today. It was too cold, cats were being idiots in the most dangerous time of the year, Kestrelstar had a guilt complex a mile wide over nothing, clanmates were still being judgemental over the thc issue like they hadn’t done worse and cats like Dawnstar got whole hearted support for her atrocities. Yes the medicine cat was mad today and near everyone could see it from the irritation rolling off of him in waves. But at least they were safe from his wrath unless they poked him or did something stupid, Reedpaw in contrast was not safe and had been snapped at several times already today.

[pxxylo]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[ Open if anyone wishes to rp. :7 ]

Raccoonear, who was just a few catlengths from her usual place she
takes a seat in during meetings, walked so slowly it was if she was wading against a heavy tide to her place. She wondered, some of the kits are becoming apprentices today, wouldn’t it be funny if she was assigned one? she soon became lost in thought of the idea of herself, with an apprentice. She tried to be open-minded about it as she imagined the idea in her head, but at first she struggled. After her brother who was soon to be an apprentice, she felt guilty about them, and worried about her capabilities. But after one trusty visit to her tree stump, she left it behind her.

As a bitter gust of wind swooped past her like a heavy blow from the huge paw of a god, she fluffed up her thick pelt. Even through her heavy layers of fur, this sharp cold got to her. Her tail flicked and waved about, creating its own little snow angel just behind Raccoonears back. With that, having herself situated and seated, she continued to wonder about what this meeting could possibly include, aside from kits becoming apprentices. It was funny, before she started visiting that tree stump as an apprentice, she was closed minded, and lonely. But after she started going there Moonly, she has been more uplifted, and open to trying new things. I mean, hey, she’s even excited to see if she would mentor an apprentice. Now, that’s something.

[corgigirl]

Pebblepaw padded over to the leader. Her eyes drewped and she stretched. She wondered what the activity was about.

[Madelaine]

-->Petuniapaw<--

The apprentice padded out of the den to join her clanmates.

-->Hawkpaw<--

She moved over towards her clanmates and sat down.

[Raven~]

Frostpaw slipped out of her nest and into the clearing, taking her place underneath the Streamstone. She wondered which blundering oafs she would be sharing her den with this moon.
(Open)

[Quasar]

Reedlight walked over, his curiosity peaked. What was going on? Did something happen? And... Wow, Kestrelstar looked like a defeathered pigeon. What happened? Something happened: something always happened. The young tom bit back a sigh and sat down.

÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷

Spikekit peaked out of the nursery, hearing the leader call. Huh? Did something happen? Was it really important? And... Would he have to socialize? The dark tom shivered and hid in the shadows of the nursery, though kept his eyes on the Streamstone.

(Both open if ya want!)

Redbelly | he/him

As the meeting call rang through the camp, Redbellys ears perked up on top of his head. What would be announced this time? He padded over without a second thought, fluffy tail wrapping around his paws as he took a seat near the nursery.

Glancijg over to his side, a familiar face caught his eyes. Spikekit, if he remembered correctly. The warrior offered the kitten a warm smile that would hopefully offer some comfort to him before redirecting his attention to Kestrelstar once again.

[Akira]

Redbelly | he/him

As the meeting call rang through the camp, Redbellys ears perked up on top of his head. What would be announced this time? He padded over without a second thought, fluffy tail wrapping around his paws as he took a seat near the nursery.

Glancijg over to his side, a familiar face caught his eyes. Spikekit, if he remembered correctly. The warrior offered the kitten a warm smile that would hopefully offer some comfort to him before redirecting his attention to Kestrelstar once again.
Peeking out of the nursery, Spikekit was surprised when a warrior say nearby, but quickly recognized him as Redbelly. The small kit looked over at the warrior, wondering if he should stay or walk over. After several minutes of contemplating, Spikekit scooted closer, though have him enough space.

[Cherryfalls]

GoldenHollow {open}

the slim tom padded over hearing his leader call out , the pale ginger cat was often late but this time he didn't seem to be. he sat himself down curling his fluffy tail around his paws as he awaited the meetings start.

[Ian]

Shimmerbird padded out of the warriors' den and sat beneath the Streamstone with the rest of her clanmates.

[windtail]

silverstripe walked over and sat down with the other clanmates

[Silverfur & Co]

snowstripe and featherpaw both gathered Featherpaw seemed a bit exicted to see what this meeting was about she was well groomed and everything. Featherpaw saw graypaw and sat beside him. She wanted to know if there was coyotes and etc but wasnt to sure what this meeting was for.

seeingstars <<For featherpaw

[alaskaa]

Hazelstorm poked her nose out of the warriors' den, hearing Kestrelstar's call. Trotting out to the already gathered cats at the Streamstone, Hazelstorm sat near the back, keeping her green eyes on Kestrelstar, wondering what this meeting was about. Ceremonies? Coyotes?

Hazelstorm felt a surge of anger just at the thought of coyotes, and felt a frown settling on her face. She hated those darned, stupid creatures, those StarClan-cursed animals that had killed her family before they got to see her become a warrior. Hazelstorm sheathed and unsheathed her claws, curling them into the ground to prevent herself from taking out her anger on another cat.

[Quasar]

Peeking out of the nursery, Spikekit was surprised when a warrior say nearby, but quickly recognized him as Redbelly. The small kit looked over at the warrior, wondering if he should stay or walk over. After several minutes of contemplating, Spikekit scooted closer, though have him enough space.

Redbelly | he/him

Its relieved him that Spikekit wasn't that scared of him, seeing as there was a rather large size difference that would certainly seem off-putting to some. He moved his tail from around his paws, stretching it out slightly as an invitation for the kit. If he was comfortable with it, then redbelly would wrap his tail around Spikekit. Still, it was up to the kit.

[Akira]

Redbelly | he/him

Its relieved him that Spikekit wasn't that scared of him, seeing as there was a rather large size difference that would certainly seem off-putting to some. He moved his tail from around his paws, stretching it out slightly as an invitation for the kit. If he was comfortable with it, then redbelly would wrap his tail around Spikekit. Still, it was up to the kit.
Spikekit looked at the warrior with big amber eyes, surprised. He looked around, briefly wondering where Dewkit was, before hesitantly approaching, settling down next to the warrior with a very quiet sigh.

[Clock Dragonshifter]

Quietkit made her way out of the nursery with a small smile on her face as she looked up at her leader with pride. She loved seeing meetings for some odd reason something about them made her feel happy no matter how chaotic a meeting could turn.

[Apollo.]

-PumpkinSprout-

The orange molly padded out of the nursery and sat near the entrance. I wonder what this is about? perhaps some kits were becoming apprentices? that would make the nursery alot less crowded

[WhitesilverQueen]

Silverspot walked out of the nursery and sat down. She dipped her head respectfully toward Kestrelstar.

[poppy]

// both open

Blizzardwind padded out of the warriors den, eyes narrowed. He hated the cold. It was cold and he was feeling especially anti-social and this day was already off to a garbage start. Especially now with... with Dawnwhisper gone. Now it felt like no one understood him. A pang in his heart shot a painful sting, like a rock cracking. He missed them. They were like... like a kit to him. And now, they too were gone.


Birdpaw scampered forward, letting out a thrilled little trill and bounced around. The last meeting she attended had been absolutely amazing, apprenticeship, warrior-making AND a new medicine cat apprentice! Maybe they would get something new in this meeting too! She beamed up at Kestrelbuddy and gave him a little bounce, acrobatics and showing off just so he knew she wanted him to be happy.

--------- closed mystical
(ignore if you want haha)

Gorgespring let out a troubled sigh as Kestrelstar called for a meeting. Oh, dear. She hated meetings, they always were so dramatic. Padding out of her solitary little corner, she sat off to the side of the crowd, casting worried glances behind and around her to look for potential threats. There was a cat nearby. An angry looking cat. Hazelpaw- no, Hazelstorm. Who had her claws out. Gorgespring kept her eyes on the claws, that came flexing in-out-in-out as she approached. ¨Hi.¨ She murmured, giving the younger cat a worried look. ¨You... um... are you doing alright?¨ Curse her awkwardness!

[Sklee]

Amerpaw ran over.

[Spottedwillow<3]

—Brittleshore—

The grey elder padded out of the Elder’s Den, and headed towards the Clearing. After a quick scan to see the cats gathered, Brittleshore found a nice spot near the back. He could still hear everything, but he wasn’t up close and center. This was where he preferred. It was the perfect place to be for meetings.

Now that he was situated, Brittleshore gave himself a moment to think about what this meeting would be about. Apprentices becoming warriors? Kits becoming apprentices? Or something sadder? He didn’t know, but was prepared for anything. As always.


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Wildstream had perched in a spot near Brittleshore. He'd lick his chest in the abruptness of a meeting.

[alaskaa]

// both open

Blizzardwind padded out of the warriors den, eyes narrowed. He hated the cold. It was cold and he was feeling especially anti-social and this day was already off to a garbage start. Especially now with... with Dawnwhisper gone. Now it felt like no one understood him. A pang in his heart shot a painful sting, like a rock cracking. He missed them. They were like... like a kit to him. And now, they too were gone.


Birdpaw scampered forward, letting out a thrilled little trill and bounced around. The last meeting she attended had been absolutely amazing, apprenticeship, warrior-making AND a new medicine cat apprentice! Maybe they would get something new in this meeting too! She beamed up at Kestrelbuddy and gave him a little bounce, acrobatics and showing off just so he knew she wanted him to be happy.

--------- closed mystical
(ignore if you want haha)

Gorgespring let out a troubled sigh as Kestrelstar called for a meeting. Oh, dear. She hated meetings, they always were so dramatic. Padding out of her solitary little corner, she sat off to the side of the crowd, casting worried glances behind and around her to look for potential threats. There was a cat nearby. An angry looking cat. Hazelpaw- no, Hazelstorm. Who had her claws out. Gorgespring kept her eyes on the claws, that came flexing in-out-in-out as she approached. ¨Hi.¨ She murmured, giving the younger cat a worried look. ¨You... um... are you doing alright?¨ Curse her awkwardness!

The brown she-cat turned to look at Gorgespring as she approached her. A little startled by her question, Hazelstorm blinked, silent for a moment, before regaining her sense of memory.
"Wondering what the meeting's about,"the young warrior responded as casually as she could make it. "It might be about more coyotes-" hopefully not, stupid creatures-"I don't like those creatures because..."

She hesitated, glancing over at Gorgespring, wondering whether Hazelstorm could tell her. Flicking one ear back, she pushed on determinedly. "I don't like coyotes because they were the creatures that killed my parents. When I was a kit."

Hazelstorm left it there, making up her mind to not go into the details, the flashback starting. Pressing one paw to her head, she forced her mind back to the present, knowing it wasn't very well to dwell in the past. It was hard not to simmer with anger about it. She carefully arranged her expression so that it looked a little frustrated, not wanting any questions about the once touchy subject Hazelstorm hated discussing about. She turned her head away from Gorgespring to her paws, feeling rather self-conscious, a little annoyed and a little sad about her parents. Mentally shaking herself, Hazelstorm looked up at Kestrelstar again.

[Captain]

♢ Snowleap - ( closed, taken by Canyoncall ( Nixey ) and Raccoonear ( superstar ) ) ♢

His ears perked up at Kestrelstar’s call to gather everyone for a meeting, making Snowleap get up and walk towards the Streamstone. He sat down among his clanmates, wrapping his tail around himself as he peered up at the clan leader with a hint of curiosity. The Riverclan tomcat wondered what this could be about? An apprentice becoming a warrior? Or a kit becoming an apprentice? Maybe even a senior warrior retiring to the elder den? He did not know. But the more Snowleap pondered, other scenarios came apparent in his brain. The look that his clan leader had given him at the gathering appeared in his train of thought, making his paws shuffle anxiously under his tail. Was it something regarding that? The young warrior hoped not, but he simply took a deep breath and remained calm. Riverclan was everything to him and he’d do anything to prove that, no matter what it took. However, the dark-furred feline shook himself and told himself to quit all of this overthinking. Nothing was wrong. This was just a simple clan routine. Snowleap didn’t have to worry about anything. Right?

[Nixey]

——>CanyoncallPaws trailing lightly in the dirt, the molly weaved her way between cats to make her way towards the center of the gathering bodies. Riverclan had been going through a few things, and the more things that were announced as a problem the more anxious Canyoncall became. She’d shuffle around while waiting on Kestrelstars announcements whenever meetings were called nowadays. What would the next thing be? A deadly storm brewing on the horizon? Starclan she hoped not. Casting a glance around, her gaze searched for her two siblings, Gorgespring and Cliffcry. Relaxing slightly upon seeing her sister, but not entirely sure where her brother was, Canyoncall had let out a soft breath. Everything would be alright, they both knew how to take care of themself, and their aunt was there to help scold the other two if they did anything stupid. Canyoncall hadn’t exactly realized that, while searching for the two things she held so close, she had still been padding forward. Eyes widening slightly when it finally dawned on her that she was still moving, and that she was about to bump into someone, Canyoncall was quick to bring herself to a halt as she let out a sigh of relief. Side stepping the cat, however her gaze was brought towards the anxious paw shuffle the warrior did. “Snowleap, right?” with her mothering instincts kicking in, Canyoncall had lowered herself onto her haunches and tilted her head “something bothering ya?”
tokyo_driftin

——>Reedpaw
So far things hadn’t been going exactly well for today. After waking up, she had accidentally touched the wrong nerve with Snakeheart, multiple times. He was clearly growing more irritable today, and to be honest, while she didn’t exactly like being snapped at, she didn’t fault the medicine cat. He was dealing with the quickly oncoming chilly weather, the leader of Riverclan and every injury, big and small, the clan had to offer. Reedpaw honestly felt like she just needed to be more careful. Tread lighter, some would say. She knew Snakeheart wasn’t always the most welcoming or loving cat, and knew he was quite snappish, so she just had to play the balancing act. Trying not to let that get to her, when Kestrelstar had called a meeting she had been quick to poke her little cream and brown brindled head out of the den. Her gaze shifting upwards, she seemed quite interested in what the leader had to say. Reedpaw had stepped cautiously out, and noticed her friends, Graypaw coming from the Apprentice den, Eveningpaw and Finpaw so close, a pang was felt in her chest when she saw that. Shaking her head softly, Reedpaw was quick to make her way to a spot and plop down, hopefully everything would go alright.
[open!]

[tye]

spicekit ↴↴↴


spicekit entered the scene of bobbing heads crowding around a single tall stone. it was confusing to hear an abundance of chatter and noise, flinching at some moments when she walked past some cats. she didn't get a proper introduction or a tour of how things run around these parts so it was a guessing game to the poor russet-ginger. eventually, a prickle of annoyance started to rise in her deep golden hues as the open spot she was heading for was taken away by another. "that was my spot, ugh." she grumbled, lashing her tail. "i guess forest cats don't have manners." it was said loud enough for any cat close by to hear and she didn't care either way.

[open]

[Pitou]

[OPEN]

Honeypaw peeks out from behind a small boulder, tilting his head curiously and hopping across the clearing to the streamstone. What was the news today?

**Codpaw**

The slick, spotted tabby stretched deeply, letting out a wide yawn as he picked himself up from his chilled sunny spot. He must've dozed off for a bit. The sun was weak but at least it was a bit better than in the shade. He shook the sleep from his pelt and focused in on what had woken him. Kestrelstar was standing atop the streamstone, he must've called a meeting. Codpaw let out another yawn then noticed Honeypaw as he hopped out into the open. Codpaw smiled and trotted over to meet him. Was that too forward though? They'd only really hung out the once. But Codpaw felt a sort of strong and sudden friendship with the other tom. He considered stopping, turning around, turning towards Kestrelstar and stopping where he was at; maybe Honeypaw would come to him. No, that would look strange if Honeypaw had already noticed him. Codpaw sucked in a quick breath and trotted the last few paces to come up beside Honeypaw. A wide smile spread across his mouth. "Hiya, Honeypaw! What do you think Kestrelstar's calling a meeting for now?" That was a safe enough topic, right? That was a normal conversation starter for when a meeting was called, right?

[Zenoebya]

Morningfeather and Sunpoppy made their way over to the spot they would usually be in during the meeting, exchanging hesitant looks with one another. (I hope I'm not too late :,) )

[Rizo]

Moonfrost padded out of the warriors den, taking a quick moment to stretch as Wolfsong followed, still drowsy from sleep. The dark tabby she-cat flicked her silver sister's shoulder with her tail before flicking an ear at Nightleap across the clearing. The two quickly crossed the clearing to sit with their younger sister.
Kunaiskrill

[Bean]

Lillyfang padded into the clearing. She hoped it was nothing bad. She wondered what Kestrelstar wanted. She took her normal spot to the side where she could see her leader. She looked at Kestrelstar and dipped her head in respect.

[~Sayonara~]

**Codpaw**

The slick, spotted tabby stretched deeply, letting out a wide yawn as he picked himself up from his chilled sunny spot. He must've dozed off for a bit. The sun was weak but at least it was a bit better than in the shade. He shook the sleep from his pelt and focused in on what had woken him. Kestrelstar was standing atop the streamstone, he must've called a meeting. Codpaw let out another yawn then noticed Honeypaw as he hopped out into the open. Codpaw smiled and trotted over to meet him. Was that too forward though? They'd only really hung out the once. But Codpaw felt a sort of strong and sudden friendship with the other tom. He considered stopping, turning around, turning towards Kestrelstar and stopping where he was at; maybe Honeypaw would come to him. No, that would look strange if Honeypaw had already noticed him. Codpaw sucked in a quick breath and trotted the last few paces to come up beside Honeypaw. A wide smile spread across his mouth. "Hiya, Honeypaw! What do you think Kestrelstar's calling a meeting for now?" That was a safe enough topic, right? That was a normal conversation starter for when a meeting was called, right?

Honeypaw lools over and purrs with delight at the sight of his friend. Sure, they only just met not too long ago but he really liked him... Oh, StarClan he was glad he hadn't said that out loud. "Hey, Codpaw!" he greets happily, smiling warmly at him. "I'm not sure. Hopefully nothing bad happed this time." He turns back towards the streamstone and tilts his head.

[taillow]

Dustymoth
Another meeting, hmm? Busy inspecting a shell that was sticking up sideways out of the marsh, Dustymoth turned his head to locate Kestrelstar on top of the Streamstone. He was mildly interested in what the leader had to say, but as a yawn slipped from his jaws he felt guilt in turning away from his rescue mission. "I'll come back right after, I promise," the fluffy tom whispered to the little shell, patting it gently with one paw before scurrying over to find a seat.

[zenpaii]

Rippleshine looked up from where she sat grooming her sleek spotted pelt, her ears pricked at the sound of Kestrelstar's summoning. She stood, pausing to arch her back in a stretch, before calmy padding over to sit under the streamrock. She glanced up at Kestrelstar, tilting her head with mild curiousity

[pxxylo]

♢ Snowleap - ( currently open for any interaction, feel free to sit next to him and chat! ) ♢

His ears perked up at Kestrelstar’s call to gather everyone for a meeting, making Snowleap get up and walk towards the Streamstone. He sat down among his clanmates, wrapping his tail around himself as he peered up at the clan leader with a hint of curiosity. The Riverclan tomcat wondered what this could be about? An apprentice becoming a warrior? Or a kit becoming an apprentice? Maybe even a senior warrior retiring to the elder den? He did not know. But the more Snowleap pondered, other scenarios came apparent in his brain. The look that his clan leader had given him at the gathering appeared in his train of thought, making his paws shuffle anxiously under his tail. Was it something regarding that? The young warrior hoped not, but he simply took a deep breath and remained calm. Riverclan was everything to him and he’d do anything to prove that, no matter what it took. However, the dark-furred feline shook himself and told himself to quit all of this overthinking. Nothing was wrong. This was just a simple clan routine. Snowleap didn’t have to worry about anything. Right?

Had already been seated in the spot she usually took place in for meetings, she was already craning her neck to get a good look for a familiar face. Oh! There’s Snowleap, perhaps I’ll go over and chat with him. Thought the molly, sitting back down and carefully shaking out her thick pelt, as to not disturb others in the rather tightly packed pool of cats before the Streamstone.

She weaved in and out of many different cats, toms, mollies, golden pelted, brunette pelted, and so many more. Raccoonear thought it was amazing how there was so much diversity in the genetics of the cats in this forest, and how every pelt on a cat here was special. Be it matted, orange, or scarred, it was special. She soon approached Snowleap, sitting down.

“Morning, Snowleap!” She gave a warm smile, tail waving. It was always nice to see a familiar face around meetings, seeing that there was just so many cats there. Thereafter greeting Snowleap, she continued to wonder about unique cat genetics, completely spacing out, that is until she is snapped out of thought by the reply of Snowleap.

[Mistletoe]

[Open I suppose]

~Dragonflyfrond~

Dragonflyfrond’s ear perked up when he heard Kestrelstar’s call. He noticed that a lot of cats were already sitting down. Am I late? I hope not! He hurried to the back of the crowd and found a spot quickly. His pelt prickling anxiously.

[Brightlight]

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Wildstream had perched in a spot near Brittleshore. He'd lick his chest in the abruptness of a meeting.

—Brittleshore—

Brittleshore turned his head, noticing the other elder nearby. He gave a tight half-smile that probably wasn’t even a smile at all. “Greetings, Wildstream.” He said. “What do you think this meeting will be about?”

As Brittleshore spoke, he turned his head up to look at Kestrelstar, who was seated on the large stone. Absentminded, Brittleshore wondered if the stone was cold. He had to be cold, right? Since it was leaf-bare and all.

[spade]

One of the first things that came to Kestrelstar's attention as his gaze swept over his gathering Clan was the sour expression showcased by Snakeheart. His new apprentice, Reedpaw, seemed just as miffed, though there might have also been a trace of discomfort among the depth of her eyes; he was too far away to tell. Curiosity prickled under his fur at what could've possible happened to them. He hadn't spoken to the young Reedpaw yet - perhaps he'd carve out a little time to formally introduce himself and ask how her training was coming along.

The little scene that unfolded between Redbelly and Spikekit was rather cute, and brought a small smile to the face of the leader. He knew the tom to be kind and fatherly, often visiting the nursery with all sorts of treasures. It wasn't something Kestrelstar could ever really see himself doing - even if he had kits of his own - so he admired that there were those in the Clan who found it as natural as breathing.

"Firstly, I would like to address the coyote issue - I have been around the territory quite a few times, and have not scented nor spotted any sign of the pack's return. I believe the one I ran into with Dogbark to be a one-off, and that there is no danger to RiverClan. Apprentices, I would still prefer if you did not leave camp without a warrior." He glanced at the apprentices that had gathered below, hoping that they would take this seriously. Even though there were no coyotes on RiverClan territory at the moment, leaf-bare was unforgiving outside of the camp walls.

"Now then, we have a few kits who have reached the age to begin their training. Quietkit [ Clock Dragonshifter ] and Lavenderkit [ ~Fierce~ ], step forward." As he beckoned the kits forward, his gaze swept the clearing for the cats he had in mind to mentor them.

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[Akira]

Reedlight smiled to himself. He remembered when he became an apprentice like it was yesterday: actually, how long had it been? Moons, huh, and a lot of stuff happened during that time... Well, that didn't matter now. He merely grinned up at the soon-to-be apprentices.

Spikekit looked up from beside Redbelly, blinking slowly. They were becoming apprentices... He idly wondered when he could become an apprentice. Wait... Would he need to stand in front of everyone?! The shy tom shuddered and shrunk at the thought, rather content with waiting for now.

[pxxylo]

Her gaze flicked up as Kestrelstar spoke. “By the gods, coyotes? I’ll have to keep a closer eye on Ryekit then.” She glanced at what laid beyond the camp walls. Are there really coyotes out there? One would pray they stay out there, some animals are rather unpredictable after all. Thought the molly, her tail gently waving and flicking.

At the statement that at the moment, the Coyotes were not a threat, she gave a small sigh of relief. However, being her usual self she still kept it in the back of her mind, just in case. As the kits were called up, she smiled. How lucky of these honorable kits! Or should i say, apprentices. Although Raccoonear did not know either kits very well, she would in the future, after all elders know practically all of the clan, because of lifetime experience. She wishes she had wisdom like elders did, but assuming how young of a warrior she was, there was still a bit of time before that step forward.

She watched the kits, a warm grin across her face. Oh, how amazing it was to see the clan go on, and on, with new apprentices, and new warriors, and so much more! It was a never ending cycle, and it made her feel glad that she could witness the clan op on going, thriving. They had a great medicine cat who had found a worthy apprentice, unique pelted cars with personalities just as unique, it was great.

[Bean]

She looked up. I hope the coyotes are really gone, i dont want to risk anything. She thought. She turned to the kits as the leader called them up. I wonder who their mentor's are going to be. Lillyfang wants to be a mentor, but she never gets picked. Maybe this time will have luck. If not, She will still be proud.

[WhitesilverQueen]

Silverspot looked worried about other things, and was distracted. She looked at the two Kits-soon-apprentices and managed a encouraging smile, before staring off into the distance with a frown.

[zenpaii]

Rippleshine purred supportively, looking to the soon-to-be apprentices with a glimmer of pride in her eyes. In time, they would make great warriors, she was sure of it. Even so, she couldn't help feeling a twinge of anxiety, uncertain whether the coyotes would be back, or what other challenges awaited the clan as leaf-bare continued. She shook her head, clearing the thoughts away and focusing once more on Kestrelstar's words

[corgigirl]

Pebblepaw listened to Kestrelstar’s words. She didn’t like not being able to leave camp without a warrior, but she would follow what the leader said.

[Apollo.]

-PumpkinSprout-

Thank starclan that the coyotes haven't been spotted... that means that when my kits become apprentice's ill have less to worry about... the orange molly thought and she curled her tail around her paws.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe was shocked at the thoughts of Coyotes being anywhere near the clans wither it was her clan or not. She did not like thiis one bit.


featherpaw looked up at Kestrelstar and nodded. It wasnt like she went out of camp half the time anyway. She wasnt that crazy.

[marshy]

// Leafspeaker Silverspot11 x ghostie
[ghostie hiii throwing u a mention in case u wanna join in with wormm :eyes:]
Sparrowskip
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What. The. Hell. Sparrowskip definitely recognized that scent as not RiverClans. Did a couple outsiders just.. walk into a meeting? That was.. bold to say the least. "What in StarClan do you think you pieces of fox-dung think you're doing?" He said, trying his absolute best not to yell over Kestrelstar. He looked around for any other shields and gave a small motion for one to join him before going back to the pair. "Listen, I don't know what you think this is, but I'm going to have to escort you out. So get moving. Now." He said flicking his tail towards the exit of camp. He made sure his claws were ready to unsheathe as he didn't know what to expect. Outsiders could be very.. spontaneous.

[Madelaine]

-->Petuniapaw<--

Oh cool more apprentices! She meant it soon she wouldn't be in the den for very long, so it was fine by her. Petuniapaw heard a couple of cats escorting cats out and she looked at them. She didn't say anything. It was just a curious thing to see. She kept her eyes focused. she wanted to force them out too, but it wasn't her fight. Petuniapaw turned to watch the kits who were excited about ranking up.

[zenpaii]

As she sat watching the kits become apprentices, Rippleshine's attention was diverted by a small argument. Looking over, she narrowed her eyes when she saw the outsiders in the clan. They were already being confronted by warriors, but Rippleshine kept an eye on the exchange, ready to step in if she was needed.

[Captain]

♢ Snowleap - ( Canyoncall Nixey || Raccoonear superstar ) ♢

As Snowleap peered up at Kestrelstar, the sound of another cat saying his name pulled him from his anxious thoughts. He turned his head to meet eyes with a molly who had sat beside him. The tall warrior recognized her as Canyoncall, knowing nothing other than her name. “Ah, yes, that’s right. Nice to see you, Canyoncall,” He meowed quietly, in case the meeting started, “I apologize for my anxious frame, I guess I’m just worried about what Kestrelstar has to say.” Snowleap knew better than to explain in detail about what truly bothered him, not wanting any cats in Riverclan to get the wrong idea about him, but he wasn't lying to the concerned she-cat either. "Riverclan cannot afford any danger in leafbare, things are tense enough as it is.” The dark-furred warrior dug his claws into the dirt to try to stop himself from fidgeting restlessly.

Hearing another clanmate call out his name, Snowleap’s ears perked, turning to see his good friend, Raccoonear. A small smile rested on his expression, glad to see the familiar molly sit down next to him, opposite from Canyoncall. “Good morning, Raccoonear,” The young tomcat said, his tone keeping that quiet, polite volume out of respect for Kestrelstar, “I hope you are doing well, my friend.” With Snowleap having two different clanmates accompany him in the crowd, it made the tall tomcat feel better rather than if he had been sitting alone. He hoped his anxious actions weren’t that noticeable to the other cats around him. He took another deep breath to calm himself. It was gonna be okay.

As the Riverclan leader began to speak, the young tomcat listened intently. It relieved him when the grey-furred tomcat told the clan that there were no signs of any more coyote attacks present. Remembering seeing Kestrelstar’s scars up close once, Snowleap could sleep better knowing that his clan wouldn’t have to go through that anytime soon… hopefully. There was no surprise when the Riverclan leader spoke about apprentices not being out alone. It was a smart course of action and he knew that meant making sure there were no reckless actions from his apprentice Hailpaw once they began to train soon. Speaking of apprentices, Snowleap was happy to hear two kits getting named apprentices today. It meant more strong warriors for Riverclan in the coming moons. He could only imagine the little ones’ excitement.

( I hope you two don’t mind me combining your interactions with Snowleap. ♥ )

[Brightlight]

--Brittleshore--

Brittleshore listened thoughtfully as Kestrelstar spoke. No more coyotes? Well, that had to be a good sign, right? He flicked the tip of his tail. Although, of course, they still had to keep an eye out for danger. Things could go terribly wrong during leaf-bare.

The rest of Brittleshore's worries were pushed to the side when Kestrelstar called the name of some kits ready to become apprentices. Brittleshore allowed himself a smile. Little kits were growing up...how terribly sad yet exciting at the same time.

[Clock Dragonshifter]

Quietkit looked up at Kestrelstar excitedly as she stepped towards her leader nodding her head in respect.

[windtail]

silverstripe watched as the kits walked forward cyotes she thought as she watched

[Mistletoe]

Leafspeaker [Just cause I replied to you]

~Dragonflyfrond~

Coyotes? The silver tom felt his pelt prickle. He would definitely keep a close eye on Minnowpaw. The idea of her getting attacked by one made him feel queasy. The announcement of new apprentices calmed him. It was always good to see the clan was still strong and thriving. He purred proudly as he watched the kit’s step up. He remembered how excited he was during his ceremony. He hoped these kits felt that same enthusiasm.

Then he turned as some cat started yowling at the edge of the clearing. Who are they? Wormbite recognized the foreign scent before him. Rouges at a clan meeting? He thought as a shocked expression crossed his face. His eyes search for Silverspot as they mentioned her, but he couldn’t find her. As soon as they came they were gone, and he was left feeling a little confused. What and all the fuss been about?

[pxxylo]

Had heard what Snowleap said about things Being tense enough, she nodded. Sure, it may be a rare occurrence she was sent on patrols, but it was getting better, and she was sent out more often now. The transition from being useless to an true aspect of the clan was difficult for her, seeing that she was already grown, but at least she made it. “You can say that again, but at least the coyotes won’t be a threat for now.” She said, while struggling to keep her tail still. It was just instinct, force of habit, her tail was always flicking, waving, lashing. She quickly wrapped it around herself and held it down with her paws. There, now it can’t move.

Although Kestrelstar had reassured the clan that the coyotes were no longer a threat, she still worried about the country tainted kit, Ryekit. She developed into a motherly figure for him, as his mother died at his birth, some rogue came and killed her. It did cause her guilt even to just glance at him, but she could make do it that. After Kestrelstar finished talking, she leaned forward so she could see Canyoncall. “Hello, you must be Canyoncall, right? Nice to meet you.” she gave a small smile, glad to have known someone else. She recently started trying harder to meet people, and of course things became awkward because she’s not the best in social situations, but she tries.
Nixey Tokyodriftin_

[pxxylo]

Had heard what Snowleap said about things Being tense enough, she nodded. Sure, it may be a rare occurrence she was sent on patrols, but it was getting better, and she was sent out more often now. The transition from being useless to an true aspect of the clan was difficult for her, seeing that she was already grown, but at least she made it. “You can say that again, but at least the coyotes won’t be a threat for now.” She said, while struggling to keep her tail still. It was just instinct, force of habit, her tail was always flicking, waving, lashing. She quickly wrapped it around herself and held it down with her paws. There, now it can’t move.

Although Kestrelstar had reassured the clan that the coyotes were no longer a threat, she still worried about the country tainted kit, Ryekit. She developed into a motherly figure for him, as his mother died at his birth, some rogue came and killed her. It did cause her guilt even to just glance at him, but she could make do it that. After Kestrelstar finished talking, she leaned forward so she could see Canyoncall. “Hello, you must be Canyoncall, right? Nice to meet you.” she gave a small smile, glad to have known someone else. She recently started trying harder to meet people, and of course things became awkward because she’s not the best in social situations, but she tries.

Nixey tokyo_driftin

[~Fierce~]

~Lavenderkit~
Lavenderkit had half a mind to skip the meeting. She was feeling lazy particularly this day for some reason but at the last minute she decided to attend. Oh boy she was glad that she did. She caught her name and her breath to hitch. Her name was called? Wait, how old was she? Oh wait, she was 6 moons old! Was this her apprentice ceremony. Lavenderkit scrambled towards the front, weaving through the crowd and didn't care if she stepped on anybody's tail. She skidded to a stop once she reached her destination and she sat down, acting like she hadn't been in a hurry.

[plum]

Plumstorm was late, but that was fine. The shield passed two other shields on the way, both escorting... Bristling slightly, the she-cat realizes there had been rogues in camp! "What was that about?" she questions the nearest cat as she sits someplace rather carelessly.

[ open to ONE who may answer her q ]

[Spottedwillow<3]

—Brittleshore—

Brittleshore turned his head, noticing the other elder nearby. He gave a tight half-smile that probably wasn’t even a smile at all. “Greetings, Wildstream.” He said. “What do you think this meeting will be about?”

As Brittleshore spoke, he turned his head up to look at Kestrelstar, who was seated on the large stone. Absentminded, Brittleshore wondered if the stone was cold. He had to be cold, right? Since it was leaf-bare and all.



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wildstream had briefly took his gaze to Brittleshore after Kestrelstar had spoke.

"Good news it appears," He purred with delight.


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[spade]

The reaction to the news of the coyotes was mixed, with some of the Clan still appearing frightful. Kestrelstar could understand it - the beasts were terrifying - but he hoped that RiverClan knew just how strong they were and had faith in themselves. They were strong, and had numerous warriors to take care of any threat that may come during leafbare, the gray tabby was sure of it.

Just as he was about to continue, two unfamiliar faces seemed to just barge into camp. Instantly his hackles rose and claws slid out, yellow eyes narrowing to slits at the outsiders. He opened his jaw to speak, but it appeared as if Sparrowskip and Wormbite were handling it. He stood on the rock, shoulders back and chin high as he glared down at the intruders. Whoever they were, if the two didn't leave at Sparrowskip and Wormbite's orders, then Kestrelstar might have to end this meeting earlier.

Oh, friends of Silverspot? His yellow eyes found the queen in the crowd and stayed on her for a moment. Ears vaguely caught the tail-end of the stranger threatening Wormbite and stating for Silverspot to meet someone by the ShadowClan border. Did RiverClan have a traitor in its midst? That would have to be handled, but it would not ruin the day for Quietkit or Lavenderkit.

Kestrelstar's glare remained on Silverspot for quite some time, though finally moved to the strangers as they were exiting camp. The hostility displayed by one of the two was not unnoticed and the RiverClan leader felt his lips curl back in a snarl. The audacity of two strangers to waltz into territory that was heavily marked - into a camp - was high.

"Thank you, Sparrowskip [ :Grimm: ] and Wormbite [ x ghostie ]," he called after the two as they left to escort the outsiders out of camp. Kestrelstar was glad to see that the Shields were upholding their promise and defending RiverClan.

Moving back to Lavenderkit and Quietkit, the gray tabby tom gave them both a smile to reassure them that this would not distract from their day. "Quietkit [ Clock Dragonshifter ] and Lavenderkit [ ~Fierce~ ], you have both reached the age to begin your training as apprentices. From this day forward, you will be known as Quietpaw and Lavenderpaw. Whispershine [ PlayWithFire ] you will be mentor to Quietpaw, and Raccoonear
[ superstar ] you will mentor Lavenderpaw. I trust you both to pass on all you know to these two." Kestrelstar gave a nod to each of the warriors he had called, allowing them a moment to find each other and touch noses.

There were still a few reassignments to be done as well, and after the chanting of the names had died down, Kestrelstar cleared his throat once more. "There are also several apprentices now without mentors, and their training shouldn't be delayed." Without further ado, Kestrelstar launched into it.

"Lightpaw [ im a cat ] your new mentor will be Wolfsong [ RiztheHuntress ]." Kestrelstar was wary on giving the she-cat an apprentice, but hopefully this would keep her loyalty rooted in RiverClan.

"Goldenpaw [ Singing Jay ] your mentor will be Rippleshine [ zenpaii ]."

"Eaglepaw [ Phantomtamer ] you will continue your training under Morningfeather
[ Zenoebya ]."

"Shypaw [ @/~Fierce~ ] you will now be mentored by Lizardfrost [ Shade. ]."

"Maplepaw [ error ], Goosefury [ Papaya ] will be your new mentor."

"Nightpaw [ Jae ] your new mentor will be Willowfeather [ Wintermist ]."

"Finpaw [ seeingstars ], I trust that Snowleap [ tokyo_driftin ] will complete your training." Yet another cat he was nervous about giving an apprentice too, but once again Kestrelstar held to the belief that it would cement the tom's loyalty into RiverClan.

"Eveningpaw [ @/seeingstars ] you will now be trained by Aspenleaf [ CroissantKitty ]."

"Wavepaw [ @/seeingstars ] your new mentor will be Bristletail [ Pheasantflight ]."

With the reassignments out of the way, Kestrelstar took a moment to allow them the opportunity to find each other. At the back of his head, there was a single announcement he knew he'd have to get to soon, though the thought of speaking it out loud made his heart ache. He wasn't sure how the Clan would react to it, he could only hope for the best and that it would be a choice that was understood.

[WhitesilverQueen]

Silverspot looked at Kestrelstar nervously. He probably thought she was a traitor. Great. She felt bad, but she knew she would never betray her clan.

[Rani]

Lavenderkit was becoming an apprentice? Well Snakeheart supposed it was around time for it given how fast the kit had been growing of late... Well no matter how grumpy the tom was he wasnt going to let Lavenderkits apprentice ceremony be anything but perfect and he left his normal spot darting over to the molly. No messy fur it wasnt allowed, no sorta sister of Snakeheart went into such a special day with anything but perfect grooming. The medicine cat didnt even stop to say hello immediately rasping a tongue over her fur giving a soft if short purr despite his general irritation finishing as fast and thoroughly as possible before finishing with a encouraging nudge in support. She'd be fine, he was certain of it.

~Fierce~

[dino.]

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>Goosefury<
Oh- was that his name he'd just heard? Goosefury dragged himself out of the warriors' den to blink up at Kestrelstar, and then turned his gaze to search the crowd for Maplepaw. She didn't seem to be present - disappointing. Oh well, he could always track her down later, he supposed. With a curt nod in Kestrelstar's direction, he scooted off to the side to take a seat. Maybe she'd show up.

[Akira]

Reedlight cheered the new apprentices' names. Awesome! He was sure they would have a good apprenticeship: at least, better than his. He offered them all a small smile before turning to Kestrelstar, tipping his head and wondering if there was anything else. Maybe new warriors?

Spikekit squeaked. That was... A lot of apprentices called. Would there be that many when he becomes an apprentice? He hoped not. He couldn't handle the nursery already: the apprentices' den would be worse. The mute kit sighed and shrunk once more, peeking out with amber eyes.

[Nixey]

Good, she had gotten his name right. That was a good thing. Canyoncall always worries about how correct she would be with certain things, and this was just one of them. Ever since being brought into Riverclan she strived for perfection in some things, and in others not so much, but it was important to know the names of her clanmates. “Nice to see you too,” taking the hint, the molly lowered her voice as she suspected that Kestrelstar wouldn’t be long to start the meeting. ”Its alright,” attempting to speak with the normally gentle voice she used for her siblings whenever soothing worries, Canyoncall had taken in a deep breath as she considered his words. “I think a lot of us are, it’s really nerve wrecking to think there could be something prowling the area awaiting for a lone cat,” faltering for a moment, Canyoncall had taken in a deep breath. She had realized she was explaining her own worries, and for a moment she scolded herself for doing so. She wasn’t supposed to worry about things, it made her seem cowardly. Returning to the warrior, Canyoncall tilted her head before nodding in agreement. It was no use to act as though leaf-bare would be easy for any clan.

Turning her attention towards..Raccoonear, she believed it to be. A soft frown seemed to flicker across her muzzle as she examined the face of the other cat before giving her a smile and nod. With that out of the way, Canyoncall debated in her head about the fact that the coyotes hadn’t been spotted around Riverclan territory, which was relaxing. Casting her gaze yet again back towards Racconear, Canyoncall seemed to raise her brows up slightly before bringing the smile back. ”It’s nice to meet you too, Raccoonear.”

superstar | tokyo_driftin
(So sorry for the shorter response <3)

[pxxylo]

Her anxieties had been released. Just as the meeting begun before Kestrelstar broke wind of the Coyotes, and the other top-of-the-meeting announcements, all Raccoonear could think about was apprentices, being a mentor, the excitement of the kits. She quickly know kid out of it, about to become lost in thought again.

“Congrats on getting an apprentice, Snowleap! I bet you and Finpaw will have great times together. She smiled, parting from Canyoncall and Snowleap to search for her new apprentice. My, how amazing it was to have an apprentice! It joyed her to think that she was helping the clan advance in time. She would assist an apprentice in becoming a warrior who would be another new aspect of the clan, helping it grow and thrive.

She stepped out of the crowd where the two new apprentices stood, smiling and quietly mewing congratulations to the both of them, and then lowering her head to touch noses with Lavenderpaw. My, this was such a huge step in her life…would she be able to handle it? Did all cats getting an apprentice think this way? She raised her head, gave Lavenderpaw a hearty, genuine, smile and sat down again.

~Fierce~ tokyo_driftin Nixey

[Weekend-Wondering]

Willowfeather’s mouth dropped in shock as she heard her own name announced as a mentor, and it seemed like her heart skipped a beat. It was hard to tell what she truly felt about it, but she felt lighter.But soon enough, she glanced at Nightpaw, and smiled.

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

The news of the coyotes from the previous meeting being more or less a non-issue was uninteresting to Codpaw, though the prospect of potentially being allowed outside camp again was tempting, though of course Kestrelstar maintained that rule. Codpaw sighed but sat up straighter to show his attentions to the upcoming new apprentices. As they received their new names Codpaw cheered, "Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw! Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw!" The reassignments gave him an itchy feeling as he recalled his own rotating mentors and their inability to stick around or fulfill any of the commitments they made. But then a name stuck out to him, perking his ears. Eveningpaw? It had to be the same, right? His brother had returned. Though Codpaw wasn't sure whether to feel excited or betrayed that he was apparently the last to know of his brother's return. He put his feelings aside to be sorted out later, after the meeting.

[Captain]

♢ Snowleap ♢ ( Canyoncall Nixey || Raccoonear superstar )

Snowleap nodded to Canyoncall and Raccoonear’s words regarding the coyotes. They both had good points, making the tomcat utter a gentle relieving sigh. “I just hope that no cat’s will lose their lives to this leafbare,” He meowed quietly, almost like a mere whisper, “It’s hard enough seeing the damage the coyotes have done to Kestrelstar.” He knew such things were out of his paws and bound to happen, but the dark-furred tomcat wanted to see a positive season ahead, despite all the trouble the cold usually brought the clans. Their leader was healing quickly from the coyote attack and the tomcat knew it wasn’t something he should worry too much over. As the two she-cat’s spoke to one another, Snowleap remained polite and didn’t interrupt as they exchanged respectful greetings. Everything was going smoothly so far during this meeting and for that, the tall tomcat silently thanked Starclan for. However, Snowleap soon found out that he had spoken too soon.

With his hackles raised anxiously, Snowleap watched silently as Sparrowskip and Wormbite deal with not one, but two unknown rogues burst into Riverclan’s camp, who were apparently friends with Silverspot -- a clanmate who he did not know personally. His claws unsheathed as his icy-blue eyes lingered between the molly and their outsider companions, uneasy like many other cats in the crowd were. The tall warrior knew the clan’s shields were more than capable of keeping Riverclan safe, but Snowleap remained on-guard, just in case, until the intruders were completely gone from everyone’s sight. With that out of the way, the young tomcat relaxed, taking a breath and glancing at the two mollies that sat on either side of him, before turning his gaze back up to Kestrelstar. He wasn’t surprised to see the clan leader’s protective, aggressive stance atop the Streamstone, though Snowleap’s attention soon turned to the two young kittens becoming apprentices.

The tall warrior watched with a warm smile as Lavenderkit became Lavenderpaw and Quietkit became Quietpaw. Snowleap had never known what it was like to be born into Riverclan, but he would like to imagine that he had felt the same way when he had been named Snowpaw so many moons ago. Hearing his friend, Raccoonear, be named Lavenderpaw’s mentor. He rested his tail on the molly’s back gently and uttered a soft “congratulations!” as she went forward and touched noses with her new apprentice. Snowleap felt genuine happiness for his dear clanmate, knowing she would make a fine teacher to the young apprentice. As the cats around him began to chat their names, the dark-furred tomcat proudly joined in. “Lavenderpaw! Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw! Quietpaw!” His voice rang out as a part of his clanmates’ chants, feeling like a true Riverclan warrior as he took part in such a simple tradition. Snowleap shut his mouth as the chants soon calmed down and Kestrelstar continued the meeting, reassigning apprentices new mentors so that they could continue their warrior training without delay.

( Finpaw seeingstars )

Listening to the grey-furred tomcat list off the names of apprentices and their corresponding mentors, Snowleap tapped his paws on the ground, thinking not much of it. He wondered how many of these apprentices would soon become warriors and if any of them would go hunting with him, much like the young tomcat Dragonflyfrond did. However, Snowleap’s heart skipped a beat as he heard his name being spoken, making him blink at Kestrelstar as the Riverclan leader went and assigned him Finpaw as his very own apprentice. Was this Kestrelstar giving him a second chance? After what happened at the Gathering? He could only see it as such and the thought made him determined to do his best. He gave a firm nod to the clan leader with a slight smile. Hearing Raccoonear congratulate him, Snowleap’s smile grew wider as his heart swelled with excitement. An apprentice of his own! He was finally a mentor! He was in charge of one of Riverclan’s next warriors! As calm as he could muster, Snowleap stood up, much like all the other warriors were doing, and proceeded to look around to find his new apprentice, Finpaw. The tall warrior was nervous and knew that Kestrelstar (and the rest of Riverclan, including young Finpaw) was counting on him. “I won’t let any of you down!” He thought, his tail swishing excitedly behind him. Snowleap hoped the young apprentice would be able to find him, though the tall warrior wasn't too hard to spot, considering how big he was compared to other warriors.

[Rizo]

Wolfsong's ears perked as she heard her name. She looked at Moonfrost, excitement glistening in her eyes. Moonfrost returned her sister's gaze warmly and butted her head against Wolfsong's shoulder, urging her forward. Wolfsong padded toward the young cat, head held high.

"Hello, Lightpaw. I am Wolfsong. I look forward to working with you," she mewed kindly to Lightpaw before stretching out her neck to offer to touch noses.

im a cat

[Shade.]

~Fierce~

Lizardfrost had only had one apprentice before, from what she remembered. And she hadn't had him for long. He'd turned against RiverClan during a battle. Then he came back and was accepted as Kestrelstar regretted having that battle. When he was young, he'd tried to adopt her as a sort of older sister. It hasn't worked because Lizardfrost didn't understand how that was possible. She wondered how this apprentice would react.

The muscular tuxedo walked over, towering, with a blank expression and bent down to touch noses with the apprentice. She wasn't intentionally being intimidating but she came off that way very often.

[carmen]

implimm seeingstars
Oh? Bristletail was a tad late, but that wasn't a problem. Riverclan wasn't bad. After Kestrelstar's fit of... something she wasn't quite sure the name of, though it seemed to have changed him for the better- changed the clan for the better. But she didn't like to think of the past. Stepping into the clearing from the warriors den, where she had been sleeping, she caught the end of a discussion. She blinked once, hard. Was someone threatening Wormbite? How did someone threaten Wormbite? The other tom was blind, that was true, but it didn't make him any less of a strong warrior. She had seen him grappling with Dusksong before she went missing, and he seemed to be strong. And wasn't he a shield now? She stepped closer, hoping to catch the end of their conversation, only for the outsiders to walk away. Outsiders? The scent of rogues filled her nose without warning. So that was who they were. She gave a nod to Sparrowskip as she turned away. Bristletail doubted he would notice her, but it was always nice to show she noticed them. Turning away, the only thought in her head was that of why the two outsiders were there. She supposed she had missed a good part of the conversation, but the part she had heard was a tad troubling.

Silverspot was Violet's sister? That was worrisome. What if the queen was a traitor or something and ended up only spying for them? Bristletail shivered at the thought. Riverclan was having enough trouble as it was with Shadowclan. She did not want to handle rogues as well. Though, from the looks of them, they should be able to get on fine. A single patrol could take out two cats. Bristletail jumped as Plumstorm plopped down next to her. The shield didn't scare her exactly, but she was quite uncomfortable around her. To be fair, Bristletail was uncomfortable around a lot of cats. What if she said something they didn't like? But as far as she knew, Plumstorm wasn't going to bite her, so it would be fine. Probably. "Honestly? I don't know. I think one of those cats was Silverspots sister, and the other one tried to threaten Wormbite." As she answered Plumstorm's question, she gestured towards the queen with her tail and a smirk found its way to her face as she got to the end. A skinny rogue threatening a shield, part of a group of Riverclans strongest warriors.

Her gaze snapped to Kestrelstar as the leader started speaking. There was no doubt he had said something earlier, so she was determined to stay focused. That was, unless Plumstorm interrupted her thoughts. Having a one-track mind wasn't always a good thing. Bristletail smiled as Quietpaw and Lavenderpaw were given their apprentice names. She could remember how exciting her ceremony had been. Her mouth dropped open as her name was called to mentor a reassigned apprentice. It wasn't her first time, and she wasn't an over-the-top antsy cat, but she had Timberpaw, didn't she? Come to think of it, where was Timberpaw? She hadn't seen the grumpy apprentice for a while. Frankly, she was glad for the change. The other molly had seemed to hate her. Waiting for Wavepaw to appear, she started to chant the new apprentices names, thumping her fluffed tail against the ground. "Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw! Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw!" Her voice was swallowed by many, causing it to drop for the second round of names.

[Spartan-117]

Eaglepaw
Eaglepaw looks at the ground. Another mentor? Have I done something wrong.... He thinks to himself as he watches Kestrelstar.

Coralsplash
The blue-grey tom nudges his half brother. "Cheer up, Eagle, at least your training could continue." He purrs.

Ravenclaw
The wiry blue-grey cat stands and beams at Quietkit. "Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw! Quietpaw! lavenderpaw!" They cheer, calling out on their friend.

[zenpaii]

Rippleshine's eyes widened as she heard her name. She was going to be a mentor? Though she was nervous, excitement also burned through her from her ears to her tail tip, at the prospect of passing on her skills to a new warrior the clan would be proud of.

[Mistletoe]

~Dragonflyfrond~

The silver warrior chanted the names of the new apprentices with pride. Riverclan could only get stronger with these new additions! He was happy that his friend Snowleap had gotten an apprentice. He had no doubt that Snowleap would make a great mentor! He didn’t know the other cat very well, but he was sure they’d do a great job too. Much better than I will. The momentarily thought stung. What if he messed up Minnowpaw’s training? What if she never became a great warrior because he hadn’t trained her properly? He shook his head to clear his mind. For now it was best to focus on the positives. All the new apprentices taking their first step towards becoming warriors.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

~ BEARHEART ~

Oh, StarClan, he was going to be late! Bearheart quickly hurried over to the Streamstone, his huge paws thumping very loudly against the ground. His comically small ears were flattened against his head, his blue eyes narrowed in determination to get to the rock. He thundered into the crowd, skidded to a stop, and sat down, taking several deep breaths to revive his depleted lungs. "My apologies," he meowed to anyone bothering to listen. Bearheart pricked his ears. He had come just in time to hear some of the good information. The coyote situation was fine. That was good; RiverClan did not need any more trouble during leaf-bare. And kits being made into apprentices! A deep purr rumbled in the ginger tom's throat as his gaze fell on Quietkit and Lavenderkit. He loved seeing kits becoming apprentices.

He had missed something, clearly, as he saw ruffled fur and worried expressions. Bearheart's gaze fell on two unfamiliar cats being led out of camp by Sparrowskip and Wormbite. His gaze narrowed. Hopefully, no trouble fell on RiverClan. Outsiders wandering into camp wasn't a common occurrence. But there were other thoughts in Bearheart's head, too. What if those Outsiders had, say, wanted to join? Or had they just been causing trouble? He was not sure. The massive ginger tom turned his attention back to Kestrelstar. He had not picked up on much besides the coyotes and two kits being apprenticed. Now the kits had their names.

"Quietpaw! Lavenderpaw!" he yowled in his deep, thunderous voice. More reassignments were happening, too. That was good. RiverClan's young needed the best education so that they would have a better chance at survival. Bearheart hated seeing cats die young.

[seeingstars]

Graypaw sat and listened looking up at the leader. He furrowed his brows when his name wasn't called though, wasn't he going to get a new mentor too?

{ tokyo_drifting }
Finpaw Smiled nervously at his new mentor he'd never really interacted with this cat and was a little anxious, but he also knew his training was only needed for a little bit longer.

Eveningpaw smiled softly at Finpaw before scanning the gathered cats in an attempt to find his mentor.

{ Pheasantflight )
Wavepaw slowly made their way closer to Bristletail. They quirked a brow, they'd never really talked to Bristletail, nor had they heard much of her. They respectfully dipped their head in greeting to their new mentor.

[Singing Jay]

~ Goldenpaw zenpaii

Usually the golden apprentice would have stood with ears pricked and eye tightly focused on her leader, just waiting to hear her name and new mentor, usually, but after going through, what was it now, four mentors? She wasn’t exactly hopeful over her luck in that department. Her moon wasn’t helped by the fact that her fifth mentor was a nobody to her. Rippleshime who? She had never heard of them before. But none the less she dragged herself up with a sigh and tried to look as not-tired and irritated as she could as she padded up to him. Again, usually she would have dipped her head in greeting, and told what kind of training she had left, but this just wasn’t enough to make her care anymore. A short “hi.” was all she offered before sitting down again, not beside nor away from her newest mentor.

[spade]

As mentors and apprentices greeted each other, Kestrelstar had to stifle laughter that threatened to bubble up from him. Snakeheart had taken a rather keen liking to Lavenderpaw, and he had yet to tease the tom for it yet. Seeing the grumpy walls taken down by such a small bundle of fur would make for an endless array of jokes, and Kestrelstar had a few that he'd deliver to his brother after the meeting was over.

Some of the cats gave him nods of confirmation, most notably Snowleap. He would still keep an eye on the tom for the favoritism that had been apparent at the Gathering, but maybe his apprentice would set him on the right track. Kestrelstar didn't want to allow his mind to run off into the possibilities of what such a display could mean, so he pushed it to the side in favor of progressing the meeting.

"There are also two cats among us who have proven themselves to be true and valuable assets to RiverClan, and in turn have earned their warrior names. Codpaw
[ Ravensong ] and Graypaw [ seeingstars ], please step forward." With a swift leap Kestrelstar lept from the Streamstone and landed on the ground, beckoning the two young toms forward with his tail.

[Weekend-Wondering]

Willowfeather watched the two apprentices closely as their names were called out, trying to read their expressions. Though to her, Codpaw and Graypaw still seemed like apprentices. On Willowfeather’s warrior ceremony, she hadn’t been too exited or nervous, since she knew it was coming. Her green eyes still unblinking, she looked at Kestrelstar.
This is even more normal for him

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

The grey spotted tabby perked up hearing his leader call him to step forward. A jolt of self-consciousness struck him, buzzing his pelt from ears down to his slick tail. He'd followed the rules lately, not an easy task but he'd made it work, so he couldn't be in trouble. Could it really be...? It made the most sense but somehow it didn't make any sense. Maybe he'd never thought he would make it out of his apprenticeship. Some part of him made his eyes wander across the clearing, looking for his mother, Sagewhisper, wishing she could be a part of this with him, along with Palehound, Hailfreeze, or Swanleap, his list of former mentors, if only to show them that he could make it through his apprenticeship despite their lack of support. But of course he found none of them. So he took a deep breath and stepped forward to meet Kestrelstar. Though his insides were buzzing, he put a broad smile on his face and kept his chin up in feigned easy confidence.

[seeingstars]

Graypaw's eyes widened as he heard his name called, was this it? was he finally becoming a warrior? The gray and white tom bounced forwards looking up at Kestrelstar. His tail swayed behind him as he waited for Kestrelstar's next words. He was FINALLY going to be a warrior.

Eveningpaw was a little sad his brother was being made a warrior before he was but he was proud nonetheless. The dark gray and white tabby tom moved a little closer to where his brother was standing. He let out a warm purr and smiled widely at Codpaw.

Finpaw watched Eveningpaw walk away from him and anxiety crept through his entire pelt.

Wavepaw paid little attention to the rest of the meeting.

Duckslip was quiet, simply listening to the meeting. They cheered the new apprentices names

[Akira]

Reedlight beamed up at the apprentices, eyes gleaming. If this was what he thought it was, then it was great for them! Awesome!

[spade]

Seeing that the two apprentices had stepped forward, Kestrelstar gave them each a reassuring smile. Each of them had faced many challenged and obstacles to get here, but the leader felt pride that they had made it out. From Codpaw, who had seemed to have a revolving door of mentors as well as the disappearance of his mother Sagewhisper, to Graypaw who had recently returned to the Clan after being missing still filled with the same drive and determination.

Both were going to make excellent additions to the Clans ranks, and Kestrelstar was proud that yet again, RiverClan would have new warriors to celebrate at the next Gathering.

"I, Kestrelstar, leader of RiverClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of our noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn." Taking a breath, Kestrelstar let his gaze flicker between the two toms, his own excitement buzzing within. "Codpaw
[ Ravensong ], Graypaw [ seeingstars ], do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

[seeingstars]

Graypaw nodded enthusiastically before speaking firmly "Yes." He said, he was practically about to burst from excitedly. He began bouncing paw to paw as he stared up at Kestrelstar.

[alaskaa]

She was immensely relieved about the news of the coyotes and tilted her head up as two apprentices were called up. Hazelstorm recognised one as her friend, Codpaw, who she hd gone on an adventure with all around the Clans' territories... and miraculously hadn't been caught - unless you counted the encounter with that ShadowClan apprentice, Firepaw. Hazelstorm suspected something was up between tosetwo, but she didn't want to delay Codpaw's warrior ceremony and so kept that to herself.
It was a little incredible that Codpaw had managed to become a warrior at the normal time, since Hazelstorm was pretty sure he wandered off alone at times into the territory. She flashed an encouraging smile at Codpaw, remembering her own warrior ceremony - which wasn't that long ago.

[Pitou]

**Codpaw**

Energy buzzed through him as he listened to the words he'd heard spoken to other apprentices before him as though it were all a misty dream. He was about ready to make some quip about getting this far and needing to decline the offer but thought against it. He'd made it this far, he wasn't about to screw up his chances now in front of the whole clan. He swallowed and nodded eagerly, "Yes. I do. Yes." He rolled his eyes at his trip-up but kept his smile wide.

[spade]

The energy and excitement was tangible and overflowing from the two apprentices that Kestrelstar did not wish to make them wait any longer.

"Then by my powers as Clan leader, I give you your warrior names. Graypaw
[ seeingstars ], from this moment on you will be known as Grayshell. StarClan honors your level-headedness and loyalty, and we welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." Kestrelstar leaned forward, resting his muzzle on top of the new warriors head momentarily. It was a proud moment, and he hoped the young tom would drink it in as much as he could.

Lifting his head, Kestrelstar turned his attention to Codpaw. This was a special ceremony, as he had a special name picked out for him. "Codpaw [ Ravensong ], from this moment on you will be known as Codwhisper, in honor of your mother Sagewhisper," he began, yellow eyes glittering with a knowing look. He could understand the confusion and anger and probably guilt that the young tom was feeling, not having his mother here for his big day. It was a feeling Kestrelstar knew all too well. "StarClan honors your adventerousness and socialbility, and we welcome you as a full warrior of RiverClan." The leader stretched his neck forward to rest it on Codwhisper's head. "Your mother would be proud," he whispered to the tom, drawing back to catch his gaze.

After a moment the leader stepped back and tilted his head back to begin the chant of the new names. Codwhisper and Grayshell, two new warriors. RiverClan was surely thriving during leaf-bare, and pride was overflowing inside of Kestrelstar.

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[seeingstars]

Grayshell puffed his chest up looking around at the clan, hearing them call his new name felt like nothing he'd ever felt before. A purr rose from the tom's throat.

"CODWHISPER!" Eveningpaw called out proudly. He smiled widely at his brother, he knew soon he would be the one standing there receiving his warrior name. He called out Grayshell's name shortly after.

[Nixey]

——>Reedpaw
Wait, what? Raising her attention from where she had been dragging her paw along in the dirt, being completely in space with the way her gaze had seemed so distant and empty, Reedpaw was snapped back when she heard Graypaws name. Reedpaw blinked blankly up towards the Riverclan leader for a moment before her attention quite quickly redirected onto her old friend, and excitement bubbled in her chest. She knew she should stay composed, as she was now in a important position, where cats would one day possibly depend upon her, and Reedpaw needed maturity and composure to be depended upon. Her paws now danced anxiously in the dirt beneath her when Graypaw responded with a yes, and Reedpaw had raised slightly off her haunches to be taller and to gaze towards her friend. With a little grin painted along her muzzle, as soon as Graypaw was now named Grayshell, Reedpaw had no trouble raising her voice to chant his name. Reedpaw had certainly never been one to be quiet when it came down to speaking, and she certainly wasn’t about to be now. “Grayshell! Grayshell!” her voice nearly a yell, Reedpaw had been able to keep it to a loud but respectable tone. ”Codwhisper!” she chanted along after, eyes ablaze with joy as she simply couldn’t describe the pride in her chest for her friend, but a slight feeling of jealousy lingered along the sides.

[Akira]

"Grayshell! Codwhisper!" Reedlight cheered eagerly, beaming at the new warriors.

[Pitou]

**Codwhisper**

All of his previous mentors and the rest of the onlooking clan fell from the grey tom's mind or worries. The ancient words of Starclan rang from Kestrelstar's mouth so fluidly. He listened intently, making sure he didn't miss anything, trying to take everything in. He watched Graypaw, Grayshell, receive his new name, feeling a certain pride knowing he was next. When Kestrelstar backed away from Grayshell and turned to him, he became fully aware of his face and the characteristic smile that came so easily that was still plastered there. But the smile faded and his mouth went dry at hearing his new name, officially, Codwhisper. Suddenly it felt as though Sagewhisper was here watching him afterall. He barely heard anything else the leader said afterwards until he rested his muzzle on Codwhisper's head. Codwhisper closed his eyes then felt Kestrelstar move away from him and he caught the leader's comment. Codwhisper's eyes shot open, staring at the leader with hopeful eyes. Codwhisper wouldn't consider himself an emotional cat but the sudden wave of gratitude towards his leader caught him off-guard. He swallowed and nodded his head once in a mixture of respect and gratitude and promise. He'd live up to the name his mother, the Shield, carried before him.

[Captain]

♢ Snowleap ♢ ( Ft. Finpaw seeingstars )

After a moment of searching for his apprentice, the tall warrior’s icy-blue eyes rested upon a small, orange-furred tomcat that smiled nervously up at him with mis-matched eyes. “Ah, you must be Finpaw,” Snowleap meowed, his tone friendly and soft-spoken, “It’s a pleasure to meet you. I’m Snowleap, obviously, and I’m looking forward to helping you finish your training.” As he said this, the young Riverclan tomcat quietly sat down beside the small apprentice. Snowleap silently hoped that his size didn’t make Finpaw anxious, knowing he was quite large compared to the young tomcat. He had never been a mentor before and honestly hoped he wouldn’t mess it up. Finpaw didn’t know him and he didn’t know Finpaw. They were practically strangers, despite being in the same clan. There was a first time for everything though, right?

With that being said and done, Snowleap lifted his gaze back up to Kestrelstar as the grey-furred tomcat went on with the meeting. The tall tomcat listened in silence as two apprentices -- Graypaw and Codpaw -- were named warriors. This made the Riverclan warrior smile warmly as he thought about the new warriors that would be possible hunting buddies for him in the future (if they wanted to, of course). As another rush of excited chants from his clanmates ensued, he happily joined in. “Grayshell! Codwhisper! Grayshell! Codwhisper!” He chanted with a purr rumbling in his throat. Snowleap couldn’t really remember his own naming ceremony anymore, all those memories being rather fuzzy for some reason in his mind, but he felt genuinely happy and excited for Riverclan’s newest warriors. He wondered if he’d befriend them someday.

[Apollo.]

-PumpkinSprout-

The molly chanted the names of the newly made warriors happily.

[Silverfur & Co]

Featherpaw chanted "Greyshell codwhisper." And kept chanting them and snowstripe followed suit. Chanting both the new warriors names.

[Bean]

"Greyshell! Codwhisper!" lillyfang joined along in the chant. She hoped that the new warriors would remember this day.

[windtail]

silverstripe smiled as she watched the two apprentices become warriors and quietly sturred there new names g gg grayshell! c cc cc codwhisper!

[zenpaii]

Singing Jay
Rippleshine nodded warmly to her new apprentice. She noticed the she-cat seemed a bit reserved, though she didn't mind. She silently vowed to be the best mentor she could, before her attention was captured again by Kestrelstar's words. She yowled the new warriors' names proudly, though she didn't know either of them personally.

"Codwhisper! Grayshell!"

[Weekend-Wondering]

Willowfeather looked happily at the two new warriors, knowing RiverClan would definitely survive with these two new warriors. She joined in the chanting, of their new names.
“Codwhisper! Grayshell!”

[WhitesilverQueen]

Spottedkit chanted the warriors name. But she could not find her adopted mother! "Silverspot!" she called "Has anyone seen her!?"
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[~whirl~]

"Greyshell, Codwhisper!" Cheered Dawnpaw and Ivypaw

[WhitesilverQueen]

"Silverspot!?" Spottedkit continued to yell. Where was her adopted mom. InsertCoolNameHere
(open)

[~Sayonara~]

**Codwhisper**

All of his previous mentors and the rest of the onlooking clan fell from the grey tom's mind or worries. The ancient words of Starclan rang from Kestrelstar's mouth so fluidly. He listened intently, making sure he didn't miss anything, trying to take everything in. He watched Graypaw, Grayshell, receive his new name, feeling a certain pride knowing he was next. When Kestrelstar backed away from Grayshell and turned to him, he became fully aware of his face and the characteristic smile that came so easily that was still plastered there. But the smile faded and his mouth went dry at hearing his new name, officially, Codwhisper. Suddenly it felt as though Sagewhisper was here watching him afterall. He barely heard anything else the leader said afterwards until he rested his muzzle on Codwhisper's head. Codwhisper closed his eyes then felt Kestrelstar move away from him and he caught the leader's comment. Codwhisper's eyes shot open, staring at the leader with hopeful eyes. Codwhisper wouldn't consider himself an emotional cat but the sudden wave of gratitude towards his leader caught him off-guard. He swallowed and nodded his head once in a mixture of respect and gratitude and promise. He'd live up to the name his mother, the Shield, carried before him.

Honeypaw ran up to his friend and nudged his shoulder affectionately, purring with excitement for his friend. "Congratulations, Codwhisper!" He exclaims, his eyes gleaming. He sits and tilts his head, wrapping his tail around his paws. "You're lucky you don't have to stay in the apprentice's den anymore! Oh, and I'm glad you got your requested warrior name. It suits you!" Honeypaw smiles warmly and stayed beside the other tom, their pelts brushing while the cold wind blew their fur.

[spade]

As the cheering died down, Kestrelstar gave a final nod to the two new warriors and turned to leap back atop the Streamstone. He lifted his tail in a signal for the Clan to quiet back down before continuing.

Just as he was about to continue though, a small squeaky voice made its way above the crowd. Spottedkit [ Silverspot11 ]. That traitor had left her kit behind. The mere thought it of made Kestrelstar want to sink his claws into the rock; how could she have left behind a kit? Glancing around, he took sight of Pumpkinsprout. Hopefully the queen would be able to help. "Pumpkinsprout [ LeoDaLeaf ] please take Spottedkit back into the nursery and tell her to wait for me." He did not look forward to delivering the news about Silverspot, but judging how she had left with Wormbite and Sparrowskip he could only assume that the queen had left.

Deciding to move on with the meeting with that sorted, Kestrelstar turned his attention back towards the gathered cats. "As some of you are aware, one of our Shields has gone missing. I am unsure of Fierceroar's whereabouts, but the role needs to be filled in her absence. Goosefury [ Papaya ] will be RiverClan's new Shield." Kestrelstar let his gaze fall to the tom and gave him a sharp nod from where he stood. He trusted the tom and knew that he'd do well in the position. As much as he felt a small whole in his heart at the disappearance of Fierceroar - as he knew Junipersong would as well - the Clan had to continue moving on and thriving.

Finally, after a bit, Kestrelstar cleared his throat once more. The last announcement, one that he did not wish to be making. It made his heart ache as though he was losing a friend, though the cat he'd be speaking on was still very much alive. His legs trembled slightly but then went still as he stepped forward. Yellow eyes searched for familiar faces in the crowd - Junipersong, Snakeheart, someone to draw strength from. He was unsure how the Clan would react to this news, and hoped that it would go over smoothly.

"Lastly," the gray tabby began with a release of a breath he hadn't thought he was holding, "Splashleap [ gs29513 ] has informed me that she wishes to step down from being RiverClan's deputy. She has done wonderful things for our Clan, and I know she will continue to be a loyal and strong warrior." Taking a moment, Kestrelstar glanced down at where Splashleap was, offering her a small, grateful smile.

He knew he'd most likely be getting questions left and right, so instead of dealing with that, Kestrelstar lifted his head. "I will be taking my time in searching for a suitable replacement for her. Please, I ask that you continue about your days. In the meantime, I will be sending out patrols and any border activity should be reported to me or a Shield promptly." Stars, he hadn't realized how much this announcement would exhaust him. As much as he wanted to end the meeting, however, he needed to stay to see if there would be any commentary or reaction from the Clan gathered below on this perhaps sudden turn of events.

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[Ian]

Shimmerbird sucked in a breath at the last announcement, not believe what she heard. Splashleap had decided to step down?! Granted the warrior hadn't seen much of the deputy- now former deputy- around lately, but it was still out of the blue! What would the Clan do now without her? What would Kestrelstar do? This was awful, and now she was about to have panic attack even though this didn't really have anything to do with her, but what was RiverClan going to do?!

No. No pessimistic thoughts. Shimmerbird was going to stay positive. She wasn't that shy little apprentice anymore, she was a warrior and she needed to act like it. She sucked in a deep breath, holding it for a moment before slowly letting out once again, feeling the pounding of her heart slowly calm as the panic subsided. Kestrelstar was their leader, he would figure it out. For now she would trust in him and her fellow RiverClan cats, they would pull through this.

[Akira]

Reedlight blinked. Splashleap was stepping down? Really? Well, he couldn't exactly blame her: no doubt everything, all her duties, was running her ragged. Though they wouldn't be with a deputy for a while, he could only hope that Kestrelstar would be smart and choose someone who would become a leader when need. So, he nodded in acceptance, keeping quiet.

Spikekit looked up. Splashleap was stepping down...? Was she stepping on something? Wait... Did this mean she was no longer deputy? Oh... Weird. Well, they would eventually get a new one, right? So he wasn't too worried.

[Rani]

Snakeheart was quite happily chanting Lavenderpaws name (though he tossed in one Quietpaw just to be fair) when the announcement Splashleap was stepping down utterly blindsided him. What?!?!? He wasnt informed of this prior when did this happen??? Sure the medicine cat was aware that Splashleap had her anxieties about the rank it was reasonable given the weight but to resign.... It felt like a failing on his part. He was the one who'd really pushed for the young deputy but did she even really want the role? What if he'd accidentally forced her into this like Lionstorm had forced him. She'd not protested but..... Well he didnt talk to her beforehand and asked and while he didnt see an issue with refusal she mightve. The tom shrank back again casting his gaze around to try and spot the molly apology in his eye. This time he'd do better even if it wasnt his fault this time he'd make sure that Kestrelstar chose right even if he had to bully his brother into it.

[pxxylo]

She quieted down at the nod of Kestrelstar, and waited for the next round of announcements. Fierceroar had gone missing? My, she had never met the cat, but despite this, proceeded to worry. What had happened? She shook her head. Focus. Live in the moment, and take time out of your day to allow your mind to wander…now isn’t the time, though. She glanced behind her towards Snowleap.

She now realized she should have returned to her spot by the riverclan warrior, and not sat so close to the front, she now knew nobody surrounding her. Great Starclan, how could she have not thought of that before? The molly was so caught up in the joy of having an apprentice, suppose she just spaced out for a moment.

What?! Splashleap retired?! Her eyes filled with shock, and she glanced over at the warrior. She truly respected his choice, not everything lasted forever after all, but it was so unexpected! She tore her gaze from Splashleap, averting her attention back to the Streamstone. Was the job too much? Surely not, Splashleap was by far a very capable cat…but then, what had happened?

She looked around, viewing the other’s reactions. Her mind suddenly raced to the idea of Silverspot. The poor kit, just left behind by a traitor of a mother? She cast a quick glance over at Pumpkinsprout, then the kit. Guilt filled her. Would the kit be able to recover from such an event? Would she even be affected, seeing how young she was? Her mind sped through all of the possibilities, before she glanced back up at Kestrelstar.

My, she truly did seem sorrowed to have a close friend that had developed over the two helping each other keep the clan afloat step down. She dipped her head towards the Riverclan warrior, Splashleap. He had surely lived this fraction of his life out as deputy well. She was slightly taken aback by the sudden change in the clan’s structure, but was happy for him. He served exceptionally well, and Raccoonear was glad to see him decide for himself to move on, everyone had to flip the page to the next chapter of their life whether it be swift hunting in Starclan, or living out your life in a new phase. She smiled.

[Silverfur & Co]

Snowstripe was shocked about the news as well she liked splashleap alot but nodded none the less. She looked around and looked for featherpaw.

[Apollo.]

-PumpkinSprout-

The orange tabby dipped her head politely to the leader and nudged Spottedkit towards the nursery, gently saying to the kit "Don't worry young one. I'll look after you for now, have you met my kits yet? Their names are Softkit, Sparkkit, Whisperkit and Wrenkit. " she blinked kindly at Spottedkit as she guided the upset kit to the nursery. I guess I can take care of Spottedkit until Silverspot is found, Since Wrenkit is still missing.. she thought sadly about her daughter before turning her attention back to the kit.


Silverspot111

[ThePiffle]

Horsetail looked at the ground, his face stained with tears. "Spottedkit will be my responsibility," Horsetail meowed flatly.

Silverspot11 arden

[windtail]

splashleap was stepping down thought silverstripe she didnt know why they would step down but she didnt say anything

[vanillaa]

From the silence of the warriors den, Nettlebloom took a moment to honor the silence and beauty of the shadows. She didn't like the darkness per se, but she adored her alone time. Somewhat extroverted, one would think she liked being around everyone at all times, but that certainly twas not the case for Nettle. She didn't give a heck what others thought of her and also spoke her mind, even if someone would get hurt by it. She was certainly a masterpiece of elegance, but at the same time, an unnoticeable and sensitive soul, who for the life of her couldn't draw nor hold the attention of those around her. She saw the colors of her world, she heard music with the wind, found joy in the struggling, but she failed to find the depth of most of her denmates. Most of the cats she lived with were dense, shallow creatures, looking to either please everyone or antagonize everyone. Somehow the latter always seemed to have admirers. Bullies and those without emotions always did. Popular for their pessimistic and rude ways.
When a meeting was called, the den emptied out quite fast. It was interesting, how bare and naked the den seemed to be when all the residents left at the same time.
She actually quite liked it, honestly. Gave her time to think. It clearly wasn't silent in the den, nor the camp, but not listening and drifting into a world of imagination was quite simply the easiest way for tranquility.
When the ruckus of the Clan meeting died down, she proceeded to exit the den. But no, the meeting was over, but she caught the last bit. Splashleap. The deputy, eh? Her eyes narrowed, then widened at the news. No deputy. Fabulous. It would turn out, at least they had a decent leader who could hold the Clan together for a while. A deputy was important, though. He would have to choose swiftly and wisely.
Silently, she slipped out of camp. No more than a flitting shadow of one whose existence was unbeknownst and unnoticed by all her Clanmates.

[carmen]

seeingstars
Bristletail watched her apprentice approach. A quiet one, it seemed, though that wasn't necessarily bad. She herself had been quiet, and in doing so had become a warrior fast. She didn't mouth off to her mentor or any of the highranks. It was easy when it went like that. That and Wavepaw probably wasn't mad at her for taking someones place. That always made it seem easier. In actuality, it did make it easier. Leaning down to touch his nose, she let a little sigh, not of annoyance or frustration, but one that let out the anxiety she held to let her take in a new breath. She smiled at him and nodded her head, acknowledging his presence, but saying she would like to listen to the rest of the meeting. There was too many other things happening for her to concentrate on talking and listening. The energy at this meeting was better than it had during others. It was much more... positive than it had been in the past.

"Grayshell! Codwhisper! Grayshell! Codwhisper!" She didn't know either of the apprentice-now-turned-warriors, but she was still excited for them. Becoming a warrior was amazing. Your new name and what the leader had noticed about you were exciting. Knowing someone noticed that you existed was great- if you wanted that. Her gaze moved to Spottedkit, who was crying about her mother. It made her flinch. Losing your mother and not knowing where she went was horrible. Losing your mother in general was horrible. She knew how it felt and she hated the thought of anyone else knowing as well, though that wasn't easily prevented. She turned back to Ketrelstar as he made his next announcement. So, Goosefury was becoming a shield. No surprise there. Honestly, the greater surprise was that Goosefury hadn't been one originally. Fierce and frankly terrifying, he fit it perfectly. He was also a loyal warrior, so that was something that earned her respect.

"What!" It escaped her mouth before she could stop it, much louder than she would've liked, though, she would've preferred if she didn't make any sound at all. Stars, she hoped no one had heard. Her gaze jolted towards Splashleap. Where was she? The familiar brown and white molly wasn't there, or, at least, wasn't within her sight. Who was going to be the next deputy? Better question: Why would Splashleap want to resign? She knew such responsibility wasn't for everyone, but Splashleap seemed to be doing pretty well, at least, better than others would do. She didn't always seem the most comfortable, but she wasn't bad at her role. Not at all. She knew Kestrelstar wouldn't make up such a thing, so that ruled out that possibility, though, in truth, it was so preposterous it didn't count. "Why?" Yet another thing she couldn't hold back. That was embarrassing. And rude. Exceptionally rude.