Tulippaw was still taking it all in.

She was an apprentice now! She had to act like it. The ceremony was fresh on her mind. It was an amazing exprience, being up on the Floodstone, and being named Tulippaw, she even got Beanfloat as a mentor! How lucky can you get, to have your own brother as a mentor?

But the entire ceremony felt wrong.

Everything did.

Everything always did.

Fogkit wasn’t there. He was gone, and she was trying so hard to accept that- she’d been trying for the past 3 moons, but everywhere she went, the thought of him did too. She swore he was a ghost meant to haunt her. No. No more thinking about Fogkit. She’d already decided. Apprenticeship meant a new chapter in her life. She would move on, even if it hurt. She had to move on. She couldn’t let her brother keep haunting her and sucking all the happiness and life out of her.

She inhaled sharply as she brought herself back to the present. Was the RiverClan camp always this big? Were there always so many members of the Clan? And when did they all become strangers to her? Looking around at all her clanmates made her realize how alone she’s been the past few moons. She had Beanfloat, and that was it. And it was Fogk- Nope. Not thinking about him.

She looked around for something to do to try to get her brother off her mind. She wasn’t hungry at the moment, and it’s not like she had any friends to talk to. That’s when she spotted it. A perfectly round mossball that’d been abandoned in a corner, she padded over to it and began absentmindedly batting it around. It served as a nice distraction, though she felt childish. She was an apprentice now. Did apprentices even play with mossballs…?

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Tulippaw was in her own little world playing with the mossball, so when Strawberrypaw approached her she jolted up. Her fur looked quite ruffled and her cheeks were a rosy pink, flushed from the embarrassment of being caught in such a childish activity. Mossball was for kits.

The humiliated apprentice flattened her ears back in embarrassment. So much for trying to look cool and mature with the other apprentices. Then, the orange tabby asked her something that Tulippaw had never expected. "You... want to join me? Isn't mossball for kits though?" She asked, sounding hesitant to let Strawberrypaw join at first.

Silly Tulippaw! She's asking to join! Of course she doesn't think it's childish! She scolded herself mentally. Then Tulippaw brightened up as she realized her opportunity. A new chapter meant new friends, maybe this was her opportunity for new friends!

The calico grinned and flicked her tail. "I'd be happy for you to join if you'd like." She responded cheerfully, trying to act a lot more open then she was formerly.

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Now that truly shocked Tulippaw. This cat had never played mossball before?! Had she never been a kit?! Her jaw dropped and she asked. "Seriously? You've never played mossball? It's super easy! You basically just bat it back and forth. That's how me and Fogkit played anyways." She meowed.

"Yeah. My name's Tulippaw. And really? My brother was your old mentor? That's cool! I bet he taught you tons of stuff! He's always been a great warrior." She replied, puffing her chest out, as if she was proud of having Beanfloat for a mentor and brother. She seemed to enjoy talking about him too.

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@lys.luvbot - so sorry for the week late reply!! ive been inactive due to busyness in my life rn!!