[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.