High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]
Free from the influence of the false rat gods, the ShadowClan leader shook out her pelt as if ridding herself of annoying fleas, senses returning. She looked down at Mirekit, who thankfully wasn't throwing a fit at being told that she had to get down. She scuffed the hairball, mindful of how hard she was biting, and lifted her. The colossal, scarred, tabby landed gracefully on her paws in one powerful leap and was mildly impressed with herself. She managed to avoid stepping on the rest of the hairballs.
The leader waved her tail in the direction of Moonkit's yowled if only to get him to stop yowling. After setting Mirekit down, she returned to the Shadowledge to begin the numerous ceremonies. Wait! First, she had to count them. One, two, three, four... she was missing one. After listing off the kits for a third time in her head, she found it was Forestkit that wasn't there. Of course, it was one of her grandkits. Sighing loudly, and no longer willing to waste any more time. She began.
"From this day forth until you receive your warrior names, you'll be known as Sleepypaw, Birdpaw, Twistedpaw, Lionpaw, Moonpaw, Cinderpaw, Brownpaw, Rainpaw, Quietpaw, Duskpaw, Wispypaw, Quillpaw, Sootpaw, and Mirepaw." The ShadowClan leader felt like she was forgetting something but as she couldn't place it now, she'd deal with it later.
"Howlingkit, as you requested a name change, from this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you'll be known as Heronpaw." While everyone congratulated the new apprentices, Dawnstar started looking for suitable mentors.
"Starlingstreak, you'll be mentoring Heronpaw and Mirepaw. Fogwatcher, you'll train Birdpaw. Hillstrider, your apprentice is Quietpaw. Iceclaw, you'll mentor Wispypaw. Sootspirit, you'll mentor Twistedpaw. Moonpaw, your mentor is Darkcloud. Cornpuff, you'll train Cinderpaw once she's recovered enough to start training. Mistlewhisker, Quillpaw is your new apprentice. Hawkbite, I trust you can handle training Brownpaw. Thrushdawn, you'll mentor Sootpaw, Duskpaw, Briarsplash is your mentor. Sleepypaw, you'll be training with me. Lionpaw, your mentor is Sharpfrost. Rainpaw, you'll be training with Amberfern."
Well, she tried here. Dawnstar would admit that she trusts some to train their apprentices over others properly. She wanted to complain about having so many apprentices to assign, however, this many cats ready for training wasn't something she had any right to complain about.
Dawnstar leaped down once more to touch noses with Sleepypaw. "I'll show you around the territory once I'm done here, perhaps with Meadowpaw if I can find the lazy furball." The leader told the apprentice with a firm frown on her maw. She turned back to the Shadowledge, and instead of jumping back up on, she sat at the base to peer at the two apprentices awaiting their ceremonies. Once the clan fell quiet again she started.
"I, Dawnstar, leader of ShadowClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon these apprentices. They have trained hard in the ways of a warrior and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn. Yellowpaw and Palepaw, do you promise to protect and serve this Clan, even at the cost of your life?" Dawnstar locked each apprentice in her unwavering glare, tail swaying to and fro as she awaited their answers.
#schmeeting
