[Cosmo]

Originally Posted by Zero to Hero

"Correct," Surgestorm meowed with a smile, pleasantly surprised at her determination to remember all four of them. "Good job." He gave her a playful nudge to the shoulder before leaning down to the herbs and lapping up his share of each. His face twisted into a small grimace as he chewed and swallowed, never quite used to the taste of them even after all these moons of making the journey back and forth to and from the Starcave. "We should get going," He meowed, casting a wistful glance at the length of the shadows in his den from what little light that filtered in from the outside sun. The tom could tell what time it was just from that, he didn't have to look outside to know the sun was dipping below the horizon. The moon would be rising, and if they left now, it would be in the center of the sky by the time they arrived to preform the formal ceremony that would officially make her an apprentice and him a mentor. "You ready?" He asking, watching her carefully. There was more meaning behind the question than one would first think. It may have been a little early to ask, but he had to be sure despite everything that had happened so far.

Oriolepaw purred happily at his complement. She was determined to learn how to become a medicine cat, as she knew it was one of the greatest experiences to even dream about. She had watched kits play, and though many of their ambitions were set on being leader, she saw plenty of kits pretending to be medicine cats, and to be healing the "leader". Kits dreamed a lot. Most of them never got to be what they had dreamed of as a kit and were perfectly content being a warrior. However Oriolepaw was actually experiencing it. She was about to become Surgestorm's apprentice. She was so excited she felt like she had the energy of all the cats in the clans combined. She watched him lick up his share of the traveling herbs and decided to do the same. She lowered her head and lapped them up. She wrinkled her nose at the taste, it was not prey that was for sure. She felt like spitting it out. Oriolepaw swallowed it wincing at the bitter tang as she did. "Okay!" She chirped happily, having to restrain herself from skipping around happily. "Yes!" She purred happily and practically skipped to the entrance.