ShadowClan Grimpeak

[Levi 99]

Originally Posted by puffball

Kitepaw
@Levi 99

The black and brown tom looked around excitedly for his mentor. He was finally out of the stinky nursery! Yes! No more hanging around with fussing kits and queens. Hopefully, his mentor was a big, strong cat just like Dawnstar! That would be awesome! He looked around again, trying to find Shadefrost in the crowd and finally finding the other tom. He dashed toward his mentor and skidded to a stop in front of him with a grin. Hi hi, I'm Kitepaw! he said with a small pant in-between 'I'm' and 'Kitepaw'.

Shadefrost was sitting with his paws tucked under his belly, as his leader's announcement reached him. It was surprising to know that he was chosen to be a mentor. Mostly because, well he hardly ever thought of doing anything other than being in battle. He wondered why Dawnstar had chosen him in the first place, it wasn’t as if Shadowclan was running out of warrior’s nor was he… Suddenly Shadefrost’s train of thought was derailed as Kitepaw appeared before him, giving an excited greeting.The young tom’s blue eyes studied the cat for a brief moment, registering exactly what he just said before sitting up with a stretch. He flashed Kitepaw one of his cheerful cheshire grins before saying enthusiastically "Hey what's up? The names Shadefrost, I look forward to training you."

[IcarusUntamed]

Originally Posted by Rabbiteye

Cloversun twitched her whiskers. No mention of a new deputy. She shrugged and turned to Oakpaw.



"Lets start your training now," she said, and started padding to the entrance.

@GoldenDays

(Wanna move to a private rp?)

~Oak’paw~

Oak’Paw nodded and turned to follow his mentor, he’d been around the territory once or twice so he wasn’t worried about that, but he was curious as to what they would start with, hunting? Battle training? Hmm, both sounded good to him but he couldn’t help but wonder

[Saturnine]

-Doekit-

Doekits ears perked up at Sharpfangs name, she was about to cheer out for the new warrior but she was immediately silenced. Seeing that Dawnstar wasn’t done talking.


Her head tilted to the side only for her eyes to be wide in fear and paranoia. BOUNCEBERRIES DEAD?! Oh gosh oh gosh oh no- she shrunk down from fear as she listened on, but as she did listen her fear soon began to lighten.

Heh, bounceyball- cute...oh noooo poor bounceberry..I’m so not leaving the clan camp now. I don’t wanna die! Even if it wasn’t a clan cat...

The kit flicked her ears as she listened on.

Oh! Yay Elmshadow! Such a pretty name too! And yes, yes that makes sense...we want to stay safe at all times.

Doekit sat up once she heard that the meeting was dismissed, the fear was still present but it was far less so.

“Sharpfang, Elmshadow, Ivysnake!” she cheered. She took a few moments to grieve for the medicine cat then hurried off back to the nursery. Prancing as she did.

[puffball]

Kitepaw
@Levi 99

Kitepaw replicated his brand-new mentor's Cheshire grin. It turned out to look a little strange on his maw, but also very crooked. He gave up and just grinned at Shadefrost as per his normal grin. Are we gonna do training soon?! I wanna be as strong as possible!! he blubbered. He was so excited. He felt the blood rushing through his body more quickly than ever. Adrenaline was hitting him hard, he would sleep well on his first night in the apprentices' den.

(aaa I feel like they're going to have a lot of fun [at least Kite]! I'm going to set up his training thread now.)

[Kunaisoul]

Originally Posted by Serenitystar

Valestripe cocked his head at Dawnstar, knowing that she was curious about his scars, but he shook it off when he heard Jaypaw was going to be his apprentice. "Jaypaw!" he called, motioning to his new apprentice.
@Undertaker @Kunaiskrill

{Jaypaw of ShadowClan}

He looked at his new mentor. "Ah." he said, walking over. "Lets get to it."

[shaae_26]

Snakebite didn't mind the medicine cat rules being disregarded. As long as they could heal he didn't see why the couldn't fight and have mates and kits too.

[Levi 99]

Originally Posted by puffball

Kitepaw
@Levi 99

Kitepaw replicated his brand-new mentor's Cheshire grin. It turned out to look a little strange on his maw, but also very crooked. He gave up and just grinned at Shadefrost as per his normal grin. Are we gonna do training soon?! I wanna be as strong as possible!! he blubbered. He was so excited. He felt the blood rushing through his body more quickly than ever. Adrenaline was hitting him hard, he would sleep well on his first night in the apprentices' den.

(aaa I feel like they're going to have a lot of fun [at least Kite]! I'm going to set up his training thread now.)

(Alright that's good. R u sure u don't want to just train Kitepaw at the training cliffs or in the territory thread?)

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

~ IVYSNAKE OF SHADOWCLAN ~

Ivysnake listened as Dawnstar talked about regular Clan stuff, and eventually, she reached the announcement about Elmshadow and Ivysnake becoming the new medicine cats of ShadowClan. Dawnstar closed the meeting after that. Ivysnake glanced around, looking for Elmshadow. It didn't take her long to spot the gray-and-black tom. However, before she headed over to him, she instead sought out her apprentice Centipedepaw. Even though Dawnstar had made the announcement that she and Elmshadow would still have warrior duties, she wanted to make sure that her apprentice knew that she could still train him. Reaching him, she meowed, "Even though I'm a medicine cat apprentice now, I can still train you." She wasn't quite sure how to make gestures according to the words, so she just let him read her lips. After waiting for a response, she headed over to Elmshadow

@xath

After the interaction with her apprentice, Ivysnake stopped in front of Elmshadow. "We should find Ebonyfang," she meowed. "He needs to start teaching us herbs. I already know the basics - cobwebs for bleeding and poppy seeds for pain - but that's really the extent of my knowledge. After we've been taught, perhaps we should go and see how the herb stores are doing, and make sure that we have enough." Ivysnake had to remember that she was technically Elmshadow's apprentice, but she was just making suggestions. Awaiting his response, she cocked her head slightly, ears pricked.

@Ravensong @Bliss.

[Orion]

|| Centipedepaw & Hornetpaw | @AllSeer @Bliss. @Undertaker @TheNyanCatMinecart ||

It was hard for Hornetpaw to hold onto his bitterness when none other than little Pinekit scampered over to sit with them. He huffed out the breath held tense and twisted in his lungs, grudgingly crushing his childish anger like a bug, before reaching out a paw to ruffle the fur between the girl's ears. “Heh, better get back over there, kiddo. Dawnstar’s way more important than us right now.” It was endearing, how readily the kit—soon to be apprentice—accepted him and Centipedepaw, almost as if she were their little sister by blood. If the boys were going to act like good “big brothers,” they’d have to ensure that Pinekit’s journey to warrior status went smoothly… which, of course, included obeying their fearless leader’s commands. “We’ll catch up later, yeah?”

Centipedepaw nudged Pinekit forward with an encouraging grin, which he shared briefly with the other assorted younglings gathered beneath the Shadowledge. After taking another moment to wrestle his sour attitude into submission, Hornetpaw straightened and pricked his ears forward; he’d seriously prefer not to draw Dawnstar’s bad temper—especially so soon after a lost battle.

At the naming of the apprentices, Hornetpaw and Centipedepaw both congratulated the new generation with yowls of approval. Centipede thumped his paws on the earth in applause while Hornet threw his head back with shouts of “Heartpaw! Kitepaw!” His loudest cheers echoed for the newly named Dustpaw, however, and he added his stomping paws to Centipede’s to celebrate. “Dustpaw! Dustpaw!”

The dark russet tom blinked aqua eyes in surprise when Dawnstar addressed the lackluster performance of their so-called mentors, suddenly embarrassed for his assumption that ShadowClan’s queen had forgotten about the stall in his training. Shame curdled further in his guts while the massive tabby chastised him and the other abandoned apprentices for not coming to her sooner for reassignment… perhaps the self-sufficient independence hammered into Hornetpaw since birth had gone too far. He realized, with a heated prickle of his fur, that asking for help in this case wasn’t as whiny or helpless as he believed—and in fact it would’ve been more mature for him to, as Dawnstar stated, take his training into his own paws.

“H… Hissy fit?” Hornet cringed in on himself in abject mortification, flattening his ears and his posture under his leader’s displeased, unimpressed glare. He couldn’t believe that Dawnstar had overheard him; to feel so infantile in front of his leader—his entire CLAN—Hornetpaw wanted to sink into the dirt and die—

The dry sound of snickering caught his ears. Hornet turned his turquoise glare… to see Centipedepaw, his traitorous brother, laughing at him.

“Dude—shut up!” Hornetpaw hissed under his breath, getting in Centipede’s face so the jerk could see the clipped, angry shapes his mouth made. The Deaf brother merely shut his eyes and guffawed HARDER, pointing at the furious ginger boy with a mocking paw.

Unfortunately, before Hornetpaw could tackled his horrible sibling, he sensed a shadow passing over his shoulder… Hornet swallowed his wounded pride and pivoted, a snarl on his mask—to meet Ebonyfang: his newly appointed mentor. One of Dawnstar’s most loyal warriors. Experienced. Serious. No-nonsense. The lad’s mouth instantly went dry. “Yes, yes sir,” he stammered, thwacking a giggling Centipedepaw behind him with his tail. “Can’t wait. I’m uh… I’m looking forward to working with you.”

Centipede finally got it together enough to wipe the mirth from his face and sit nice for Sharppaw’s warrior ceremony. He sat up on his hind legs to paw at the air, another version of his applause, and Hornet added his voice to the crowd: “Sharpfang! Yeah, Sharpfang!” What a freaking excellent warrior name!

New apprentices, new warriors, new mentors! The loss of land to WindClan rabbits began to fade into the background, a footnote compared to the joy permeating ShadowClan’s clearing. They didn’t need Skyglad—their faction was united, strong, constantly growing, qualities that the other clans could only dream of replicating. Hornetpaw’s previous resentment was all but forgotten; he couldn’t wait to start working alongside the fresh apprentices added to their cohort, and although Ebonyfang’s greeting had intimidated him, he was glad to learn from someone who’d keep him in line and push him to his limit… and then Dawnstar told them of Bounceberry’s demise.

Ice leaked into the brothers’ veins; they shared a dark look, a chill creeping up their spines. Their medicine cat… had been murdered? It was hard not react with seething anger and suspicion toward RiverClan, although the setup seemed too obvious… what had happened to Bounceberry? Why? The boys would respect Dawnstar's orders not to interfere this time—but if their empress gave the order to attack, they'd throw themselves to the front lines.

Dawnstar continued, appointing Elmshadow and Ivysnake as the new ShadowClan medicine cat and medicine cat apprentice, respectively. Her decision to abolish the usual restrictions placed on those with that title came as a welcome surprise; Centipedepaw's anxiety was alleviated when he understood that his mentor wasn't being stolen from him. Regardless, he nodded gratefully when Ivysnake approached him, reassuring the charcoal tom that he wasn't losing her to her medicinal duties.

"Good," Centipede replied, relaxing. "I'm learning a lot… good luck with being a medicine cat."

[Estelle]

Nightshiver had to hold back a breath of relief when Dawnstar, opposed to her expectation, reacted so calmly. Grateful, the new queen dipped respectfully dipped her as a sign of thanks before quietly disappearing back to the crowd of gathered cats as to not further disrupt the meeting. That went surprisingly well.

Back to siting at the sidelines of this meeting, she knew to pay careful attention. She hadn’t very up to date with everything due to reasons, and this was essentially her chance to catch up. It seemed quite a bit had happened; what with Dawnstar’s return from ThunderClan, it sounded like they really weren’t doing all that good. And WindClan having regained the Sky Glade. It sounded rather complicated, specifically what has been happening in the clan of thunder. And then a new rank too; she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t at least a little curious as to what exactly it was.

But there wasn’t much time to ponder on that, as new apprentices were named. Nightshiver joined in chanting their name, and several unfortunate mentor reassignments later, a new warrior was to be named as well. Another name chant. Their names did often sound rather intimidating or dangerous. But that was of no matter, new warriors were always good, even Nightshiver realised that. It meant an apprentice’s hard training paid off.

And then came the news of Bounceberry. The young molly almost couldn’t believe it. It had been a little less than a moon ago when she came to see him, and now he might really be..? Her breath caught in her throat as she listened. RiverClan again, maybe. And maybe a fight. Both horrible. Just the thought… She took a deep breath. It wasn’t there yet, and there was no certain confirmation that was really Bounceberry… She took another breath before looking back up. New medicine cats? Well, she supposed it was best to fill the rank again as soon as possible. Medicine cats were important to the clan. The abolishment of the usual restrictions was surprising, however. But then again, it did seem like Dawnstar had her own way of going about things. It just seemed… Interesting. How it might turn out was yet to be seen.

The meeting being called to a close, with all the new information fresh in her mind, Nightshiver silently stood up and went her way.