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Post by Swanstar on Feb 8, 2007 5:21:53 GMT -5
“Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Large Rock for a Clan meeting!”
It was another snowy day for the forest of the Clancats. The massive trees’ spindly leafless branches tapered upwards all around the ShadowClan camp; their pitch-black bark was slick with a thin coat of sparkling snow and ice as a testament to the harsh leaf-bare that had come. The snow showed no signs of stopping in the pale grey clouds stretched out like a cat’s pelt above. It was this reason that Swanstar knew the Clan needed to progress its training of warriors—it was proving to be a difficult winter, and it could start stealing weeks from the time newleaf usually came around.
The hoary she-cat brought up a rufous paw and swiped it over her droplet-coated whiskers roughly. It was time for Darkpaw to prove herself as a warrior, something she would never be able to do without a mentor. And it was time to choose the one cat she felt suited for such a daring task, a cat that would have to put loyalty to ShadowClan and its warrior duties over the still strongly supported idea that kittypet blood would never defeat wild blood. Perhaps, too, it was time to see if an outsider could triumph.
“Yes,” Swanstar muttered from her perch on the moss-covered rock as the cats gathered. “It is time.”
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Post by Darkpaw on Feb 8, 2007 18:16:34 GMT -5
Darkpaw walked into the clearing. She was happy, very happy, she was going to be an apprentice. Today! She sat down itching with anciousness as she would get a good warrior for her mentor. She staired at her leader with stary eyes. Big eyes as if she was a kit.
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Post by Tigerstripe and friends on Feb 9, 2007 17:30:16 GMT -5
Tigerstripe set his prey down and sat down. He looked at the little apprentice. She looked as if she was so happy she could hardly sit still. He purred and fixed his gaze on Swanstar.
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Post by Swanstar on Feb 10, 2007 2:54:22 GMT -5
Swanstar looked over her Clan with ice-blue eyes sparkling. Despite what the other Clans thought of ShadowClan, the white-and-orange she-cat knew the truth: the Clan did what they had to. Survival was easy for everyone else. WindClan had gorse and natural dips in the land to keep away the wind; RiverClan had reeds and parts of the woodland for protection from weather; ThunderClan had a whole forest to hide them from virtually anything. ShadowClan had no such stable protection despite being closest to the zephyrs pounding from the north—that was why they had to be strong.
The she-cat’s battle-scarred shoulders straightened as she looked down at her warriors. She was proud. How could she not be? Beneath the rainbow of cats’ pelts were the bunched-up sinews that distinguished her Clan. Despite the rough leaf-bare and the snow on their pelts, they were strong. And Nightpaw, too, was finally here. “My Clan,” Swanstar yowled through the fat flakes of falling snow. “This is the season that may claim us. If the other Clans see us as weak”—she spat out the cursed word—“they will attempt to attack us, take our land—and our honour. We must not let this happen.
“Of course, a strong Clan depends on strong warriors. You, my friends, are such warriors; but StarClan will call to every one of us to join them. That is why today, I ask Darkpaw to come forward.” She finished with a light note, pointing her reddish muzzle to where the apprentice should sit during the now-initiated ceremony. Swanstar knew that every cat understood what had to be done; every cat learned the customs of the Clan before they left the nursery.
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Post by Darkpaw on Feb 10, 2007 8:53:34 GMT -5
OOC: Do you mean Darkpaw? Because Nightpaw is Windclan's apprentice IC: Darkpaw looked around, at first out of shock that it was her she was beconing. She stood up affter she realized it was her. She walked forward with out one complaint.
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Post by Swanstar on Feb 15, 2007 4:28:28 GMT -5
OoC: Oops! Yeh, this is what I get for posting in two threads at once. ^^;
Swanstar offered the little apprentice a subtle nod of encouragement. How long ago had it been since the old leader’s apprenticeship? Five lifetimes. She caught the eyes of her Clan members in her cool blue gaze and shook the fallen snow out of her thick winter coat. “Tigerstripe, you are now ready to take on an apprentice.” She paused to let the words sink in. Unlike other leaders, Swanstar liked keeping her choice of mentors a secret; although an exception was made for her deputy, who she usually divulged information to. “You will be mentor to Darkpaw. Tigerstripe, you have shown yourself to be a warrior of will and strength. I'm sure you will pass on all you know to this apprentice.”
Swanstar stopped to shut her pointed mouth tight against the tempestuous winds and strings of freezing snow. She could just make out the patch of ashen fur bobbing around through a curtain of blurred white spots. All the while, Swanstar hoped fervently that Tigerstripe would turn out to be as fabulous as she imagined. Darktail might have been better by his experience, but she wanted Tigerstripe to prove himself to his Clan.
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Post by Nightstream~Icefur~Softstone on Feb 17, 2007 17:10:46 GMT -5
OOC: Yay Darkpaw you get a mentor. Sorry
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Post by Tigerstripe and friends on Feb 17, 2007 17:22:59 GMT -5
OOC: Nightpaw your not suppost to post here, but allright ;D IC: Tigerstripe padded up to his new apprentice, glowing with the pride that a warrior was named deputy. He touched noses with Darkpaw, his new apprentice. He had thought that he was surely not going to be her mentor. But, happy that he was.
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Post by Darkpaw on Feb 26, 2007 17:23:38 GMT -5
"ok umm.... your my mentor? o gosh!!!" Darkpaw giggled happy to have a mentor OOC:lol "so wat do i learn first???" Darkpaw asked giddy to learn about all the warrior's stuff and the warrior code and Starclan!
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Post by Nightstream~Icefur~Softstone on Feb 26, 2007 17:46:45 GMT -5
OOC: " <these are your friends>" LOL well I helped you there, try to remember to put "" in your thing, OK? ;D
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Post by Sunflash on Feb 26, 2007 18:50:35 GMT -5
Littlekit and Ravenkit sat outside the nursery. "That'll be us in a week or two!!" Ravenkit boasted to every cat in earshot. Littlekit rolled his eyes at his brother.
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Post by Swanstar on Mar 2, 2007 18:57:19 GMT -5
“This meeting is over,” Swanstar meowed loudly as she curled into a tight, graceful shape and slid off of the shadowed rock. The curtains of glittering white snow riding the excited winds took quite a bit to navigate through to make her way across camp. She kept her mouth open until she breathed in the scent of Tigerstripe and Darkpaw. “Tigerstripe,” Swanstar managed as the tabby shape became clearer and her trot surer, “I expect Darkpaw will be anxious to see our territories? Once you get off into the brambles, I am sure the snow will be caught in the brambles and such first.”
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Post by !~*-Owner-*~! on Mar 18, 2007 9:22:11 GMT -5
Darktail padded over to Tigerstripe."Im sure you will be a great mentor for Darkpaw"!Darktail looked kind of sad when he said it.
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Post by Nightstream~Icefur~Softstone on Apr 3, 2007 16:21:28 GMT -5
Brakenpaw watched this meeting with anger building up, he closed his eyes. If only Swanstar would swallow her pride and make me an appretncie. Just because I ran off once when I was a kit I shouldn't have been punished for it! It wasn't my fault that Darkpaw ran out and told me to come. He growlled, knowing what he just thought was a lie. He opened his eyes and stared down the group. He shook his head voilently and turned around running a bit, mummbling agerly to himself. His tail and ears low as he stalked off in the other direction.
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