Shadekit's Apprentice ceremony

Stormstar sat on the Tallrock, his tail wrapped around his paws. His eyes were fixed on the rising sun, before facing the clearing below him. With a loud yowl, he called the Clan Meeting. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather below the Tallrock for a Clan Meeting!" The leader became quiet as he faced the harsh truth of why this meeting was being called. The Clan was getting a new apprentice, and while that would usually make the tom leap in joy, with his nightmares seeming to get more horrid every night, his heart sank. If there is a battle...will Shadekit be forced to fight so soon?

Twistedkit limped from the nursery at the sound of his father's called, before sitting down right outside of it. He was aware that this meeting wasn't about him, he wasn't six moons old yet, but it could be Shadekit as she had just reached six moons.

Falconfang poked his head out of the warrior's den at the sound of Stormstar's yowl. Thinking about it for a moment, he realized that one of the kits must be becoming an apprentice. What an exciting time! Windclan would be growing once again. The warrior slipped out of the den and sat near the Tallrock, casting his eyes around the clearing for the rest of the clan.

Patchpaw padded out with joy "Finally! I won't be the only apprentice!" she meowed with joy. And sat to the side.

Shadekit bounded out of the nursery, her long fur had been groomed so it was smoother. She sat at the bottom of the tallrock beaming proudly.

Stormstar glanced down Shadekit with a warm smile. "Shadekit, will you please step forward?"

Shadekit leaped up onto the Highrock next to Stormstar. This is it, she thought, I will finally become an apprentice!

Stormstar turned to Shadekit, his tail flickering as he spoke loud enough for the whole Clan to hear him. "Shadekit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Shadepaw. Your mentor will be Falconfang. I hope Falconfang will pass down all he knows on to you." As soon as Stormstar finished, he turned back to the gathered cats below to face Falconfang. "Falconfang, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Duststorm, and you have shown yourself to be strong and brilliant. You will be the mentor of Shadepaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Shadepaw."

Falconfang planned to cheer for Shadepaw, but the cheer was lost in his throat the moment Stormstar revealed that it would be he that would mentor the new apprentice. He had thought that, while trust was slowly being rebuilt after his mistake, he would never become trustworthy enough to take on an apprentice. The battling emotions of shock, worry, and elation started wrestling around in his mind until he realized that he was just standing there with a blank look on his face. Feeling his fur fluff up slightly with embarrassment, he forced his eyes to make contact with Stormstar's, nodding and mewing, "Thank you, Stormstar. I won't let you or Shadepaw down." He had no idea if the mentor was supposed to say these words, but he owed Stormstar a lot for not just banishing him once his indiscretions had come to light. As he padded forward to meet Shadepaw, the emotion that was now winning was elation: elation for the opportunities moving forward.

OoC: sorry i havent posted sooner im in a hotel at the moment (school in another city and im in the middle of moving and stuff) and theres no wifi so i have to use the 3G from my phone...