Darkkit's Apprentice Ceremony

Leaping up onto the tallbranch with a smile on his muzzle, Tinylegs gave his pelt a shake, ready to conduct another apprentice ceremony. "Let all cats old enough to climb a tree gather here for a clan meeting!" the small, white and grey tom called out.

The sun filtered through the leaves of the nursery and the birds chirped over head. Curled up beside her mother was Darkkit. The black she-cat tossed and turned, hoping for a just a little more sleep, but in the end she gave up and accepted that it wasn't going to happen. The small cat sat up and gave herself a quick wash before heading out into camp.

Darkkit purred she was at least six moons old now so her apprentice ceramony could be any day. The white faced fluff ball bounced on her feet just thinking about it. Darkkit's head buzzed with all the new things she could do as an apprentice, hunt, go to gatherings, go on patrols, she couldn't wait.

So, when she heard the yowl for a clan meeting, Darkkit couldn't help but wonder, was it her apprentice ceramony? Eagerly, Darkkit dashed to the tall branch and plonked her self on the ground. She glanced excitedly at Tinylegs and then quickly gave her pelt another wash, just in case it really was her ceramony.

Waiting a few moments for cats to gather, he spotted the kit among the growing crowd and decided to begin. "We gather here today to give a kit their apprentice name," he mewed, his soft blue gaze looking down at Darkkit. "Darkkit, please step forward," the short tom mewed, giving a curt dip of his head to the younger cat. "You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this point, until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Darkpaw. Your mentor will be Pantherblaze. I trust that he will teach you well and pass on all of his knowledge of the warrior code onto you," Tinylegs finished, a smile on his muzzle. After that, he leapt down from the tallbranch and concluded the ceremony as the chants for the newly named apprentice rose up into the air.

Darkkit's amber eyes looked at Tinylegs as he spoke, her heart drumming against her chest. The more she waited the more excited she became. When Tinylegs looked at Darkkit, the black she-cat almost exploded. Darkkit had never been so excited in her small life. Her excitement only grew when Tinylegs announced it was an apprentice ceramony. The moment Tinylegs said it was her ceramony, Darkkit let out a squeak in excitememt. The small cat hopped to her paws and glanced around the gathered cats, almost hoping to see her father. She felt a pang of sadness when she saw he wasn't there. Darkkit turned her gaze back to Tinylegs and nodded."I do." she purred. Darkkit, now Darkpaw, touched her nose to her new mentor. Darkpaw couldn't wait to begin training.

The warrior blinked when he heard his name but said nothing to Poplarstar’s words. He just nodded and then padded to the new apprentice. He touched her nose with his with serious green eyes. He lifted his tail and stepped back, looking in her eyes. ”Tomorrow we’re going to start training before dawn. You must be ready for a day full of hard work.” He mewed, giving her a small smile that wasn’t really true but he had learned pretty well how to pretend.

(OOC: Hunting Patrol for Darkpaw ;)))