Frogkit's Apprentice Ceremony

Frogkit. One of the newer kits of the clan. He hadn't talked to her yet, but he felt he had the perfect mentor in mind for her. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Jagged rock for a clan meeting!" He watched for the gray pelt to appear so he could begin the ceremony.

A blur of grey pelt shot from the nursery and towards the Jaggedrock, spewing dirt and dust and line needles behind it. From the entrance of the nursery Frogkit's mother emerged with a frustrated growl of "Frogkit, get back here! Your groom isn't..." She trailed off, shaking her head with a huff and a resigned, weak smile as she saw her kit settle directly in front of Froststond. Her mentor would have their paws full.

Frogkit puffed out her grey chest, half of it sticking out wildly while the other half shimmered like fog in the sunlight.

"Frogkit, step forward." His normally cold gaze was set upon the kit. "You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. Frogkit, from this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you shall be known as Frogpaw. Asterspark will be your mentor. I know he will be able to pass down what he has learned to you." Asterspark was a brand new warrior, but every warrior should know how to train an apprentice. An apprentice would be good for the grieving warrior anyway, it would keep him from laying around in camp all day. He joined in the calling of the apprentice's new name, and then leaped down from the rock.

Asterspark's eyes widened when he heard his name being called. What? What?! But he was named a warrior just yesterday! He was still trying to get accustomed to his new life! And now he needs to worry about training an apprentice on top of everything else?

Well... Perhaps there was a method to Froststone's madness. For his sake as well as Frogpaw's. Standing up and forcing his usual smile, he padded up to his new apprentice and touched his nose to hers. "Heh, don't worry, kit, I'm gonna do my best to turn ya into one of the best warriors you can be." Hopefully far better than the sorry excuse of a warrior I'll become with time.

Frogkit looked up with wide, shining green eyes full of excitement and determination. She stepped forward when told - she didn't need anyone talking her through this ceremony like she was born yesterday - and stood proudly and eagerly before her deputy, fur bristled out as she waited to hear who her mentor would be. She didn't care who they picked, she just wanted to be an apprentice so she could be a warrior like her mother and father! The fluffy gray she-cat whirled around immediately upon hearing her mentor's new name. She began to trot over to him, but a stern look from her mother made her stop, knowing she had to wait for the deputy to finish speaking.

The moment Froststone went quiet, however, Frogpaw's tail shot up and she sprang over to her mentor, mewing haughtily, "I'm not a kit anymore - I'm an apprentice!" She met Asterspark's gaze and mewed, "I know you're gonna be the best mentor ever!"