Onepaw's Mentor Change Ceremony

Cherryblossom had disappeared. Minkstream felt a sigh bubble up in his chest as he leapt onto the rock, eyes seeking out over the clearing for the apprentice he had to assign a new mentor to, the grey clouded sky overhead sending a chilly breeze to wind through the ravine, flattening his fur against his frame and drawing a shiver. Gone after her former apprentice, after Dock.... Some part of him irrationally hurt at that. He'd trusted her with this apprentice, and now she'd gone off, left. He understood - stars, he would have gone and done that if he could, back when the leaves were still falling from the trees, before the snow laid cold fingers over the forest. Maybe that was why that niggle dug at his heart - because she could, and he couldn't.

Dark stars condemn him for not ignoring all of his responsibilities and running off to find her. Everyone else, but not him. Never him. Tied down, stuck to the ground. Forced to stay here with these foxdung-faces called Asylum. Fighting the snarl from his lips, he let his claws gently scrape the stone, breathing in the icy wind and closing his eyes for a moment. Let it go. You made your choice. You chose this. If only it would stop hurting....

Opening his eyes again, he blew out the breath, wisps of mist frosting out into the air and streaming away as he called out into the wind, "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the High Rock for a Clan meeting!"

OnePaw walked over he didn’t feel the energy he felt last time since his mentor left. Well at least he would get a new one today, and hopefully they won’t run away.

He watched the young tom approach, noting the slightly slower gait than when he'd initially become an apprentice. A quiet sigh slipped past his maw, and he opened it again to call him forward. "Onepaw, step forward."

It was around then that he realized he had no idea how to phrase this ceremony. It wasn't one he'd ever had to perform, or seen often - only once, actually, in the time he'd been in ThunderClan. Even then he hadn't paid much attention to the words. Looks like I'm going to have to make it up again. The faintest hint of a smile, devoid of humour, touched his mouth, and he continued as the apprentice stepped forward. "Onepaw, since your mentor is no longer available to teach you, I have to assign you to a new one. From this moment onwards, Shrikesong will be your mentor. She will teach you well."