Leopardkit’s arrival was impossible to miss; between his height and his spotted pelt, he stuck out like a robin in a snowdrift. Another breeze ruffled Thrushnose’s thick fur. Fortunately, the rest of ThunderClan arrived right on the soon-to-be-apprentice’s heels, and she began the meeting with a sweep of her tail. “One of our kits has reached the age of six moons; today, he will become an apprentice. Leopardkit, step forward.” Waiting for him to do so, she rocked back on her heels.
“From this moment on, until the day you earn your warrior name, you will be known as Leopardpaw.” Her eyes shifted from the newly-named apprentice to a russet pelt elsewhere in the crowd. Though Cherrycloud wasn’t ThunderClan’s most experienced warrior, she knew everything she needed to, and she’d always struck Thrushnose as the level-headed sort compared to most of her littermates—an influence Leopardpaw might benefit from. “Cherrycloud will be your mentor,” she said, turning her attention to Leopardpaw once more. “I trust she’ll pass everything she knows on to you.” Just like that, it was over. Thrushnose lingered on the Highrock to watch mentor and apprentice meet, congratulations pouring forth from the crowd below, until the cold urged her to ground level at last.
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