StormClan Ceremonies - 12/21/13

[Midnight]

RPers receiving apprentices: [Acro.], ⓐⓜⓑⓔⓡ, @onyx, and CaℳI.

RPers receiving ceremonies: Cami, :-Misa-:, @lazydayartist, @shade, Sand, @nightofdarkdreams, @lilykit, and @rainkit.

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Approaching his Clan from the star-filled sky, Nightstar let out a howl, sitting in front of what used to be his den, "StormClan, gather!" His deep voice echoed around the camp, causing the tom to puff out his chest with pride, "We have many ceremonies to attend to on this night."

"First up, I'd like to announce StormClan's new deputy. I have watched over you all for many moons, and I believe that out of all of you, Otterheart is the most prepared to become StormClan's deputy. Otterheart, do you accept this position?" While waiting for the response, the old leader continued...

"Jaggedpaw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Jaggedbreeze for your quiet ways, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

"Sharp-paw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Sharpfire for your protective, powerful personality, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

"Rainpaw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Rain-nose for your hunting skills, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

"Silentpaw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Silentsong for your silence, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

"Cloudkit, you are ready to become an apprentice of this Clan. I now name you Cloudpaw and give you Otterheart as a mentor."

"Ravenkit, you are ready to become an apprentice of this Clan. I now name you Ravenpaw and give you Hawkstrike as a mentor."

"Lilykit, you are ready to become an apprentice of this Clan. I now name you Lilypaw and give you Bluestream as a mentor."

"Rainkit, you are ready to become an apprentice of this Clan. I now name you Rainpaw and give you Cedarwind as a mentor."

[CaℳI]

Otterheart had gathered with the rest of the cats, looking up at Nightstar. His heart literally dropped in his chest when he heard his name. He may have been more proud in this single moment then even when his first litter of kits had been born. His claws lighted a little as he stood up and strongly replied "Yes. He quietly watched as the apprentices got their names. What a proud moment for them as well. He tried to remain strong and poised as he now felt eyes on him. He wasn't clan born but he was loyal to Stormclan. He loved them more then he had ever put into Leafclan. He was shocked but ready to take charge of his duties as deputy. In this moment he was confident he was ready to defend his clan with his life. He was happy to hear he would have an apprentice as well. He would put everything he had into making sure Cloudpaw was a strong and elite warrior. He would train Cloudpaw well. He listened attentively as every name was called, still in a bit of awe at how sudden things had seemed to turn around for him.

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(Sorry Mid, but I made Rainpaw as an apprentice and he hasn't gone through any training. He just got a mentor.)

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Cloudkit had a happy skip in her paws as she walked out to the meeting, anxiously grooming her chest fur as her leader spoke. Her ear flicked in surprise as she heard her own name, looking up. She cast an excited look to her best friends, Lilykit and Ravenkit, rising to her paws to touch noses with her mentor for the first time. Exhilaration swelled inside of her like great leaf tornados. Her mentor was the new deputy! Everyone was going to be so jealous. but thinking about it..that wasn't exactly a great thing for people to be jealous of her. Her shoulders bristled self consciously.

[Midnight]

Dec 21, 2013 20:48:14 GMT -5 @shade said:

(Sorry Mid, but I made Rainpaw as an apprentice and he hasn't gone through any training. He just got a mentor.)

(If he was made as an apprentice, why did you post him as needing an apprentice ceremony?)

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Lilykit looked around nervously at Cloudkit and Ravenkit. The three muskateers were now apprentinces! She snapped back to reality when she heard her name and she rushed to touch noses with Bluestream.

Lilypaw's eyes gleamed with pride andworry as she tried to touch Bluestream's nose. Her eyes darted to Cloudpaw enving her, but happy for her.

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(I meant like he needed a mentor. Sorry for the confusion)

[:-Misa-:]

"Stormclan, gather!"

At those two words two figures that had been together, drew their attention to a starry figure in front of Otterstar's Den. Who was this cat? The two toms eyes met at the same time, and only then did the smaller of the two speak up, "Nightstar; he was the leader when mom was still around. It's the same leader that did Mistsky's ceremony a bit back."
Leave it to Jaggedpaw, he seemed to know very much when it came to the clan's history, at least in comparison to Sharppaw. Those were the only words exchanged, along with a nod, before the two brothers rose to their paws and made their way further into the clearing thinking nothing of it.

"Jaggedpaw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Jaggedbreeze for your quiet ways, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

"Sharp-paw, you are ready to become a warrior of this Clan. I now name you Sharpfire for your protective, powerful personality, and we welcome you as part of the storm."

They had done it. They were warriors. Sharpfire's chest was puffed out to twice it's size, head held high, allowing his new name to sink in with pride, as he would wear it with such as well.
Jaggedbreeze on the other hand, was much more subtle when receiving his new clan name. His head remained level, and he made no attempts to flaunt his new status. He hoped to remain on the down low, and opened his mouth only at the end of the ceremony to cheer for his newly named clanmates.
'Do you see us where ever you are? I sure hope you're proud...'

"Ay, Jaggedbreeze. Try not to be too happy, alright? I can tell you're practically bursting with excitement."

"Put a mouse in it Sharpfire. And how about you quit being such an airhead, I bet even Sunsetclan could see your big head, you're so full of yourself."

That was all it took. The larger tom swung his head around, eyes nailing into his brother's. He rose to his paws, meeting him look for look before he leaned in close, his voice coming out no louder than a hiss, "No need to be such a grouch because your lover left you moons ago, still holding on I see? Yea, I haven't forgotten. Now quit picking a fight you can't win."

Jaggedbreeze was starting to bristle, anger bubbling up inside of him, but instead he simply drew back, expression flat, but quickly coating it over with one of happiness. This time was not one to be arguing and it seemed Sharpfire understood that. With one last glare, the two brothers returned to a neutral and happy demeanor, after all, it was their warrior ceremony, no room for hatred there.
Not now.

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Rainkit's ears perked to the sound of Nightstar, calling the clan to gather. With no deny or hesitate, Rainkit pushed herself forward along with the clan. Standing there, the she-cat set her eyes glaring at Nightstar- not aware of her surroundings anymore, as she waited for the tom's actions. "We have many ceremonies to attend to on this night" Nightstar claimed, as the ceremony began. He called out the new clan deputy Otterheart, and as Otterheart stepped up, Rainkit thought Wow, imagine becoming the clan deputy! Must be scary... Nightstar started to call out names of apprentices becoming warriors, and kits becoming apprentices and receiving their mentors. but something scary and pressuring stroke Rainkit: her name was finally called. "Rainkit, you are ready to become an apprentice of this Clan. I now name you Rainpaw and give you Cedarwind as a mentor" Nightstar announced. Rainpaw felt panic through her mind. but she couldn't just burst it all out and make a fool of herself; what a way to ruin her reputation. Letting out a deep sigh and raising her head held high, Rainpaw showed no emotion but calmness. Walking to meet her new mentor, Rainpaw felt nervous all the way through, but tried her best to ignore the piercing eyes of clan cats glaring at Rainpaw and the other cats that had their name called out. Rainpaw wanted to look brave, not a foolish apprentice. And that was when she thought about her new mentor. Questions that would be answered later were running through her mind: Would Cedarwind be a fine mentor? Would he be bossy, or too ordering? Or, maybe Cedarwind would somehow be both at the same time?

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The dark she-cat's fur pricked with excitement as her name was called forward. Practically bursting with pride, she trotted forward to touch noses with her new mentor, Hawkstrike. Suddenly feeling self-conscious, she sat down, giving her chest a small lick and trying to soothe her own ruffled pelt. She was excited, yes, but like always, she was over thinking this. She was happy to finally be an apprentice, happy that her friends had been made apprentices too, how ever envious she was of Cloudpaw, but she was deeply worried. She had been used to the comfort and care of the nursery, and although she hadn't been treated with the most kindness, she could disappear whenever she wanted, only slipping into the nursery to shut out the world. Now, she had to rise early every morning, train, hunt, learn, and more importantly, she would be exposed to more social situations, which is what she truly feared. She could already feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment and stiffened, fighting to keep the panic down, gazing at the light brown tom with a sort of hopefulness that he could turn this socially awkward little she-cat into a warrior. "When do we start?"

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Cloudpaw strode confidently up to Otterheart, pressing her nose lightly to his. "I'll try to learn absolutely everything I can from you. Can we start as soon as possible?" She whispered, not wanting to disturb all the cats around them.
Excitement shown brighter than moonlight in her eyes, her claws digging lightly into the earth. She had waited so very long for this moment, and now she was finally here. All the whispers of joy around her made her paws thrum and power surge through her body. Sudden doubt flickered through her. What if she wasn't good enough for her mentor? She was so very clumsy on her paws, she always managed to trip or thud loudly around the clearing.

[CaℳI]

Otterheart proudly pressed his nose to Cloudpaw's. He was taking everything in still but his attention moved over to thinking about all the training he would do with Cloudpaw in the following moons. Otterheart had four apprentices already. He had never been very close to them, but he thought Cloudpaw was special. This would be his first apprentice as Stormclan's deputy. He gave Cloudpaw a small smile, she seemed nervous. "Of course Cloudpaw. We will start first thing in the morning. Don't worry, I will teach you well and you'll do just fine." He would have said that she would do great, but he didn't like to lie and he didn't know her well enough to know how she would do. but he knew he would try his best, and make sure she was well ready when it came time for her to get her warrior name.

[[Acro.]]

Cedarwind padded into the clearing in his calm way, just in time to catch the end of the Ceremonies. He quietly dropped a chipmunk onto the freshkill pile before taking a seat next to a fellow warrior, greeting her as he did so. He scanned the crowd for one pelt, in particular... but, not finding it, the tom settled down and licked his chest fur while he listened, smiling contently as the remaining kits became apprentices.

And then he heard his name, and he stopped grooming and perked up. Rainpaw? His warm, golden eyes found the young she-cat and he tilted his head a bit as he watched her move through the crowd. He purred quietly, his eyes smiling. 'She doesn't look overly excited,' he mused, getting to his paws and padding forward to meet her. "Hello, Rainpaw," he greeted, voice low and smooth. "Congratulations on your Ceremony--I look forward to mentoring you. Would you like to start tomorrow?"


ooc:// Espeon, in case you're curious about his looks/personality, Cedarwind's bio is *here* =)

[ⓐⓜⓑⓔⓡ]

Hawkstrike lazed near the warrior's den, his soft tan belly fur turned upwards to the moon. It lit the black mask of his face, and his forelegs were stretched out in front of him as the dark tip of his tail flicked back and forth, obviously pleased with the cool relief of the starlight soaking into his fur.

"...Hawkstrike as a mentor..."

"What?" he immediately said, snapping upwards into a sitting position. His left forepaw, in the process, slammed down onto his tail as it shifted to a more upright position. Letting out a rather loud shout of pain, he scrambled about until all four paws were a safe distance for his painful tail, then began to awkwardly lick the irritated spot, glancing sheepishly around to make sure that no one noticed his clumsy scrabbling.

As his embarrassment faded, the senior warrior heard a small voice from below and looked down to find himself face-to-face with a dark-furred kit he recognized as Ravenkit. Instinctively, he wanted to reply, "What? Start what?" but glancing around, he saved himself some terrible embarrassment by realizing that Nightstar was standing in front of his den addressing the clan, and there were several kits touching noses with some older clanmates.

"Err... tomorrow. We start tomorrow morning." Glancing up at the stars, he added in a deep, rumbling voice, "It's far too late to go out now."

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((OOC: [Acro.] haha, already looked at it :3 thanks anyways ^-^))

Rainpaw, the grey-and-white she-cat looked at the crowd. She felt shivers down her spine, causing Rainpaw to look down at her own white-toed paws. Digging her claws into the ground, she forced her head to turn her attention to the other apprentices. Cloudpaw, Ravenpaw, Lilypaw... she mentally recorded their names in her head, along with their mentors. Watching them touch noses, Rainpaw's ears perked to the sound of a tom's low, smooth voice. Her head immediately turned to an unknown tom she's never spoke to, a creamy white, brown masked tom with a gradient of brown on his fore-legs and tail. So this must be Cedarwind... Rainpaw thought. His calming voice seemed to sooth Rainpaw, as her heartbeat slowed down.

Glaring at the tom's golden eyes, she answered with glee "Yes, we shall start tomorrow. Of course, early. I'll be honoured to train with you, and I'll try my best to make you proud!" Rainpaw had gained her confidence, as she started to touch her black nose with his. Doing so, Rainpaw felt a small bond between the both of them.