LeafClan Announcements + Ceremonies - 4/18/14 -Important!-

[Midnight]

(Receiving ceremonies: [Acro.], @goldenbird, ☼Шїℓℓ◎ω.

Receiving apprentices: Icestorm and @spiderpelt)

Which do you want first: the good news or the bad news?

Silverstar envisioned herself asking her Clan this, tail whipping back and forth in both excitement and anger. She was excited to do the ceremonies this moon, of course, but at the same time, there were certain cats who needed punishment. She supposed it was best to do the ceremonies after. Sighing, Silverstar stepped out of her den, the glaring sun beating its harsh heat down on her. Greenleaf was truly a wonderful season, yet at the same time, extremely exhausting.

"LeafClan, gather!" Silverstar called, waiting a few minutes before continuing, "I must first announce that there are punishments that I will be giving to some cats today. If you left the battle with TalonClan before I officially ended it, then I expect you to take on apprentice duties for the next moon. Let me make this a warning to all of you: never leave a battle without the approval of your leader. To do so is to dishonor StarClan by dishonoring your leader's word to fight. Remember that the leader's word is law in the warrior code." Silverstar paused again, her eyes settling on a certain ginger tabby tom who had a gray Bengal beside him. She would spare Vergil, but Rowanwhisker had been almost the complete cause of her losing a life. Beyond that, if he hadn't done that, she would've been fighting, not curled up in the medicine den, and thus she never would've lost her left eye to Mintpaw's claws. Stupid medicine cat apprentice.

"Rowanwhisker," Silverstar yowled, "Step forward."

He did, a look of fierce defiance in his eye.

"Rowanwhisker, do you know why you're here?"

"Yes."

"What crime did you commit?" Silverstar asked, sitting and wrapping her tail around her paws. She looked like a mother waiting to hear an answer from a kit whose only wrongdoing was flinging moss at their littermate. Oh, but no, this was so much bigger.

"I defended you from killing another cat, which, as you may or may not know, is against the warrior code." Rowanwhisker defended himself, his tone nothing but calm.

"Briarclaw was a traitor, and now you are as well for attacking your leader. I never should've let your mother into the Clan, pregnant or not. Out of four, only one is left in this Clan. Those are very unfortunate facts, wouldn't you say, Rowanwhisker?"

"No, I'd say it's very good. I'm glad my siblings are out of this Clan. They deserve no less."

"I see. Well, you have until the sun hits that tree before I send out a patrol to kill you. Make sure to be off our territory by then." Silverstar flicked her tail toward a tree that the sun was close to, and as she did so, Rowanwhisker flicked an ear and headed proudly out of the entrance. He had nothing to be ashamed of.

"Continuing on, Hailcloud died in the battle. We will have a proper vigil for him later, but for now, there are ceremonies to do."

"Flamepaw, you have proven yourself worthy of becoming a warrior of LeafClan. Based on your exceptional hunting skills, I grant you the name Flamenose."

"Sedgekit, you are of age to become an apprentice. I now name you Sedgepaw and give you Icestorm as a mentor."

"Fleetkit, you are of age to become an apprentice. I now name you Fleetpaw and give you Spiderpelt as a mentor."

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Suncloud moved, sinking down in the back of the group with ears pinned. This wouldn't be a good ceremony whatever it was for. He was more filled with shame than anger though, he didn't believe in Silverstar's ways or agree with how she ran the clan but in the end she was still their leader. Apprentice duties was a surprisingly fair punishment and he let his fur lie down, relaxed. He was glad it wasn't something else. His fur stood up again at Rowanwhisker's name though. The tom had attacked their leader, but Suncloud knew it hadn't been without cause. Perhaps there had been a better way to solve their dispute, but he'd only wanted to stop Silverstar from killing a TalonClan warrior.  He watched him go, sad to see one of Ravenfeather's only friends leave her, and glanced around to see if he could spot the dark she-cat to head to her side.

[Sand]

Ravenfeather was sitting by Bluewing talking to the medicine cat in a low voice though when she heard Rowanwhiskers name her head whipped around. Her face though didn't show any emotion but her eyes were narrowed in hatred as she turned her head towards Silverstar. She flicked an ear as Bluewing spoke urgently to her letting out a sigh she dropped her gaze turning her attention to Rowanwhisker. She still couldn't keep her tail from twitching angrily though. In her opinion Silverstar had deserved to be attacked for trying to kill Briarwing. She hadn't really known Briarwing that well but she had come to admire Rowanwhiskers sister. 'If Silverstar ever tried to attack Suncloud I would have done what Rowanwhisker did,' she thought.

She looked around spotting Suncloud she wondered if she should go and try to speak with Rowanwhisker but she was sure if Silverstar saw that she was close to Rowanwhisker that she would be exiled. She shook her head unsheathing her claws and digging them into the ground. She hated Silverstar but she knew she couldn't do anything about it. She sheathed her claws glancing at Bluewing she wondered what Bluewing thought of Silverstar.

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OOC- Lol I didn't know why u named her flamenose, then I saw why and I was like 'oh, ok that makes sense'

Flamepaw was impatient to get her warrior name. "Blah, Blah Blah..." is all the she heard from Silverstar. "You will from now on be Flamenose..." Flamenose was so excited to finally get her warrior name. Why was I named Flamenose? Cause I'm an awesome hunter thats why... Flamenose bragged in her mind. I finally get to be with Spottedsand too! @lilykit Flamenose padded up to Spottedsand and nudged him in the flank. I'm a warrior now! Flamepaw mewed proudly. We can finally express our feelings for one another... Flamepaw said in a softer voice. 

[Icestorm]

Icestorm's head popped up at her name. There had to have been some mistake. Silverstar had given her an apprentice. She would have never guessed this would happen. She tried to keep her composure as all of her thoughts and doubts hit her. Quietly and calmly she searched for her apprentice, Sedgepaw. She only hoped that he would prove to be a better warrior than she was.

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Something inside of Spiderpelt was telling him, almost forcing him to say something to Rowanwhisker. He needed to say something, but he just didn't have the courage. Yet. Once he heard he was assigned to apprentices duties, he scowled. The large warrior would be doing nothing of that sort. He would be punished for doing what was right. Spiderpelt heard his name called, and almost thought we was being punished for the same fate as former clanmate. He was wrong. He had been given an apprentice named Fleetpaw. Interesting. The large warrior rose from the back of the group of cats and spotted Silverstar. He shook his head angrily. Why was he being rewarded for breaking the rules? He pushed his way through the group of cats and approached Fleetpaw, reaching out to touch noses with him. "Welcome, Fleetpaw" he meowed, his tone friendly. "We have much to do. but save that for tomorrow. Tonight, you can celebrate"

[Frost]

Frostpaw narrowed her blue eyes onto the ginger tom that sat in the clearing. right after the clan meeting was over, Frostpaw stalked past the new apprentices and mentors. She pushed right though Spiderpelt and Fleetpaw and used her long tail to tip Spiderpelt's nose. 'So what you got a apprentice?' Frostpaw thought, annoyed out of her mind. the apprentice stopped in front of her leader, making sure just to look in to her eye and eye only. "Can I patrol the kill Rowanwhisker?" she questioned, voice steady and calm, but on the inside she felt like killing Rowanwhisker on the spot. "He cant go around trying to hurt my leader and get away with it." she hissed. She unshielded her claws and dug them into the soft ground. "If he even tried pulling that on my Speckleheart or my loyal leader, I will cut his stomach open, when he is still alive and feed that worthless piece of ginger crow-food to the crows." she growled under her breath, claws ripping up small bits of ground.

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Most of the tom's excitement had been drained completely by Rowanwhisker's fate, but he moved forward to Spiderpelt and flicked his tail to the other tom's flank. "Congratulations to both of you, and I hope you train well together Spiderpelt and Fleetpaw." He purred with a polite nod before spotting Ravenfeather and trotted to her. He pressed his nose into the she-cat's flank. She had said that Rowanwhisker was her friend and if that was true she must be feeling this worse than he was, he had hardly known the warrior.  He pulled away and gave a polite nod to Bluewing, noting to ask the she-cat for mouse bile after the ceremony died down so that he could check the elders for ticks if this was really going to be his punishment. "How are you Ravenfeather?" He asked casually, sitting so close to the she-cat that their pelts touched.

[Sand]

Robinwing was pleased that her mate now had and apprentice and walked over to him flicking her ears back and forth. "Congrats on getting an apprentice," she purred looking around with bright eyes she was already showing that she was expecting kits but she didn't care. She was glad that Spiderpelt was her mate and hoped to raise her kits to know what was right and wrong. She knew her mate would be doing apprentice duties but she wouldn't be doing anything of the sort since she hadn't been in the battle. She had found out that she was expecting Spiderpelts kits before they had gone to battle against Talonclan.

Ravenfeather was watching the warriors and their new apprentices she supposed it was a good thing that Silverstar had given Spiderpelt and apprentice. She knew that Spiderpelt wasn't very pleased with Silverstar and she hoped that the tom could teach his apprentice that Silverstar was messed up. She didn't notice that Suncloud had left his spot until he spoke asking her how she was doing she took her attention a way from Robinstrike and Spiderpelt and fixed her attention on her friend. "I'm fine, Bluewings acting weird though said she had to tell me something after the meeting," she meowed rolling her eyes. "Probably just mad at me because I haven't come to her to check my wounds yet, I've just been to busy," she meowed with a sigh. She notice how close Suncloud was standing to her but she didn't say anything about it because it didn't really bother her.

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"Oh that's great," he purred when the she-cat mentioned speaking with Bluewing. "I have to go and get some mouse bile from her after this so perhaps we could go together?" He offered with a friendly nudge.  He wasn't very excited about going over the elder's pelts for ticks, but it was one of the least liked jobs and he would hate to see Ravenfeather, Moonstorm or Spiderpelt end up having to do it. He didn't mind getting his paws a little dirty if it meant they would get to do the more enjoyable jobs like fetching prey and moss. He was curious though, he wondered what Bluewing wanted to see Ravenfeather about. He glanced for a moment nervously before looking away. It was none of his business and he wouldn't shove his nose where it didn't belong.

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Apr 18, 2014 13:57:59 GMT -5 ☼Шїℓℓ◎ω said:

OOC- Lol I didn't know why you named her flamenose, then I saw why and I was like 'oh, ok that makes sense'

Flamepaw was impatient to get her warrior name. "Blah, Blah Blah..." is all the she heard from Silverstar. "You will from now on be Flamenose..." Flamenose was so excited to finally get her warrior name. Why was I named Flamenose? Cause I'm an awesome hunter thats why... Flamenose bragged in her mind. I finally get to be with Spottedsand too! @lilykit Flamenose padded up to Spottedsand and nudged him in the flank. I'm a warrior now! Flamepaw mewed proudly. We can finally express our feelings for one another... Flamepaw said in a softer voice. 

Spottedsand purred, "Good job!" He smiled, and suddenly blushed when se said the second part. "Well, to tell the truth, I've always like you..." He smiled, warmth in his big eyes. He nuzzled her side and whispered softly, "Let's meet afterwards."