[Katara]

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i find it very, very easy to be true
i find myself alone when each day is through
yes, i'll admit that i'm a fool for you
because you're mine...

I WALK THE
line

clover

cloverstar.

MISTCLAN LEADER // 66 MOONS

T

o say MistClan had many apprentices would be an understatement, with nearly half the Clan currently a mentor. Cloverstar knew part of it was certainly because her Clan had expanded ever since becoming MistClan, but the idea of having so many new warriors in a season or two granted her some satisfaction.

Not only that, but there were kits in the nursery too. Well, kit now - only Hailkit will be left, she amended as she climbed the tumble of moss-covered rocks to call to her Clan. "All cats who hunt among the mist, gather here beneath the Lichen Ledge!" It was late morning so most cats were already awake sharing meals or getting ready for patrols, and now began to gather in a group beneath her. If they weren't sure what was happening until now, Birchkit emerging from the nursery along with the queens made it obvious.

"Birchkit, come forward," she beckoned the young she-cat to the front of the Clan, and continued once she'd found her place. "You have reached the age of six moons, and now it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Birchpaw."

Cloverstar searched the crowd until her gaze fell upon the brown tabby tom she had chosen for the task of mentorship. He was young, but not so young he would be inexperienced. "Hawkeye, you are ready for an apprentice. You received excellent training from Brindlemask, and you have shown yourself to be a hard-working and dedicated warrior. You will be mentor to Birchpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." She watched as the new mentor-apprentice pair touched noses, briefly considering whether she'd made the right choice with Hawkeye. Bluecloud had suggested Stormripple as a mentor, since he was a former outsider just like Birchpaw, but Cloverstar disliked the idea of calling attention to their common history by pairing them up in such a way. No, it was important for Birchpaw to receive training from a Clan-born cat.

MistClan chanted the name of the new apprentice and began to press around her to pass on their congratulations. Cloverstar made her way down from the ledge, bringing the ceremony to an end.

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[Jos]

Birchkit

Birchkit had grown stronger with the help of Shadowchaser, Newtstripe, Mousepetal, and Rustpaw. All of Mistclan, really. After the initial shock of realizing that her old family were no longer there, Birchkit had decided to become a proper member of Mistclan. She had nowhere else to go, owed these cats a debt of gratitude, and had become fond of the clan anyways. It just made sense. Watching the warriors talk about hunting and patrols and old battles, or the apprentices talk about new things they learned, made Birchkit all the more eager to become a proper Mistclan Warrior.



The whole morning she had been blabbering to Shadowchaser and Newtstripe about how excited she was. The two toms had become her new kin in the clan, and she considered them to be her fathers. In reality she simply could not keep her excitement contained, and made herself a bit of a nuisance in the medicine den until Cloverstar made the announcement.


Birchkit hurried to the meeting place and quickly made sure her pelt was clean and tidy, her fur all fluffed out with excitement as Cloverstar called her forward to receive her apprentice name: Birchpaw. The sound of it thrilled her—to be a warrior apprentice! She wished her mother could see her and be proud, but somehow doubted that Storm would appreciate her joining a clan. Birchpaw had never learned what Storm’s anger towards the clans was all about, but hoped that she would forgive Mistclan since they saved her from a slow and painful existence alone in the marsh.

Focus!

She came back into reality just in time to hear her mentor’s name: Hawkeye. Birchpaw knew she would have to go and greet her mentor so she walked towards him and touched her nose to his. “I will be the best warrior apprentice, I promise, Hawkeye. I won’t let you down!” and she was dead serious about that. “So what do we do first? Hunting? Fighting? Patrolling—it doesn’t sound as exciting but there’s no job too small, right?” she could barely keep her paws still, “This is so exciting! Isn’t this exciting? We get to be partners! We’ll be unstoppable—Hawkeye and Birchpaw! It has a nice ring to it, yeah?”


Katara  Aqua  
( Fawn Phoenix for Snewt references)