[Starfall]

Originally Posted by ✨Blue Wishes✨

Goldeneye couldn't help but be nervous, he had suddenly been appointed leader after all! Halestar had just sort of...left, almost vanished, and he wished that the old leader could have been there to help him for longer. He didn't even have the hope of seeing her in Starclan, considering she hadn't died, at least, not that he had known. Stress had made Halestar leave, and Goldeneye wasn't sure whether he would be the same. He found himself stopping once, hyperventilating, before he took a shaky breath and calmed himself once again.

After a few more heartbeats, he saw a bright glow in the darkness. The Tom almost wanted to flinch away, but forced himself forward. As much as he wanted to turn back, he couldn't. Shadowclan needed a leader, and if he didn't step up now, worse things might happen. Nice act, trying to be brave the voice cut through his mind. It was a voice that was always bringing him down, taunting him, and he didn't know what had brought it there. He had been able to push it away for awhile, but here it was, back again. Bad timing. Horrible timing actually.

That didn't matter now. He had more important things to focus on, such as the fact that he was standing right in front of the crystal. Would Starclan approve of this? He had no idea. Maybe Halestar would come back! But maybe she wouldn't. She had pretty much resigned after all. Maybe he would be around longer than her. Sure, it was a weird thought, but he liked being deputy, he had been able to make so many new relationships, ones that probably would never even happened if this hadn't happened. The small tom had been happy for that.

As he pressed his nose against the stone, he panicked for a moment. Halestar. That was what his thoughts always came back to, and it probably shouldn't have happened. Well, he was finally able to quiet the voices in his head, and close his eyes. He felt calm, something he hadn't felt in forever, as he went unconscious.

When he opened his eyes, he could tell he wasn't in the Starcave anymore. He had no idea where he was. It couldn't be the dark forest, or he probably would have already been attacked. Well, then again, he didn't know anything about the dark forest really. That didn't matter. He was in Starclan. He really needed to stop doubting himself, even if it helped sometimes. The Tom padded forward slightly, taking everything in, his golden and green eyes widened slightly as he tried to take everything in, watching in awe.

He was here now, and there wasn't any going back.

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The old feline stepped out into the shadows, his green hues flickered with pride and joy. He knew that he wasn't formerly a Shadowclan member, but he was now a Starclan member, where no matter the background all cats were clanmates, all felines were family, he held this close to his heart. He knew that most leaders would be intimidated, no matter who they were viewed as, strong, serious, brave, all quiver slightly when one is told to hold such power in their paws with grace. So he decided, slightly before the ceremony, that the first thing Goldeneye would see was a smile, after all that's what he was remembered for, and he didn't want to be remembered as the rude serious one, no that was too boring. The grey Maine coon didn't die with tears in his eyes or with anger plastered on his face, no, he died smiling, not that the Shadowclan tom would know, but that didn't annoy the Wineclan warrior a bit.

Cypressmoon dipped his head in greeting to the new leader, his paws slightly gripping the ground before raised his head. He had seen the you ger feline every once in a while at gatherings, though he himself never went to speak with the tabby. The grey tom stepped closer to the other and grinned widely at the Shadowclaner, even the stars in his pelt seemed to glisten brighter as he smiled. "Hello Goldeneye, I'm delighted to officially meet you." the tom purred, his eyes shone with pure bliss and his tail flicked behind him. He was delighted that he hadn't been meeting the tom under another circumstance, it would have made it harder to cheer the other up.

The buff feline straightened his posture and looked down at Goldeneye, a smirk still evident in his face, trying to let the other know that he was a companion though they just met. Cypressmoon gently pressed his nose against the tabby's head and cleared his throats before he began. " Goldeneye, with this life I give you love. Use it well in showing your clan, as well as others, the warmth that can come from ones heart." he hummed, his voice low, sweet, accepting as he felt his life spill into the very core of the tabby tom, hoping that the new leader would feel the warmth and pure love that he himself felt in each passing second of his life, and even after his death.