[Jayvines]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

An invitation to a private chat with Twilightstar and the rest of the leaders was certainly an unexpected perk of the night. Brown ears twisted towards the Windclan leader as Sparrowstar offered a brief nod her way.

"I can certainly stay a few tail-shakes longer tonight," she hummed her way, slightly surprised that Dawnstar had been amenable to the idea as well.

She stayed quiet as Dawnstar gave her updates, brow furrowing slightly as the news of Cinderblaze's cause of death was announced. Two-legs weren't usually known to be aggressive, but she filed the new fact away for future warnings. Copperfire's late arrival was met with slightly narrowed eyes, however her gaze changed to one of concern as she observed his limp. Thankfully(?) he seemed to be mostly functional, but she made another note to check in once they returned to camp.

Everyone's announcements seemed to be keeping brief (and Pikestar seemed to be holding off with his thoughts), so with a brief puff of chilled breath the smaller molly gently retracted her paws off her tail to step up to the edge of the stones.

"Prey is also running well in Thunderclan," she stated, voice clear as she scanned over the crowd and checked in on the kits at the back. Rainfall had arrived and seemed to have her litter under control, so with a brief nod in her direction the young leader continued. "We have unfortunately lost Mapleleaf and one of her kits, Yewkit, during her kitting. We wish them a restful reprieve and bountiful hunting in Silverpelt."

Dipping her head for a moment of respect, Sparrowstar continued.

"However, Starclan has also seen it fit to bless us with new additions this season. Rainflower has birthed Cloudkit, Lightningkit, and Sunkit, Mapleleaf's surviving kits are Redkit, Hollykit, and Honeykit, and our ancestors have chosen to return Cinderpaw to us relatively unharmed."

Green eyes flicked to the aforementioned hulking apprentice positioned overtop of the two stowaways with a glimmer of amusement. She was certainly going to make waves once she joined the warriors of her clan.

"We have also welcomed Brightpaw to the ranks of our apprentices, and we have obtained two new warriors who have finished their training; Flameheart and Sootfur."

"That is all from Thunderclan."

A brief nod to Pikestar was given as she hurriedly shuffled backwards to resume her 'paw-warming' position on her tail.

[ @Undertaker @Moonraven @canineantics ]