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Originally Posted by Thistledawn
The smaller apprentice let a purr rise from her throat. She lost her focus for a moment, daydreaming of hanging out with Foxpaw and his friends. She didn't know why the idea fascinated her so much. "I'm sure I'll like him just fine. I like a lot of cats." Cherrypaw laughed. "Actually, that's not true. I take that back." There were a pawful of cats that she could name off the top of her head that she didn't like. And those names were just cats from SkyClan. She'd met very few cats from other Clans, and not a single cat from outside of the Clans, but she Cherrypaw knew she wouldn't like them. She'd heard enough stories as a kit to know the other Clans weren't to be trusted. Just look at ThunderClan and WindClan and their dumb rivalry. I'll stick to SkyClan cats, thank you very much. Even if they are awful sometimes, Cherrypaw thought.
"Foxhunter or Foxbite sounds awesome!" The apprentice breathed a sigh. "I'm sure that whatever your warrior name is will be perfect no matter what." The she-cat smiled warmly. "Unless it's Foxheart of course." Cherrypaw joked, flicking her white tail across the ginger tom's shoulder. "You'd be a walking insult." What an awful name that would be. Surely no leader would be cruel enough to punish any cat with such a name. That made Cherrypaw wonder what her warrior name would be. She wanted something pretty or something fierce. Perhaps Cherryblossom or Cherryclaw. The white she-cat wished she could name herself. Cherryblossom would definitely be her first pick.
"What'll be your first official action as a warrior?" Cherrypaw prodded. Now that she had known a little bit about Foxpaw, she longed to know more about the ginger apprentice. He was interesting and cool and unique. She was always drawn to unique cats. She loved cats who stood out from the cats around them. They weren't basic. The younger apprentice leaned back in her nest, finally more relaxed and at ease. |
Foxheart? What leader would name a warrior Foxheart? Just the thought of that being his name made Foxpaw shudder, and all ideas of being a good warrior flew out of his head when he thought about that. Clearly a cat with that name was not going to be the best of the best. Not that Foxpaw ever thought he would be, but he could always try, right? It would be exciting to be the best warrior, but it was an unrealistic goal. It would be hard, too... not to mention weird, actually being the best... having other cats really like him, without trying as hard... being a cool tom, and all of that stuff. Foxpaw wasn't really the "coolest cat" right now, by any standards. He was pretty much an average apprentice, who wanted to be a good warrior, who wouldn't mind being leader one day, and who had dreams and ambitions and fears just like every other cat in the Clans.
There were a couple who he didn't think had as many, if any, fears; but other then that, everything was just perfectly normal. A purr arose in the tom's throat as he responded to her previous comment about his future name. "No kidding. Bet I could count on you to be supportive though, huh?" He asked, with another purr of amusement. There was no telling whether Cherrypaw would be all that supportive of him if he were to get saddled with an awful name, or if she would turn her back on him. Nightpaw would definitely be making fun of him. Silverpaw? Probably. Asterflame? There was no doubt, she would tease him all she wanted, but she would also turn on any cats who dared to actually be rotten to him about it.
Foxpaw had some good friends, Redpaw included... or was she a warrior now? The last time he'd seen her they had been younger. "Whoa, you make it sound like I'm going to be made deputy the same day," The tom joked. It wasn't all that funny, though; his mind was truly racing with the endless possibilites that would be given to him. No more warrior escorts when things got dangerous... from now on, he could go it alone if he needed to. No more training, just hunting and patrols and, when needed, fighting. Eventually his own apprentice - now that was an exciting possibility. Foxpaw was truly thrilled at the thought of that. "Probably to gather up some friends and head out to patrol or something. Or we could do something really cool, I don't know." Foxpaw answered eventually, his green eyes sparkling as he watched Cherrypaw.