Crowkit couldn’t contain his excitement, he was becoming an apprentice at last! But what he didn’t expect was a name change. Was it perhaps because there was already a Crowpaw in ThunderClan? That had to be, he couldn’t find any other plausible reasoning. He was now
Rainpaw. But he didn’t mind. It sounded okay, but how would his family react?
Looking around for Bumbleflight, he managed to catch sight of a warrior- or rather, the warrior caught sight of him. Fear overcame him. Not because of the sight of the warrior- but because he was an apprentice. A cat on his way to becoming a
warrior. He had sort of become a natural fighter, having participated in play-fights with his siblings and wining, but the aspect of being able to participate in real battles (should they ever come) frightened him.
“H-hi,” he squeaked rather unexpectedly. “S-sorry, I suppose I’m j-just nervous… hehe.” Gathering his courage at Bumbleflight’s question, the tom added a nod, “Yes!”
He played it off as well as he could, hoping his fear would soon turn to excitement. It had to, right? And then it hit him- his Clanmates were cheering the new apprentices’ names.
His name. It felt weird to hear his as Rainpaw, and even gave him a sort of headache. Hearing the cheers of so many warriors, apprentices, elders, kits, and others was honestly overwhelming. But Cr-Rainpaw wouldn’t let it bother him. Not yet, anyway.
Deciding to ignore the cheers from his Clanmates, he looked for his littermates and his parents. They were cheering too, and Rainpaw couldn’t contain his excitement enough to stop himself from waving his tail in thanks.
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Mapleleaf looked cheerfully at ThunderClan, her eyes resting on the new apprentices. All she could do was cheer alongside her denmates and other ThunderClan companions. Her heart swelled with pride, even though none of the new apprentices were hers. Speaking of apprentices that weren’t hers, she was a little upset that she would no longer help Flamepaw train. But glad for her, nonetheless.
“Crocuspaw! Rainpaw! Hazelpaw!” She yowled at the top of her lunges, wincing with a little pain from her belly.
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Flamepaw smiled brightly at the aspect of new denmates. Of course they wouldn’t be denmates for too long, she had her warrior ceremony coming up in the next couple moons. But for the first time in her life, the apprentice pushed the thought of her warrior ceremony out of her head. Her friend’s son was becoming an apprentice. It puzzled her that Rainpaw’s littermates weren’t joining in on the ceremony, but Flamepaw was sure that his littermates would come soon.
“Crocuspaw! Rainpaw! Hazelpaw!” She yowled beside her Clanmates, adding a bit of a clap with her tail against the dirt, hoping she wasn’t flying any toward her Clanmates. And then she looked around for Sparkflower. She half expected to have Mapleleaf as her mentor, but happy she got a permanent one.
Where’s Sparkflower?