ThunderClan Stormcrest

[Poprock]

Pebblepaw rolled up to the party, fashionably late. Was it because she had fallen asleep and didn't hear Bumblestar's call? Maybe...

[Beaan]

//Wildtwist\\
//FtM\\//Demiboy\\//ThC Warrior\\

// Wildtwist sat there and watched Bumblestar re-assign the apprentices, and waited as they met up with their mentors. It seemed there were quite a few reassignments. How hard is it to train one goddamn cat? he wondered.

// Wildtwist sat there as Bumblestar went on to the subject of Keepers. And apparently, there was an entire new batch of Keepers. They sat there and continued to listen. So you can spar for keeper now, huh? Guess I better get training. they thought jokingly. Although, there were a few cats Wildtwist agreed earned the rank. Good luck to all of the keepers, as well as Flameheart. they said silently

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Treepaw]

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Treepaw sat and listened as Bumblestar continued her meeting announcements. She peered through the crowd as the cats were named one by one, trying to memorize their faces so she knew who the new keepers were.

[poppy]

Dovefluff

The young queen glanced over at Sootfur as he was announced as one of the four newest keepers. The molly nodded to him, happy for her friend, cracking a small, congratulatory smile before sinking back in her seat. The next announcement, surely, would be the last. And the last would be the deputy and healer roles, and she could think of quite a few good candidates for the job. But the majority had just been reassigned a mentor, given an apprentice or promoted to Keeper. So surely Bumblestar wouldn't give a mentor an apprentice or vice versa, or a warrior a role as Keeper, just to take it away in a few minutes? No. That wouldn't make much sense. The molly looked over, slightly surprised, as Springpaw approached her, purring limply in greeting, wishing she had taken time to clean herself up. Or at least cover the damn dark circles under her eyes and the tearstains that marked her cheeks. God, she had to look presentable. She couldn't look like a mess. She didn't want everyone to think she was a burden. That was the last thing she needed- more haters.

"Of course it's okay, dearest. You're always welcome." She purred softly, weakly, like she was being strangled. Not because of Springpaw, of course. Just because of it all. It was a weight that pressed on her, choked her. Shuffling over so that the calico could settle in beside her, and Dovefluff felt the boulder that had anchored to her heart ease a bit. Like a flower in a barren wasteland, the appearance of the apprentice that was like a daughter, loosened the heavy weight in her soul slightly. Like hopelessness and deep sorrow didn't seem so suffocating anymore. Something like determined resolve tightened in her chest, and she made a mental note to set the plan whirling in her head into motion after the meeting was done.

She didn't want to say anything about what had happened, so her head dipped slightly and turned, almost magnetically, to a certain large golden warrior. Yeah. She didn't know why she was looking at him, but if he looked at her, she would dip her head in gratitude to the kind tom, her best friend's cousin. She was just looking at him to show him an ounce of the gratitude he deserved for comforting her when no one else could in the hours after her daughter's death. Yeah. That was all. She wasn't looking at him for any other reason. Turning her attention back to Springpaw with a warm look, she would then inquire something... simple. Easy. "How've you been doing, with everything? Just in general, with recent... events, and training and such?" Yes. No references towards death. No heavy stuff- she couldn't handle any more of that. That was good. Ish.

[ @Jayvines @Wingnettle - for her nod to soot and glance at Lioncrest || @ares ]

[Ian]

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Hazelpaw
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The apprentice barely realized when Bumblestar said her name, having to go back over what the leader said in her head. Oh, so Bumblestar is going to be my mentor. I'm still not sure how I feel about how she handled the Cracklepaw siutation.

Shaking off her melancholy, she turned to give Goldenpaw a tight smile, though he would most likely be able to tell it was fake. She was still reeling after Darkpetal's death and what Cracklepaw had said to her.

@Quasar

[iliri]

• Springpaw •
long-furred, oriental-shaped, gray-and-orange calico molly with blue eyes, torn right ear
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From upon hearing Dovefluff’s answer, relief quickly came through the young calico, a small smile growing among her maw. Springpaw shuffled her way next to Dovefluff and sat down quietly next to her, curling her long-furred tail around herself to avoid accidentally poking the older molly in the side. After she sat down, her ears were angled in the direction of Bumblestar as she continued the meeting, speaking about new Keepers and that Roosterflame was gone. Which, the thought made Springpaw’s smile adrift slightly. Why did they keep losing cats? Or rather, why did some cats leave and some just… kept on dying? She kept this thought to herself, obviously, but it felt like it needed an answer somehow. A quick sigh escaped from the young calico as she turned her head in the gray molly’s direction afterwards, her frown growing slightly from the older felines’ appearance.

She just looked so… down. So dull and done with existence. Her posture and tired eyes said it all. Springpaw mentally knew how the queen felt, even if she never had truly suffered a loss from the death of a loved one. A mere child, as of fact. Her lips quickly pursed as a certain memory flashed across her fumbled mind. A certain memory where she had nearly lost Autumnpaw when that hawk took off half her tail when they were only kits. She had only just been recently set with the responsibility to raise them by herself after her own mother had left. A quick pulse of shame had throbbed through the young calico, the tip of her tail twitching daintily. She was lucky that her sister was saved and didn’t have to suffer the cruel fate of being taken away by that gigantic predator. Springpaw couldn’t know what she would do with herself if she had been taken. All it would’ve resulted was with her carrying the guilt of her death among her shoulders and feel as if she caused her own sibling to die.

However, Dovefluff’s strained words caught the young molly to cast away from the memory, oceanic blues quickly glancing over at her direction. Springpaw blinked her eyes for a few seconds before frowning as her young mind contemplated the molly’s words. Training… that wasn’t something that was on the young molly’s mind. Not really at all. Not after the whole events at the old camp with the sinkholes. Springpaw could’ve swore that she felt a quick sense of dread overcome her from thinking about how she almost lost her mentor to one of those sinkholes. Springpaw could easily remember when Rabbitchatter told her to run and that he’ll catch up, only to result with him getting stuck in one of those holes. The whole thought only caused the calico to shut her eyes, exhaling sharply. Why did he have to not be here? Where was he at? Her mind screamed that he left and abandoned her, just as it had earlier, but she barely paid attention to the thought, though.

“I… Rabbitchatter hasn’t been around,” Springpaw stated, her tone quiet as she spoke, “neither has my siblings. Nobody’s been around.” Her voice was quiet, yet behind it carried much more pain than she could emotionally handle. A quiet hitched breath escaped her maw as she looked away from Dovefluff, shame overcrossing her expression. “My siblings aren’t here anymore and it hurts. They… I raised them like they were my own kits, after my own mother left me and my siblings alone and… gave me this.” She was quickly implying about the torn ear, briefly reaching a paw up to point at the tattered ear. “Seeing them gone just… hurts to know. Even I think that Rabbitchatter might be gone. He’s… he’s the one who taught me about trusting other cats again, and to see that not all adults are as bad as my mother. Yet… it hurts knowing that they are gone and to never be seen again. None of them are going to be seen again.” Her voice was quiet all the way through, her voice wavering and cracking as she controlled herself to not cry out in her pain in front of Dovefluff. Dovefluff witnessed enough damage with her own family as it is. She didn’t need to see Springpaw crying about her own losses.

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@jupiter

[dino.]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

As she watched her Clan for a brief moment of silence, the simple patter of rain turned into something a little heavier. Bumblestar lifted her eyes to the sky once more, watching the dark clouds circle overhead as droplets fell ever faster. Spring rains were always a good sign; prosperity, growth, change. StarClan knew ThunderClan needed that now more than ever.

…Huh.

Tilting her head, she found two specific cats in the crowd and rose back to her paws, tail swaying confidently behind her. She had never been one to pass up an opportunity.

“Drizzlecloud. Springpaw.” She made sure to sweep her gaze over them in turn. “I’ve never been one to believe heavily in StarClan, but even I know an omen when it’s in front of my nose.” Dropping directly onto it, more like. “This new-leaf rain’s no chance happening. Drizzlecloud, as ThunderClan’s medicine cat, with Springpaw training as your apprentice, I’ve got a good feeling you’ll both bring great things to my Clan.”

She gave both she-cats a toothy grin.

Now for the topic of leadership.

Unfortunately, pickings were slim. There weren’t many cats she would personally deem fit for any sort of authority, so her choices had been limited, but through all of her thinking, one face had kept coming back to mind. She didn’t know him personally, had hardly even spoken to him on any meaningful level—but he was present, he was clearly invested, and he obviously CARED, which was a hell of a lot more than she could say for half of these cats. Her stare grew sharp when she picked him out of the crowd.

“Alderstep.” A pause, to make sure she had his attention. “After some lengthy consideration, I’ve decided that you’re the cat currently most fit to be my deputy. You’ll be helping me lead ThunderClan. This doesn’t mean you’re immune to my judgement. The second you start to falter or disappoint me, I’ll have you removed.” The same went for the new healers, although she felt it wasn’t necessary to say. They were smart cats, they’d get it. “I expect you to be just as engaged here as you have been in the past, if not more so. I’ve high expectations for you—you’d do well to adhere to them.” The ‘OR ELSE’ hung unspoken in the air as she glanced him over, before turning her head away and jumping down from the Stormcrest.

“This meeting is dismissed. Drizzlecloud, Springpaw, when the two of you have a moment, I’d like to speak to you both privately in the medicine den. Alderstep, I’ll talk to you after I’m done with them.”

 

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*Cherrykit left the meeting*

[Morrigan]

Firestream breathed a sigh of exhaustion "Finally!" she huffed and quickly left.

Nightgaze smiled and nodded then leaved the meeting.

[Radetzky]

Mothdapple

Mothdapple was happy to hear about the new medicine cats and deputy. As Bumblestar dismissed the meeting, she left for the warrior's den.