High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

**Toodle** · #**2151** November 7th, 2021, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by seeingstars

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Crowpaw hesitantly approached Gingercry looking up towards the the senior warrior "Hello" they said quietly, shifting nervously "When can we start training?" They asked, tilting their head.

Gingercry smiled a wide, welcoming smile and leaned down just slightly. They were a quiet little thing, a stark contrast to Bushypaw. "Hello there! Well, I do have another apprentice as well, though he's a little further in his training. So I figure we'll start with a one-on-one tour of the territory, maybe some basics on the clans. Then some day soon we can do some combined training sessions to benefit you both. As soon as the meeting is over we can get started if you'd like."

***Undertaker*** · #**2152** November 7th, 2021, 02:52 PM

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

"In honor of your resourcefulness and loyalty, I give your warrior name. Ravenpaw, from this moment on you, will be known as Ravenblaze[ Chillcat ]. We welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan." Dawnstar gives a low bow of her head to the new warrior. Her amber eyes might have glimmered with pride if not for the young cat who thought it was a good idea to speak out against her. If she was in anything but a decent mood, she might have ordered the brat's death. But death was slowly starting to become boring, besides the dead get to go play in StarClan for eternity, which was peaceful for her. Dawnstar wondered if her mutt would be willing to skin a cat alive for her, it might be fun to watch.

"Nightpaw[ Ghostly Phantom ]," The scarred brown tabby leaped off the Shadowledge after yowling from the apprentice. She landed lightly despite her tremendous form and padded over to the confrontational Blackpaw. "I'm not wasting my time with this, Blackpaw[ Magmacat ]. I'm not changing your name out to out of spite or anything personal, so there is no point in getting upset with me about it. There can be only one Nightpaw at a time, and even you should understand why. If you want the name take it up with the apprentice who has it."

The powerful leader left it at that and walked away from whining brat. If the apprentice had some training, she would have proposed a battle, the winner gets the name, but there was nothing to earn from making babies' fights. Unless Nightpaw was willing to show how soft he was and change his name for a sniffling brat, Blackpaw would have to deal with his new name, get rid of Nightpaw, or figure out how to make the older apprentice request a name change.

"Now then, Foxstorm[ Raven~ ], your blabbermouth has gotten me unnecessary attention from those damn Catfish! I believe I've been a very lenient leader, I don't ask for much other than your total loyalty to ShadowClan and your strength." Dawnstar hissed fiercely, walking up to the mousebrain who called herself a warrior. "Not only did you look like a complete and utter pushover taunting some nobody warrior about killing a queen that not a single cat in RiverClan could even name, but you made ShadowClan look like an embarrassment over nothing, a no one, some passing hairball no one would miss." Dawnstar shook her head at the ridiculousness of it all. "A leader, a deputy, a reputational warrior or upcoming apprentice, now those are worth a mention, but you when out and murdered a queen, a mere queen without a name."

"Do you have any idea how weak that makes us look, and now RiverClan wants a body that I've no interest in giving them unless it's yours of course." Her amber eyes blazed with cold aggravation as she glowered at Foxstorm. The she-cat's fluffy tail bristled at the base as it whipped back and forth behind her. "I should have killed you at the Gathering, saved me the trouble of you dragging ShadowClan into any more of your stupidity. I might have been able to overlook this if you hadn't made RiverClan look like victims to the other clans." Who brags about killing a queen?! Not even an important queen, some faceless halfwit fish! Dawnstar had not needed such unnecessary drama at the Gathering and she certainly hadn't needed more fuel to make cats feel bad about RiverClan.

Dawnstar had gotten good at making ShadowClan appear more than mindless killers. She's gotten good at spinning webs of reasons and lies to make them seem less rogue-like than they actually were. If the clans truly believed that Dawnstar had no interest in following the code or adhering to the stars, they'd be chased out. Sure, there were raids, death, murder, and so on, but there was a point that the clans stopped, for there were always four clans in the forest and a reason. Dawnstar could justify nearly every cat who was killed by ShadowClan with the same reasons the other clans did, there needed to be a reason. Mindless killings were for rogues, outsiders, loners, not Clans. It would be very problematic if the other clan learned just how much freedom she gave ShadowClan to do with as they please, to kill as they please. But Foxstorm was clearly too dumb to think beyond her own ego. Dawnstar's put in far too much time and effort to have everything she's worked towards be jeopardized by one dumbass trying to act tough.

[Up to you guys if you wanna jump in on any of this]

**Quasar** · #**2153** November 7th, 2021, 03:11 PM

Addersnow | she/her | @Undertaker @Raven~

Cats became apprentices, an apprentice became a warrior, yada yada yada. It seemed this meeting was already just as boring as the previous one, and Addersnow put close to no effort in disguising her boredom. The only reason she really stuck around at the meeting was because she was merely curious about what Dawnstar needed the clans opinion on. Hopefully that would at least be worth her time. Tuning out the yowling coming from one of the new apprentice, the tortie instead just sat there, her face flat.

The second thing the leader brought up, though, slightly peaked her interest. She could remember the whole ordeal started by Foxstorm at the previous gathering, even if she didn't really pay too much attention to it. Based on Dawnstars reaction then, it was more than obvious that she was absolutely livid. Honestly, she would be too if she necessarily cared about the reputation of the clan, but that wasn't really the case at the moment. Still, the situation was interesting enough.

White-tipped tail flicking impatiently, Addersnow snorted to herself as she examined her claws, "Shes not worth keeping around, I think we should just do what's already inevitable and kill her. We have enough cats right now to more than make up for her death" she stated nonchalantly, absebtmindely picking out a few stray hair that resulted from one of her more recent fights.

**kingly** · #**2154** November 7th, 2021, 03:13 PM

The young apprentice was quiet, standing there, shuffling his feet as he stared at the what he thought was the ground. Or his own paws. He didn't know. He listened half-heartedly, not all that interested in the idiotic moron that was being scolded.

**dino.** · #**2155** November 7th, 2021, 03:39 PM

// @Undertaker

>Whisperpaw<

Oh, that's right, Foxstorm. He hadn't been paying very much attention but she was that idiot who'd boasted about offing some nameless queen, wasn't she? Not that he really cared about ShadowClan's reputation as a whole, but... "She's going to turn the rest of the Clans on us," he said flatly. "ShadowClan's strong, but we can't take on all three of them at once if it comes down to that. Might as well get rid of her now and save us the future trouble."

**Toodle** · #**2156** November 7th, 2021, 04:06 PM

Goldenstep let out a congratulatory cheer for Ravenblaze's new appointment as warrior. It seemed as though relatively few warrior ceremonies were being performed lately; it ignited a certain anxiety around her own five, wondering on the odds of all five making it to their own warrior ceremonies.

Then there was Blackpaw. She hadn't put much thought into how much a name could mean to a young cat and she hoped she'd had enough foresight that none of her kits would be forced to go by another name when the time came for them to receive their apprentice names.

Foxstorm. She hadn't been at the Gathering and she hadn't had the time yet to get caught up with her mate or father. What exactly had Foxstorm done to get this wrath of Dawnstar?

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Gingercry looked up from his new apprentice as Dawnstar dropped from the Shadowledge. It felt a shame to him that Ravenblaze was not getting the celebratory ceremomy they had obviously worked hard to earn, being shadowed with Blackpaw's fit over the name change and Foxstorm's punishment over her behavior at the last gathering. He hoped the young warrior would take it well. As it was, Gingercry watched through mostly disinterested eyes as Dawnstar confront Foxstorm. The whole reputation thing seemed a bit trivial to him though antagonizing the other clans could put them in a bad way should the other clans decide that Shadowclan had become a liability and push them out. But it seemed to him that one warrior's poor judgement wouldn't be the sole instigator to that either.

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Pigeonpaw was still reeling, growing even more excited as her new mentor talked to her. Cougarivy seemed young and energetic and she couldn't help but feel the anticipation for everything to come, everything she'd been waiting so long for. But Dawnstar was moving on with the meeting though Pigeonpaw found it difficult to pay much attention, her mind buzzing as it all crashed into her: she was an apprentice...but an apprentice without her sister. She didn't know how to place the bittersweet feelings so she tried to push away the thoughts of her missing sister and the questions clouding her mind regarding her entire family and the history she was not privy to.

**shaded shadow** · #**2157** November 7th, 2021, 04:45 PM

troutclaw growled foxstorm should be castout killing a cat that wasnt even important to the clan and braging about it how cringing he thought

**duskfire1** · #**2158** November 7th, 2021, 05:01 PM

Ryepaw stared at his leader, tilting his head.
"Ravenblaze! Ravenblaze!"
He shouted, raising his voice to remind his clanmates that their had been a new warrior amongst the disturbing news of Foxstorm.
"I'm in for killing Foxstorm." He meowed after a few pauses, boredly inspecting his tail.
"I mean, we don't need arrogant and mindess warriors, do we?" He asked, making a point to let his gaze survey the group of cats gathered around the Shadowledge.

Raven~ · #**2159** November 7th, 2021, 05:11 PM

Foxstorm raised her head proudly, even though her world was falling apart. She was going kill Strompelt. Or maybe her own idiotic pride and mouth. She should have known this would happen. She had to stay in the Clan. She had to.

“Dawnstar, my leader, I am loyal to you. I would never betray ShadowClan. Do you really want to kill or cast me out? I will never do this again, I assure you. This embarrassment is enough of a punishment.” She only hoped this would be enough.

MagmaCat · #**2160** November 7th, 2021, 05:14 PM

@Raven~

Blackpaw stood their growling with bitter anger. However, he regained his posture had headed back to the back of the crowd, getting ready to leave the gathering, when he heard Foxstorm's name beging called throughout the crowd. Can't wait to see her get punished! He thought. Then the apprentice was surpsied yet again that day. Wait... their not going to kill her... right?! Blackpaw suddenly had new feeling come over him, a feeling he never had in his life.

Blackpaw pushed his way through the warriors and planted himself in front of Foxstorm, standing between the bristling warriors with new determiantion. He then turned to the warrior and grunted, "You may be stupid and I really think you smell like a piece of Fox-Dung, but your kind of the only person who'll talk to me so... so I guess that makes us friends" Blackpaw smilied, quickly then turned face the warriors once more.