WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

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Beetlekit blinked open an eye lazily, watching the nursery. This place was bright and made his eyes hurt. Curling his paw around his muzzle, he blocked his eyes from the outside world. Although, a skinny leg made him look again. It was a beetle. His name sake. Purring he allowed the beetle to rest on his head as he fell back into a dark, silent, dreamless sleep.

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[puppeteer]

Moonpaw grinned up at his leader, and turned to his mentor with the same smile. He waved his black and white tail happily to Wildstep.

{ @Caspian }

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Doepaw dipped her head respectfully to Twilightstar before turning to find her mentor. Wolffeather was the name, and she looked to her siblings. She couldn't help but feel only slightly disappointed, but she knows shes going to be the best warrior she can be. Maybe a tunneler even.

{ @Gay'Fluff }

[Caspian]

Originally Posted by cloudy sky

Moonpaw grinned up at his leader, and turned to his mentor with the same smile. He waved his black and white tail happily to Wildstep.

{ @Caspian }

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Doepaw dipped her head respectfully to Twilightstar before turning to find her mentor. Wolffeather was the name, and she looked to her siblings. She couldn't help but feel only slightly disappointed, but she knows shes going to be the best warrior she can be. Maybe a tunneler even.

{ @Gay'Fluff }

Wildstep felt a warmth inside of him as he gazed at his apprentice, he padded over to Moonpaw, “After this your getting a tour of the territory, then onto battle training!” he declared

[Quietheart]

Beetlepaw/Blaze

|24 Moons|

By StarClan! So many new apprentices. He had trouble keeping so many names straight as he tried to chant them all. Ashpaw! Milkpaw! Firepaw! Leafpaw!....Sunpaw!....ughhh Doepaw! Moonpaw! Beetlepaw's heart swelled, wanting to rush over and touch noses with each of them. He knew however that such a thing would be inappropriate The memories of his own ceremony still filled him with warmth. The tall tan tom shuffled his paws excitedly tilting his head to the sky.

I know you're watching too. Make sure to give these young mentors the guidance they need. I promise I'll help watch over them as often as possible, these young paws will live the lives you never got. He smiled lowering his green gaze back to Breezerock where Twilightstar was about to introduce a new peer. He could only guess at what Lillypaws warrior name might be.
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Rabbittail

|26 Moons|

Rabbittail chanted along eagerly with her clan. Pride bubbled up within her as sure as if she'd raised them herself. The cream cat often ducked her head into the nursery to help with whatever was needed. The kits brought her joy, and now she was looking at seven new apprentices. They all had promise, any self respecting WindClan cat could see that. The she-cat couldn't help feeling a sense of longing. Even though she already had two apprentices, there was still so much she could do for the clan.

Teaching was just normal to her, and it never seemed as if she could fill her day with enough activity. I'll just have to help out in the nursery more! Rabbittail let herself be swooned by the thought. With that loner Hollowmist having such a big litter, I'm sure a good refresher concerning the warrior code will be needed. She wanted to pad to the nursery right away, but their was still another warrior yet to be named. So she settled in, facing her leader expectantly.

[poppy]

Aspenstrike and Squirrelkit - open!

The Abyssinian and her daughter were fairly late, but in Aspenstrike's defense, Squirrelkit was not the most pleasant to deal with in the morning. (she definitely didn't get that from Aspen, no siree). The little yellow Abyssinian-mix stood tall as she paraded out of the nursery beside her mom, bushy tail up high. "Twilightstar should name Lilypaw Lilysquirrel. After me. because I'm cool!" She offered this unsolicited opinion to her mother, who scoffed shortly, shaking her head slightly as she looked up at the lilac leader.

As if Squirrelkit's ego needed more inflation. Yeah, right.

[SplashyLumi]

Originally Posted by jupiter

Aspenstrike and Squirrelkit - open!

The Abyssinian and her daughter were fairly late, but in Aspenstrike's defense, Squirrelkit was not the most pleasant to deal with in the morning. (she definitely didn't get that from Aspen, no siree). The little yellow Abyssinian-mix stood tall as she paraded out of the nursery beside her mom, bushy tail up high. "Twilightstar should name Lilypaw Lilysquirrel. After me. because I'm cool!" She offered this unsolicited opinion to her mother, who scoffed shortly, shaking her head slightly as she looked up at the lilac leader.

As if Squirrelkit's ego needed more inflation. Yeah, right.

{Here comes Deertrot to ruin Squrrielkits ego like a ton of bricks}

~Deertrot, She/Her, WC Warrior~.



Deertrot, after hearing she would be mentoring Milkpaw simply just nodded. Afterall she was already in charge of Salmonpaws training, it would be a breeze. But something caught her attention, a yapping kitten who wouldn't notJUST SHUT UP.. The fawn coloured molly glared down at the kitten in anger “Squirrel would not be allowed here, no cat around here has that as their suffix. It's more of a ThunderClan name. It's probably going to be Lilytooth, Lilyclaw, Lilyfire or something along them lines.” Jeez, did their mother not tell them they were in WindClan now?!

[Shade.]

@The Vast

An apprentice? Rookscreech had never had one before. She looked a little alarmed at first. But she appreciated the trust given, even if the back of her mind was saying it was no big deal.

She approached her new apprentice cautiously, looking a tad intimidating as she looked the younger cat over before bending down to touch noses.

[SplashyLumi]

Originally Posted by TheNyanCatMinecart

~ TULIPPAW OF WINDCLAN ~

Tulippaw's eyes went huge as she listened to all of Frostpaw's gossip. Stemstripe deserved to be exiled - messy and making a scene? No Clan deserved a warrior like him! Oh, so Snowleap had become leader - she thought she'd heard that he was called Pikestar now. Perhaps Frostpaw had just referred to him as Snowstar because it was customary for leaders to keep their prefix and get the -star suffix. She wondered why Pikestar hadn't. A purr escaped her as all the drama was relayed to her. "Well, that certainly sounds very eventful! I wish I had gone," she added with a hint of non-threatening jealousy. "I'll try to go the next time. Who knows? I might even be a warrior by then." Tulippaw could imagine herself as a warrior: radiant, perfect, making everybody fall in love with her. "But that's only if Hawkblaze actually teaches me how to hunt and fight. I've already fallen behind because of that useless cat Sorrelhawk, and I don't want to go back any further! What would my parents think if they were still here?"

Then Tulippaw remembered: Fallownose's offer to train her! Excitement filled her from nose to tail-tip. She had to tell Frostpaw! Her vivid, rich green eyes flashed as she leaned closer to her beautiful friend. "I just had the most eventful patrol!" she purred. "I was supposed to go out hunting, but since Hawkblaze hadn't taught me yet, the warrior who went with me - Nightheart - was supposed to. And she made an absolute fool of herself! I liked her at first since she treated me like the perfect cat I am - unlike Burrpaw - but then she failed! Failed to teach me hunting! Can you believe it? Teaching an apprentice to hunt isn't so hard; all you have to do is explain to them your tactics! But then, after she messed up, she threw a temper tantrum and yelled at me. Then she acted oh so apologetic before saying she'd do a better job at teaching me... and ruined it! Again! Such a failure of a cat. I still managed to catch a rabbit, though!" Tulippaw purred proudly, puffing out her chest. "Despite the failure of a teacher trying to instruct me. But it wasn't using any sort of usual hunting tactic - it was just my own smarts. I'll need a mentor who will actually teach me. Hawkblaze can teach fine, but Fallownose offered to go out on a training session with me! And both he and Twilightstar think I'm responsible!"

@SplashyLumi

Frostpaw nodded, listening to everybit that came out her friends muzzle. Suddenly the Turkish Angora had an idea. “ I can take you out for hunting training, Rabbittail showed me an Hunter Crouch. Though we would need an warrior.” Yeah, sure she didn't know how to really catch anything but atleast she knew the crouch. “But we can practice the Crouch right here, in the apprentices den.” Frostpaw added, smiling. Hopefully Tulipaw was up to that. She didn't know much about anything else but Hunting was the most important. To her, at least. Looking at the calico in the eyes, Frostpaw waited to see if she would take the Turkish Angora up on her offer. Marvellous, they were getting things done! Not just sitting around, though she found gossip and letting Buzzyfur know they were awful good too.
“Really?!” Frostpaw gasped, oh how she wished to be called the same! But, there was no way at all.

[Dark]

Firepaw
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Firekit turned to Milkkit with a warm smile plastered on her face and nodded. He was right, the two of them would be apprenticed together and would be able to train together right away! Of course, they'd also be able to work around each other's schedules in order to play, should she be able to convince the young tom of course. All in all, she was so excited! She'd be getting her very own mentor and begin training to be a warrior. She'd be the fastest, most fun warrior ever she decided, and she was about to be set on the path to achieving that goal.

Turning her attention back to Twilightstar, she straightened herself and sat at attention as the leader began calling out names. She couldn't help but let out a small squeak of joy when she heard her new name being called. 'Firepaw' She thought 'I'm an apprentice now!'. She couldn't wait to find out who her mentor was! As Twilightstar was going through the names she heard "Pinestrike, I trust you can take care of training Firepaw.". So that's who her mentor was, Pinestrike. She didn't know the warrior well, but she had a vague idea of who she was.

Ignoring the fact that she should probably be searching for her mentor, she turned first to her sister Sunpaw "We did it Sunny! We're apprentices now!". The same Sunpaw who had always been there looking out for her, the same Sunpaw who had taken over keeping her out of trouble after their mother passed, the same gloomy Sunpaw who despite all of her foul moods always seemed a little bit brighter around her. Standing here beside her sister after everything that they had experienced, receiving their apprentice names and mentors seemed a bit surreal to her and she almost wanted to run to her sister and bury her face in her fur but this time she wouldn't. "We're really apprentices," She purred, almost in disbelief, unable to keep the excitement out of her voice.

The young she-cat then turned back to her friend, Milkpaw. She smiled brightly at him, eyes gleaming with pride and excitement. "Well Milkpaw," She started, testing out how his new name sounded. Deciding she liked it, she continued "Looks like we'll be doing our training together!" She purred happily. This is what she wanted, to be surrounded by the cats she cared about. Though she and Milkpaw hadn't been friends for too too long, she could already tell that they would have a lot of fun together through their apprenticeship and hoped that he would remain a close companion of hers always.

Finally, the pale ginger tabby started looking for the dark brown form of Pinestrike, her mentor. Scanning the clearing with her light green eyes, she continued until she was able to find her. Her eyes lit up with joy and she waited to be approached by the other she-cat. 'I wonder what she'll be like' she thought to herself 'Perhaps she will be a mentor who enjoys having fun too!'. Again, her priorities weren't necessarily in order, but she had no lack of enthusiasm. She puffed out her chest, hoping to seem a bit more impressive while she waited for Pinestrike to come over.

[ @Wingnettle brief Milk mention, @The Vast for Sunpaw mention @RiztheHuntress also sorry y'all for the wall of text! Got a bit carried away haha]

[Wingnettle]

Milkkit (he/him)
Creamy-white short fur and green eyes

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Excitement run down Milkkit's bones as Twilightstar announced the name of his mentor. After dipping his head to the Windclan leader, he allowed himself to turn his gaze back and search for the cat that would accompany him through his apprenticeship.

A spotted brown she-cat was making his way toward him, her eyes gleaming with surprise and pleasure. He waited patiently for her to reach him, then craned his neck and touched noses with her. "It's a pleasure to meet you. I'll always do my best and follow your instructions, I promise." he assured the warrior with the steadiest voice he could come up with. All around him, the clan was chanting their names and it was hard to concentrate on one single voice only. But the image of his new mentor was already imprinted deeply in his head.

Thrilled, he glanced at his sisters and then Firepaw. She was touching noses with a green eyed brown she-cat, and her enthusiasm hadn't visibly diminished one bit from the beginning of the ceremony. Would their mentors agree to train him with her, or Doepaw, or Leafpaw sometimes?
As her friend addressed him, he felt comforted by the certainty that he had Firepaw with him. I bet she could persuade anyone into doing anything, so we'll surely have time to train together! The thought made him relax a little bit. Being apprentices looked like a great responsibility, but he wouldn't have to do everything on his own. "I look forward to it, Firepaw!" he replied joyfully.

[ @SplashyLumi @The Vast @cloudy sky @Darkclaws ]