Time has Come/Clan Meeting/Ceremony [ALL]

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

Shockstar

His heart was pounding, opening his yellow orbs looking outside his den entrance.. this was the morning he would address his clan, the first clan meeting he would call upon many.. Narrowing his gaze though it was different today he had the courage to do this, he was in charge the clan activity was becoming slum no cat was positive, the games that his mate shorestar began had come to a halt it was time to start them.. also it was time to announce a few competitors that could no longer compete in the said games namely himself... Rising to his paws the tom paused calling over his shoulder " wish me luck furball" flicking his ears the tom smiled walking out of his den the morning touching his pelt it's warmth was welcomed. As most mornings in the camp the early morning was quite no cat had stirred yet... quickly and light footedly the tom paced over to the broken stump.. Looking upon the stump Shockstar placed his first forepaw upon its top before leaping upon it. Taking a deep breath gazing around the soon to be filled camp area...

" Let all cats old enough to swim the river join here beneath the Broken Stump for a Clan meeting!" His voiced rung out the air seemed to have become more still then there was sounds of rustling all around the camp. taking a deep breath his jitters kind of getting to him, but standing strong the first head appeared minkfluff tired and blurry eyed looking around the camp before landing his gaze upon his gaze, in that moment the soon to be queens eyes brightened up and she plump and all bounced out of the nursery den securing a close spot not moving her gaze off shockstar.. the queens intense stare made him uneasy.. gazing around he heard mumbling voices near the camp entrance gazing over jaywind was on guard her ears pricked up mewing to synfeather who just walked in from night patrol carrying a decent sized fish... the two exchanged words the synfeather quickly went to drop his kill by the prey pile, before taking his place a little further back.

Banepaw walked out of the apprentice den, a tuft of fur sticking up with a twig.. Shockstar looked to the young one who glanced to him their eyes locking for a moment as shockstar flicked his tail over his head, to that the young apprentice glance up to his own head seeing the dangling twig the young tom removed it instantly. Smiling shockstar looked over to the nursery where the kits were now rousing their mothers out of bed to see the commotion. little featherkit was right there big blue eyes wiggling on her toes to get a better view, alongside with salmonkit one of shreespells kits.. waiting a few moments longer then shockstar cleared his throat it was time to begin..

" Good morning everyone.. Riverclan has hit a bit of a rough spot these last couple moons, with the loss of valuable warriors and shorestar due to sickness... " his heart pained for his love and mate shorestar he wished she was giving the meeting, but that was the past he was the future. " In saying that we must not loose faith, prey must be caught, borders need to be patrolled we all have a duty to do in this clan.. Riverclan has overcome many obstacles before and we will do it again!" Giving the clan a moment to wake up and heed his words, minkfluff cheered as did jaywind from her guard spot as did so a couple others. "Now after minkfluffs sure win in the hunting trials, the competition came to a temporary halt.. well starting tomorrow they will be resuming!.. the next trial is Stamina, we had started with eight cats.. though two will no longer participate they are myself and minkfluff" his ears flicked when minkfluff stood up puffed up hissing what!? narrowing his gaze to her the leader continued. " as i am now leader my place is here, and now minkfluff so close kitting it would not be wise for you to continue..." minkfluff sat on her rump clearly beaten by reason the dusty white tom continued looking at the cats as he called them.

" So the remaining cats for the trials will be, Greywind, Firebreeze, mountainstorm, Slashfaith, Synfeather, Tallwhiskers good luck to all of you in the up coming trials. Again the judges for these trails will be myself, Leafslash, Fleetfoot, Redfeather we begin tomorrow trial by water! so rest up" Shockstar waited letting the mews and murmurs die down as the leader looked across to the nursery... there were some kits ready to be assigned mentors, his eyes locked on to the kits he was thinking about shreespells kits they were of age, they're time was over due. Though without their mother to help bring them out he wasn't sure how this would work... did he make a mistake, should he have told the kits the day before..springing it upon them? in his mind he cursed had he made the most stupidest mistake? Though near the nursery was some cat that could help him out.

[SpoodleDoodles]

Spottedheart

I was the only queen in the nursery at the time, though I knew it would not be long before I was joined by another, though I wasn't going to spoil her surprise until she had told her mate the good news. Until then, though, I was the only one keeping an eye on more then ten kits at once, and it had been the greatest test of patience I'd ever endured. Fortunately, my adopted son Thornpaw had come of age and been given his apprenticeship, and though I rarely got to spend time with him any more as he focused on training I couldn't help but be proud of the growing ginger furball, even though he hadn't been born to me.

My own three kits- Leopardkit, Swiftkit, and Featherkit would have given me enough to do, if I hadn't volenteered to assist with Shreestar's kits as well when they were finally released from my father's medicine cat den, having grown strong enough to move to the nursery and start living as normal Clan kits did. They were older then my own, but had been born small and frail- though you wouldn't realise it looking at them now.

Hearing the call to the meeting I tried my best to hush them at the den's entrance so we could listen, even if we weren't really joining in. Glancing around the crowd I hunted for sign of a familiar ginger-and-white pelt that belonged to my mate Feroxwind, but once again I found no sign. I felt my heart plumment in my chest but I couldn't let it show to our kits... one kit in particular would pick up on my feelings immediately if i couldn't hide them in time. Distracting myself, I stopped one of Shreestar's kits from trying to escape past me and turned my attention back to the meeting. Some cat would know what Feroxwind was doing, I'd just have to ask around later to find out.

I felt my green eyes slant a little as Shockstar took the stage. Unlike the others around me I could see the hints of dark light that showed he was not so comfortable as he seemed... though, to my never-ending surprise, he showed hints of white light too, the kind associated with StarClan, far more then the previous leader had, and her brother had been my father, the medicine cat! Then again, Beewings did say StarClan had paw-chosen Shockstar when we were left leaderless. I could sense an odd feeling of something behind him, but if it was a StarClan cat staying next to our new leader I could not tell, he was keeping himself well hidden from my senses, as if he knew I would realise he was there. The only cat I had ever heard off that would flaunt StarClan's rules was Beewings' brother Deathmoon, though I had never seen him myself.

Shockstar rallied the Clan and made arrangements for the continuation of the trials, and I felt my fur settle down a little. I'd already lost kin - and was still loosing kin- to the illness that struck the Clan, and not a day went past that I wasn't grateful my kits had so far seemed immune. Minkfluff, predictably, did not look like she took her resignation well, but she had to admit it was well due time for her to join myself - and soon that one other- in the nursery for her own safety. At least she could proudly say she had done her best for her clan.

A flickering of dark lights caught my attention, and I spotted my mate's older son near the front of the crowd, looking rather determined, though that was often his usual expression. He had lost his first round and I felt he wanted to show the Clan- in particular his currently seemingly absent father Feroxwind- that he was a worthy warrior. I felt concern flicker in my chest but I kept it silent, I had only just started reaching out to my mate's older kits, not as a mother but as a friend, and so far Firebreeze seemed the only one who had a desire to be friendly with me, though he was still guarded in his actions and his words. Our family was a mixed-up mess... but I wanted to make it, if not enjoyable, then workable for us all. Especially for Feroxwind's sake.

Then Shockstar was looking across to the nursery, down at Shreespell's wriggling kits, and I met his gaze for a moment before understanding flashed through me. I flicked my ears and dipped my head to show I understood and agreed, though it would have been better if he'd given us some warning first. "Quickly, come here, stand still, let me tidy you up." I pulled first Swirlkit, complaining, towards me, quickly smoothing down her fur, before moving on to the next kit, trying to get through them all before Shockstar called them forwards. "You need to stand still and behave, you are going to receive your mentors, little ones. Wait until Shockstar calls your names, then walk up to him and listen. Not you three!" I added this last quickly, stopping my own three kits from escaping the nursery. "It'll be you three next time, alright?"That was, of course, if I could ever find it in my heart to let them go...

[Fleet]

Dashkit was busy looking out for his younger sister who he spent most of his watching over for the young white, brown and black she-cat was rather runty. But Twistkit had little care for her delicate, tiny form she was high energy and well known for causing trouble, which her older brother was always having to get her out of. Right now the black and white Dashkit could see Twistkit playfully playing with a ball of moss, but then there was a cry calling the clan together. Suddenly Twistkit was dashing for the den entrance, closely followed by Spottedheart's son Swiftkit and with a sigh he followed. Thankfully instead of dashing out into the clearing Twistkit sat, her mis-matched gaze fixing on the new clan leader as he spoke to them. Dashkit however found himself just behind his sister, forced by their sheer numbers to sit beside Swiftkit, the only cat in the Nursery he could hardly stand and he knew the feeling was mutual as the smaller black and white tom hated him in return.

The whole Nursery knew of their mutual dislike for one another and the adults had taken to keeping them apart as often as possible, which Dashkit felt relieved about because that also meant Twistkit was kept away from their cousin's bad influence. They were joined in the Nursery entrance by their great grandfather, the black and white Fleetfoot who had come to sit beside Spottedheart in silence, his forest, green gaze unreadable as he listened. Then quite suddenly Spottedheart was grabbing his siblings and attempting to lick them, Twistkit was unlucky enough to be grabbed mid lecture from their carer but Dashkit darted out of reach with a cry of"I've already been cleaned!"

But Swiftkit was blocking his way with a wicked grin before saying"Don't miss Dashkit mother, he's particularly messy... And as always telling lies!" To which Dashkit bared his fangs at his cousin hissing"You're the one telling lies... But fine, I'll be cleaned again... After all at least I do wash.." With that Dashkit pushed past his younger relative towards Spottedheart, ignoring his low growl and how someone was hushing him. He could see Twistkit pawing at her now wet pelt muttering to herself indignantly, though her mis-matched gaze held excitement and suddenly the runt of the litter was bounding towards their leader, not an ounce of fear in her form, her twisted tail held high. After a mere couple of licks Dashkit was following, still wanting to keep his tiny sister safe.

Dashkit
(Includes Twistkit, Swiftkit & Fleetfoot)

The large ginger and white warrior had been with his cousin Shrewdshade when the call had come. Helping him get fit again while under the watchful eye of a rather pregnant Brightspark, the golden, spotted she-cat was due any day now but she refused to sit it out in the Nursery, saying she was going stir crazy. So they had allowed her to come along with them. So as he had been training with Shrewdshade they had been approached by Greywind who had darted out of camp the minute the cry went up to fetch them and Feroxwind refused to leave Brightspark behind by speed walking, nor did he want Shrewdshade to re-injure his leg. So he had walked slowly back with them, watching Greywind dash off ahead of them and ignoring how Shrewdshade muttered about the grey and white tom.

Most of his family still hated the grey and white warrior, blaming him for Flightwind's disappearance but Feroxwind had learnt long ago just to move with the times. The three of them arrived mid speech and hung back near the camp entrance so as not to disturb the meeting, though Feroxwind noticed Greywind had hung back as well, clearly waiting for them. Then at movement by the nursery Feroxwind noted his sister's kits were moving towards the leader, they were about to be made apprentices. His gaze slipped to the apprentices where the ginger Thornpaw let out a small whoop of joy before realising Feroxwind was watching him. The young adopted tom shrunk beneath his mis-matched gaze, Feroxwind felt a pang in his chest and looked away from the young tom before fixing his gaze on Shockstar once more in silence.

Feroxwind
(includes Shrewdshade, Brightspark, Greywind & Thornpaw)

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

OOC: Sooooooooo sorry this has taken me a age to finish this finishing it now XD

Shockstar

The leader glanced at the clan as he mewed on " there is some more good news for our clan, today is a speacial day" the tom glanced over to the nursery nodding to spottedheart and indicating with his tail for the kits to come forward as he called to them. " Shreestars kits please come forward" the tom waited for the little bunch to come forward his gaze followed them he wasn't sure if he should of named their mother warrior name or leader name but to him he thought out of respect and to give the younger nervous ones courage by saying their mothers leader name.. He watched them line up underneath the stump. He smiled warmly asking all of them " Dashkit, coralkit, hopekit, deerkit, salmonkit, swirlkit, twistkit I call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon these kits. They would like to become a warrior of Riverclan, but must first become an apprentice. From this day forth, until you have earned your warrior name, you will be known as Dashpaw, Coralpaw, Hopepaw, Deerpaw,Salmonpaw, swirlpaw and twistpaw!." The white dusty leader waited for a moment as he looked at each now apprentice in the eyes nodding to each of them..

"Now who will mentor this wodnerful new bunch of keen minds.." Shockstar gazed at Coralpaw the russet and white cat, as the tom looked over his warriors his eyes landed one a cat he knew he could count to teach the eager one. " Jaywind! you will train Coralpaw. i hope that your consistency and determination will pass on to your new apprentice" Jaywind blinked in shock of her name being announced but bowed her head looking at the young new apprentice.

A few moments had gone past and hopepaw received tornleaf for a mentor. Deerpaw received slashfaith for a mentor. Twistpaw received Mountainstorm, Salmonpaw was choosen with greywind, Swirlpaw was given to Synfeather... Shockstar gazed over the new apprentices as they went to their new mentors Shockstar had chosen those cats for they were riverclans strongest cats at the moment.. riverclan had received such a hard hit in recent times they needed the young ones to be strong.. casting his gaze down to young Dashpaw he was the last one to receive a mentor, from what he was told the young one had a knack for being the leader of the lot and protective.. and he knew exactly what need to be done, to give the clan more boost or moral and to show he was going to do his best to keep his clan going.

"Dashpaw your mentor will be myself. I hope to pass leadership skills and understanding to you from now till your a warrior of riverclan" The white dusty tom rose to his paws and stood of the broken stump and touched noses with the young one before returning to his post on the stump it was over his first clan meeting was done, otherwise from a few shocked faces from the mentor picked with out warning and kits unprepared he thought it went quite well. at that the tom called " that concludes the clan meeting congratulations to our new apprentices!!!" the clan up roared in cheering to the young ones.

[Who am I? (It's totally Kayla)]

OOC: Figured I’d pop in! I’m lost on the current plot/trials so just commenting on the apprentices for now.

New apprentices were always good news for the Clan. There was a constant need for potential warriors, after all, and Shreestar’s kits would surely take after their mother in terms of ability. At least that’s how Thistledown thought of it. She was silent throughout the announcements and ceremonies, her expression almost vacant despite the fact she was definitely listening. Ever since Bramblingheart disappeared Thistledown didn’t do much more than her required duties. She rarely talked, rarely interacted with anyone other than Bloodmoon who insisted she accompany her during whatever mischief she felt like getting into. The dark red she-cat was sitting beside her now, actually, though she was much more vocal than her cousin. "Dashpaw! Coralpaw! Hopepaw! Deerpaw!" She stopped to take a breath, almost laughing at the comically long list of names. "Salmonpaw! Swirlpaw! Twistpaw! Good job, guys!" Bloodmoon called out excitedly, her blue-gray gaze shimmering bright. At least she was enthusiastic enough for the both of herself and Thistledown.

Meanwhile Bellfeather sat a significant distance away from the pair, refusing to even be within Bloodmoon’s sights. She cheered for the apprentices too though in a much more dignified tone. Bloodmoon’s bellowing was enough to give her a headache! Finally there was Creamblossom who was seated waaaay in the back of the crowd. Her green eyes darted back and forth between Shockstar and Bellfeather before finally settling on the new apprentices. It wasn’t like Bellfeather would start something in the middle of a meeting, right? As long as she timed things right she could slip away unnoticed the moment the leader dismissed them. Hearing everyone else call out to Shreestar’s kits made Creamblossom’s ears hurt and heart race as anxiety took hold. Should she be saying something too? Was that expected of her? "D-Dashpaw! Coralpaw! Ho-Ho-Hopepaw! De... Deerpa—" The rest of her words were drowned out by the roar of the group. Creamblossom let it out a small squeak of frustration and gripped her ears with her claws, feeling foolish for having even tried. However, the second Shockstar drew the event to a close her green eyes shone with fresh relief. The cream tabby she-cat slunk away as quickly and quietly as she could, darting out of the camp to hunt rather than face Bellfeather’s relentless tormenting.

[SpoodleDoodles]

Swirlkit

She could barely sit still. Her tail was thrashing all over the place, her neatly groomed fur was once again spiked up all over the place in excitement. Apprentices! At long, long last! Open air, outside the camp, the whole world! It as suddenly open to the siblings, and for Swirlkit who loved the open, it was a dream come true. No doubt poor Spottedheart would not be sorry to get this live wire out of the nursery, though the kind queen would never voice such thoughts.

One by one her siblings were called forward, Spottedheart literally having to restrain the pack of kits so Shockstar wouldn't be interrupted. Twistkit looked positively tiny beside the mighty furry hulk of the giant Mountainstorm; but he was one of the best fighters and from the kind glance he gave his apprentice she was in safe paws. Slashfaith, too, looked shocked out of her shell to be given an apprentice, and nasty looks and murmurs went through the crowd at this appointment. Swirlkit hoped it would not be a bad partnership for Deerpaw's sake.

Then it was her turn. She was released and she shot up to the leader like an arrow, her boldly marked tortoiseshell fur quivering, looking like moving wave swirls after which she was named. Swirlpaw! It was official. She swung around to her new mentor, Synfeather, and nearly headbutted his nose instead of touching it. Words flew from her mouth in a steady stream ."Do we get to go out? Do I get to hunt? What's it like? Where do-" She broke off as Dashpaw, the last sibling, recieved the Clan Leader as his mentor. She immediately stuck out her tongue at her brother. "Bet I still train faster then you!" She returned to tugging at Synfeather's paws. "Come on, I wanna go train! Let's go, let's go!"

StarClan help these new mentors!

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

ooc; i had to reply to Swirlkit, Syns gonna have fun with her XD

Synfeather

The tom Was taken back this was.. his first apprentice, though he was competing in the trials their new leader shockstar seemed a little all over the place trying to get his bearings, Though he tried to focus at the given task at hand as he looked down seeing the kit now apprentice eyeing him out.

The tom leant out his nose to touch his first apprentice ever this was a special moment for him indeed. Though the young seemed was going to make this a memorable one as the young tortoiseshell nearly punched his nose. The tom looked with slight wide eyes as the young one was only caring about herself and pure excitement began asking questions asking if they could go out now, does she get to hunt, what was it like.. but something caught her ears attention The warrior was slightly relieved he wasn't sure how he was going to look after her, a cat next to him gave a little chuckle looking next to him he saw it was flakefeather... the cat casted him a smile before looking forward.. as did synfeather.

A rather hot feeling began under his pelt, mentor for five minutes and he couldn't keep a lid on his apprentice .... embarrassing.. suddenly his apprentice was speaking out again to her brother was made the leaders apprentice Synfeather gritted his teeth as his chest fur ruffled a little, he knew right there and then this was going to be a task indeed.. the little one as if proving his point returned to him, her eyes in awe at the limited world to her had been lifted.

As she battled him saying she wanted to right then go outside... The tom blinked as he flicked the young ones ears gently to hush her and the fluffy ginger and white tom gazed down upon her he mewed calmly. "At day break, i will show you riverclan.. for now go with you siblings and check the apprentices den you won't be sleeping in the nursery no more" The tom waited for the young cat to explode towards the den area to check it out at least that gave him some time to prepare.