Leader Retirement - EVERYONE POST

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Brackenclaw sigh, he had hope it wouldnt actually come to this. "Dragonstar, you clan honors and respects you, I now call on Starclan to give you many seasons of rest. From this moment on you will be known as Dragonclaw." He meowed loud enough for his clan to hear him.
"As for my secound act as Clan Leader, I'll be going to the MoonStone tomarrow to receive my nine lives. The sooner the better. I'll be taking Stonefeather, Rockjaw, Firepaw and Darkpaw with me. You four rest up. be ready to leave in the morning." He had decide that all the while making Dragonstar a elder. He looked at Darkpaw. then glanced at Firepaw.
He'll make them warrior after the jurney.

[~Night~]

~Darkpaw~

~Darkpaw's eyes grew wide with shock. She just stared blankly at the highrock, where the clan's past leader and her mentor, no, her old mentor had just been. Her luck with mentors wasn't very good. First Darchaos, now Dragonstar. When she had recovered slightly from the shock, she narrowed her eyes, and mumbled out loud, more to herself than anyone else.~ I guess Starclan has decided that I'll never be a warrior. Starclan doesn't want me to be a warrior. That's fine. [/color]~Darkpaw spat the last two words angrily.~

~Flarekit~

~Flarekit's eyes grew wide at the sound of Twistkit's voice. He was still to stunned to reply, and just continued to shake and breathe heavily. Then he heard Dragonstar's announcement, and nearly collapsed in shock. He saw Dragonstar's apprentice sitting with Brackenclaw, no, Brackenstar's apprentice. She looked tense, but not as tense as Flarekit was. Flarekit found that he could only move his eyes without difficulty, and he was starting to find it hard to breathe.~

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Dragonstar - no, Dragonclaw nodded, and padded over to where the elders were sitting, wincing as her muscles groaned in protest. It really does feel like I only had one life now. She reflected, then remembered about Darkpaw, her now former apprentice. Well, she's good enough to be a warrior anyway, she reminded herself, then made a note to talk to Brackenclaw about it before the day was over.

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Stripekit stared at Dragonclaw, mouth agape. He never knew that leaders could retire. He'd always thought that a cat stayed as the leader til they lost all 9 lives and then joined Star Clan. Stripekit looked at his siblings, Flarekit and Twistkit. They seemed just as surprised as he was. He looked back at Dragonclaw, who now sat with the elders. He wondered if she still had more lives than the other elders. Then he realized that he had been holding his breath. Stripekit quickly took a death breath, making the dizziness go away.

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-----MIRACLEWEAVER OF EARTHCLAN-----

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Miracleweaver dipped his head and for a moment his eyes flickered close in respect for his now former leader. Dragonstar's retirement came as little surprise to him, in fact, he had almost been expecting it. Rather recently he had begun to notice how she moved, spoke, and all around acted as though the life was being slowly drained from her body. Removing herself from the position now was a wise choice. Miracleweaver would much rather gain a new leader this way than by having Dragonstar killed.

He listened carefully as clan leadership was passed down to Brackenclaw and Dragonstar became Dragonclaw once more. It was somewhat of an historic event, their leader retiring like this, and Miracleweaver was going to be sure he heard every word.

Once all was said and done, the tabby medicine cat padded back to his den to mull over what had happened. Brackenclaw was a fine she-cat and appeared to be loyal to the blood, but was not someone Miracleweaver himself knew well, in truth there were few among the large clan who he cared exceptionally for, but appearances could be deceiving and he could not help but wonder if the soon-to-be leader had to strength to lead.

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-----life is an adventure meant to be enjoyed-----

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[~Night~]

Darkpaw

~Darkpaw sighed and bowed her tortoiseshell head defeatedly. She closed her eyes sadly. She knew it was selfish to wish that Dragonstar would not retire, but Dragonstar - Dragonclaw was old. Darkpaw knew that, but how many mentors would she have to go through before her clan realized that Starclan had decided that she was unfit to be a warrior?~