A new Warrior {All Of MoonClan!}

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` dawnstar - moonclan -

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A silvery shape appeared from a dark den, and padded to the end of a glowing rock. She looked around before calling out to address everyone in MoonClan knew very well. ' Let All Cats old enough to catch their own prey gather benieth the Moon Rock for a Clan meeting. '

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[Blue the Bumblebee]

Bluemoon emerged from the Medicine cat den. She hopped beside DawnStar and wispered "Grasspaw is gone. I can't find her anywhere. Have you seen her?" she asked.

[Smokey]

Smokepaw padded out of the apprentices den, eagerly. She wondered what was up. She sat down, below Moon rock, and looked up at her greatful leader.

[~Night~]

~Nightpaw hurried to sit below the Moon rock. She didn't want to miss a word. She didn't know what this ceremony would be about, but she didn't want to miss a thing. For some reason, though Dawnstar still terrified her because of her great power, Nightpaw loved to just hear Dawnstar speak. Her biggest hero, was the leader of Moonclan. Perhaps she liked to hear Dawnstar speak because every word was enfused with her power as leader of Moonclan, chosen by Starclan...~

~Spiderpaw sat, and scratched behind his ear. He had been out hunting, but from no training, he had not been able to catch anything. He felt quite embarassed becuase Nightpaw, one whole moon younger, and half a cat smaller than himself, could catch a mouse, and he couldn't. He had wanted to feel proud, but with no prize to show for his efforts, how was that possible? He thought for a moment. How can Nightpaw catch anything? I thought Silverclaw taught her nothing? I think she was lying when she said Silverclaw taught her nothing...~

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` dawnstar - moonclan -

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Dawnstar turned to Bluemoon. 'No I don't, but not now Bluemoon. I have to make my apprentice a warrior. ' She turned to her loyal warrior and apprentices. ' I, Dawnstar, leader of MoonClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn. Shadowpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and to protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?'

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[~Night~]

Nightpaw

~Nightpaw sighed dreamily, only half paying attention to Dawnstar. She was thinking about when she would become a warrior. What would her warrior name be? A warrior was what she dreamed of being, ever since she could remember. She dreamed of Dawnstar calling the clan gathering, calling upon her warrior ancestors, asking her if she promised to uphold the warrior code, even at the cost of her life. Her answer would be yes, always yes. She would answer the second that Dawnstar had finished speaking. Not a second would pass after Dawnstar's speech before Nightpaw would become a warrior. The clan would chant her warrior name! It was a dream that was so close, yet so far away...~

[Ember]

Shadowpaw walked, without haste, to the clearing where Dawnstar was waiting for the MoonClan cats to congregate. His blank, unrevealing face seemed to be bored, as if he'd rather be doing something constructive. In truth, he would rather be. A lot of cats, whether he had known them for his entire life or not, unnerved him. He never showed it, but a gathering of more than five cats was just...weird. He felt small, insignificant. Deep in his mind, he knew an apprentice wasn't that important anyway, but it just wasn't a sensation he liked. He sat in the front row, since he was the leader's apprentice, and stared at whatever was directly in front of him, his vibrant green eyes looking simply tired. Not that he was tired, but boredom does seem to give that impression.

Anyway, Shadowpaw waited, silently, to hear what his mentor had to say. "Shadowpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and to protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?" he heard his mentor meow, and for once, his green eyes were alert, and curious. Sure, he was about the right age, and he was quite strong as well, but becoming a warrior is not one of the things you wake up in the morning and say to yourself, 'I'm going to be a warrior today!' looking up to his mentor, he locked his green eyes with Dawnstar's amber, and meowed, "I do.", his gaze steady, his voice unwavering. His tail flicked nervously. He may be able to conceal most of his emotions, but pure nervousness can make a leader twitch. He waited to hear what Dawnstar would say about him, and was even more curious to what his warrior name would be.

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` dawnstar - moonclan -

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Dawnstar felt a purr rise out of herself. This was her appretice. And she got to name him. 'Then, by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name.Shadowpaw, from this moment on, you will be known as Shadowflame. Starclan Honors your wisdom and good judgement, and I welcome you as a full warrior of MoonClan ' These words came right out of her heart. No matter how many times the apprentice didn't listen, she had gotten a bound with him. She never wanted that to go away.

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[Ember]

Shadowpaw--no, Shadowflame, nodded. To tell the truth, he was quite glad that the other warriors couldn't order him around for no reason. It would give him a lot of time to do whatever he wanted instead of doing dirty jobs that the warriors simply didn't feel like doing.

[~Night~]

Nightpaw

~Suddenly, Nightpaw was shocked out of her day-dream by chanting of other clan members. She immediatly joined in, her voice loud, and now sounding less like a kitten, and more like an adult cat's voice.~ Shadow-Flame! Shadow-Flame!