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He's been troubled since his impulsive claim to SkyClan's leadership. Presumptuous. Rain's children had scoffed at him, looked at him like the kittypet he still is inside, and he's begun to think about how little he still knows. Hunting is still all luck for him; Blazestar has never been in a fight. His role in the battle had been to run and warn Rain and stay in camp until his guilt overwhelmed him.
I'm not ready for this. I've never been ready for something like this. The thought that he isn't fit for leadership, to foster and nurture SkyClan, plagues him like fleas in his long fur. Even after Valentine had led him to the moonstone -- even after Blazestar had received nine lives, one even from Rain himself -- he had walked away feeling hollow and unsure.
He knows he needs -- something. Someone. Someone to help guide SkyClan, someone he can rely on in moments of weakness and self-doubt.
But would anyone be willing to be that for him? He remembers the hateful expression on Haze's face, the mistrust in Squall's, Tugger's. The Clan has never had anyone but Rain, the tom who brought them together and solidified them as one unit.
And Blazestar is still, after all, just a kittypet.
He's had only a day to mull this over since his return from the moonstone, since finding Gaia and bestowing her upon a wary and mildly offended Daisy. But he knows he has to act soon. The stars won't wait for him to make his choices forever.
Neither will SkyClan.
Blazestar ascends the High Branch for the second time in his life, but far from the last. He gazes down at the camp Rain created, now wanted him to help expand. He takes a deep, ragged breath.
"SkyClan! Let all able cats meet beneath the High Branch for a meeting." He hesitates, glances to his side, before adding, "It's important!"
He waits for a few cats to gather, and he ignores the looks on their faces. His legs tremble, but he cannot show weakness. He cannot.
"Some of you may know that Valentine and I went on a... trip. A journey, really." He smiles, but it's lost-looking like a kit in a crowd. "His dreams brought us to this stone beneath the earth. A long walk, and we had to go through ThunderClan and WindClan to get there." Troubling, but he presses on. "Once inside, we touched our noses to it and... I saw them. The spirit cats. They're StarClan. And they... they gifted me with something. Something incredible." He shifts his paws. "Nine cats we all used to know came to me and gave me nine lives. Rain was one of them."
He closes his eyes, remembering the glittering sky, the waves of pain and power flooding through his limbs until he'd been weak and battered at the end. Rain himself appearing at last and declaring him... "Rain has named me Blazestar, leader of SkyClan." It's official. His name is Blazestar, and the Clan knows it. Blaise is gone, erased. He doesn't know how he feels about it.
But there's not time to dwell, not now. "I know some of you had doubts when I... I became your leader. And I can understand why." His dark blue gaze sweeps the gathered cats. "I've heard your concerns. And that's why I'd like to name a cat who will act as second-in-command. A cat who can help me make decisions and look after the Clan's best interests."
The gaze pinpoints on the warrior he wants. The queen he wants, belly rounded and tiny kit at her side. "Daisy Flight. Will you do me the honor of becoming SkyClan's deputy and helping me lead?"
With that, with growing tension, he waits.
// just want to give another HUGE congratulations to @Daisy Flight and DetectLife! super excited to have her on our team and looking forward to see what she brings to SkyClan <3
I'm not ready for this. I've never been ready for something like this. The thought that he isn't fit for leadership, to foster and nurture SkyClan, plagues him like fleas in his long fur. Even after Valentine had led him to the moonstone -- even after Blazestar had received nine lives, one even from Rain himself -- he had walked away feeling hollow and unsure.
He knows he needs -- something. Someone. Someone to help guide SkyClan, someone he can rely on in moments of weakness and self-doubt.
But would anyone be willing to be that for him? He remembers the hateful expression on Haze's face, the mistrust in Squall's, Tugger's. The Clan has never had anyone but Rain, the tom who brought them together and solidified them as one unit.
And Blazestar is still, after all, just a kittypet.
He's had only a day to mull this over since his return from the moonstone, since finding Gaia and bestowing her upon a wary and mildly offended Daisy. But he knows he has to act soon. The stars won't wait for him to make his choices forever.
Neither will SkyClan.
Blazestar ascends the High Branch for the second time in his life, but far from the last. He gazes down at the camp Rain created, now wanted him to help expand. He takes a deep, ragged breath.
"SkyClan! Let all able cats meet beneath the High Branch for a meeting." He hesitates, glances to his side, before adding, "It's important!"
He waits for a few cats to gather, and he ignores the looks on their faces. His legs tremble, but he cannot show weakness. He cannot.
"Some of you may know that Valentine and I went on a... trip. A journey, really." He smiles, but it's lost-looking like a kit in a crowd. "His dreams brought us to this stone beneath the earth. A long walk, and we had to go through ThunderClan and WindClan to get there." Troubling, but he presses on. "Once inside, we touched our noses to it and... I saw them. The spirit cats. They're StarClan. And they... they gifted me with something. Something incredible." He shifts his paws. "Nine cats we all used to know came to me and gave me nine lives. Rain was one of them."
He closes his eyes, remembering the glittering sky, the waves of pain and power flooding through his limbs until he'd been weak and battered at the end. Rain himself appearing at last and declaring him... "Rain has named me Blazestar, leader of SkyClan." It's official. His name is Blazestar, and the Clan knows it. Blaise is gone, erased. He doesn't know how he feels about it.
But there's not time to dwell, not now. "I know some of you had doubts when I... I became your leader. And I can understand why." His dark blue gaze sweeps the gathered cats. "I've heard your concerns. And that's why I'd like to name a cat who will act as second-in-command. A cat who can help me make decisions and look after the Clan's best interests."
The gaze pinpoints on the warrior he wants. The queen he wants, belly rounded and tiny kit at her side. "Daisy Flight. Will you do me the honor of becoming SkyClan's deputy and helping me lead?"
With that, with growing tension, he waits.
// just want to give another HUGE congratulations to @Daisy Flight and DetectLife! super excited to have her on our team and looking forward to see what she brings to SkyClan <3
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