shroudedpaw
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Today isn't a day that he hopes for like the other kits, but one we merely views as necessary. Shroudedkit will not be a
a kit forever - he must grow, and learn, and there is nothing he can do to combat it. Perhaps, if Howlingstar had listened to him, he would be more.. pleased with these ceremonies.
His mother does not groom him in preparation for his ceremony - he grooms himself this day. Always well-kept, always proper. His siblings buzz with excitement next to him, and he spares them a small, uneasy smile. They knew not of the great disappointment Shroudedkit will face today - they do not wear his distaste on their faces. As cats are called up, one by one, there is aught but his own thoughts in his head. What he is expecting, versus what will be reality - a mentor who understood him, who knew his plight, who could help him unearth his true potential.. or someone painfully utterly average, whose smile will waver at the prospect of having such a strange kitten to mentor?
Soon enough, Shroudedkit is called up, the first of his litter to receive his name. Dull grey eyes meet Howlingstar, reading her expression: is there recognition in it, of what the kitten needs to thrive? For a moment, his heart swells with anticipation.. with the hope that she had changed her mind. It was all set up to be a surprise. But it is not Thundergleam's name that is called to mentor him; instead, it is Mousenose, and Thundergleam is not called to mentor at all. Whatever hope the kitten had is squashes between his leader's her pale-colored paws once more.
Regretfully, he parts from his newly apprenticed siblings and approaches Mousenose. A cat he didn't know much, one he couldn't yet judge - but she was not blessed, nor cursed, by StarClan like Shroudedpaw and Thundergleam were. That sense of kinship is lacking. Do not let me down, he prays inwardly as he touches noses with his mentor, as is tradition. He fears, already, that she will.
// ic opinions! he's so normal <3
a kit forever - he must grow, and learn, and there is nothing he can do to combat it. Perhaps, if Howlingstar had listened to him, he would be more.. pleased with these ceremonies.
His mother does not groom him in preparation for his ceremony - he grooms himself this day. Always well-kept, always proper. His siblings buzz with excitement next to him, and he spares them a small, uneasy smile. They knew not of the great disappointment Shroudedkit will face today - they do not wear his distaste on their faces. As cats are called up, one by one, there is aught but his own thoughts in his head. What he is expecting, versus what will be reality - a mentor who understood him, who knew his plight, who could help him unearth his true potential.. or someone painfully utterly average, whose smile will waver at the prospect of having such a strange kitten to mentor?
Soon enough, Shroudedkit is called up, the first of his litter to receive his name. Dull grey eyes meet Howlingstar, reading her expression: is there recognition in it, of what the kitten needs to thrive? For a moment, his heart swells with anticipation.. with the hope that she had changed her mind. It was all set up to be a surprise. But it is not Thundergleam's name that is called to mentor him; instead, it is Mousenose, and Thundergleam is not called to mentor at all. Whatever hope the kitten had is squashes between his leader's her pale-colored paws once more.
Regretfully, he parts from his newly apprenticed siblings and approaches Mousenose. A cat he didn't know much, one he couldn't yet judge - but she was not blessed, nor cursed, by StarClan like Shroudedpaw and Thundergleam were. That sense of kinship is lacking. Do not let me down, he prays inwardly as he touches noses with his mentor, as is tradition. He fears, already, that she will.
// ic opinions! he's so normal <3
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SHROUDEDPAW ━━ penned by ixora
━━ APPRENTICE of THUNDERCLAN
━━ 6 MOONS,, ages every 8th
━━ SHADEDMOON xx CRIMSONSUN
━━ sibling to FADINGPAW, SHADOWEDPAW, DWINDLINGPAW and GLOWINGPAW
━━ MATE to none | PARENT to none
━━ MENTOR to none, MENTORED by MOUSENOSE
━━ HEALTH ♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎ | generally healthy -
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