Yet another Ceremony...and an announcement?

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Honeystar exited her den, shaking her pelt and leapt up the Highledge, pausing for a moment to watch as her Clan hurried about from the top. After a brief moment, she took a deep breath and called "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath HighLedge for a Clan meeting!" And waited for her Clanmates to assemble beneath her.

As soon as the cats had gathered, listening intently, she began to call out the first cat.
"Eclipsingpaw. Although you may sometimes be a tad outspoken," At this point, the leader glanced at the apprentice, resisting the urge to raise a brow, and then returned her gaze to the rest of the clan. "You have trained hard with Shatterfall and is deserving of your warrior name. I, Honeystar, leader of MapleClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in their turn.

Do you all promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?" she waited for an answer, before continuing. "Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name.

Eclipsingpaw, from this moment on, you will be known as Eclipsingsun.

StarClan honors your courage and loyalty and we welcome you as full warriors of MapleClan." .

As the Clan chanted their names, she waited, tail twitching, and waited for the voices to die down again and for the new warrior to pad off to their new position in the crowd.

"Arctickit, Cherokeekit, Woodkit, Prismkit, Turtlekit, Badgerkit, Gyrkit and Covekit please step forward.

Arctickit until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Arcticpaw. Your mentor shall be Alderbark.
Cherokeekit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Cherokeepaw. Your mentor shall be Basilleaf.
Woodkit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Woodpaw. Your mentor shall be Darksun.
Prismkit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Prismpaw. Your mentor shall be Talonfang.
Turtlekit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Turtlepaw. Your mentor shall be Littlemouse.
Badgerkit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Badgerpaw. Your mentor shall be Trueforge.
Gyrkit, until you have acheived you warrior name, you shall be known as Gyrpaw. Your mentor shall be Cougarsong.
Scorpionkit, until you have acheived you warrior name, you shall be known as Scorpionpaw. Your mentor shall be Shadeflower.
Covekit, until you have acheived your warrior name, you shall be known as Covepawpaw. Your mentor shall be Rainingthunder.

Congratulations to you all!"

Once again, Honeystar paused, silent, waiting for the commotion to die down. No doubt the kits were excited to have become apprentice. The Mapleclan leader sat uneasily, ears twitching apprehensively. There was one final thing that needed to be said, and the proud she-cat wasn't looking forward to it. She didn't want it to come to this, but even seeing the new warrior, and the new apprentices, it was painfully apparent that they did not have as many cats as they used to...assigning mentors had been more of a task than before.

"I have agreed to Clopar's conditions," The tabby mewed a little gruffly, yellow tail twitching. "I will be going down the the canyons tomorrow with a patrol in order to talk with the rogues. I suggest that anyone who is wanting to join me get some good shut-eye tonight. That is all."
Frowning, Honeystar lept down from the Highledge disappearing into her den, a grimace on her face.

[» Sacrifice]

Resisting the urge to respond to the statement of being outspoken, even though she really had a problem with that, Eclipsingpaw stood, looking down at the others. Dipping her head to Honeystar after speaking the words 'I do', Eclipsingsun grinned slightly as she finally became a true warrior of MapleClan. Under her grin though, hid a feeling of bitterness, as she thought of her sisters, and how they should have been here too, with her, and getting their warrior name. Even though it had still been a few moons since their leaving, things were still painful for the warrior to even think about. For the moment though, she could be happy. She had finally gotten what she had always been after; a warrior name. Clan born, although not always clan raised, at times it had been uncertain if she would ever get her name. But it seemed that she was not as hated as she thought she was, as her bright blue gaze looked down upon the older warriors. She had been the only apprentice left in the den, and it had done something to her. Outspoken, yes, but at times, like now, her unease around a group of cats was obvious. Being alone was never a good thing for younger cats.

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Arctickit beamed, the racoon marked apprentice had just come back from the rogues after the storm, thanks to Dimitri, and she was shocked at getting her name so soon. With her parents dead though, Artickit's outlook on life had differed slightly, only, she found that since she really hadn't lived with them, or her dead siblings, it really didn't bother her too much. It was a saving grace for the apprentice, who at the moment, seemed ready to burst with energy, beaming at her mentor and all the cats around her. Every now and then, the new apprentice would wiggle eagerly, it took all her effort not to bounce around and dash everywhere, and challenege Woodpaw to a battle of the sorts. The two had become close friends when they were gone, and if you could find Woodpaw, you could usually find Arctickit not to far behind the other apprentice. Eagerly touching noses with her mentor, and almost falling on her face as she tripped over her own paws, the little bundle of energy was obviously ready to go and fight the world, one paw step at a time. She would be a good apprentice.

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Nothing like an apprentice to get over grief. At least, that had always been the case for the tom Darksun. The death of his first mate had been healed by an apprentice, and now, maybe this could help him as well. This being the tom's third apprentice, it seemed that he had been well liked in this clan. Although his last one had run off, for some reason not known to the tom, and it had created a faint shadow of doubt about his teaching skills. Now though, as he touched noses with Woodpaw, one of the cats who had just come back from being with the rogues, thanks to one called Dimitri, the apprentice seemed more then willing to just enjoy life as it was, and for that, Darksun was glad. She would be a challenege, that glance Arcticpaw had shit his apprentice was obvious to the older tom, but it would only make his job a lot more fun. The active apprentices were always a lot of fun to be around. Letting the apprentice go talk to her friends, Darksun walked up to Trueforge, the newest friend he had made.
"Hey, you got another apprentice. Congrats. I told you the Orcipaw thing wasn't your fault."

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Prismpaw was, like Woodpaw and Arcticpaw, new to the clan it seemed, although she was born here. As she stood down and looked down at the other cats though, pride swelled in her chest, and her two colored eyes seemed to glow with a touch of excitement. Of course, she had come back only to learn that her mother, Willowgrace, was dead. It had shcoked the sensitive she cat for a couple days, but now, it was pushed to the back of her mind, and the pride at just being apprenticed at all was showing in her eyes. Moving to her new mentor Talonfang, Prismpaw touched noses with her new mentor, obviously ready for anything the tom may throw at her. After all the small group and her had been taught, Prismpaw was pretty much good at anything now, way advanced then most of the new apprentices here, but that was alright, the change between going from the rogues to clan once more was going to be more then enough to hinder the she cat as she learned how exactly to deal with everything life would throw at her.

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The blue grey tom was excited, it seemed only yesterday he and Badgerpaw had caught that mouse on their own without permission, but he didn't show it really. Only, in his auburn eyes, there was a look of cool excitment, as though he had seen better things in his life. Of course, being able to go out into the forest without having to watch one's paw steps was going to be a major plus, as sneaking out was a bit difficult, unless one was paying full attention. Sneaking back in was almost, if not, impossible. Moving beside his brother, Gyrpaw whispered quietly as Honeystar spoke, keeping his attention ahead, as though he was actually paying attention. Maybe he was, the words 'rogue canyon' had caught his attention.
"We should go with them tomorrow. We'll get a chance to explore around the canyon."
Winking at his brother, before padding back into the crowd, the ginger toed black masked apprentice always seemed to have something planned out, from escaping the camp, to venturing out into rogue canyon, forming a plan was a simple thing. Maybe it was the lineage, as it was well known for its intellegent cats. Touching noses with Cougarsong, Gyrpaw was fast to ask the question that had been eating at his mind.
"Could I go into the canyon with Honeystar?"
Of course, he was going anyway, but it was always better to ask.