Smallstar, the leader of Forestclan gazed upon her warriors. The passing of her deputy, whitesun had struck the clan hard, and now it was time for a new deputy. "cats of forestclan!" she yowled out. "cats old enough to climb oaks, join here on the large stump for a clan meeting!" she jumped of the large rock beside the stump and watched as her clan gathered. Meanwhile, sunpaw a new apprentice seemed to be fitting in. Sunpaw was found by a a river when she was only a kit, and now she was the only apprentice. Sunpaw's mentor had passed away from green-cough in the harsh winter, and it seemed to sting her hard. smallstar's soft blue eyes watched as her warriors drew near, and they left soft foot prints on the snow. She awaited her clan to gather.
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Redflower, Nightwing, and Whisperingbreeze walked over there.
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Sunpaw soon trailed up behind them, keeping her distance from the three warriors, she sat down at the bottom of the rock. she forced her self not to gaze over at the warriors. 'Nightwing........' sunpaw had been mooning over him since her 3rd moon of being an apprentice. now she was 11 moons, about the size of them, but still needed lots of hunting practice.
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Nightwing ears flicked, he turned his head to look at Sunpaw,"Come and join us!"
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MintLeaf slowly crept to the clearing, the wind buffeting her, pulling and tugging at her fur. She shivered as she felt the cold snow against her paw pads. She drew her pink tongue over her whiskers to keep them from becoming brittle and frozen. She sat down, shivering as she curled her large fluffy tail over her body. The weak sunlight shining against her damp fur.
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Redflower looked at the leader.
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Sunpaws ears perked up at the sound of the warriors voice. The small feline walked over and joined them. her paw were cold and wet, but her long fluffy tail wrapped neatly around her small paws.
"It is time to appoint a new deputy." smallstar spoke. her voice rang across the blanketed clearing. "the death of our deputy whitesun was tragic, but she died the noblest warrior. she saved me from loosing another life in the battle with the dogs, and now that we are all recovered i need to choose a new deputy." she gazed upon her clan to see the reactions.
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Nightwing frowned at the mention of Whitesun's death, but whisperingbreeze showed no emotion and Redflower looked at her paws,
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MintLeaf's ears were erect as she listened intently. A content expression across her pretty face. I suppose it was time for a new deputy, but certainly starclan would have sent a sign... she thought to herself. Her tail lashing with inner conflict.
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"nightwing." smallstar spoke. she saw his pain. the death of her obviously hurt in greatly. "do you accept to gaurd the clan at the cost of your life and become forestclans deputy?"
sunpaws eyes widened at the sound of his name. her tail twitched with anticipation. the soft white snow seemed to be falling once again, and the warm morning sun grew warmer and warmer, but even the numbing pain of the snow was nothing, compared to sunpaws excitement. she felt as if she were at the hottest day of summer.
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"I do."Nightwing meowed with his eyes wide open in suprise.
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"starclan look upon this brave and noble warrior, as the deputy of Forestclan." she spoke.
"nightwing! nightwing! nightwing!" sunpaw was first to start, and her voice rang loud and clear. her soft green eyes gleaming with exitement
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MintLeaf purred, smiling that the clan finally had a new future leader. NightWing wasn't a bad choice either.
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smallstar flicked her tail in dismissal, and beckoned mintleaf and nightwing to join her. "nightwing, please go order a hunting patrol, and check the borders for any sign of dogs." she turned her head to face the medicine cat. "we need to talk."
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Night meowed,"I will lead the border patrol with Sunpaw. Redflower you can the hunting patrol with Whisperingpaw."
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She flicked and ear and approached her "Okay..What about?" she asked softly. Her tail tip flicking curiously.
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sunpaw's ears perked up. "what? i heard my name." she called over.
"I got a sign from starclan. i am sorry i didn't discuss this with you later, i just didn't have enough time, we cant go more than 24 hours without a deputy, so i had to act fast." she explained.
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"We are doing a border patrol."He meowed.
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"who else is on it?" she asked. She noticed most of the cats in the clan were back into the medicine cat den, due to injuries. only few warriors were available.
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"Oh, thats fine. I see it was urgent, there is no need to apologize" she purred, smiling. She turned and headed toward the medicine den, shouldering through the crowd and taking the most intense wounded and treating them. All of them coming out in a result of moons of training. Most of them would heal in a moon or less.