mewtwo ended homophobia | meet and greet

[center][fancypost=text-align:justify; width:400px]He was a newcomer to ThunderClan. A newcomer who would prove to be important in their little community, eventually stepping up one day and becoming their leader. But, of course, he wouldn't be able to earn their trust if he didn't even know their names! Names, faces, personalities - all were important to learn if you wanted to get close to a group of people. That was something he had learned during his moons of living. Now, on his first day of living in ThunderClan, he would act on what he had learned and would try to make an effort to learn about his clanmates. "Alright! I don't think I've met most of ya, so c'mon over here for a little meet an' greet."

[center][fancypost=text-align:justify; width:400px]Already a group had arrived, with several apprentices and warriors gathering around. The apprentices he had met before, but it was nice to see them show up anyways. "Hey, Palepaw, Whitepaw." Already he was starting to learn bits and pieces about his new clanmates. Palepaw showed interest in becoming a medicine cat and was more than willing to learn despite her hyperactivity. Whitepaw was one of the more mature apprentices in both mind and age and eagerly awaited the day he became a warrior.

Drywind and Tanglefoot, however, were new faces. He didn't even know Drywind's name, but yet Audenine could already tell that they probably wouldn't get along. Drywind seemed to be quite unhappy with Aud's sudden joining and promotion. The negative attitude rubbed off on the tom, the urge to become defensive rising up again. So what if he was from another clan? Warriors always talked so highly of their beloved StarClan until it actually came to believing in and trusting their decisions. Which was it? Was he, too, supposed to question them? No, no, if he were to do so, he would be considered unloyal because of his past. So why was this tom allowed to act all high and mighty? Why was he allowed to get all huffy over a situation that he had no say in otherwise?

The large tom would simply bite his tongue, letting his mouth tighten into a frown as his tufted ears flicked back against his head. Drywind would come around. He would have to, sooner or later, because the future was already set in stone. There was no changing what was happening.

As Tanglefoot approached as introduced herself, he loosened up. A scowl turned into a soft, friendly smile. "Hey. Nice t' meetcha." He would glance around at the group, waiting to see if anyone else would arrive before continuing. "I s'pose I should talk 'bout m'self a little too. I was born a kittypet, hence m' name. Joined SkyClan when I was eleven moons old and became their medicine cat shortly after. Now I'm here." Of course, he left out the part about joining BloodClan, seeing Dapplestar get her eye ripped out and die from blood loss, joining ShadowClan... Some major events in his life that wouldn't matter as much to them as it did to him. Or stuff that did matter, but would make them hate him.

[center][fancypost=text-align:justify; width:400px]Drywind, huh. The way Whitepaw described the tom, is was as if he really trusted him. Audenine didn't doubt it - the two were clanmates, after all. Considering his age, Whitepaw probably grew up knowing Drywind and most likely knew how the tom's thoughts worked better than the deputy did. He would have to take the apprentice's word for it. "...I hope yer right."

His time as a medicine cat? It wasn't all that different from being a warrior. He still went on patrols, still went hunting and fought alongside SkyClan during the BloodClan raid... The only change was that he had more responsibility. "Well, depends on what ya wanna know. Learnin' was kinda difficult, at first. Lots o' stuff t' remember. Once ya know it, though, it sticks with ya. Otherwise, it was like bein' a warrior - 'cept maybe that was just me bein' stubborn an' still goin' on patrols an' such."

Why didn't he take on a warrior name? The tom hadn't thought about it that often, but he could see why the apprentice would ask. Quite frankly, he had expected Thrushstar to give him one upon his joining, but she had never gotten around to it. "Honestly? I'm not sure m'self. I thought Thrushstar would go an' give me one, but I guess she never thought it was that important. I didn't know too much about the structure of clan names at the time of my joinin', so I didn't give m'self one either."

Yes, he was a kittypet. It was only for a short time, being three moons old when he was dropped off on BloodClan's doorstep, but he was still born a kittypet nonetheless. "Some of 'em can be vile. I've heard stories 'bout people who's twolegs were just nasty towards 'em. Mine were pretty nice though. Fed me, kept me warm an' all that. Life was pretty easy - it was just my mum, my siblings an' I then."

"I learned 'bout herbs from SkyClan's former medicine cats. Mintyblossom taught me a few basic things 'bout preventing infection and stoppin' a pre-existing infection, but Sparrowheart taught me th' rest of it." Of course, when Mintyblossom taught him, he had actually assisted two other BloodClanners in capturing her and SkyClan's deputy at the time, Pollenfrost. That was when Sheogorath promoted his very first Elite Healer. Audenine wondered where Spear was nowadays - he hadn't seen her during the raid. Not like it mattered anymore. He had liked the molly, but they couldn't be friends. Not now.

As Bluekit piped up, the massive tom found himself peering down at the molly's small form. His expression softened, as to not intimidate her. He ot that his large, scarred form could intimidate kits - and had succeeded in doing so in the past. "Hey, Bluekit, 's'alright.. A kittypet's a cat who lives in the Twolegplace. They got twolegs that take care of 'em so they don't fight or anythin' like clan cats do. They often don't get to have as much freedom, though, an' they certainly don't have the same sense of community th' clans do." As she complimented his fur, he would let out a warm laugh, mood lightening. "Thanks, kit. I like yers too."