Golden eyes opened suddenly, heavy breathing could be heard from the area. The black Tom’s eyebrows were furrowed as Ravenclaw was quickly scanning the area, his senses were on high alert. The Shadowclan warrior was in the middle of a clearing, mist surrounding him. Opening his mouth for a moment, the young tom couldn’t find himself to speak.. It was as if the large tom became mute. Suddenly, whispers were surrounding him and the area. The voices were mainly unclear, Ravenclaw couldn’t understand anything. Nine figures appeared in front of him, they were blurry at first until coming into view. A brown and white tom stepped forward, Ravenclaw recognized Leafstorm, a Shadowclan elder that passed away when he was an apprentice. “You have come to the crossroads of your destiny.. It is time for you to choose.” Leafstorm began, looking at Ravenclaw with an unreadable expression before giving a small nod towards the black tom “It is time for you to choose good.” The spirit said before going towards Ravenclaw and looking at the larger tom before letting out a deep breath and leaning forward to touch noses with Ravenclaw “With this life, I give you Pride in Shadowclan.. Use it well to represent your clan, defending and nurturing your home.. Your clan and clan- mates come first.” The elderly spirit muttered, his green eyes remained slightly narrowed. Ravenclaw looked at him for a moment, before suddenly feeling a pain go through him. It was some kind of pain that he hadn’t felt before, almost as if his heart was going to give out. Leafstorm took a step back, watching the black tom for a moment before shaking his head slightly “You weren’t my first choice as leader, prove me wrong” Leafstorm simply said before turning around and moving back towards the line-up of spirits. Ravenclaw watched the Shadowclan elder, biting the inside of his cheek. It appeared the spirits had also been at a standstill for who the true leader of Shadowclan would become.
It was silent for a moment before a smaller brown and black tabby tom stepped forward. Ravenclaw could tell this younger tom was the age of an apprentice, but there was such joy and excitement in this spirit’s eyes. Larkpaw had a playful look in his eyes before dipping his head in greetings “My name is Larkpaw, I was an apprentice in Thunderclan before my death after a fox attacked our nursery.. I think that you’ll become a very good leader of Shadowclan, but you have lots of learning to do.” Larkpaw said before stepping forward and touching noses with the larger black tom “With this life, I give you Second Chances.. Use it well to make clear judgments towards individuals but also know when to give second chances to those who truly deserve it.” Larkpaw said, before looking at Ravenclaw with a huge grin and turning around to quickly make his way towards the line-up of spirits. Ravenclaw watched the Thunderclan apprentice for a moment with his eyebrows furrowed, the pain had returned but wasn’t as painful as Leafstorm’s life. It was becoming more clear that the spirits giving Ravenclaw’s lives had been divided between the black tom and Aspenwood, and they were making it clear on who they picked. A dark ginger tabby had stepped forward
“My name is Acornwhisper, I wasn’t born within the clans.. But my mother, she resides there.. With her family and mate.. While Auroraskies is happy within her life at Skyclan, she never forgot about myself or my siblings from her first litter.. Although she had lost her way with the loss of her first litter, your mother brought her back” Acornwhisper said softly, her amber eyes shined within the stars. Stepping towards her cousin, the small dark ginger pressed her nose into her shoulder “With this life, I give you Faith.. Use it in order to never give up hope in your clanmates or home, always stay strong for those that need it in times of distress.” Acornwhiper said, before stepping back to look up at the tom with a bright smile. Instead of pain, Ravenclaw had felt warmth and happiness. It almost felt refreshing to have this feeling after many months of sorrow.
A beautiful white molly with deep blue eyes suddenly came into view from the mist and towards the direction of Ravenclaw. The black tom had thought that she was beautiful, of course not as beautiful as Lilyfall. Moonspirit had stopped for a moment to stare at Ravenclaw, her expression was soft.. As if Ravenclaw had taken her breath away. The small molly went towards the tom, both of them looking at each other for a moment “I had been born with illness, the medience cat and my parents had decided to place me here in the moonpool.. Giving me a chance at life, while my life had meaning.. I had to repay my debt to the Moonpool, my life was complete.” Moonspirit explained before pressing her nose against Ravenclaw’s with a fond smile on her face “With this life, I give you duty.. Use it to fulfill your duties as leader, mentor.. Mate and father.” Moonspirit said, before stepping back with a grin on her face.
A grayish blue tom with dark amber eyes stepped forward, he looked very nervous. The scent of Skyclan had entered Ravenclaw’s nostrils. Morningskies bit the inside of his cheek “I had a promising future, becoming deputy and eventually leader.. However, I was murdered by a clanmate before being named as deputy.” Morningskies muttered, his gaze remained on the floor. Ravenclaw could feel sorrow coming from the tom. Morningskies’ life had been stolen from him. The warrior took a deep sigh before the small tom pressed his nose against Ravenclaw’s chest “With this life, I give you Mercy.. Use it against your foes and those who betray you.. While you’ll be hurt many times during this lifetime, you’ll let others see the best in you.” Morningskies said softly, a sad look on his face before stepping back in the line of felines.
Ravenclaw looked over to see a beautiful silver tabby going towards the direction of him, Ravenclaw had felt safe around this female, she looked at him with a protective glance that a mother would look after her son. Crystaldove had a gentle expression, going towards the new Shadowclan leader “My name is Crystaldove.. I had a whole life ahead of me, but I had passed away giving birth to my son, Granitemask.. While he’s with me now.. It is my duty to look after those who can’t look after themselves.” The silver tabby said softly before pressing her nose against the large tom’s shoulder “With this life, I give you Mother’s love.. Use it to protect those who cannot defend themselves, look after your clanmates as if they’re all your children.” Crystaldove said before smiling widely, and stepping back.
Ravenclaw felt a breeze, a familiar scent hit his nose and his expression had fallen a bit when looking back. Granitemask was approaching him. The black tom had met the silver tabby at the gatherings, they had a friendship.. However, Granitemask had met his fate in the paws of Renly the Ripper. His mate, Rootrose had still not recovered. The large silver tabby had an unreadable expression before a small smile appeared on his lips. Stepping forward to the Shadowclan leader, Granitemask shook his head slightly “While my life was cut so short.. I wanted to survive, and I fought so hard until I couldn’t.. My clanmates may had discovered me in front of the camp entrance with no pulse.. I fought hard to stay alive.” Granitemask said, his gaze remained on the ground for a moment before pressing his nose against Ravenclaw’s shoulder “With this life, I give you survival.. Use it to fight for your life, throughout every situation.. Stay alive, and fight til your last breath.” Granitemask’s voice was slightly shaky before stepping back to the line of felines.
Ravenclaw’s heart had stopped for a moment at the sight of the next feline, tears almost coming down. Mercuryrose was approaching him. The black and rose-gold feline had a soft look on her face “My son.” The former leader whispered softly, nuzzling into him. Ravenclaw had released a shaky purr, taking in his mother’s scent. “I had chosen you to take care of the home that took us in, because I know that you would protect it with your lives.” Mercuryrose said softly, pride in her eyes. The large Maine Coon stepped towards her son and pressed her nose against her son’s “With this life, I give you.. Clear Judgement of Character.. Our clanmates had every chance of judging us, for who we were or who was our kin.. But they never did, use it to accept those who need that acceptance, to judge whoever will take care of our home.” Mercuryrose said softly before stepping back. The moment of hesitation came upon the molly before speaking “Please tell your mother and father.. I love them, and please tell your siblings, that I’ll always look after them.” She said softly. Ravenclaw had looked at his mother for a moment before nodding.. His mother was passing the touch to him.
The final feline appeared.
This one wasn’t familiar, nor had a clan scent.. But it felt like Ravenclaw had known this feline for his entire life. The black tom had bounded towards Ravenclaw with a smile on his face. “We hadn’t met but I know your story.. My name is Twilightstrike, I was a previous life of yours.” Twilightstrike had said, Ravenclaw’s eyebrows furrowed. The black tom chuckled for a moment in amusement “I will explain our story one day.. But I must do an important thing.” The black tom said before pressing his nose against the black leader, a warmth entered Ravenclaw “With this life.. I give you Acceptance, use it to accept any situation.. In moments of life and death, you must accept the choices that you make for your clan and your life.. Figure out whats best for your clan in times of need.” Twilightstrike said, before smiling at his nephew.
Turning around to the line of felines, the black tom looked at the group “We had been given a task.. To look after this young soul, to guide him. We must become good spirit guides to him, to lead him through hard times and help Shadowclan.” Twilightstrike said, before each feline nodded. Turning towards Ravenclaw, each feline looked towards him “Ravenstar, we will always stand by your side.. We will look after you, and protect you.” Crystaldove said softly. A couple of cheers had been called out before they started chanting “Ravenstar! Ravenstar!”
Ravenstar had looked at the felines that were his spirit guides, before nodding in gratitude towards them. The black tom had looked over at the many spirits that were forming around them, Starclan had spoken.. They were meeting the new leader of Shadowclan. Suddenly, Ravenstar had let out a gasp of pain as water had hit his lungs and the area was dark. Each of his spirit guides were fading away, the last one was Twilightstrike “Remember.. We are on your side.” He whispered before fading. Ravenstar’s eyes opened for a moment before thrashing around, he was drowning. Teeth had sunk into his scruff and was pulling him up, both felines letting out a gasp of air. Ravenstar had looked to see it was Aspenwood who pulled him up
“Come on, get your ass up.. You got a job to do.” Aspenwood had wheezed, moving Ravenstar at the ledge of the ground. Waspsight was watching them. Lifting himself up, Aspenwood had let out a cough before gathering himself for a moment. Ravenstar had laid there for a moment before rolling on to his back. Aspenwood had let out a breath before shaking his head “Well.. A leader was chosen, the best man won.” Aspenwood said before Ravenstar looked at him for a moment. The toms nodding at each other
“Come on, we gotta go home.. Shadowclan needs to meet their new leader.. Ravenstar.”