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Rabbitpaw
The enthusiastic apprentice of Shadowclan
In the past couple of moons, Rabbitpaw's mother had gone missing. Being taken by a hawk whilst Rabbitkit had been oblivious enough to wander into a meadow, his mother had been taken away and was now presumed dead. With everything going on at the time, with Shadowclan's leadership troubles at the time, a lot of the clan had been feeling the pressure. His father had gone out looking for her, and hadn't come back. Rabbitpaw had to be named an apprentice without either of his parents there to groom him and make him presentable. Instead, the responsibility had fallen to Mapledawn and Adderfang, two cats who dedicated their lives to caring for the kits of the clan despite their own litters having moved out of the nursery long ago. Adderfang had been his surrogate father for a while, and had been the one to start teaching him some of the skills he'd need to become a warrior. No cat wanted to tell Rabbitkit that his father might not ever come home.
Rabbitpaw now lay among sodden leaves in the caves, he'd been an apprentice for just a few days now... but it felt wrong to be facing this new part of his life without his family to celebrate it with him. Rabbitpaw wanted to be able to show his parents his hunters' crouch, his first piece of prey... moments he wondered if he'd ever get to share with them. Casting his gaze to the sky, he sighs. Were his parents up there in Starclan watching him? Or were they out there somewhere?
Rabbitpaw
The enthusiastic apprentice of Shadowclan
Of course, Rabbitpaw had attended the apprentice ceremonies of Shadowclan's newest apprentices, but as he cheered their names, he mourned the loss he'd experienced. The fact that two of three of their parents still lived and were able to see them become apprentices... and yet, he still felt their loss. Deep, like a chasm. Sure- they'd all been young when Mercuryrose had died before being able to claim her place as leader of Shadowclan, but that didn't make it any less painful for her kits, nor for her clan. Rabbitpaw's long ears twitched as he heard the silver apprentice approaching, chin resting now on his paws, Rabbitpaw clearly didn't move quick enough.
Before he knew it, Leopardpaw had bumped into him. Instinctively, he got to his paws and shook himself out, before moving to help the other tom out as he flailed- although... "Pffft- you look like a frog." With his lips twitching up into a big smile, Rabbitpaw reached down and pulled the other tom over onto his front so that he could get up. "I didn't know frogs had fur and tails!" As much as it could have come across as mean, Rabbitpaw hoped that his friendly tone would make it much more obvious he was joking.
Despite being in the nursery together, Rabbitpaw had been a loner- being a single kit and having his family issues keeping him very preoccupied and doted-on by the other queens, but he had to admit... Leopardpaw had made him feel a little better right now.