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?
Leopardpaw
Shadowclan Apprentice
“Oh no!” The silver Bengal was on his back, wiggling in order to get back on his feet. The small Bengal let out a huff until finally rolling back onto his feet and shaking the extra dirt off his silver Bengal fur. Mama Widowsting was going to kill him later on! “So sorry, I got too excited.” The little apprentice said before a huge smile appeared on his lips before his eyebrows furrowed for a moment
“A frog?” Leopardpaw questioned before looking at his paws, to his body and tail.. It appeared that he was indeed.. A frog. “Oh dear, I must ask for a career change.” Leopardpaw sighed softly, as he didn’t expect his life to turn so drastically. “I am one of the frogs that stay around for the winters cause it’s much warmer to be in a nest instead of the water.” The silver bengal said, nodding in approval to himself
“Please, let me show you my hunting grounds for the little fish.” Leopardpaw squeaked, his eyebrows wiggling as he was quite ready for exploring. The silver bengal began hopping out of the apprentices den and into the clearing.. Only for him to trip over his feet once more and letting out a loud laugh “I’m so clumsy.. Follow me!” Leopardpaw said, getting up and quickly rushing out of the clearing.