#charipeak

The rest of Charipeak’s (90) kits have been made warriors!  Charipeak is so proud of all of her kits, but especially of Tumblepaw (13) who she knows has had a hard time lately.  She cheers the loudest as Tumblepaw is renamed Tumbleswoop for her hard work.  Amberwhisker (83) feels quite close with his apprentice and watches with pride as Kestrelpaw (13) is given the new name of Kestrelcreek, in honor of her composure.  And, finally, Hopepaw (13) has become a full mediator with the name of Hopedawn after her dignity.  Being the mediator doesn’t stop Hopedawn from getting into little arguments with her clanmates.  Today it is with Primcrest (66).  Kestrelcreek is glad that all her sisters are warriors (and a mediator) together now and has been spending more time with Smokefoot (13).  Vaxxstreak (110) knows that his kits are still missing Wildcave, so he carves some time out of his day to spend time with them.  He gives Auburnkit (5) a pretty flower that she plays with.   Primcrest hopes that Creekstar (78), who is still bed-ridden with grief, is going to be up to training her own apprentice before Echokit (5) is apprenticed.  She doesn’t think she can handle training three dark-cursed cats at once.   One of said apprentices, Flowerpaw (8), is working hard to master her abilities.  She gets up early to train and doesn’t stop until the sun goes down.  She wants to prove herself so she can become deputy one day, like her mom.  Rubbleheart (20) knows that he should appreciate the fact that there are so many young cats in the Clan.  But he just finds it a little annoying.  They all want to play with his tail!  While on patrol, the Clan finds a little earth-blessed kit.  Finally!  They take him back to the Clan and name him Palekit (3).

So much for Tumblepaw (11) being proud she was the leader’s apprentice.  With Primcrest’s  (64) dark-cursed kits now being apprentices, Creekstar (76) felt like she needed to mentor one herself.  So Tumblepaw is now Charipeak’s (88) apprentice while Creekstar mentors Dawnpaw (6).  Primcrest  is mentoring Flowerpaw (6). Primcrest is excited to teach her kit how to control her powers and is already giving advice to her.  With the other dark-cursed kits being apprentices, Echokit (3) is feeling a little alone.  And embarrassed.  Amberwhisker (81) told a story about when he accidentally drained a moth that he had asked the warrior not to share. Goldenkit (3) goes up to Vaxxstreak (108) and asks if he has time to play with him.  Vaxxstreak decides to team up with Wildcave (105) and play with their kits.   In the evening, they pretend to be enemy warriors that their kits get to fight.  Afterwards, Wildcave carries a sleeping Echokit back to the nursery.  The lull in their energy doesn’t last long and the kits have decided that they’re obsessed with Hopepaw (11).  They bug her constantly and find her awkward answers about where kits come from to be hilarious.  The kits are also fascinated by Smokepaw’s way of communicating and so she teaches them some tail signals. Tumblepaw is still having nightmares.  Charipeak does her best to comfort her daughter, which at least makes Tumblepaw’s ears stop drooping.

It has been an eventful moon for the Clan, with both good and bad things happening.  To start with, Charipeak’s (83) kits have been made apprentices!  Jumblepaw (6) has been apprenticed to Vaxxstreak (103), in hopes that Vaxxstreak’s more nervous tendencies will balance out the young cat’s strictness. Creekstar (71)  has decided to take on Tumblepaw (6) herself, due to the lack of water-blessed cats in the Clan (that aren’t Tumblepaw’s mother).  Smokepaw (6) has been apprenticed to Xhosa (85).  It may be challenging for a hearing cat to train a deaf cat, but Creekstar trusts that Xhosa is up to it.  Kestrelpaw (6) has been apprenticed to Amberwhisker (76).  Their similar pelt colors should help the two of them develop shared hunting and fighting strategies.  And Hopepaw (6) has decided to become a mediator, so she is training herself. Additionally, Rubblepaw (13) has finally been made a warrior, with the name of Rubbleheart, honoring his intrigue. Unfortunately, Patchkit (6) could not recover from her eagle-inflicted claw-wound and died.  Creekstar and Wildcave (100) are devastated.  They can’t believe their kit is gone.  Creekstar, especially, struggles with it.  She chokes back wails and tears, trying to get to the end of the story she’s been telling about Patchkit’s days in the nursery.  She can do this.  She can make sure Patchkit is honored at her vigil, even if she can’t do anything else for her daughter.  Creekstar is eager to get up and get busy the next day.  She refuses to sit still for even a moment, lest her thoughts linger on Patchkit’s death.  She seems especially determined to not think too hard about it, as she has announced that she is expecting more kits.  Okay.  Xhosa adores Charipeak’s kits and thinks it would be fun to have some kits of her own with her.  Charipeak disagrees.  Five kits is a lot to take care of, even if they are apprenticed now!  Hopepaw feels like the Clan really needs her as a mediator.  Cats can be so rude.  For example, Primcrest (59) bumped into her and didn’t even apologize!  Tumblepaw is looking at Creekstar and Wildcave and is dreaming about having a mate and kits of her own one day.  Xhosa is having a bit of trouble training Smokepaw, and the young cat is struggling to keep up with her littermates.  Kestrelpaw wishes her sisters would leave her alone and is feeling cramped in the apprentice’s den.  There’s just so many of them!

Amberwhisker was washed away from his previous home in a flood and is glad to find a new home in ElementClan.