“So what made you finally decide to take an apprentice?”
“I wouldn’t say finally. I’m only three season-cycles old.”
Mistystar looks at her with a trace of sadness in her expression. The Great Journey changed things for the Clans forever. Willowshine was mentored by a practical kitten: Oakfern herself had started mentoring at less than a year old, Showerpaw died when Willowshine had just been born. She’s been the seer of RiverClan for a long time, even if this is only her third newleaf.
“You can wait, if you’re not ready.”
Willowshine wishes she could. Even if Oakkit didn’t want to be a seer — Willowshine has privately wondered if the names have any meaning — she owes it to her Clan. She might have had two seasons of training, instead of the standard year, but she’s learned a lot, and her paws are steady. She has the knowledge to pass on, and RiverClan deserves security. (The other Clans aren’t any better off. RiverClan has no one to lean on in a crisis.) “I’m ready,” she promises Mistystar. “Oakkit wants the position.”
“That doesn’t mean—”
“Mistystar,” Willowshine says, chuffing gently. “I’m ready, and Oakkit will be a good seer. It’s time.”
Her leader sighs. “Very well. When their apprentice ceremonies arrive, I’ll give him to you.”
shadepelt dies, and mistystar chooses pinesun to replace her.
sequoiaflame dies.
ashberry and birchwing become warriors.
conepaw dies.
showerpaw is apprenticed to stonestream; frostkit dies.
skyheart has six kits, bullkit (huge red she-cat with yellow eyes), echokit (grey, mottled she-cat), hackberrykit (grey tom with black spots), hollowkit, pinyonkit (dark brown tom with long fur and dark yellow eyes), and windkit (grey tom with dark flecks, long fur, and amber eyes).
mallowtail and ashberry have four kits, lizardkit, slushkit (white she-cat with very pale grey patches, long fur, and orange eyes), thunderkit (brown she-cat with white paws), and vanillakit (red tom with yellow eyes).
barkdawn, bluefrost, rootsun, sprucesky, and stonestream become warriors.
showerpaw dies. oakfern, who is now at the age most seers are when they get their full name, has a slightly more reasonable workload.
freckledkit dies.
silverfang has six kits, birchkit (brown tom with black stripes and copper eyes), dapplekit, dawnkit (long-furred, pale she-cat with dark brown stripes and gold eyes), moonkit (long-furred tom), sprucekit (tom with copper eyes), and squailkit (brown tom with thin black stripes).
deputy: stonefur (6y). big, pale tom. (apprentice — sprucepaw)
seer: oakfern (1y). (apprentice — showerpaw)
warriors
softwing (10y). small, snowy-white she-cat with feather-shaped tabby patches and amber eyes. (apprentice — sprucepaw)
frogleap (8y). tom with a striped tail.
skyheart (8y). pale tabby she-cat with green eyes. (apprentice — pinepaw)
sedgecreek (8y). huge, brown tabby she-cat. (apprentice — pricklepaw)
mistyfoot (6y). small, pale blue-gray she-cat with thick, sleek fur, a pink nose, and ice-blue eyes. (apprentice — sappaw)
mallowtail (6y). tortoiseshell tabby and white she-cat. (apprentice — rootpaw)
grasswhisker (5y). tabby she-cat.
swallowtail (4y). massive, plump, dark brown tabby she-cat with green eyes.
shadepelt (3y). dark she-cat. (apprentice — bluepaw)
leaffur (3y). mottled, reddish tom with amber eyes, missing his front left leg.
sapleap (3y). tom with long fur.
firflower (2y). (apprentice — barkpaw)
ridgefall (2y). black tom with long fur and pale eyes.
silverfang (2y). young she-cat with gold eyes. (apprentice — mintpaw)
sleetblossom (2y). dark brown she-cat with thin black stripes and copper eyes.
willowface (2y). mottled she-cat.
greyeye (2y).
ridgeshore (2y).
sandstream (2y). (apprentice — baypaw)
voletooth (2y). (apprentice — stonepaw)
pumicedawn (1y).
duskfur (1y).
greymist (1y).
reedwhisker (1y).
queens
mosspelt (3y). lithe tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with blue eyes and soft, white chest fur. (kits — conekit, freckledkit, pinekit, sequoiakit, willowkit)
four seasons left. wow. thanks for being with me on this journey.
maplesong, gustpelt, and galestream become warriors. showerpaw dies. but uh. 3/4 of a litter is not bad at all.
fogpaw and splashpaw are apprenticed to aspenstar and softpelt. i think softpelt might be a canon mentor.
bayheart has four kits (she's had twenty five kits): hemlockkit (pale brown tortoiseshell she-cat), juniperkit (cream tabby tom), moonkit (silver flecked tom), and pinekit (lilac ticked tabby tom).
maplepaw, gustpaw, galepaw, and showerpaw are apprenticed to blizzardstep, orangepetal, bayheart, and rainstep. iirc that's a whole litter? good job, guys! they were born in a storm and everything <3
pinekit dies.
fadewillow has two kits with prickleshine: fogkit and splashkit.
macgyver and showerpaw die. it's probably for one reason, but i'm out of bad things that can happen to skyclan at the moment. maybe it's badgers. skyclan has no other clans so they can't die in a random border patrol but :<
harrybrook becomes a warrior. billystorm is incredibly proud of him.
showerpaw becomes an apprentice, mentored by rabbitleap.
mintfur and nettlesplash have four kits: dawnkit (tabby she-cat), rosemarykit (tabby tom), stormkit (silvery-blue tom with long fur and a twisted leg), and maplekit (tabby tom)
greymist and reeedwhisker become warriors. mistyfoot is like "really. you really used my prefix."
bluepaw, brightpaw, and dewpaw die.
barkpaw, bluepaw (yes, there are two again), rootpaw, sprucepaw, and stonepaw are apprenticed to firflower, shadepelt, mallowtail, stonefur, and voletooth.
minnowkit, pebblekit, and tumblekit are born to dawnflower and reedwhisker.
finally, showerpaw loses her vision on her left side.
mudfur's been trying to retire for over a year. windclan's medicine cat dies, forcing him to give up his apprentice at the age of nearly 13. he dies the season after that, and a three season old cat from shadowclan becomes sole seer for riverclan. she then takes an apprentice, because the clans are reasonably terrified of losing another seer.
cedarkit and frecklekit die.
bristlewing dies.
mosspelt has five kits, conekit (white she-cat with patches of red-tipped fur, big paws, and hazel eyes), freckledkit (pale grey tom with dark flecks and a white chest), pinekit (she-cat with a white chest), sequoiakit (she-cat with dark paws and gold eyes), and willowkit.
silverstream (and greystripe) have one kit, beechkit.
shyheart and heavystep die. as a very old cat and a cat with kidney issues, respectively, both of them are vulnerable to poison.
mooseflame retires due to worsening health issues.
In doing math… Tadpolepaw, Mudfur, Showerpaw, and now Oakfern. That’s four RiverClan medicine cats to have died this round. And like. A lot of other medicine cats. Die really seems to hate medicine cats this round.
well...
fwiw, meddies spend two extra seasons as an apprentice, making their odds of death just that much higher, and medicine cats have a 1/20 chance of dying every season, instead of 1/25.
but there have been a LOT of deaths all at once, yes.