Ratpaw
The first apprentice
Artist: Tendency
historyRatpaw's mother never had the time to name him or his siblings. She had gone off on a hunt before she could decide their names and neve came back.
The litter was found by a rogue she-cat who had also lost her kits. She took care of them since she still had milk to give. Unfortunatly for Ratpaw, he was the black sheep of the kits. Almost literally. He was the only pure black kit and it unnerved his foster mother. The runt of her kits had been all black as well and had been the first one to catch greencough and spread it to its siblings, which killed them all. So he was the only unnamed one for six moons until one day the black kit woke up to find his foster mother gone along with his siblings. He survived by stealing from other rogues and became well known as "The Rat of the Forest" for another moon until he stole from the wrong cats. They had a pile of prey that was sitting in the open and it was easy to steal from the two cats. Or so he thought until the two showed up while he was sharing a story to the stars, he knew his mother was dead he saw her in a dream once. Rat was expecting the worse when they found him, he had gotten the same from other rogues, but instead they named him and gave him a home and love. Something he hadn't felt since he was born. Theme Song: The Nights - Avicii
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Cat Name: Ratwhisker Previous Name: Rat ⇨ Ratpaw Rank: Temporary Med Cat Mentor: Ebonystar Gender: Male Age: 27 moons Description: A black tom with copper eyes. Other Features: None Siblings: None Living ------------------------------------------- Personality: Ratpaw is a kind and innocent cat with big dreams and lots of potential. He doesn't like fighting at all and is often the mediator whenever his clanmates bicker. Ratpaw is a very energetic cat and loves to tell stories, often making them up as he goes along. He brings smiles to many cats' faces and is a joy to be around. ------------------------------------------- Likes: -Telling stories -Adventuring -Learning new things from Ebonystar -Shrews -Looking at the nightsky Dislikes: -Arguments -Blood -Being angry -Sorting herbs ------------------------------------------- Ratpaw's Story to the Stars Ratpaw rose to his paws and shook loose bits of moss off of his fur. It was another sleepless night for the young apprentice. The black tom exited the camp and padded to the stream that ran through camp and to a river several fox lengths away from camp. Ratpaw stared at his reflection through the water, the stars and moon smiled down at him through the reflection. Then he raised his head to the stars and started to recite stories he heard a lot as a kit. "One day some tiny kits were playing by a river." Ratpaw recited from memory his favorite story. "And they fell in, their mother cried because she didn't know what to do." Ratpaw smiled softly at the stars as they shimmered knwoing there were some cats in Starclan who, like him, couldn't sleep. That is why he tells these stories, it helps him and his ancestors sleep. "The nearby willows heard her cries and reached out," Ratpaw continued reaching out with his paw toward the water like he imagined the willows did, "and grabbed the kits pulling them to shore. Now every Greenleaf willows grow fur where the kits had grabbed on." Ratpaw finished rising to his paws. "The end.." He mewed softly as he padded tiredly back to camp knowing his story had reached Starclan. |