and it's here we stand [clan meeting]

Webpaw padded briskly toward ShadowClan's camp, small silver body weaving through the shadowy forest foliage. Sunlight flickered over his silver and black fur, amber eyes dancing from tree to tree as he ambled home with a rabbit held in his jaws. Rosestar had been busy all day so Webpaw had been allowed to go hunting solo for the afternoon. It was fine with him but it would have been more fun if Blossompaw had been able to go with him but he hadn't been able to find her before leaving camp so he assumed she was out with Brightscar or Spottedpaw. Since Spottedpaw more often than not wanted to wear his pelt for a trophy, Webpaw hadn't pursued finding Blossompaw too aggressively. Being an only kit he didn't really understand much about sibling relationships so sometimes he was flabbergasted by the closeness between the two tortoiseshell apprentices. Still, it was fun to watch sometimes when Spottedpaw wasn't glaring holes into Webpaw's head.

Shaking his head, the young tom passed through the camp entrance and wove through his clanmates to drop the rabbit in the freshkill pile. Ears twitching as the chatter of his friends and family filled his ears, Webpaw turned to head back out and do some more hunting when he got a glimpse of ginger out of the corner of his eyes. Rosestar! Ears perking up, Webpaw turned to pad toward his mentor until he noticed she was heading for the High Boulder. He paused and waited until... 'Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the Highboulder for a clan meeting!'

An excited grin came over the young tom's face at the familiar clan meeting call. Even though he wasn't a brand new apprentice Webpaw still got excited at things like this. He could clearly remember being a kit in the nursery and having his mom shoo him back inside when the call went out for all hunters to come and listen to the leader's announcements. It had seemed like forever before he would be able to join in on such important meetings...though now he realized they could be quite boring sometimes. Most of the time though the meetings were exciting because it meant new apprentices were being made or new warriors even. But today...today was even more important. Rosestar was naming a new deputy and anticipation zinged through Webpaw's small frame like he had been struck by lightning. So, Webpaw started to walk toward his usual place new the base of the High Boulder when movement form the corner of his eye made him pause and look around.

All around him his clanmates were chatting and laughing as they headed out of the dens. Sometimes a yawning warrior would slide from the warrior den or his fellow apprentices would tumble out of the apprentice den but that wasn't what had caught his eye. Near the nursery entrance...two little kits were lingering, little Shadekit and Vinekit if Webpaw was remembering correctly. He grinned at their innocent shenanigans and padded toward them, steps light and quick. Without looking at the two, Webpaw carefully placed himself in front of where they were so that anyone looking past the nursery wouldn't see the two hiding kits but when he settled into a crouch and curled his tail around himself, the tabby was small enough that Shadekit would be able to still see over him when Rosestar named her new deputy. There was peace in the clans right now so it wasn't likely Rosestar would announce something that would upset the two and it would be fun for them to see the new deputy without a big mean warrior shoving them back into the nursery properly. So, Webpaw got comfortable and turned his gaze toward Rosestar. Maybe if he was lucky Blossompaw would get to join him, even if that meant Spottedpaw came too.