Post by Moor on Nov 23, 2012 14:40:06 GMT -5
cherrypaw
[/b][/size]cherry- she has an exceptionally long tail, like a cherry stem
paw- she is an apprentice[/font]
[/center]AGE 7 moons
GENDER She-cat
RANK Apprentice
CLAN Forestclan
LOOKS
Cherrypaw is sort of a bizarre-looking cat. While her mother tells her she'll grow into it, it seems to her like there is a lot of growing to be done. Her feathery black tail is far too long for her short, compact torso, her ears too large for her face. She is big not only for a she-cat, but for any cat her age, and large muscle is already starting to form in her upper legs. Hopefully it will grow more, especially in the lower part of the leg, to make her paws not look so clumsily disproportional. It is obvious that she will be one big cat once she finishes growing, one that few will want to reckon with. Nonetheless, she doesn't seem to notice her awkward appearance. She likes to know that someday she'll be a strong warrior. She carries herself proudly, head sometimes tipped up and tail always held high. She likes to flex her large, white claws when she grooms, which is pretty often.
LIKES I love rough-housing, hunting, training, patrols, and helping the Clan.
DISLIKES I hate shy cats, being put in my place, the taste of bird, and the medicine cat den.
FEARS I'm afraid of my father dying and being estranged from Squirrelpaw.
HOPES I really want to do my father proud, to become a respected warrior, and to overcome my distaste for bird.
OVERALL
I'm the biggest of my siblings, so that gives me the right to be the boss, right? In all the stories my father told me, it was the big cat that was in charge, because nobody could lay in wait and jump out and ambush him and bite him and injure him and kill him and make him lose all his lives and take over for him, you know? I guess I don't really care about being in charge of the entire clan, per se, but having someone to boss around is really fun, like my littermates, maybe someday my apprentice, once I'm a senior warrior the newer warriors... Yeah, as long as I'm in charge of something, I'm happy.
Oh wait, let me interject: Some cats say that I'm really long-winded and that I carry a sentence on for way long than it should be carried on, but I'm not so sure if they're right. I mean, I just say what I think, and I think a lot, so I should be saying a lot, right? Yeah, I thought so, thanks for agreeing.
I'm a pretty confident kitty, if I do so say myself. I don't really let other cats get me down. I think that being shy, being self-consciousness, and being too focused on what other think of you are some of the biggest faults a cat can have. I mean, who's going to listen to and follow their own hearts when they are a, too quiet to make anything they want happen, b, too self-consciousness to make themselves look foolish for just one minute, or c, listening and following someone else's heart? Nobody. I'll never be the cat, and I can't see myself finding a tom who is 'that cat,' either.
I'm smart. Really, I am! Not everyone thinks so, but I am! They say I'm too rash, that I jump to conclusions and run with them, but when I am actually using my head I can get stuff done. I mean, it's more fun to act and then think, so it's a problem that I don't foresee myself fixing anytime soon, but hey, I can stop anytime I want! I guess I'm sort of like Squirrelpaw in that way; we both skip right over the "thinking" process and just jump into action.
Not only am I the boss of the family, but I like to think of myself as the protector. It's kind of weird because I'm the youngest, but I think that my unusual size and strength has thrust the role unto me. Although I'm not a huge fan of my soft older sister, Yellowpaw, I still would never stand to see her harmed without going after her aggressor. Same goes with my favorite brother, Squirrelpaw. I especially feel compelled to take care of my mom, because I kind of owe her for the gift of life. If my dad, Redear, died, though, I know I would be devastated. He's the one that I would quickly give my life for to protect. We are really close.
PAST
I was the youngest of three, the others being Yellowpaw and Squirrelpaw. I remember Mommy liking Yellowpaw best, for some reason. It was probably because she did what she was told to do instead of thinking for herself. All she said to Squirrelpaw and me was to be quiet! It's okay, though, I don't begrudge her anything. We were probably a lot to put up with back then.
I always loved to play-fight with the other kits in the nursery, and, not to brag or anything, I usually won. Sometimes the other kits wouldn't want to play with me, but I guess that's because they were sore losers or something. I don't know. When I couldn't find a play-fighting partner, I would sometimes bug my mom to play-fight with me. She never did. So I kept bugging her and bugging her and bugging her, convinced that she would eventually just cuff my ear or something to make me go away, but she never did, because she was really patient or really tired or a really bad fighter or a spoil-sport or something. Whenever I failed to get a reaction from her, I moved on to my dad, Redear.
I can say with some confidence that I was Redear's favorite. He told me once that he liked my spunk, and I've remembered it ever since. When I look back on kithood, I remember with the most fondness how he would teach me basic hunting techniques, using rocks and grass as the practice prey. I used to beg him to bring me a live mouse to hunt, or at least let me play with the fresh-kill I was going to eat anyway. But no, he kept telling me that it was disrespectful to play with one's food. He made me promise to always give thanks to Starclan for the life of the animal I caught, or something. I always have.
Going back to that spunk thing, I think that has shaped my apprentice life this far. I already had something of a leg up on the other apprentices when I started training, but that certainly didn't mean I let myself slack! No, I tried, and still try, to put all of my energy into everything I do, to show my mentor that I've got "spunk," and to become the great warrior who will someday save her family and her clan.
OTHER Can't wait to reveal more of her personality through roleplay :3