Post by mintpaw on Aug 3, 2010 9:33:04 GMT -5
MintPaw of ThunderClan
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Name: Mintpaw
Age: 6 moons
Gender: Male
Clan: ThunderClan
Rank: Apprentice
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Reason For Name:
Mintpaw got his name due for his green emerald eyes and to the fact that he was found in a mint plant (see history)
Previous Names: Mintkit
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One Sentence Description:
Mintpaw is a normal size tricolour (gray, white, ginger) cat with green eyes.
Appearance:
Mintpaw is an ordinary looking cat. He has a normal size, but he is not very muscular, if fact, Mint is pretty skinny under his long and thick pelt. Due to this, he is not a very strong cat. His paws are slightly bigger than the normal and so are his claws. His tail is long and thick, not small and bushy anymore. When the apprentice is nervous or worries, his tail lash at the ground and he won’t even remark it. On his left hind leg, there is a long scar. He never knew where or how he got it, only that the night Fireblaze found him, it was bleeding.
His muzzle is half pink, half black. Most of his face is gray, except around his mouth or his ears. On the tip of his right ear, his fur is ginger and on his left ear it is black. The most remarkable physical aspect of Mintpaw is his green emerald eyes. His gaze is very present, even if he tries to fade into the background; his eyes fail to do the same. You can tell when he is lying, the little fellow looks around, uneasy. It was because of his eyes that he got the name “Mint”
The apprentice has a large numbers of shades of colours on his pelt.
On his torso and belly, it is pure white as snow. He dislikes having dirt on him and most of the time; his fur is in perfect condition. On his back, it is a mixture of ginger and brown, but mostly in a ginger tone. His hind paws are black-gray when his fore paws are ginger. His tail is mostly gray, except the tip, which is in a muddy-reddish colour.
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Personality:
Mintpaw is a very strange cat. He doesn’t fit in with the others, which worries his dad. But as far as Mint would change, he just can’t. Many times, he tries to act more normally or trying to excel at hunting or fighting moves, it ends mostly at being laughed by the others apprentice. So Mint is more as a loner. He doesn’t really mind it, but he knows that his dad is sometimes disappointed. Oh, he would love to be normal, to be strong and to make him proud... but the young cat had failed many times.
CLUMSY, the main thing you see at first in him. When he moves around, he almost always trip on a branch or on somebody. And it applies to hunting also. Often, he scares the prey away when approaching. And in the fighting lessons, it is like his paws wouldn’t listen to him. Most of the time, he is pretty mad at himself although, he never quits. When spare time is given to the apprentices, he rushes into the forest and practice the thing he just learn. It keeps him to not be left to far behind. It is one of the things that being a loner allow him to do. Mint is also clumsy with his words. Sometimes, he is too frank. However, it is not his fault. He isn’t at ease around too many cats or having a long conversation.
PERSEVERANT, the little fellow never ever quits. He we try until he succeeds. And that, can take a long time. It also applies to the fact that he believes he is going to make a fine warrior later. The cats who believe in him are pretty rare, but he doesn’t mind. Cats know, they can count on him. If the medicine cat asks him to bring a plant, he is going to search it until he finds it. Of course, the fact that he is clumsy doesn’t incite people to ask him this kind of task too often.
WEAK, Mint isn’t very strong and is probably the worst apprentice of Thunderclan. When the male apprentices of his age are getting more muscular and tall, he doesn’t grow that fast nor does he gets stronger. He gets tired easily and his paws get sore not long after also. He also is weak to illness. Mintpaw had 3 times greencough. This is almost a record. However, he never complains of his sore paws or his illness, no he continues.
SMART, in fact, Mintpaw is more than smart; he is a kind of a genius. In his little head, he figures out some hunting moves and some fighting moves. But since he is very clumsy, he rarely succeeds his plans at first try. He knows all the fact to be known about every prey in the forest, after seeing a Riverclan cat fishing, he learned how to fish. (Still, he hasn’t accomplished fishing one yet) Mint has also very sharp senses. His ears can hear for far away and his nose can track every cat he knows.
Likes:
To learn
To think
His dad
ThunderClan
Squirrel
To make his dad proud
Dislikes:
Dirt
Rain
Strong sun
Snow
Being not normal
Illness
War/Fighting
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History:
[PART 1 – LOST&FOUND]
The rain pattered dismally against the leaf on the trees. It was rare that such a big storm would shatter in leaf green on the forest. A little cat was crying, he was left alone in a mint plant. On his left hind leg, blood covered most of his tricolour fur. Still very young, his vision was very poor, he was left on his own and his other senses. He wasn’t scared; he didn’t know what was going on. Suddenly, he detected a small noise. Somebody was coming. And toward him. He could feel a cat near him, his scent was strange. He would have yelled and run, but he didn’t have the strength. *Go away! Leave me alone!*He screamed in his head. But the stranger picked him up instead. He tries to break free, but soon enough, he felt deep asleep, using the rest of his energy.
Soon after, he felt comfortable. He was in a nest! The little cat stretched and yawned. He heard a gentle voice whisper to him.
“Did you sleep well little one? You must be hungry.”
He wondered who it was. It wasn’t the same cat who picked him. No, this one was a female and the other one was a male. The kitten stood up and listened carefully. Voices shattered from everywhere. It was so different from before. Not so far away, there were two cats discussing.
“So you find him in a mint plant?” A female voice asked
“Yes. And he was bleeding. You saw the scar.” The male voice responded.
“... Well we can’t leave him alone in the woods, I agree. But RainingCloud can’t nurse him all the way to six moons. She is going to move to the elder’s den in three moons. If we are lucky, there is going to be another queen who is willing to raise him by then. Leaf bare is going to come also, we can’t deny that. There isn’t a cat that has enough time to raise him.”
“I will. When RainingCloud is going to be an elder, I’m going to take care of him. He will be old enough to eat fresh-kill. And I promise I won’t fail on my duties either.”
“... Okay then. Think of a name for him, you will be like his dad.”
“Thank you very much.”
*Is that me that they are talking about? I guess so. I was found in a mint plant and I am a kit. *
The night was silent. The first thing he remarked. RainingCloud was breathing slowly but he couldn’t sleep. Far away, he heard an owl sing and some little prey run into a bush. He wasn’t scared anymore. He knew these cats were good and they were helping him. The tricolour kit relaxed and flew far away to his dreams.
When he wakes up, it was already morning. The heat of the sun was warming his fur. There were scents of flowers, and freshness and also prey. Suddenly, a cat was approaching. He raises his head and realized by the scent that it was the same cat that picked him.
“Hey there Fireblaze! Have you thought of a name?” RainingCloud asked
“Good morning RainingCloud. Yes, well I have some ideas. He could be named SparrowKit or RunningKit.”
“These are great names. He is going to be a fine warrior later. Have you seen his eyes?”
“Yes, they are green. Oh, he should be called Mintkit, for his eyes and the fact that I found him in a mint plant.”
“It suits him perfectly. How are you Mintkit?”
[PART 2 – OUTSIDER]
The sun was rising on ThunderClan. MintKit was already awake and looked from his green eyes, the dawn patrol’s departure. But it was not what he was waiting for. No, he was waiting for his dad to come. It’s been a little while since RainingCloud joined the elders. The nursery had changed ever since. He liked talking to her; she was the only one who understood him. The others kits were nice to him at first, but then got annoyed by the fact that he wasn’t good at any of their games or the fact that he was shy. But it was okay. Mintkit was passing his days watching the warriors come and go, talking to the elders and passing time with his dad. However, he knew that Fireblaze would have wanted him to play the others, and to have friends. The little cat was already learning though. He knew that the hunting patrol from the great Sycamore and the Tallpines usually brings more squirrels and the Owl-tree was popular for birds. The Sunningrocks have been always a territory that Riverclan wanted to have; it is one strategic place for war and hunting. However, the Riverclan cats aren’t as quick as Thunderclan cats to them would have difficulties hunting there. Mintkit also passed time watching the medicine cat, but he isn’t allowed in his dent since Mint is pretty clumsy.
From distance, he saw a flame-coloured cat approaching. He knew it was Fireblaze.
“Dad!”
“Hey there. Have you eaten?”
“No, I’m not hungry.”
“You must eat if you want to become a warrior.”
“I know.”
“Go take something. Then, you can go see the elders. I have a hunting patrol, I’m coming back later.”
Mintkit obeyed to his dad. He walked slowly to the pile of fresh-kill and chose a little rabbit. Behind, he saw two apprentices talking about their training and showed some moves they have learned. In one moon, he is going to be one too. But Mintpaw knew their moves. They were only a named apprentice not so long ago, so their novice moves aren’t so tough to figure out. However, he knew that with his clumsiness, being an apprentice is going to be hard. He took the rabbit in his jaw and went to the elder’s den.
“Hello there, Mintpaw. Did you come to have lunch with us?”
“Yes, where is RainingCloud?”
“Oh... she is in the medicine cat’s den. She coughed all night but it mustn’t be something serious.”
“Okay. Do you have some other stories?” He asked while taking a bite in his rabbit.
[ ... ]
One moon passed. RainingCloud actually died not long before Mintkit became Mintpaw. Otherwise, things didn’t change much.
IC Example:
Silence. The leaves on the trees touched each other lightly. The wind was making them dancing. The sun was about to leave and the darkness of the night was coming slowly. You could see the moon and one or two stars already shining on the coloured sky. Mintpaw was crouch on the ground, breathing silently. His gaze was focused on the squirrel that was eating a nut. He calculated the wind and his position was perfect. He move forward of one pace. Slowly. He knew that the other apprentice would have jumped already, but he wasn’t as swift as them. He moved forward of another pace. He stopped breathing and jumped. However, while his hind legs were giving him a leap, he slipped. The squirrel easily jumped away, looking at him strangely from a branch in the tree. Mint stood up. He wasn’t too shaken, it was the third time. The tricolour cat sighed. The sun was going away. He must bring a prey to the clan. He wanted to prove to everybody that he was able to. He looked at his fur; there were dirt on his white pelt. He grinned. Mint hated to have dirt on him, but this time, he tried not to be too preoccupied and tried to find another prey not too far away. There is a rabbit not too far away. The little cat followed his nose in the rabbit’s direction.
For a moment, he stopped, his paws were so sore. However, it wasn’t the pain that stopped him; it was the fact that he was tired. Mint hadn’t eating since dawn. But the feeling of eating what you don’t deserve cut away his appetite. It was true, he usually bring only one prey, or even sometime, none. The tricolour apprentice gazed at the stars, wondering what the ancestors would be thinking about him. That he was a waste? No use? Surely, that was most of the cats’ thoughts. An idea troubled him. Were they even his ancestors? He never knew his real family, only that they never wanted of him, since he was found in the woods. They were bright. Fireblaze never should have taken him back. The cat shook his head like he had flees, trying to make all of his thoughts go away, because he knew that the truth can hurt you way more than any lies.
He bended on the cold ground and stared at the rabbit. He was fat so he won’t be too fast. Mint smiled, he can surely have this one. Slowly and without a sound, he crawled like a snake up to the prey. The scent was so delicious; it tickles his noses and almost made his stomach growl. One step after another, and he arrived behind the little animal. He made a little jump, almost too far, but he managed to strike his claws and fang unto the rabbit. Blood filled his jaw and his fur. Mint released the prey and stepped back. He made it. He can go back to the camp and look normal. With a little smile, he took the kill with his pointed tooth and head camp. On the way back, everything seemed so beautiful. He wasn’t nervous anymore; his kill can feed a cat in the camp, he was useful. Suddenly, voices of cat shredded the silence.
“Woah, you made four kills?” An apprentice’s voice he recognized asked
“Yep. But you managed to have two, which is really good! And that squirrel was fast!” The other one responded.
Mintpaw looked at his rabbit. He wished he could bring so much prey too. He stopped and decided to turn back. Even if the sun was almost gone, the apprentice was determined to bring another prey home. Even if he must stay up all night. With his paws, he started to dig a hole for his rabbit. After his prey was hidden, he head for the Owl-tree. Birds were faster than rabbit and mice, which will do the thing. A strong smell of lark filled the air. Not so long after, he spotted the feathered animal, singing on a tree. Mint grimaced. He never liked trees and climbing trees even less. Maybe there are other birds on the ground, he thought. As he lifts his nose up in the air, he smelled a sturdy odour and it wasn’t a prey. A cat of his clan was approaching.
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Who Are You? Eagle :], can call me Kiweek also =^.^=
How Did You Find Us? Hm... I think it was an advertisement on another RPG. Which I don’t remember : \
Other Characters: None.
