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Partner comp!
At some point in time, these siblings were separated from each other.
Explain how this separation has affected their lives.

What was life like before the separation? After?
Why were they separated? Are they ever reunited?
You don't need to answer these questions - they're just to give you ideas!

You have a max of 1,500 words and two art pieces to divide between both of you.

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Ends September 21st, 11:59 PM CDT
Extended to September 24th, 11:59 PM CDT!

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[b]Partner Trying Out For Left:[/b]
[b]Partner Trying Out For Right:[/b]
[b]Cat Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b] dfab
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[b]Clan:[/b] (Please link)
[b]Age:[/b] (Below 6 months)
[b]Prompt:[/b]

Left (#145):
Name: Rainpaw
Gender: dfab
Rank: Understudy
Clan: Jungleclan
Description: Silver lilac-cream classic
torbie with kitten blue eyes
Age: 6 moons
Edits: Long whiskers (C)
Owner: clarke,

Right (#146):
Name: Larkpaw
Gender: dfab
Rank: Apprentice
Clan: Stormclan
Description: Silver fawn-cream classic
torbie with kitten blue eyes
Age: 6 moons
Edits: Tongue (C)
Owner: bluex

[-Novacaine-]

They're so cute!

[vixiebun]

Partner Trying Out For Left: starii ★
Partner Trying Out For Right: Seven of sushi.
Cat Name: for the left Morgan to moonkit | for the right ghoul to Ghoulkit
Gender: male / [non-binary]
Rank: kit - warrior// kit - medicine cat
Clan: Morgan's - The spritdolls.
Ghoul's Maple clan
Age: 5 months
Prompt:
drawing one.
drawing two
sorry we have to drop out due to sushi's schedule. Good luck to everyone else.

[ARKYQ]

Partner Trying Out For Left: talonpawthewarrior
Partner Trying Out For Right: nootle
Cat Name: left: swiftkit (swiftbound) right: alderkit(alderstep)
Gender: left: female right: female
Rank: kit (both)
Clan: left: hillclan right: quarryclan
Age: kit (both)
Prompt:
before the separation, life was good. playing, eating, sleeping and then doing it all over again.but thier parents fought a lot. it made them sad. then the two kits were separated by thier parents,when they had barely left the den, thier hillclan father took swiftkit back with him, whilst their quarryclan mother took alderkit back with her. they missed each other so. it was agony being apart, never having a littermate to play with. swiftkit grew to be agile and cunning whilst alderkit was strong and powerful. they anxiously awaited the time they would become apprentices, desperate to be reunited, even if for one night only.

swiftkit perked up, hearing brackenstar's yowl across the clearing.
"let all those cats, old enough to catch their own prey, gather around and hear my words." she could see the others padding out of their dens, curiously. brackenstar had left his den among the roots of the large stump, the tallstump, he now stood perched upon.
"swiftkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as swiftpaw. Your mentor will be tawneyfeather. I hope tawneyfeather will pass down all she knows on to you" swiftpaw padded forward to touch noses with her new mentor. brackenstar turned to face his mate, who looked surprised. he probably hadn't told her."tawneyfeather, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have shown yourself to be courageous and loyal to your clan. You will be the mentor of swiftpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her."
all the assembled cats called out her name," swiftpaw, swiftpaw!" they cried. then he leaped of and padded back to his den. the rest of the warriors milled about, going on about clan business. now swiftpaw was finally going to see her sister again. her paws prickled with excitement.

little did she know, that elsewhere, deep in the abanndonned quarry, some thing very similar was happening.
flintstar, quarryclan leader, called out to the clan." let all those cats, old enough to catch their own prey, gather around and hear my words." alderkit was exited. she had already been told, two days ago that she would soon become an apprentice, but even three days notice, could not stop the excitement rushing through her veins. " there is a cat among us who has not yet felt the joy of serving her clan. alderkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as alderpaw. i will be your mentor. I hope can pass down all i know on to you." the deep hollow was alive with their cheers of her clanmates."alderpaw, alderpaw!" came the call. flintstar, leaped down and padded forwards to touch noses with her. her eyes gleames with anticipation. it was time to see her sister again. finally!

507 words

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Extended to September 24th, 11:59 PM CDT!

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cat name: maisy > rainpaw
gender: dfab
rank: understudy
clan: jungleclan
age: 6 moons
contribution: writing/codingxx

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cat name: molly > larkpaw
gender: dfab
rank: apprentice
clan: stormclan
age: 6 moons
contribution: art/plot help

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xShe remembered her sister in everything she saw. in the sprouts after a spring rain and in the vines that wrapped around the tree trunks of the jungle. it reminded her of the twoleg’s den, with red walls that seemed alive because of how many vines stretched across it. a splash of water splattered against her legs as her paw trudged through a rain puddle. she shivered, though she dare not let the well accustomed jungleclan grounders see it. maisy - well, no, that was not her name anymore - rainpaw missed the warmth of her sister. it had rained like this, too, when the twolegs had left molly and her in the box outside. rainpaw wondered briefly what molly’s name was now; if she had changed it, kept it the same, or if her new twoleg keepers named her something new. molly was always more adventurous than her. more playful and more trusting and maybe it was for that reason that a twoleg had rescued dear molly from that box but had left maisy - no, rainpaw - to shiver underneath the angry sky. now, her ears were accustomed to that sound. pitter patter against the leaves, almost mistaken for a mouse if one was not careful enough. but the sad groaning of the sky and the damp behind her ears that never seemed to dry were enough to remind her that it was rain and not a mouse waiting for her.

A tail flicked her as larksong trailed past, her eyes gentle yet hardened. she, too, would have forever damp ears. rainpaw quickened her pace as the rain poured steadily, determined not to be stood up by juniperpaw, the only other understudy of the clan. the one who had found her, aspenheart, heeded the patrol a warning as they approached the stormclan border. she had been taught her first day that they had good and bad neighbors: stormclan was a bad one. cherrystar’s words rang in her ear. “you see, little one. we commune with starclan in the same place. yet, stormclan’s warriors don’t approve of jungleclan’s code. they scarcely let us pass without a battle taking place. by now, any scars on jungleclan warriors come either from the beasts of the jungle or stormclan.”
those were words she’d heard long ago. words she’d sworn - “i swear, cherrystar, i’ll remember" - to remember and to heed the advice. she had planned to, it was all true. rainpaw was as loyal to her foster mother as she had been to molly. she was family. that’s the trouble, then, isn’t it? family.

The smells of stormclan got stronger as they approached the border marked by a boulder shaped like a horse’s shoe. the aroma was so strong she wrinkled her nose and held her breath, bearing on if only to seem brave. the scent was too strong to be even just a day old: no, these cats were here now. rainpaw felt the hair along her spine raise and heard aspenheart hiss at juniperpaw whose foot had barelt touched across the line.
“keep your apprentices on the right side of the border or i’ll fight her where she stands.” hissed an unfamiliar, haunting voice. another shiver reached her from her ears to the tip of her tail.
“you’ll do good to remember that the truce lasts only as long as both sides go unharmed, smoketail.” aspentail growled under his breath and pushed juniperpaw away from smoketail. the cat appeared to be making empty threats, because his patrol was only two. but the second cat looked young, close to rainpaw’s age. a sudden realization hit her as the fawn of her coat had darkened with the rain. rainpaw knew this she-cat; yes, she knew her so well that she longed to run over the border and drink in her scent. this she-cat, however tall she had grown since they were seperated as kits, was her sister. “molly,” she mouthed, her eyes wide.

The box was crammed and tall. molly could not see over the edges, not even as she climbed on top of her sister to protect her from the rain. maisy squeaked in protest before letting out an awful sneeze, loud enough that it rattled the box. “the twolegs will come back, you’ll see.” molly meowed hopefully, her eyes full of hope. maisy, however, knew they had been abandoned. twolegs were not reliable, she had learned. selfish, clumsy creatures with no regards for anything but themselves. but as face peaked over the edges of the box, maisy thought for a brief moment she might have been wrong. molly triumphed, scrambling off of maisy and pawing at the sides of the box, vying for the twolegs attention. with its great big naked paws it scooped the rain soaked molly up. maisy cried out, cowering in the back of the box in fear. as the twoleg reached its paw in again and tried to take maisy, she hissed and bit the skin as hard as she could. twolegs were bad; no way it was touching her! it began to draw away and she could barely see molly’s small face through the bare fingers of the twoleg. “no, don’t you take my sister!” she howled. the shivering had set in again; molly’s warmth was gone. maisy could see her sister’s paw waving to her, saying goodbye. “no, please! i need her!” she was wailing now, but it was lost in the wind.





Molly had seen her, too. but she no longer looked like her sister. her face lit up in recognition, then hardened so quickly maisy - no, rainpaw - wondered if she had imagined it. why was her sister not happy to see her? surely she would say hello? it had been so long since they last met. rainpaw had so many questions for her sister. but the aching of her heart, the ache that never stopped and had not since the rainy day in the cardboard box, reminded her that she had changed. molly, too, into a cat she no longer knew. this was a fact of life: change was inevitable, impending, and sometimes bad.

Aspenheart was marking the border when rainpaw was brave enough to look up. larksong had followed in suit before following him away from the border and into the trees. the silver she cat lingered for a moment, watching smoketail and her long lost sister make their own marks. smoketail began to pad away and just as he turned around, molly waved her tail slightly before turning her face away from her sister forever.

Though neither knew it then, the kits once known as molly and maisy would meet again and it would change the shape of the two clans forever.

word count: 1125

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cat name: maisy > rainpaw
gender: dfab
rank: understudy
clan: jungleclan
age: 6 moons
contribution: writing/codingxx

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cat name: molly > larkpaw
gender: dfab
rank: apprentice
clan: stormclan
age: 6 moons
contribution: art/plot help

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Congrats! This is beautifully-written and planned-out, and the art is adorable!
I look forward to seeing how Rainpaw and Larkpaw affect the future of their Clans!

[clarke,]

can lovely rainpaw be grown up ?<3

[bluex]

heyoo x
may little miss larkpaw grow up please <3

[I Like Bees]

heyoo x
may little miss larkpaw grow up please <3

Since Rainpaw and Larkpaw have the same tabby pattern, I did Larkpaw's growth as a color-in of Rainpaw's. Larkpaw's apprentice growth is here!