Medicine Cat Apprentice:

Medicine Cat: Cats of ___Clan, as you know, I will not be around forever. So it's time I took an apprentice. I have chosen a cat who has shown (virtues). Your next medicine cat will be (apprentice).Leader: (Apprentice), do you accept the post of apprentice to (medicine cat)?Apprentice: I do.Medicine Cat: Then at the half-moon, you must travel to the Moon___to be accepted by StarClan before the other medicine cats.Leader: The good wishes of all ___Clan will go with you.

The mentor touches noses with the apprentice, and the Clan greets the new apprentice.

Apprentice Ceremony at the Moon___:

At the next half moon, the medicine cat goes with the apprentice to the Clans' sacred place to present him or her to the warrior ancestors, where the apprentice confirms his or her wish to be a medicine cat. The following words are used, by tradition:

Medicine Cat: (Apprentice), is it your wish to enter the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?Apprentice: It is.Medicine Cat: Then come forward.Medicine Cat: Warriors of StarClan, I present you with this apprentice. (He/she) has chosen the path of a medicine cat. Grant (him/her) your wisdom and insight so that (he/she) may understand your ways and heal (his/her) Clan in accordance with your will.

Then the medicine cat and the apprentice lay down and have a dream from StarClan.

Medicine Cat Naming Ceremony:

Medicine Cat: I, (name), medicine cat of ___Clan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. (He/she) has trained hard to understand the ways of a medicine cat, and with your help (he/she) will serve (his/her) Clan for many moons.Medicine Cat: ___paw, do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?Apprentice: I do.Medicine Cat: Then by the powers of I give you your true name as a medicine cat. ___paw, from this moment you will be known as (new name). StarClan honors your (virtues), and we welcome you as a full medicine cat of ___Clan.

The medicine cat rests his or her muzzle on the apprentice's head, and the apprentice licks the mentor's shoulder. The other medicine cats greet him or her by their new name.