[wren]

Originally Posted by starfall

@Celestial

The ebony tom slipped down from the Streamstone and shook his head, a smile spread across his face as he saw the apprentices scuttle over to their new mentors excitedly. Memories of his apprenticehood flashed through his mind, he could practically hear the wheels turning in his mind. He wouldn't lie, his days an apprentice weren't the best, his mother had killed his father as well as herself, but before that he had to deal with Stonehawk, all of his want, all of his selfishness, all of his pent up anger, and he could do nothing but watch as he yelled at his mother. After Driftingstorm's death, his sanity went down spiraling, he killed a cat because of what his father did to his mental stability, and after meeting Honeypool, after going back and looking at his choices and actions, he regretted it, he wanted to switch places with Waterstreak, have the tom become leader, have him live in Starclan, but he knew that he couldn't take it back, nothing so permanent could be erased. The burly tom shoved those dark thoughts aside, now was not the time to recollect on the past, at least, not in front of his whole clan. He, instead, focused on his pawsteps, making sure they were one in front of the other, a perfect straight line. He didn't know where he was going, but from the looks of it, he was going to the Warriors den. If anyone was wondering, he would just throw the excuse "I was going to grab a few things from my old nest." and of course, it would be believeable, since he hadn't completely moved out of the den yet.

Fallenstar stopped a few fox lengths away and looked around the clearing, his lapis hues raked across each and every body, watching their movements, their expressions. Did everyone react a different way? Would other cats feel the same resentment and unsettlement as he did the moment he was named leader? He knew quite a few felines who would be very excited about becoming leader. He frowned and sat himself down with a huff, a cloud of dust formed around him. He wrapped his tail around his paws and continued to watch his clanmates, watching as a few of them gave him odd looks. The moment he became leader, he couldn't just sit idly by around the clan anymore, he didn't understand why, just because his suffix changed, just because he can die 9 different times now, that didn't mean he couldn't act like the rest of them. He felt isolated, and Honeypool wasn't here to make that darkness, that feeling of emptiness disappear. She had disappeared a while ago, and he had been searching high and low, and no luck, he stopped doing everything for a week, he barely ate, and would only go out to hunt and check borders when Russetstar requested him to. He's still getting over that lost feeling, and he figured it wouldn't be going away anytime soon.

The small orange and white tabby she cat had her paws crossed neatly over each other. Her body laid so delicately umong the other burly warriors by her sides, all but a small wiry grey tom who slept next to her. She wasn't actually sleeping it only looked like she was with her head nestled between her white paws and her deep and heavy breathing. Despite her peaceful expression and heavy relaxed breaths daisyshade was full of complete turmoil over the recent battle and the whole family discussion she had recently been having even though she had visited juniperpaw to confide in her wisdom, she had come away feeling awfully empty and feeling even worse than she had before. Taking a walk or occupying herself with mistpool or even visiting juniperpaw would help her get her mind off her own life so she could enduldge herself with others. Just as she was about to sit up pawsteps filled her mind and her ears slightly perked at the noise. She didn't sit up nor open her eyes at first until the shadow of a cat fell over her body. The orange and white tabby she cat raised her head blinking her eyes to adjust to the bright light filtering through the entrance. Once her eyes had focused she saw the rugged features of fallenstream- err fallenstar more like it. Why would he be here? pulling on a delightful smile the tabby pulled herself to her paws and swept her tail over her paws in a comfortable seated position. "Fallenstar" she greeted in a hushed voice. "Are you looking for someone particular?" she meowed.


There was not really any reason for daisyshade to be even slightly surprised that fallenstar was here, his nest was desolate on the far side of the den Laying alone with nobody sleeping within it. And if she recalled correctly he would problably be visiting just to see it or pick out a few warriors for some patrols. Mhm. I should offer to go ahead on a patrol. Perhaps in enough time to get something for tumblestep before he wakes up. without saying another word the molly carefully picked her way towards the leader than slipped out beside him. She was just small enough to pass by him and not be in his way as she stepped out into the bright dawn light. She quickly stretched out her limbs and turned back to face him with a pleasant smile, "I didn't wanna wake anybody, are you looking for some cats for a patrol or something?" she meowed curling her tail by her flank as she looked at the large ebony coloured leader. As she studied him she could see the dips in both his cheeks and his ribs jutting out on each side, she hadn't ever been close enough to him to formally congratulate him or even see him like this. He looked starved and sleep deprived which made her feel slightly uncomfortable. Whilst his clan fed happily and enjoyed the occasional extra piece of prey, he watched them and starved himself? Wether or not it was choice or just being too nice to take anything for himself or even if he was too busy to, he looked awful despite his smile. Daisyshade claws flexed and plucked a few blades of dying grass from the ground. I couldn't ask him up front about it. That's just rude. without really knowing it she had become more aware of his problem than her own and was now fully intent on fixing it, as she always had been about other acts problems. Even if they didn't want her help.