[Estelle]

 

Originally Posted by taillow

Redhawk - ThunderClan Hornet

The familiar 'pop' sound rang in her ears and she watched Alderblossom yelp in pain. Redhawk backed up a bit and watched through narrowed eyes as the cat collected the dead body of their Clanmate and disappeared into ShadowClan territory. With them gone and the adrenaline starting to wain, the hornet shook her head and twisted around to look at the gash on her side. It stung badly, like the claw marks on her muzzle and shoulder; she would definitely need it patched up.

Turning to limp away from the border and head back home, Red caught a sliver of movement in the undergrowth. Immediately her claws came out and she flattened her ears. "If another o-one of you SSS-ShadowClan t-t-toads is there, t-this is your last warning t-to come out!" she snarled, tail lashing as she caught a glimpse of a calico pelt.

Redhawk stalk-limped forward as fast as she could, ready to claw whoever it was and - Oh no. Instantaneously her claws were sheathed and her eyes rounded in concern. "P-P-Poppypaw! What are y-you doing out h-here??" she questioned, her heart beat racing in her chest.

[ @Estelle ]

It was a horrifying sight. What started as happily following the hornet out to see the territory, blissfully unaware that the hornet did not know of her presence, soon turned into the brittle feline hiding amongst the bushes as wide, round eyes watched the blood spill with horror. The bigcat, the one she was supposed to trust and keep ThunderClan safe -- she made the other cats she didn't recognise bleed! And maybe that would've been a logical sight for anyone who knew their clanmates, but truth was, Poppypaw had spend half her kithood sick inside the medicine cat's den, only released days before her apprentice ceremony. She didn't know all the cats in the clan, much less borders.

One could say, she had to be able to guess the others were meanies because Redhawk was angry at them, and the thought did cross her mind. But when Poppypaw's head tremors gave her away, the bigcat looked equally mad at her. Trembling and stumbling paws, with a head unable to remain still, led her out of the bushes as she cowered in front of the hornet. The blood still lay there. The other cat went so... So limp. Like prey. Did Bigcattwo think they were prey? Did Bigcattwo think she was prey? She kept herself small, smaller than normal, hazel eyes looking up with hesitance. The moment Bigcattwo seemed to notice who she was - see her clearly - her demeanour changed, but that didn't change what just happened.

"Poppy.. Poppy wanted to go with... With... Bigcattwo. Poppy asked! Well - Poppy said. So Poppy joined Bigcattwo on the walk."
Poppypaw fumbled with her paws as she spoke.
"Did Bigcattwo not know...? What did Bigcattwo do to those bigcats? Why was Bigcattwo angry?"