ThunderClan: Life Before 2020's Fire

[FlameKing]

Stonetail padded into the clearing and dropped his kill into the pile. open

[Sweetie]

Owlwatcher got up from sunning himself near the edge of camp when he heard Flintstar yowl. His marigold eyes watched the flood of cats come to their leader. Enjoying the last moments of the piece the tom got up and headed towards the crowd.


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The large dark tabby went to the clearing once he heard the Thunderclan leader call for a meeting.

[Moon Lily]

[ Lonestar23 - before meeting, past time]

Irispaw wandered around the clearing, deciding how would be a good time to stray into break period. No cats seemed to be in need of healing at the moment, and she was perfectly content to walk outside, she to the slightly warmer weather. The camp hustled with energy- all the cats seemed to feed one another with it- through conversation, games of some sort, and meals. Now was the time she liked to call 'rush hour'. It always seemed like it, and it suited the time perfectly. She dragged herself out of the medicine cat den, relishing the sunlight. She struggled her twisted tail in pleasure, deciding to walk away from the crowds.

In the midst of the clearing- well, more like the corner- there sat an apprentice. She seemed a bit lonely. Or in though, Iris couldn't tell.
"Hi, is it alright if I sit with you?"

[ BILL. Delta - present time]

Irispaw groaned at the mention of another meeting. It had been far too many, at this point. Sighing, she forced herself out, calling back to Tallmarsh so that she'd know where she was headed. Flintstar seemed ever-passionate about his meetings, and this one seemed to be important. She dashed towards the meeting, sliding to a halt as she noticed Bluegorse. His wounds had reopened...she glanced in the direction he was heading. The medicine den. She better go back, then. She shuffled slowly from the meeting so she would draw any attention, then rushed back to help the warrior.

"Bluegorse! Are you okay?" She mewed, approaching the blue tom. She inspected his cuts from her stance- they had definitely reopened. She should have done better.
"Do you need help to the medicine medicine den? Wait- TALLMARSH!" She called to her mentor. She turned to Bluegorse, offering her shoulder to the warrior if he needed it.

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit grinned at her. "That was fun! We should play more often, you're really nice!" Unlike my mousebrained brother... she thought bitterly.
"Yeah." She laid down, paws tucked underneath her. "What should we do now?"
(It could be fun to have Thornkit interrupt.)

[Star child]

Springpaw turned his head to Flinstar, looking up from grooming himself. The meeting must be important, to include the whole clan.

[marshy]

Lonestar23

Stormpaw yawned as he woke up. He got up and shook to wake himself up. Hmm, I wonder what I could do today. He thought. He went over to Echopaw and batted her with his paws. "Hey Echopaw! Wanna go do something outside?"

[lio]

[ Pepperkins Sharp moon Blissie Bliss Sneakyfox55 Silhouettes Ivyleaf Hazelpelt Fuzzy Timberpelt Bluepetal ]

Duskfeather narrowed her eyes as she slid from the warrior's den, gaze passing over the clearing. Only one of the patrols she had sent out had returned, and she was less than happy about it. With a grimace, the deputy sat in the center of the clearing, tail twitching with dismay. "Blossomclaw, Raccoonpaw, Linnetwing, Brightpaw! Snowflakedust, Ivyleaf, Hazelpelt, Ferretwatcher! Icedust, Timberpelt, Springpaw! Where are you? I sent you on patrols, it's your job to finish them. Do you want the Clan to die? Linnetwing, I thought you'd manage to complete a patrol even if you're by yourself!" The Torbie straightened her back, ears perked. "I will not tolerate this. All of you are to remain in camp until the entirety of it has been cleaned. Once finished, you are to report to me before I send your asses off to hunt. I don't want everyone starving! All of you are to begin immediately." Duskfeather gave an exasperated sigh before she stood once more and moved to continue with her work.

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[ Lonestar23 ]

She nodded. "Yeah. Ivypaw, correct? I don't believe we've spoken before. How are you?" her head tilted to the side in question. It was surprising she really knew the she-cat's name, giving she didn't pay much attention tot he others of the Clan. It was just her and Dustbreeze for the most part, focusing solely on her training and preparing her to be a warrior. Leopardpaw knew it was rather late to start focusing on others, though it was better late than never. She flicked her tail and gave a thin-lipped smile, hoping it didn't look more like a grimace.

[Madelaine]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing looked at her sister seeing that she was furious. Th molly stood up, having a bit of trouble doing so with her injury. "I'll get right on it Deputy Dusky." , she meowed. The molly stumbled to get the camp cleaned. Her scratches ached more than they normally did. She would have to go and check with the medicine cat later. Linnetwing ignored the pain and did what she was told. Normally she would argue, but she hurt so much she was going to keep her jaws shut.

[lio]

Duskfeather stood blinking, confusion lacing her gaze. She could swear that things kept changing so fast her neck would break! The Torbie looked between Scarface and Flamepelt, wondering if she had missed anything. Hadn't she been defending him only moments ago? Duskfeather allowed her tail to flick back and forth for a moment before she shook her head and moved back to her spot. "I guess that works," she mumbled to herself, ears flattening against her head. The she-cat then turned half of her focus onto Flintstar, waiting for him to continue, while the other half was set on Darkstorm and Scarface. She didn't trust a fight to not break out again.

[lio]

[ Blissie Bliss ]

The Torbie's pupils were slits as she listened to her sister speak, jaw clenching. "I care for you! Do you think I won't try to intervene when my sister is being flirted with by the creep of the Clan? That's ridiculous," she growled. Her tail lashed furiously, ears flattened against her head. "I'm just trying to help!" Duskfeather sighed with frustration. She hadn't wanted this reaction, she had just gotten sick of Toadbounce's antics. How could Linnetwing not see that she cared? Ugh!

[Madelaine]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing tried her best to calm down, but her sister didn't seem to get that she is more than capable of protecting herself. "I understand you care, but I'm a warrior of my own. I can deal with cats like him!", she growled. Linnetwing felt herself calm down as she thought about Petalkit. "I need to go check on Petalkit.", she whispered.

[RedHead]

The leader could see commotion going on in the clearing, Scarface continuing on with his bad behavior. Better do this fast to get him outta here... Both of them... Straightening up, Flintstar cast his hardened gaze out over the clan, though it wasn't aimed at anyone in particular besides the two who had caused so much trouble in the clan.
"Thunderclan, I regret to inform you that we have two cats among our ranks that are not to be trusted any longer." The leader then zeroed his gaze on on Scarface and Darkstorm, tail lashing against the rock behind him. "Scarface and Darkstorm got into a physical fight in the clearing, neither of them willing to stop, even when Bluegorse forced himself between them, putting himself in danger to stop the commotion. Yet, they still would not stop, and Bluegorse was hurt in the process." Flintstar flicked his tail towards the medicine den in emphasis of his point, where he hoped Bluegorse was currently residing. "It wasn't until I had to exert some force myself that they finally stopped fighting. Occasional disagreements and some tussling, I see that as okay, Thunderclan is full of many cats who all have different opinions and ideals, fights are bound to happen. But continuously going after one another in a physical fight? That is stupid and shows me that these two cats are dangerous for Thunderclan." Flintstar then focused his glare solely on Scarface. "And I won't forget to mention that Scarface has threatened to murder two other clanmates, and while he did not go through with the threats, the fact that he was actually threatening to murder a clanmate, and even going as far as to put his claws against their throat does not put him in a good standing, even if he did not start the recent fight." Flintstar then cast his gaze across the gathered cats, ears flicking high atop his head. "I have condemned Scarface and Darkstorm to be exiled from Thunderclan." The leader let his words hang in the air. This is what the tomcats deserved, and it was the only way to keep Thunderclan safe. "Lionwhisker, Duskfeather, please escort these two to outside of our clan borders." After addressing the two cats, Flintstar turned his gaze to the rest of the clan. "Scarface and Darkstorm are to now be treated as rogues. If they are seen on our territory, do not hesitate to drive them off. And there will be no visitations, of any kind, either. Doing so would be proving disloyalty to your clan." Flintstar let his gaze linger on Flamepelt a moment as he said this, forewarning the she-cat of any consequences she could face.
"Duskfeather, Lionwhisker, you may escort them out now." Flintstar meowed, dismissing the two. "If any of you have any concerns, always know you can come to both me and Duskfeather for anything, we want the clan to feel like they can trust us, and trust their own clanmates as well. On that note, this clan meeting is now dismissed." With that, the Thunderclan leader bounded down from the highpeak, stopping to sit down at the bottom of it and watch to make sure Scarface and Darkstorm were escorted out of camp.

[ FlameSta hxneysuckle SilentLamb ]

[Vessel]

Lonestar23

Darkpaw turned to Echopaw, looking worried, opened his mouth to say something before he was interrupted by Flintstar's call for a clan meeting. The Black tom shrugged and looked up at the larger tom, wondering what he would say.

~

An exile? Oh, wow, cool!

Darkpaw fluffed up his fur. They must have royally screwed up! He turned to the she-cat apprentice next to him, who was frowning, and said; "At least that isn't us, right?"

[Madelaine]

After hearing there were two dangerous cats in camp she tightly curled around Petalkit and drawed her close to her. Linnetwing looked at her sister, wanting her to quickly take those cats out of the camp. While she was doing that Petalkit didn't understand what was going on until Flintstar said something.

"Does Exile mean that they can't come back?", Petalkit whispered, looking up at her adopted mother. Petalkit already knew the answer when Linnetwing nodded. The kitten burried her head in the silver tabby cats fur.

[Sneakyfox55]

Ferretwatcher dipped his head. "Of course, Duskfeather," he meowed.

Brightpaw simply blinked, shame glowing beneath his pelt. "Sorry," he mumbled, hanging his head sadly. Well... If his job was to clean camp, he'd make sure it'd be spotless, at least.

hxneysuckle

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing noticed her apprentice, seeing that he was ashamed. The silver tabby molly limped over to him. "Here you can come help me. Once we're done you can acompany me for some hunting.", she meowed, trying to cheer him up. They would get a chance to go hunting together as apprentice and mentor. "And if you do a good job od cleaning tomorrow we can do whatever you want.", she added.

[Sneakyfox55]

"Yeah." She laid down, paws tucked underneath her. "What should we do now?"
(It could be fun to have Thornkit interrupt.)

(was trying to figure out a way to include him haha)

"Are you guys done?" a gruff voice suddenly cut in, sounding annoyed. "Because that was painful to watch."

Ivykit turned her head, narrowing her eyes at the tomkit who'd spoken.

[Sneakyfox55]

The tom brightened a bit, looking up at her hopefully. "Really? Okay! What do we do first?"

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing looked around and looked at the nursery. "Lets go clan the bedding out in the nursery and give fresh miss to the queens and kits first.", she meowed. The silver tabby molly was glad to have gotten his hopes up. She wouldn't break that promise.

[Terrestrial]

Scarface looked at every cat giving them a glare that read you will pay... His fur bristled as his gaze landed on his former mate "this will not be the end Flamepelt" he growled unsheathing his claws "why i don't just kill you right now?" he yowled launching off his powerful legs.

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Flamepelt stared in horror as he said his last few words. As Scarface pounced on her his weight knocked her off balance and the she-cat fell. Her green blue eyes burned with anger as she unsheathed her claws and lashed at him trying to free herself.

[FlameKing]

Stonetail looked up at Flintstar exile?! he thought as his blue gaze stared at the two traitors. The gray toms ears perked at what the tabby tom with a scar across his face said kill that she-cat? But why? he thought. Stonetail's gaze stayed glued to the tom as they pounced on the molly. Stonetail immediately unsheathed his claws and sprang into action. FlameSta

[Leucos]

RedHead FlameSta hxneysuckle FlameKing

Giving a nod at that "it'll be my pleasure " he meowed only to get up. However as he did he spotted scarfaces actions causing him to be wide eyed. " ENOUGH YOU TRAITOR!" Lionwhisker hissed and darted towards scarface only to try and shove the mad tom off. "duskfeather was right you don't deserve pity . Only punishment . Which I am happy to give . " he meowed with a death glare " Stonetail! Help me drag him to the outskirts ?" he asked

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt kicked at Scarface trying to free herself. The molly then got up and glared him "stop now" she warned her tone of voice changed from sweet and soft to aggressive. Flamepelt sprinted toward him and leaped to the side of him clawing his side. The flame pelted molly felt claws rack through her fur it burned like fire, she instantly turned around swiped at his other eye, then she landed multiple blows that would leave nasty scars.


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Scarface was kicked off and lost his lost his balance. The tom laughed "stop? whatnare you going to do?" he snarled. Scarface yowled in pain but it didn't last very long as he charged toward Flamepelt and landed multiple blows. He yowled as he was struck above his eye blood trickling into his eye which blinded him, Scarface felt strong blows that burned even more.

[dino.]

[ FlameSta hxneysuckle FlameKing RedHead SilentLamb ]

Buckbranch leaped to his paws, staring, terrified, at the vicious scene unfolding in front of him. "S-stop!" he yowled, springing forward. "Isn't exile enough for you, you idiot?" How could one be so stupid as to attack a she-cat, especially right after Flintstar had just said the tom couldn't be trusted. He wouldn't stand by and let Scarface murder a ThunderClan cat right in front of his eyes. He couldn't allow a death he could have prevented to happen again.
Thinking quickly and without waiting for Duskfeather or Flintstar to act, he shoved his way through the crowd. "Scarface, that is enough!" he snapped, leaning forward to try to get a good grip on the tom's scruff in order to drag him off. "Do you have a freaking death wish or something? Let go of her and leave before anymore damage is caused or I will personally see to it that you are dragged off myself!"

[Terrestrial]

Scarface glared at the tom "no. you'll have to stop me!!" he yowled as he sprinted full speed toward Flamepelt, he sprang into the air and knocked into the molly. After scuffling for what seemed like a moon Scarface pinned her and latched jaws to her throat. Scarface felt something slit his throat. He could feel blood rushing out the wound his life flashed through his eyes everything he had done and said flashed in his mind until.... Everything went black and his body went limp

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Flamepelt looked at the tom in gratitude then lost her balance and scuffled with the fat tom until she was pinned and he latched to her throat. The molly swiped at him not knowing she had slit his throat. And then she felt his blood meet her fur then his body went limp d-did i kill him?! she thought as she freed herself from his dead weight and stared in horror. Slushie

[Sneakyfox55]

"Alright!" Brightpaw meowed, his ears perked eagerly. At least he hadn't entirely messed up.

Blissie Bliss

[Wings]

@Lonestar23
Duskpaw looked in horror at Scarface, the tom layed, blood trickling from his throat. Her face turned to anger, as he did try to kill his former mate right after he was exiled. The ginger she growled lashing her tail, "He deserved it."

[lio]

[ RedHead ]

Duskfeather didn't even have time to step in between the fighting cats before Scarface was dead. She sat still, staring at his limp body as watching the blood trickle from his wound. The she-cat narrowed her eyes, pupils mere slits as her gaze flitted betwen Scarface and Flamepelt. Scarface certainly deserved any punishment that came to him... but executed by a queen at a Clan meeting? Oh boy, this was a mess. Maybe she'd have to think of more drastic punishments to keep cats in line. With a frown, she spun around and bunched up her muscles, leaping atop the Highpeak and leaning in close to Flintstar. As much as she wanted to marvel at the height she was now at, there was an issue that needed taken care of. There was no time to waste. Her voice dropped to a mere whisper that only the leader would be able to hear. "Flintstar. What will we do about this? It looks like self defense but... I don't trust anything these cats do," she mewed, teeth clenched to muffle her voice.

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt stared in horror she killed him.. Her green-blue gaze switched to Duskfeather "i-i didn't mean to kill him!" she whimpered as she was frozen with horror. The molly slowly backed away her own blood trickling down leaving a path, she turned and ran out camp headed for a secluded spot. hxneysuckle

[dino.]

No. No, good stars, please, not again.

For the second damn time in under a week, he hadn't been able to save someone. Buckbranch stumbled back, away from the spreading pool of blood. "Why?" he muttered. "Why does it only happen when I am around? First Flintstar. Now Scarface. Who next? Foxbound? Sunsnow? Stars forbid a kit or apprentice." The coppery scent of pooling scarlet was making his stomach roll into knots. Maybe Scarface had been a bad cat. Maybe he had deserved exile. But not death, no, never death. He swallowed the lump rising in his throat, but couldn't stop his pounding heart, or the blood roaring in his ears. He turned and ambled toward the warriors den, suddenly exhausted. Please, StarClan, just one break. How the hell am I so unlucky?

[plum]

Things should have been looking up for ThunderClan! After everything they had to go through, everything they survived, StarClan wasn't meant to give them another challenge to overcome. Or in this case, was it closer to a spectacle to lay witness to? It must have been quite the show, whatever happened at the base of the Highpeak, quite. The. Show. But Plumpaw missed it all! The silvery she-cat had been out in the forest, following the scent trail of a mouse in some thick ferns, for a better part of her day. She only just returned (with the mouse, naturally) to find that half of the camp was drenched in blood!

The older apprentice made sure to drop her fresh kill off before turning and taking the scene in- Her leader and deputy both atop the Highpeak and several cats gathered around the body of Scarface, his face contorted in eternal fury. She steps closer to the bunch, absorbing their shellshocked expressions. "I just saw someone tearing out of the undergrowth outside," she mentions slowly. What in the world had happened? She looks from one cat to another, unwilling to outright ask. It was obvious what happened, but why?

[BEAR.]

Bluegorse was okay, he thought. Sure, he was in a bit of a daze, but who wouldn't be after he was injured?

At Irispaw's approach, Bluegorse nearly jumped out of his pelt-- he wasn't expecting that! "Good Stars, you're going to be the death of me!" It was a joke.. he was distantly aware she had spoken to him before she was upon him but his mind was distracted by his attempts of getting into the den.

"I'm sorry.." he was sheepish in his apology, ears flattening back as she offered him her shoulder and he took it. "I didn't mean to be such a bother, I just wanted those two to stop fighting.."

And from the looks of the chaos at the Highpeak, it seemed Scarfang was unrelenting. He could see his crumpled body on the ground, a pool of blood surrounding him. "I don't understand.. why he would do that.."

[ Moon Lily, Delta if tall's going to come ]

[RedHead]

Flintstar didn’t know what to say, or what to do. One moment, he had successfully exiled two dangerous cats from Thunerclan, two he felt deserved it. The next moment, Scarface was lying dead on the camp ground, killed by a queen. This was all way too much. Everything had been going fine until this whole... fiasco happened. He felt Duskfeather sidle up next to him on the highpeak, he had been about to jump down, but once seeing Scarface attack Flamepelt, his body had frozen in horror. Flintstar didn’t know what to do. But Duskfeather’s voice snapped him out of his reverie, and the tomcat gave a small shake of his body.
Duskfeather was right. But she was also wrong. Flintstar wouldn’t exile a queen. But he also felt his trust in her waning as well. The leader’s ears were flicking as he caught the words being said by other cats, from “he deserved it” to the mention of Flamepelt being spotted bolting into the territory. “I don’t trust her either. We’ll watch her extra closely, but she doesn’t deserve an exile.” Flintstar whispered to Duskfeather, tail twitching with newfound worry. “I will not exile a queen, and Starclan knows Thunderclan needs one.” The leader then leaped down from the highpeak, gesturing with his tail for Duskfeather to follow.
He took in his clanmates worried faces, some full of horror. Buckbranch seemed to be freaking out, and it would be soon enough before others started to freak out as well. He had to get the clan in order again. And by now, Flintstar held no sympathy for Scarface. What he had done was unacceptable. Flintstar’s kindness did know limits, and Scarface had reached them. “Duskfeather, Lionwhisker. I still expect Darkstorm and Scarface to be led outside of Thunderclan’s borders.” Flintstar narrowed his eyes at Scarface’s lifeless body, his own movements completely still. “Take another warrior if you must, but I do not want to see either of them within our territory.” The leader then raised his eyes, glare hard, and stalked towards his den, tail lashing behind him. “I will not show respect or mercy to a cat who has continuously threatened my clan, even after being exiled. Especially as he’s already dead.” Flintstar meowed as he padded away from the gathered cats. He sat at the very entrance of his den, wanting to be away from the others to deal with his anger on his own, but also wanting to make sure the two traitors were taken care of. Scarface didn’t deserve a proper burial, and Flintstar didn’t want to waste any of his clanmate’s energy on digging a grave for him. Much less energy would be used taking him outside of their borders and dumping him there.

hxneysuckle SilentLamb FlameSta

[tye]

Everything happened at full tilt. He made predictions of what'll happen but you know what they say...expect the unexpected. The spray of blood stained the white, slush snow and a red pool formed under Scarface's lifeless corpse. Shrill voices echoed in the air, so many voices clashing of every tone it drived the tabby mad. Its just a an empty husk of the devil! It can no longer harm us anymore. The sight of its deep scarlet sent shivers from down , up to the tip of his tail. What a sore sight to witness. Quillpaw dragged his gaze toward Duskfeather, quickly approaching and perhaps butting into the conversation shes having with Flintstar. "Can I come along?" his enthusiastic voice disappeared, replacing it with a slight monotone.
RedHead , hxneysuckle

[lio]

[ RedHead vermin FlameSta SilentLamb ]

The Torbie nodded solemnly. ThunderClan did need a queen, no matter how much she distrusted whatever was growing inside of Flamepelt. She sighed and leaped down from the Highpeak, standing beside Flintstar. Her hazel gaze took notice to Buckbranch very clearly freaking out before it passed over the clearing where blood had managed to get... everywhere. Duskfeather suppressed the gag she felt arise. Just before leaning down to grab Scarface's body, she flicked her gaze to Quillpaw. "I... suppose you can come along. Stay close to me, though." With that, she gripped Scarface's scruff and signaled for Lionwhisker, Darkstorm, and Quillpaw to follow as she began to drag the limp body out of camp.

[Terrestrial]

Darkstorm followed his old clan-mates. hxneysuckle vermin SilentLamb

[tye]

He nodded once ready to head out and watched his master drag the heavy corpse out to the trash. Instinctively, he ran up besides the feline to help her out so the job will be carried out faster. Plus, it's just manners to him. "Gwoh, heth heaveh!" he muffled out while gripping it's fur. There was no words after that as the tall tom struggled along out of camp.
RedHead , hxneysuckle , FlameSta

[lio]

[ Blissie Bliss ]

She huffed. "Fine." With a furious, dismissive flick of her tail, Duskfeather spun around and stalked back to her nest. She laid down and stared at the wall with a frown on her face, not caring to listen for anyone entering or leaving the den.

[MagicCat99]

(was trying to figure out a way to include him haha)

"Are you guys done?" a gruff voice suddenly cut in, sounding annoyed. "Because that was painful to watch."

Ivykit turned her head, narrowing her eyes at the tomkit who'd spoken.
"W-who are you?" Smokekit mewed. She stood up and took a step back. Her paws shifted nervously.

[Moon Lily]

BILL. Delta

Irispaw almost laughed in spite of the situation. Bluegorse seemed so distant and silly at this stage. She sighed gratefully at his weight on her shoulder, happy she didn't have to watch him waddle over to the medicine den. That would be interesting to watch.
"Ha! I hope I don't kill you- that would be the end of my career." She joked back, perking up a bit. She glanced back at the blood stain. He seemed to be losing a decent amount of blood. Not too much, which was good.
"You're not a bother- I like getting my paws busy! Not with blood though, so maybe you are being a bother." She added, nodding to the stain. She continued on her way to the den.

Glancing back where his gaze led, her glance lay on Scarfang. He might need some help as well..
"Cats are weird. Just live your own life, an you'll be fine. That's what I do."

[lio]

Duskfeather stood and stretched from where she had been watching over the clearing, her tail twitching back and forth. She let her gaze pass back and forth before sitting down in the center of the clearing. Preparing to raise her voice, she cleared her throat and let her posture straighten. Patrol time!

(Optional prompt: While traveling, one of your patrol members spots a squirrel and chases after it! They end up tripping and falling, ending up with a twisted paw. Ouch!)
"Cherrybubble [ RedHead ], gather Shadepaw [ Dirtfur ], Lightningpelt [ Bristlefrost ], and Lionwhisker [ SilentLamb ]! Lionwhisker, I haven't seen your apprentice in a while, so you will not be bringing them along on this patrol. You will all go to the RiverClan border. Beware of anything fishy. Remember to keep watch for Darkstorm out in the territory, and if you see him, drive his ass out. And be sure to actually do the patrol! Understood?"

She nodded to the named cats, letting her gaze linger on Lionwhisker and Lightningpelt. A smirk quirked up on her lips before she turned and searched for more cats to send out.

"Quillpaw [ vermin ], Ravenspirit [ Shimm ]! You'll be coming with me to the newest Outskirts border. We want to check to see if any of those rogues have tried to take back the territory." Her tail flicked and she looked at her patrol members before turning away.

(Optional prompt: Blegh! While walking, you smell the worst scent ever- fox dung!)
"Sunsnow [ Vessel ], take Mosspaw [ Starfall ] and Buckbranch [ Slushie ] to hunt in the Thunderglade. Any prey you bring back will go to the nursery- we somehow have a lot of kits and no queen, so they need to be fed!" The Torbie eyed Buckbranch for a moment, her lips pulling into a frown. She said nothing, however, spinning around. Two more patrols to do.

(Optional prompt: Hunting contest! You challenge each other to see who can bring back to most prey. Whoever wins gets bragging rights!)
"​Tigerdawn [ Tundra ], take Maplecreek [ doghouse ] and Silversky [ Skye ] into the territory. You will have a hunting patrol, but if you spot Darkstorm, don't be afraid to drive him out. Be sure to bring back plenty of prey- Leaf-bare is brutal, and we need to keep our strength up."

With a sigh, she eyed the camp. It wouldn't hurt to send out a couple of the apprentices without mentors. She took note of each apprentice that was mentorless before choosing two to go on a patrol. It would be a good experience, after all. Who would she entrust with the two apprentices? Ah, she knew.

(Optional prompt: While walking, one of the apprentices gets their paw caught in a twisted root. Help them!)
"Firebug [ Fae ], take Echopaw [ Lonestar23 ] and Plumpaw [ implimm ] toward the ShadowClan border. Get as much prey as you can, we need it!"

Duskfeather finally stood and nodded to each of the named patrols. "I entrust all of you to actually complete the patrols. All hunters, try to bring back as much as you can. The Clan is weak and hungry. Everyone, head out immediately! Quillpaw, Ravenspirit, let's go." With that, she flicked her tail to gather her own patrol members, then headed out of the camp into the territory.

[ NOTE: All patrols are due by February 18 at 11:59 PM! Please finish and report to Duskfeather by that time, or you will face consequences. ]

[Tundra]

Tigerdawn perked up when her name was called. She listened for the names of the cats she’d be patrolling with before turning to find them. “Silversky [ Skye ], Maplecreek! [ doghouse ]” The molly flicked her tail as she turned and made her way over to the tunnel. “C’mon, lets go.”

[plum]

After returning home from her walk and finding a dead cat by the Highpeak, Plumpaw was hardly in the mood to just go to sleep. She wound up staying up much too late and sleeping in, having kept herself up long enough that she was all but asleep on her toes when she finally relented and stumbled into her nest at night. Now, she was sitting idly outside. Scarface's body had burnt an imprint in her mind, and she could still see it. She wasn't a child anymore, but surely any sane cat would feel a little bit scared after that fiasco? Surely she wasn't the only cat who had trouble sleeping.

The silver-furred feline rocks on her paws ever so slightly, her eyelids falling for a heartbeat before popping open again. She couldn't fall asleep! She knew better than that. Thankfully, it seemed StarClan was going to send her something to keep her going. Duskfeather. The ThunderClan deputy was putting patrols together for the morning and, for whatever reason, decided to tag on a final patrol with Plumpaw on it! The patrol she was in was directed towards the ShadowClan border, and the molly couldn't help but feel a little bit curious as to how that would play out. She rises to her paws and makes her way out so that Firebug and Echopaw could easily spot her. She was too tired to try to remember what her Clanmates looked like. Let them come to her!

Fae Lonestar23

[dino.]

[ hxneysuckle Vessel Starfall ]

Buckbranch's heart shuddered to a stop, and he swallowed, casting a nervous look around the camp. Oh, no, not Sunsnow. Anyone else would have been fine. Even though the giant tom was gone, Mountaingrowl would have been better. After everything that had gone down at the last Gathering, Buckbranch wasn't sure if he could face the orange tom again, much less be stuck on a patrol with him! And Duskfeather was giving him a really strange look. He peered at her anxiously. Was she thinking about what had happened at the Highpeak? Thinking he should have done more to help? Thinking it was his fault, even, that Scarface had died? If he hadn't stepped in, would the tom have been able to walk out of ThunderClan on his own four paws?
Buckbranch shook his head and sighed. If he could ignore Sunsnow - the orange tom probably hated him now - he might be able to relax for the first time in what felt like moons. Maybe. Hopefully. I can't seem to catch a break, can I?

[RedHead]

The black-and-white she cat was hanging out at the edge of the clearing, her ears flicking upwards as Duskfeather started to call out patrols. The warrior padded over in time to hear her name called, as well as the deputy’s small comment about the Riverclanners. “Trying to be funny I see, miss deputy.” Cherrybubble snickered, her tail-tip flicking. “That’s cute though, it suits you.” The she-cat meowed genuinely, giving a green-eyed wink to the torbie. Then the warrior let out laugh and straightened up. “I’ll make sure we don’t get in any hot water. We wouldn’t want to be rushing into anything, now would we? And I promise, if I see even a toe of Darkstorm I’ll be sure to nicely wave him off with a few flicks of my claws.” The black-and-white she-cat then let out a chuckle at her perfect delivery, turning and sitting down, glancing at her claws as she called out for her patrol. “Shadepaw! Get your sorry butt over here quick! Lionwhisker! Lightningpelt! You two lovebirds can enjoy some personal time together, but how about you mark the border while you do it, hm?” Cherrybubble then sent another smirk and wink in the deputy’s direction, an assurance that yes, the patrol would get done.

hxneysuckle SilentLamb Bristlefrost

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing padded into the nursery, glancing behind her to see if her apprentice was following. After a while she looked around and spotted her adopted daughter Petalkit. She would be an apprentice really soon and it broke her heart. Maybe they would clean out her nest first.

[Leucos]

hxneysuckle RedHead Bristlefrost
Ears flicking at cherrybubbles words. Lionwhisker gave a small glare. patrol leader or not, the last I checked she wasn't deputy either
"I'm sorry dear, but who are you again? I don't recall you being deputy ..." he shot back as he stood up. Glancing at duskfeather he gave a obedient nod . "any who...let's get this moving along shall we?? " he meowed as he glanced at lightning and cherry.

[doghouse]

Tundra Skye

Maplecreek passed her tongue over her shoulder once more before padding over to where Tigerdawn was waiting for both herself and another cat, Silversky. She couldn't remember every really interacting with either of them very much, but that was probably just fine. "Alright, I'm here," the large tortoiseshell purred, the tip of her tail twitching. She wasn't too worried about running into their recent exile, and probably wouldn't be even if they did. Though, she did hope that they did not. She was, however, glad that Darkstorm had been exiled. But, who wouldn't be? Or shouldn't be, more like. Shaking her head slightly, she followed Tigerdawn over towards the tunnel.

[RedHead]

Ivypaw - future
Having spent all the time she needed to in the apprentices' den (which wasn't much, it never was), Ivypaw made her way back out towards the clearing. She much preferred the bustle out here to the quiet, and sometimes downright dreary atmosphere that the apprentices' den provided, and besides, there was so much more to see out here. Her tail and head held high, Ivypaw quickly made her way over towards one area in particular that she liked; it was a somewhat sunny spot of the clearing, and with her dark pelt it was nice to be at least partially shaded, which was what made the spot so good.

Settling down, Ivypaw curled her tail around her paws and was content to watch everyone else going about their business. She wasn't all that observant, for sure, but she did enjoy at least trying to see what everyone else was up to. It was fun for her, like a game; albeit one that she was never going to win.
RedHead


Moonpaw padded into the clearing with the two mice she'd caught in her jaws, her head high with pride in herself at having caught them pretty easily. Moonpaw knew she was a good hunter by now though, she'd ahd plenty of solo practice, as well as the training sessions she'd had with Songthorn. The dilute calico couldn't wait for the tournaments. While she knew she was still shaky with some battle skills, Moonpaw believed herself to be good enough to do a good job in both tournaments.
But as she had been so focused on her training, Moonpaw knew she was lacking a social life. The only friend she had was Songthorn, and she didn't even think the brown tabby considered her as a friend. Which left Moonpaw in a social predicament.
Placing her catch in the pile, the apprentice glanced around the clearing for a moment, unsure of what to do. Soon enough she made her way to the edge of the clearing, nestling next to a slanted rock where there was another apprentice hanging out. Ivypaw, if she remembered correctly. Moonpaw wanted some protection from the cold breezes, with her pelt being short and all, but maybe sitting near another cat would also be good for her as well. "Uhhh.. Hey there Ivypaw." Moonpaw meowed, raising a paw and giving it a lick, turning her eyes away from the other apprentice. She'd rather not make much more of a fool of herself than she already probably had.

[RedHead]

Dustbreeze looked down at the comment. She surely wouldn't have brightened his day, there were much prettier cats who would give him much more attention than her. She found d it hard to keep up with all the gestures, as his tail met her side again her fur shivered.

"You're silly." She replied lightly, looking this way and that but avoiding Toadbounce's eager eyes. He was a much better flirt than her. It embarrassed her a little to even try, especially with the eyes of anyone else in the clearing. "I'm sure someone like you could find a better cat to spend time with."

RedHead


Jaggedhawk had been in the clearing, back from doing some one-on-self practice out in the territory, due to his battle group not showing up. Should probably notify Duskfeather about that.... Then the tom's ears perked up as he suddenly heard the voice of Toadbounce within the clearing. The silvery tomcat's hackles immediately raised. Jaggedhawk could not stand that guy. He brought shame to Jaggedhawk with his disgusting version of flirting. The young warrior didn't even know how some cats could like that kind of flirting.
Duskfeather can wait. Some poor cat needs my help. Padding towards Toadbounce, Jaggedhawk recognized the she-cat he was flirting with as Dustbreeze. Oh that was even worse! Toadbounce is gonna blow that poor girl's mind... The tomcat swallowed back a growl rising in his throat, approaching the two and giving a bright smile. His ears caught the last part of their conversation, and he jumped right in. "She's right you know, I'm sure someone like you can find a better cat for you to spend time with." While Toadbounce was much larger than him, Jaggedhawk still met the tomcat's gaze, a challenging spark alighting in their lime-green depths. "Dustbreeze is a sweetheart, and that's exactly why she thinks you need to leave. You're coming off a little too strong there, buddy." Jaggedhawk gave a smile, though his eyes still held the challenging light. No she-cat was going to be feeling uncomfortable around Toadbounce on his watch.

hxneysuckle Ever

[Sneakyfox55]

"W-who are you?" Smokekit mewed. She stood up and took a step back. Her paws shifted nervously.

"Wouldn't you like to know, featherbrain," Thornkit sneered, curling his tail around his paws. "You know your stutter's really annoying, right? Do you do that to annoy everybody?"

Fleapelt! Ivykit managed to keep from hissing.

[Sneakyfox55]

Brightpaw trotted up behind his mentor, glancing at Petalkit. "Is she yours?" he mewed, noticing the way Linnetwing looked at the she-kit.

Blissie Bliss

[Pepperkins]

Blossomclaw
[ OPEN ]

The orange molly frowned at the news, trying to remember how she had managed not to finish a patrol. At least she wasn't the only one. Sighing, she got up, slipping past Duskfeather as she was leaving to begin and get it over with. Maybe if she started as soon as she was told, she would be out of camp in no time. She glanced around before heading directly for the nursery out of instinct to see what was up in there. Her lack of an attention span got to her though and she was about halfway there before forgetting what she was doing almost imediately. She paused in the clearing, pawing at a lost mossball as she spotted it on the way to her destination and before long was seen rolling around the clearing like a kitten as she lost track of her goal for the day. Typical Blossomclaw!

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing was lost in thought she hadn't realized the apprentice had asked her a question. "She's my adopted daughter. Her mother recently passed away. I've been taking care of her when I can. She'll be an apprentice soon though." , she meowed. Linnetwing started away from Petalkit and picked up some bedding that wasn't currently being used. It smelled like somebody was still using it and they would be glad to have had some fresh bedding.

[Sneakyfox55]

"That's cool! Maybe me and her could be friends." Or... Not. Now that he said it out loud, it sounded a bit far-fetched...

Shaking his head of those thoughts, he padded over to help.

Blissie Bliss

[cmdR_Paige]

Silversky tensed. Her first patrol? She felt panic rise in her stomach. She had no idea how to handle this. She hoped the other cats with her would help.

[MagicCat99]

"Wouldn't you like to know, featherbrain," Thornkit sneered, curling his tail around his paws. "You know your stutter's really annoying, right? Do you do that to annoy everybody?"

Fleapelt! Ivykit managed to keep from hissing.
Smokekit backed up. "N-no..." She managed to mew. The kit laid down, looking up at the tom kit, fear in her eyes. P-please stop... The she-kit thought. Her ears were pressed flat against her head. She started crying.

[lio]

[ Ever RedHead ]

Toadbounce was prepared to hit Dustbreeze with more compliments when Jaggedhawk seemed to materialize in front of them, his nose wrinkling as he stared down at the smaller tom. "Come on, can't a tom have a little fun? A pretty girl like Dusty here deserves to be complimented," he purred, offering a wink to the she-cat. He stood and smirked, ears perking. "Unless you're jealous. Would you rather me be flirting with you, cutie?" The warrior chuckled and raised a paw, brushing it under Jaggedhawk's chin. "Aw, how adorable. You know there's enough of me to go around, sweetheart," he drawled, snickering to himself.

[cmdR_Paige]

Tundra doghouse

"So where are we going first?" Silverskye mumbled to Tigerdawn, head down. "We won't... split up, will we?"

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit backed up. "N-no..." She managed to mew. The kit laid down, looking up at the tom kit, fear in her eyes. P-please stop... The she-kit thought. Her ears were pressed flat against her head. She started crying.

"Aw, look at the crybaby! Geez," Thornkit snarled, "can you be any more--"

His words split off into a yowl of pain as Ivykit bit down on his tail. As he carried on in a slight whimper, Ivykit darted back over to Smokekit. "Don't listen to him, he's got a brain full of bees," she mewed, gently pressing her nose into the other she-kit's side.

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing looked down at her apprentice. She wouldn't mind him being her friend. She would need one and the warrior trusted him. "Once we're finished here we can go talk to her.", she meowed. Linnetwing took the some of the bedding and walked out of the den to throw it away. The silver tabby molly walked back inside to help her apprentice to finish.

[MagicCat99]

"Aw, look at the crybaby! Geez," Thornkit snarled, "can you be any more--"

His words split off into a yowl of pain as Ivykit bit down on his tail. As he carried on in a slight whimper, Ivykit darted back over to Smokekit. "Don't listen to him, he's got a brain full of bees," she mewed, gently pressing her nose into the other she-kit's side.
Smokekit slowly stood up, comforted by Ivykit's words. She sniffed. "Who is he?" She mewed. "He's mean.." She sighed. She watched the tomkit with a glance of disapproval.

[Madelaine]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing padded out of the warriors den to do her daily hunting. Her wounds still hurt and they were a little red, but that wouldn't stop her from doing her clan duties. The silver tabby molly sat down and began to lick her wounds cleaned. She hadn't been able to do that since she was always on warrior duties. She was always running around and helping out her clan. Linnetwing finished her grooming and was about ready to head out.

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit slowly stood up, comforted by Ivykit's words. She sniffed. "Who is he?" She mewed. "He's mean.." She sighed. She watched the tomkit with a glance of disapproval.

"His name is Thornkit." Ivykit's ears flattened. "He's my brother," she added, sending a glare back at said tomkit.

[Sneakyfox55]

Gathering his own mouthful--and trying not to gag--Brightpaw quickly trotted out of the den and disposed of it, then darted back to Linnetwing. "I can get the last of it," he offered.

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing watched him leave to get rid of the bedding and come back. "That's fine. I'll go do somebody else's nest and then we can go talk to Petalkit.", she meowed. The silver tabby molly padded over to another bed that was fresh with scents and she took it out of the den. The molly came back with fresh moss and made the new nest.

[Sneakyfox55]

Brightpaw took the last of the moss before coming back with fresh bedding. He spread it over and around the old nest and patted it down a bit to make sure it wasn't sticking up in clumps.

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing finished up her work and walked over to her apprentice. "Now the only nest we have to clean is Petalkit's. I take you over there to meet her.", she meowed. The molly glanced over at her adopted daughter.

[Sneakyfox55]

"Okay!" Brightpaw mewed, eyes twinkling almost excitedly.

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing dipped her head and walked over ti Petalkit. Sh watched as the kit sat in her nest watching the other kits. "Hey Petalkit I brought you somebody to meet.", she meowed.

Petalkit stood up almost instantly and padded over to Brightpaw and Linnetwing. "You must be Brightpaw. Linnetwing told me a little bit about you.", she meowed.

[Sneakyfox55]

"Oh... She did?" Brightpaw felt a brief pang of apprehension, but forced it down; Linnetwing was his mentor, she wouldn't say anything bad about him. What was he thinking?

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing saw him and wanted him to know that they were all nice things."Don't worry Brightpaw your too good of an apprentice to be told bad things about.", she meowed.

Petalkit nodded. "Yeah their all good things. I've been wanting to meet you. Im going to be an apprentice soon and wanted to find a friend to help me out.", she meowed.

[Sneakyfox55]

He perked up. "Does... That mean you want me to be your friend?"

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Petalkit nodded, "I don't have very many friends except for Linnetwing, so of course. You do seem really nice. I can't wait to train with you.", she meowed. maybe one day their mentors could take them together to do some training.

Linnetwing sat down and began to pick up her daughters bedding. She wanted to give these two some alone time for a bit. get to talking. The molly disappeared out of the den.

[Honeyleaf]

Honeyleaf padded into the clearing, her mouth full of moss, ready to clean out the elders bedding. Right as she was about to enter the elders den, a screech rang out in the clearing. Honeyleaf dropped her moss and raced to the sound. A small kit was being carried away by a hawk!

[Sneakyfox55]

He smiled. "I'd like to train with you too! You seem really nice." He sat down, curling his tail around his paws. "How soon will you become an apprentice, exactly?" he asked.

Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Petalkit watched Linnetwing leave to get her fresh bedding. "Any day now. I'm six moons old.", she meowed. The molly was the oldest one here. She was ready to be an apprentice and it would be soon.

[lone]

[CENTER][ Lonestar23 - before meeting, past time]

Irispaw wandered around the clearing, deciding how would be a good time to stray into break period. No cats seemed to be in need of healing at the moment, and she was perfectly content to walk outside, she to the slightly warmer weather. The camp hustled with energy- all the cats seemed to feed one another with it- through conversation, games of some sort, and meals. Now was the time she liked to call 'rush hour'. It always seemed like it, and it suited the time perfectly. She dragged herself out of the medicine cat den, relishing the sunlight. She struggled her twisted tail in pleasure, deciding to walk away from the crowds.

In the midst of the clearing- well, more like the corner- there sat an apprentice. She seemed a bit lonely. Or in though, Iris couldn't tell.
"Hi, is it alright if I sit with you?"
echopaw -
not necessarily lonely, just enjoying some peace—but had echopaw known what irispaw had been thinking, she would've found it a nice gesture. raising her head, echopaw gave the she-cat a friendly smile, motioning for her to sit down nearby. "please, go ahead." she wasn't doing much of anything, and irispaw seemed nice and calm, not to mention echopaw had been curious as to what could've motivated the she-cat to become a medicine cat rather than following the typical path most apprentices did. it seemed like a chaotic job to her—then again, echopaw supposed that everyone had an opinion on it, though it seemed to her that that was normal clan life.

everyone had an opinion about everything. "if you don't mind my asking, when exactly was it that you decided to become a medicine cat apprentice?" irispaw asked, keeping her voice level and pleasant so she wouldn't sound as if she were trying to question irispaw too much. that wasn't her intention, after all—she was just searching for a bit of conversation, and trying to avoid any overly-unpleasant small talk.



ivypaw -
no, ivypaw would've remembered if they'd met before, and she certainly didn't remember meeting leopardpaw. at least, not in the sense of having an actual conversation, which was something that became rarer and rarer the more time went on. considering the amount of gossip ivypaw imagined to go on at gatherings, she supposed in the future, she would have much more time for sitting around and speaking to other cats. the apprentice moons were the highlight of her life, or at least, that's what she imagined them to be. "no, we haven't," she mewed with a small smile. "I'm fine, I guess. tired. this isn't exactly the excitement I was picturing." if these moons were going to be the highlight of her life, ivypaw needed a lot more excitement as soon as possible. she wasn't going to be one of those boring old cats that sat around. that certainly wouldn't do, and boy, did ivypaw have a lot of thoughts on the type of life that she wanted to lead. hxneysuckle

[lone]

Lonestar23

Stormpaw yawned as he woke up. He got up and shook to wake himself up. Hmm, I wonder what I could do today. He thought. He went over to Echopaw and batted her with his paws. "Hey Echopaw! Wanna go do something outside?"
echopaw -
there were cats who were tolerably loud, there were cats who were beyond annoying, and then there was stormpaw. at the moment, the tom was just about the most irritating thing that echopaw could imagine, given the fact that he kept on batting her with his paws, despite her efforts to pretend like she was in a deep sleep to get him to go away. "mmm... stormpaw, isn't there someone else you could ask?" she mewed with a small groan, shifting in her nest a little. sure, going outside sounded like fun, but she was also tired.

"or, are you going to stop bothering me if I say yes?" that seemed like the more important question. that way, echopaw could choose what she wanted to do with all the information.

[Warriorcatboi2.0]

Foxheart laid on a bed of moss her tail over her nose and her paws over her ears noises seemed to echo from around the room.

[Ever]

[ Ever RedHead ]

Toadbounce was prepared to hit Dustbreeze with more compliments when Jaggedhawk seemed to materialize in front of them, his nose wrinkling as he stared down at the smaller tom. "Come on, can't a tom have a little fun? A pretty girl like Dusty here deserves to be complimented," he purred, offering a wink to the she-cat. He stood and smirked, ears perking. "Unless you're jealous. Would you rather me be flirting with you, cutie?" The warrior chuckled and raised a paw, brushing it under Jaggedhawk's chin. "Aw, how adorable. You know there's enough of me to go around, sweetheart," he drawled, snickering to himself.

The wink and his compliments had her ears flopped pathetically to the sides as she dipped her head. Dustbreeze felt as embarrassed as she did flattered by the attention. Though she shifted her gaze to Jaggedhawk with a silent plea. Her tail tip curled nervously, and just when she thought Toadbounce could be stopped he began flirted with Jagged. Her sage eyes were wide as saucers as she watched, glad that the attention was no longer on herself. She took the opportunity to step back a little from them and interrupt meekly.

"Well- I- I did say I needed to get out hunting..." Dust started nervously, taking another paw step back. She felt bad having to leave Jaggedhawk, she took a breath and spoke up. "Maybe, you'd like to join me Jaggedhawk?"

RedHead

[MagicCat99]

"His name is Thornkit." Ivykit's ears flattened. "He's my brother," she added, sending a glare back at said tomkit.
"Oh..." She mewed. "It's hard to believe that since you're so nice." Smokekit added. The she-kit sat down.

[Moon Lily]

echopaw -
not necessarily lonely, just enjoying some peace—but had echopaw known what irispaw had been thinking, she would've found it a nice gesture. raising her head, echopaw gave the she-cat a friendly smile, motioning for her to sit down nearby. "please, go ahead." she wasn't doing much of anything, and irispaw seemed nice and calm, not to mention echopaw had been curious as to what could've motivated the she-cat to become a medicine cat rather than following the typical path most apprentices did. it seemed like a chaotic job to her—then again, echopaw supposed that everyone had an opinion on it, though it seemed to her that that was normal clan life.

everyone had an opinion about everything. "if you don't mind my asking, when exactly was it that you decided to become a medicine cat apprentice?" irispaw asked, keeping her voice level and pleasant so she wouldn't sound as if she were trying to question irispaw too much. that wasn't her intention, after all—she was just searching for a bit of conversation, and trying to avoid any overly-unpleasant small talk.


Irispaw purred at the gesture, happy she could sit and talk to somecat for once. Most of her medicine cat 'friends' just yelled at her, and Tallmarsh was barely ever around. Which, from both a training and social perspective, kinda sucked. She was both glad and surprised that she could skip back in among the other apprentices, happy to be part of it. She didn't know if it was just her, but cats seemed to have a different level of respect for her now that she was a medicine cat apprentice. She was no longer a 'stupid kit' with a few 'crippled limbs'. She was...just a cat. It felt nice to be ordinary. She sat quietly, glancing at the apprentice. She looked like a thoughtful sort of cat.

She was momentarily stunned at the question. No cat had asked her that. Only her brother, Jaycall...and he'd disappeared... It was quite an upfront question, but those were the kind she liked. All other sorts had too many secrets and tricks.
"Well, I've always wanted to make sure that others thrived. Part of it was because I never wanted any cat to go through what I've been through, or even hear of it. And it's not like I would have been a very good warrior. I'm crippled, and I hate fighting. And hunting." She mewed, gesturing to her twisted leg with her twisted tail. She had often wished she could have been a normal apprentice, fighting for her clan...but that wasn't her.
"Why did you want to be a warrior's apprentice?"

[Moon Lily]

BILL. Delta

Irispaw padded into the den, hoping that Bluegorse was still with her. She shuffled through the small den, glancing around to see if Tallmarsh was around yet. Not yet, it seemed. She'd have to start treating him in her own. That part scared her. She didn't think she was ready. But then again, that's what being a medicine cat was all about- healing, trying, independence. She'd try.
"Cobwebs for the binding, goldenrod for the poultice, a bit of marigold too... That's all I remember." She murmured, grabbing the herbs and cobwebs from the herb store. She turned back towards Bluegorse, flicking her ears towards his wounds.
"Is it okay if I get started? I'm not gonna kill you or anything..."

[lone]

Lonestar23

Darkpaw turned to Echopaw, looking worried, opened his mouth to say something before he was interrupted by Flintstar's call for a clan meeting. The Black tom shrugged and looked up at the larger tom, wondering what he would say.

~

An exile? Oh, wow, cool!

Darkpaw fluffed up his fur. They must have royally screwed up! He turned to the she-cat apprentice next to him, who was frowning, and said; "At least that isn't us, right?"
echopaw
cool? cool was not a word that echopaw would describe an exile as, but apparently, the tom thought it was pretty interesting. she, personally, was very glad it wasn't her—and a little scared, because what if she slipped up one day? flintstar didn't seem like the type to exile cats without a reason, but echopaw had never thought she would see anything like this in her lifetime. "yeah," she responded, with a swallow and a small smile. "at least it's not us." although, echopaw supposed that one day, it very well could be.

[lone]

The young oriental sat in the dark, watched the other cat and felt a little bad to hear her response. She supposed she should be grateful to get at least a little sleep. She let her gaze sweet through the den as silence held it again. Pine was really certain how to respond, she wasn't sure her worried should be for others yet. She wanted to talk to Flintstar about it first and let him reassure her. He would have the answer. He was very smart and experienced compared to her.

"Just a bad dream, nothing really to worry about." The reply was weak, but not really a lie either. The silver tabby shone like a ghost under the weak moonlight that streamed through the den celinging. She longed to be a warrior and get outside. It would be nice to go hunting at nighg and clear her mind right now. Yet she still was waiting. Hopefully she would be named a warrior soon, she felt fierce and trained enough lately. Plus that would leave her feeling less worried, being able to patrol and protect her clan actively.

Pinepaw sighed and laid back down, resting her head on her paws, perched on the edge of her nest. "I wonder how long until I am named a warrior. I can't wait, but i feel like theres still some rules i haven't learned. It's hard sometimes not having been born in the clan." Her voice was a polite whisper to Ivypaw, not wanting to wake up the other apprentices.
ivypaw
the she-cat felt a sliver of sympathy for pinepaw—it would be hard being born outside the clans, not knowing whether or not everyone was going to accept you, and ivypaw certainly knew that not everyone here accepted cats born outside of thunderclan. it was a tough situation all around, and one that she wished there was a way to fix, but unfortunately... she didn't have that much sway with everyone else.

"I'm sure it is," she mewed, with a small twitch of her tail. "it's hard enough being young." no one wanted to listen to apprentices on serious matters. because they were young, ivypaw was certain they weren't as respected, and although she figured that was fair (they hadn't earned their place yet), it didn't keep her from disliking it. how long was it going to take before she would "earn her place" and manage to be a respected member of thunderclan? considering the fact that she was a pretty young apprentice, it would likely be a while yet.

at this point, pinepaw had a better chance of getting to that place than she did.

"you'll get there eventually. just don't let everyone else tell you where you belong." she mewed, with a tired yawn. the she-cat disliked being kept up, but now that she was awake, it was going to be hard for her to get back to sleep.

[Sneakyfox55]

"Maybe it'll be today," suggested Brightpaw.

Blissie Bliss

[Sneakyfox55]

"Oh..." She mewed. "It's hard to believe that since you're so nice." Smokekit added. The she-kit sat down.

Ivykit flattened her ears. "I'm not that nice," she muttered.

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit flattened her ears. "I'm not that nice," she muttered.
Smokekit batted at Ivykit with her paw. "Yes you are silly." She mewed. She smiled.

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit batted at Ivykit with her paw. "Yes you are silly." She mewed. She smiled.

Ivykit batted her back, smirking. "If I'm nice, so are you, furball."

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit batted her back, smirking. "If I'm nice, so are you, furball."
Smokekit pounced at the other kit, hoping to land on her. She grinned and her eyes sparkled.

[Brightspot]

Ivory paws padding mutedly into the clearing, a juvenile she-cat of no more than 8 moons emerging from the apprentices' den, pallid ears flicking back towards her head & slender tail swishing about in syncopated rhythm, an enthused trill rumbles from the depths of young Brightpaw's throat. A pair of flaxen orbs rapidly flit about the area in stifled apprehension, the inhibiting trepidation concealed beneath the feline's air of feverish fervor. She breathes once, twice, soothing herself through the methods of her father. Once more adorning her bubbly semi-facade, the monochrome she-cat commences in lurking about for some other feline to interact with.

[tye]

After watching the tournament from afar, he dreamt of wanting to participate on the peculiar sport. Back at home, there was a brightly red ball that he'd named 'bob' and would parade it around in his human's home. Bouncing, kicking, throwing- you can say he's a professional when it comes to those things. Oh how he longed for his little squeaky companion. Nevertheless, we all grow up eventually seperating into our own path. Maybe one day they will meet again. Or not. SIGH. Quillpaw greeted cats far and wide with newcomers like himself flooding into the clearing. His yellow eyes scanned every pelt until it sparked interest on a certain tabby. A tabby leader to be exact. He stroll over to his captain with a friendly smile until facing his sullen gaze. A clearer look, he was holding a kit that seems to be lifeless. "Oi vay," he spoke deeply with a gasp. "What happened, my lord?!" Observing the cold corpse, there was no trace of wounds or sickness, though, a little dryness of the lips and thin body was enough evidence. Malnutrition. The kit died from starvation! Poor weak heart couldn't take it. "Tsk, tsk.. poor thing. This little gib was your son? It's a shame really..mother nature can be quite cruel." Quillpaw's lip slightly stuck out in a pout to see how sad his leader looked. The tall tabby leaned his head against his shoulder, comforting him with short tail strokes along his back. "There, there. Things will get better, big guy." The tall apprentice stared at him with dilated pupils, his black lip trembled dramatically. "Now don't cry..because if you cry then I'll cry. Ech- asds- I..-" though, it was too late as he choked up a sob, wetting his fur.

[ RedHead ]

[Freesia]

BILL. Moon Lily

((Sorry for the late reply. exam week has not been kind to me.))

Tallmarsh made her way into her den to find her apprentice sorting through the herb store. For a moment, she was annoyed, but didn't let herself get angry at her apprentice. Instead, she decided to treat this as a learning moment. Looking at the herbs Irispaw had chosen, Tallmarsh chimed in, "Don't forget something for the pain. Poppy seeds or dandelion should do."

[Terrestrial]

Hollowedaster padded into the clearing with Flamepelt following. The tom turned to face the molly "go to Tallmarsh and ask her to look over your wound,then get some rest." he mewed making his emotions unreadable.

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Flamepelt followed him "i'm fine its just a little blood." she growled.

[lio]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing padded out of the warriors den to do her daily hunting. Her wounds still hurt and they were a little red, but that wouldn't stop her from doing her clan duties. The silver tabby molly sat down and began to lick her wounds cleaned. She hadn't been able to do that since she was always on warrior duties. She was always running around and helping out her clan. Linnetwing finished her grooming and was about ready to head out.

Toadbounce had been stretched out in the clearing as always, putting his beauty on display for others to gawk at if they wished. His head was resting on his paws and he smirked to anyone who dared to pass him by, rubbing his tail over their paws as they walked. The tom's attention was taken as he noticed Linnetwing padding out of the warrior's den, eyes lighting up with mischief. Duskfeather wasn't around to anger, but he wouldn't pass up a chance to have some fun. So he stood and sauntered over to Linnetwing, a smug expression on his face. "Hey, gorgeous," he purred in greeting, dipping his head as though she were the leader.

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[ Lonestar23 ]

The Bengal nodded in agreement. "It has not been eventful lately, especially not for apprentices," she stated with a shrug. Her tail twitching. With a glance over the clearing, she settled into a crouch and tilted her head to Ivypaw. "Have you gotten any training done?" Leopardpaw questioned. She wouldn't be surprised if Ivypaw didn't have any training yet, she looked to be quite young. However, she wouldn't assume anything, simply asking her question and waiting for an answer.

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit pounced at the other kit, hoping to land on her. She grinned and her eyes sparkled.

Ivykit saw it coming and--quite literally--rolled out of the way, knocking into Thornkit in the process. She was already automatically opening her mouth to apologize before realizing it was just her foxhearted brother.

"Klutz!" he snapped at her as she rose to her paws. "That's what both of you are!"

[Madelaine]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing began to get lost in her thoughts when he walked up to her. She looked at Toadbounce with interest. "Hey handsome.", she teased. The molly had no feelings for this cat what so ever, but she was mad at her sister for making her feel like a kit. So she decided to go behind her back and flirt with him back. "So what's a tom like you keeping from showing off to everybody and doing something for the clan?", Linnetwing asked with a purr.

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt padded into the den shivering leave a small trail of blood "Tallmarsh?" she called as she sat down wrapping her tail around her paws.

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Hollowedaster padded in after her to make sure was going to okay.
Delta

[Brightspot]

FlameQueen

Padding about aimlessly, the juvenile apprentice fathoms herself regressing amid that all-too-familiar sensation of absent wandering, mind laden with thoughts of training and of hunting. An abrupt sense of apprehension, one of subconscious origin, pervades the molly's features, causing a rapid tremor to fire through her lithe limbs.
Just the excitement! Brightpaw denies, quickly filling herself with notions of potential excitement, enthused by the mere thought of beginning her warrior training at the paws of Hollowedaster. It was going to be exhilarating.

[BEAR.]

Ow, ow, ow...

Bluegorse was doing his best to not revert to curling up in a ball of pain, every step that tugged on his stomach just made things worse. He appreciated Irispaw's company during this-- she was sweet to him. A relief in a time of such.. hurt.

"Honestly?" Bluegorse had to laugh a little. "Killing me might be a release from a lot of pain.." He offered Irispaw a small wink, the tip of his tail curling as he waited on her to collect whatever herbs she was getting. Golden..rod? Marigold? This was way too complicated for him. "Ready whenever you are."

He was vaguely aware of Tallmarsh finally appearing after an eternity, but it almost left a sour taste in his mouth-- where was she during the brutal fight in the clearing?

[ Delta, Moon Lily ]

[Terrestrial]

FlameQueen

Padding about aimlessly, the juvenile apprentice fathoms herself regressing amid that all-too-familiar sensation of absent wandering, mind laden with thoughts of training and of hunting. An abrupt sense of apprehension, one of subconscious origin, pervades the molly's features, causing a rapid tremor to fire through her lithe limbs.
Just the excitement! Brightpaw denies, quickly filling herself with notions of potential excitement, enthused by the mere thought of beginning her warrior training at the paws of Hollowedaster. It was going to be exhilarating.
Hollowedaster saw his apprentice padding aimlessly. The gray and white tom stood up and walked toward her "follow me now" he growled heading toward the training hollow.

[Brightspot]

Hollowedaster saw his apprentice padding aimlessly. The gray and white tom stood up and walked toward her "follow me now" he growled heading toward the training hollow.

"Okay!" Brightpaw titters, endeavoring to suppress the tremble amid her timbre. Hurriedly compelling herself to hold her slender head squarely above her shoulders, the youthful molly shifts her weight with purpose, shadowing her mentor in trotting off to begin their practice.

[Ever]

ivypaw
the she-cat felt a sliver of sympathy for pinepaw—it would be hard being born outside the clans, not knowing whether or not everyone was going to accept you, and ivypaw certainly knew that not everyone here accepted cats born outside of thunderclan. it was a tough situation all around, and one that she wished there was a way to fix, but unfortunately... she didn't have that much sway with everyone else.

"I'm sure it is," she mewed, with a small twitch of her tail. "it's hard enough being young." no one wanted to listen to apprentices on serious matters. because they were young, ivypaw was certain they weren't as respected, and although she figured that was fair (they hadn't earned their place yet), it didn't keep her from disliking it. how long was it going to take before she would "earn her place" and manage to be a respected member of thunderclan? considering the fact that she was a pretty young apprentice, it would likely be a while yet.

at this point, pinepaw had a better chance of getting to that place than she did.

"you'll get there eventually. just don't let everyone else tell you where you belong." she mewed, with a tired yawn. the she-cat disliked being kept up, but now that she was awake, it was going to be hard for her to get back to sleep.

Pinepaw raised a brow at the end of that. The other apprentice certainly sounded like a warrior with advice like that. She rolled her eyes at the comment, Pinepaw didn't really think about finding where she belonged anymore, she knew it was here. No cat had really made her feel otherwise either. Though she just wished sometimes she had been born here. She sighed and her ears hung loosely to the sides as she watched the other apprentice yawn. Pine wished she were more tired.

Her mind wandered for a moment, but it went right back to her nightmare and not her dreams of what being a warrior would be like. She rolled in her nest, white belly fur spiked and exposed to the air as she stared quietly at the ceiling, tail tip curling, deep in thought.

"Did you hear that Riverclan had raided Shadowclan?" She whispered after a few moments of silence had passed. Probably not, she doubted any of the other apprentices had been quick to gossip about the fight between the two clans and the hostility between the two leaders at the gathering. It had made Pinepaw uncomfortable, the gathering was supposed to be a time for peace, not fighting. "It's why I had a nightmare tonight I think..."

[aspen.]

Dawnblossom sat in the clearing peacefully, washing. She had visited the nursury, and the kits. Dawnblossom was a natural mentor. She loved working with other cats, and she began to think. How many moons until the kits need mentors? I'd love to...

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Amberflight shifted beside his mate. He was madly in love, and he wondered if he should break the silence. "Would you like to go hunting?" he asked, hoping Shadewhisker wouldn't hear the nervousness in his voice.

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Shadewhisker noticed Amberflight's nervousness, but chose to pay no mind to it. "Sure," she replied. "Should we find more cats to go with us? More hunters means more prey."

RedHead (Flintstar) hxneysuckle (Duskfeather)

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt padded toward Shadewhiser and Amberflight "hello you two" she purred. The molly shivered as wind blew at her pelt making it flow.

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Hollowedaster followed Flamepelt his eyes dull as usual then he stopped standing next to the she-cat. A gust of wind moved his gray and white fur as it flowed gracefully in the wind.
Morningstar

[Freesia]

Flamepelt padded into the den shivering leave a small trail of blood "Tallmarsh?" she called as she sat down wrapping her tail around her paws.

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Hollowedaster padded in after her to make sure was going to okay.
Delta

Tallmarsh looked up from the pile of herbs she was currently sorting to find a she-cat followed by a trail of blood and another cat. The medicine cat wasted no time in swiping up cobwebs and going over. "What happened?" she asked as she began to inspect Flamepelt.

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt stared at Tallmarsh her eyes changing from a look of happiness to grief "I-I killed Scarface when he attacked me and well this happened." she mewed "Tallmarsh my kits' father is dead because I killed him" she choked back her tears.

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Hollowedaster scooted closer to her that their pelts were touching "it's not your fault Flamepelt" he mewed. Delta

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit saw it coming and--quite literally--rolled out of the way, knocking into Thornkit in the process. She was already automatically opening her mouth to apologize before realizing it was just her foxhearted brother.

"Klutz!" he snapped at her as she rose to her paws. "That's what both of you are!"
Smokekit almost fell when she landed on solid ground. She glared at Thornkit as he insulted them. How dare he! She almost cried again, but the she-kit held it back as she knew Thornkit would just make fun of her.

[Moon Lily]

Delta BILL.

(No problem! School has been swamping at the moment)

Irispaw smiled as her mentor appeared. The older she-cat looked a bit frazzled for a moment, but snapped out of it, it seemed. She wondered why.
"Tallmarsh!" She purred, tail waving- as well as it could- in greeting. She nodded at her correction, her ears perking up in interest .
"Oh yeah...I forgot about the painkillers..." She breathed. She gave Bluegorse a quick flick of her tail at his joke, poking her rogue out at him. Silly.

"Alright, I'm ready! I think...should I start?" She asked Tallmarsh.

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit almost fell when she landed on solid ground. She glared at Thornkit as he insulted them. How dare he! She almost cried again, but the she-kit held it back as she knew Thornkit would just make fun of her.

Calmly, Ivykit sat down, curling her tail around her paws as she faced Thornkit with narrowed eyes. "Continue this and you'll be leaving here without your limbs," she meowed coolly.

[lio]

| hxneysuckle; |

Linnetwing began to get lost in her thoughts when he walked up to her. She looked at Toadbounce with interest. "Hey handsome.", she teased. The molly had no feelings for this cat what so ever, but she was mad at her sister for making her feel like a kit. So she decided to go behind her back and flirt with him back. "So what's a tom like you keeping from showing off to everybody and doing something for the clan?", Linnetwing asked with a purr.

He quirked his brow. Oh, playing his game, he saw. How daring of her to do. Toadbounce chuckled lightly. "How could I resist speaking to a beauty like you? I'm sure the others won't mind if I spend some time with you," he drawled, leaning in close to her. The fluffy tabby let his tail curl around her, brushing his fur against her side. "Where is your darling sister, still sticking up for you like you're a little helpless kit?" he questioned, eyes narrowing as amusement glittered within them.

[Madelaine]

He quirked his brow. Oh, playing his game, he saw. How daring of her to do. Toadbounce chuckled lightly. "How could I resist speaking to a beauty like you? I'm sure the others won't mind if I spend some time with you," he drawled, leaning in close to her. The fluffy tabby let his tail curl around her, brushing his fur against her side. "Where is your darling sister, still sticking up for you like you're a little helpless kit?" he questioned, eyes narrowing as amusement glittered within them.

Linnetwing looked at him with a smile. "Many tom's can resist me. I've never really been one for the toms to be honest. Kits prefer me more.", she meowed. The molly began to think of her adopted daughter Petalkit. Soon she would be an apprentice and she would be alone again. Linnetwing looked away, but when he mentioned her sister she looked back at him. Her jaws were clenched. "I don't know where deputy Dusky is and at the moment I don't really care.", Linnetwing meowed. The molly felt a little awkward to have him curl his tail around her, but she didn't show it. She actually liked the attention.

[lio]

Linnetwing looked at him with a smile. "Many tom's can resist me. I've never really been one for the toms to be honest. Kits prefer me more.", she meowed. The molly began to think of her adopted daughter Petalkit. Soon she would be an apprentice and she would be alone again. Linnetwing looked away, but when he mentioned her sister she looked back at him. Her jaws were clenched. "I don't know where deputy Dusky is and at the moment I don't really care.", Linnetwing meowed. The molly felt a little awkward to have him curl his tail around her, but she didn't show it. She actually liked the attention.

He snickered. "Ooh, feisty," he teased. Seeing as Linnetwing didn't react to his tail, he took that as an initiative to scoot closer, pressing his side against hers. "What a shame. A beauty like you should get all the attention." A lie. Nobody deserved all the attention but him. Toadbounce leaned closer to her ear, letting his breath run warm across it. The tom's tail flicked around her and he purred lightly.
"Wouldn't you just love to make deputy Dusky know that you don't need her??"

[aspen.]

Amberflight greeted Flamepelt and Hollowedaster respectfully. "Would you like to hunt with us?"

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Shadewhisker nodded hello, and listened to her mate. "Yes, we'd love to hunt with you! We were just looking for more cats." She smoothed her whiskers.

FlameQueen

[Terrestrial]

Hollowedaster flicked his tail in greeting "sure, come on then" he mewed padding toward the camp exit.

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Flamepelt followed Hollowedaster "come on you two love birds" she purred playfully.
Morningstar

[aspen.]

Amberflight followed the two cats out through the camp exit. He prayed toStarClanhe would catch something.
FlameQueen

[plum]

It didn't matter how long it took- What mattered was that the pair of cats made it back. The entire forest was changed though. It was riddled with giant, frightening iron jaws that could crunch a cat to pieces. It was full of secret Twoleg monstrosities that would instantly whisk even the biggest warrior away in a heartbeat. The sight of Firebug still shone in her eyes, almost like a transparent picture over whatever she was seeing around her for real. And by the time she was following Duskfeather back into camp, shivers had begun to ripple down her spine and legs again.

"..." She'd wanted to say something to Duskfeather in regards to what had transpired, and what was going to happen now. But nothing came out. The apprentice swallows something thick that had begun creeping up her throat instead and looks down at her crimson stained paws.

hxneysuckle RedHead

[Madelaine]

He snickered. "Ooh, feisty," he teased. Seeing as Linnetwing didn't react to his tail, he took that as an initiative to scoot closer, pressing his side against hers. "What a shame. A beauty like you should get all the attention." A lie. Nobody deserved all the attention but him. Toadbounce leaned closer to her ear, letting his breath run warm across it. The tom's tail flicked around her and he purred lightly.
"Wouldn't you just love to make deputy Dusky know that you don't need her??"

Linnetwing pressed her body close to his, not really liking it, but it was part of her plan. The silver tabby molly nodded. "I can be a little fiesty when I want to be.", she meowed. The molly didn't care for getting the attention. "I'm not worth the attention.", Linnetwing added. The molly felt his breath in her ears and she flickered it. "Oh you know I would. What do you have planned handsome?", she asked, wanting to gag.

[MagicCat99]

Calmly, Ivykit sat down, curling her tail around her paws as she faced Thornkit with narrowed eyes. "Continue this and you'll be leaving here without your limbs," she meowed coolly.
Smokekit blinked. Wow. She couldn't help but admire Ivykit for being so tough. She gave a quick nod.

[aspen.]

Shadewhisker padded excitedly towards Amberflight, breaking into a run. "Amberflight!" she practicaly yowled. "I'm expecting our kits!"

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Amberflight looked shocked. Sure, they'd been together for a while, but he hadn't expected...such wonderful news. "My love..."
he murmmered.
RedHead hxneysuckle (just to let you know :) )

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt overheard Shadewhisker and padded over "congrats! we'll have kits together!" she purred as she licked her friends ear.
Morningstar

i will try to reply!)

[aspen.]

Shadewhisker was delighted. She would have kits with her friend!
FlameQueen

[RedHead]

The wink and his compliments had her ears flopped pathetically to the sides as she dipped her head. Dustbreeze felt as embarrassed as she did flattered by the attention. Though she shifted her gaze to Jaggedhawk with a silent plea. Her tail tip curled nervously, and just when she thought Toadbounce could be stopped he began flirted with Jagged. Her sage eyes were wide as saucers as she watched, glad that the attention was no longer on herself. She took the opportunity to step back a little from them and interrupt meekly.

"Well- I- I did say I needed to get out hunting..." Dust started nervously, taking another paw step back. She felt bad having to leave Jaggedhawk, she took a breath and spoke up. "Maybe, you'd like to join me Jaggedhawk?"

RedHead


The silver tom could only roll his eyes at Toadbounce's antics. The nerve that this tomcat had it.... UGH! Now Jaggedhawk was flirty and enjoyed flirting with cats whenever he could, but he didn't climb to the level that Toadbounce did. It took a special type of cat to be able to handle the tabby tom's overbearing flirtations.
"I actually prefer you not flirt with me, you're a little too forward for my taste." Jaggedhawk shot back, giving Toadbounce a fake smile. "And you're right, there is plenty of you to go around, so why you don't go find someone else who would actually appreciate that?" His tail-tip twitched slightly as the words left his mouth, lime green eyes narrowing slightly. It wasn't a threat in any regard, but Jaggedhawk did not want anything to do with Toadbounce.
Though, as Dustbreeze spoke, the silver tom's ears flicked and he glanced down at her before giving a small nod and a smile in her direction. Then he cast a small smirk up at Toadbounce. "Now, if you'll excuse us, Dustbreeze and I are going to go do some hunting, something that will actually help the clan." Then he turned with a lash of his tail, giving Dustbreeze another a smile and beckoning her to come with a nod of his head. The sooner he got her away from Toad the Flirt, the better.

hxneysuckle

[Sneakyfox55]

Smokekit blinked. Wow. She couldn't help but admire Ivykit for being so tough. She gave a quick nod.

Thornkit sniffed, but backed off. "Fine, fine. I'm hungry anyway," he added in a mutter. "I'll go get some fresh-kill." He narrowed his eyes at the both of them. "And don't think I'll be willing to share it!"

With that, he stalked out of the nursery, tail twitching behind him. Ivykit let out a sigh and faced her new friend with an apologetic glance. "Really, I'm sorry about him," she meowed. "He's... Not so bad when you get used to him. He's usually fine, just a little headstrong. I think he'll grow out of it." ...Eventually, she thought to herself.

[RedHead]

The leader glanced sideways as Quillpaw padded up to him, his green eyes clouding with confusion at the tomcat's words. But he supposed he would just roll with it. "Um no actually.... I don't have any kits. Well, I did have an adopted daughter but she's.... that's besides the point." He took a quick intake of breath. "Snailkit is not my son. He's one of Thunderclan's many motherless kits. And it's probably due to that that he died." Flintstar let out a sigh, his eyes wandering over to the nursery. "Thankfully we're going to be having two new queens soon, possibly four if what I suspect for Blossomclaw to be true." The leader then gave Quillpaw an incredulous look as the tomcat began to sob, head tilted in confusion. Sure, Flintstar was sad about Snailkit's death, but it wasn't like he could've helped it much. He was a tomcat for crying out loud, he wasn't a queen at all. "I appreciate that you... sympathize for the clan's loss of a young kit Quillpaw." Flintstar meowed, his voice holding a slight amount of confusion. "How about you come with me to the med den, we're going to take Snailkit there and see if Irispaw can give us some herbs to smooth over his fur before we go bury him."

vermin

[RedHead]

The Thunderclan leader walked in with Snailkit's body hanging from his maw, glancing around before setting the kit down gently on the ground. "Irispaw, are you in here?" He called gently, stepping deeper inside. He waved his tail for Quillpaw to follow suit, if the odd apprentice had followed him in the first place. He just hoped that the medicine cat apprentice wasn't too busy, he needed to speak with her anyways, and while bringing in the death of a kit probably wasn't the best way to do it, he needed to talk to Irispaw before he forgot again.

Moon Lily vermin

[BEAR.]

To be honest, it felt like an eternity since Bluegorse had arrived in the medicine cat den and he didn't really want to wait around for Tallmarsh's delayed input when he was in so much pain.

"Can we just get started?" he asked Irispaw, voice shaking. By now, his wounds had clotted, leaving his fur clumpy with dried blood and grime. He was already tired of being in the medicine cat den, he just wanted to curl back in the warrior's and take a long, long nap.

[ Moon Lily ]

[Moon Lily]

[ BILL. Delta ]

Irispaw grabbed dandelion from the herb store, and grabbed the goldenrod and marigold she had previously set down. She cocked an eyebrow at Bluegorse, settling down beside him.
"Be patient! Great Starclan... " she exclaimed, smiling. Chewing the herbs- except the dandelion- into a poultice, she attempts to slather the sticky solution into his wounds. Binding them carefully after, she makes sure to double up the layers.
"There! All patched up."

[ RedHead vermin ]

Irispaw turns, excusing herself from picking stray leaves and bits from her fur. The herbs had a habit of getting stuck in it. Grumbling, she immediately regretted her attitude as she found herself face to face with Flintstar.
"Oh, here! Sorry, I-" She cut herself off as she smelt it. The smell of death. Letting her gaze rest on the body of an apprentice, her pelt bristled.
"W-what? What happened?"

[MagicCat99]

Thornkit sniffed, but backed off. "Fine, fine. I'm hungry anyway," he added in a mutter. "I'll go get some fresh-kill." He narrowed his eyes at the both of them. "And don't think I'll be willing to share it!"

With that, he stalked out of the nursery, tail twitching behind him. Ivykit let out a sigh and faced her new friend with an apologetic glance. "Really, I'm sorry about him," she meowed. "He's... Not so bad when you get used to him. He's usually fine, just a little headstrong. I think he'll grow out of it." ...Eventually, she thought to herself.
"I hope so." Smokekit mewed. I'm glad I don't have a sibling like that. She thought. Toms... Most of them are just stupid mousebrains.

[lio]

[ implimm RedHead ]

Duskfeather kept her tail around Plumpaw's shoulders as she led her back to camp, only stepping away in order to call out for Flintstar; she didn't want to frighten the apprentice with her loud voice. "Flintstar! We- We have another death within the Clan. Plumpaw and Firebug were out on patrol when a Twoleg... thing snapped around Firebug and killed him." She looked down at the apprentice, a frown on her lips as she stepped closer and crouched down to her height, allowing their fur to brush. "I want you to go to Tallmarsh and get something for your shock, alright?" Duskfeather nudged Plumpaw's shoulder before standing and awaiting Flintstar's response.

[lio]

[ BILL. Delta Moon Lily ]

Duskfeather had come to check up on Bluegorse and make sure that he was alright. Scarface and Darkstorm had certainly caused a number of injuries on the young warrior. She did hope that he was alright and would heal well- he was one of ThunderClan's best and most active warriors. The deputy slid into the medicine den unannounced, opening her mouth to speak to Bluegorse only to notice that Tallmarsh was... not doing anything.
She blinked, looking from Irispaw to Bluegorse and then up to Tallmarsh. "Why is Irispaw the only one healing him? I'm not a medicine cat, but look at his wounds! They're filthy! He'll be sure to worsen if you have them patched up without cleaning them! And Tallmarsh, shouldn't you be, you know, more vocal? Lead your apprentice in the healing process, make sure she's doing everything correctly! Goodness!"
Duskfeather sighed and shook her head, going over to sit by Bluegorse. She raised her paw and patted the warrior's head gently, a sign of her gratefulness toward him. Her voice lowered significantly as she spoke to him. "Thank you for trying to break up the fight. I'm sorry you got so injured in the process. I hope the healing process is more... helpful to you." She glanced up at Tallmarsh with narrowed eyes before pressing her nose to Bluegorse's head and standing, walking out of the medicine den to continue her duties.

[Moon Lily]

hxneysuckle BILL. Delta

Irispaw was surprised as the deputy decided to pad through the den, but grateful that she'd come to check on Bluegorse. The blue-grey tom deserved some attention, after all, he did stop a fight. But when had a deputy decided to do that? Visit a clanmate? A good quality, for sure. She smiled as Duskfeather sauntered in, dipping her maw respectfully.
She blinked back at her in confusion, not expecting what would happen next. W-what? How dare she? She took at stunned look at her, her bones prickling from her thick words. She tried to choke out words of her own as a defense, but they stayed lodged in her throat. But, if the wounds have only reopened, they don't need cleaning, so they? She pondered, forehead wrinkling in thought. If they did, she was a mousebrain. She settled for a blank state as the deputy continued. Her words hurt, even if they hadn't been directed at her. She could relate to them, and very well too. Irispaw, Irispaw, Irispaw- She remembered the taunting mews. Watching as the deputy departed, she would peel off the cobwebs, and lick off the poutice. Before she started to perform the task again, she turned to Tallmarsh, shooting a glance at the door to make sure Duskfeather was not present.
"Don't listen to her. I don't understand why cats are deciding to judge you, but don't listen." She whispered to her. Smiling, would lick Bluegorse's wounds, chew up a poultice and bind it with cobwebs.
"Is there anything else I should do?" She asked gently. She felt guilty not asking anything during the healing process.

[Sneakyfox55]

"I hope so." Smokekit mewed. I'm glad I don't have a sibling like that. She thought. Toms... Most of them are just stupid mousebrains.

As though reading her thoughts, Ivykit muttered, "Honestly, toms in general are so dumb. I wish I had a sister instead."

[Freesia]

Flamepelt stared at Tallmarsh her eyes changing from a look of happiness to grief "I-I killed Scarface when he attacked me and well this happened." she mewed "Tallmarsh my kits' father is dead because I killed him" she choked back her tears.

---

Hollowedaster scooted closer to her that their pelts were touching "it's not your fault Flamepelt" he mewed. Delta

Tallmarsh ignored Flamepelt's grief. She knew she was being insensitive, but she didn't have time for this. "I'm sorry. Where are you hurt?" she said flatly. She was more interested in the blood dripping from a wound she couldn't see. The medicine cat went over to her herb store and grabbed a few poppy seed, dandelion, and cobwebs and made her way over to Flamepelt to inspect her.

[Freesia]

BILL. Moon Lily hxneysuckle

Tallmarsh's eyes went wide at the deputy's disrespectful words. How dare she say that? The medicine cat spun around and snarled at the deputy's tail as she left, "GET OUT!" Bristling, she turned back to her apprentice and patient. "She has no idea what she's talking about," she growled. "I was letting you do it yourself because one day I won't be here, and none of us know when that would be. What would you do if that was tomorrow?" She sighed and inspected the wounds, covered now. "You did fine. Did you give him poppyseeds?" After a moment she muttered more to herself than anything, "I hope I don't live long enough to see that nosy she-cat become leader." She knew it was a horrible thing to say, but she didn't care. What was the point in being nice when they were only nice to you because it was your job to take care of them? Tallmarsh knew that if she wasn't medicine cat there would be cats who would be rude back to her--that's how it was before she became medicine cat, after all.

[tye]

"You need to watch your tone, madam! No feline can talk to my master that way," a voice echoed from the outside. Quillpaw finally made his appearance after some distractions along the way and patted Flintstar on the back with his tail. "I would ask amassment questions of where, what, why and who when it comes to this beguiling place you call a medicine den but there's trouble afoot!" The tabby snapped his glittering gaze at the lil' short stack's question. Irispaw, if he's correct! "Dead is what you see," he poked the dead kit's limp paw as it swung a bit. "Circle of life cut short, unfortunately. Now, if we can hop off my senior's throat we need to clean this baby up. Scent of death is filling my nose, we need some assistance please! Some lavender or jasmine?" Drawing in all the twirling scent of herbs filled his lungs- how wonderful, feels like he's been purified. Distracted once again the tall tom averted his gaze to the many green plants, mumbling under his breath. "Oh my, what an interesting collection here. Must take you moons to understand each plant... Ahem! I mean, yes, the Snailkit needs tending to!"

hxneysuckle Moon Lily RedHead

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt moved the fur on her belly revealing a medium sized gash flowing blood that stung badly weary

[Freesia]

FlameQueen
Seeing the sizable gash on Flamepelt's belly, Tallmarsh wasted no time in getting to work. She grabbed horsetail and golden rod along with the materials she already had, and began by pressing cobwebs up to the she-cat's wound to stop the bleeding. "Lay down on your back. I'll be able to reach the wound better," she said. She also pushed some poppyseeds to her patient. "These will help with the pain." She began to chew up the herbs to make a poultice.

[Terrestrial]

Nodding towards Tallmarsh, she laid on her back. Flamepelt stared at the ceiling of the den aware of everything Tallmarsh was doing. weary

[Madelaine]

| weary; |

Linnetwing laid in her nest with her injuries stinging. They were all red and puffy and she could hardly stand up. The molly hadn't had time to take care of herself since she was always either on patrol or training her apprentice. That poor cat wouldn't be training today and it made her feel bad. Linnetwing moaned in pain just wanting it to end. It had been a while since that battle and her injuries were still hurting. Why did it have to be her?

[Freesia]

FlameQueen

Once the bleeding had stopped, Tallmarsh cleaned the wound with damp moss. Then, the medicine cat licked the poultice onto the wound and covered it up with cobwebs. "There you go," she said as she inspected her work. "You'll have to come back every few days so I can change out the cobwebs. Oh, and don't move around a ton. Tell Duskfeather that you're excused from your warrior duties until I deem you able to."

[Freesia]

Blissie Bliss

Tallmarsh poked her head into the den, a bundle of herbs was clenched in her jaws. "Linnetwing? I heard your injuries were bothering you," she said. She made her way over, dropped the herbs, and began to inspect the wounds. "Hmm, look's like they're pretty swollen. I don't see any infection, though, so that's good." She began to chew up some golden rod and marigold, and she pushed a few poppyseeds towards the warrior. "Take those. They'll help with the pain."

[Madelaine]

| weary; |

Linnetwing opened her eyes to see the medicine cat. She didn't like to bother the medicine cat, but this time she would allow Tallmarsh to treat her. The molly felt relieved when she said that they weren't infected. "I can't afford for them to get infected.", she meowed. Linnetwing watched her give her the poppy seeds and she was going to refuse, but she couldn't so she just lapped them up.

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt stood up once Tallmarsh was done "Thank you Tallmarsh" she purred as she left the den.

[Freesia]

Blissie Bliss

"Infection would only have you out of commission for longer, and it's really dangerous if it gets into your blood. So, yeah, we don't want that," Tallmarsh agreed. She licked the poultice onto the wounds and covered the wounds with cobwebs to prevent from infection and to keep the poultice in place. "I would advise not trying to move a lot due to the severity of your injuries. Basically, if it hurts, don't do it. So you won't be doing warrior duties for a while, at least until your injuries are healed. I'll come and check up on you and redress your injuries every couple days until you're healthy enough to resume your duties."

[MagicCat99]

As though reading her thoughts, Ivykit muttered, "Honestly, toms in general are so dumb. I wish I had a sister instead."
"They always think they're better then everyone else." Smokekit mewed back. "I never even knew my father. Apparently he left the Clan before I was born." She kind of regretted she said that, but she flicked her tail and didn't think about that feeling.

[Moon Lily]

weary BILL. hxneysuckle

Irispaw gazed sympathetically at her mentor, her glare from the previous arrival softening. The deputy had one wild heart, and one nosey...nose? As much as she liked her many qualities, she loathed her business and demands. She wondered if she would actually succeeded in climbing to a leadership position, seeing how quickly Flintstar had discarded of Buckbranch. She shook her head, gazing back at Tallmarsh.
"And that was perfectly sensible of you. She has no right to come in like that!" She mewed reassuringly, smiling. She paused, her mouth growing into a flat line. Poppy seeds. That's what she'd forgotten.
"Ohhhh...I forgot those." She realized sheepishly. Grabbing them from the herb storage, she started back towards Tallmarsh.
"Do I chew these up for poultice, or feed them to him...?"

RedHead vermin

Irispaw ducked her head at Quillpaw's mollified response, hoping he'd understand. She'd been working hard enough, and she had just earned some rest before they'd come in. Her snippy response was hopefully, relatable.
"Sorry, I've been busy. I hadn't realized it was you two." She added quickly, avoiding his eye. The apprentice seemed to act as if he was a higher rank than she, a miniature deputy or leader himself. She hoped some cat, Flintstar, maybe, would put some sense into him. Her stomach swelled with an unreadable agreement at his description of the den. She had to force herself not to break out into a rant about it. Had he wanted to become a medicine cat? A beguiling place? How fanciful. She agreed, she had to admit.
"My consolations- if you don't mind me asking, how did he die?" As she waited for a response, she turned towards the herb storage, searching for the sharp scent of lavander. It would be dried now, as it didn't grow in leaf-bare, but it would still cover up the smell.
"You seem to like the den, and the herbs. It's good to see." She mewed, smiling as she set down the dried purple flowers.

[Sneakyfox55]

"They always think they're better then everyone else." Smokekit mewed back. "I never even knew my father. Apparently he left the Clan before I was born." She kind of regretted she said that, but she flicked her tail and didn't think about that feeling.

The other she-kit blinked. "Oh," Ivykit she said, "I'm sorry."

[MagicCat99]

The other she-kit blinked. "Oh," Ivykit she said, "I'm sorry."
She shrugged. "It's okay. Mom always said he was a mousebrain."

[BEAR.]

[[ as a note, if you're not directly interacting with my cat DO NOT MENTION ME. i got a bunch of mentions for things i don't really have a reason to respond to. ]]

Bluegorse had only been impatient because he was in pain and in the thousands of moons he had been sitting in a pool of his own blood, nothing had been done for him..

But he didn't complain, a low hiss forming in his throat as his wounds were binded... he held some reservations when the blood hadn't been cleaned from his recently gushing injury-- what if the ground had gotten junk in there..? His worries didn't need to be voiced to begin with, not with Duskfeather's sudden entrance.

Well, he was glad her frustration wasn't directed at him, and he gave her a little loopy smile as he closed his eyes. After the fight, throwing up, all the blood..

.. he was exhausted, and he just wanted to sleep.. even after he felt the sting of his wounds being cleaned and the burn of the medicine being reapplied..

But he was jostled out of it by Tallmarsh's sharp, angry voice, and Bluegorse let out a soft little groan. "Relax, you two.. she's just worried about me." And for good reason, though he didn't want to get into it. Unlike Duskfeather, Bluegorse didn't really want to be confrontational about a lot of things.. he just wanted things to be done properly, with reason.

Since it seemed Irispaw was done, Bluegorse dragged himself to his paws and began to head out to leave, but not without stopping by Irispaw to give her a quick lick on the ears. "I'll be okay without those, I'm just gonna go take a long nap in the warriors den.. I'll see you around, alright?" He was in pain, uncomfortable and dead tired-- but he figured it'd be best if he got out of their hair. Tallmarsh seemed crabby enough as it was.

[ weary, Moon Lily ]

[Sneakyfox55]

She shrugged. "It's okay. Mom always said he was a mousebrain."

Ivykit couldn't help but laugh a bit at that. "Oh--sorry," she mewed quickly afterwards, figuring it probably wasn't the most appropriate response.

[Madelaine]

| weary; |

Linnetwing didn't like that she couldn't really fo anything for her clan, but she didn't want her injuries to get infected, so she would lsiten to her. The molly nodded and rested her head down. It felt weird to ahve these herbs on her, but it was for her good. "Very well Tallmarsh.", she meowed.
(Sorry its short)

[Sneakyfox55]

After the commotion coming from the warriors' den, Brightpaw padded over to check it out, curious. Tentatively, he poked his head inside, and caught sight of his mentor lying in her nest, looking almost sick as she was covered in herbs.

Blissie Bliss

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit couldn't help but laugh a bit at that. "Oh--sorry," she mewed quickly afterwards, figuring it probably wasn't the most appropriate response.
She shrugged again. "You don't have to be sorry." Smokekit mewed.

[Sneakyfox55]

She shrugged again. "You don't have to be sorry." Smokekit mewed.

Ivykit twitched one of her ears, somewhat surprised. "Are you... Sure?" Somehow, it didn't add up; whenever she did something even slightly offensive, she was used to getting told off for it.

[RuinsNight]

Swifthare had went into all the dens changing bedding cause of the job she was given cause she did not help on that one patrol she was trying to let a apprentice experience what a patrol was about but she just shook her head glad to be done and she sits down in the clearing her tail flicking

[MagicCat99]

Ivykit twitched one of her ears, somewhat surprised. "Are you... Sure?" Somehow, it didn't add up; whenever she did something even slightly offensive, she was used to getting told off for it.
"Yeah. I really don't care about him." Smokekit mewed. She never knew him, he had left the Clan for good and her mother didn't like him anymore either. Why would she care?

[Moon Lily]

BILL. weary

Irispaw turned from Tallmarsh, nodding to her doppelganger. The older tom seemed more relaxed now, and no more blood was slowly draining from his body. She felt a shine of pride at her work light her belly, and she smiled, grinning wide as a crescent moon.
"Alright! Take the poppy seeds. If you need anything else, tell us." She purred, sipping her head to the older tom.

"I hope I see ya around. Doppelganger."

[lio]

[ weary ]

Duskfeather had returned from a patrol and was resting in the clearing, waiting for the rest to report to her. She allowed her gaze to pass over the camp and watched the Clan bustle around. The Torbie's tail flicked back and forth as she observed the life of the Clan, though she wanted to stand up and tell everyone to do something. With a sigh, Duskfeather lowered her head and allowed her thoughts to wander.

[Sneakyfox55]

"Yeah. I really don't care about him." Smokekit mewed. She never knew him, he had left the Clan for good and her mother didn't like him anymore either. Why would she care?

"Oh," was all Ivykit responded with, a bit awkwardly. "Yeah, me either. I mean," she added for context, "I barely knew my father, so I guess I didn't really care about him, either."

[Terrestrial]

The flame pelted queen padded into the nursery and curled up in her nest. Flamepelt's eyes slowly closed as sleep came to her.

---

Hollowedaster padded into the nursery gazing among the kits then his gaze swapped to the sleeping Flamepelt. The tom warily padded towards her then slowly curled up next to her weaving his tail with hers as his eyes closed with sleep. open

[MagicCat99]

"Oh," was all Ivykit responded with, a bit awkwardly. "Yeah, me either. I mean," she added for context, "I barely knew my father, so I guess I didn't really care about him, either."
She smiled. "What should we do now?" Smokekit mewed, getting off of the topic of fathers.

[lio]

Duskfeather sat in the center of the clearing, her lips pulled into a frown. She sighed and shook her head. Nobody else had returned from their patrols. How many cats did she need to punish before they would finally become active once more? The deputy licked her lips before raising her head and calling out.

"​Cherrybubble [ RedHead ], Shadepaw [ Dirtfur ], Lightningpelt [ Morningstar ], Lionwhisker [ SilentLamb ]! Sunsnow [ Vessel ], Mosspaw [ Starfall ], Buckbranch [ Slushie ]! ​Tigerdawn [ Tundra ], Maplecreek [ doghouse ], Silversky [ Skye ]! Where are you? I expected you all to finish your patrols! Do I need to follow every patrol I send like a kit just to make sure you can finish them?" She took a breath before continuing, clear disappointment on her face. Duskfeather gave a glance to the leader's den, though she shook her head and turned back to the camp. "The Clan needs food, where are my hunting patrols? Buckbranch, you asked for more patrols, and yet you have not returned with a complete one! Echopaw [ Lonestar23 ], where the hell were you when Plumpaw and Firebug were completing their patrol? Come on, everyone, do you want the Clan to die?'

Duskfeather sighed loudly and shook her head. What did she have to do to make the Clan thrive? She chewed the inside of her cheek and allowed her tail to flick against the ground. "All of you are to immediately hunt for the Clan or you will face consequences. I don't want anyone laying on their asses when there is work to be done! Each named cat must bring back one piece of prey each. I must see you place the prey in the fresh-kill pile." She gave a stern stare over the clearing before standing and walking off to the side.

[Sweetie]

Owlwatcher was in a jolly when he strolled into the camp. He had an amazing apprentice, the clan was thriving in the harsh winter and it was almost new-leaf. How could he not be happy? His clanmates were bustling around when his marigold eyes found themselves upon the leader of Thunderclan. He was just sitting there, not doing anything. "What's up with you?" The warrior asked as he padded up and next to Flintstar.

RedHead

[plum]

Plumpaw had taken a seat at the far edge of the clearing before Duskfeather began her berating address. It was directed towards any cat who failed to return from the patrols that were sent out earlier. The apprentice listens to her and lowers her gaze, which had previously been affixed to the sky. Wherever she set her sights though, she saw the same thing. And, the more she thought about it, the more she wished to know where the absolute hell Echopaw thought she needed to be.

The apprentice winces as her ears give a sudden pop. She stands up and gives her silver pelt a shake before padding over to Duskfeather. Keeping her gaze lowered, she inhales. "I'm sorry." Her tone was unusually quiet and without challenge. There were many things running through her head right now, but none of which she felt like bothering the deputy with. However, an apology was at least owed. Firebug had died, and she didn't catch a thing. Plumpaw knew an offer was at the tip of her tongue, to go out and find something, maybe even two kills, but she just couldn't proceed with it. She finally looks up at the older female and just frowns.

After another heartbeat, the apprentice decides not to further make anybody feel bad or pitying, and she turns to walk back to her spot at the edge. Sitting, she turns her eyes to the ground again and waits for something to happen. [OPEN]

hxneysuckle

[cmdR_Paige]

Tundra doghouse hxneysuckle

"We are here, Duskfeather,"Silversky protested through mouthfuls of prey, limping back into the camp. "Tigerdawn, Maplecreek, follow me. We're late." She dropped her mouse and squirrel down on the fresh-kill pile and bowed her head low before the deputy. "My apologies, Duskfeather. I will be more punctual in the future. I swear it."

[dino.]

[ hxneysuckle ]

"I'm here, Duskfeather. Don't get your tail in a twist." The tortoiseshell entered the camp, his catch swinging from his jaws before he placed on the fresh-kill pIle and hurried back. A half-smile quirked the corners if his mouth. He was relieved to be away from Sunsnow, away from the awkwardness and tension. He would gladly take Duskfeather raising her voice at him any day of the week than have to deal with the air that had been around the patrol. "Nothing unusual happened. Sunsnow and Mosspaw are doing a training session, I think, so they might be a little behind. I didn't want to get in their way."

[Sneakyfox55]

Ivykit noticed the arrival of the two new cats, perking her ears.

FlameQueen MagicCat99

[MagicCat99]

FlameQueen Sneakyfox55
Smokekit perked her ears too. The she-kit padded closer to the sleeping cats, lifting her paw. She tapped both cats once before looking over her shoulder to Ivykit with a grin.

[Sneakyfox55]

Smirking, Ivykit crept closer, seeing if either of the resting cats would react.

FlameQueen MagicCat99

[Pepperkins]

Blossomclaw
[OPEN]

A orange molly padded noiselessly into the nursery with a nervous look on her face. It was obvious she was a queen, but also obvious she was new to it. She still didn't quite understand how she was to end up here after declaring she wouldn't have kits any time soon, but there she was, shuffling through the kits and queens in the dimly lit den. She had to admit, it felt amazingly cozy in here compared to the warriors den. It was much warmer to be honest. Purring at the thought, Blossomclaw found some moss and set herself up in the back. Seems this is where she would be for a while. She sighed and played her head down. Time for the nightmares...

[Leucos]

hxneysuckle Dirtfur
His fur prickled at the call. Their patrol did Mark the borders!!! Cherrybubble must not have reported back ...his ears flattened as he marched up to the forming crowd . "listen dear..we did refresh the border . You have no need to call our patrol out. Shadepaw marked the rest of it. It was cherrybubbles job to report back to you. We did nothing wrong ." he meowed in a stern voice. Don't tell me your accusing us of not finishing ! I saw shadepaw do the rest of the job! "I am not hunting just because you think we didn't finish . But I will since we need food. " he added with a sniff. "did cherrybubble report back?? " he asked with curiosity. Then "Shadepaw!! Come here please " he called in a booming voice. He was gonna cover their backs. Maybe not cherrybubbles though. "although I didn't see lightningpelt present in the patrol so." he shrugged .

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing scented her apprentice and the warrior looked up to see Brightpaw. "Hello. There won't be any training today or tomorrow.", she meowed. In a couple of days she could at least leave the camp to teach and not do.

[Sneakyfox55]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing scented her apprentice and the warrior looked up to see Brightpaw. "Hello. There won't be any training today or tomorrow.", she meowed. In a couple of days she could at least leave the camp to teach and not do.

"I... See," mewed the young tom, a bit awkwardly. He figured as much, but he didn't say that out loud. Blinking in concern, he added, "I hope you get better soon."

[Terrestrial]

Flamepelt lifted her head to see her adoptive kit and Smokekit "What is it?" she mewed shifting to lay on her back. The she-cat felt Hollowedaster pull on her ear, raising her paw she playfully pushed her paw into his cheek "St-stop you stupid furball" she purred sticking her tongue out at him. Flamepelt felt him pull her tail "hey!" she mewed playfully smacking him.

---

Hollowedaster woke to a kit prodding him but he ignored it. Instead he pulled on Flamepelt's ear. The black and white tom smirked as she pushed her paw into his cheek "never!" he declared playfully pulling her tail. Sneakyfox55 MagicCat99

[Tundra]

hxneysuckle doghouse Skye

Tigerdawn dropped her prey in the kill pile before following her clanmate over to Duskfeather, nodding at Silversky’s words. “Yes, I apologize for taking too long to get back to camp, I will move faster next time.” She dipped her head before taking a step back. “But uh, Silversky and I managed to make two catches, Maplecreek only made one.”

[Sneakyfox55]

Ivykit took this opportunity to bat Hallowedaster on the top of his head.

MagicCat99 FlameQueen

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Petalkit shook her head. "I honestly doubt it will be today, but it will be soon I know it.", she meowed to him. She gave him a friendly smile. "When I do become an apprentice will you be there?", Petalkit asked.

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing nodded. She was thankful to have him as her apprentice. He was like a son to her. "Thank you. Can you do me a favor?", she asked. The molly had a question for him about Petalkit.

[RedHead]

As Cherrybubble heard her name called by Duskfeather, she glanced up questioningly. Though her eyes grew wide as the deputy’s words registered in her mind. “Oh..... that’s what I was forgetting.” She mumbled to herself, standing up and padding over to where Lionwhisker was staring incredulously at Duskfeather. “Lionwhisker is right Duskfeather, we did mark the Riverclan border, I simply... didn’t get around to reporting back.” Not the best way to put that statement probably. But Cherrybubble didn’t want to make either Duskfeather or Lionwhisker mad. She knew she was the one in the fault for forgetting to report. And while she didn’t like it, she was going to own up to her mistake. “Don’t punish Lionwhisker and Shadepaw for my... forgetfulness. Look, I’ll go out in the territory and catch prey, one piece for each member of my patrol, even Lightningpelt, who didn’t even come, to bring back to the camp.” That would take her a while in this weather, but Cherrybubble figured she could do it. She was a skilled hunter after all. ”Sound like a good plan? Good. I’ll be off then!” The feline meowed, a smile crossing her face as she turned and started heading out of camp. She was still going to hold some semblance of dignity and control.

hxneysuckle SilentLamb

[Leucos]

RedHead
His ears perked up as he spotted cherrybubble next to him. He was about to give a glare...but he gave a pleased look. It pleased him to know that she's capable of accepting her ....mistakes? For lack of a better word. " I'll go with you if you wish? I should still probably hunt.." he meowed .

[Freesia]

RedHead

Tallmarsh stuck her head in Flintstar's den and said, "Flintstar? I have something I'd like to discuss with you." The medicine cat made her way into the den fully and sat down in front of the leader, wrapping her tail around her paws with a sigh. "For some reason, there have been a lot of cats coming in to be healed--and not just from that stupid fight, either. Cats are getting hurt on patrols. Anyways, cats who are not injured should not be coming into my den. I haven't seen Irispaw in a while, and I can't have a ton of healthy cats taking up space in my den. I was wondering if you--or I--could make an announcement?"

[MagicCat99]

FlameQueen Sneakyfox55
Smokekit poked both cats more with a grin. She jumped on top of Hallowedaster and flicked her tail for Ivykit to join her.

[Radetzky]

RedHead
Tigerleap patted across the clearing, towards Flintstar's den. Her fur was covered in thorns and blood was dripping from her left ear tip. It wasn't much blood, but it stung badly. Her belly growled but she kept going, past the delicious smell of the fresh-kill pile. Slowly the tortoiseshell she-cat made her way up to her leader's den. She stopped in the entrance, to see Tallmarsh talking to Flintstar. She didn´t want to interrupt their conversation, so she sat down on the stone floor with her tail wrapped around her paws.

[lio]

[ implimm SilentLamb Slushie RedHead Skye Tundra ]

She frowned as Plumpaw approached, giving a quiet, "it's okay," before she turned to the others with narrowed eyes. "If you don't want to get yelled at then I suggest you report on time. I don't enjoy it when warriors aren't punctual." Duskfeather flicked her tail and sighed. "Go hunt if you wish to feed the Clan, all of you. Plumpaw, you do not have to go. I know why your patrol was not finished, and it is not your fault." The Torbie smiled toward the apprentice before she shook her head at the other patrols and went back to her own duties.

[Leucos]

hxneysuckle

He snorted loudly . not even a sorry? standing up he gave a tail flick and marched off to the territory "we still completed it " he mumbled .

[cmdR_Paige]

hxneysuckle

"E-excuse me, Duskfeather," Silversky stammered, shifting her weight to her hind legs. "But before I go back out there again, may I please visit the medicine den? I-I... I had something I needed to discuss with Tallmarsh."

[Sneakyfox55]

Brightpaw nodded. "I could even show you some of the territory myself, if you'd like," he meowed.

Blissie Bliss

[Sneakyfox55]

Quickly, Ivykit followed suit and leaped atop her adoptive mother with what seemed like a triumphant yowl, as though she'd conquered something great.

MagicCat99 FlameQueen

[Sneakyfox55]

"Of course," Brightpaw meowed, a bit too quickly, maybe; he tried not to wince at his stupidity.

Blissie Bliss

[kittygirl]

ashcloud lifted his head after a long nap, he stretched and unsheathed his long black claws that dug into the ground as he yawned. ashcloud looking around to see most of the warriors out already, so he decided he would go get a bite to eat since he was extremely hungry anyway.

[Terrestrial]

Hollowedaster shook the kit off of his bac then stood up facing his love "Goodbye Flamepelt, I'm going to go hunting" he purred lovingly. The big gray and white tom turned to leave.

---

Flamepelt shook her kit off of her and looked at him sadness taking over her eyes "Goodbye my love, be careful and come back unharmed I love you, and don't ever forget that" she purred softly watching him go. MagicCat99 Sneakyfox55

[kittygirl]

ashcloud trotted out and straight to the fresh kill pile, he grabbed a nice plump mouse and settled down in a nice patch of sun. ashcloud was greatfully eating the mouse. Jane

[aspen.]

Dawnblossom came up to him, and asked "Want to share? I know it's little but there's not that much left. Or we could hunt for more!"
amber'light

[kittygirl]

ashcloud looked up and did a casual shrug, "sure." he wasn't being a dogheart at the time, so she was in luck, "and yeah i don't mind a hunting trip." the dark speckled tom pointed his tail next to him where she could sit. Jane

[aspen.]

"Thanks." said Dawnblossom.
amber'light

[kittygirl]

ashcloud nodded with a small purr, he wasn't all that bad when he was in a good mood. ashcloud finished the last bite of mouse and licked his jaws, "not as filling, but satiating." he noted aloud. Jane

[aspen.]

"Yes..." said Dawnblossom between small bites.
amber'light

[kittygirl]

ashcloud waited for her to finish eating before reminding her about the hunting trip she offered him. Jane

[aspen.]

"Shall we go hunting now?" offered Dawnblossom to Ashcloud ( amber'light ) after she finished.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud nodded and was already trotting toward the gorse tunnel,"i haven't been on a hunting patrol in a while, what prey is out right now?" he turned to her with a small head tilt. Jane

[aspen.]

"Mice." Dawnblossom said.
amber'light

[kittygirl]

ashcloud blinked, "only mice?" he was kinda shocked, "geez this leafbare was harsh!" he chuckled, ashcloud disappeared through the gorse tunnel. he didn't want to waste time if the only thing out was mice. Jane

[Sneakyfox55]

"Is he your mate?" Ivykit asked dumbly, licking a paw and drawing it over one of her ears.

FlameQueen MagicCat99

[plum]

Softly, someone new enters the den. The silvery-furred she-cat hardly takes the time to look around as she steps inside, paws trembling like a leaf. The rest of her body shook too, actually, and her powder blue eyes were rounded, glassy, and full of a mixture between sheer fear and shock. It was Plumpaw, one of the older apprentices among her rank. She'd gone into the medicine cat's den after being instructed to do so by Duskfeather, but apparently didn't know what to do once inside. Even if she had known, she didn't give any indication to it as she stood there, staring towards the floor. The molly hadn't even cleaned Firebug's blood away from her breast and belly, where it dried in the leaf-bare chill.

weary

[Freesia]

[ weary ]

Duskfeather had returned from a patrol and was resting in the clearing, waiting for the rest to report to her. She allowed her gaze to pass over the camp and watched the Clan bustle around. The Torbie's tail flicked back and forth as she observed the life of the Clan, though she wanted to stand up and tell everyone to do something. With a sigh, Duskfeather lowered her head and allowed her thoughts to wander.

Tallmarsh padded out of her den and was disappointed to see that the camp was already bustling with daily activities. She was half-hoping that today would be a slow day, so she could just have some peace and quiet to go over the storm of events that had happened in the past few days. First of all, there was suddenly a ridiculous inflow of patients, her first interaction with the new deputy was Duskfeather telling her what she was doing wrong, then, at the worst possible time, her apprentice had gone missing. All in all, it was safe to say that Tallmarsh was not having a very good day--or a very good week, at that.

The medicine cat decided to keep her focus on the fresh-kill pile as she made her way over to pick out a meal, but a certain familiar grey and ginger coat caught her eye. Bristling, she realized it was the new deputy, Flintstar's little prodigy, all alone. Forgetting all about her hunger, the dark tabby stalked over to Duskfeather, a sour smile playing on her features. "Oh, hello there! It's Duskfeather, right?" she cooed mockingly. "If you don't remember, I'm Tallmarsh, the medicine cat? I'm the one who can't do anything right." Her smile fell away in an instance, and she glared at the deputy, waiting for her answer.

She didn't regret her rude words in the slightest--honestly, she was kind of enjoying be a little mean again. She missed the old days when she could say whatever she wanted.

((on behalf of tallmarsh i apologize profusely she is a brat i hate her))

[MagicCat99]

FlameQueen Sneakyfox55
Smokekit shook her fur and started licking it after she got thrown off, watching the cat leave.

[lio]

Her brow quirked as the warrior spoke to her, tail twitching. Gaze flicking between Silversky and the medicine den, Duskfeather sat down and sighed. "Go ahead," she stated, nodding toward the medicine den. The she-cat then looked up and frowned as she stared over the clearing. So little warriors... she shook her head, standing up and beginning to pace back and forth in thought.

--

The next day, she bounded out of the warrior's den, her tail flicking. Hopefully this next batch of patrols would return on time- if not, she would be rather... pissed. Duskfeather sat in the center of the clearing and straightened her posture, allowing her voice to rise to a booming call.

(Optional prompt: While on the way home, you decide to hunt. Compete against each other and see who can bring the most prey home!)
"Owlwatcher [ Shimm ], please take Hollowedaster [ FlameQueen ] and Darkpaw [ Vessel ] to the ShadowClan border. Be careful for any Twoleg traps out there, I don't want any of you to end up like Firebug."

(Optional prompt: Oh no! While traveling, a rabid dog jumps out at you. Will you run, hide, or fight?)
"Cedarstream [ Ever ], please take Blossomclaw [ Pepperkins and Hazelpaw [ Yelloweye ] to mark the Thunderglade. Again, be careful."

(Optional prompt: One of the apprentices chases a squirrel over the border. How will the warrior react?)
"Buckbranch [ Slushie ], since you wanted more patrols, take Springpaw [ Bluepetal ] and Magnoliapaw [ Lonestar23 ] to hunt near the ShadowClan border. Don't disturb the border patrol and stay safe."

One more patrol.

(Optional prompt: While hunting, a rogue jumps out at you! Will you drive them off?)
"Dawnheart [ meowsticool ], take Brightpaw [ Brightspot ] and Jaggedhawk [ RedHead ] to the new territory. Bring back as much prey as you can, but keep watch for rogues and Twoleg traps."

"All of you, head out immediately. I expect you all to report back on time, or there will be consequences."

[ ALL PATROLS ARE DUE BACK BY MARCH 1ST AT 11:59 PM EST. IF YOU DO NOT REPORT TO DUSKFEATHER BY THAT TIME, SHE WILL NOT BE HAPPY. ]

--

[ @Delta ]

As Tallmarsh approached her, Duskfeather found her eyes narrowing to slits. A scowl immediately replaced that smile that had been playing on her lips, ears flattening against her head. "Hello, Tallmarsh," she mewed through clenched teeth. Her gaze flitted back and forth between the medicine cat's eyes, examining them. "Shouldn't you be, you know, healing patients? Or do you just sit back and tell them to heal themselves?" Normally, she wouldn't have responded in such a way, but this medicine cat happened to piss her off quite a bit, especially after what she had seen in the medicine den.
The Torbie's posture straightened and she looked down her nose at Tallmarsh, tail twitching with irritation beside her.

[dino.]

[ hxneysuckle Bluepetal Lonestar23 ]

"Yes, ma'am!" Buckbranch crowed, bounding over from his place underneath a patch of ferns. Thank the stars for something to do! I'm bored out of my mind just sitting in camp. "Hey, Springpaw, Magnoliapaw." He waved his tail, trying to signal to them. "We leave immediately, alright?"

[Leucos]

hxneysuckle

Holding the semi plump vole in his jaws, Lionwhisker returned and was actually glad to see duskfeather there! Setting the vole down "I have hunted as requested . " he announced and showed her the evidence needed . " also sorry for ...my attitude . But I hope you understand where it came from..."

[lio]

[ SilentLamb ]

The Torbie looked up as Lionwhisker spoke, blinking. "Ah, yes. Thank you," she mewed, nodding to him. With his apology, Duskfeather tilted her head to the side. "It's alright. I don't blame you for it. You'll just have to make up for it next time." She gave him a wink before smiling. "Place that in the fresh-kill pile and get some rest, Lionwhisker." With that, she nodded to him and gave a dismissive flick of her tail. Duskfeather hummed to herself- he was a good warrior, maybe she'd keep him close by.

[Leucos]

hxneysuckle

Seeing the wink, he gave a cheeky little smirk back. " very well ." with that he gave a small bow at the dismissal before picking his catch back up and heading over to the pile. Tossing his catch in, he Let loose a yawn he headed toward the den.

[Terrestrial]

"Oh no not yet, why?" Flamepelt asked Ivykit. MagicCat99 Sneakyfox55 {I will not have Flamepelt in any rps until she has her kits, therefore she will be unavailable for all rps until March 9th}

[ponyapan]

Cranerose hesitated for a moment to make sure there wasn't any kit scurrying under her, then sat down in the empty spot. It felt... Strange, to say the least. She hadn't been in the nursery except to visit since she was a kit, but she would have kits of her own soon. A smile tugged at her lips at the sight of the fluffballs in action here already, and brought thoughts of how her own would be. How would they look, act, think? It soon faded, since it reminded Cranerose of Sharpclaw. Where was he? Was he okay?

Sighing, Cranerose curled into a snuggly position to rest. There was nothing more she could do about it, after all, and it would not do good to worry.

[Ever]

Cedarstream nodded to the deputy then padded towards the camp entrance, eyes scanning for the other two cats. Hopefully they wouldn't be long. They had a long journey ahead of them for this patrol in potentially dangerous territory. She was excited for the possibility of some action.

Pepperkins Yelloweye

[Madelaine]

| Open |

Linnetwing laid in the camp clearing enjoying her time off a bit from doing her warrior duties. Pretty soon she would be able to go back to being her normal self and work her but off. Linnetwing glanced around the camp at all of her clanmates, seeing a couple of kits playing outside the nursery. Those young cats were so precious it made her jealous for not having any. Well Biological kits at least. She had taken Petalkit under her wing, but soon she would be an apprentice.

[Brightspot]

| meowsticool RedHead |

Upon fathoming her deputy's orders, the bicolored molly tidies her posture, head held high above her lithe shoulders. An enthused, and simultaneously minutely apprehensive, grin quirks up the juvenile's muzzle, flicking her tail about amid a sense of grandiose anticipation.

Even so, however, the apprentice's brow creases ever slightly, a trepidatious tremor quavering up her figure. She hadn't done much hunting with Hollowedaster as of yet, and thus a panicky thrill enshrouded her. She was not going to let her clanmates down. Brightpaw was certain of it.

[meowsticool]

Redhead Brightspot
Dawnheart pranced over to stand by the other two cats. "Ready?" She asked excitedly flashing them a grin.

[Vessel]

Shimm FlameQueen hxneysuckle

Darkpaw bounded up to the deputy, immediately looking around in search of his patrol members.

Oh, I can't wait to actually HUNT! I'm gonna catch my first peice of prey and show everyone that I really am the greatest warrior in all the clans!

He sat there, pelt spiked excitedly. He opened his mouth to call out his clanmates names before he realized he'd forgotten who they were.

Uh-oh.

Darkpaw looked up at the deputy and squeaked; "Um. Who are my patrol members again?

[Star child]

[ hxneysuckle Bluepetal Lonestar23 ]

"Yes, ma'am!" Buckbranch crowed, bounding over from his place underneath a patch of ferns. Thank the stars for something to do! I'm bored out of my mind just sitting in camp. "Hey, Springpaw, Magnoliapaw." He waved his tail, trying to signal to them. "We leave immediately, alright?"

"Yes, Buckbranch." Springpaw mewed obediently, padding up to him.
Lonestar23

[Brightspot]

| meowsticool RedHead |

"Yes!" The apprentice yowls in response to Dawnheart's inquiry, enthusiasm imbued amid her timbre. Her first patrol! This was going to be awesome, and she was going to be even awesomer and not at all scared of anything because Brightpaw didn't get scared! Not at all! She was going to catch the largest piece of prey that she could find, lack of hunting experience notwithstanding, and there'd be no pesky anxieties to hinder her!

With her juvenile chest distending in anticipative pride, the youthful molly vaults from her besmirched haunches, trotting impassionately towards her two clanmates in utter jubilance.

[dino.]

[ Bluepetal Lonestar23 hxneysuckle ]

Buckbranch smiled at Springpaw and swept his gaze around the clearing once more, fidgeting uncomfortably. He still couldn't see any sign of Magnoliapaw. "Uh, Duskfeather," he called to the deputy. "If you see Magnoliapaw anywhere, could you send her to us? I need to take Springpaw and get a move on."

[Star child]

[ Bluepetal Lonestar23 hxneysuckle ]

Buckbranch smiled at Springpaw and swept his gaze around the clearing once more, fidgeting uncomfortably. He still couldn't see any sign of Magnoliapaw. "Uh, Duskfeather," he called to the deputy. "If you see Magnoliapaw anywhere, could you send her to us? I need to take Springpaw and get a move on."

"Huh? We're leaving without Magnoliapaw?" Springpaw only noticed Magnolapaw wasn't there until Buckbranch mentioned it.

[dino.]

[ Bluepetal ]

"I- I don't want to, but we'll stay close enough to camp that she can find us..." He trailed off, staring down at Springpaw. Then he closed his eyes, sighed, and shook his head. "No, we'll wait for a couple more minutes, but if she doesn't show up by then we'll have to leave without her. The Clan needs food, and we can't really afford to wait long for sleepy apprentices." He sat down again, wrapping his tail over his paws.

[Star child]

[ Bluepetal ]

"I- I don't want to, but we'll stay close enough to camp that she can find us..." He trailed off, staring down at Springpaw. Then he closed his eyes, sighed, and shook his head. "No, we'll wait for a couple more minutes, but if she doesn't show up by then we'll have to leave without her. The Clan needs food, and we can't really afford to wait long for sleepy apprentices." He sat down again, wrapping his tail over his paws.

Springpaw blinked, turning his head to the side. "If we can't afford to wait, then we should go now, then." He turned to lick his flank.

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Petalkit liked the idea of him showing her the territory, but it would be up to her mentor when the time came. "If my mentor sayd its fine when I get one then I would like that.", she meowed, giving him her hinest opinion.

[Madelaine]

| Sneakyfox55; |

Linnewting smiled at her apprentice. "Thank you. Now if you don't mind I would like to get some rest.", she meowed, gently. She didn't want to sound mean, so she said it in the nicest way possible.

[Freesia]

implimm

The sound of another cat entering her den made Tallmarsh look up expectantly from her work. She was hoping that it was Irispaw, though at this point she was beginning to lose hope that she'd ever see her apprentice again. She guessed that either she'd become a kittypet or she'd moved to a new Clan. Either way, she was tired of waiting for her to return. Rather than her apprentice, the cat that stood before her was a little apprentice, wide-eyed and shivering like a leaf in the wind. The medicine cat got to her feet with a sigh and made her way over to Plumpaw. "What's your problem?" she asked bluntly as she did a once-over with her eyes. She spotted the blood on her underbelly and moved closer to give it a sniff, but it smelled like it belonged to another cat. She stood back and waited impatiently for an explanation from this apprentice.

[plum]

She'd never taken the time to talk to Tallmarsh before, or even ask after the older female. Honestly ThunderClan could have had anybody in the medicine cat's den and the apprentice would have been none the wiser to whom did the healing. It was ironic that now she found herself inside the comfortably dim space. The air in here smelled sweet almost, undoubtedly only to those with slightly different taste. Still, her trembling wouldn't stop. She keeps her eyes on the ground when she is approached by the medicine cat, whose flat tone and straightforward question hit her square in the face. Flinching, though not from the words off the she-cat's tongue, Plumpaw stammers to respond.

"F-firebug," says the apprentice shakily. "I-I went on a p-p-patrol w-with him and E-echopaw who never s-s-s-showed up..." It was difficult to get herself to explain what happened to Tallmarsh, but no one else was around to do the talking. She'd been the only one to come back from the patrol, too. But forcing herself to speak almost felt painful, and her throat tightened with every syllable until she felt like she'd be ill. "W-we went to l-look for her, b-b-b-but he- his w-whole body- it-" A tremendous shiver rakes down the silver mau's spine and her teeth give a loud chatter. "A t-twoleg tr-tra-trap! Big t-t-t-teeth... Big teeth at-ate Firebug!" Trying hard to suppress another shiver, Plumpaw scrapes the ground with her right paw. "Duskf-feather sent me here..."

weary

[dino.]

[ Bluepetal ]

Buckbranch stood with a flick of his tail and stretched out a back leg. "Then let's go," he decided. "If Magnoliapaw decides to come, she'll just have to find us." With a final glance at Springpaw he headed through the camp's exit.

[ we'll continue in ThunderClan|ShadowClan Border thread! ]

[lio]

[ Vessel Shimm FlameQueen ]

Duskfeather found herself sighing as the two cats asked her questions. "Darkpaw, you are with Owlwatcher and Hollowedaster. You should know who they are, you live in the same Clan as them." Once speaking to the apprentice, she turned away, taking note that Buckbranch was finally leaving. Clenching her jaw, she narrowed her eyes after him- if Magnoliapaw wouldn't show, Duskfeather would deal with her herself. And if Buckbranch was tardy again, she was not going to be happy.

[Star child]

[ Bluepetal ]

Buckbranch stood with a flick of his tail and stretched out a back leg. "Then let's go," he decided. "If Magnoliapaw decides to come, she'll just have to find us." With a final glance at Springpaw he headed through the camp's exit.

[ we'll continue in ThunderClan|ShadowClan Border thread! ]

(Okay.)
Springpaw nodded and proceeded to follow Buckbranch out.
(So you'll post it on the border, right?)

[ShadowReaper]

Nightclaw limped through the entrance to the camp and stopped to see his clan mates staring at him. He wasn't sure what they were thinking, but he felt as if they thought he was a traitor and not loyal the Thunderclan for disappearing. They must have noticed the deep gash in his left leg from a fight with a fox. His flank was clawed and his fur had dried blood stained onto it. Even with the hurt leg he still was able to hunt well, which in the process of breaking the warrior code. He painfully got up and continued on towards Flintstar's den. At he entrance he saw Tigerleap sitting the banged up as well. He walked up and flopped onto the ground from exaustion, to tired to speak at the moment and waited to speak with Flintstar. He contimplated on how he was going to explain why he was gone, about the fight with the fox, and an apology for breaking the warrior code he promised to hold.

[Dark Flame]

Bravekit sat next to his mother, Ebonywing, carefully looking around the nursery. His tail shifted a little.

[Vessel]

Shimm FlameQueen hxneysuckle

The tom snorted.

"Of course I know who they are. Owlwatcher! Hollowedaster!," he shouted, turning around.

"Time to GOOOOO!"

Darkpaw opened his mouth to taste the air, hopin to catch wind of them, but it was impossible to pick them out from the overpowering Thunderclan scent. Instead, he began wandering around the camp. He checked the warrior's den, the elder's den, the apprentice's den, the nursery- but still, no sign of his patrol members. Eventually, he sighed, bowing his head.

Did they leave without me?

[meowsticool]

Originally posted by Dust "Oh," He mumbled simply, scuffing the dirt beneath his paws in thought, "Ok..!" Nevermind what? Flamepelt had never actually said anything! Either way, it was easily forgotten as another warrior made their way over, offering a greeting.

"Hello, Dawnheart!" He meowed with enthusiasm, offering a polite smile. The kitten had never expected to be talking with the warriors! Usually he was under their feet, causing trouble of course, but he felt like on of the big cats today! But as Flintstar began the meeting and spoke about the upcoming activities, the kits entire demeanor crumpled in dismay. Mossball?! Condorkit was five moons now! Almost an apprentice! He didn't want to play mossball with the stinky babies! As the leader finished his speech, Condorkit barely gave a chance for anyone call out before his loud, whiny, wail sounded from the back of the crowd,

"Condorkit!" Dawnheart snapped at him. "You cannot just deny orders from your leader. You should be ashamed."

[aspen.]

Thunderbreeze sat in the nursery, hoping to chat with other queens. She wouldn't be expecting until a long time and may as well get to know them. Her light brown pelt looked gold in the sunlight. "Hello, I'm Thunderbreeze." she meowed to the nearest queen.

[Dark Flame]

Ebonywing smiled at the queen. “Hello, my name is Ebonywing. This is my kit, Bravekit.

Bravekit hid behind Ebonywing, who pushed him back into view gently.

[Slatepaw]

Bravekit sat next to his mother, Ebonywing, carefully looking around the nursery. His tail shifted a little.

Birdkit, a frail grey she-kit stirred in her own nest in the corner of the den. With a moment of trembling, her grey ears perked out from thier curled likeness from her torso. Tiredly, her blue eyes squinted as they observed the room. She had no mother, but that was okay because she was just old enough to suffice... Though maybe that was why she was so meek.
Soon enough, those blue eyes settled on the other kit and his mom. "Hi. " She squeaked, her voice trembling as her frigid body did as well. She scuffled in her nest to sit up, curling her striped grey tail around herself and giving a gentle, self-soothing purr.

[Terrestrial]

"Hello Ebonyflight,Bravekit,Thunderbreeze," Flamepelt greeted shifting in her nest "I'm Flamepelt." she mewed glancing down at her paws. I'll be kitting soon...I need names to. The flame pelted molly shook her head to clear the thought. Flamepelt reached down and started grooming her fur. Slatepaw Bravekit Morningstar

[lio]

Duskfeather had been looking forward to this. With permission from Flintstar, she was to conduct the next round of ceremonies, as well as her own special surprise. With her thought on it, Duskfeather looked up from where she sat below the Highpeak, hazel gaze passing over the clearing to search for Lionwhisker. She hoped he was paying attention as she allowed her ear to flick twice, then spun around and hopped up onto the perch. The she-cat shuffled around, getting comfortable before straightening her posture and calling out:

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Highpeak for a Clan meeting!"

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[BEAR.]

Bluegorse was one of the first to arrive, happy to take a spot near the front of where they gathered below the Highpeak.

[Leucos]

Taking a small seat in the crowd . He payed close attention to duskfeather and once he saw the ear flick . "oh ...pardon me....I have to go to make dirt ... ergh..." faking a pain and grunt the tom darted off to the territory .

[dino.]

Buckbranch hurried over as soon as he heard Duskfeather's call, though he was confused as to why it was Duskfeather announcing the meeting and not Flintstar. He blinked up at her, brow furrowed, then took his place in front of the Highpeak and wrapped his tail over his paws. He was a little worried that something might be wrong with Flintstar, but Duskfeather herself didn't seem worried, so he guessed everything was fine. This should be interesting.

[Terrestrial]

{OPEN}
Flamepelt padded out of nursery and settled herself a few fox-lengths away from Bluegorse. The queen purred as Hollowedaster wrapped his tail around her.

---

Hollowedaster padded out of the nursery and settled in between Bluegorse and Flamepelt warapping his tail around her.

[Madelaine]

Petalkit padded out of the nursery alongside Linnetwing. The older molly had kept her promise to visit her and let her practice some hunting moves on her. The silver tabby kitten sat down right outside the nursery. The kit watched as Linnetwing headed towards the front. Her tail dropped in disappointment.

Linnetwing sat in the front looking up at her sister. She wanted to make sure that Lionwhisker remembered what to do. She stayed well away from the tom. She looked over and gave Bluegorse a look. Linnetwing looked behind her and motioned for her adopted daughter to come over. The molly watched as Petalkit ran over to her. The small kitten sat down beside her.

[plum]

Plumpaw was sitting, and just sitting, for hours before she heard Duskfeather's summons. That's... Strange. Wasn't it usually Flintstar who called for Clan meetings? The molly blinks slowly and begins to move, her limbs having gone numb some time ago. It takes her a few minutes to make her way over to the Highpeak but when she finally does, she only sits down again. The she-cat appeared to have no interest in going out lately, and her body still occasionally shook. It happened a lot less now though, just like the ringing in her ears that had finally begun fading away. The silver she-cat inhales deeply and lets the breath go slowly. Her blue eyes flash as she casts a warily curious gaze up at the deputy.

[Slatepaw]

The small grey she-kit know as Birdkit exited the nursery, though didn't wander too far as she settled herself just outside. Sitting down she small, meek haunches, she curled her tail tightly around her paws and examined the deputy standing in announcement. Her soft blue eyes looked with confusion as she cocked her head on her shivering body, ready to observe and listen.

[Kitty Mama]

Mintfrost had been in the clearing when the meeting was called at the highpeak and raised his head to gaze at the different figure standing there. He hadn't seen much of Flintstar anyways so didn't think alot of the change, boiling it down to Duskfeather simply doing his work as she seemed to do most of the time. It was nice that someone around here liked to do more than socialize and play, a thought disconnected from his old rivalry with Flintstar when it wasn't fueled by apprenticehood jealousy. He joined the crowd and sat down with his tail curled around his paws neatly.