RiverClan Territory

[monfang]

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Moonfang
Tigerpaw only chuckled at her remarks and pushed past her and continued walking. "And last I checked, I wasn't on patrol with a kit," he growled back, rolling his green hues. Tigerpaw continued walking, not caring whether she decided to follow him or not. "There are times for fun, but this is not a time for your nonsense," he replied, flicking his tail behind him. Tigerpaw merely shook his head, murmuring under his breath. Why was I put with her? Tigerpaw's parted his jaws slightly, starting to scent the air again to check for any scents other than theirs or something that seemed off.
She gasped angrily. "How dare you!" she yowled and jumped for his back. If she landed the blow, she would easily maneuver away and keep her distance. She knew how to deal with these things, and being the playful Molly she was, she was sharp. She was top notch against most, and since he was mostly strength, she had to tire him out. She was definitely quicker and definitely more experienced, but she also had no battle technique except tire them out and make your escape. So, she combined what her sisters and brother, and herself, had learned and she was going to take him down.

[lone]

@Moonfang (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=150)
Tigerpaw only chuckled at her remarks and pushed past her and continued walking. "And last I checked, I wasn't on patrol with a kit," he growled back, rolling his green hues. Tigerpaw continued walking, not caring whether she decided to follow him or not. "There are times for fun, but this is not a time for your nonsense," he replied, flicking his tail behind him. Tigerpaw merely shook his head, murmuring under his breath. Why was I put with her? Tigerpaw's parted his jaws slightly, starting to scent the air again to check for any scents other than theirs or something that seemed off.



@Lonestar23 (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=42)

Lotusheart was aware of the amusement her friend found in seeing her and gave him a playful glare, her whiskers twitching. Next, the she-cat began to follow him again, looking around at all the new scenery. She'd never seen this part of the territory and wondered how he had found it. As the new river came into few, she felt a little excited at first, taking a nice look around. The place was truly captivating, however she wondered how it would've looked in the warmer season, when everything was in bloom. As she padded up to the edge, she sat down and looked into the freezing water, her green hues were soon moving to look toward Jasperpelt as he spoke. "I can see why," she commented. The place was secluded, so he probably felt safe and it was quiet, not even a fox scent tainted the place. Her fluffy tail wrapped around her delicate paws as she looked towards the river again. Sure, she'd like to get going soon, but this new place triggered the adventurous part of her personality. Now, she wouldn't do anything that would put her at risk for never seeing her kits again, but she'd like to see more of this place. She was sure where the border was now or if they had already crossed it and were somewhere just outside the territory now.
Jasperpelt glanced around at the moss hanging from the trees, the vines along the ground- he'd have to remember to treat those with caution, there had been a couple times when he had stepped on one- and the river sparkling calmly. A sudden thought sparked in his mind and he looked back over towards his companion. "There's a little cave- it's a short walk from here, if you'd like to see it. The walls sort of sparkle, it's...it's a neat place." The tom's hues lit up again as he spoke of the cave. That had been his safest spot, the spot where, if he had sensed the approach of any cat or other animal, he would hide in. He doubted it was still as beautiful as it had been. The beauty of the cave, the one that he could remember, had been rivaled only by this spot. He glanced at Lotusheart, wondering if she would want to explore. There were places here, Jasperpelt was sure, that had never been explored. Places that he had never seen, and yet...did he really want to? If there were other places like this, it might take away from the bright spark that seemed to surround this area. No- for now, he was content to stay here. To explore all of this one area and perhaps one day, he would get the courage- or the longing, more like- to go and explore the other areas that might be similar to this one.

[Mango]

Moonfang
Webspot idelled through the territory," Keep up dumb kits, Sheesh Urchinekit... You promised you'd keep up, if you don't I might make you sleep on thorns, notice that Ravenkit is keeping up?"

Darknose glared at Urchinekit silently.

Ravenkit snarled at his littermate," Urchinekit, don't you understand how to keep up...I'll take your eye out if you don't move it!!!"

Urchinekit lowered her head and sprinted after Ravenkit and Webspot and Darknose and boldly called out," I have short stubby legs."

Darknose spat," If I yank at them they'll get longer...so run faster!" He threatened angrily.

[SuspiciousMindz]

Moonfang
Tigerpaw growled as the blow struck him on the back and as she darted away he was left standing there bristling. The fur along his spine was on end and his hues were cold. "Thanks for proving my point," he growled, his tail was lashing now and once more, Tigerpaw ignored the urge to fight a clan mate and pushed past her to continue walking again. He was muttering under his breath, cursing, however only low enough for he alone to hear. She's even worse than I first thought, he turned his head to shoot her glare, assuming she followed after him still. "Are you done now? Get all that out of your system so we can continue?" he asked. His head turned to look forward and his paws led him towards the river. The closer they got, the closer he could hear the water moving beneath the layer of ice that covered it.




Lonestar23
(plot twist Jasper becomes a loner who travels to unique places cx)
Jasperpelt's suggestion made Lotusheart's hues light up. Perfect! That would be the best way to calm her adventurous spirit. "I'd love to!" she replied, already jumping to her paws, ready to go. Jasperpelt was seeing the playful side to her, the side that didn't come out a lot. "Where is it! I wanna see just how pretty it is right now," he spoke, waving her tail in the air and she glanced around once more. "We must go back after that though... my kits still need milk," she spoke cautiously. It was clear that her kits were always on her mind and it showed just how much she loved them. Sure Stormblaze could watch them with the other queens, but they couldn't eat solid food yet and she wanted to the be the one who introduced them to it. She wanted to see their faces and see if they'd enjoy it right off the bat. The sooner they were eating meat, the sooner she could take on her warrior life more.
[short x.x]

[monfang]

Moonfang
Webspot idelled through the territory," Keep up dumb kits, Sheesh Urchinekit... You promised you'd keep up, if you don't I might make you sleep on thorns, notice that Ravenkit is keeping up?"

Darknose glared at Urchinekit silently.

Ravenkit snarled at his littermate," Urchinekit, don't you understand how to keep up...I'll take your eye out if you don't move it!!!"

Urchinekit lowered her head and sprinted after Ravenkit and Webspot and Darknose and boldly called out," I have short stubby legs."

Darknose spat," If I yank at them they'll get longer...so run faster!" He threatened angrily.
A sudden flash of black and down went Darknose. The black figure then glared at Webshot. "Don't you know how to show respect?" he asked, only his green hues seeable in the darkness. "Urchinekit, right? Listen to my words, and run. Get help..." he said then stepped back, looking at Darknise, Ravemkit, and Webshot. "And Urchins, I will see you soon, don't worry..." he said, and once she was gone he kept a stoic, but murderous gaze on the three.
(Sorry if its powerplayng ;; I'm rushed)

[lone]

@Moonfang (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=150)
Tigerpaw growled as the blow struck him on the back and as she darted away he was left standing there bristling. The fur along his spine was on end and his hues were cold. "Thanks for proving my point," he growled, his tail was lashing now and once more, Tigerpaw ignored the urge to fight a clan mate and pushed past her to continue walking again. He was muttering under his breath, cursing, however only low enough for he alone to hear. She's even worse than I first thought, he turned his head to shoot her glare, assuming she followed after him still. "Are you done now? Get all that out of your system so we can continue?" he asked. His head turned to look forward and his paws led him towards the river. The closer they got, the closer he could hear the water moving beneath the layer of ice that covered it.




@Lonestar23 (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=42)
(plot twist Jasper becomes a loner who travels to unique places cx)
Jasperpelt's suggestion made Lotusheart's hues light up. Perfect! That would be the best way to calm her adventurous spirit. "I'd love to!" she replied, already jumping to her paws, ready to go. Jasperpelt was seeing the playful side to her, the side that didn't come out a lot. "Where is it! I wanna see just how pretty it is right now," he spoke, waving her tail in the air and she glanced around once more. "We must go back after that though... my kits still need milk," she spoke cautiously. It was clear that her kits were always on her mind and it showed just how much she loved them. Sure Stormblaze could watch them with the other queens, but they couldn't eat solid food yet and she wanted to the be the one who introduced them to it. She wanted to see their faces and see if they'd enjoy it right off the bat. The sooner they were eating meat, the sooner she could take on her warrior life more.

[short x.x]
(I could totally see him doing that
He wouldn't want to leave Lotus though)

Jasperpelt smiled as the more playful side of his friend seemed to come out. A laugh escaped his maw and he grinned over at her. "Right down the river. Follow me," He mewed, still laughing a little. The humorous thing to him was that Lotusheart seemed to be so gentle and quiet all the time- and now, all of a sudden, she seemed to have boundless energy. He glanced up the river, towards where he knew the cave was, and began to pad quickly towards it. "Watch out for the thorns," He added as he stepped over several vines. Most of the time the flowers on them were like a warning, letting you know where there were thorns. But now that there weren't any flowers, it was harder to catch the thick, dangerous thorns that could easily pierce through his or his companion's paw. He could already see the cold stone of the cave up ahead, and he smiled as they approached there, stopping right before the entrance. Already he could see the glistening of the cave walls, like miniature stars...and he glanced back at Lotusheart with a smile. "It's pretty small in there, so if I come we'll both be squished- I can come back anytime, you go ahead." He mewed with another small smile.
(XD I also don't think he'd get any further then here...he'd be like 'I'm totally leaving' *sees hole* *crawls through* 'well I can always just stay here for a minute' *stays there forever*)

[Mango]

A sudden flash of black and down went Darknose. The black figure then glared at Webshot. "Don't you know how to show respect?" he asked, only his green hues seeable in the darkness. "Urchinekit, right? Listen to my words, and run. Get help..." he said then stepped back, looking at Darknise, Ravemkit, and Webshot. "And Urchins, I will see you soon, don't worry..." he said, and once she was gone he kept a stoic, but murderous gaze on the three.
(Sorry if its powerplayng ;; I'm rushed)
Darknose snarled," Get off me, fat kit. I'm trying to teach these dumb kits... Something you clearly weren't taught" his lips curled in a snarl," to not trespass!"
Webspot stared at the apprentice," I'll only tell you once, return to Thunderclan once or you will die."
Ravenkit snarled," Go back to your own clan! I wouldn't mind your fur lining my nest!" And evil grin crossed his face (don't kill Raven)
Urchinekit stumbled towards the border, is he saving me or what??

[monfang]

Darknose snarled," Get off me, fat kit. I'm trying to teach these dumb kits... Something you clearly weren't taught" his lips curled in a snarl," to not trespass!"
Webspot stared at the apprentice," I'll only tell you once, return to Thunderclan once or you will die."
Ravenkit snarled," Go back to your own clan! I wouldn't mind your fur lining my nest!" And evil grin crossed his face (don't kill Raven)
Urchinekit stumbled towards the border, is he saving me or what??
With a roll of his eyes, he lundged and clawed at Darknose'z neck. "Stupid warrior..." he growled, and then lunged at his neck. Was quick and clean with his kills.
{ Ew short post blehck}

[Mango]

With a roll of his eyes, he lundged and clawed at Darknose'z neck. "Stupid warrior..." he growled, and then lunged at his neck. Was quick and clean with his kills.
{ Ew short post blehck}

Darknose wasn't expecting anything, and when the apprentice he half lept to the side getting scratched slightly on the neck, but not killed," YOU ARE BREAKING THE WARRIOR CODE." he spat, I hope it sounds convincing that I am a loyal cat who cares about Starclan....

Webspot narrowed her eyes at the tom," My mate will defeat you weakling."

Ravenkit stood with his mother waiting for her to attack, before he'd join the fight, he glanced up and murmered to her," Urchinkit ran off...,"

Webspot replied quietly with a cruel tone to her voice," Good. Urchinkit will probably get lost and die."

Ravenkit nodded slowly in agreement.

Urchinkit triamphantly returned with help," I FOUND HELP! THREE, ROUGES!!"

Slash stared at the apprentice," We fight under a term....that muscular kit..." he flicked his tail at Ravenkit...comes with us after the battle." Slash had large muscles that rippled and were visible all over his legs and forearms.

The puny one sneered," You want a cat dead, we do it, that's our job."

The average size one spat," The Synigouge only wants kits...warriors are stubborn and apprentices are too wistful for their past life, the reason we don't want this one," she pointed at Urchinkit," Is because she's too slow and seems like she'd hate fighting and belongs in the clans anywho...Do you accept?"

Ravenkit who usually was tough squeaked," Please say no!"

The puny one leaned towards Ravenkit," Kit. You like fighting, eh?"

Ravenkit puffed out his chest," I LOVE FIGHTING!"

The puny one replied," Well...kit, in the Synigouge, that'd be your only job fighting and killing, you like the sound of that?"

Ravenkit tipped his head intruged," Does this have a mousebrained belief system like Starclan?"

The puny one laughed," Starclan is weak sounding...No we believe in nothing."

Ravenkit paused," Your...going...too...kill my father though?"

The puny one nodded," Yes, though you'll have everything you ever dreamed of in exchange..."

Ravenkit paused," If you defeat my father and don't have more that five scratches a piece, I will come with you, other wise, I'm heading home or going with my sister to Thunderclan..."

Urchinkit screeched," DON'T GO TO THE DS!!"

The largest one swatted Urchinkit aside and she rolled down a hill.

[monfang]

Darknose wasn't expecting anything, and when the apprentice he half lept to the side getting scratched slightly on the neck, but not killed," YOU ARE BREAKING THE WARRIOR CODE." he spat, I hope it sounds convincing that I am a loyal cat who cares about Starclan....

Webspot narrowed her eyes at the tom," My mate will defeat you weakling."

Ravenkit stood with his mother waiting for her to attack, before he'd join the fight, he glanced up and murmered to her," Urchinkit ran off...,"

Webspot replied quietly with a cruel tone to her voice," Good. Urchinkit will probably get lost and die."

Ravenkit nodded slowly in agreement.

Urchinkit triamphantly returned with help," I FOUND HELP! THREE, ROUGES!!"

Slash stared at the apprentice," We fight under a term....that muscular kit..." he flicked his tail at Ravenkit...comes with us after the battle." Slash had large muscles that rippled and were visible all over his legs and forearms.

The puny one sneered," You want a cat dead, we do it, that's our job."

The average size one spat," The Synigouge only wants kits...warriors are stubborn and apprentices are too wistful for their past life, the reason we don't want this one," she pointed at Urchinkit," Is because she's too slow and seems like she'd hate fighting and belongs in the clans anywho...Do you accept?"

Ravenkit who usually was tough squeaked," Please say no!"

The puny one leaned towards Ravenkit," Kit. You like fighting, eh?"

Ravenkit puffed out his chest," I LOVE FIGHTING!"

The puny one replied," Well...kit, in the Synigouge, that'd be your only job fighting and killing, you like the sound of that?"

Ravenkit tipped his head intruged," Does this have a mousebrained belief system like Starclan?"

The puny one laughed," Starclan is weak sounding...No we believe in nothing."

Ravenkit paused," Your...going...too...kill my father though?"

The puny one nodded," Yes, though you'll have everything you ever dreamed of in exchange..."

Ravenkit paused," If you defeat my father and don't have more that five scratches a piece, I will come with you, other wise, I'm heading home or going with my sister to Thunderclan..."

Urchinkit screeched," DON'T GO TO THE DS!!"

The largest one swatted Urchinkit aside and she rolled down a hill.
Crowpaw merely stared. "I will kill Webshot." he snarled and stalked closer to her. "Listen to my voice, as it will be the last you hear. When evil is in you, it will take an even Eviler force to break of, Goodness." he snarled, and lunged, claws unsheathed as he aim for her head. Then he bounced back and saw Urchin rolling. "Damn it!" he snarled and bolted down the hill, and slid ahead of her, grabbing her by the scruff. He looked up and then snarled at the cats above him. "Fools..." he muttered through her fur. As he did he bolted off to ThunderClan territory.
{Ooh what if crow takes in Urchin and they get a sis bro thing?}

[Fallpotato]

She leaped in the water and paddled to a place where she could stand,"I love this!" She said
He purred and nodded. He licked her and kept swimming

[Dreams of forever]

He purred and nodded. He licked her and kept swimming
Silentbird shoved birdsong under for fun,"Come here now!" Swimclaw said dabbing at the water

[Mango]

Crowpaw merely stared. "I will kill Webshot." he snarled and stalked closer to her. "Listen to my voice, as it will be the last you hear. When evil is in you, it will take an even Eviler force to break of, Goodness." he snarled, and lunged, claws unsheathed as he aim for her head. Then he bounced back and saw Urchin rolling. "Damn it!" he snarled and bolted down the hill, and slid ahead of her, grabbing her by the scruff. He looked up and then snarled at the cats above him. "Fools..." he muttered through her fur. As he did he bolted off to ThunderClan territory.
{Ooh what if crow takes in Urchin and they get a sis bro thing?}
(ye)
Webspot yelped and screeched," Stay away dumb apprentice!!"

Urchinkit realized Crowpaw was taking her to Thunderclan.

[Fallpotato]

Silentbird shoved birdsong under for fun,"Come here now!" Swimclaw said dabbing at the water
Birdsong swam away and came back up, he swam towards her

[Dreams of forever]

Birdsong swam away and came back up, he swam towards her
Silentbird swam around him,"Life would have never been this good if we hadn't met!" She mewed licking his wet cheek,"I love you so much!" In a jealous state swimclaw snarled,"You never said that to me!" Silentbird looked at him over birdsongs shoulder,"And I never will do you can leave now!" She said flicking her tail to the border,"And you should do it before we attack cause well your on our side of the border!" His tail went between his legs and he scampered across the border,"I was the best fighter in windclan that's why he fears me!" She said cocking her head

[Fallpotato]

Silentbird swam around him,"Life would have never been this good if we hadn't met!" She mewed licking his wet cheek,"I love you so much!" In a jealous state swimclaw snarled,"You never said that to me!" Silentbird looked at him over birdsongs shoulder,"And I never will do you can leave now!" She said flicking her tail to the border,"And you should do it before we attack cause well your on our side of the border!" His tail went between his legs and he scampered across the border,"I was the best fighter in windclan that's why he fears me!" She said cocking her head
Birdsong laughed and licked her "I love you too, wanna go find a cave so we can...." He didn't dare to continue. He smiled and laughed

[Dreams of forever]

Birdsong laughed and licked her "I love you too, wanna go find a cave so we can...." He didn't dare to continue. He smiled and laughed
She laughed,"Sure whatever!" She joked swimming up closer,"Don't let swimclaw fool you with his nice act when he wants something he gets it..." she whispered into his ear

[Fallpotato]

She laughed,"Sure whatever!" She joked swimming up closer,"Don't let swimclaw fool you with his nice act when he wants something he gets it..." she whispered into his ear
Birdsong nodded and swam to shore. he shook his fur and smiled mischievously at her and started looking for a cave or hollow tree.

[Dreams of forever]

Birdsong nodded and swam to shore. he shook his fur and smiled mischievously at her and started looking for a cave or hollow tree.
She wadded out of the water and shook her dampened pelt,"How about in here,"She said poking her head into a fairly large hole,"There room for us." She commented

[Fallpotato]

She wadded out of the water and shook her dampened pelt,"How about in here,"She said poking her head into a fairly large hole,"There room for us." She commented
Birdsong nodded and sat down inside. he yawnd and rested his head on his paws

[SuspiciousMindz]

(I could totally see him doing that
He wouldn't want to leave Lotus though)

Jasperpelt smiled as the more playful side of his friend seemed to come out. A laugh escaped his maw and he grinned over at her. "Right down the river. Follow me," He mewed, still laughing a little. The humorous thing to him was that Lotusheart seemed to be so gentle and quiet all the time- and now, all of a sudden, she seemed to have boundless energy. He glanced up the river, towards where he knew the cave was, and began to pad quickly towards it. "Watch out for the thorns," He added as he stepped over several vines. Most of the time the flowers on them were like a warning, letting you know where there were thorns. But now that there weren't any flowers, it was harder to catch the thick, dangerous thorns that could easily pierce through his or his companion's paw. He could already see the cold stone of the cave up ahead, and he smiled as they approached there, stopping right before the entrance. Already he could see the glistening of the cave walls, like miniature stars...and he glanced back at Lotusheart with a smile. "It's pretty small in there, so if I come we'll both be squished- I can come back anytime, you go ahead." He mewed with another small smile.
(XD I also don't think he'd get any further then here...he'd be like 'I'm totally leaving' *sees hole* *crawls through* 'well I can always just stay here for a minute' *stays there forever*)
Lotusheart nodded as she followed him, carefully watching where she placed her paws and where she was squeezing through. It was a little harder for the larger feline to navigate the undergrowth, despite it being dead, but she managed. Her thick pelt shielded her from the thorn scraping her sides, however her paws were much more delicate. As they came to the mouth of the cave, she peered in. It was pitch black as you looked towards the back of it. A nervous tingle ran up her spine, however she did noticed the walls and gave a small purr. "I can see fine from here, it's lovely!" she spoke, trying not to show that she was nervous about actually going into the cave now that they were there. She didn't have the urge to explore it anymore and rather, just peered inside, her green hues were widening with captivation. "How do you even stumble upon places like this?" she asked eventually, looking towards him. Her voice was a little softer than it was as she could hear it echo inside the cave even though they were just at the entrance. Lotusheart settled herself down and wrapped her tail around her paws as she awaited a response from him. Her hues averted towards the cave walls however as she watched them shimmer from the sunlight reflecting off the water. "And do the walls do this at night? Or have you tried seeing it at night?" she asked, almost half to herself.

[lone]

Lotusheart nodded as she followed him, carefully watching where she placed her paws and where she was squeezing through. It was a little harder for the larger feline to navigate the undergrowth, despite it being dead, but she managed. Her thick pelt shielded her from the thorn scraping her sides, however her paws were much more delicate. As they came to the mouth of the cave, she peered in. It was pitch black as you looked towards the back of it. A nervous tingle ran up her spine, however she did noticed the walls and gave a small purr. "I can see fine from here, it's lovely!" she spoke, trying not to show that she was nervous about actually going into the cave now that they were there. She didn't have the urge to explore it anymore and rather, just peered inside, her green hues were widening with captivation. "How do you even stumble upon places like this?" she asked eventually, looking towards him. Her voice was a little softer than it was as she could hear it echo inside the cave even though they were just at the entrance. Lotusheart settled herself down and wrapped her tail around her paws as she awaited a response from him. Her hues averted towards the cave walls however as she watched them shimmer from the sunlight reflecting off the water. "And do the walls do this at night? Or have you tried seeing it at night?" she asked, almost half to herself.
Jasperpelt looked back at the she cat in confusion as she mentioned being able to see 'just fine.' Was she afraid to go inside? He decided not to mention her being afraid, as if that was true it wouldn't be a very nice thing for him to say. He would hate for it to sound as though he were making fun of her, he definitely wasn't trying to...well... make this more awkward. He shrugged, and then padded inside until only his yellow hues could be seen in the darkness. Truth be told, he had always imagined being able to scare another cat like this- since the tom wasn't much of a strong fighter, he relied more on his intelligence then anything else. "Suit yourself," he mewed from the inside, yellow hues twinkling before he padded back out to stand beside her. The tip of his tail twitched as she spoke again, this time asking him a question. He lowered his head, wondering how a good way to answer the question would be. Well if I'm being honest, it won't sound very interesting. But honesty is the best policy...right? he thought with a sigh. "Well I'm afraid it'll bore you to death, but...uh...I just used to come out here to get away from everything. Nothing too exciting, generally just to escape from an argument...and I'd look for places to hide. Like in here. I learned to find beauty where other cats saw nothing, and- I'd find places like these. I trained myself to look for them." He mewed, looking away. Just speaking that long while looking at her had been exhausting for him. He had never understood why. "Pretty boring, huh?" he asked with a chuckle, his tail still twitching slightly. He thought for a moment at her next question before looking down at his paws, then back up at the cave. The more sure of something he was, the less he seemed to look around- but right now he was wondering if he had been here at night. A memory flashed back inside his head and he looked up, nodding. "Yeah. They do, and sometimes the starlight shines inside...makes it sparkle like nothing else." The tom smiled, looking back at Lotusheart as he spoke.

[Starfall]

Lawlipop

The ebony warrior snorted and lashed his tail, he was getting angrier and angrier by the second, but he had to praise her, Honeypool had continued to lie to someone who could easily rip her to shreds. Instead of clawing her heart out, he let out a long, annoyed sigh and picked himself up, a new respect grew between him and the molly, she didn't act like a stuck up cat, so in all honesty he didn't have to kill her, and he honestly didn't want to. Though he's done it a countless number of times, he really hates killing other cats, he doesn't like the feeling of their blood on his paws, he hates the regret and depression that flashes through his soul the moment he's done the deed, that feeling that he gets after he's done taking another's life, it feels as though his own is draining away as well. "I'll accept that excuse, but you might as well make yourself useful and go hunting with me. Besides, eight paws is better than four." he stated, his blue hues danced with relaxation and amusement, he didn't mind company every once in a while, and now that he knows she isn't one of the higher ups, he put up his usual sweet front, nothing out of he ordinary now. He turned around and began to pad in the direction of the stream, leaf-bare was almost over now, so the stream should be thawing, hopefully, the clan needed food. "Let's try and head upstream, it should be thawed out by now and there should be fish." he stated as he turned his attention to the molly, she still looked tense, and that made him feel a little bad, it wasn't like him to snap at another warrior, but he had his suspicions and just needed them to be cleared. "Hey, I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier, I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you. There is no excuse for my actions." he said, his words dripped with sorrow, he truly didn't want Honeypool to be afraid of him, he wasn't all too scary, and he didn't want his own clanmates to despise him and avoid him, in fact that was one of his worst fears.

[Spirit]

((I'm so sorry it's taking me forever to reply.. Irl issues and errands and stuff.. It's hard adulting xD
I probably will have him appear simply because it'll be fun xD
Also it might make sense for her to have met Argentate beforehand, maybe at the tail end of his appearance??))

Stormsoul gave this some serious thought. It would make more sense to hunt by the river, but it was much more dangerous than hunting in the forest. On the other paw, however, he could have some much needed alone time with his friend if they went into the forest because of everyone seeming to hunt by the river for the before mentioned reasoning. 'What to choose, what to choose...' he thought. "It might make more sense to try to find prey by the river," he said finally. There'd likely also be witnesses if Argentate decided to make an appearance, but that didn't matter. He'd simply apologize to any cat he needed to once his alternate personality decided to go to sleep. "So the river then?"

(Hah, it's taking me a long time as well :P So don't worry)

Silverheart nodded slightly. "River it is!" She said, and started to dart towards the mentioned place.
She herself hated water. She had a slight fear of drowning, and yet she would jump into the river if anyone needed help, or even to catch a fish. She knew that by having chosen to go to RiverClan, she needed to learn to swim. And she needed to get over her fear. And this could be a good opportunity. AND she would have a friend by her side in case she might fall in the river. But to her, that sounder much unlikely.

(Short x.x)

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;183974]Birdsong nodded and sat down inside. he yawnd and rested his head on his paws

She walked over to him and licked his head,"Are you ready?" She giggled misjouvsly

[Lawlipop]

Lawlipop

The ebony warrior snorted and lashed his tail, he was getting angrier and angrier by the second, but he had to praise her, Honeypool had continued to lie to someone who could easily rip her to shreds. Instead of clawing her heart out, he let out a long, annoyed sigh and picked himself up, a new respect grew between him and the molly, she didn't act like a stuck up cat, so in all honesty he didn't have to kill her, and he honestly didn't want to. Though he's done it a countless number of times, he really hates killing other cats, he doesn't like the feeling of their blood on his paws, he hates the regret and depression that flashes through his soul the moment he's done the deed, that feeling that he gets after he's done taking another's life, it feels as though his own is draining away as well. "I'll accept that excuse, but you might as well make yourself useful and go hunting with me. Besides, eight paws is better than four." he stated, his blue hues danced with relaxation and amusement, he didn't mind company every once in a while, and now that he knows she isn't one of the higher ups, he put up his usual sweet front, nothing out of he ordinary now. He turned around and began to pad in the direction of the stream, leaf-bare was almost over now, so the stream should be thawing, hopefully, the clan needed food. "Let's try and head upstream, it should be thawed out by now and there should be fish." he stated as he turned his attention to the molly, she still looked tense, and that made him feel a little bad, it wasn't like him to snap at another warrior, but he had his suspicions and just needed them to be cleared. "Hey, I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier, I was in a bad mood and I took it out on you. There is no excuse for my actions." he said, his words dripped with sorrow, he truly didn't want Honeypool to be afraid of him, he wasn't all too scary, and he didn't want his own clanmates to despise him and avoid him, in fact that was one of his worst fears.

A great feeling of relief swept the honey-colored molly. Her relief was so great, she felt like she was going to pass out right then and there. At first she stood there, shaking, awaiting death, when suddenly, she realized it wasn't coming. Still, she stood as stiff as before. He relished her excuse, which eased her and let her know she wasn't going to die today, or at least not by him. It was what he said afterwards that kept her on edge. He asked her, or rather, he demanded, to go hunting with him. He told the molly, the molly who has walked all the way from the border to only a few tree lengths away from where they were, the molly whose feet were probably tired and her mind needed a quiet place to calm down, to go back out with him to hunt. Oh, how desperately did she want to decline him and march off to camp, but she knew she, unfortunately, wasn't in the proper position to tell him no. She knew she didn't have the tom's full trust. He didn't say he truly believed her story. He only acknowledged her fib and left it be for now. She didn't trust him fully either. In fact, he downright scared her. Then again, a lot of cats bigger than her scares her pretty easily. She looked over helplessly at camp, where her soft nest was. She could swear she could hear it whispering her name. She looked back up at the tom. She hung her head. "Okay, I will come along." she mewed, as if she had much of a choice. She followed a bit farther behind him, still cautious as to what he might do to her. She lowered her head and looked at her paws as she walked. Her mind started trailing back to Fireflare. My poor Fireflare... she thought, sorrowfully, I'm sorry I ran off like that... When I see you again, I'll tell you everything... She perked her ears and head up when she heard him speaking, derailing her thoughts. "O-Oh...um..." she stuttered, "It's okay." she mewed nervously. "Sorry I acted so suspiciously..."

[Teza]

(Hah, it's taking me a long time as well :P So don't worry)

Silverheart nodded slightly. "River it is!" She said, and started to dart towards the mentioned place.
She herself hated water. She had a slight fear of drowning, and yet she would jump into the river if anyone needed help, or even to catch a fish. She knew that by having chosen to go to RiverClan, she needed to learn to swim. And she needed to get over her fear. And this could be a good opportunity. AND she would have a friend by her side in case she might fall in the river. But to her, that sounder much unlikely.

(Short x.x)

Stormsoul smiled at his friend and bounded after her. He knew some cats were afraid of the water, but Silverheart hadn't ever shown too much of a sign of this, so he didn't feel quite as bad as he would have if she had been completely terrified. The white-and-black tom kept right on her heels, allowing her to be ahead of him the whole run there. There was such a thing as chivalry after all. As they neared the rushing, freezing water, Stormsoul slowed to a halt. He listened, hoping to simply hear fish rushing up or down the river along the surface. No such luck was to be found, however. "So, Silverheart, why exactly do you find yourself running everywhere? Got something to hide?" he asked jokingly. He was mainly looking for conversation, feeling slightly odd. His immediate thought was to Argentate, but then, he'd never really felt his alternate self try to make an appearance. It sort of just... Happened. The tomsimply shrugged it off, and padded up to Silverheart. The pretty she-cat needed a little bump on the shoulder. Maybe a small shove. He did so and started holding back light laughter, as he knew he didn't do so much as throw off her step a bit. Why this was funny he didn't really know. Hey, it made him forget about Argentate, so what was the harm as long as Silverheart was unharmed?

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;183974]Birdsong nodded and sat down inside. he yawnd and rested his head on his paws

She walked over to him and licked his head,"Are you ready?" She giggled misjouvsly
Birdsong sat up "of course."

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;186829]
Birdsong sat up "of course."
She layed down ,"Well?" She laughed,"Start!" She said suggestively

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187156]
She layed down ,"Well?" She laughed,"Start!" She said suggestively
He purred and jumped in her (skip.)

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187207]
He purred and jumped in her (skip.)
Silentbird rolled over tired,"I'm tired, I'm gonna sleep here." She mewed curling up in a corner to sleep

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187209]
Silentbird rolled over tired,"I'm tired, I'm gonna sleep here." She mewed curling up in a corner to sleep
Birdsong purred and curled around her purring softly

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187215]
Birdsong purred and curled around her purring softly
She purred softly, breathing in his warm scent,"If we never met where would you be?" She asked quietly

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187217]
She purred softly, breathing in his warm scent,"If we never met where would you be?" She asked quietly
I would be looking for you" I said

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187222]
I would be looking for you" I said
"What if you never knew I was alive?" She challenged

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187235]
"What if you never knew I was alive?" She challenged
He said "well i would know it in my heart." He said smiling

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187237]
He said "well i would know it in my heart." He said smiling
She laughed,"If I never met you I would be looking for someone like you!" She purred

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187281]
She laughed,"If I never met you I would be looking for someone like you!" She purred
He purred and yawned

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187283]
He purred and yawned
She purred and snuggled into him,"I can't live without you!" She whispered

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187286]
She purred and snuggled into him,"I can't live without you!" She whispered
He whispered "I can't either.

[Hexict]

Lonestar23

The young tom seemed nervous as the two kits were able to sneak out of the camp. He wasn't really in the mood to be in the lead, and slowed his pace so he began to fall behind Berrykit. He still was unsure about this. Snakekit had regretted the suggestions as soon as he had said it, but then when he tried to take it back Berrykit seemed upset. So in order not to upset her in that way, he had then decided to just go ahead with his initial suggestion nonetheless.

But he still had hopes that she would become more friendly as they went.

He had been surprised by the molly's reaction after he had snapped at her back in the nursery. Instead of snapping right back at him - which is what he had expected from her - she had spoke to him in a calm tone. Though to him it wasn't much of a red flag, to her it meant she was getting dangerous. But even though he had taken notice of this fact, he still didn't question her about it. He thought it wa sbest to pretend that he never snapped at her, ignore their little fight - or rather just argument - and just continue forward.

"Uhh... where do you want to go?" He called up to her, still trailing behind Berrykit as they continued to head through the territory. He was sure that she would want to head to the river. The river was pretty much the landmark of Riverclan territory - it was a huge part of them. That was where they hunted for fresh-kill, where they could sun-bathe, where they would swim when it's hot.

And no other clan had a river like it.

But he was still unnerved by the idea of getting caught. He didn't want to upset his parents or really anyone. It was different when he would try to break some small rules, get some laughs and just be generally a curious trouble-maker... but the warriors were serious about this rule. They would get worried and upset if anything happened to a kit out on the territory. And he wasn't keen on becoming the next accident that took place out here.

Yet he still wasn't backing down. Snakekit didn't want to return if it meant being called mouse-heart and a coward. He was a proud cat and wanted to show Berrykit that he wasn't just some kit... but he wasn't doing good job at that, due to staying behind her the whole time.

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187288]
He whispered "I can't either.
Silentbird woke up at moonrise to a mewling noise,"Whos there?" She asked quietly, she slipped away from birdsong and walked out into the moon light,"Why are you out here tiny kit?" She cooed at a small kitten in a patch of darkness,"Come on you!" She mewed picking up the kit and walking back into the cave, she layed the kitten in between her and Birdsong,"Oh you sweet thing!" She purred licking thenkits head,

[lone]

@Lonestar23 (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=42)

The young tom seemed nervous as the two kits were able to sneak out of the camp. He wasn't really in the mood to be in the lead, and slowed his pace so he began to fall behind Berrykit. He still was unsure about this. Snakekit had regretted the suggestions as soon as he had said it, but then when he tried to take it back Berrykit seemed upset. So in order not to upset her in that way, he had then decided to just go ahead with his initial suggestion nonetheless.

But he still had hopes that she would become more friendly as they went.

He had been surprised by the molly's reaction after he had snapped at her back in the nursery. Instead of snapping right back at him - which is what he had expected from her - she had spoke to him in a calm tone. Though to him it wasn't much of a red flag, to her it meant she was getting dangerous. But even though he had taken notice of this fact, he still didn't question her about it. He thought it wa sbest to pretend that he never snapped at her, ignore their little fight - or rather just argument - and just continue forward.

"Uhh... where do you want to go?" He called up to her, still trailing behind Berrykit as they continued to head through the territory. He was sure that she would want to head to the river. The river was pretty much the landmark of Riverclan territory - it was a huge part of them. That was where they hunted for fresh-kill, where they could sun-bathe, where they would swim when it's hot.

And no other clan had a river like it.

But he was still unnerved by the idea of getting caught. He didn't want to upset his parents or really anyone. It was different when he would try to break some small rules, get some laughs and just be generally a curious trouble-maker... but the warriors were serious about this rule. They would get worried and upset if anything happened to a kit out on the territory. And he wasn't keen on becoming the next accident that took place out here.

Yet he still wasn't backing down. Snakekit didn't want to return if it meant being called mouse-heart and a coward. He was a proud cat and wanted to show Berrykit that he wasn't just some kit... but he wasn't doing good job at that, due to staying behind her the whole time.

Berrykit sighed as Snakekit began to fall behind her. Good grief, she thought, glancing back at the tom. What was with him, anyways? The tip of the she cat's tail twitched as she stopped, waiting for him to catch up further. As she waited, she thought back to the nursery- she hadn't needed to be so calm. Is that what a leader would have done? She thought. For some reason, it seemed all her decisions revolved around that one question. And to be honest...the answer wasn't always 'yes.' In fact, it seemed that more often then not, the answer tended to be 'no.' Maybe Berrykit wasn't much of a leader, but at least she had the confidence of one.

That was what she had grown up believing, anyways. She had always thought she would be the 'best of the best' so to speak. And she had imagined herself becoming great but now...now she wasn't so sure. Was she going to be great? Yes! She mentally shouted at herself, her ears going back against her head as she did so. She glanced back at Snakekit and mischief danced in her hues. What would a leader do? The question she had so often asked herself resounded in her head.

She felt almost sick, but she was doing her best not to show it. Was this something that she was doing wrong? One of the bad decisions she had made? Granted, growing up without parents wasn't easy- at least, she hadn't had them for the past two moons. Not. Easy. She thought with a frustrated grimace, before sighing again. It was too bad that she hadn't been able to just leave, along with the two of them- gone, gone into the night, and when she had woken up there had just been the reminiscent scent of her Mother.

She could barely remember the she cat. But she was pretty sure that the sweet smelling, soft spoken female wouldn't have wanted her to do this. "Uhh...I'm- I'm not sure. Maybe we'll just take a look around and...and go back." She mewed. The memory of her Mother had visibly shaken the ginger and white feline. She wasn't happy. This wasn't what she had wanted, this wasn't...wasn't what she had planned in her life. She glanced at Snakekit, wondering what he must think of her. He doesn't think of me very highly, I'll bet. The young cat thought.

But at this point, though she might have previously cared...she really couldn't care less now.

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187409]
Silentbird woke up at moonrise to a mewling noise,"Whos there?" She asked quietly, she slipped away from birdsong and walked out into the moon light,"Why are you out here tiny kit?" She cooed at a small kitten in a patch of darkness,"Come on you!" She mewed picking up the kit and walking back into the cave, she layed the kitten in between her and Birdsong,"Oh you sweet thing!" She purred licking thenkits head,
Birdsong yawned and slowly opened his eyes "you kitted?!" He sat up straight

[SuspiciousMindz]

Jasperpelt looked back at the she cat in confusion as she mentioned being able to see 'just fine.' Was she afraid to go inside? He decided not to mention her being afraid, as if that was true it wouldn't be a very nice thing for him to say. He would hate for it to sound as though he were making fun of her, he definitely wasn't trying to...well... make this more awkward. He shrugged, and then padded inside until only his yellow hues could be seen in the darkness. Truth be told, he had always imagined being able to scare another cat like this- since the tom wasn't much of a strong fighter, he relied more on his intelligence then anything else. "Suit yourself," he mewed from the inside, yellow hues twinkling before he padded back out to stand beside her. The tip of his tail twitched as she spoke again, this time asking him a question. He lowered his head, wondering how a good way to answer the question would be. Well if I'm being honest, it won't sound very interesting. But honesty is the best policy...right? he thought with a sigh. "Well I'm afraid it'll bore you to death, but...uh...I just used to come out here to get away from everything. Nothing too exciting, generally just to escape from an argument...and I'd look for places to hide. Like in here. I learned to find beauty where other cats saw nothing, and- I'd find places like these. I trained myself to look for them." He mewed, looking away. Just speaking that long while looking at her had been exhausting for him. He had never understood why. "Pretty boring, huh?" he asked with a chuckle, his tail still twitching slightly. He thought for a moment at her next question before looking down at his paws, then back up at the cave. The more sure of something he was, the less he seemed to look around- but right now he was wondering if he had been here at night. A memory flashed back inside his head and he looked up, nodding. "Yeah. They do, and sometimes the starlight shines inside...makes it sparkle like nothing else." The tom smiled, looking back at Lotusheart as he spoke.
Lotusheart stepped back a few paces, allowing room for Jasperpelt to exit the cave. As she gave it one last look, her green hues rested on him. She blinked a few times as she listened to his story, her ears swirling around, however she was still listening keenly. "Not boring at all, actually. I wish I had time to look for things like that, but I never really thought there were things outside of being a warrior or a queen. It's what the clan expects of us, anyway," she let out a little huff at the sudden rant, shaking her head and perking back up a little bit. "I'd love to see it in the starlight some time, but who knows when that'll happen," she spoke quietly as she turned her attention back towards their surroundings. Lotusheart wanted to see this place in new-leaf, however she knew that would be impossible with the undergrowth growing back in and her apprentice to train. She shuffled on her paws a little bit and stood back up, walking up to the edge of the river. It gave her something to stare at, to admire rather than think about the stress of clan life and everything she needed to do and not do. She couldn't blame her friend for wanting to come out here, it was breath-taking and very comforting.

[lone]

Lotusheart stepped back a few paces, allowing room for Jasperpelt to exit the cave. As she gave it one last look, her green hues rested on him. She blinked a few times as she listened to his story, her ears swirling around, however she was still listening keenly. "Not boring at all, actually. I wish I had time to look for things like that, but I never really thought there were things outside of being a warrior or a queen. It's what the clan expects of us, anyway," she let out a little huff at the sudden rant, shaking her head and perking back up a little bit. "I'd love to see it in the starlight some time, but who knows when that'll happen," she spoke quietly as she turned her attention back towards their surroundings. Lotusheart wanted to see this place in new-leaf, however she knew that would be impossible with the undergrowth growing back in and her apprentice to train. She shuffled on her paws a little bit and stood back up, walking up to the edge of the river. It gave her something to stare at, to admire rather than think about the stress of clan life and everything she needed to do and not do. She couldn't blame her friend for wanting to come out here, it was breath-taking and very comforting.
After the dark furred tom exited, he turned to stand beside Lotusheart, yellow hues looked into the cave for a moment, a faraway look entering the tom's eyes. He appeared to be somewhere else, perhaps in the past- a small, dark furred apprentice entering the cave for the first time, terrified. And then his expression changing once he realized what was inside for him. He glanced over at his friend as she spoke, slight surprise entering his yellow hues before they became almost stubborn in their appearance. "Yeah, well...I like to look for places like these while I'm trying to be a warrior. It's alright to do things not exactly as the Clan expects us to, y'know...think outside the box a little, I guess." The tom mewed, before looking down at his paws and then back at the cave.

He was almost surprised at his own words. After all, he had always seemed to be so calm...and as though he couldn't really think 'outside the box', so to speak. But this was something new. Something that seemed to stir a sudden fire in Jasperpelt. "Hm. Maybe once your kits are older, we could come out here one night. Kind of hard to find this area, but...once you get here it's definitely worth it." He mewed, the tip of his tail twitching back and forth as he spoke. He had used to come out just when the sun was sinking over the horizon, it's reflection painting the water all sorts of colors before disappearing as the stars and moon came out. It was a sight that he thought every cat should see.

But he only brought his closest friends here...like Lotusheart. Perhaps, one day, when he had an apprentice of his own...he would bring them to this secluded spot as well. Perhaps one day, when things were calmed down and he felt as though he could handle it...he would bring other cats out here, some more friends of his. No- I want to keep it as secret as possible, he thought, imagining those friends bringing more friends of theirs- and eventually it wouldn't be a beautiful, secluded spot anymore. It would be a regular hangout. "Ready to head back? Or would you rather stay out here longer?" He asked, glancing over at Lotusheart again. He knew she had told him they needed to get back after that, but...he wasn't quite sure whether he was ready to say goodbye to this place another time, just until he would see it again the next day.

As silly as it seemed, Jasperpelt always felt like he might never see his special spot again.

(I ship it xD
might be a while before it starts getting really interesting, but I still ship it)

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;187712]
Birdsong yawned and slowly opened his eyes "you kitted?!" He sat up straight
Silentbird laughed,"No but I found him out in the cold so I brought him here!" She mewed,"The poor little thing who would leave such a small kitten?" She meowed quietly

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;187999]
Silentbird laughed,"No but I found him out in the cold so I brought him here!" She mewed,"The poor little thing who would leave such a small kitten?" She meowed quietly
Birdsong nuzzled the kit "o guess we'll raise him with our kits." He licked silentbird

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=Littlelolliepop!;188878]
Birdsong nuzzled the kit "o guess we'll raise him with our kits." He licked silentbird
Silentbird licked the kit and nuzzled birdsong,"What shall we name him?" She asked quietly

[Starfall]

A great feeling of relief swept the honey-colored molly. Her relief was so great, she felt like she was going to pass out right then and there. At first she stood there, shaking, awaiting death, when suddenly, she realized it wasn't coming. Still, she stood as stiff as before. He relished her excuse, which eased her and let her know she wasn't going to die today, or at least not by him. It was what he said afterwards that kept her on edge. He asked her, or rather, he demanded, to go hunting with him. He told the molly, the molly who has walked all the way from the border to only a few tree lengths away from where they were, the molly whose feet were probably tired and her mind needed a quiet place to calm down, to go back out with him to hunt. Oh, how desperately did she want to decline him and march off to camp, but she knew she, unfortunately, wasn't in the proper position to tell him no. She knew she didn't have the tom's full trust. He didn't say he truly believed her story. He only acknowledged her fib and left it be for now. She didn't trust him fully either. In fact, he downright scared her. Then again, a lot of cats bigger than her scares her pretty easily. She looked over helplessly at camp, where her soft nest was. She could swear she could hear it whispering her name. She looked back up at the tom. She hung her head. "Okay, I will come along." she mewed, as if she had much of a choice. She followed a bit farther behind him, still cautious as to what he might do to her. She lowered her head and looked at her paws as she walked. Her mind started trailing back to Fireflare. My poor Fireflare... she thought, sorrowfully, I'm sorry I ran off like that... When I see you again, I'll tell you everything... She perked her ears and head up when she heard him speaking, derailing her thoughts. "O-Oh...um..." she stuttered, "It's okay." she mewed nervously. "Sorry I acted so suspiciously..."
The warrior pricked his ears, he listened to her breathing, her paw steps, everything, he found it odd, he didn't trust her whatsoever, and in all honestly he was supposed to kill her back there and dump her body in the river, but he didn't, was he getting soft? He let out a snort and lashed his tail and decided that if she took one paw step out of place he would kill her, at least Waterstreak would have a friend in the cold, depressing, heavy earth. His ocean blue hues shone with menace for a few seconds as he thought of the many ways to dispose of the mollys body, but the menace was quickly replaced with curiosity, her breathing changed, it slowed down, she almost seemed....relaxed. Upon her statement he tried his hardest to strain a scoff, but considering the fact that, to him, she actually seemed to be calming down...mentally, he would try his hardest to be nice, sweet, and considering the fact that she hasn't shown any signs of being a higher rank, it wouldn't be too hard for the ebony Tom. It's quite alright, I jumped to conclusions too quickly, after the battle against the Dusk Syndicate and the Dark Forest supporters....well...everyone's still a little on edge, even though it happened moons ago." he said, his voice dripped with exhaustion as he remembered the multiple battles and all the fighting he had to do that day, it put his usual training to shame. Fallenstream slowed his pace, a scowl plastered his face as he trecked through the slush, he truely hated leaf-bare and was incredibly happy that it was almost over, but instead of thinking about cold winds and snow, he thought of how easily blood could be spotted on the snow. He let out a snort and pushed the thought away, it wasn't like him to be thinking of such things at a time like this, that's what the higher ups and murderes did.
The ebony warriors mind wandered for a few moments, thinking about...everything, for a few seconds he completley forgot about Honeypool and just continued to wander, until his senses were pulled back to earth by a single question "I wonder if there's still some DS cats in the other clans....or....what if other clans changed their believes and began to work with the DS cats, if any of them would....it would be Windclan, those cats can't be trusted." he sighed, he knew problems like this existed within his little world, Andy it was his job, no his duty to put an end to such things. He vowed to get rid of high ranked cats and stick up for the little, unrecognized warriors, and he's been, he's only a few steps closer to taking down the rank system, and making his clan an equal opportunity clan, where no one will be more important, no one will have special privileges, all equal, just the way he wanted it, and just the way they needed it.

[Lawlipop]

The warrior pricked his ears, he listened to her breathing, her paw steps, everything, he found it odd, he didn't trust her whatsoever, and in all honestly he was supposed to kill her back there and dump her body in the river, but he didn't, was he getting soft? He let out a snort and lashed his tail and decided that if she took one paw step out of place he would kill her, at least Waterstreak would have a friend in the cold, depressing, heavy earth. His ocean blue hues shone with menace for a few seconds as he thought of the many ways to dispose of the mollys body, but the menace was quickly replaced with curiosity, her breathing changed, it slowed down, she almost seemed....relaxed. Upon her statement he tried his hardest to strain a scoff, but considering the fact that, to him, she actually seemed to be calming down...mentally, he would try his hardest to be nice, sweet, and considering the fact that she hasn't shown any signs of being a higher rank, it wouldn't be too hard for the ebony Tom. It's quite alright, I jumped to conclusions too quickly, after the battle against the Dusk Syndicate and the Dark Forest supporters....well...everyone's still a little on edge, even though it happened moons ago." he said, his voice dripped with exhaustion as he remembered the multiple battles and all the fighting he had to do that day, it put his usual training to shame. Fallenstream slowed his pace, a scowl plastered his face as he trecked through the slush, he truely hated leaf-bare and was incredibly happy that it was almost over, but instead of thinking about cold winds and snow, he thought of how easily blood could be spotted on the snow. He let out a snort and pushed the thought away, it wasn't like him to be thinking of such things at a time like this, that's what the higher ups and murderes did.
The ebony warriors mind wandered for a few moments, thinking about...everything, for a few seconds he completley forgot about Honeypool and just continued to wander, until his senses were pulled back to earth by a single question "I wonder if there's still some DS cats in the other clans....or....what if other clans changed their believes and began to work with the DS cats, if any of them would....it would be Windclan, those cats can't be trusted." he sighed, he knew problems like this existed within his little world, Andy it was his job, no his duty to put an end to such things. He vowed to get rid of high ranked cats and stick up for the little, unrecognized warriors, and he's been, he's only a few steps closer to taking down the rank system, and making his clan an equal opportunity clan, where no one will be more important, no one will have special privileges, all equal, just the way he wanted it, and just the way they needed it.


Swishing her tail in a carefree manner as she walked behind him, lowering her head once again, but she didn't focus on the ground, she looked up and down the tom. She never how muscular he was compared to her. She looked at her own golden body, that looked so soft and squishy where his body looked hardened. Her paws and feet were still very tired and began to hurt. She didn't know how she was going to hunt with tired feet. She's an excellent hunter, she knew this, but never hunted when she was so tired. She slowed down, but didn't stop following. She was too afraid to ask him to stop and rest. He spoke a bit more nicely earlier, but she still remained on edge. She believed he could kill her in one swipe of his claws. Her head was perked up once again as he mentioned Dusk Syndicate for the second time, then accidentally let out a tiny gasp when he accused WindClan joining forces with that evil group. Surely WindClan would never.... surely Fireflare would never. Nervously, she stammers her words in an effort to defend WindClan, because she believed no clan in their right mind would assist the Syndicate. Though most of it was for Fireflare. "I-I... well... I don't think a clan would become allies with Dusk Syndicate. Our codes are too different from each others and so are our morals. I'm sure Blazingstar will be a great leader for WindClan. He may be a new leader, but so is Russetstar. They are both young, but I doubt they will be naive to the Syndicate's words." she rambled, she wasn't finished. "I see WindClan full with carefree and fast cats, some can even be very loving..." she paused and tried to prevent her pelt from getting hot when thinking of Fireflare. "...but I guess not all cats there are the best cats." she finished.

[monfang]

{ fenic! }
Nightfang padded around, his yellow hues looking around, the darkness of the night making him unseen. He stopped by the border, and stastared along the edge of the territory, hoping to see something good or something to rid of his he had.

(Sorry mobile post in school)

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;188888]
Silentbird licked the kit and nuzzled birdsong,"What shall we name him?" She asked quietly
He looked at the kit "Moonkit?"

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;188893]
He looked at the kit "Moonkit?"
She nodded licking moonkit,"I was thinking moss kit but I like moonkit too!" She purred

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;189833]
She nodded licking moonkit,"I was thinking moss kit but I like moonkit too!" She purred
He purred and rubbed against his mates cheek. "I love you."

[|+sari+|]

*EmeraldNight padded around the Camp, her emerad green eyes flickering over the cats in the Camp. She was bored and hungry, and wanted a mouse to quiet her growling stomach. She wished the Leader would hurry and just put together a Hunting Patrol so she could Hunt for something to eat*

[Spirit]

Stormsoul smiled at his friend and bounded after her. He knew some cats were afraid of the water, but Silverheart hadn't ever shown too much of a sign of this, so he didn't feel quite as bad as he would have if she had been completely terrified. The white-and-black tom kept right on her heels, allowing her to be ahead of him the whole run there. There was such a thing as chivalry after all. As they neared the rushing, freezing water, Stormsoul slowed to a halt. He listened, hoping to simply hear fish rushing up or down the river along the surface. No such luck was to be found, however. "So, Silverheart, why exactly do you find yourself running everywhere? Got something to hide?" he asked jokingly. He was mainly looking for conversation, feeling slightly odd. His immediate thought was to Argentate, but then, he'd never really felt his alternate self try to make an appearance. It sort of just... Happened. The tomsimply shrugged it off, and padded up to Silverheart. The pretty she-cat needed a little bump on the shoulder. Maybe a small shove. He did so and started holding back light laughter, as he knew he didn't do so much as throw off her step a bit. Why this was funny he didn't really know. Hey, it made him forget about Argentate, so what was the harm as long as Silverheart was unharmed?

As they arrived at the river, Silverheart grinned lightly at Stormsoul's question. "Well.. Can one not be allowed to love running?" She said, giving a bright cat-like smile. She did indeed love running. Feeling the wind against her semi-short pelt felt amazing in her own mind. And at this time of year, the snow made it even better. Not only did it feel cold and nice at her paws, but it also disguised her better. Her silver pelt mixed right in with the mix of white snow and gray-ish colour of the fallen leaves.
"Right.. So how are we going to do this? Any strategies for a team hunt by the river?" She asked, her own brain really working on it's highest to think of something. It was freezing cold, so jumping in to scare the fish towards the other cat was most likely going to turn out wrong.

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;189839]
He purred and rubbed against his mates cheek. "I love you."
She purred back, curling her tail around him and moonkit,"I love you too!" She said, passionately licking his face

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;189865]
She purred back, curling her tail around him and moonkit,"I love you too!" She said, passionately licking his face
He yawned and said "well if you're kitting soon I guess it'll be good." He curled around Moonkit and his mate and went back to sleep

[Starfall]

Swishing her tail in a carefree manner as she walked behind him, lowering her head once again, but she didn't focus on the ground, she looked up and down the tom. She never how muscular he was compared to her. She looked at her own golden body, that looked so soft and squishy where his body looked hardened. Her paws and feet were still very tired and began to hurt. She didn't know how she was going to hunt with tired feet. She's an excellent hunter, she knew this, but never hunted when she was so tired. She slowed down, but didn't stop following. She was too afraid to ask him to stop and rest. He spoke a bit more nicely earlier, but she still remained on edge. She believed he could kill her in one swipe of his claws. Her head was perked up once again as he mentioned Dusk Syndicate for the second time, then accidentally let out a tiny gasp when he accused WindClan joining forces with that evil group. Surely WindClan would never.... surely Fireflare would never. Nervously, she stammers her words in an effort to defend WindClan, because she believed no clan in their right mind would assist the Syndicate. Though most of it was for Fireflare. "I-I... well... I don't think a clan would become allies with Dusk Syndicate. Our codes are too different from each others and so are our morals. I'm sure Blazingstar will be a great leader for WindClan. He may be a new leader, but so is Russetstar. They are both young, but I doubt they will be naive to the Syndicate's words." she rambled, she wasn't finished. "I see WindClan full with carefree and fast cats, some can even be very loving..." she paused and tried to prevent her pelt from getting hot when thinking of Fireflare. "...but I guess not all cats there are the best cats." she finished.

Fallenstream flicked his ear and listened intently as the molly began to defend the rabbit runners, amusement and curiosity flickered in his blue hues, he was intrueged by the fact that she defended them with so much emotion. It took him a few moments to realize just how tired Honeypool was, she did just come back from chasing a rabbit, supposedly, across the Riverclan border, and decided to slow down. The ebony warrior completely stopped and dug his claws into the ground, he didn't get it, what made the molly calm down when she thought of Windclan, all they did was chase rabbits and whine about their food, their weak and mouse-brains, he didn't get it, and it annoyed him. He turned to look directly at Honeypool and glared, his eyes were accusing and full of anger, but it wasn't towards the molly, no, not at all, in all honesty he grew quite fond of the molly, her weakness, her sweetness, her fear, he felt as though her could protect her, he would protect her. "Why in the name of Starclan are you defending them? I never said anything about Blazingstar being a bad leader, and Russetstar was appointed by Starclan to become leader, they're star's apart." he snapped, his tail lashed back and fourth, he soon realized that he was yelling at the molly, he let out a snort and turned around. The warrior dug his claws into the soil and let out a huff, he didn't like it, the fact that she sided with them, why could she side with him, was he really all that bad? Was he really that scary, that evil? He lowered his eyelids and let out a long sigh, his tail drooped and his ears flattened against his head, never, not once in his live time, has he shown his soft, defeated side to another cat, but he didn't care, he felt as though he had been clawed in the stomach, no, he felt as though his heart had been clawed "Yeah....that's true, there are some evil cats in all clans...even Riverclan......" he trailed off, he thought about it, deeply about it, and he came to a conclusion, he was one of those evil cats, he killed, even though he did it for his clan, he still killed, and it has been eating away his soul. Fallenstream let out a long sigh and turned his head to look at Honeypool "you can go back to camp if you would like, I won't make you come hunt with me, you're tired and you need to rest." he stated, his tail tip flicked as he awaited to hear the molly walk away.

[Empress Of Evil]

Summerpaw felt something splash her and a shudder went down her spine- not of fear, or discomfort, it was just habit. The she cat tensed as she heard a familiar voice sounding behind her and her hues narrowed slightly, though she managed to keep her posture normal as she did so. "Brackenpaw?" She asked, turning around to look at the tom. He had gotten much bigger since she had last seen him...but then again, they had been quite a deal younger, hadn't they? Wow. She thought, looking at her friend. The only cat who hadn't had much of a response when she had attempted to flirt with him. A cat she had thought she might have a chance with, but nope, wasn't going to work. So she had given up already. That was the problem with her- when she had been younger, she didn't stick to things, and now it was too late. "I'm assuming you didn't come all the way out here just to see me. What brought you here?" She asked with a dry chuckle. She wasn't even trying to flirt anymore, knowing it simply wasn't going to work. And if it wouldn't work, then...what was the point of doing so? She wasn't sure.
It was a rare occasion when Summerpaw actually allowed herself to look unsure, or anything less then pretty and confident, but now she seemed to have sort of...sunk. Become less pretty, less confident, less her and more unsure. She didn't like this. She didn't like looking unsure. And especially when she knew that he had never seen her like this, now she would have to explain- unless he doesn't ask. Oh StarClan, please don't let him ask. Summerpaw thought desperately, the tip of her tail twitching as she glanced anxiously back at the tom. She didn't want him to ask her about her personal life, though it had involved him long, long ago, and she didn't want him to know anything. Still, they were friends...it had been a while since they had spent time together, but Summerpaw might even think of him as a closer friend then most. A best friend, some might say.

And if that were true, then...didn't he deserve to know?

"Oh! I was just washing off my paws. The mud in this territory is just unbelieveable!" Brackenpaw exclaimed, wrinkling his nose in disgust. The tom didn't at all seem to notice Summerpaw's dry chuckle, to busy relaxing in the cold water. Brackenpaw liked the water. Actually, he loved it. He was definitely not a dry paw and often spent his free time dipping his paws in one stream or another. Considering it was leaf-bare, the water was colder than normal, but after swishing around for a bit, he got used to it. Having short fur was certainly an advantage for Brackenpaw. It meant it didn't take him a long time to dry off after swimming.
The calico tom felt a small smile forming on his maw as he felt the icky mud creeping back out of his fur and into the chilly water instead. Brackenpaw wasn't one to care if he got dirty or not. Not normally anyway. For Brackenpaw, some things just felt weird in his fur and he didn't like it. The apprentice carefully tried placing one of his paws on the sand below. He felt something soft beneath his paw and quickly put down his other three paws. The current wasn't very strong, so he could stop worrying about being washed away. "Anyway, how are you? I can't say we've talked for a while," Brackenpaw remarked cheerfully. The apprentice hadn't appeared to have noticed anything. Yet. A few moments later, Brackenpaw stopped focusing on the water and moved his attention to Summerpaw. He couldn't help but notice, she looked a bit...different? Was that the word to describe the way she looked? "Are you alright? You look a bit....different," Brackenpaw said, concern for his friend flashing in his eyes.

[lone]

"Oh! I was just washing off my paws. The mud in this territory is just unbelieveable!" Brackenpaw exclaimed, wrinkling his nose in disgust. The tom didn't at all seem to notice Summerpaw's dry chuckle, to busy relaxing in the cold water. Brackenpaw liked the water. Actually, he loved it. He was definitely not a dry paw and often spent his free time dipping his paws in one stream or another. Considering it was leaf-bare, the water was colder than normal, but after swishing around for a bit, he got used to it. Having short fur was certainly an advantage for Brackenpaw. It meant it didn't take him a long time to dry off after swimming.


The calico tom felt a small smile forming on his maw as he felt the icky mud creeping back out of his fur and into the chilly water instead. Brackenpaw wasn't one to care if he got dirty or not. Not normally anyway. For Brackenpaw, some things just felt weird in his fur and he didn't like it. The apprentice carefully tried placing one of his paws on the sand below. He felt something soft beneath his paw and quickly put down his other three paws. The current wasn't very strong, so he could stop worrying about being washed away. "Anyway, how are you? I can't say we've talked for a while," Brackenpaw remarked cheerfully. The apprentice hadn't appeared to have noticed anything. Yet. A few moments later, Brackenpaw stopped focusing on the water and moved his attention to Summerpaw. He couldn't help but notice, she looked a bit...different? Was that the word to describe the way she looked? "Are you alright? You look a bit....different," Brackenpaw said, concern for his friend flashing in his eyes.
The calico smiled at her friend's explanation of what he was doing. Only Brackenpaw. She though affectionately, her tail swishing back and forth as she did so. "No kidding. Good thing we've got the river here to get rid of it, right?" She asked, looking back at the rapidly moving water. She hated how quickly it moved sometimes. She hated how hard it was to get ahold of the swirling water, but at the same time, she loved it. The freedom of the current, the way that it went wherever it wanted-- and did whatever it wanted-- made her feel more at home then ever. She loved it out here. It was so beautiful, and it made her feel like she didn't need to keep up an appearance. It made her feel like she truly was at home. Summerpaw glanced at him and for a moment, her hues looked proud and full of her arrogant nature before they fell at his expression. "No. No, I'm- I'm not alright. If you want the truth, I'm scared. I'm scared, Brackenpaw. When- when SkyClan came, and were fighting for the side I knew was right, to free our Clan, I thought...I thought something might happen to you. And I would lose the best friend I've ever had. And what if something like that happens again? What if we have to fight like that again, and something does happen to you?" Summerpaw's light green hues looked close to tears, but at this point, she couldn't have cared less. She was terrified. Terrified that her nightmares, the nightmares she'd been holding onto for so long, were going to come spilling out. Like some of them already had. "I don't want to lose you. Not now. Not ever." She took a shaky breath, before looking back at the water. That was the closest Summerpaw had ever gotten to telling someone she cared. Because she just didn't want to get too attached. She knew cats died. She knew cats moved on. But Brackenpaw was different, he wasn't just some cat that she knew. He wasn't just some random cat that she had met one day, he was...different. And because of that, she knew she couldn't stand losing him. He was her best friend-- there was no way to find another cat like him, because as far as she knew, there wasn't one...anywhere. And even if she were to get lucky, even if there happened to be another cat like him, that cat could never take Brackenpaw's place.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to- to tell you all that. I must be out of my mind." Summerpaw mewed. Now the fear was obvious in her green hues, and she was looking for an escape route to dart away into the brush, away from him, just so she could gather her thoughts. She had let her guard down. She had let her guard down and now she was going to get hurt, and that was all there was to it.

[Static]

*EmeraldNight padded around the Camp, her emerad green eyes flickering over the cats in the Camp. She was bored and hungry, and wanted a mouse to quiet her growling stomach. She wished the Leader would hurry and just put together a Hunting Patrol so she could Hunt for something to eat*
Flash heart padded over to emerald night,tail flicking."hey emerald night.want to hunt?"he asked hopefully.the orange warrior had caught only a mouse and needed more for the clan.maby hunting with someone would help.

[|+sari+|]

Flash heart padded over to emerald night,tail flicking."hey emerald night.want to hunt?"he asked hopefully.the orange warrior had caught only a mouse and needed more for the clan.maby hunting with someone would help.

*EmeraldNight jumped in surprise and backed away a bit, her ears flattened* Uh... nu... no thank you. I would rather... not *she glances around desperately trying to find a way to be alone*

Just because she is like this does not mean FlashHeart should leave. Just get him to try and talk to her, try to convince her to hunt with him. And not trying to be mean, but I really don't like RPing with people who have bad grammar. I hope you uderstand. Try to make it better in the next Post. ))

[Static]

*EmeraldNight jumped in surprise and backed away a bit, her ears flattened* Uh... nu... no thank you. I would rather... not *she glances around desperately trying to find a way to be alone*

Just because she is like this does not mean FlashHeart should leave. Just get him to try and talk to her, try to convince her to hunt with him. And not trying to be mean, but I really don't like RPing with people who have bad grammar. I hope you uderstand. Try to make it better in the next Post. ))
Sorry.ok.)
Flash heart looked at the she-cat,trying to think of a way to convince her."We are both great hunters.We can catch enough for the clan if we hunt together than we can hunting alone." Flash heart reasonede,keeping his distance so he did not scare her,but close enough to be heard.

[|+sari+|]

Sorry.ok.)
Flash heart looked at the she-cat,trying to think of a way to convince her."We are both great hunters.We can catch enough for the clan if we hunt together than we can hunting alone." Flash heart reasonede,keeping his distance so he did not scare her,but close enough to be heard.

*EmeraldNight thought for a moment, then straightened from her huddled position slowly* All right... but don't think about being close to me *she turned and started padding towards the Camp entrance, her tail flicking with annoyance. She paused to look back at him* Well, are you coming or not? *her emerald green eyes are scrutinizing*

[|+sari+|]

I gtg. Bbs))

[Static]

*EmeraldNight thought for a moment, then straightened from her huddled position slowly* All right... but don't think about being close to me *she turned and started padding towards the Camp entrance, her tail flicking with annoyance. She paused to look back at him* Well, are you coming or not? *her emerald green eyes are scrutinizing*
"Yhea I'm coming!" Flash heart called over to her,following her to the camp entrance."I thought we where hunting?".He said confused.

[Fel]

{ @fenic! (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=21) }
Nightfang padded around, his yellow hues looking around, the darkness of the night making him unseen. He stopped by the border, and stastared along the edge of the territory, hoping to see something good or something to rid of his he had.

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It had been a moon or so since she'd been declared a full fighter- she'd had to train terribly hard, but it was all worth it to know that she'd succeeded in her goals. Her father, Bleddyn, had trained her in secret, and she'd worked her hardest to reject the labeling as 'runt' she'd worn since the day she was born. Chiaki was stronger now- she'd made sure that nobody would reject her again. Striding through a border which seemed to belong to one of those cursed clans, she turned her nose up in disgust as she padded, narrowing her eyes.

[|+sari+|]

"Yhea I'm coming!" Flash heart called over to her,following her to the camp entrance."I thought we where hunting?".He said confused.

*EmeraldNight smirked* We are... are we not supposed to hunt outside of Camp? *she then turned and slinked through the Entrance, coming out on the other side and stretching*

[Static]

Flash heart looked confused."hunt in camp?for what?minnows?".he asked,but noticed how rude it sounded immidetly.

[Brilliance]

''Here.'' Angelcloud, a toyger, dropped a small fish at her sister's paws. Heavencloud looked at the food. She wasn't interested in eating the fish, per se, she wanted to push it away, but her sister was a stubborning demon that pushed her to eat.
Heavencloud laid on her stomach, her paws were neatly crossed in front of her and the back of her tail was swishing. ''Angel-''
''Eat.'' Her sister instructed, more harshly this time. ''I did not just get this food for you to admire it up close. Eat the fish, Heavencloud.''
''You can't make me.'' Heavencloud was more defiant.
''I'm not afraid to shove it down your throat if I have to.'' Her sister replied.
Heavencloud let out a sigh of annoyance, but she gently edged her way to the food, taking small nibbles at it. Angelcloud relaxed, and she laid down on her side. ''You get on my nerves.''
''Dear sister of mine, I can say the same for you.'' Heavencloud stated. She took a few more nibbles of the fish anyway, enjoying somewhat of the taste. ''But, I'm not really hungry.''
''You need to eat. If you don't, you're going to starve yourself.'' Angelcloud said. ''Do you really think daddy would want that?''
''Of course not,'' The she-cat mused. ''But, how would you know what-''
''Don't start an argument today,'' Angelcloud said. ''My energy is drained, and frankly, I'm tired.''
''Me too...'' Heavencloud admitted. She finished half the fish, and got up to stretch. ''...I'm going for a walk...don't bother following me.''
''Don't worry! I'm laying down for a quick cat nap if I could.'' Angelcloud chuckled, and Heavencloud smiled longingly at her sister.
Once she noted that her sister was lightly sleeping, she padded away for a walk around the territory.

[Fel]

"Well, there are cats with shorter fur who happen to get cold quite easily." Russetstar retorted jokingly, flicking his tail with a burst of energy as his friend stood up. "Alright, alright, I'm coming- but don't expect me to warm up right away. Not all cats are always warm like you are, y'know." He huffed, picking himself off of the camp floor and beginning to walk outside of the camp's walls, his paws sinking into a thin layer of snow and sending a chill down his spine. It was terribly cold, but it also felt refreshing- the same as a cold breeze blowing across his fur, something he didn't experience nearly as much as their neighbors, Windclan, did. He wasn't one to get jealous of another, but he wished he could have that feeling every day- it never stung as much as the snow did, and it felt like true serenity. Wolfybro

[graves]

"Well, there are cats with shorter fur who happen to get cold quite easily." Russetstar retorted jokingly, flicking his tail with a burst of energy as his friend stood up. "Alright, alright, I'm coming- but don't expect me to warm up right away. Not all cats are always warm like you are, y'know." He huffed, picking himself off of the camp floor and beginning to walk outside of the camp's walls, his paws sinking into a thin layer of snow and sending a chill down his spine. It was terribly cold, but it also felt refreshing- the same as a cold breeze blowing across his fur, something he didn't experience nearly as much as their neighbors, Windclan, did. He wasn't one to get jealous of another, but he wished he could have that feeling every day- it never stung as much as the snow did, and it felt like true serenity. Wolfybro

He rolled his eyes as the began to walk. His paws sunk into the blanket of snow though uneffected from the thick fur between his paws. He walked close along side Russet since because of his long fur hopefully it'd help with the rather chilling temperature,and plus he just liked the contact when it came to the other. The cold felt nice against him,waking him up a bit. He hadn't been getting the best sleep lately. From everything that had been happening recently it hadn't help his sleeping pattern and had,,disrupted him a few times. He let out a quiet high pitched yawn. He liked walks like this under the trees as the balanced snow on their bare,raw branches. The cool breeze felt nice against his thick,warm pelt. His tail swayed a little as he walked with shy happiness. "You're all alone in the leaders den now,I'm sure it gets pretty cold at night."

[Fel]

Cricket sighed in happiness as it sunk in further and further that she was home, that she was reunited with her true loves; RiverClan and her father. Opening her eyes at his question, she felt guilt pick away at her heart. "I don't know... It was far from here, I know that much. The place we were staying when I left was this huge abandoned barn that had twolegs coming in and out every so often - they didn't bother us though," she added, knowing that would just worry her father. Cricket smiled, then gasped at his next statement. Her father, the leader? "You're... Russetstar now? Oh dad!" she exclaimed, excitement bursting from her as she bounced up and down, overjoyed that he'd been selected as the leader. "But wait... what happened to Bucknight?" she asked. Since she'd been whisked away as just a kit, she hadn't stayed long enough to see any of the tom's sinister ways, and truly believed him to just be a young, ambitious leader. Curiosity shown in her eyes as she looked up at her dad.

As her father asked if she would be staying, she didn't need to say anything. She just nodded and smiled, pressing her nose into his soft fur. At the mention of the other cat, Cricket looked over her dad's shoulder at Shalefur. She smiled and blinked, analyzing the expression on his face. If there was one thing that she was good at, naturally, it was reading others. And something seemed... off about this warrior, but she couldn't quite place it. Disregarding the silly though, Cricket dipped her head to the warrior. "It's nice to meet you, Shalefur. I trust you've been taking care of my dad while I've been away?" she teased lightly.

Shalefur blinked, letting a snort escape as Cricket's teasing tome came to him. "He can take care of himself, and he has plenty of other's to take care of him," he stated, placing an emphasis on 'take care' as if it had some sort of hidden meaning. Which, to him, it did. He blinked and glanced at Russetstar, not really able to match his enthusiasm except for being happy that he was happy. "It's nice to meet you too," he finally responded, awkwardly dipping his head before looking around. "Are you gonna bring her back to camp? There'll be a lot of questions," he warned the leader, looking back at Russetstar. Gone was his quirky and friendly personality that he'd put on display with Russetstar just a few moments earlier. Now that there was another face around, Shalefur didn't feel secure at all. So back up came the façade.

(boop c: @fenic! (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=21) )
Russetstar didn't exactly understand why Shellfeather had left him in the first place- surely, their relationship wasn't as stable it'd used to be, but it had just started to get so much better... and then she left, and she stole the kits away from him. He never knew that she'd gone on purpose, but he didn't think that Cricketkit would ever lie. She was young, and it seemed like she didn't know much about her surroundings- maybe she'd been confused, maybe she didn't understand yet... Shell didn't abandon me, right? She'd never do that to me. He loved her, and then she... disappeared. "It's okay- you're with me now. You... you don't have to think about that anymore, Cricketkit." He murmured, closing his eyes in sadness as he talked to his daughter. At least I have her. I have her and Applethorn, and Shellkit, and Rabbitpaw, and Shalefur, and Whisperblaze... I'm going to be okay, right? Everything's going to turn out perfectly for my friends and family, I promise.

Turning back to Shalefur quickly, Russetstar's voice seemed more definitive as he spoke now. His friend didn't seem to happy anymore, and it put a damper on the mood as he talked- when they got back to camp, he'd make sure to talk to Shalefur about what was going on. "Of course she's coming with us- and we'd better head back soon, anyways. I don't want it to get too dark before we reach camp, as we've got one extra face on our patrol now."

[spade]

Russetstar didn't exactly understand why Shellfeather had left him in the first place- surely, their relationship wasn't as stable it'd used to be, but it had just started to get so much better... and then she left, and she stole the kits away from him. He never knew that she'd gone on purpose, but he didn't think that Cricketkit would ever lie. She was young, and it seemed like she didn't know much about her surroundings- maybe she'd been confused, maybe she didn't understand yet... Shell didn't abandon me, right? She'd never do that to me. He loved her, and then she... disappeared. "It's okay- you're with me now. You... you don't have to think about that anymore, Cricketkit." He murmured, closing his eyes in sadness as he talked to his daughter. At least I have her. I have her and Applethorn, and Shellkit, and Rabbitpaw, and Shalefur, and Whisperblaze... I'm going to be okay, right? Everything's going to turn out perfectly for my friends and family, I promise.

Turning back to Shalefur quickly, Russetstar's voice seemed more definitive as he spoke now. His friend didn't seem to happy anymore, and it put a damper on the mood as he talked- when they got back to camp, he'd make sure to talk to Shalefur about what was going on. "Of course she's coming with us- and we'd better head back soon, anyways. I don't want it to get too dark before we reach camp, as we've got one extra face on our patrol now."


Cricket straightened up at the mention of going back to camp. She didn't remember much about it, and the RiverClanners she had been forced to leave behind since she'd only been a kit, and suddenly she felt nervous. She stayed quiet as she listened to her dad and Shalefur talk. Who was he, anyway? Was Shalefur the new deputy? So much had changed since Cricket had been apart of the Clan it made her dizzy almost, and she shook her head as if to clear the thoughts that darted around. "I hope nothing else has changed," she mewed with a wary laugh, letting her eyes dart from Shalefur to Russetstar, then ahead towards where she was pretty sure the camp was located. She took a deep breath and let it out, then turned her body in the direction of camp. "We should probably get going then, right," she said, trying her best to look and be brave.

Shalefur watched the newly discovered daughter with a curious yet wary expression. He had known about Shellfeather, and how she had left the Clan along with most of Russetstar's biological kits, so it was a shock to him to see one of them had come back. It had been moons since then, before the evil era, and he wasn't too sure about her for some reason. Perking his ears, the tom looked at Russetstar and nodded in agreement, strictly business now with the RiverClan leader. "Of course. Let's get going at once," he said, his voice a bit deeper as he turned, making his way back to camp. He decided to take the lead, since he assumed that Russetstar would want to walk alongside his daughter on their way back. Inside, Shalefur started to feel... what was that... jealousy? His facial features twisted up in confusion at the rise of bile in his throat. Jealous? Of Russetstar's daughter? Or maybe it was because the tom's attention had easily been torn away from Shalefur. A slight, almost inaudible growl resided deep within the RiverClan warrior's chest as he continued on, forcing the emotion into submission and back into a corner until he could no longer feel it anymore.

[SuspiciousMindz]

After the dark furred tom exited, he turned to stand beside Lotusheart, yellow hues looked into the cave for a moment, a faraway look entering the tom's eyes. He appeared to be somewhere else, perhaps in the past- a small, dark furred apprentice entering the cave for the first time, terrified. And then his expression changing once he realized what was inside for him. He glanced over at his friend as she spoke, slight surprise entering his yellow hues before they became almost stubborn in their appearance. "Yeah, well...I like to look for places like these while I'm trying to be a warrior. It's alright to do things not exactly as the Clan expects us to, y'know...think outside the box a little, I guess." The tom mewed, before looking down at his paws and then back at the cave.

He was almost surprised at his own words. After all, he had always seemed to be so calm...and as though he couldn't really think 'outside the box', so to speak. But this was something new. Something that seemed to stir a sudden fire in Jasperpelt. "Hm. Maybe once your kits are older, we could come out here one night. Kind of hard to find this area, but...once you get here it's definitely worth it." He mewed, the tip of his tail twitching back and forth as he spoke. He had used to come out just when the sun was sinking over the horizon, it's reflection painting the water all sorts of colors before disappearing as the stars and moon came out. It was a sight that he thought every cat should see.

But he only brought his closest friends here...like Lotusheart. Perhaps, one day, when he had an apprentice of his own...he would bring them to this secluded spot as well. Perhaps one day, when things were calmed down and he felt as though he could handle it...he would bring other cats out here, some more friends of his. No- I want to keep it as secret as possible, he thought, imagining those friends bringing more friends of theirs- and eventually it wouldn't be a beautiful, secluded spot anymore. It would be a regular hangout. "Ready to head back? Or would you rather stay out here longer?" He asked, glancing over at Lotusheart again. He knew she had told him they needed to get back after that, but...he wasn't quite sure whether he was ready to say goodbye to this place another time, just until he would see it again the next day.

As silly as it seemed, Jasperpelt always felt like he might never see his special spot again.

(I ship it xD
might be a while before it starts getting really interesting, but I still ship it)
Lotusheart let out a soft sigh, her breath seen in the frozen air. With each breath, she let herself relax until Jasperpelt was out of the cave and talking a bit. She was glad the ebony tom-cat started breaking out of his shell a little bit around her, however she knew she'd never get him to stop being so timid. The larger she-cat let her green hues spark with life a little bit as Jasperpelt agreed with her about doing something other than expected. For her, everyone knew she'd have kits, she didn't mind that, but now everyone was assuming she'd simply go find another mate and have more kits. Did she really want that? The question lingered in her mind. More kits later, perhaps, but could she really move on to a different mate? Would that ever happen?

At his offer, she shook the thought away and gave him a friendly little smile. "Okay, that will be good," she replied. Her kits would be needing her back soon, so perhaps it was time to say goodbye to this place for now and return. Rising to her paws, she gave him a long look. "We need to go back, my kits need me still," she spoke softly, gesturing him towards the entrance. She'd followed him out since she didn't want to be the reason they got stuck in the bushes or get lost. Lotusheart still wasn't sure if they were out of the territory or not, but she didn't need the answer anymore. It'd spoil it.

[perhaps this leads up to the nursery thing happening now? So like a mini time-skip from here.]

[Lawlipop]

Fallenstream flicked his ear and listened intently as the molly began to defend the rabbit runners, amusement and curiosity flickered in his blue hues, he was intrueged by the fact that she defended them with so much emotion. It took him a few moments to realize just how tired Honeypool was, she did just come back from chasing a rabbit, supposedly, across the Riverclan border, and decided to slow down. The ebony warrior completely stopped and dug his claws into the ground, he didn't get it, what made the molly calm down when she thought of Windclan, all they did was chase rabbits and whine about their food, their weak and mouse-brains, he didn't get it, and it annoyed him. He turned to look directly at Honeypool and glared, his eyes were accusing and full of anger, but it wasn't towards the molly, no, not at all, in all honesty he grew quite fond of the molly, her weakness, her sweetness, her fear, he felt as though her could protect her, he would protect her. "Why in the name of Starclan are you defending them? I never said anything about Blazingstar being a bad leader, and Russetstar was appointed by Starclan to become leader, they're star's apart." he snapped, his tail lashed back and fourth, he soon realized that he was yelling at the molly, he let out a snort and turned around. The warrior dug his claws into the soil and let out a huff, he didn't like it, the fact that she sided with them, why could she side with him, was he really all that bad? Was he really that scary, that evil? He lowered his eyelids and let out a long sigh, his tail drooped and his ears flattened against his head, never, not once in his live time, has he shown his soft, defeated side to another cat, but he didn't care, he felt as though he had been clawed in the stomach, no, he felt as though his heart had been clawed "Yeah....that's true, there are some evil cats in all clans...even Riverclan......" he trailed off, he thought about it, deeply about it, and he came to a conclusion, he was one of those evil cats, he killed, even though he did it for his clan, he still killed, and it has been eating away his soul. Fallenstream let out a long sigh and turned his head to look at Honeypool "you can go back to camp if you would like, I won't make you come hunt with me, you're tired and you need to rest." he stated, his tail tip flicked as he awaited to hear the molly walk away.
She almost bumped into the tom and was able to stop herself quick enough to keep them from touching. She flicked her ear as she looked up at him in confusion and noticed how angry his eyes looked, causing her to once again shrink down and pin her ears back, backing up a bit. She hung her head and looked down at the ground as he spat at her. Her fur was hot, feeling guilty for spitting accusations at him for something he didn't say. She knew something she couldn't allow for him to know about a certain tom in it, so it felt like an instinct to get defensive for him. When you love a cat, it feels like you must be protective over them when they aren't there even over the littlest of things. "I'm sorry..." she squeaked, not looking at him directly. Her eyes became fixated again when she noticed looking a bit less intimidating as he began to droop. Was it something I said? she thought, worriedly. She focused on his words, expressions and body language. Evil.... that was the word... that word seemed to trigger something inside of him, which made her more concerned. Maybe kin of his... or maybe even he himself? She shook her head. No, it couldn't possibly be him. she thought, Intimidating and a bit rude? Yes. Evil? No... I don't possibly see it. Trying to make him feel better, she tried rephrasing her current statements. "O-O-Oh, well when I meant evil cats, I just meant.... L-Less than good cats. I don't truly believe in evil cats myself." she fibbed with a nervous smile and twitchy tail. "Certain cats make bad choices in there life, but it doesn't make them evil. If you regret a certain decision like that, then you are just a cat that made a mistake." she may have been lying at first, but she was glad to throw in some honest advice and moral checks. Maybe he might actually believe her this time. She was a bit surprised when he said she was free to go back to camp. A small portion was already racing towards her nest in the camp and couldn't wait to snuggle up in her nest. However, the rest of her took notice of him as he said that. In her eyes, she saw a cat that was upset and needed help to be cheered up. It saddened her to see such a big, strong looking cat down on his knees like this. He was certainly a handsome tom. He probably just needs a mate or some cat to help cheer him up, she thought. She immediately excluded herself as she thought of this. Her heart and feelings were already taken and reserved for Fireflare. She was still willing to see him as a potential ally someday. She allowed herself to gaze over to camo, then at her tired feet, then back at this tom. Being forced to lie once again, she lies sweetly, "Oh, why I'm not tired at all," she mewed, quickly placing her tail on her feet. "I wouldn't want to leave you alone like that, it'd seem too cruel for a cat to do." she walks over to his side where he can see her clearly and then hiding her feet again. "I'm fine with spending more time in the territory. I'd rather come back to camp with some prey in my claws, don't you think so too?" she asked, with a shy smile. ((haha Fallen just got friendzoned c;))

[The Mad Katter]

NoireRose

Lilyshade walked to the river, Tornadopaw prancing around her. "Make sure you watch where you're going!" she called as he ran ahead. She shook her head affectionately. That tom was way too hyperactive for this early in the morning. Lilyshade quickened her stride, now trotting. She didn't want Tornadopaw to reach the river ahead of her and be left waiting. Following her apprentice, she reached the river and looked into the sparkling water. She shivered. It was bound to be very cold since it was leaf bare. The black and white she-cat looked over at Tornadopaw. "You ready for a little competition?" she asked him. This would be a good way to assess his skills; pit him against a warrior and see how he does. However, there was no doubt in her mind that Tornadopaw would be an excellent swimmer. She believed him when he said that he practiced when he didn't have a mentor. He was built for it too. The she-cat smiled, excited to see how well of a swimmer he was. After all, being a good swimmer is essential to any Riverclan cat's life.

[Brilliance]

NoireRose

Lilyshade walked to the river, Tornadopaw prancing around her. "Make sure you watch where you're going!" she called as he ran ahead. She shook her head affectionately. That tom was way too hyperactive for this early in the morning. Lilyshade quickened her stride, now trotting. She didn't want Tornadopaw to reach the river ahead of her and be left waiting. Following her apprentice, she reached the river and looked into the sparkling water. She shivered. It was bound to be very cold since it was leaf bare. The black and white she-cat looked over at Tornadopaw. "You ready for a little competition?" she asked him. This would be a good way to assess his skills; pit him against a warrior and see how he does. However, there was no doubt in her mind that Tornadopaw would be an excellent swimmer. She believed him when he said that he practiced when he didn't have a mentor. He was built for it too. The she-cat smiled, excited to see how well of a swimmer he was. After all, being a good swimmer is essential to any Riverclan cat's life.

Tornadopaw paid no heed to his mentor as he continued to run. When he tripped over his paws, and tumbled down for a bit, he shook his head, chuckling. ''Noted.'' He stood up, shook the debris from his smooth coat and trotted up towards the pretty water. He loved the way the water looked. It what drew him into wanting to learn the waves of it. He dipped his paw slightly into it, shivering. ''The river is getting cold.'' He muttered, but then smiled. ''Of I'm ready for anything!'' He lashed his tail, excitedly. And, without thinking much he hopped into the water, his body stopped. He felt the chills once again, and his breathing hitched. After a while of standing still, his body slowly got used to the temperature. ''Leaf-bare really isn't my favorite season.'' He smiled sheepishly. He started padding around for a bit, getting more used to the water. He looked up at his mentor. ''You coming in or are you backing out?'' When he felt something nibble on his hind paw, he knew it had to be a fish. He swam away for a bit, and ducked his head under water. He didn't see the fish. He looked everywhere for it, until he felt like he would drown. Too much was enough! Tornadopaw shot his head back up, looking desperately around at his surroundings. He sighed in relief. ''I tried looking for a fish...it got away.'' He mused, then snorted.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw paid no heed to his mentor as he continued to run. When he tripped over his paws, and tumbled down for a bit, he shook his head, chuckling. ''Noted.'' He stood up, shook the debris from his smooth coat and trotted up towards the pretty water. He loved the way the water looked. It what drew him into wanting to learn the waves of it. He dipped his paw slightly into it, shivering. ''The river is getting cold.'' He muttered, but then smiled. ''Of I'm ready for anything!'' He lashed his tail, excitedly. And, without thinking much he hopped into the water, his body stopped. He felt the chills once again, and his breathing hitched. After a while of standing still, his body slowly got used to the temperature. ''Leaf-bare really isn't my favorite season.'' He smiled sheepishly. He started padding around for a bit, getting more used to the water. He looked up at his mentor. ''You coming in or are you backing out?'' When he felt something nibble on his hind paw, he knew it had to be a fish. He swam away for a bit, and ducked his head under water. He didn't see the fish. He looked everywhere for it, until he felt like he would drown. Too much was enough! Tornadopaw shot his head back up, looking desperately around at his surroundings. He sighed in relief. ''I tried looking for a fish...it got away.'' He mused, then snorted.
Lilyshade arrived at the river in time to see Tornadopaw step into it. She chuckled at his comments and agreed with his question. "Of course I'm coming in. What kind of mentor would I be if I just told you things, not showed you?" She grinned and gingerly walked into the freezing water. Gritting her teeth against the cold, she turned to her apprentice. "Now, ready for a little fish catching contest?" Lilyshade looked into the water, seeing small silver fish darting between her legs. Her eyes narrowed in concentration and a paw flashed out, claws extended, to spear the fish. She held her paw triumphantly in the air, the weak sunlight flashing off the fish's scales. The black and white she looked at Tornadopaw. "One for me!" she declared. "Your turn." Lilyshade dipped her head and backed away, allowing him some space to catch something. She wanted to see the full extent of his skills, when he had the whole river to himself. Her fur bushed now that she was out of the water and she shivered. At least her short fur would dry faster. Lilyshade placed the fish on the bank and sat down to watch Tornadopaw work.

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;190067]
He yawned and said "well if you're kitting soon I guess it'll be good." He curled around Moonkit and his mate and went back to sleep
Silentbird yawned and curled tighter around moonkit licking the sleeping kits head

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;190090]
Silentbird yawned and curled tighter around moonkit licking the sleeping kits head
Birdsong purred in his sleep

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;192664]
Birdsong purred in his sleep
Silentbird shifted snoring lightly

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;192713]
Silentbird shifted snoring lightly
Skip)
Birdsong woke up and yawned, sitting up

[Dreams of forever]

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Skip)
Birdsong woke up and yawned, sitting up
Silentbird awoke and stretched,"Morning!" She mewed, she walked out forgetting the night before,"Mama?" Moonkit mewed looking at Silentbird with her bright green eyes shining,"Uh yeah mommy!" Silentbird chirped looking at the kit uneasily,"And that's daddy!" Silentbird meted flicking her tail to birdsong

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;192730]
Silentbird awoke and stretched,"Morning!" She mewed, she walked out forgetting the night before,"Mama?" Moonkit mewed looking at Silentbird with her bright green eyes shining,"Uh yeah mommy!" Silentbird chirped looking at the kit uneasily,"And that's daddy!" Silentbird meted flicking her tail to birdsong
Birdsong smiled and grabbed a mouse, starting to eat

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;192734]
Birdsong smiled and grabbed a mouse, starting to eat
Silentbird walked up to him,"She called me mommy!" She whispered licking his face

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;192736]
Silentbird walked up to him,"She called me mommy!" She whispered licking his face
He purred and nodded "yeah, I know."

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;192738]
He purred and nodded "yeah, I know."
She purred and moonkit walked over

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade arrived at the river in time to see Tornadopaw step into it. She chuckled at his comments and agreed with his question. "Of course I'm coming in. What kind of mentor would I be if I just told you things, not showed you?" She grinned and gingerly walked into the freezing water. Gritting her teeth against the cold, she turned to her apprentice. "Now, ready for a little fish catching contest?" Lilyshade looked into the water, seeing small silver fish darting between her legs. Her eyes narrowed in concentration and a paw flashed out, claws extended, to spear the fish. She held her paw triumphantly in the air, the weak sunlight flashing off the fish's scales. The black and white she looked at Tornadopaw. "One for me!" she declared. "Your turn." Lilyshade dipped her head and backed away, allowing him some space to catch something. She wanted to see the full extent of his skills, when he had the whole river to himself. Her fur bushed now that she was out of the water and she shivered. At least her short fur would dry faster. Lilyshade placed the fish on the bank and sat down to watch Tornadopaw work.


Tornadopaw could not deny his excitement as he paddled in the water, and he watched Lilyshade catch her fish. He paddled close to the shore, gingerly getting out with the water soaking his fur. One thing he did note: that he was happy to be smooth-coated. And, he didn't have to worry about bushing up, looking like a helpless fur ball. He laughed inwardly at the thought as he shook his fur of water. He turned back to the pond, crouching low. "Is it better to get fish by the edge of the water, or fully in the water; while swimming?" As he bent down to stare at the silver fish, he allowed one unsheathed paw to enter, feeling the coldness pick him once more.
Tornadopaw grabbed for the first fish, his hold wasn't firm, and he didn't use his claws to slice it. He made a slight hiss under his breath and started breathing gently. He didn't want to give up, especially if he wanted to impess his mentor!
This time, he edged closer to get a clearer look, and one fish caught his attention. He clawed at his with high speed, the fish sticking to the claws on his paws. He reeled it in slowly, hoping it wouldn't slip back in the water. He planted on the ground next to him, smiling triumphantly. "I thought I almost lost that skill, but I think it's because the water is cold, and I'm shivering." He gave a small laugh.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw could not deny his excitement as he paddled in the water, and he watched Lilyshade catch her fish. He paddled close to the shore, gingerly getting out with the water soaking his fur. One thing he did note: that he was happy to be smooth-coated. And, he didn't have to worry about bushing up, looking like a helpless fur ball. He laughed inwardly at the thought as he shook his fur of water. He turned back to the pond, crouching low. "Is it better to get fish by the edge of the water, or fully in the water; while swimming?" As he bent down to stare at the silver fish, he allowed one unsheathed paw to enter, feeling the coldness pick him once more.
Tornadopaw grabbed for the first fish, his hold wasn't firm, and he didn't use his claws to slice it. He made a slight hiss under his breath and started breathing gently. He didn't want to give up, especially if he wanted to impess his mentor!
This time, he edged closer to get a clearer look, and one fish caught his attention. He clawed at his with high speed, the fish sticking to the claws on his paws. He reeled it in slowly, hoping it wouldn't slip back in the water. He planted on the ground next to him, smiling triumphantly. "I thought I almost lost that skill, but I think it's because the water is cold, and I'm shivering." He gave a small laugh.
Lilyshade licked a paw and drew it over her ear thoughtfully. "I honestly think that it's better to catch fish while swimming because you can swim after the bigger fish that hide in the middle. If you just fish from the edge though, you are less likely to catch fish as most of them don't swim out by the edge. However, green-leaf is the best time to catch fish while swimming because then you don't get cold, therefore, you don't get sick," she smiled at Tornadopaw. "Does that answer satisfy you?" The black and white she-cat continued watching as he fished. Soon, he had caught one. "Good job," she praised. Standing up, she stretched. "Since it's cold, let's go warm up with some battle moves and maybe later we can come back and catch some more fish," she smiled brightly at him and turned away, beckoning with her tail to follow. Lilyshade hoped that maybe Tornadopaw had retained some of his fighting skills, but she didn't mind if he didn't. Starting over would take some work, but Lilyshade was up to it. She preferred to start clean anyway, so that she could give her apprentice some of her own advice instead of him having some other warrior's advice that could easily replace hers. Not that the other Riverclan warrior's don't have some good advice and wisdom to share, she just wanted Tornadopaw to be her apprentice, with her advice to guide him.

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade licked a paw and drew it over her ear thoughtfully. "I honestly think that it's better to catch fish while swimming because you can swim after the bigger fish that hide in the middle. If you just fish from the edge though, you are less likely to catch fish as most of them don't swim out by the edge. However, green-leaf is the best time to catch fish while swimming because then you don't get cold, therefore, you don't get sick," she smiled at Tornadopaw. "Does that answer satisfy you?" The black and white she-cat continued watching as he fished. Soon, he had caught one. "Good job," she praised. Standing up, she stretched. "Since it's cold, let's go warm up with some battle moves and maybe later we can come back and catch some more fish," she smiled brightly at him and turned away, beckoning with her tail to follow. Lilyshade hoped that maybe Tornadopaw had retained some of his fighting skills, but she didn't mind if he didn't. Starting over would take some work, but Lilyshade was up to it. She preferred to start clean anyway, so that she could give her apprentice some of her own advice instead of him having some other warrior's advice that could easily replace hers. Not that the other Riverclan warrior's don't have some good advice and wisdom to share, she just wanted Tornadopaw to be her apprentice, with her advice to guide him.

Tornadopaw tilted his head to one side. ''That makes sense.'' He nodded, understanding the concept. He forgot who told him about fishing at the edge, especially since he tend to forget a lot of things. But he will remember what Lilyshade was teaching him. He had to if he wanted to be a great warrior. And, he padded after her with his ears flattened. The battle skills weren't a first on his list. Since he didn't really know how to fight. It hadn't been taught to him, and he feared he would mess up a lot. He flicked his tail, watching as his paws followed after Lilyshade. I'm going to make a fool of myself! He thought, panicking.
Tornadopaw inhaled in a deep breath, hoping to clear his mind of the negative thoughts. ''You might consider me a waste of time in training...'' He tried to joke lightly, but it was too dark to him. He even tried to had a laugh, but it sounded bitter. ''I'm not really the strongest at fighting. In fact, I'd be better off as a kittypet in my opinion.'' His tail switched, and he looked down sadly. ''But, then again I wouldn't get anyway with a mindset like mine, huh?'' He looked up, his eyes sparking with hope. He swore to remember everything that his mentor were to teach him; especially when it came to fighting.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw tilted his head to one side. ''That makes sense.'' He nodded, understanding the concept. He forgot who told him about fishing at the edge, especially since he tend to forget a lot of things. But he will remember what Lilyshade was teaching him. He had to if he wanted to be a great warrior. And, he padded after her with his ears flattened. The battle skills weren't a first on his list. Since he didn't really know how to fight. It hadn't been taught to him, and he feared he would mess up a lot. He flicked his tail, watching as his paws followed after Lilyshade. I'm going to make a fool of myself! He thought, panicking.
Tornadopaw inhaled in a deep breath, hoping to clear his mind of the negative thoughts. ''You might consider me a waste of time in training...'' He tried to joke lightly, but it was too dark to him. He even tried to had a laugh, but it sounded bitter. ''I'm not really the strongest at fighting. In fact, I'd be better off as a kittypet in my opinion.'' His tail switched, and he looked down sadly. ''But, then again I wouldn't get anyway with a mindset like mine, huh?'' He looked up, his eyes sparking with hope. He swore to remember everything that his mentor were to teach him; especially when it came to fighting.
Lilyshade stopped in her tracks as she heard Tornadopaw. Whipping around, she dropped to eye level with Tornadopaw. "You are not a waste of time," she hissed. "And even though fighting is not your best skill, that's what you have a mentor for, to help you improve those skills. While you are my apprentice you will not say those things again, understand?" Lilyshade drew up to her full height. "Are you ready to train?" she roared, her voice full of determination, authority, and complete and utter trust that Tornadopaw would get better.

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade stopped in her tracks as she heard Tornadopaw. Whipping around, she dropped to eye level with Tornadopaw. "You are not a waste of time," she hissed. "And even though fighting is not your best skill, that's what you have a mentor for, to help you improve those skills. While you are my apprentice you will not say those things again, understand?" Lilyshade drew up to her full height. "Are you ready to train?" she roared, her voice full of determination, authority, and complete and utter trust that Tornadopaw would get better.

Tornadopaw sighed, dejectedly. But he nodded, wishing to believe his mentor. He mustered a smile, ''I'm sorry.'' He flattened his ears to his head. Once he heard what Lilyshade said, with such a voice of confidence, his ears tilted forward once again, and he gave a genuine smile. He did hope to perfect his fighting skills. Along with his hunting skills. The best thing he did was eat fish, but he wanted to catch other prey. On the ground. Not in the water, even though he loved the water. He wished for something other than fish.
Tornadopaw bounded up to his mentor, his tail swishing behind him. ''I'm ready.'' He gulped. Was he really? Evidently, he had to be, and he sat up straighter ready for whatever moves Lilyshade would teach him.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw sighed, dejectedly. But he nodded, wishing to believe his mentor. He mustered a smile, ''I'm sorry.'' He flattened his ears to his head. Once he heard what Lilyshade said, with such a voice of confidence, his ears tilted forward once again, and he gave a genuine smile. He did hope to perfect his fighting skills. Along with his hunting skills. The best thing he did was eat fish, but he wanted to catch other prey. On the ground. Not in the water, even though he loved the water. He wished for something other than fish.
Tornadopaw bounded up to his mentor, his tail swishing behind him. ''I'm ready.'' He gulped. Was he really? Evidently, he had to be, and he sat up straighter ready for whatever moves Lilyshade would teach him.
Lilyshade nodded. "Good," she said. "Now let's get going before sun down," and with that, she turned tail and bounded off to the training cave.
(To the training cave we go!)

[|+sari+|]

Flash heart looked confused."hunt in camp?for what?minnows?".he asked,but noticed how rude it sounded immidetly.

Um, we are not in Camp anymore. We are outside of Camp ))

*EmeraldNight glanced back at him, her gaze cold. She flicked her tail in annoyance* Boy, you do not talk to me that way. You do not want to mess with me *she sighed and bent around to lick her twisted hind leg, smoothing the dark fur before straightening. She shook herself out before her eyes caught a squirrel a few feet away. She smirked, glancing back at FlashHeart* Watch and see how it's done *she stalks towards the squirrel, keeping her frame close to the ground, her ears back against her head in concentration. Her tail sweeps from side to side with excitement, and she slowly advanced on the squirrel. She was very close... closer... closer... and... leap!!! She flew through the air, landing gracefully on the little animal. She trapped it beneath her paws, swiftly snapping its tiny spine with her strong jaws. She lifted the dead squirrel into her jaws, its tail and limbs limp. She beamed proudly, glad to have shown off her excellent hunting abilities* Muth fruwf fweef *she muttered through the squirrel's oily fur. When she realized she couldn't be understood, she dropped the squirrel at her feet and lifted her chin* As I said, that is how you do it right *her gaze then turned cold again* And don't even think about coming near me *her rigid stance didn't relax* We need to go find something else to bring back to Camp. Maybe a rabbit, or some fish from the river? *she lifted the squirrel into her jaws again and started padding towards the river nearby, pausing oly to glance back at FlashHeart, her glare saying You had better hurry and come on before I force you by dragging you by your neck *

[lone]

Lotusheart let out a soft sigh, her breath seen in the frozen air. With each breath, she let herself relax until Jasperpelt was out of the cave and talking a bit. She was glad the ebony tom-cat started breaking out of his shell a little bit around her, however she knew she'd never get him to stop being so timid. The larger she-cat let her green hues spark with life a little bit as Jasperpelt agreed with her about doing something other than expected. For her, everyone knew she'd have kits, she didn't mind that, but now everyone was assuming she'd simply go find another mate and have more kits. Did she really want that? The question lingered in her mind. More kits later, perhaps, but could she really move on to a different mate? Would that ever happen?

At his offer, she shook the thought away and gave him a friendly little smile. "Okay, that will be good," she replied. Her kits would be needing her back soon, so perhaps it was time to say goodbye to this place for now and return. Rising to her paws, she gave him a long look. "We need to go back, my kits need me still," she spoke softly, gesturing him towards the entrance. She'd followed him out since she didn't want to be the reason they got stuck in the bushes or get lost. Lotusheart still wasn't sure if they were out of the territory or not, but she didn't need the answer anymore. It'd spoil it.


[perhaps this leads up to the nursery thing happening now? So like a mini time-skip from here.]
{Yeah, that sounds good
XD Smokeykit ships it}

The warrior glanced around at this spot once more. There were a lot of memories surrounding it... good ones, and bad ones, though mostly good. He had escaped from his nightmares here, though it had been a long time since he'd had a true nightmare since finding this particular spot. It was as though the spot saved him from...well, anything, really. Everything surrounding this area seemed to calm the tom, though there were also things about it that frightened him. More then he could seem to wrap his head around. Jasperpelt shifted his weight and glanced up at the sky, which was still bright as the sun had already reached it's highest point and was now beginning to slowly make the descent back down. "Of course. I understand." He mewed, heading towards the entrance and slipping through. With his shorter pelt it was easier, and he glanced back, waiting for his friend.

It had been nice to get out for a little while-- he knew she tended to be busy with her kits, and therefore he didn't get the opportunity to be around that often. I could always go and hang around the nursery, but-- that might be an awkward situation, he thought with an uneasy chuckle. He knew that the kits might not like him for spending so much time with their Mother. Besides that, was the nursery the best place for him to hang out? He wasn't exactly clumsy-- but he was often fearful that something bad might happen when he was around younger cats. Like he could hurt them in some way...which was the last thing he wanted to do.

[Brilliance]

Tornadopaw perked his ears, and in a rush of excitement he started picking up his pace to race his mentor. He loved the fun of running. When he wasn't swimming, that is, and within time he reached the territory and bounded up to the water. He looked down, allowing one of his paws to feel the temperature. It was still cold as they left it. Then again, nothing would change within a few minutes. His tail swished as he waited for his mentor. ''Come on!'' He called excitedly as he wanted to swim around and catch some fish. He leaned down further to stare at his reflection in the water. He didn't care about how he looked. He wanted to see the fish, to see if he could spot some giant ones that he could catch. He wanted to impress his mentor. Especially after that battling session. He ears flattened just recounting it.
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[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw perked his ears, and in a rush of excitement he started picking up his pace to race his mentor. He loved the fun of running. When he wasn't swimming, that is, and within time he reached the territory and bounded up to the water. He looked down, allowing one of his paws to feel the temperature. It was still cold as they left it. Then again, nothing would change within a few minutes. His tail swished as he waited for his mentor. ''Come on!'' He called excitedly as he wanted to swim around and catch some fish. He leaned down further to stare at his reflection in the water. He didn't care about how he looked. He wanted to see the fish, to see if he could spot some giant ones that he could catch. He wanted to impress his mentor. Especially after that battling session. He ears flattened just recounting it.
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Lilyshade let Tornadopaw get ahead and trotted after him. She held a mishevious grin on her muzzle as she saw him leaning over the water. Stalking up behind him, she shoved her shoulder into his rump, effectively pushing him into the water. She stood there laughing on the bank before jumping in after him. "Well, that's one way to start," she teased, flicking water at him with her tail. She was having so much fun being a mentor. She considered herself as one of the carefree ones that had fun while they mentored.

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade let Tornadopaw get ahead and trotted after him. She held a mishevious grin on her muzzle as she saw him leaning over the water. Stalking up behind him, she shoved her shoulder into his rump, effectively pushing him into the water. She stood there laughing on the bank before jumping in after him. "Well, that's one way to start," she teased, flicking water at him with her tail. She was having so much fun being a mentor. She considered herself as one of the carefree ones that had fun while they mentored.

''Hey!'' Tornadopaw yelped as he landed into the water. He shivered from the coldness and stared daggers at his mentor, before laughing. ''Touche.'' He replied, padding into the water. ''How deep do you think I can go? How long do you think I can hold my breath?'' Tornadopaw asked while swimming around. He ducked his head quickly, seeing a group of school fish underwater. He begin paddling towards them, and quickly sliced one with his paws. He brought his head up, grasping for air, and with the fish neatly clinging to his paws, he padded to the shore to let it go. ''There's one for you.'' He chuckled before getting back into the water. It wasn't as cold as before especially since his body warmed up to the heat. ''Are you going to come into the water? Or are you scared?'' He joked. The events from earlier were clearing from his thoughts. And, for the first time today, he felt brave again.

[The Mad Katter]

''Hey!'' Tornadopaw yelped as he landed into the water. He shivered from the coldness and stared daggers at his mentor, before laughing. ''Touche.'' He replied, padding into the water. ''How deep do you think I can go? How long do you think I can hold my breath?'' Tornadopaw asked while swimming around. He ducked his head quickly, seeing a group of school fish underwater. He begin paddling towards them, and quickly sliced one with his paws. He brought his head up, grasping for air, and with the fish neatly clinging to his paws, he padded to the shore to let it go. ''There's one for you.'' He chuckled before getting back into the water. It wasn't as cold as before especially since his body warmed up to the heat. ''Are you going to come into the water? Or are you scared?'' He joked. The events from earlier were clearing from his thoughts. And, for the first time today, he felt brave again.
Lilyshade rolled her eyes at him before diving down. She opened her eyes wide, searching the water. There! A trout, swimming lazily underneath her. With long strokes, she swam down and quickly grasped the fish in her jaws before exploding out of the water. She swam over to the bank and deposited her catch. She grinned at Tornadopaw. "Let's see who can catch more," she suggested. A flash caught her eye and she dove underneath the tom, slicing into a fish. Coming back up for air, she held up the minnow. "Another one for me," she grinned triumphantly at him and then launched the fish next to the others. "See if you can catch up," she said, winking. Lilyshade dove down once more, not waiting for Tornadopaw. He would catch up quickly. He was a good swimmer and hunter.

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade rolled her eyes at him before diving down. She opened her eyes wide, searching the water. There! A trout, swimming lazily underneath her. With long strokes, she swam down and quickly grasped the fish in her jaws before exploding out of the water. She swam over to the bank and deposited her catch. She grinned at Tornadopaw. "Let's see who can catch more," she suggested. A flash caught her eye and she dove underneath the tom, slicing into a fish. Coming back up for air, she held up the minnow. "Another one for me," she grinned triumphantly at him and then launched the fish next to the others. "See if you can catch up," she said, winking. Lilyshade dove down once more, not waiting for Tornadopaw. He would catch up quickly. He was a good swimmer and hunter.

Tornadopaw swam quickly, ducking his head underwater to sight several fish. He begin padding to them with unsheath claws. He swiped one up, letting it dangle on his claws. He threw it to the shore before going back under. He knew how to hold his breath a bit longer, gaining the skill in his lonely time. He swam up to another group of fish, slicing his claws into it, before coming back up and gasping for air. ''Wow!'' He shouted, excitedly and flung the fish to the shore. He wondered how many they caught? It was surely making him hungry, but he knew he had to catch more. He took a quick glance at his mentor, wondering what she was up to. Then, he dived back under and lingered there for a while. Just holding his breath. His eyes stared at a trout, and he went farther to catch it. When it saw that he was after it, he was forced to come up from air from being under for too long, but he refused to give up. Ducking back under, he caught sight of the fish again and gave gentle strokes to not scare it away. In a flash he sunk his claws into it, and went back up for air. He flung the fish to the shore, coughing a bit.

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;192741]
She purred and moonkit walked over
He looked at Moonkit "morning sweetie." He smiled

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw swam quickly, ducking his head underwater to sight several fish. He begin padding to them with unsheath claws. He swiped one up, letting it dangle on his claws. He threw it to the shore before going back under. He knew how to hold his breath a bit longer, gaining the skill in his lonely time. He swam up to another group of fish, slicing his claws into it, before coming back up and gasping for air. ''Wow!'' He shouted, excitedly and flung the fish to the shore. He wondered how many they caught? It was surely making him hungry, but he knew he had to catch more. He took a quick glance at his mentor, wondering what she was up to. Then, he dived back under and lingered there for a while. Just holding his breath. His eyes stared at a trout, and he went farther to catch it. When it saw that he was after it, he was forced to come up from air from being under for too long, but he refused to give up. Ducking back under, he caught sight of the fish again and gave gentle strokes to not scare it away. In a flash he sunk his claws into it, and went back up for air. He flung the fish to the shore, coughing a bit.
Lilyshade had stopped fishing to watch Tornadopaw fish. He was a remarkable swimmer and would be a good warrior. She watched as he flung 3 fish onto the shore and then, on his next dive, she dove with him. Motioning with her paws, she indicated to a group of carp on the bottom, telling him that they should both go down there at the same time and kill them. As a signal, she flicked her tail on his flank and then swam down, slicing into any fish she could reach. She used this method because she knew the fish would float to the top, allowing them to follow the fish up and herd them over to the bank. However, it could be a problem if the current was fast, as it could sweep the fish away. Luckily, the current was lazy today and didn't carry the fish too fast, allowing them to swim after it should it be carried down the river. Lilyshade surfaced and carried some fish in her jaws, while also snagging some fish with her claws. Even though it made it somewhat hard to swim, it was still an effective way to carry fish. Throwing the fish she had on the shore, she turned to survey the surface, looking for any fish she missed.

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade had stopped fishing to watch Tornadopaw fish. He was a remarkable swimmer and would be a good warrior. She watched as he flung 3 fish onto the shore and then, on his next dive, she dove with him. Motioning with her paws, she indicated to a group of carp on the bottom, telling him that they should both go down there at the same time and kill them. As a signal, she flicked her tail on his flank and then swam down, slicing into any fish she could reach. She used this method because she knew the fish would float to the top, allowing them to follow the fish up and herd them over to the bank. However, it could be a problem if the current was fast, as it could sweep the fish away. Luckily, the current was lazy today and didn't carry the fish too fast, allowing them to swim after it should it be carried down the river. Lilyshade surfaced and carried some fish in her jaws, while also snagging some fish with her claws. Even though it made it somewhat hard to swim, it was still an effective way to carry fish. Throwing the fish she had on the shore, she turned to survey the surface, looking for any fish she missed.

Tornadopaw followed after his mentor, acknowledging what she wanted him to do. He watched as she sliced a fish, and when the fish swam up; he strikes. He pinned a fish into his claws,and quickly flung it onto the shore so that he could catch more. He admired the truth of his mentor and was happy that he was assigned her.
He kicked his hind legs in the water, waddling to another large fish. He was getting cold, and he felt numb while in the water, but he wanted to catch this last fish. He needed to catch this last fish. He swam to him, clawing at it with all his might. The fish somehow dodged the attack, and Tornadopaw missed. He hissed under his breath and ducked his head under to struck the fish in the side, sinking his claws into its flesh. With the fish attached to his claws, he swam to the shore. His body was numb, and he curled himself in a ball to exert some type of heat. He then heard his stomach growling, and he turned to stare at his mentor. ''Do you think we can get something to eat?'' He asked her.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw followed after his mentor, acknowledging what she wanted him to do. He watched as she sliced a fish, and when the fish swam up; he strikes. He pinned a fish into his claws,and quickly flung it onto the shore so that he could catch more. He admired the truth of his mentor and was happy that he was assigned her.
He kicked his hind legs in the water, waddling to another large fish. He was getting cold, and he felt numb while in the water, but he wanted to catch this last fish. He needed to catch this last fish. He swam to him, clawing at it with all his might. The fish somehow dodged the attack, and Tornadopaw missed. He hissed under his breath and ducked his head under to struck the fish in the side, sinking his claws into its flesh. With the fish attached to his claws, he swam to the shore. His body was numb, and he curled himself in a ball to exert some type of heat. He then heard his stomach growling, and he turned to stare at his mentor. ''Do you think we can get something to eat?'' He asked her.
Lilyshade purred at the amount of fish they had caught, it had been a good day. She noticed Tornadopaw shivering and pressed against him to warm him up a bit. She shook her head at his question. "Not yet. Elders and queens eat first, remember?" With that she picked up some fish and started walking back to camp, looking back at Tornadopaw before she went too far. "Come on," she mumbled around the fish. "We can get some other cats to go and retrieve the rest of the fish if you're too cold to come back out here." Lilyshade felt proud of her apprentice. He had learned so much today, and he didn't complain once. She stared ahead, already thinking of tomorrow's training session. They would probably practice some more battle moves, and if he's not too tired she'd teach him land hunting.

[Hexict]

Geckoleaf shook violently, her body shuddering with the effort. She shuddered violently, muscles sporadically contracting. It was both from the cold and the stress; her whole body was responding from the emotional stress she was experiencing. Her jaw clenched and her quiet cries were silenced, the violent shaking making her legs cease up. She slumped against Mistfall's side, depositing a decent amount of weight against the she-cat, who though taller and stronger than Geckoleaf may not be able to take the weight of the medicine cat for long. Her paws slid against the ice, as she was unable to keep tension on her joints. She completely fell, laying on the cold ground, the heat being sapped from her body. She curled into herself, shuddering.

Images floated across her eyes continually. They were ever increasingly horrible, and she couldn't tell them from reality. They were her reality now, even if just perceived. Blood, blood was everywhere, thick and dark. The snow was no longer red, but strikingly red. The trees dripped it, and the river flowed with the crimson liquid, and her fur was stained a darker orange. She let out a screech, piercing and unearthly. Geckoleaf squeezed her eyes shut, and tears trailed down her cheeks, and froze there. But the memories did end, just intensified. She saw every manner of horrible image, many conjured by her own mind. Dead mothers with stillborn kits, warriors with throats slit and guts spilt. Elders with rattling breaths as they died from incurable diseases. She wailed louder, unable to proccess the waves of memories.

It had taken moons and seasons to lock away the fears and memories that haunted her. The barrier she erected had always been precariously thin, but with the recent torrent of patients, the mention of the Evil Era had tipped her over the edge, and it snapped. She convulsed violently, completely overcome. She felt her breath squeezed out of her, and she couldn't breathe either. Geckoleaf felt like she was drowning in memory, in the blood of those she hadn't saved.

Mistfall's words slowly entered her mind, whispering through the painful memory. She slowly opened her blurry eyes and looked up at the silver molly; she looked strange and distorted, and covered with more of the sticky red liquid. She whimpered, a strange fear of the tabby filtering through her; would she lose Mistfall to injury or illness. Like Marshsnow. She could almost envision deep wounds stretching across her sides and throat. More blood.

She squeezed shut her eyes, and turned her head to the side, heaving up the meager meal she had had that morning. She dry vomited, feeling woozy and sick from the images that just wouldn't stop.

She howled, trying to escape. Needing to escape. She desperately clung to the soft rasping of a tongue over her head, the fur being flattened and smoothed. Her wailing quieted, and the visions of gore slowly dissipated, and she pulled herself back to reality. She opened her eyes, brows furrowed in worry that she'd see blood. But all she saw was white snow, and her own orange legs. She softly whimpered again, more out of embarrassment, and the fear that she'd have another attack.

She tried to stand up, the strength having been sapped from her. Softly she grunted, and pulled herself up to a sitting position. She looked towards Mistfall, and let out a low moan. "I-I'm sorry. You shouldn't have had to see that.. I'm just weak, it's not... Not anything..." She quietly whispered, ears heating slightly. No one, not even Cougarstorm, had been there to see her break down, and she'd never had one so bad.

Geckoleaf began to tear up, feeling guilty for making Mistfall deal with her. She frowned with more guilt, tail flicking nervously. "Oh. I'm so sorry.. I really.. Really just... Oh, please forgive me!" She softly exclaimed, shame burning through her.

(oh god, sorry this took so long! :c)


The warrior's ears were flat as she continued to watch the medicine cat shaking. She could understand what was going on in the fiery molly’s head. Mistfall was clearly worried about her, watching a sudden mental breakdown was quite terrifying for the company of the person that was breaking down. Mist herself had broken down a bit after her mate had been murdered and her sister was still struggling to recover after Ravenwing’s attack… but it wasn’t like this. She hadn’t been shaking like this, panicking and crying out things like Geckoleaf was. Claiming that she had killed them, but she hadn’t meant to. That she couldn’t save them. She was crying and shuddering.

It was actually quite heartbreaking to see this happen to someone.

She watched as Geckoleaf let Mistfall pull her closer in her attempt to help her calm down. The medicine cat quickly went limp and just let all her weight rest on the multi-grey warrior. What’s going on with her? Does she need some help, like from a medicine cat? Mistfall began to wonder if they should head towards one of the other clans in search for help. Despite knowing it was a mental issue rather than physically, she believed that medicine cats were their best bets… but at the same time she wasn’t sure that they could even help this. She hated to see the respected molly breaking down like this.

The warrior began to feel the weight from the smaller cat, and shifted slightly as she tried to keep from giving in to Geckoleaf’s weight. Despite Geckoleaf being about half the size of the average warrior - therefore even shorter than Mistfall herself - one’s body, especially when limp, is still heavy nonetheless. Though before it got too difficult to continue to hold her up, the tabby’s slipped causing her to fall to the cold ground. Mistfall quickly bent down and brushed Geckoleaf’s side with her white tail. “Are you okay?” She mewed softly, hoping that when she slipped she hadn’t cut herself or perhaps even twisted a paw.

But as the images of blood in Geckoleaf’s mind increased, causing the whole territory to be drenched ominously in red, the medicine cat let out a screech and made Mistfall leaned away and even took a small step away from the tabby. The cry had been piecing, and even hurt the warrior’s ears and it rang through. But then the medicine cat went back into silence, her orbs were shut tight and tears were rolling down her orange cheeks. [I]What should I do? Am I even helping? AmI making it worse? She was worried and glanced around with her pale orbs, unsure if anyone happened to be around.

She wanted help, but at the same time maybe it was best no one else was around to see their medicine cat in this state.

Once again, Geckoleaf looked up at Mistfall, her eyes teary as she did so. She seemed to have a similar reaction compared to the last time she had looked at the warrior. This time she simply shut her orbs again so that she couldn’t see the blood all over her pelt - or at the blood that she was imagining was all over Mistfall’s pelt. The medicine cat began to dry vomit, and Mistfall pinned her ears back and glanced away, awkward but still worried. She didn’t want to watch this, she didn’t want to feel so helpless as she knew something was going on Geckoleaf’s mind… it hurt her to see this happen to the respected molly.

But Mistfall turned back to her and continued to draw her rough tongue softly against her forehead… still trying to comfort the panicking molly, hoping she would soon calm down and hopefully get better - or at least to how she was before. When she seemed more pleasant and had her protective wall in her mind in order to prevent these images of death from scarring her mentally.

The warrior felt a wave of relief splash over her body as Geckoleaf seemed to be pulled out of her mental torture and back to the snowy reality, lacking the blood that had covered her visions. Mistfall continued to lick her head, though she could have probably stopped. She suddenly felt almost… motherly as she licked Geckoleaf’s forehead in order to calm her down like a mother would do to her kit - though she didn’t see Geckoleaf like a kit, but rather more of a friend. I wonder if this is what being a mother feels like… She had never thought about having kits before, she had always been to preoccupied and even as she got into a relationship Fallow had been a molly as well. Though the two did adopt a kit, he quickly came to hate Mist and after Fallow was murdered the two hadn’t seen each other.Besides, Mist never thought about taking in another mate, not now nor in the future. Of course, her and Fallow had been mates for a very short time and she was still very young, but she still loved her and she didn’t want to replace her late mate.

Her tail twitched as Geckoleaf gave out a small whimper, but she was glad that she had stopped crying out. She was turning away or shutting her eyes nor was she really panicking and dry heaving anymore either. What ever had taking over the medicine cat seemed to have passed, much to Mistfall’s pleasure. She wanted to ask what had happened, but knew it was best not to ask about it so soon after it seemed to have finally passed. In fact, she doubted she should ever bring it up again. The warrior wasn’t sure what had triggered it, but she never wanted it to happen again. Had Geckoleaf ever gone through this before? Is it something that she lives through often? Mistfall still was unaware about the border and the horrors that Geckoleaf was constantly going through back at camp, especially now with most of their clan-mates becoming sick.

As the medicine cat struggled to get up,Mistfall offered her shoulder for the orange tabby to use as support. When she looked back up at Mistfall - this time she didn’t glance away or shut her eyes - the warrior made sure to meet her gaze. Her spotted ears flicked as she tried to keep themfrom flattening while the tabby apologized for her break down and claimed that she was ‘weak’. The multi-colored molly watched with a sad look in her pale orbs, a look of pity. Not just for the break down, but also because she saw herself as weak. “Don’t say that,” her voice seemed to lack the gentleness it had contain earlier and now was more strong as she spoke. “You are not weak - you are stronger than many other cats,” it wasn’t a whole speech, but she meant what her words honestly. “And there is nothing to forgive,” she continued. “I highly doubt that was anything you could control. Don’t blame yourself for that.” mistfall paused for a moment, remembering how Geckoleaf had cried out that it was her fault they died.

“Don’t blame yourself for anything.”


(hey, i’m doing this thing with tawny~ where Mist gets attacked by Boreas and almost dies, would it be alright if that happens later on in this roleplay? Then Gecko could use Mist as ‘practice’ for her healing powers - you don’t have to say yes, i was just asking ^u^)

[Brilliance]

Lilyshade purred at the amount of fish they had caught, it had been a good day. She noticed Tornadopaw shivering and pressed against him to warm him up a bit. She shook her head at his question. "Not yet. Elders and queens eat first, remember?" With that she picked up some fish and started walking back to camp, looking back at Tornadopaw before she went too far. "Come on," she mumbled around the fish. "We can get some other cats to go and retrieve the rest of the fish if you're too cold to come back out here." Lilyshade felt proud of her apprentice. He had learned so much today, and he didn't complain once. She stared ahead, already thinking of tomorrow's training session. They would probably practice some more battle moves, and if he's not too tired she'd teach him land hunting.

Tornadopaw nodded, and he carried a couple fish into his maw as he trotted after her. He cursed himself for being selfish and thinking of himself. He knew the queens and elders had to eat first, and he was perfectly fine with that. It was just how the clan works. The elders needed all the strength they could get and the queens needed food to produce healthy kits. Tornadopaw knew he had enough strength to hold himself together, and he was excited about the skills he'd be able to learn on ground instead of in water. He was overjoyed with the feeling of catching something that's running on ground instead of swimming in water, especially since the river was beginning to take a cold turn because of the season. He noted to himself to practice some of his battle moves just in case Lilyshade wanted to train. He deemed to impress her in that field! His eyes sparked at the thought.

[Clover]

(oh god, sorry this took so long! :c)


The warrior's ears were flat as she continued to watch the medicine cat shaking. She could understand what was going on in the fiery molly’s head. Mistfall was clearly worried about her, watching a sudden mental breakdown was quite terrifying for the company of the person that was breaking down. Mist herself had broken down a bit after her mate had been murdered and her sister was still struggling to recover after Ravenwing’s attack… but it wasn’t like this. She hadn’t been shaking like this, panicking and crying out things like Geckoleaf was. Claiming that she had killed them, but she hadn’t meant to. That she couldn’t save them. She was crying and shuddering.

It was actually quite heartbreaking to see this happen to someone.

She watched as Geckoleaf let Mistfall pull her closer in her attempt to help her calm down. The medicine cat quickly went limp and just let all her weight rest on the multi-grey warrior. What’s going on with her? Does she need some help, like from a medicine cat? Mistfall began to wonder if they should head towards one of the other clans in search for help. Despite knowing it was a mental issue rather than physically, she believed that medicine cats were their best bets… but at the same time she wasn’t sure that they could even help this. She hated to see the respected molly breaking down like this.

The warrior began to feel the weight from the smaller cat, and shifted slightly as she tried to keep from giving in to Geckoleaf’s weight. Despite Geckoleaf being about half the size of the average warrior - therefore even shorter than Mistfall herself - one’s body, especially when limp, is still heavy nonetheless. Though before it got too difficult to continue to hold her up, the tabby’s slipped causing her to fall to the cold ground. Mistfall quickly bent down and brushed Geckoleaf’s side with her white tail. “Are you okay?” She mewed softly, hoping that when she slipped she hadn’t cut herself or perhaps even twisted a paw.

But as the images of blood in Geckoleaf’s mind increased, causing the whole territory to be drenched ominously in red, the medicine cat let out a screech and made Mistfall leaned away and even took a small step away from the tabby. The cry had been piecing, and even hurt the warrior’s ears and it rang through. But then the medicine cat went back into silence, her orbs were shut tight and tears were rolling down her orange cheeks. [I]What should I do? Am I even helping? AmI making it worse? She was worried and glanced around with her pale orbs, unsure if anyone happened to be around.

She wanted help, but at the same time maybe it was best no one else was around to see their medicine cat in this state.

Once again, Geckoleaf looked up at Mistfall, her eyes teary as she did so. She seemed to have a similar reaction compared to the last time she had looked at the warrior. This time she simply shut her orbs again so that she couldn’t see the blood all over her pelt - or at the blood that she was imagining was all over Mistfall’s pelt. The medicine cat began to dry vomit, and Mistfall pinned her ears back and glanced away, awkward but still worried. She didn’t want to watch this, she didn’t want to feel so helpless as she knew something was going on Geckoleaf’s mind… it hurt her to see this happen to the respected molly.

But Mistfall turned back to her and continued to draw her rough tongue softly against her forehead… still trying to comfort the panicking molly, hoping she would soon calm down and hopefully get better - or at least to how she was before. When she seemed more pleasant and had her protective wall in her mind in order to prevent these images of death from scarring her mentally.

The warrior felt a wave of relief splash over her body as Geckoleaf seemed to be pulled out of her mental torture and back to the snowy reality, lacking the blood that had covered her visions. Mistfall continued to lick her head, though she could have probably stopped. She suddenly felt almost… motherly as she licked Geckoleaf’s forehead in order to calm her down like a mother would do to her kit - though she didn’t see Geckoleaf like a kit, but rather more of a friend. I wonder if this is what being a mother feels like… She had never thought about having kits before, she had always been to preoccupied and even as she got into a relationship Fallow had been a molly as well. Though the two did adopt a kit, he quickly came to hate Mist and after Fallow was murdered the two hadn’t seen each other.Besides, Mist never thought about taking in another mate, not now nor in the future. Of course, her and Fallow had been mates for a very short time and she was still very young, but she still loved her and she didn’t want to replace her late mate.

Her tail twitched as Geckoleaf gave out a small whimper, but she was glad that she had stopped crying out. She was turning away or shutting her eyes nor was she really panicking and dry heaving anymore either. What ever had taking over the medicine cat seemed to have passed, much to Mistfall’s pleasure. She wanted to ask what had happened, but knew it was best not to ask about it so soon after it seemed to have finally passed. In fact, she doubted she should ever bring it up again. The warrior wasn’t sure what had triggered it, but she never wanted it to happen again. Had Geckoleaf ever gone through this before? Is it something that she lives through often? Mistfall still was unaware about the border and the horrors that Geckoleaf was constantly going through back at camp, especially now with most of their clan-mates becoming sick.

As the medicine cat struggled to get up,Mistfall offered her shoulder for the orange tabby to use as support. When she looked back up at Mistfall - this time she didn’t glance away or shut her eyes - the warrior made sure to meet her gaze. Her spotted ears flicked as she tried to keep themfrom flattening while the tabby apologized for her break down and claimed that she was ‘weak’. The multi-colored molly watched with a sad look in her pale orbs, a look of pity. Not just for the break down, but also because she saw herself as weak. “Don’t say that,” her voice seemed to lack the gentleness it had contain earlier and now was more strong as she spoke. “You are not weak - you are stronger than many other cats,” it wasn’t a whole speech, but she meant what her words honestly. “And there is nothing to forgive,” she continued. “I highly doubt that was anything you could control. Don’t blame yourself for that.” mistfall paused for a moment, remembering how Geckoleaf had cried out that it was her fault they died.

“Don’t blame yourself for anything.”


(hey, i’m doing this thing with tawny~ where Mist gets attacked by Boreas and almost dies, would it be alright if that happens later on in this roleplay? Then Gecko could use Mist as ‘practice’ for her healing powers - you don’t have to say yes, i was just asking ^u^)

The shuddering stopped, she righted herself, attempting to regain posture. Her muscles had been drained from energy, and she found it hard to inasmuch as stand straight. She clenched her jaw and worked at her posture for a moment more, until she was drawn up to a suitably straight position, though her legs still shook slightly beneath her. She gave herself the smallest of shakes, attempting to loose debris from her fur. Her muscles felt flimsy and weak, too limp to even rid her of the dirt that stubbornly clung to her. Cold air rushed in, between the layers of thick hair, chilling her skin and making her shudder slightly. She gratefully accepted Mistfall's help, this time only depositing a fraction of her weight onto her newfound friend.

Her tail twitched slightly, and she shifted weight awkwardly, feeling deeply guiltily for what she had done. Geckoleaf tended to be overly self reliant- instead of admitting that she occasionally needed help, she would pile herself high with work and expectations, never letting another help her bear her burden. And omitting to assistance felt like personal betraya; she felt as if she were to help her clan mates, without them being allowed to reciprocate. So Mistfall providing emotional support felt wrong, but it was near necessary; even now, the snow had a strange pink afterglow, the world even now not a pure white. The light filtering through icicles was a soft ruby, and the white of her own fur smacked of red undertones. Despite having settled, she was still so fragile, as if the slightest thing could hurt her.

She helped others, and selflessly gave, but Geckoleaf needed to be healed. Cougarstorm had been a reliable figure, something sturdy to rest herself upon, but still not what she needed. The medicine cat needed a sister, a kindred soul who could provide unique help. And she was realizing that maybe, just maybe Mistfall could be such a special friend. But that would require the milky opening up, which she was bad at already. And, to her, showing someone the darkest depths of her fear was not necessarily the pea hurst way to open up a new chapter.

She stood still as Mistfall met her gaze; the milky green eyes were surprisingly piercing, and she felt rooted to the ground, ready to here anything that the grey warrior spoke to her, much as a deer freezes at the sight of headlights. And she listened to everything intently, still feeling the need to tether to herself to something, while she was adrift in the sea of red that was the nightmares and pain of her past. Each word brought her closer to being completely present; it washed the film of red away from her eyes, and the world seemed clearer.

It took her a moment to proccess Mistfall's words; at first she only heard sounds and syllables, until they seemed to gain meaning, a moment too late. Compliments, reassurance- someone telling her she was strong. It was refreshing, really. Everyone always told her how pretty and talented she was, never that she had any grit, or that their might be things in her life she couldn't control. And though she usually shied away from praise, this time she soaked it up, like a flower leaning towards a shaft of sunlight. Yet, she couldn't help but still feel abashed, shame for her meltdown still smarting and fresh. She tried not cry, feeling stupid for feeling things that she couldn't control. She bit at her bottom lip, eyes burning slightly. Her gaze skirted away from Mistfall's, her skittish nature prevalent. But instead of crying, she acted impulsively- in a move, she had pressed her face against the grey she-cat's chest, ears still flattened, eyes pressing shut. The feeling of being able to press against something sturdy and real assured her she was alright, and mopped up the remaining feeling of guilt.

Softly, she mumbled; "I.. I still am... But thank you... It makes a world of difference that somebody still cares for me. I'm just glad you didn't leave me.. Like everyone else." Her words were soft and weak, but filled with her gratitude. She was too emotionally exhausted to cry for all her loss- but nonetheless, a bit of childish fear filled her that Mistfall would just suddenly leave. Like her parents- like her sister, her mentor, her leader. She drew back her head, just enough so that she could look up at Mistfall. "Y-you won't leave me, right? I don't.. I don't think I could stand it.. Please stay." She didn't cry, just looked tired and miserable, a pitiable specimen. If the warrior less, she would shed no tears, only sigh in exhaustion and walk on.

(of course you can! geck can run off after she smells some herbs, then we'll she's gone, mist gets attacks, so that she's not interfering with plot, then she can cone back and help mist?)

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;192744]
He looked at Moonkit "morning sweetie." He smiled
Moonkit purred,"I'm kinda hungry!" Moonkit mewed looking at him with bright eyes,"Can I go play in the river!" She asked looking at the river near bye

[monfang]

It had been a moon or so since she'd been declared a full fighter- she'd had to train terribly hard, but it was all worth it to know that she'd succeeded in her goals. Her father, Bleddyn, had trained her in secret, and she'd worked her hardest to reject the labeling as 'runt' she'd worn since the day she was born. Chiaki was stronger now- she'd made sure that nobody would reject her again. Striding through a border which seemed to belong to one of those cursed clans, she turned her nose up in disgust as she padded, narrowing her eyes.

Nightfang caught scent of the molly, and a dark grin crossed him maw. He jumped from the bushes and cut off her path, snarling. Although he stopped as he looked at the long furred molly. She was pretty, looking like a certain tom who had seen in the Liberation battles. He watched that tom's death. It was quite pleasing to see, and so he followed the tom who stole many other lives, and he even stole one of his own. "Trespassing dear molly, that is against the rules." he said plainly.

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;193204]
Moonkit purred,"I'm kinda hungry!" Moonkit mewed looking at him with bright eyes,"Can I go play in the river!" She asked looking at the river near bye
He shook his head "it's too dangerous."

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;193735]
He shook his head "it's too dangerous."
Moonkit pouted,"Momma can I go play in the river now!" She begged, Silentbird stared at her for a moment,"Only if you promise to stick to me and don't go in to far." She mewed sternly, she grabbed the kit and went to the very edge of the river and set her down on the bank, she rolled a large stick into the water and lodged it into the back making a small little still bit of water,"Play in this little bit here!" She chirped,"Fun!" Moonkit screeched splashing the water around

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;194202]
Moonkit pouted,"Momma can I go play in the river now!" She begged, Silentbird stared at her for a moment,"Only if you promise to stick to me and don't go in to far." She mewed sternly, she grabbed the kit and went to the very edge of the river and set her down on the bank, she rolled a large stick into the water and lodged it into the back making a small little still bit of water,"Play in this little bit here!" She chirped,"Fun!" Moonkit screeched splashing the water around
Birdsong smiled and sat down watching the two. He sighed and ate a mouse quickly, before turning around to go hunting. (Swimclaw attacks him?

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;194736]
Birdsong smiled and sat down watching the two. He sighed and ate a mouse quickly, before turning around to go hunting. (Swimclaw attacks him?
Moonkit and Silentbird wadded int the water happily,"You think you can take my mate like that huh!" Swimclaw hissed from a bush,"And then mate with her and have kits with her!" She yowled lunging at birdsong

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;194780]
Moonkit and Silentbird wadded int the water happily,"You think you can take my mate like that huh!" Swimclaw hissed from a bush,"And then mate with her and have kits with her!" She yowled lunging at birdsong
He was hit by him and then yowled kicking him on the stomach, "she hated you! She loves me not you!"

[ChameweonRainbow]

Random Melody
Blizzardclaw and Ferretblaze strode along the side of the river bed looking for any prey. Blizzardclaw quickly picked up the scent of a muskrat farther downstream and got down into a hunters crouch; his muscles rippling as he carefully stalked his way towards the prey. Signaling with his tail as a sign that prey was ahead and to keep quiet he continued to creep ever closer his large, soft paws providing ample footing and noise reduction on the slippering river bank.

[Random Melody]

Random Melody
Blizzardclaw and Ferretblaze strode along the side of the river bed looking for any prey. Blizzardclaw quickly picked up the scent of a muskrat farther downstream and got down into a hunters crouch; his muscles rippling as he carefully stalked his way towards the prey. Signaling with his tail as a sign that prey was ahead and to keep quiet he continued to creep ever closer his large, soft paws providing ample footing and noise reduction on the slippering river bank.


Ferretblaze watched the Tom, interest sparking in her green eyes briefly. She opened her mouth to taste the air, catching the faint scent of a squirrel. She turned her head around to see the creature at the base of a tree, and with a glance toward Blizzardclaw she dropped into a crouch, her eyes narrowing a the creature as she slid forward silently.

[ChameweonRainbow]

Ferretblaze watched the Tom, interest sparking in her green eyes briefly. She opened her mouth to taste the air, catching the faint scent of a squirrel. She turned her head around to see the creature at the base of a tree, and with a glance toward Blizzardclaw she dropped into a crouch, her eyes narrowing a the creature as she slid forward silently.
Random Melody
Noticing the she-cat going off towards a group of trees probably after a different prey. He paid no mind and flicked his ears in a sign of acknowledgment to her position. Blizzardclaw then focused back on the hunt and quickly slid into a clump of river grass for concealment as if he approached directly from the bank he would be noticed so he began to encircle the muskrat from downwind hiding carefully in the damp cold grasses. He was almost within pouncing range when his heart problems started acting up again with vigor. He couldn't repress a hiss of pain as his heart clenched painfully and the breath seemed to be sucked out of him. He shook his head slightly to clear his thoughts and concentrate back on his prey, but the hiss he had accidently made was apparently louder than he thought as the muskrat perked up on its hind legs before taking off into the water. "Mousedung!" he cursed under his breath before sprinting after the muskrat and plunging into the river to get it.

[Random Melody]

Random Melody
Noticing the she-cat going off towards a group of trees probably after a different prey. He paid no mind and flicked his ears in a sign of acknowledgment to her position. Blizzardclaw then focused back on the hunt and quickly slid into a clump of river grass for concealment as if he approached directly from the bank he would be noticed so he began to encircle the muskrat from downwind hiding carefully in the damp cold grasses. He was almost within pouncing range when his heart problems started acting up again with vigor. He couldn't repress a hiss of pain as his heart clenched painfully and the breath seemed to be sucked out of him. He shook his head slightly to clear his thoughts and concentrate back on his prey, but the hiss he had accidently made was apparently louder than he thought as the muskrat perked up on its hind legs before taking off into the water. "Mousedung!" he cursed under his breath before sprinting after the muskrat and plunging into the river to get it.

Ferretblaze flicked an ear at the sharp hiss from her companion but her eyes stayed trained on the squirrel, which was immediately alert. As soon as it caught sight of the ginger she-cat it froze, letting out a terrified squeak as it turned and started to scamper away, heading for its burrow. Ferretblaze tore after it immediately, only a taillength behind it as it dived into the hole. With a frustrated snarl, she plunged a paw down after it, feeling her claws sink into its bushy tail, causing it to squeak in surprise. Ferretblaze dug her claws in deeper to hold it where it was, flicking her tail tip back and forth as she stared down to where her paw was way down deep into the burrow, not willing to move yet until she had a plan to get the creature out without accidentally releasing it.

[ChameweonRainbow]

Ferretblaze flicked an ear at the sharp hiss from her companion but her eyes stayed trained on the squirrel, which was immediately alert. As soon as it caught sight of the ginger she-cat it froze, letting out a terrified squeak as it turned and started to scamper away, heading for its burrow. Ferretblaze tore after it immediately, only a taillength behind it as it dived into the hole. With a frustrated snarl, she plunged a paw down after it, feeling her claws sink into its bushy tail, causing it to squeak in surprise. Ferretblaze dug her claws in deeper to hold it where it was, flicking her tail tip back and forth as she stared down to where her paw was way down deep into the burrow, not willing to move yet until she had a plan to get the creature out without accidentally releasing it.
Random Melody
Even with his thick coat weighing him down Blizzardclaw used his powerful muscles to then dived after the Muskrat. He ignored the burning pressure in his heart and continued to powerfully swim; quickly gaining on his panicked prey. He lunged out with his jagged claws and gripped the back haunches of the muskrat. Curling his body towards his prey so he could get a grip on it in his mouth he simultaneously kicked his way up towards the surface of the river. It wasn't safe to remain in the water with his heart problems hurting him like this. With the muskrat tightly secured in his strong jaws, he hauled himself out of the river and sat down a short ways from the bank. Pinning the bleeding carcass under his big paws he then started to hack and wheeze. His stupid cardio health issues were acting up a lot today and being wet and cold did not help. Blizzardclaw kept coughing and gasping for a good few minutes before he managed to regain his breath. He lay down tiredly and began to groom the water out of his fur.

[Random Melody]

Random Melody
Even with his thick coat weighing him down Blizzardclaw used his powerful muscles to then dived after the Muskrat. He ignored the burning pressure in his heart and continued to powerfully swim; quickly gaining on his panicked prey. He lunged out with his jagged claws and gripped the back haunches of the muskrat. Curling his body towards his prey so he could get a grip on it in his mouth he simultaneously kicked his way up towards the surface of the river. It wasn't safe to remain in the water with his heart problems hurting him like this. With the muskrat tightly secured in his strong jaws, he hauled himself out of the river and sat down a short ways from the bank. Securing his the bleeding carcass under his big paws he then started to hack and wheeze. His stupid cardio health issues were acting up a lot today and being wet and cold did not help. Blizzardclaw kept coughing and gasping for a good few minutes before he managed to regain his breath. He lay down tiredly and began to groom the water out of his fur.

Ferretblaze watched as Bizzardclaw emerged from the water and coughed and wheeze and gasp. Her eyebrows furrowed together and she tugged the squirrel's tail between her claws to ensure she still had her grip. Sure enough the squirrel let out terrified squeaks, struggling against her hold. She could feel it slipping and sunk her claws in deeper, taking a deep breath before attempting to pull her paw out of the hole. Nothing, she could barely move it much less pull it out of the burrow. "Oh mousedung," She growled under her breath, pulling again. She heard the squirrel squeak, which gave her a bit of satisfaction, which dissolved as soon as it came. This time she could move her paw out of the hole in the ground, just slightly, but the sudden pain that it brought caused her to pause slightly, the she-cat gritting her teeth.

[graves]

@fenic!

He nodded and smiled,slipping out of the camp exit eagerly. Snow crunched under his paws as he started walking,the chilled leaf bare breeze ruffled his feathery pelt a bit. It dragged against the ground as he walked due to its length,his fluffed out tail swaying in happiness as he walked. He was rather tired,giving a small yawn. He hadn't been sleeping well lately. He hadn't told Russet the reason he didn't go to Thunderclan-was the passing of his kits. He didn't even get to meet them and he felt utter guilt,staying up late at night thinking or having nightmare disruptions at night. But he knew his friend was a newly appointed leader with hi own stress-he wouldn't want to add to that.

So he walked beside his friend and keeping his small smile on his face,padding along side his friend. Even if he might be dealing with things himself,whenever he was with Russet he could feel some of it go away. Worries,stress,whatever. It felt right,he didn't know why. maybe it was the toms constant positivity and kindness he didn't know but he was grateful for it. They had been friends since they were apprentices and it felt like only yesterday they had just met. He sighed peacefully,eyes lidded from lack of sleep as he gazed out into the territory,trees coated with a layer of snow against the raw bare branches.

[ChameweonRainbow]

Ferretblaze watched as Bizzardclaw emerged from the water and coughed and wheeze and gasp. Her eyebrows furrowed together and she tugged the squirrel's tail between her claws to ensure she still had her grip. Sure enough the squirrel let out terrified squeaks, struggling against her hold. She could feel it slipping and sunk her claws in deeper, taking a deep breath before attempting to pull her paw out of the hole. Nothing, she could barely move it much less pull it out of the burrow. "Oh mousedung," She growled under her breath, pulling again. She heard the squirrel squeak, which gave her a bit of satisfaction, which dissolved as soon as it came. This time she could move her paw out of the hole in the ground, just slightly, but the sudden pain that it brought caused her to pause slightly, the she-cat gritting her teeth.
Random Melody
Blizzardclaw padded softly up to where the she-cat was trying to fish a squirrel out of a burrow. His ears flicked at her pained hiss. "Is that squirrel being troublesome ma'am?" he asked respectively. He sat at attention; his muscles rippling under his fur as he stood there waiting patiently for his superior.

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;194805]
He was hit by him and then yowled kicking him on the stomach, "she hated you! She loves me not you!"
Swimclaw staggered backwards,"Thats not true!" He yowled hurt,"She loved me more than she'll ever love you!" He meowed still hurting a bit

[Random Melody]

Random Melody
Blizzardclaw padded softly up to where the she-cat was trying to fish a squirrel out of a burrow. His ears flicked at her pained hiss. "Is that squirrel being troublesome mam?" he asked respectively. He sat at attention; his muscles rippling under his fur as he stood there waiting patiently for his superior.

"You have no idea." Ferretblaze huffed, a slightly amused glimmer appearing in her eyes. "Maybe diving in after it wasnt such a good idea." She added lowly, more to herself than to Blizzardclaw. She jerked her paw again, this time letting out a soft grunt. She could still feel the squirrel struggling; That was good. With one last jerk her paw was free, the squirrel dangling from it by its tail. Ferretblaze smirked as she drew it to her, giving its throat a quick nip and killing it quickly before dropping it.

"Now then." The she-cat flicked her tail, giving her paw a few licks and pushing the pain aside. "Back to the hunt."

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;195195]
Swimclaw staggered backwards,"Thats not true!" He yowled hurt,"She loved me more than she'll ever love you!" He meowed still hurting a bit
Birdsong hissed "you abused her and hurt her more than anyone could in the dark forest!" He snarled his teeth and circled around him

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;196457]
6Birdsong hissed "you abused her and hurt her more than anyone could in the dark forest!" He snarled his teeth and circled around him
Silentbird heard snarling,"Moonkit come here."She mewed grabbing the swimming kit and putting her into a hole in a tree,"Stay here ok?" She asked,"Ok momma please hurry!" The small kit meowed, Silentbird rushed off, moonkit jumped out of the tree to follow,"Swimclaw I told you to leave!" She yowled, moonkit peeked her head out,"That kit there is probably mine!" Swimclaw hissed rushed over to moonkit and picked her up,"Moonkit-!" Silentbird was cut off as swimclaw ran around the corner and Silentbird followed, she gasped in horror,"Swimclaw don't do it!" She begged,"Ill drop her in the river!" He yowled through the kits fur, Silentbird rushed at him reaching for the kit, she retrieved the kit and pushed him in,"I can't swim!" He yowled

[ChameweonRainbow]

"You have no idea." Ferretblaze huffed, a slightly amused glimmer appearing in her eyes. "Maybe diving in after it wasnt such a good idea." She added lowly, more to herself than to Blizzardclaw. She jerked her paw again, this time letting out a soft grunt. She could still feel the squirrel struggling; That was good. With one last jerk her paw was free, the squirrel dangling from it by its tail. Ferretblaze smirked as she drew it to her, giving its throat a quick nip and killing it quickly before dropping it.

"Now then." The she-cat flicked her tail, giving her paw a few licks and pushing the pain aside. "Back to the hunt."

Blizzardclaw licked the blood from his claws and took the time to hide the prey they caught under some rocks for them to come back too. "With your permission ma'am, I can go see if there are any Kingfishers up in the trees hanging over the river." He asked; once again standing at attention in respect of the senior warrior.

[Random Melody]

Blizzardclaw licked the blood from his claws and took the time to hide the prey they caught under some rocks for them to come back too. "With your permission ma'am, I can go see if there are any Kingfishers up in the trees hanging over the river." He asked; once again standing at attention in respect of the senior warrior.

Ferretblaze gave him a slightly curious look, head tilting to the side slightly. "Okay," She meowed, standing up and shaking out her fur. "I'm gonna see if I can get a few fish." She angles her ears toward the river as she studied the younger warrior. "And you don't have to call me ma'am or ask for permission, its not like i'm your mentor." She added, a slightly teasing tone to her voice but her expression stayed serious as always. She flicked her tail at Blizzardclaw's shoulders before padding past him to the river.

[ChameweonRainbow]

Ferretblaze gave him a slightly curious look, head tilting to the side slightly. "Okay," She meowed, standing up and shaking out her fur. "I'm gonna see if I can get a few fish." She angles her ears toward the river as she studied the younger warrior. "And you don't have to call me ma'am or ask for permission, its not like i'm your mentor." She added, a slightly teasing tone to her voice but her expression stayed serious as always. She flicked her tail at Blizzardclaw's shoulders before padding past him to the river.
Blizzardclaw looked slightly startled, he was a no-nonsense and soldier like cat. He didn't comprehend the problem of referring to his superiors with respect and he felt it was his duty as a younger less experienced warrior to show dignity and respect towards the senior warriors and such. "Yes Ferretblaze, I understand, I will refrain from calling you ma'am from now on," he said feeling rather frazzled. But it didn't show and his face remained stoic as ever. He then turned and bolted straight up a tree using his powerful legs and large claws to launch himself onto a branch that connected to a grove of trees that usually housed Kingfishers and other water birds.

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;196519]
Silentbird heard snarling,"Moonkit come here."She mewed grabbing the swimming kit and putting her into a hole in a tree,"Stay here ok?" She asked,"Ok momma please hurry!" The small kit meowed, Silentbird rushed off, moonkit jumped out of the tree to follow,"Swimclaw I told you to leave!" She yowled, moonkit peeked her head out,"That kit there is probably mine!" Swimclaw hissed rushed over to moonkit and picked her up,"Moonkit-!" Silentbird was cut off as swimclaw ran around the corner and Silentbird followed, she gasped in horror,"Swimclaw don't do it!" She begged,"Ill drop her in the river!" He yowled through the kits fur, Silentbird rushed at him reaching for the kit, she retrieved the kit and pushed him in,"I can't swim!" He yowled
Birdsong dove in the water, grabbing swim laws scruff and putting him down on the ground. He hissed and said "never come near my family again

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw nodded, and he carried a couple fish into his maw as he trotted after her. He cursed himself for being selfish and thinking of himself. He knew the queens and elders had to eat first, and he was perfectly fine with that. It was just how the clan works. The elders needed all the strength they could get and the queens needed food to produce healthy kits. Tornadopaw knew he had enough strength to hold himself together, and he was excited about the skills he'd be able to learn on ground instead of in water. He was overjoyed with the feeling of catching something that's running on ground instead of swimming in water, especially since the river was beginning to take a cold turn because of the season. He noted to himself to practice some of his battle moves just in case Lilyshade wanted to train. He deemed to impress her in that field! His eyes sparked at the thought.
Continuing on, fatigue finally settled in Lilyshade and her legs felt heavy. A fog entered her mind, but she kept plowing on, determined to get to camp with the prey. She realized that in the span of this short day, her and Tornadopaw had accomplished a lot today. Letting a small smile spread across her face, she turned to check on Tornadopaw, making sure he wasn't too cold or tired. She was worried about her apprentice. Being tired and cold is a surefire way to catch a cold. And catching a cold in leaf-bare could easily make something as simple as the common cold, become worse. While her attention was averted, Lilyshade tripped on a tree root and tumbled to the ground, the fish spilling from her jaws. A yelp escaped from her now free mouth as she landed hard on her side, her paw twisting quite painfully as it was trapped under the tree root. She closed her eyes, lying there, too tired now that she was down to get up. A sigh escaped and she lifted the heavy weights pulling her eyelids down and stared at Tornadopaw, hoping he wouldn't be too worried because she was fine, she just needed to get back to camp and rest. However, she had no motivation and instead closed her eyes and fell back against the cold ground, the cold seeping through her fur and into her bones.

[Brilliance]

Continuing on, fatigue finally settled in Lilyshade and her legs felt heavy. A fog entered her mind, but she kept plowing on, determined to get to camp with the prey. She realized that in the span of this short day, her and Tornadopaw had accomplished a lot today. Letting a small smile spread across her face, she turned to check on Tornadopaw, making sure he wasn't too cold or tired. She was worried about her apprentice. Being tired and cold is a surefire way to catch a cold. And catching a cold in leaf-bare could easily make something as simple as the common cold, become worse. While her attention was averted, Lilyshade tripped on a tree root and tumbled to the ground, the fish spilling from her jaws. A yelp escaped from her now free mouth as she landed hard on her side, her paw twisting quite painfully as it was trapped under the tree root. She closed her eyes, lying there, too tired now that she was down to get up. A sigh escaped and she lifted the heavy weights pulling her eyelids down and stared at Tornadopaw, hoping he wouldn't be too worried because she was fine, she just needed to get back to camp and rest. However, she had no motivation and instead closed her eyes and fell back against the cold ground, the cold seeping through her fur and into her bones.

Tornadopaw travelled a few ways with his fish until he saw Lilyshade's body on the ground. Without a second thought, the young tom ran to her body, dropping the fish in the process. "Lilyshade!!" He screamed and put his muzzle in the crook of her neck, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. Her body was cold. Most likely from the temperature. He wondered if she was breathing. "Lilyshade...come on get up. We're almost at camp. You can sleep in your moss nest.I'll even change your best to new fresh smelling moss if you'd like. Just please, let's continue. We can stop training if you're too tired. I just don't want you to be in this cold." He gently stepped and came behind her, laying down against her pelt, at least to emit some heat into the both of them.

[Starfall]

She almost bumped into the tom and was able to stop herself quick enough to keep them from touching. She flicked her ear as she looked up at him in confusion and noticed how angry his eyes looked, causing her to once again shrink down and pin her ears back, backing up a bit. She hung her head and looked down at the ground as he spat at her. Her fur was hot, feeling guilty for spitting accusations at him for something he didn't say. She knew something she couldn't allow for him to know about a certain tom in it, so it felt like an instinct to get defensive for him. When you love a cat, it feels like you must be protective over them when they aren't there even over the littlest of things. "I'm sorry..." she squeaked, not looking at him directly. Her eyes became fixated again when she noticed looking a bit less intimidating as he began to droop. Was it something I said? she thought, worriedly. She focused on his words, expressions and body language. Evil.... that was the word... that word seemed to trigger something inside of him, which made her more concerned. Maybe kin of his... or maybe even he himself? She shook her head. No, it couldn't possibly be him. she thought, Intimidating and a bit rude? Yes. Evil? No... I don't possibly see it. Trying to make him feel better, she tried rephrasing her current statements. "O-O-Oh, well when I meant evil cats, I just meant.... L-Less than good cats. I don't truly believe in evil cats myself." she fibbed with a nervous smile and twitchy tail. "Certain cats make bad choices in there life, but it doesn't make them evil. If you regret a certain decision like that, then you are just a cat that made a mistake." she may have been lying at first, but she was glad to throw in some honest advice and moral checks. Maybe he might actually believe her this time. She was a bit surprised when he said she was free to go back to camp. A small portion was already racing towards her nest in the camp and couldn't wait to snuggle up in her nest. However, the rest of her took notice of him as he said that. In her eyes, she saw a cat that was upset and needed help to be cheered up. It saddened her to see such a big, strong looking cat down on his knees like this. He was certainly a handsome tom. He probably just needs a mate or some cat to help cheer him up, she thought. She immediately excluded herself as she thought of this. Her heart and feelings were already taken and reserved for Fireflare. She was still willing to see him as a potential ally someday. She allowed herself to gaze over to camo, then at her tired feet, then back at this tom. Being forced to lie once again, she lies sweetly, "Oh, why I'm not tired at all," she mewed, quickly placing her tail on her feet. "I wouldn't want to leave you alone like that, it'd seem too cruel for a cat to do." she walks over to his side where he can see her clearly and then hiding her feet again. "I'm fine with spending more time in the territory. I'd rather come back to camp with some prey in my claws, don't you think so too?" she asked, with a shy smile. ((haha Fallen just got friendzoned c;))

{lmao perfect, it adds to the drama}

The warrior had flattered his ears and felt his heart ache, he had already scared the poor she cat, and now he wasn't pretty sure he terrified her. How much of an awful cat was he? His blue hues danced with sadness, pity, and regret, he didn't like the cat he became, he didn't like the warrior he became, but at the same time, he was proud of what he had done, none of it was for his own well being, rather, for those he cared for. He let out a sigh and saw that she hadn't left yet, he looked at her as though she was crazy "There's no need to try and explain yourself, honestly it's fine." he huffed, he lashed his tail and looked down at the river, his attention snatched away from the molly for a few seconds. He didn't mind the company, but at the same time he felt as though she didn't truly want to be here with him, and oddly enough the very thought of that made his heart hurt.

Fallenstream wasn't expecting her to sit next to him and start speaking to him once more, he thought she bolted for the clan. It made his soul warm, his heart felt as though it was lighter. He like it, this warmth, the last time he felt it was when he was with Lightstream, but sadly she didn't make it through the head injury she had gotten. He missed it in all honesty, yet he couldn't explain what exactly this warmth was. Upon the mollys statement he let out anhuff and picked himself up, his glossy black fur seemed to shine a little brighter in the sunlight, he had his energy back. The ebony tom lashed his tail and looked down at Honeypool and smiled, a genuine smile this time, he had noticed how badly her paws had ached, he wasn't a mouse-brain after all, he did care for his clanmates "Thank you, and Howe about this, we'll take little breaks inbetween, we could even go for a little swim, that cold water should help your paws. Sound good?" he questioned, something within his being made the ebony tom want to protect the ginger molly, hear her laugh, see her smile, yet he still couldn't quite explain why.

[Hexict]

The shuddering stopped, she righted herself, attempting to regain posture. Her muscles had been drained from energy, and she found it hard to inasmuch as stand straight. She clenched her jaw and worked at her posture for a moment more, until she was drawn up to a suitably straight position, though her legs still shook slightly beneath her. She gave herself the smallest of shakes, attempting to loose debris from her fur. Her muscles felt flimsy and weak, too limp to even rid her of the dirt that stubbornly clung to her. Cold air rushed in, between the layers of thick hair, chilling her skin and making her shudder slightly. She gratefully accepted Mistfall's help, this time only depositing a fraction of her weight onto her newfound friend.

Her tail twitched slightly, and she shifted weight awkwardly, feeling deeply guiltily for what she had done. Geckoleaf tended to be overly self reliant- instead of admitting that she occasionally needed help, she would pile herself high with work and expectations, never letting another help her bear her burden. And omitting to assistance felt like personal betraya; she felt as if she were to help her clan mates, without them being allowed to reciprocate. So Mistfall providing emotional support felt wrong, but it was near necessary; even now, the snow had a strange pink afterglow, the world even now not a pure white. The light filtering through icicles was a soft ruby, and the white of her own fur smacked of red undertones. Despite having settled, she was still so fragile, as if the slightest thing could hurt her.

She helped others, and selflessly gave, but Geckoleaf needed to be healed. Cougarstorm had been a reliable figure, something sturdy to rest herself upon, but still not what she needed. The medicine cat needed a sister, a kindred soul who could provide unique help. And she was realizing that maybe, just maybe Mistfall could be such a special friend. But that would require the milky opening up, which she was bad at already. And, to her, showing someone the darkest depths of her fear was not necessarily the pea hurst way to open up a new chapter.

She stood still as Mistfall met her gaze; the milky green eyes were surprisingly piercing, and she felt rooted to the ground, ready to here anything that the grey warrior spoke to her, much as a deer freezes at the sight of headlights. And she listened to everything intently, still feeling the need to tether to herself to something, while she was adrift in the sea of red that was the nightmares and pain of her past. Each word brought her closer to being completely present; it washed the film of red away from her eyes, and the world seemed clearer.

It took her a moment to proccess Mistfall's words; at first she only heard sounds and syllables, until they seemed to gain meaning, a moment too late. Compliments, reassurance- someone telling her she was strong. It was refreshing, really. Everyone always told her how pretty and talented she was, never that she had any grit, or that their might be things in her life she couldn't control. And though she usually shied away from praise, this time she soaked it up, like a flower leaning towards a shaft of sunlight. Yet, she couldn't help but still feel abashed, shame for her meltdown still smarting and fresh. She tried not cry, feeling stupid for feeling things that she couldn't control. She bit at her bottom lip, eyes burning slightly. Her gaze skirted away from Mistfall's, her skittish nature prevalent. But instead of crying, she acted impulsively- in a move, she had pressed her face against the grey she-cat's chest, ears still flattened, eyes pressing shut. The feeling of being able to press against something sturdy and real assured her she was alright, and mopped up the remaining feeling of guilt.

Softly, she mumbled; "I.. I still am... But thank you... It makes a world of difference that somebody still cares for me. I'm just glad you didn't leave me.. Like everyone else." Her words were soft and weak, but filled with her gratitude. She was too emotionally exhausted to cry for all her loss- but nonetheless, a bit of childish fear filled her that Mistfall would just suddenly leave. Like her parents- like her sister, her mentor, her leader. She drew back her head, just enough so that she could look up at Mistfall. "Y-you won't leave me, right? I don't.. I don't think I could stand it.. Please stay." She didn't cry, just looked tired and miserable, a pitiable specimen. If the warrior less, she would shed no tears, only sigh in exhaustion and walk on.

(of course you can! geck can run off after she smells some herbs, then we'll she's gone, mist gets attacks, so that she's not interfering with plot, then she can cone back and help mist?)

(sorry for taking so long! :'c)


The warrior’s soft orbs observed as the shaking ceased and the medicine cat rose. It was clear how exhausted she was, being drained from the episode she had just endured. Her eyes watched as she struggled to lift herself into a posture she found suitable, legs still trembling slightly in the aftermath. Mistfall watched as the medicine cat feebly attempted to shake her fur clean, but lacked the strength to get rid of the dust that clung to her bright pelt. Mistfall opened her maw to offer to help get the dust out of her fur, but then blushed in awkwardness. She wasn’t sure if she should offer that . The molly was too socially awkward anyway and quickly shut her mouth as she second-guessed herself.

The following shudder that was sent through Geckoleaf was a cold one,which Mistfall noticed. At first she was fearful that it was another attack since she was shuddering during her mental breakdown. But the warrior then noticed that it was instead due to the cold of leaf-bare rather than the breakdown. She was pleased that it did seem to have passed, but was aware of weak she was. Geckoleaf seemed to accept the help and leaned onto Mistfall once again, but the warrior noticed that she didn’t apply all her weight this time and therefore the grey molly was able to support her weight longer.

Her brows furrowed as she refused to take her pale orbs off of Geckoleaf. She hadn’t been able to look away from her friend since she had began screaming out things such as she had killed them and that she had tried to save them. Even though everything seemed to have calmed down, it was clear that the tabby was still affected by what just happened… but who wouldn’t be? Even Mistfall was still on the episode, unable to move on from what had taken place inside the medicine cat’s head as she mentally broke down on the territory. Geckoleaf stilled seemed a bit fearful but it was nothing compared to before.

She rested her white tail onto the tabby’s shoulder again, this time trying more to protect her from the leaf-bare air instead of solely trying to comfort her. Her own pelt was pretty short - though her neck was a bit fluffy, and her tail seemed out of place due to it’s own fluffiness - but her pelt was thick and did help to beat off the cold at times. She hoped that she could help Geckoleaf from being cold… even if she had short fur.

As Mistfall spoke to Geckoleaf, trying to tell the medicine cat that she was strong and to not blame herself for anything that happened, she began to wondered if the respected molly could even hear her. During the breakdown she had seemed to take in anything from reality, though had eventually been able to be pulled out. But Mistfall didn’t know if at the moment she could be heard. If she can’t hear me now, then I can just repeat it later, she thought, wanting Geckoleaf to hear these words. She wasn’t sure if they would actually help, but they were what came to mind at a time like this.

Maybe she was just useless when it came to these mental problems?

Either way, she wanted to help… if she wasn’t doing so now, then she’d want to learn how to be able to help someone if this were to happen again.

The multi-grey warrior noted that the tabby glanced away at the praise. Mistfall was glad that she could hear her. She did seemed to be getting better, she could hear and had been able to get up, she seems to just need to get some of her energy back that had been ripped away from her. But the warrior was taken aback when Geckoleaf suddenly moved forward and buried her fiery face into the grey fur on Mistfall, shutting her orbs tight and keeping her ears flattened. Mistfall’s own ears twitched as if they were going to flattened at the sudden movement towards her, but she quickly relaxed - or as much as she could relax with someone so close to her - as she realized what was happening.

Her soft orbs saddened again when Geckoleaf claimed that she was still weak, but then went on to thank her for her words. It felt like something tug at her heart when the fiery tabby went on and thanked her for not leaving her, adding that everyone else left her. “Why would they leave you? Who left you?” The question escaped before she could catch it, hoping that the question wasn’t too personal. Despite them growing close, Mistfall realized that she didn’t know that much about her own clan’s medicine cat. She didn’t know her past and she didn’t even know about her breakdowns - though she didn’t know that it wasn’t known to anyone else.

The warrior’s ears twitched once again as Geckoleaf shifted to lock her gaze with the taller molly. Mistfall wasn’t sure what to expect to come out of her mouth. Perhaps she would ask for the warrior to not talk about it? Or maybe for them to simply return to camp despite not collecting any herbs for the clans? Instead, it was a question that she was not expected. Her ears flattened in surprise, and she was temporarily lost for words. [I]She wants me to stay?[/] Since Mistfall wasn’t the outgoing type whom made friends instantly with everyone and anyone she met, she didn’t have too many friends, and therefore wasn’t use to being wanted around.

“O-of course not,” she mewed, awkwardness clear in her voice yet at the same time her gaze revealed that she really wasn’t going anywhere.


(thanks! I’ll tell tawny~ to attack Mist was Gecko is hunting for herbs :3)

[Clover]

Zero to Hero
Cloversplash took in a deep breath, the air of the territory refreshingly cold, especially after being relegated to the rather odorous warrior's den. Though it was not an easy trek, it was much preferable to the noise and pressure of the den, despite it's warmth. As she stepped, her paws sunk deep into the snow; the top layer of ice crunched quietly beneath her weight, lean as she was. Normally a rather thick-muscled she-cat, the lack of food and use had caused them to become atrophied. Her skin seemed to sag over her skeleton, loose and sagging. Despite this, she still moved in a semblance of her former grace, her stride shaking but purposefully. She glanced to her left, green eyes tracking her patrol companion for a moment. "So, Swampstone, how are you standing up to being practically starved and forcibly imprisoned?" she asked dryly, her humor lacking and rather cryptic. The novelty of being in the territory was far outweighed by her snippy, pessimistic mood; its seemed that no matter what happened, the winter would stretch on forever. With a deep sigh, she continued forward, each step through the deep snow laborious and miserable; her toes had already begun to become numb, and her oak brown fur was offset by the snow caked on her legs and underbelly. The weak sun that managed to drip through the ever-present clouds lit up the territory in a wan light, offering little contrast. It was white-washed, and threw off her depth perception; if anyone were to trespass, she wasn't sure running through the territory would be a good idea- any tree in the way would be near invisible.

[|+sari+|]

*EmeraldNight pads back to Camp, slipping in through the Camp Entrance of bushes and vines, appearing on the inside. She grumbles to herself as she goes towards the Warriors Den, then thinks better of going inside* I will just run into somebody... and I want to be alone *she sits a few yards from the Den, the sunlight hitting her black fur, causing it to shine. She closes her eyes and lets the sun hit her face*

[Clover]

(sorry for taking so long! :'c)


The warrior’s soft orbs observed as the shaking ceased and the medicine cat rose. It was clear how exhausted she was, being drained from the episode she had just endured. Her eyes watched as she struggled to lift herself into a posture she found suitable, legs still trembling slightly in the aftermath. Mistfall watched as the medicine cat feebly attempted to shake her fur clean, but lacked the strength to get rid of the dust that clung to her bright pelt. Mistfall opened her maw to offer to help get the dust out of her fur but then blushed in awkwardness. She wasn’t sure if she should offer that. The molly was too socially awkward anyway and quickly shut her mouth as she second-guessed herself.

The following shudder that was sent through Geckoleaf was a cold one, which Mistfall noticed. At firs, she was fearful that it was another attack since she was shuddering during her mental breakdown. But the warrior then noticed that it was instead due to the cold of leaf-bare rather than the breakdown. She was pleased that it did seem to have passed but was aware of weak she was. Geckoleaf seemed to accept the help and leaned onto Mistfall once again, but the warrior noticed that she didn’t apply all her weight this time and therefore the gray molly was able to support her weight longer.

Her brows furrowed as she refused to take her pale orbs off of Geckoleaf. She hadn’t been able to look away from her friend since she had begun screaming out things such as she had killed them and that she had tried to save them. Even though everything seemed to have calmed down, it was clear that the tabby was still affected by what just happened… but who wouldn’t be? Even Mistfall was still in the episode, unable to move on from what had taken place inside the medicine cat’s head as she mentally broke down on the territory. Geckoleaf stilled seemed a bit fearful but it was nothing compared to before.

She rested her white tail onto the tabby’s shoulder again, this time trying more to protect her from the leaf-bare air instead of solely trying to comfort her. Her own pelt was pretty short - though her neck was a bit fluffy, and her tail seemed out of place due to its own fluffiness - but her pelt was thick and did help to beat off the cold at times. She hoped that she could help Geckoleaf from being cold… even if she had short fur.

As Mistfall spoke to Geckoleaf, trying to tell the medicine cat that she was strong and to not blame herself for anything that happened, she began to wonder if the respected molly could even hear her. During the breakdown, she had seemed to take in anything from reality, though had eventually been able to be pulled out. But Mistfall didn’t know if at the moment she could be heard. If she can’t hear me now, then I can just repeat it later, she thought, wanting Geckoleaf to hear these words. She wasn’t sure if they would actually help, but they were what came to mind at a time like this.

Maybe she was just useless when it came to these mental problems?

Either way, she wanted to help… if she wasn’t doing so now, then she’d want to learn how to be able to help someone if this were to happen again.

The multi-grey warrior noted that the tabby glanced away at the praise. Mistfall was glad that she could hear her. She did seem to be getting better, she could hear and had been able to get up, she seems to just need to get some of her energy back that had been ripped away from her. But the warrior was taken aback when Geckoleaf suddenly moved forward and buried her fiery face into the gray fur on Mistfall, shutting her orbs tight and keeping her ears flattened. Mist falls own ears twitched as if they were going to flattened at the sudden movement towards her, but she quickly relaxed - or as much as she could relax with someone so close to her - as she realized what was happening.

Her soft orbs saddened again when Geckoleaf claimed that she was still weak but then went on to thank her for her words. It felt something tug at her heart when the fiery tabby went on and thanked her for not leaving her, adding that everyone else left her. “Why would they leave you? Who left you?” The question escaped before she could catch it, hoping that the question wasn’t too personal. Despite them growing close, Mistfall realized that she didn’t know that much about her own clan’s medicine cat. She didn’t know her past and she didn’t even know about her breakdowns - though she didn’t know that it wasn’t known to anyone else.

The warrior’s ears twitched once again as Geckoleaf shifted to lock her gaze with the taller molly. Mistfall wasn’t sure what to expect to come out of her mouth. Perhaps she would ask for the warrior to not talk about it? Or maybe for them to simply return to camp despite not collecting any herbs for the clans? Instead, it was a question that she was not expected. Her ears flattened in surprise, and she was temporarily lost for words. [I]She wants me to stay?[/] Since Mistfall wasn’t the outgoing type who made friends instantly with everyone and anyone she met, she didn’t have too many friends and therefore wasn’t use to being wanted around.

“O-of course not,” she mewed, awkwardness clear in her voice yet at the same time her gaze revealed that she really wasn’t going anywhere.


(thanks! I’ll tell tawny~ to attack Mist was Gecko is hunting for herbs:3)
Her eyes followed Mistfall's as they shifted and moved to and from, the pale blue foggy and mysterious. The feeling of her tail resting gently on her shoulders was simply another anchor to reality, and it felt reassuring, something to keep her calm and attached. Geckoleaf's own thin, striped tail swished to the other side, signaling her slight change in emotion. The cold air it pulled along as it moved simply chilled her further, and another slight shiver trailed up her body. A tiny gasp was elicited from her; at this point, she probably should be used to the cold, but the feeling of being back, in reality, seamed oddly strange and foreign; the frozen territory was far removed from the blood red landscape that she had narrowly escaped.

Geckoleaf herself felt apprehensive about being dragged back into a vision; it had been bad, probably on of the worst she had experienced, and she didn't know if she could keep back the demons that plagued her a second time, especially in such short a gap. The barrier in her mind had been repaired by a mixture of her efforts, and Mistfall's kind words. For now, it held sound, feeling stable and sturdy- of course, that was only for the moment. What if it happens again? What would I do- what I could I do, even? she thought to herself, worry filling her; anything could set her off, potentially, and she'd have to tiptoe through conversations, to make sure nothing was mentioned of gore and death. She gulped down worry, and once more looked up at Mistfall, the silver of the tabby's face being oddly assuring.

More threads of icy breeze weaved through her short coat; it was relatively protective, but more suited to the mild weather that RiverClan usually received. Usually, she had enough time to keep it in pristine condition, something that most warriors couldn't say, and to see her disheveled and messy was rare, and even rarer during the winter months when everyone was kept indoors, and given more time to groom and attend to personal hygiene. The only other time in recent memory was when she had fallen from the ridge, and broken two legs- one of which her newfound power had healed, and the other being bound to keep her from using it. Even now, the fiery molly tottered precariously on her three good legs, despite the offered help of Mistfall. It was quite annoying to have to hobble about like she had been doing for the past several days- but, her leg was nearly healed, it being only a fracture, and soon she could take the wrappings off and do mild physical therapy to help the atrophied muscles heal.

The softly whispered question from Mistfall was a bit sudden, but she didn't react much; Geckoleaf was too emotionally drained to really feel anything particularly potent. Yet it still struck her deep, and she winced slightly but decided it best to speak; she had realized very quickly that the basis to any genuine and true relationship was clear and honest communication. She took a steadying breath and allowed herself a moment to reflect, before beginning to speak about the sensitive topic.

"It was, before anyone else, my mother. She was never really there- my sister and I was primarily raised by the other nursery queens. Blueflame was a fine warrior in her prime when she became pregnant, and I don't think she really wanted either of us. So, one day, she just up and left us. Then went our father; I think he really loved us, but it didn't matter. Blueflame controlled him, and he'd do anything for her. It wasn't like they were abusive- they just didn't care. So, I and my sister become orphans. We were cared for by the queens, as I said, but they didn't really love us- it was just our duty. When I became an apprentice, my sister left me. I loved her so, so much. I don't know about where she went- just.. just one day, she was gone. So I was alone; I had a few friends, but none terribly close- Cougarstorm has always been a close friend, but he had other duties then me. During this time, I became very, very close with Marshsnow- you remember her, but you were only a kit then. She was the closest thing to a mother, or even a parent, I've ever had. Only a few days after I received my full name, she died- and then she never even talked to me in a dream. I don't know if she's really gone, or if there's some bigger purpose. As an apprentice, I also became close with a young warrior by the name of Melodysong- she was like a sister. But she also left, for a tom. I guess I just have bad luck," she murmured, followed by a dry laugh. Her eyes sunk to the ground, and she sighed in pain and frustration.

"And, that's not accounting for any of the many patients I've lost. I don't really think I should say more about that."
She looked up at Mistfall, her eyes dull from pain and exhaustion. She offered a weak smile, but the longing for friends and family who had gone was evident on her face. Her smile quickly dissolved into a small frown, and her eyes flicked away for a sheepish moment, before looking back up at her.

"I guess... I just assumed you'd be like everyone else. Here for a moment, gone the next, like a bit of scent on the breeze. I certainly don't blame you if you do leave- I'm just the weak medicine cat, taking up food and space and not helping for patrols. To most warriors, I really am just a nobody- all I'm good for is fixing scratches, or a bit of a cough. It's fine. I chose this life, and I'll stand by it, for better or worse,"Geckoleaf mewed, a tiny bit of a sarcastic smile making the edges of her mouth quirk up. It had been a long time since any warrior had seen her as much more than the lowly healer- as anything except expendable. And the fact that Mistfall put any effort into their conversation made Geckoleaf perk up immediatly, made her feel alive and loved, something far, far too rare in her life. "I guess, what I really mean to say, is thank you."

[Fel]

@fenic!

He nodded and smiled,slipping out of the camp exit eagerly. Snow crunched under his paws as he started walking,the chilled leaf bare breeze ruffled his feathery pelt a bit. It dragged against the ground as he walked due to its length,his fluffed out tail swaying in happiness as he walked. He was rather tired,giving a small yawn. He hadn't been sleeping well lately. He hadn't told Russet the reason he didn't go to Thunderclan-was the passing of his kits. He didn't even get to meet them and he felt utter guilt,staying up late at night thinking or having nightmare disruptions at night. But he knew his friend was a newly appointed leader with hi own stress-he wouldn't want to add to that.

So he walked beside his friend and keeping his small smile on his face,padding along side his friend. Even if he might be dealing with things himself,whenever he was with Russet he could feel some of it go away. Worries,stress,whatever. It felt right,he didn't know why. maybe it was the toms constant positivity and kindness he didn't know but he was grateful for it. They had been friends since they were apprentices and it felt like only yesterday they had just met. He sighed peacefully,eyes lidded from lack of sleep as he gazed out into the territory,trees coated with a layer of snow against the raw bare branches.

Following Whisperblaze through the entrance of camp, the leader stepped into the territory with confidence as he gazed around, eyes brightening in the bright afternoon sun. Everything around him was so beautiful- the sky, the frozen river, the snow-covered grass- but there was only one thing that truly stood out to him. It's been moons since Shellfeather's death, and I haven't been able to tell him- I haven't been able to confess truly how terrified I was of him leaving, how much I cared for him. Sighing, he followed the warrior quietly, his ears twitching in discomfort as he looked around, trying to distract him from the looming question in his mind.

"...Hey, Whisperblaze?" He mumbled, tail twitching behind him restlessly as he padded beside his best friend. Friends. Just friends, right? It didn't seem... right to him. He could feel his fur heating up as he kept walking along, though it clashed with the rather cold weather. "Can I... ask you a question?" It's been on my mind for a while.

[graves]

Following Whisperblaze through the entrance of camp, the leader stepped into the territory with confidence as he gazed around, eyes brightening in the bright afternoon sun. Everything around him was so beautiful- the sky, the frozen river, the snow-covered grass- but there was only one thing that truly stood out to him. It's been moons since Shellfeather's death, and I haven't been able to tell him- I haven't been able to confess truly how terrified I was of him leaving, how much I cared for him. Sighing, he followed the warrior quietly, his ears twitching in discomfort as he looked around, trying to distract him from the looming question in his mind.

"...Hey, Whisperblaze?" He mumbled, tail twitching behind him restlessly as he padded beside his best friend. Friends. Just friends, right? It didn't seem... right to him. He could feel his fur heating up as he kept walking along, though it clashed with the rather cold weather. "Can I... ask you a question?" It's been on my mind for a while.

He wasn't dumb,despite his shy appearance. He may be a kind soul,having a forever soft voice that was yes,almost a whisper. He didn't think of himself as the smartest cat,he didn't think he was the most handsome or one to stand out. He was....humble. But he wasn't dumb to see his friends nervousness. Him being him,automatically thought it was his own fault. He let his eyes gaze over the trees. Have I dont anything wrong? Usual paranoia slipped into his mind as he kept his gaze to the ground now. Though his ears twitched at the mention of a question;his voice sounded sincere. This made him nervous,seeing as his friend usually like this unless something was bothering him or it was something serious. He looked up at him,blue hues concerned for the tom,"Yes? Is there something wrong?" his voice was its usual soft tone,though laced with concern but also curiosity.

[Fel]

He wasn't dumb,despite his shy appearance. He may be a kind soul,having a forever soft voice that was yes,almost a whisper. He didn't think of himself as the smartest cat,he didn't think he was the most handsome or one to stand out. He was....humble. But he wasn't dumb to see his friends nervousness. Him being him,automatically thought it was his own fault. He let his eyes gaze over the trees. Have I dont anything wrong? Usual paranoia slipped into his mind as he kept his gaze to the ground now. Though his ears twitched at the mention of a question;his voice sounded sincere. This made him nervous,seeing as his friend usually like this unless something was bothering him or it was something serious. He looked up at him,blue hues concerned for the tom,"Yes? Is there something wrong?" his voice was its usual soft tone,though laced with concern but also curiosity.

At the sound of Whisperblaze's concerned tone, Russetstar immediately piped up nervously, shaking his head as he exclaimed. "Oh, nothing's wrong!" He shuffled his paws uncomfortably as he talked, flattening his ears. Looking away for a second, he didn't seem like he was going to talk anymore, until he suddenly blurted out exactly what he'd been thinking for the past moon or so. I've got to tell him- I can't just bottle everything up like this! Sighing, everything just kept flooding out of his mouth like the water rising in the river on a greenleaf day. "It's just... I..." Shaking his head, he didn't know what else to say afterwards. "I really like somebody- I really care about them and everything, and I just don't know what to say to them."

"Can you... give me something to tell them, just a sentence or something? I... don't want them to hear something they wouldn't like.?

[graves]

At the sound of Whisperblaze's concerned tone, Russetstar immediately piped up nervously, shaking his head as he exclaimed. "Oh, nothing's wrong!" He shuffled his paws uncomfortably as he talked, flattening his ears. Looking away for a second, he didn't seem like he was going to talk anymore, until he suddenly blurted out exactly what he'd been thinking for the past moon or so. I've got to tell him- I can't just bottle everything up like this! Sighing, everything just kept flooding out of his mouth like the water rising in the river on a greenleaf day. "It's just... I..." Shaking his head, he didn't know what else to say afterwards. "I really like somebody- I really care about them and everything, and I just don't know what to say to them."

"Can you... give me something to tell them, just a sentence or something? I... don't want them to hear something they wouldn't like.?

He...he liked somebody.
God he wish that were him.
But he knew there was a microscopic chance of that happening. There was no way of that happening. He knew exactly what these feelings were-he wish he could say them. He wish he could say them with confidence and be..his. Yeah,if that was the proper way to word it. Every moment he shared with Russet was just penting up more and more, to the point hearing that his friend liked somecat made him almost bring tears to his eyes. He stayed quiet for a moment and looked to the sky to prevent any water works,though his sadness was still unapparent as he faced his friend with a kind smile. He would be there for him,no matter what. Even if that cat isn't you,he's the one cat that has stuck through everything. The one cat that I really care about,even if I stay his best friend. I'll be the bestest friend I can be. And that was a promise. He really would-it hurt him enough to see him with Shellfeather,he could muster it again. "Compliment their eyes,it shows that you like the little things about them that make them beautiful." And god he could stare into his eyes for an eternity if he could.

[Fel]

He...he liked somebody.
God he wish that were him.
But he knew there was a microscopic chance of that happening. There was no way of that happening. He knew exactly what these feelings were-he wish he could say them. He wish he could say them with confidence and be..his. Yeah,if that was the proper way to word it. Every moment he shared with Russet was just penting up more and more, to the point hearing that his friend liked somecat made him almost bring tears to his eyes. He stayed quiet for a moment and looked to the sky to prevent any water works,though his sadness was still unapparent as he faced his friend with a kind smile. He would be there for him,no matter what. Even if that cat isn't you,he's the one cat that has stuck through everything. The one cat that I really care about,even if I stay his best friend. I'll be the bestest friend I can be. And that was a promise. He really would-it hurt him enough to see him with Shellfeather,he could muster it again. "Compliment their eyes,it shows that you like the little things about them that make them beautiful." And god he could stare into his eyes for an eternity if he could.

"...Thanks." Russetstar let out a sigh of relief, though the anxiety in his voice still hadn't gone away as he looked into Whisperblaze's eyes, smiling kindly. He could feel snowflakes dancing on his muzzle as he suddenly reached out his paws, placing them on his friend's as he smiled. "Well, if that's the case, the snow looks amazing today." He whispered. "It really brings out your eyes." Pressing his muzzle against Whisperblaze's in a quick rush of emotions, the thoughts inside his head racing like a mouse running from a hunter- everything was going crazy, but he couldn't care about it at all. Every single moment they shared, everything that happened between the two- it seemed that even if they used to have mates, they loved somebody else more.

At least, Russetstar did.

"I... really care about you- I like you, a lot. Like, a lot a lot."
I love you.

[graves]

"...Thanks." Russetstar let out a sigh of relief, though the anxiety in his voice still hadn't gone away as he looked into Whisperblaze's eyes, smiling kindly. He could feel snowflakes dancing on his muzzle as he suddenly reached out his paws, placing them on his friend's as he smiled. "Well, if that's the case, the snow looks amazing today." He whispered. "It really brings out your eyes." Pressing his muzzle against Whisperblaze's in a quick rush of emotions, the thoughts inside his head racing like a mouse running from a hunter- everything was going crazy, but he couldn't care about it at all. Every single moment they shared, everything that happened between the two- it seemed that even if they used to have mates, they loved somebody else more.

At least, Russetstar did.

"I... really care about you- I like you, a lot. Like, a lot a lot."
I love you.

At first he didn't realize. Everything has seemed to go silent as Russetstar had went quiet for a moment. He didn't notice what he did,opening his mouth to say something when his breath hitched.
It was him.
His eyes widened at the compliment,though it meant so much more to him then that. His friend had feelings for him. He couldn't believe it to be quiet honest. There were so many other cats the leader could have had. He was friendly to everyone he met and was eternally kind,if was something he admired. But him? He was a warrior. He didn't think he would take interest in such a shy cat himself,and seeing how he attempted to leave Riverclan but soon returning. "Me..? Russet...I-" he didn't know what to say,her was utterly speechless. When he pressed his face against his cheek he let out a shy,quiet purr but returned the affection with a nuzzle. he was so happy,and there were no words to express that. After everything he had been through when it came to the passing of his kits and former mate,his...not friend? was always patient with him. Growing up they were there for eachother,he was always there.. Whisper didn't have a lot of family. Russet was what he considered home. He wanted,no needed to say these words.
"I love you so much."

[ottersalad]

Aloestripe padded alongside the stream, watching the ripples in the water closely. His footsteps were quiet and light, even fish could feel soft vibrations from the ground where the tom walked. Aloestripe was a hefty tom and it was hard for him to be delicate with his paws. His long fluffy belly fur brushed the grass. Like every typical RiverClan warrior, Aloestripe loved getting his fur wet. Spotting a silver shining trout writhing in the water, he stepped carefully onto one of the stones in the river, but not carefully enough. With a huge splash, Aloestripe was in the river. The current wasn't strong so he wasn't being carried away, but he had scared away all the fish. He looked around with embarrassment but luckily he hadn't spotted anyone that could have seen his fall. Aloestripe clambered out, his long fluffy coat was soaked and stuck to his skin, making him look thin and scruffy. He shook out his pelt and soon he was back to his fluffy self. He looked up and stretched his leaf green eyes wide. Someone had seen him

[oats]

Aloestripe padded alongside the stream, watching the ripples in the water closely. His footsteps were quiet and light, even fish could feel soft vibrations from the ground where the tom walked. Aloestripe was a hefty tom and it was hard for him to be delicate with his paws. His long fluffy belly fur brushed the grass. Like every typical RiverClan warrior, Aloestripe loved getting his fur wet. Spotting a silver shining trout writhing in the water, he stepped carefully onto one of the stones in the river, but not carefully enough. With a huge splash, Aloestripe was in the river. The current wasn't strong so he wasn't being carried away, but he had scared away all the fish. He looked around with embarrassment but luckily he hadn't spotted anyone that could have seen his fall. Aloestripe clambered out, his long fluffy coat was soaked and stuck to his skin, making him look thin and scruffy. He shook out his pelt and soon he was back to his fluffy self. He looked up and stretched his leaf green eyes wide. Someone had seen him
The little she-cat had been padding through the territory for a long while, looking to clear her mind. The morning was a clear one, and it was sure to be a good one for hunting. She was abundantly aware of each sound she caused with each light pawstep, but at this point, Minnowgaze didn't care. Flicking her ear back, she looked up sharply, hearing a louder set of vibrations than the ones she caused herself. With baited breath, she paused, green eyes wide.
All of a sudden, there was a splash, a gurgle, and she craned her head about, seeing...
"Aloestripe?"
He was climbing out of the small pool now, his pelt in a mess, all tatty and damp. Letting out a barely-contained giggle, she sidled over to him, looking the tom up and down as he shook up his pelt, finally noticing her. "Smooth moves, man. You alright? That was a long.. fall."

[ottersalad]

The little she-cat had been padding through the territory for a long while, looking to clear her mind. The morning was a clear one, and it was sure to be a good one for hunting. She was abundantly aware of each sound she caused with each light pawstep, but at this point, Minnowgaze didn't care. Flicking her ear back, she looked up sharply, hearing a louder set of vibrations than the ones she caused herself. With baited breath, she paused, green eyes wide.
All of a sudden, there was a splash, a gurgle, and she craned her head about, seeing...
"Aloestripe?"
He was climbing out of the small pool now, his pelt in a mess, all tatty and damp. Letting out a barely-contained giggle, she sidled over to him, looking the tom up and down as he shook up his pelt, finally noticing her. "Smooth moves, man. You alright? That was a long.. fall."


Aloestripe couldn't believe he hadn't seen Minnowsplash coming, am I blind? the tom asked himself and shook his head, he felt like there was water in his ears but he shrugged. The tom purred as he heard Minnowsplash's comment on his fall.
"I sure do have some moves! I nearly got that fish though."
The fluffy cream tom tried to act like he didn't care but he really was embarrassed. He suddenly saw a flickering in the water, and flicked his tail to tell Minnowsplash he was going to try to get it. Aloestripe needed to catch this fish, he didn't want her or anyone to think he was useless. This time he was going to take a less paws on approach, he planned to just hook it simply from the river. The tom sat quietly on the bank, without movement.

[Fel]

At first he didn't realize. Everything has seemed to go silent as Russetstar had went quiet for a moment. He didn't notice what he did,opening his mouth to say something when his breath hitched.
It was him.
His eyes widened at the compliment,though it meant so much more to him then that. His friend had feelings for him. He couldn't believe it to be quiet honest. There were so many other cats the leader could have had. He was friendly to everyone he met and was eternally kind,if was something he admired. But him? He was a warrior. He didn't think he would take interest in such a shy cat himself,and seeing how he attempted to leave Riverclan but soon returning. "Me..? Russet...I-" he didn't know what to say,her was utterly speechless. When he pressed his face against his cheek he let out a shy,quiet purr but returned the affection with a nuzzle. he was so happy,and there were no words to express that. After everything he had been through when it came to the passing of his kits and former mate,his...not friend? was always patient with him. Growing up they were there for eachother,he was always there.. Whisper didn't have a lot of family. Russet was what he considered home. He wanted,no needed to say these words.
"I love you so much."

Okay, okay.... Oh my gosh. This is really happening. Russetstar could feel a sudden rush of joy as Whisperblaze said that he loved him- because the same went for him. It was an amazing feeling, like he was on top of the world- he was a bird, flying high above the sky, diving through clouds like there was no tomorrow. "I love you, too." He murmured, eyes warm as they stared into the bright blue hues next to him. I wasn't kidding about your eyes. They're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. He was lost in love, as if everything was falling down around him and all that he could see was Whisperblaze. His friend- no. They weren't friends anymore now, they were something different. What even are we now- something stuck in limbo, between friends and mates?

Not for long.

"...Whisperblaze, will you... Uh..."

"Will you be my mate? Because I really love you. A lot."

[graves]

Okay, okay.... Oh my gosh. This is really happening. Russetstar could feel a sudden rush of joy as Whisperblaze said that he loved him- because the same went for him. It was an amazing feeling, like he was on top of the world- he was a bird, flying high above the sky, diving through clouds like there was no tomorrow. "I love you, too." He murmured, eyes warm as they stared into the bright blue hues next to him. I wasn't kidding about your eyes. They're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. He was lost in love, as if everything was falling down around him and all that he could see was Whisperblaze. His friend- no. They weren't friends anymore now, they were something different. What even are we now- something stuck in limbo, between friends and mates?

Not for long.

"...Whisperblaze, will you... Uh..."

"Will you be my mate? Because I really love you. A lot."

If cats could cry,that's what Whisperblaze would be doing right now. He didn't expect this,he never had. Awhile ago he accepted the cat that he loved most would never be his,he had accepted that Russet would probably never get over Shellfeather. He accepted that Russetstar being himself would move on with positivity and find another cat to love,to adore,to cherish. He just didn't think or thought that cat was going to be him.

When they were apprentices; he could remember Russet sticking up for him when it came to bullies. He could remember how he was there for him in his early life,when his mother and father had abused him he was always there. Always there.

When he had fallen inlove with a Thunderclan shecat he was there. He didn't tell anybody,he didn't protest when he said he was going to leave Riverclan for them. No matter how much the idea might have terrified him-nor how many rules he would've and have broken-he was still there for him. When he realized that Thunderclan wasn't for him and that his kits had passed away,he turned around. Thunderclan wasn't home,Riverclan was home. Russet was home. He was always there.

When Shellfeather had died and he had become leader he was there for him during his grief,feeling guilty that he had feelings for the tom. Felt selfish for loving a cat that would never love him. Because that's what he was;selfish for any attention the leader bestow upon him,cherishing every moment the leader gave him besides being busy. He always kept his feelings a secret,though had hopes that maybe just one day,one day the affections would be returned.

Today was the day.

After everything,after feeling so alone,after pining for the other for so long,he gave the biggest smile he had ever given from his shy exterior. Russet may not have realized how long Whisper had been feeling for him,but that was alright. He was here now,as always. Blue hues stared back at him;warm with affection and happiness. His voice was quiet still,quivering with raw emotion,god what the tom could do to him at times.

"Yes Russet yes,you don't know how long I've wanted to hear those words. I will be your mate."

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;196553]
Birdsong dove in the water, grabbing swim laws scruff and putting him down on the ground. He hissed and said "never come near my family again
Swimclaw whimpered and ran off,"That monster!" Silentbird growled quietly moonkit squeaked averting her attention,"I thought i had told you to stay." She scolded,"But I heard daddy," she mewed,"No that is no reason to leave your hiding place and get into harms way!" She yelled, moonkit shrank down,"I-I'm s-sorry mo-mommy." Moonkit managed to say fear gripping her

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;196904]
Swimclaw whimpered and ran off,"That monster!" Silentbird growled quietly moonkit squeaked averting her attention,"I thought i had told you to stay." She scolded,"But I heard daddy," she mewed,"No that is no reason to leave your hiding place and get into harms way!" She yelled, moonkit shrank down,"I-I'm s-sorry mo-mommy." Moonkit managed to say fear gripping her
Birdsong smiled and licked Moonkit "it's ok, you were just trying to help." He nuzzled her and then went back to the tree and curled up inside

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;199282]
Birdsong smiled and licked Moonkit "it's ok, you were just trying to help." He nuzzled her and then went back to the tree and curled up inside
Moonkit purred, Silentbird followed, curling up around him

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;199303]
Moonkit purred, Silentbird followed, curling up around him
Birdsong was already asleep by the time Shem as in there he snored softly and quietly

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;199328]
Birdsong was already asleep by the time Shem as in there he snored softly and quietly
Silentbird groaned as sunlight entered her closed orbs,"Moonkit?" She asked looking around for the grey kitten,"Moonkit?" She repeated, no reply,"Moonkit!" She screamed looking for the kitten.



Moonkit wandered the sunny forest trying to find her parents,"Mommy! Daddy! I'm scared!" She wailed into the silent forest,"I knew I shouldn't have chased that squirrel!" She scolded her self,"Wait the squirrel is my way home!" She cheered spinning around and following the scent of squirrel, she found a bump in the ground and scratched at it revealing the squirrel,"Now I go.....that way?" She questioned picking up the squirrel and walking over to a creek,"Wait I need to find the river!" She bounced her way to the river and looked left then right,"Mow what?" She asked herself standing in the muddy banks of the river

[oats]

Aloestripe couldn't believe he hadn't seen Minnowgaze coming, am I blind? the tom asked himself and shook his head, he felt like there was water in his ears but he shrugged. The tom purred as he heard Minnowsplash's comment on his fall.
"I sure do have some moves! I nearly got that fish though."
The fluffy cream tom tried to act like he didn't care but he really was embarrassed. He suddenly saw a flickering in the water, and flicked his tail to tell Minnowgaze he was going to try to get it. Aloestripe needed to catch this fish, he didn't want her or anyone to think he was useless. This time he was going to take a less paws on approach, he planned to just hook it simply from the river. The tom sat quietly on the bank, without movement.
Rolling her eyes, Minnowgaze stepped back, allowing Aloestripe to come into his 'element' as he bounced about, confident in his abilities. He wasn't useless, but his technique was certainly.. interesting. How did his mentor allow him to become a warrior like that? Taking a moment to groom her paw daintily, the she-cat quickly noticed his stance was way too heavy- she would have critiqued him, but it was just too much effort.
The sleek grey tabby turned her gaze to him again, and with a flick of her ears asked "Nearly?" A titter, now. "Nearly indeed. Try again, buddy. You're gonna get at least one."
As the quiet burbling of the small body of water slid into the background, Minnowgaze trained her eyes upon any small movement the pool made. If he wasn't going to make this meeting worth her while, she would.

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;200029][QUOTE=Helpingpotato;199567]
Silentbird groaned as sunlight entered her closed orbs,"Moonkit?" She asked looking around for the grey kitten,"Moonkit?" She repeated, no reply,"Moonkit!" She screamed looking for the kitten.



Moonkit wandered the sunny forest trying to find her parents,"Mommy! Daddy! I'm scared!" She wailed into the silent forest,"I knew I shouldn't have chased that squirrel!" She scolded her self,"Wait the squirrel is my way home!" She cheered spinning around and following the scent of squirrel, she found a bump in the ground and scratched at it revealing the squirrel,"Now I go.....that way?" She questioned picking up the squirrel and walking over to a creek,"Wait I need to find the river!" She bounced her way to the river and looked left then right,"Mow what?" She asked herself standing in the muddy banks of the river[birdsong woke up "huh waphat?" He blinked and then ran out following moon kits scent/QUOTE]

[ChameweonRainbow]

After Blizzardclaw had caught a bird by the river. He grabbed the muskrat he had caught an hour before and began padding back to the camp to put these on the fresh kill pile.

[lone]

{Open post}

A handsome Chausie padded through the territory, his pelt gleaming like copper in the morning sun. It wasn't too bad of a day, as he thought-- though his minds were forever turning back towards the warrior at the border. Were all ShadowClan cats that fiesty when someone tried to flirt, or was it just her? If he had asked her, he guessed she would say she was one of a kind. Either that or yell at him some more. Because she was forever yelling at him, which made him feel uncomfortable. Charmpelt hated to be yelled at. And he missed Jema-- sweet, constantly with him, Jema. What had happened to her? She had just disappeared. Melted into thin air. And he supposed...he supposed she had died in the fire. The horrible fire that had changed everything. Charmpelt had hated being under Bucknight's rule. But he didn't appreciate having StarClan back, he didn't really care for them personally. Though he hadn't fought against SkyClan, he had just sort of...attacked anyone who dared to hurt him. He wondered what side Shiverlight had been on-- with her type of attitude, probably fighting against the StarClan supporters as far as he knew. He would be sure to ask her the next time he saw her.

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;200029][QUOTE=Helpingpotato;199567]
Silentbird groaned as sunlight entered her closed orbs,"Moonkit?" She asked looking around for the grey kitten,"Moonkit?" She repeated, no reply,"Moonkit!" She screamed looking for the kitten.



Moonkit wandered the sunny forest trying to find her parents,"Mommy! Daddy! I'm scared!" She wailed into the silent forest,"I knew I shouldn't have chased that squirrel!" She scolded her self,"Wait the squirrel is my way home!" She cheered spinning around and following the scent of squirrel, she found a bump in the ground and scratched at it revealing the squirrel,"Now I go.....that way?" She questioned picking up the squirrel and walking over to a creek,"Wait I need to find the river!" She bounced her way to the river and looked left then right,"Mow what?" She asked herself standing in the muddy banks of the river[birdsong woke up "huh waphat?" He blinked and then ran out following moon kits scent/QUOTE]




Moonkit slipped in the mud and slid toward the edge, she clawed at the bank,"Help help!" She screamed, her back end went off the edge and she clung to the bank slowly slipping closer to death

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;200310][QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;200029]




Moonkit slipped in the mud and slid toward the edge, she clawed at the bank,"Help help!" She screamed, her back end went off the edge and she clung to the bank slowly slipping closer to death
Birdsong dove off a rock and into the water. He swam behind Moonkit and nudged her up to shore. He smiled and said "it's ok... Daddy's here...." He started grooming her to comfort her

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;201794][QUOTE=Helpingpotato;200310]
Birdsong dove off a rock and into the water. He swam behind Moonkit and nudged her up to shore. He smiled and said "it's ok... Daddy's here...." He started grooming her to comfort her
Moonkit smiled,"I need to wash my fur." She mewed looking at her muddy pelt

[Fallpotato]

[QUOTE=Helpingpotato;201855][QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;201794]
Moonkit smiled,"I need to wash my fur." She mewed looking at her muddy pelt
He nodded and found a clear spot of water and out a stick on it so she wouldn't float away. He put her in and splashed some water on her

[Empress Of Evil]

The calico smiled at her friend's explanation of what he was doing. Only Brackenpaw. She though affectionately, her tail swishing back and forth as she did so. "No kidding. Good thing we've got the river here to get rid of it, right?" She asked, looking back at the rapidly moving water. She hated how quickly it moved sometimes. She hated how hard it was to get ahold of the swirling water, but at the same time, she loved it. The freedom of the current, the way that it went wherever it wanted-- and did whatever it wanted-- made her feel more at home then ever. She loved it out here. It was so beautiful, and it made her feel like she didn't need to keep up an appearance. It made her feel like she truly was at home. Summerpaw glanced at him and for a moment, her hues looked proud and full of her arrogant nature before they fell at his expression. "No. No, I'm- I'm not alright. If you want the truth, I'm scared. I'm scared, Brackenpaw. When- when SkyClan came, and were fighting for the side I knew was right, to free our Clan, I thought...I thought something might happen to you. And I would lose the best friend I've ever had. And what if something like that happens again? What if we have to fight like that again, and something does happen to you?" Summerpaw's light green hues looked close to tears, but at this point, she couldn't have cared less. She was terrified. Terrified that her nightmares, the nightmares she'd been holding onto for so long, were going to come spilling out. Like some of them already had. "I don't want to lose you. Not now. Not ever." She took a shaky breath, before looking back at the water. That was the closest Summerpaw had ever gotten to telling someone she cared. Because she just didn't want to get too attached. She knew cats died. She knew cats moved on. But Brackenpaw was different, he wasn't just some cat that she knew. He wasn't just some random cat that she had met one day, he was...different. And because of that, she knew she couldn't stand losing him. He was her best friend-- there was no way to find another cat like him, because as far as she knew, there wasn't one...anywhere. And even if she were to get lucky, even if there happened to be another cat like him, that cat could never take Brackenpaw's place.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to- to tell you all that. I must be out of my mind." Summerpaw mewed. Now the fear was obvious in her green hues, and she was looking for an escape route to dart away into the brush, away from him, just so she could gather her thoughts. She had let her guard down. She had let her guard down and now she was going to get hurt, and that was all there was to it.

The calico tom nodded in agreement. Nothing was better than washing off in the river. Feeling the currents of the rapid water rushing by comforted him. Brackenpaw was only half listening as he swishing his paws and tail through the water. He watched his fur gently swaying one side to the other as the water pushed it. The apprentice dug his claws into the sand, noticing that the current was slowly getting stronger. He wasn't to worried, he wasn't going to get swept away too easily. Brackenpaw's ears perked up in interest as Summerpaw spoke again. The words she spoke shocked him. And without him realising it, his jaw slowly went down to form a small gap between his teeth. "I....." Brackenpaw tried saying softly, but he couldn't really find the words. He had certainly not been expecting that at all. No one had ever spoke in that kind of way before to him. And he wasn't made, oh no definitely not. If anything, he was grateful.
Brackenpaw felt warmed that someone felt that way about him. He was thankful that Summerpaw wasn't like the rest of the cats he talked to. She enjoyed his company and she was his best friend, every other cats who spoke to him would yell at him and bully him for being a half-clanner. He had to put up with that every day. To have someone like Summerpaw was a great thing. The apprentice was always overjoyed to see his best friend after a long day of harsh words. Brackenpaw just didn't know she had all those emotions going through her. Now, Brackenpaw seemed to appreciate Summerpaw more than ever.
What shocked the RiverClan apprentice the most, was that she had actually said all those things to him. Of all the cats to say that to, she had chosen him. No one had ever said something so private to him. He wasn't so sure how he felt about that. Perhaps confused would be the best word to describe him on that topic.
The calico tom felt emotions he had never felt before around her. He felt proud and extremely lucky. Sure, he had a terrible time having to put up with all the insults from other cats, but he had been lucky enough to find a cat like Summerpaw. He had someone who didn't treat him the way that everyone else treated him. He was lucky. He had the kind of best friend that every cat wished for.

"I. I-It's fine. I just didn't expect you to say all that," Brackenpaw stammered, mumbling as he got to the end of his sentence. He didn't mind at all. He felt better than ever to be honest. "I guess I just wasn't expecting anything like that," Brackenpaw said softly. He seemed to have forgotten that he was standing in the middle of a rather fast moving river. His claws were slowly pried from the sand but the apprentice took no notice what so ever.
Brackenpaw's eyes furrowed as he felt himself moving. And he wasn't making himself move. Panic flooded into his eyes as he realised he was being carried away by the water. "U-Uh Summerpaw?" Brackenpaw started with uncertainty and worry. He tried to paddle against the current, but it was just too strong. He was being swept away.

[lone]

The calico tom nodded in agreement. Nothing was better than washing off in the river. Feeling the currents of the rapid water rushing by comforted him. Brackenpaw was only half listening as he swishing his paws and tail through the water. He watched his fur gently swaying one side to the other as the water pushed it. The apprentice dug his claws into the sand, noticing that the current was slowly getting stronger. He wasn't to worried, he wasn't going to get swept away too easily. Brackenpaw's ears perked up in interest as Summerpaw spoke again. The words she spoke shocked him. And without him realising it, his jaw slowly went down to form a small gap between his teeth. "I....." Brackenpaw tried saying softly, but he couldn't really find the words. He had certainly not been expecting that at all. No one had ever spoke in that kind of way before to him. And he wasn't made, oh no definitely not. If anything, he was grateful.

Brackenpaw felt warmed that someone felt that way about him. He was thankful that Summerpaw wasn't like the rest of the cats he talked to. She enjoyed his company and she was his best friend, every other cats who spoke to him would yell at him and bully him for being a half-clanner. He had to put up with that every day. To have someone like Summerpaw was a great thing. The apprentice was always overjoyed to see his best friend after a long day of harsh words. Brackenpaw just didn't know she had all those emotions going through her. Now, Brackenpaw seemed to appreciate Summerpaw more than ever.
What shocked the RiverClan apprentice the most, was that she had actually said all those things to him. Of all the cats to say that to, she had chosen him. No one had ever said something so private to him. He wasn't so sure how he felt about that. Perhaps confused would be the best word to describe him on that topic.
The calico tom felt emotions he had never felt before around her. He felt proud and extremely lucky. Sure, he had a terrible time having to put up with all the insults from other cats, but he had been lucky enough to find a cat like Summerpaw. He had someone who didn't treat him the way that everyone else treated him. He was lucky. He had the kind of best friend that every cat wished for.

"I. I-It's fine. I just didn't expect you to say all that," Brackenpaw stammered, mumbling as he got to the end of his sentence. He didn't mind at all. He felt better than ever to be honest. "I guess I just wasn't expecting anything like that," Brackenpaw said softly. He seemed to have forgotten that he was standing in the middle of a rather fast moving river. His claws were slowly pried from the sand but the apprentice took no notice what so ever.

Brackenpaw's eyes furrowed as he felt himself moving. And he wasn't making himself move. Panic flooded into his eyes as he realised he was being carried away by the water. "U-Uh Summerpaw?" Brackenpaw started with uncertainty and worry. He tried to paddle against the current, but it was just too strong. He was being swept away.
The female was embarassed. And worried. Why had she gone and said all that? Now he was going to think she was crazy. And perhaps she was-- she had gone and spilled her heart out, but now she was going to have to put all her feelings back. She knew better. She knew better then to do that, and yet it was obvious that she didn't. Because she had done it anyway, and now she was going to have to pay for it. Things were quickly going downhill, and Summerpaw had absolutely no idea what to do about them. She shifted her weight uneasily, and glanced down at her paws. "Sorry. I just felt like-- I could trust you with it." She mewed in a gentle voice. For the moment being, she felt safe. Like nothing bad could happen here. The feline barely noticed her friend beginning to drift downstream. But his voice cut into her thoughts, and her hues opened wider in alarm. "See if you can find something to cling onto. Anything! And hold on, I'm coming!" She mewed with alarm in her voice. The soft tone was gone. Her daydream was gone. This wasn't a fairytale....safe places like the one she had thought of didn't exist, they were always a fairytale. This was real life. This was her trying to survive, and now she had to save her best friend.
　
Summerpaw tried to find a place where she could jump into the stream. Her expression became frantic, hues opening wider in panic. The realization of the moment was coming over her-- he was going to die. He was going to die, or drown, and there would be nothing she could do about it. She was going to be stuck here, standing on the bank, and she would be forced to watch. I can do this. Summerpaw looked into the swirling water and felt a shudder go down her spine. She was RiverClan-- supposed to like swimming-- but being of loner descent, she had a longer, fluffier pelt that got waterlogged and dragged her down. StarClan, please don't let me die... actually, please don't let Brackenpaw die... please, you can't do this... she thought, before jumping into the water.
　
It was colder then it looked. And it swirled all around her, the current dragging at her long pelt, trying to pull her down with a cold, clammy feeling. But she still headed towards her friend, determined that she would do this right. If they both survived this, she would-- explain. Maybe. No, she would wait... it could wait, right? There was no need. One near-death experience wouldn't mean anything. Summerpaw was a strong swimmer, but the current was strong for her as well. Well this was a stupid thing to do. She thought, feeling fatigue beginning to take over. But the thought that her friend-- her best friend-- needed her still drove her onwards, forcing her to take control of her tired limbs and exhausted mind and forcing her to swim onwards. After a while she let the current carry her in that direction, not giving it too much control, and still moving every once in a while to catch up to the tom, but she managed. She was nearly there. She was going to make it. In a moment they would both be safe, and Summerpaw would be satisfied.

[The Mad Katter]

Tornadopaw travelled a few ways with his fish until he saw Lilyshade's body on the ground. Without a second thought, the young tom ran to her body, dropping the fish in the process. "Lilyshade!!" He screamed and put his muzzle in the crook of her neck, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. Her body was cold. Most likely from the temperature. He wondered if she was breathing. "Lilyshade...come on get up. We're almost at camp. You can sleep in your moss nest.I'll even change your best to new fresh smelling moss if you'd like. Just please, let's continue. We can stop training if you're too tired. I just don't want you to be in this cold." He gently stepped and came behind her, laying down against her pelt, at least to emit some heat into the both of them.
A little chuckle escaped Lilyshade's muzzle at Tornadopaw's overdramatic reaction. She struggled to sit up, exhaustion dragging at her. "I'm fine," she rasped. "Just a little tired and my paw hurts," a smile tugged at her lips. "You know, from tripping over that root and almost dying," she teased. The cold snow pressed into her paw pad as she tried to stand. She got her back paws under her and her front right paw, but she couldn't put any weight on her front left paw. A hiss escaped as she slipped and instinctively put down her injured paw. "Mouse-dung," Lilyshade muttered. "I think I sprained it." But she stubbornly picked up the fish she dropped and stood next to Tornadopaw.

[Sage]

Empress Of Evil

Tawnyshade leapt to his paws and extended his front paws into a stretch. He inhaled and let the fresh scents of prey wash over his scent glands. The tom picked up the scent of shrew and headed off in the direction it had come from. His ears swiveled around, searching for the little scuffling sounds of the tiny rodent. Tawnyshade narrowed his eyes as he found the source of the mouth-watering aroma. He licked his lips and bunched his muscles, ready to leap out at any moment. The tiny rodent paused for a moment before going back to it's scuffling. The tom leapt from the reed beds and gave the rodent a quick nip on the back of the neck, crushing it's spine. He purred in satisfaction and scooped up his prey. Tawnyshade padded back to the reed beds and quickly burried his fresh-kill.

[Hexict]

Her eyes followed Mistfall's as they shifted and moved to and from, the pale blue foggy and mysterious. The feeling of her tail resting gently on her shoulders was simply another anchor to reality, and it felt reassuring, something to keep her calm and attached. Geckoleaf's own thin, striped tail swished to the other side, signaling her slight change in emotion. The cold air it pulled along as it moved simply chilled her further, and another slight shiver trailed up her body. A tiny gasp was elicited from her; at this point, she probably should be used to the cold, but the feeling of being back, in reality, seamed oddly strange and foreign; the frozen territory was far removed from the blood red landscape that she had narrowly escaped.

Geckoleaf herself felt apprehensive about being dragged back into a vision; it had been bad, probably on of the worst she had experienced, and she didn't know if she could keep back the demons that plagued her a second time, especially in such short a gap. The barrier in her mind had been repaired by a mixture of her efforts, and Mistfall's kind words. For now, it held sound, feeling stable and sturdy- of course, that was only for the moment. What if it happens again? What would I do- what I could I do, even? she thought to herself, worry filling her; anything could set her off, potentially, and she'd have to tiptoe through conversations, to make sure nothing was mentioned of gore and death. She gulped down worry, and once more looked up at Mistfall, the silver of the tabby's face being oddly assuring.

More threads of icy breeze weaved through her short coat; it was relatively protective, but more suited to the mild weather that RiverClan usually received. Usually, she had enough time to keep it in pristine condition, something that most warriors couldn't say, and to see her disheveled and messy was rare, and even rarer during the winter months when everyone was kept indoors, and given more time to groom and attend to personal hygiene. The only other time in recent memory was when she had fallen from the ridge, and broken two legs- one of which her newfound power had healed, and the other being bound to keep her from using it. Even now, the fiery molly tottered precariously on her three good legs, despite the offered help of Mistfall. It was quite annoying to have to hobble about like she had been doing for the past several days- but, her leg was nearly healed, it being only a fracture, and soon she could take the wrappings off and do mild physical therapy to help the atrophied muscles heal.

The softly whispered question from Mistfall was a bit sudden, but she didn't react much; Geckoleaf was too emotionally drained to really feel anything particularly potent. Yet it still struck her deep, and she winced slightly but decided it best to speak; she had realized very quickly that the basis to any genuine and true relationship was clear and honest communication. She took a steadying breath and allowed herself a moment to reflect, before beginning to speak about the sensitive topic.

"It was, before anyone else, my mother. She was never really there- my sister and I was primarily raised by the other nursery queens. Blueflame was a fine warrior in her prime when she became pregnant, and I don't think she really wanted either of us. So, one day, she just up and left us. Then went our father; I think he really loved us, but it didn't matter. Blueflame controlled him, and he'd do anything for her. It wasn't like they were abusive- they just didn't care. So, I and my sister become orphans. We were cared for by the queens, as I said, but they didn't really love us- it was just our duty. When I became an apprentice, my sister left me. I loved her so, so much. I don't know about where she went- just.. just one day, she was gone. So I was alone; I had a few friends, but none terribly close- Cougarstorm has always been a close friend, but he had other duties then me. During this time, I became very, very close with Marshsnow- you remember her, but you were only a kit then. She was the closest thing to a mother, or even a parent, I've ever had. Only a few days after I received my full name, she died- and then she never even talked to me in a dream. I don't know if she's really gone, or if there's some bigger purpose. As an apprentice, I also became close with a young warrior by the name of Melodysong- she was like a sister. But she also left, for a tom. I guess I just have bad luck," she murmured, followed by a dry laugh. Her eyes sunk to the ground, and she sighed in pain and frustration.

"And, that's not accounting for any of the many patients I've lost. I don't really think I should say more about that."
She looked up at Mistfall, her eyes dull from pain and exhaustion. She offered a weak smile, but the longing for friends and family who had gone was evident on her face. Her smile quickly dissolved into a small frown, and her eyes flicked away for a sheepish moment, before looking back up at her.

"I guess... I just assumed you'd be like everyone else. Here for a moment, gone the next, like a bit of scent on the breeze. I certainly don't blame you if you do leave- I'm just the weak medicine cat, taking up food and space and not helping for patrols. To most warriors, I really am just a nobody- all I'm good for is fixing scratches, or a bit of a cough. It's fine. I chose this life, and I'll stand by it, for better or worse,"Geckoleaf mewed, a tiny bit of a sarcastic smile making the edges of her mouth quirk up. It had been a long time since any warrior had seen her as much more than the lowly healer- as anything except expendable. And the fact that Mistfall put any effort into their conversation made Geckoleaf perk up immediatly, made her feel alive and loved, something far, far too rare in her life. "I guess, what I really mean to say, is thank you."

Mistfall was still worried about Geckoleaf, but her worries seemed to put on ease - only slightly - when she noticed the medicine cat’s tail gave small waves, swishing on the frozen ground. The movement was a sign of change in her mood. It was a relief to see that she seemed to be getting better,though the warrior was still on edge just in case it were to happen again. What even was that? She was sure it was dangerous. Of course for the mental health, but something could happen to her physical health as well. Once again, Mistfall had to bite her tongue in order to keep from questioning about what had just happened.

In honesty, the warrior wasn’t sure why she seemed cold. This wouldn’t be Geckoleaf’s first leaf-bare, and despite having shorter fur, she should have become use to the cold weather around this time. Though she then realized that it wasn’t due to being unprepared for the whether, but rather being disheveled and unprepared due to her mental state. Mistfall herself was still a bt… messed up, but she wasn’t as bad as Geckoleaf - she basically only had a breakdown after Fallow had been killed.

The silver, grey and white warrior had a… dark past. In fact, she only knew of one other person who knew of her past - and that was because she had to tell him. But not even her close friend Russetstar knew. But if he did, would he just kick her out of the clan? She had broken a rule, and she wasn’t so sure he would choose her over the code like that. Mistfall wasn’t sure if she could tell anyone else besides Royalwatcher.Not Russetstar, Blackgaze or even Geckoleaf- whom she had recently became close to. Geckoleaf is afraid I’d leave her… but what would she do if she knew about me? She blames herself for the death of her patients she wasn’t able to save, but what about what I did? … Practically none of those were accidents.

But she simply shook her head, not wishing to worry herself with such things. Besides, she wasn’t planning on telling anyone, so she doubted there was much she had to fear, unsure how else any of her friends would find out about her. She knew Royalwatcher wouldn’t speak a word of it, but she wasn’t sure about Mistyeyes. She hadn’t seen him since she left the clan moons ago, but he had known about her secret training and had threatened her then.... Though this wasn’t about that, right now she was worried about Geckoleaf. She wasn’t sure if staying out on the territory was the best option for the medicine cat.

Mistfall’s ears flattened slightly once again as she noticed how her personal question had caused the medicine cat to wince. She was just about to open her maw in order to inform the other molly that she didn’t need to answer the question. Mist had asked without thinking ahead, saying the first thing that had popped into her head after the tabby had claimed that everyone leaves her. It was too insensitive of her to have questioned such a topic. But she closed her maw when the medicine cat began to speak. She was too curious to stop the molly.

As she listened to the story, she realized how different their parents were from each other, or rather it was the opposite. Her own mother had loved her and her litter-mates deeply, but she was blinded by her love for Boulderglare, and she never thought - even with evidence - that her mate could be so cold hearted, even going as far as to harm their kits. It wasn’t like Boulderglare had hated them from the start, but rather grew to hate them as they got older and he began to view them as weak and disappointments. But it seemed that Mistfall and Aspenmask got the worst of it. Stream never seemed to affect by him since she actually didn’t get the worse of it. Rock had ran away when they were really young, being the first to disappoint their father, though he was able to save himself from Boulderlgare in future moons. Aspenmask tried desperately to prove himself to their father, though of course in vain. And Mistfall just wanted to become strong - stronger than Boulderlgare, and stronger than any other clan cat… she wanted to be leader.

Suddenly, when Geckoleaf got to the part where her sister left her, Mistfall felt a slight pain in her chest. It felt like someone was pulling at her heart. Not just in empathy for her friend, but also thinking about her own sister. Her ears twitched slightly as she mentioned Cugarstorm, and Mist was reminded of Storm - her close friend since she was two moons old, whom she had never known had a crush on her, and it had broken his heart when she fell in love with a molly. Mistfall swallowed hard as she thought about these things.... Her former best friend and even her own sister. Both of whom she had left - she hoped that Stream was still in the clearing with her mate, and as for Storm, she couldn’t care less as long as he was somewhere he couldn’t threaten her clan. But… maybe Geckoleaf was right to question if I was going to leave her? I seem to be leaving everyone behind….

But she made a promise - not just to Geckoleaf before, but to herself now - that she wasn’t going to leave the medicine cat.

When the fiery tabby looked up at her with a dull gave, the grey warrior gave an understanding nod. She knew it was probably for the best to not get into the stories of all the patients that the molly had lost over her moons as medicine cat. Mistfall began to wonder if that was a huge part of the reasoning behind the mental breakdown that had taken place not that long ago, and was aware that it’s best not to push such a sensitive subject.

Mistfall gave a small smile i return to the weak one that Geckoleaf offered her. Though it seemed to falter when the other’s turned into a frown. The warrior became slightly uncomfortable as the medicine cat continued one to say that she had assumed the multi-colored molly would have been like the others in her life, and would leave just as they all had. It was mostly because she had never had someone actually rely on her like this. To actually come out and ask her to not leave them… it was so strange to be strongly needed like this, and even if she wasn’t use to it, it did feel good for someone like Geckoleaf to want her to stay. Until recently, Mist hadn’t cared much for friends. She had focused so much on becoming stronger when she was younger, the only friends she had made were Storm and Fallow. Even now, it wasn’t her focus, but she wasn’t as power-hungry as she had been when she was an apprentice. Instead, she had become wiser - but still wishes to one day fulfill her life-long dream.

The warrior’s pelt pricked when Geckoleaf returned to calling herself weak. This time she added that the clan also saw her in such a way. That she was a waste of space and fresh-kill, that her only purpose was to fix scratches. “That’s not true!” She suddenly snapped, her previous gentle tone seemed gone as she was upset with how the tabby saw herself. “Anyone with a brain would know how much you deserve their respect! Sure you ‘fix scratches’ but that’s your job - just like how hunting is mine. If we didn’t hunt we would starve, but if you didn’t heal then we could die a worse way… through sickness, infection, bleeding out - don’t you see how important you are? Not only that, but Starclan themselves come to you! Medicine cat’s are the link between the clans and our ancestors. Sure, there are a few cats that actually can see Starclan that aren’t in the medicine cat position, but they never get prophecies or are sent omens like you!” She lashed her tail. “No clan could survive without a medicine cat, especially one as knowledgeable and skilled as you. Hell, I don’t even know what an herb that isn’t cob-webs looks like!”

She began to calm down, but she wasn’t done yet. “And you should stop feeling that way. Like you’re a ‘waste of space’, because you aren’t. You only feel that way because everyone else in your life was blinded to who you really are. They all left you because they didn’t know better, and they didn’t know how amazing you could be… so you think the same way, right?” Mistfall hoped she wasn’t going the wrong way with this. She also hoped that bringing up the ones who have left the tabby wouldn’t hurt her. The last thing she wanted to do was hurt Geckoleaf. “But they were wrong about you, and now you are wrong about you. You are a important part if the clans and respected by many of your clan-mates - but not only that, even the other clans respect medicine cats that are skilled in their ways like you are. So there’s no need to view yourself in such a way, alright?” Mistfall’s voice returned to it’s previous soft ton as she finished up.

[Zero]

Zero to Hero
Cloversplash took in a deep breath, the air of the territory refreshingly cold, especially after being relegated to the rather odorous warrior's den. Though it was not an easy trek, it was much preferable to the noise and pressure of the den, despite it's warmth. As she stepped, her paws sunk deep into the snow; the top layer of ice crunched quietly beneath her weight, lean as she was. Normally a rather thick-muscled she-cat, the lack of food and use had caused them to become atrophied. Her skin seemed to sag over her skeleton, loose and sagging. Despite this, she still moved in a semblance of her former grace, her stride shaking but purposefully. She glanced to her left, green eyes tracking her patrol companion for a moment. "So, Swampstone, how are you standing up to being practically starved and forcibly imprisoned?" she asked dryly, her humor lacking and rather cryptic. The novelty of being in the territory was far outweighed by her snippy, pessimistic mood; its seemed that no matter what happened, the winter would stretch on forever. With a deep sigh, she continued forward, each step through the deep snow laborious and miserable; her toes had already begun to become numb, and her oak brown fur was offset by the snow caked on her legs and underbelly. The weak sun that managed to drip through the ever-present clouds lit up the territory in a wan light, offering little contrast. It was white-washed, and threw off her depth perception; if anyone were to trespass, she wasn't sure running through the territory would be a good idea- any tree in the way would be near invisible.

Swampstone padded into the territory, the snow crunching somewhat loudly under his heavier weight. It was cold, and he was instantly sulky when he realized how deep it was. Walking is going to be a hassle today. A sigh echoed his thoughts, but the white puff of air caught his attention and he switched topics to think about. He took a moment to appreciate the small clouds when he breathed before they evaporated right in front of his eyes. As a kit, he used to try to shape the breaths, and though he had never succeeded in doing so he continued to try to do it for as long as the winter had been there. This was the first winter in which he hadn't tried once, a he was almost sad about it. Almost. He wasn't a kit anymore though, and now he was maybe going to have kits of his own.
Compared to Cloversplash, Swampstone seemed huge, but only because his fur was so fluffy. In fact, he actually looked a little bit bigger in the summer when he and the rest of the clan were well fed. Under his thick pelt, he was quite skinny. If he got wet, some cats would maybe mistake him for a WindClan cat.
He snapped out of his thoughts when Cloversplash spoke, his ears perking and turning slightly in her direction. This was one of his better days, and it only improved when he was set up to hunt with somebody he actually somewhat knew already opposed to one or two cats he didn't know at all. After a moment, he cleared his throat in order to reply; "Not much better than you, I suspose." It was a bit of a blunt thing to say, but that was classic Swampstone for you. "The lack of food this winter has been quite... what's an appropriate word? Unamusing? I don't enjoy being hungry all the time." His blue gaze was directed slighly ahead but mostly down to try to get the least glare that seemed to reflect off the bright white snow.

[Tundra]

Aashka

Snowsong followed Jayheart out into the territory. "So... Where are we hunting?" She asked.

[Fallpotato]

Rivergold
Bladekit bounced around trying to find his way back to the caln "where is everyone!" he called out. He frowned and broke down crying "no one will ever find me.. My mother dead and no one else is here." HE whimpered and squealed

[Rivergold]

@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177)
Bladekit bounced around trying to find his way back to the caln "where is everyone!" he called out. He frowned and broke down crying "no one will ever find me.. My mother dead and no one else is here." HE whimpered and squealed
(XD classic beginner post. I'm sorry)
Goldpaw looked up from the mouse she was stalking as it scampered away. What is it now? She padded through the snow and saw the kit. "Hey shut it!" she growled. "You made me lose my catch. Now no one's gonna get prey since you scared it all off!"

(oh wow I forgot how brash she was XD)

[Fallpotato]

(XD classic beginner post. I'm sorry)
Goldpaw looked up from the mouse she was stalking as it scampered away. What is it now? She padded through the snow and saw the kit. "Hey shut it!" she growled. "You made me lose my catch. Now no one's gonna get prey since you scared it all off!"

(oh wow I forgot how brash she was XD)
He whimpered and backed away "i-im sorry" He looked at her with big eyes as tears dripped down from his cheeks. "I cant find my mother or father..." He broke down in tears again (can she have a crush on him also?)

[BlueGenie(aka Blueflight)]

I wanna create a river clan cat)

[Rivergold]

He whimpered and backed away "i-im sorry" He looked at her with big eyes as tears dripped down from his cheeks. "I cant find my mother or father..." He broke down in tears again (can she have a crush on him also?)
(That may take a while)
Her tail lashed. "Well suck it up, kit. You're not the only one with missing parents." She stepped forward and pushed him roughly with her nose. "Now go back to camp before something bigger than a cat finds you with your wailing."

[Fallpotato]

(That may take a while)
Her tail lashed. "Well suck it up, kit. You're not the only one with missing parents." She stepped forward and pushed him roughly with her nose. "Now go back to camp before something bigger than a cat finds you with your wailing."
(lol ok)
He frowned and cried, running towards the river. He continued running and stopped at the bank. He frowned and put a paw in the cold water. He whimpered and looked back

[Rivergold]

She huffed. "Don't you remember where camp is?" She shoved him sideways, along the bank and the rest of the way to camp.
(next post in camp)

[Dreams of forever]

[QUOTE=paint splattered shadows;201882][QUOTE=Helpingpotato;201855]
He nodded and found a clear spot of water and out a stick on it so she wouldn't float away. He put her in and splashed some water on her
Moonkit purred and splashed around in the water, her pelt free of all mud now,"I love water!" She cheered splashing

[Clover]

Swampstone padded into the territory, the snow crunching somewhat loudly under his heavier weight. It was cold, and he was instantly sulky when he realized how deep it was. Walking is going to be a hassle today. A sigh echoed his thoughts, but the white puff of air caught his attention and he switched topics to think about. He took a moment to appreciate the small clouds when he breathed before they evaporated right in front of his eyes. As a kit, he used to try to shape the breaths, and though he had never succeeded in doing so he continued to try to do it for as long as the winter had been there. This was the first winter in which he hadn't tried once, a he was almost sad about it. Almost. He wasn't a kit anymore, though, and now he was maybe going to have kits of his own.
Compared to Cloversplash, Swampstone seemed huge, but only because his fur was so fluffy. In fact, he actually looked a little bit bigger in the summer when he and the rest of the clan were well fed. Under his thick pelt, he was quite skinny. If he got wet, some cats would maybe mistake him for a WindClan cat.
He snapped out of his thoughts when Cloversplash spoke, his ears perking and turning slightly in her direction. This was one of his better days, and it only improved when he was set up to hunt with somebody he actually somewhat knew already opposed to one or two cats he didn't know at all. After a moment, he cleared his throat in order to reply; "Not much better than you, I suppose." It was a bit of a blunt thing to say, but that was classic Swampstone for you. "The lack of food this winter has been quite... what's an appropriate word? Unamusing? I don't enjoy being hungry all the time." His blue gaze was directed slightly ahead but mostly down to try to get the least glare that seemed to reflect off the bright white snow.

She huffed quietly, already panting from the physical exertion of simply slogging through the snow, deep and cold. Each step was a battle, as she lifted her leg out of the deep slush, more of the white powder caking her leg with each movement. In, out, in, out; every step she grew more exhausted, but still she moved, far too stubborn to stop. She kept her eyes locked on a far off shrub, each time forcing herself to stumble towards in, and then keep moving. Her nose was dripping, the fluid then freezing on the inside of her nostrils, forming a freezing layer of ice. She flared her nostrils, the small icicles cracking, and some falling off, but it still remained, a thick layer of sleet. She flicked her ears, bothered at the feeling of being unable to smell, or even test the temperature of the air.

She looked sidelong at Swampstone, as he slogged around beside her. He seemed to be doing alright, if but a bit tired. He seemed to even be slightly plumper than her, but she knew better; his pelt was simply thick and furry, making him seem a good bit larger than he actually was. And, to her surprise, he looked surprisingly comfortable; or maybe it was simply his mind drifting. She couldn't quite tell, due to her eyes blurring from the cold, but she hoped he was alright. Her feathery, dense tail whispered through the air behind her as she walked, due to her amusement of Swampstone. Cloversplash smiled at her; he was a dear friend, although they were not terribly close. She hoped that, even just during a patrol in the freezing cold, they could grow closer as friends. A smile pulled the corners of her lips up, and she watched him for a moment more.

"I really don't blame you. At this point, I just wish that we could have anything to eat- I'd take a frog or lizard, even. I mean, we're not ShadowClan or anything, but starving is not fun. Maybe we could find a marsh or bog to store food in? Don't those stay cold all year?" she mewed, voice directed towards Swampstone, her throat hoarse from the cold air, turning her voice to a rasping mess.

[|+sari+|]

*EmeraldNight leads HerringPaw towards a berry bush, and stps in front of it, turning to him* Here are some delicious berries. I eat them all the time. Whenever I am sad or need to think, I come here to eat berries and contemplate *she raises her paw and wraps her claws around a berry, then pulls it off and sets it on the ground. She then bends her head down, and eats the berry slowly, her eyes closed happily*

Raven & Co

[meraki]

Lawlipop
Tinypaw hadn't ever been so filled with adrenaline and excitement as she was now. Her eyes were huge and bright as she looked every direction, wishing she had eyes on the back of her head for a moment so she could see everything at once. Bouncing in her pawsteps, Tinypaw was more excited than she'd been in quite a long time. "I can't wait to see the river!" She exclaimed, having to take many more steps to keep up with Dappleblossom due to her shortened limbs. She was getting a bit tired, but her excitement kept her going. "I'm soo excited," she meowed, her ears swivelling in different directions to catch every sound, determined to soak up this wonderful experience as much she could to remember it forever. Suddenly, her nose caught on to the scent of what smelled like a mouse. Her eyes widened and smiled broadly. "I smell something!" She shout-whispered to her new mentor. "I don't know what it is; but it smells good." Tinypaw looked up at Dappleblossom for further instructions; particularly whether or not to go after it.

[Zero]

She huffed quietly, already panting from the physical exertion of simply slogging through the snow, deep and cold. Each step was a battle, as she lifted her leg out of the deep slush, more of the white powder caking her leg with each movement. In, out, in, out; every step she grew more exhausted, but still she moved, far too stubborn to stop. She kept her eyes locked on a far off shrub, each time forcing herself to stumble towards in, and then keep moving. Her nose was dripping, the fluid then freezing on the inside of her nostrils, forming a freezing layer of ice. She flared her nostrils, the small icicles cracking, and some falling off, but it still remained, a thick layer of sleet. She flicked her ears, bothered at the feeling of being unable to smell, or even test the temperature of the air.

She looked sidelong at Swampstone, as he slogged around beside her. He seemed to be doing alright, if but a bit tired. He seemed to even be slightly plumper than her, but she knew better; his pelt was simply thick and furry, making him seem a good bit larger than he actually was. And, to her surprise, he looked surprisingly comfortable; or maybe it was simply his mind drifting. She couldn't quite tell, due to her eyes blurring from the cold, but she hoped he was alright. Her feathery, dense tail whispered through the air behind her as she walked, due to her amusement of Swampstone. Cloversplash smiled at her; he was a dear friend, although they were not terribly close. She hoped that, even just during a patrol in the freezing cold, they could grow closer as friends. A smile pulled the corners of her lips up, and she watched him for a moment more.

"I really don't blame you. At this point, I just wish that we could have anything to eat- I'd take a frog or lizard, even. I mean, we're not ShadowClan or anything, but starving is not fun. Maybe we could find a marsh or bog to store food in? Don't those stay cold all year?" she mewed, voice directed towards Swampstone, her throat hoarse from the cold air, turning her voice to a rasping mess.

Swampstone slowly move forward, pushing his legs through the heavy snow with each step. If they were smart, one would walk in front of the other to make a path and the other would walk behind, but it seemed as if both were too stubborn to let the snow win. The snow caked in his long fur, weighing him down and making him slower; as well as making him frustrated. However, the conversation reminded him they were susposed to be hunting, so he opened his mouth and took in a large breath in of cold air, ignoring the uncomfortable feeling of it cooling his insides. They were RiverClan cats, and used to hunting in the river, but everything was frozen this time of the year. He knew they'd have to resort to hunting land prey. There might be water vole near the river. He thought, but kept it to himself for now.

The tom caught sight of Cloversplash looking at him from the corner of his eyes, and he turned his head slightly to meet her gaze. He couldn't tell if he was bothered by the fact that she seemed amused by him, or if her amusement was amusing to him. After a few moments, the corners of his mouth drifted upward naturally in response to her smile, and even though he didn't smile often, it seemed natural on his features. He didn't have a lot of cats to smile at because he didn't know many of them, but he figured he knew Cloversplash enough that he could relax a bit around her and be himself.

"They may be frozen in these temperatures," He replied. "Though, I doubt we'll need to hide any of the prey if we even manage to find anything out here." It was a bit of a negative thing to say, and realizing that, he continued. "I do hope we find something, though, it'd be nice to bring Applethorn or one of the elders something fresh to eat." The warrior paused for a moment or two of comfortable silence. "Maybe we should go to the river? It's a little bit sunny, so there may be prey out sunning themselves in the open areas."

[Fallpotato]

Rivergold
The kit ran out, farther and farther. He plopped down in the snow and started crying

[Rivergold]

@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177)
The kit ran out, farther and farther. He plopped down in the snow and started crying(and here's my other River kitty)
What looked like a bundle of twigs and sticks opened her amber eyes and looked down at the small cat from her favorite sleeping spot. "Take your wailing someplace else!" she called, thinking he was an apprentice.

[Fallpotato]

(and here's my other River kitty)
What looked like a bundle of twigs and sticks opened her amber eyes and looked down at the small cat from her favorite sleeping spot. "Take your wailing someplace else!" she called, thinking he was an apprentice.
The kit looked up with big eyes and then continued crying "I want to die!"

[Rivergold]

The kit looked up with big eyes and then continued crying "I want to die!" "Then do it and shut up already!"
(She might need to become an elder soon...)

[Fallpotato]

"Then do it and shut up already!"
(She might need to become an elder soon...)
He sobbed and ran as fast as he could. He stopped at the bank of the river

[Rivergold]

He sobbed and ran as fast as he could. He stopped at the bank of the river
(ehhh, why are my cats so grumpy???? I need to get--oh, nevermind. Here she is.)
Goldpaw heard Riverstrike's yowl and headed in that direction. "Go to the elders den before you scare off the rest of the prey with your screeches!" she called up at the older she-cat.

Riverstrike growled and shifted in her tree, but quieted down.

[Fallpotato]

(ehhh, why are my cats so grumpy???? I need to get--oh, nevermind. Here she is.)
Goldpaw heard Riverstrike's yowl and headed in that direction. "Go to the elders den before you scare off the rest of the prey with your screeches!" she called up at the older she-cat.

Riverstrike growled and shifted in her tree, but quieted down.
He jumped in and immediately sunk to the bottom

[Clover]

Swampstone slowly move forward, pushing his legs through the heavy snow with each step. If they were smart, one would walk in front of the other to make a path and the other would walk behind, but it seemed as if both were too stubborn to let the snow win. The snow caked in his long fur, weighing him down and making him slower; as well as making him frustrated. However, the conversation reminded him they were supposed to be hunting, so he opened his mouth and took in a large breath in of cold air, ignoring the uncomfortable feeling of it cooling his insides. They were RiverClan cats and used to hunting in the river, but everything was frozen this time of the year. He knew they'd have to resort to hunting land prey. There might be water vole near the river. He thought but kept it to himself for now.

The tom caught sight of Cloversplash looking at him from the corner of his eyes, and he turned his head slightly to meet her gaze. He couldn't tell if he was bothered by the fact that she seemed amused by him, or if her amusement was amusing to him. After a few moments, the corners of his mouth drifted upward naturally in response to her smile, and even though he didn't smile often, it seemed natural on his features. He didn't have a lot of cats to smile at because he didn't know many of them, but he figured he knew Cloversplash enough that he could relax a bit around her and be himself.

"They may be frozen in these temperatures," He replied. "Though, I doubt we'll need to hide any of the prey if we even manage to find anything out here." It was a bit of a negative thing to say and realizing that he continued. "I do hope we find something, though, it'd be nice to bring Applethorn or one of the elders something fresh to eat." The warrior paused for a moment or two of comfortable silence. "Maybe we should go to the river? It's a little bit sunny, so there may be prey out sunning themselves in the open areas."

She listened to the soft words intently, once more feeling more gratitude even than what she had for the refreshing experience, albeit it taxing, of being out in the territory. At the comment of hoping to find food for the elders, she nodded silent agreement, exaggerating the natural bobbing of her head as they walked. The silence was well deserved, the soft noises of the territory in winter filtering in the break of conversation.

At his remark of the sun, she instinctively lifted her head, eyes looking towards the sky. But instead of simply seeing a drab sky, she was met with a surprising beautiful display. The sunlight filtered through thousands of tiny icicles, hooked to every branch and leaf, causing a beautiful, glittering effect to be made. It was dazzling, the sparkling of the water crystals staggeringly wonderful, the light dancing and shimmering inside the hardened bits of ice. Never in her two lives had she ceased to appreciate nature; this was a spectacular display, of how even in the midst of hard times, wonders abound. She remembered other things of beauty to her; not just of plants and ecosystems, but instead of experiences.

Days spent lounging by the riverside, warmed by the summer sun, cheered by the company of old friends. Strolling down the beach at sun fall with her first mate, Birchfall, and simply enjoying the presence of each other and the roaring ocean. The feeling of kits at her belly; they had been weak at birth, and she had lost them within a day, but for the moments they clung to life they had been a balm to her battered soul; losing a mate was not easy, and losing his kits even harder. The feeling of her adopted mother, Seabreeze, holding her close. And even more recent thoughts danced through her mind; the way that Russetstar had stepped up to the post of leader, a joyous day for the clan. The strange, yet beautiful way snow seemed to glitter like starlight against the deep, inky pelt of Blackgaze.

She shook her head and smiled at herself; far too often did she drift into memory, of loved ones she had lost, and of things she would never experience. She lowered her head, and looked over at Swampgaze; he was not particularly open or friendly at times, but he was certainly genuine and kind. It pleased her, even the slightest bit, to know that she would always have his friendship; she would not live another life this time, but instead would die, and at the very least would see him in StarClan again. Cloversplash's tail twitched at this thought; at this very moment, she should have been with the starry warriors above. Her death had been a fluke, the slice of a ShadowClan claw dug too deep. But this, this next existence, was even stranger, and almost worse. The memory of death had always hung just behind her; she remembered the pain, and then bleeding out on the ground, just waiting for her time to pass. But instead, she floated for a time, out of reach from spirit or body, until being sucked back into the form of a kit, almost exactly like her old self. She had not remembered her past life until becoming an apprentice, but it had always marked her as different.

Sucking in a breath of cold her, she rounded up her errant thoughts and turned her focus towards Swampstone. She had waited for a peculiar moment, and so now she responded quietly, and almost a bit unsurely."Um.. Yes, that would be a better idea than running around until sundown, waiting for something to happen. I mean, it's not like a vole is purposely going to run into our path. I just wish there was someplace where the river was not coated with ice."

[Lawlipop]

Lawlipop
Tinypaw hadn't ever been so filled with adrenaline and excitement as she was now. Her eyes were huge and bright as she looked every direction, wishing she had eyes on the back of her head for a moment so she could see everything at once. Bouncing in her pawsteps, Tinypaw was more excited than she'd been in quite a long time. "I can't wait to see the river!" She exclaimed, having to take many more steps to keep up with Dappleblossom due to her shortened limbs. She was getting a bit tired, but her excitement kept her going. "I'm soo excited," she meowed, her ears swivelling in different directions to catch every sound, determined to soak up this wonderful experience as much she could to remember it forever. Suddenly, her nose caught on to the scent of what smelled like a mouse. Her eyes widened and smiled broadly. "I smell something!" She shout-whispered to her new mentor. "I don't know what it is; but it smells good." Tinypaw looked up at Dappleblossom for further instructions; particularly whether or not to go after it.


Dappleblossom strolled in the territory and watched her apprentice with kind eyes, smiling at her apprentice's enthusiasm. It made the dappled molly wonder how she was able to contain all this excitement for so many moons. She couldn't imagine how her parents were able to keep her out of trouble. When she mentioned the river, her tail twitched, however she kept her glowing smile plastered on her face, though her steps were more slow and hesitant. Avoiding the river was inevitable, though she knew her apprentice had no interest learning to swim as of that moment. She took a sniff and looked over to the direction the smell of the river was. It smelled of abundance of fish and the wetness of the water. The fish smell excited her. The water smell did not. She swiveled her attention back to her apprentice as she hears her exclaim of a scent she found. Dappleblossom lifted her nose and sniffed around the air. She smelled prey. Dappleblossom looked down at Tinypaw, who was awaiting instructions. "Well, what are you waiting for?" she purred, "Hunt down the scent. But mind the noise you make. Even the faintest of sounds can spook off prey."

[wickedvirtues]

The loner padded into the territory that reeked of Clan scent without any care, his smirk showed he didn't respect the Clan rules or boarders. His silver pelt gleamed in the sun, and his strides were long and powerful. He parted his jaws, scenting the air for any prey. He pricked his ears, scenting fish. He sighed in his mind, it would have to do to suppress his hunger. He stalked to the river, throwing his paw in and scooping out a surprisingly large fish. He killed it swiftly, settled on the Clan's territory, and began his meal.

Little did the loner know, a small she-cat was watching him. Sandpool's eyes narrowed with disgust at the loner who was now eating prey that belonged to her Clan. She glanced back at the camp, should she get a patrol? She shook her head, the loner would be gone if he was satisfied with the one fish. "What do you think you're doing here?" The fluffy Siamese she-cat asked, her icy eyes glittering with malice. The loner looked up with surprise at Sandpool. "I- I'm just.. uh.." he stuttered like a nervous kit. He spat at her, clawing her down her side. She yelled out, and the loner took off over the boarder. Cleaning her wound, Sandpool noted it wasn't that bad. She glanced at the fish, half eaten and turning to crowfood. She hissed in disgust, turning to go get her wound checked out.

[Lawlipop]

Fallenstream flicked his ear and listened intently as the molly began to defend the rabbit runners, amusement and curiosity flickered in his blue hues, he was intrueged by the fact that she defended them with so much emotion. It took him a few moments to realize just how tired Honeypool was, she did just come back from chasing a rabbit, supposedly, across the Riverclan border, and decided to slow down. The ebony warrior completely stopped and dug his claws into the ground, he didn't get it, what made the molly calm down when she thought of Windclan, all they did was chase rabbits and whine about their food, their weak and mouse-brains, he didn't get it, and it annoyed him. He turned to look directly at Honeypool and glared, his eyes were accusing and full of anger, but it wasn't towards the molly, no, not at all, in all honesty he grew quite fond of the molly, her weakness, her sweetness, her fear, he felt as though her could protect her, he would protect her. "Why in the name of Starclan are you defending them? I never said anything about Blazingstar being a bad leader, and Russetstar was appointed by Starclan to become leader, they're star's apart." he snapped, his tail lashed back and fourth, he soon realized that he was yelling at the molly, he let out a snort and turned around. The warrior dug his claws into the soil and let out a huff, he didn't like it, the fact that she sided with them, why could she side with him, was he really all that bad? Was he really that scary, that evil? He lowered his eyelids and let out a long sigh, his tail drooped and his ears flattened against his head, never, not once in his live time, has he shown his soft, defeated side to another cat, but he didn't care, he felt as though he had been clawed in the stomach, no, he felt as though his heart had been clawed "Yeah....that's true, there are some evil cats in all clans...even Riverclan......" he trailed off, he thought about it, deeply about it, and he came to a conclusion, he was one of those evil cats, he killed, even though he did it for his clan, he still killed, and it has been eating away his soul. Fallenstream let out a long sigh and turned his head to look at Honeypool "you can go back to camp if you would like, I won't make you come hunt with me, you're tired and you need to rest." he stated, his tail tip flicked as he awaited to hear the molly walk away.


Honeypool smiled sweetly at the tom, she felt her guard of the tom easing off her shoulders and she felt herself feel a bit lighter. Though she felt embarrassed when she noticed that he saw through her fib about how tired she was. She looked over to the river. It was almost time for newleaf to arrive, so the temperatures were expected to rise and the snowy ground to melt. Placing her aching feet into the river did seem nice. "Alright, I'm game." she says, agreeing with his statement. She licked her lips in excitement and hunger. She had only ate small prey that day to satisfy her from her trip to the border and the way back. However, she wasn't going to rush her time with the tom. Looking around, she asks him. "Where do you want to start, now?" she looks at him, flicking her tail slightly. "I-I could go up ahead and search for some prey hiding out nearby and you could stay here and try to catch some fish." She hoped he wasn't some drypaw that was afraid the tiniest of his furs would get wet. He looked like a big, mean, intimidating cat, but now she is seeing him in a different angle. There was a cat hiding underneath that demeanor and though she just met the cat, she never saw him in camp before because she doesn't spend so much time observing cats, she wanted to stick around his side to see what was truly inside of his dark pelt. She realized how suspicious it seemed for her to suggest that she leave him by the river while she go search for land prey. She wasn't too sure that she gained his full trust yet. What if he suspects that she is going to up and leave him to hunt for prey while she makes getaway? "O-Or, maybe vice versa?" she added in, to make herself seem less suspicious. She didn't really mind what job she would be assigned to. Despite tired feet, she was certainly a speedy cat that could catch up to some mouse and dipping her paws into cool, refreshing water seemed nice, though she wasn't the best at catching fish. She awaited for his call to see what they would do.

[Rivergold]

He jumped in and immediately sunk to the bottom(OH YA I FORGOT ABOUT MOSSWHISPER!!!)
The quiet she-cat heard a splash and turned toward the river. She padded forward until she saw the splashmarks in the snow, not quite noticing the tracks from the trees. She padded forward and looked into the water, squinting.

Goldpaw yowled a warning to what she guessed was Mosswhisper, judging by the way the cat leaped a taillength in the air and sprinted away. The golden she-cat dove into the water, pumping her legs to reach the bottom. Opening her eyes she looked around, but saw nothing. She shivered and let the current take her further downstream. She was running out of breath, so she lunged at the nearest dark mass and swam up to the surface, sucking in air as she struck out for shore.
(you can choose if it's him ot not)

[Fallpotato]

(OH YA I FORGOT ABOUT MOSSWHISPER!!!)
The quiet she-cat heard a splash and turned toward the river. She padded forward until she saw the splashmarks in the snow, not quite noticing the tracks from the trees. She padded forward and looked into the water, squinting.

Goldpaw yowled a warning to what she guessed was Mosswhisper, judging by the way the cat leaped a taillength in the air and sprinted away. The golden she-cat dove into the water, pumping her legs to reach the bottom. Opening her eyes she looked around, but saw nothing. She shivered and let the current take her further downstream. She was running out of breath, so she lunged at the nearest dark mass and swam up to the surface, sucking in air as she struck out for shore.
(you can choose if it's him ot not)
He closed his eyes as darkness consumed him

[Rivergold]

He closed his eyes as darkness consumed him Goldpaw nosed the dark mass, seeing it was nothing but weeds. She turned and leaped back into the water, this time seeing the kit. her jaws closed around his scruff and she kicked off the bottom, pushing to reach the surface.

[Fallpotato]

Goldpaw nosed the dark mass, seeing it was nothing but weeds. She turned and leaped back into the water, this time seeing the kit. her jaws closed around his scruff and she kicked off the bottom, pushing to reach the surface.
He stayed unconscious as he looked dead and was cold

[Rivergold]

He stayed unconscious as he looked dead and was cold Goldpaw's vision was darkening at the edges, and her movements weakened. She was running out of air. She pushed harder, making it to the surface. She struggled to breathe through the wet fur, trying not to let go. Blinking the water from her eyes, she blearily looked around while trying to keep her head above water. She struck out perpendicular to the current, trying to reach any land before...she.......

Goldpaw's paws faltered and she went limp, sinking below the surface with the kit's scruff still in her jaws.

[Fallpotato]

Goldpaw's vision was darkening at the edges, and her movements weakened. She was running out of air. She pushed harder, making it to the surface. She struggled to breathe through the wet fur, trying not to let go. Blinking the water from her eyes, she blearily looked around while trying to keep her head above water. She struck out perpendicular to the current, trying to reach any land before...she.......

Goldpaw's paws faltered and she went limp, sinking below the surface with the kit's scruff still in her jaws.
He blinked his eyes open seeing he was being held by goldpaw. He wriggled free and kicked her stomach and nudged her up and up until he got her to the surface. He pushed her to the shore as he curled up next to her "dont go..." He cried

[Rivergold]

He blinked his eyes open seeing he was being held by goldpaw. He wriggled free and kicked her stomach and nudged her up and up until he got her to the surface. He pushed her to the shore as he curled up next to her "dont go..." He cried(...I dunno how he got air or the strength to do that but ok...) Goldpaw didn't respond.


Mosswhisper skidded to a halt, seeing the two cats by the edge of the water and breathing hard. Honeystorm(she)

[Fallpotato]

(...I dunno how he got air or the strength to do that but ok...) Goldpaw didn't respond.


Mosswhisper skidded to a halt, seeing the two cats by the edge of the water and breathing hard. Honeystorm(she)
yep. Logic XD)
He continued crying and nudged her "wake up... Wake up..."

[Raids]

(...I dunno how he got air or the strength to do that but ok...) Goldpaw didn't respond.


Mosswhisper skidded to a halt, seeing the two cats by the edge of the water and breathing hard. Honeystorm(she)

Rapidriver skidded to a sudden halt, bumping slightly into Mosswhisper. He pants hard, then noticing the two apprentices he gasps. "Wha...What happened?" He was slightly annoyed that the apprentices were swimming without supervision, but more concerned that they looked half drowned.
Rivergold

[Rivergold]

yep. Logic XD)
He continued crying and nudged her "wake up... Wake up..."
Rapidriver skidded to a sudden halt, bumping slightly into Mosswhisper. He pants hard, then noticing the two apprentices he gasps. "Wha...What happened?" He was slightly annoyed that the apprentices were swimming without supervision, but more concerned that they looked half drowned.
@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177)
(Apologies I had to tend to some things)
Mosswhisper padded forward. "Is...is she alright?"

[Fallpotato]

(Apologies I had to tend to some things)
Mosswhisper padded forward. "Is...is she alright?"
The kit looked at the older cat with tears in his eyes "no... She's not!" He buried his muzzle into gold paws fur

[Raids]

Rapidriver padded forward. "I know what to do," he mewed. He walked up to the non-responding apprentice and placed his paws on her chest. He then put his mouth on her nose and gently blew while pumping her chest, hoping that the golden furred apprentice would respond.

Rivergold Helpingpotato

[Rivergold]

Rapidriver padded forward. "I know what to do," he mewed. He walked up to the non-responding apprentice and placed his paws on her chest. He then put his mouth on her nose and gently blew while pumping her chest, hoping that the golden furred apprentice would respond.

@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177) @Helpingpotato (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=604) Mosswhisper stared at the tom. "What are you doing??"

[Fallpotato]

Mossflower stared at the tom. "What are you doing??"
The kit watched "what are you...

[Raids]

Mossflower stared at the tom. "What are you doing??"

(last message did not mean breathing in nose, meant listen to lungs)

He stopped pumping for a minute and listened to her lungs. He then resumed pumping, the apprentice started jerking and then coughed out water.

He sighed in relief, "Are you okay?" Rapidriver asked the small she-cat. The apprentice moaned softly.

Rivergold

[Rivergold]

(last message did not mean breathing in nose, meant listen to lungs)

He stopped pumping for a minute and listened to her lungs. He then resumed pumping, the apprentice started jerking and then coughed out water.

He sighed in relief, "Are you okay?" Rapidriver asked the small she-cat. The apprentice moaned softly.

@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177)
(She aint small she's nearly a warrior)

"Is the idiot alive still?" she muttered, eyes still closed.

(I do apologize for the holdup I had not taken my ADD medication today, and thusly I am suffering for it. I am also wanting to talk to a depressed friend of mine to comfort him but I can't do that either, so I have been using Facebook Messenger to communicate with him but whilst on that I am unable to see your messages on the chatbox, so again I apologize for not attending to your needs first and foremost. Also, please do not rp other people's characters.)

[Raids]

(She aint small she's nearly a warrior)

"Is the idiot alive still?" she muttered, eyes still closed.

(I do apologize for the holdup I had not taken my ADD medication today, and thusly I am suffering for it. I am also wanting to talk to a depressed friend of mine to comfort him but I can't do that either, so I have been using Facebook Messenger to communicate with him but whilst on that I am unable to see your messages on the chatbox, so again I apologize for not attending to your needs first and foremost. Also, please do not rp other people's characters.)



(sorrys)

"Idiot?" He says confused. "oh the other apprentice? Yeah he is alive, if that is who your asking about," He looks at Mosswhisper confused.

[Rivergold]

(sorrys)

"Idiot?" He says confused. "oh the other apprentice? Yeah he is alive, if that is who your asking about," He looks at Mosswhisper confused. "Not...Apprentice," she muttered weakly, starting to shiver.

Mosswhisper looked at them and flicked her ears back. "We need to get them warmed up," she mewed, laying beside them. She began washing the golden she-cat, her tongue lapping the fur the wrong way to fluff it out.

[Raids]

"Not...Apprentice," she muttered weakly, starting to shiver.

Mosswhisper looked at them and flicked her ears back. "We need to get them warmed up," she mewed, laying beside them. She began washing the golden she-cat, her tongue lapping the fur the wrong way to fluff it out.


Rapidriver settled down by the tom-kit and began to do the same thing as mosswhisper

[Fallpotato]

(She aint small she's nearly a warrior)

"Is the idiot alive still?" she muttered, eyes still closed.

(I do apologize for the holdup I had not taken my ADD medication today, and thusly I am suffering for it. I am also wanting to talk to a depressed friend of mine to comfort him but I can't do that either, so I have been using Facebook Messenger to communicate with him but whilst on that I am unable to see your messages on the chatbox, so again I apologize for not attending to your needs first and foremost. Also, please do not rp other people's characters.)
He frowned as he was called an idiot. He sighed as he started walking away, his tail dropping. His only crush and the one who would only be one, did not like him

[Rivergold]

He frowned as he was called an idiot. He sighed as he started walking away, his tail dropping. His only crush and the one who would only be one, did not like him(look up. Rapidriver is washing him. And she said that a bit more endearingly. If she didn't like him she would have let him drown. Or wouldn't have cared enough to go looking.)

[Fallpotato]

(look up. Rapidriver is washing him. And she said that a bit more endearingly. If she didn't like him she would have let him drown. Or wouldn't have cared enough to go looking.)
Ikbut he is a stubborn kit

[Rivergold]

Ikbut he is a stubborn kit (Would he have just up and walked away from a wash?) Goldpaw stirred as her blood began to flow, and Mosswhisper paused in her washing to look at the other apprentice, who was barely older than a kit.

[Raids]

He looks at Mosswhisper and padded up to her, pressing into her side.

Rivergold

[Rivergold]

He looks at Mosswhisper and padded up to her, pressing into her side.

@Rivergold (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=177) Her ears flicked back and she scooted away from him.

[Raids]

Her ears flicked back and she scooted away from him.

He looks away from her, hurt. "I'm going fishing," he announced, "alone."

[Rivergold]

He looks away from her, hurt. "I'm going fishing," he announced, "alone." She blinked at him, not sure why he was telling her this. "um, alright."

[Raids]

She blinked at him, not sure why he was telling her this. "um, alright."

He pads off to the river but looks back with hurt in his eyes. he turns back and jumps in the river, swimming to the bottom.

[Rivergold]

He pads off to the river but looks back with hurt in his eyes. he turns back and jumps in the river, swimming to the bottom. Mosswhisper watched him leave, then nosed the she-cat to her paws. "Come on, let's get toy to your nest."

[Fallpotato]

(Would he have just up and walked away from a wash?) Goldpaw stirred as her blood began to flow, and Mosswhisper paused in her washing to look at the other apprentice, who was barely older than a kit.
Shrug]

[Raids]

Mosswhisper watched him leave, then nosed the she-cat to her paws. "Come on, let's get toy to your nest."


He swims to some carp shivering, he catches one and swims up to the hole in the ice. He throws it on the bank and swims back down. Rapidriver soon caught 3 more, as he goes back down for the 5th time he went down the river a ways. The river started pulling him down stream. He was freezing and his muscles were hurting, so he let the river pull him down. He came up for air at a spot that had no ice. he collapsed on the bank coughing up water before he passed out.

[Rivergold]

Mosswhisper brought the shivering Goldpaw back to camp and took her to the apprentice's den.

[Raids]

Mosswhisper brought the shivering Goldpaw back to camp and took her to the apprentice's den.

He lay there feebly whimpering while passed out.

[Rivergold]

He lay there feebly whimpering while passed out.
(ALL MY CHARRIES ARE BUSY
...EXCEPT RIVERSTRIKE WHO DONT CARE ABOUT NOBODY)

[Raids]

(ALL MY CHARRIES ARE BUSY
...EXCEPT RIVERSTRIKE WHO DONT CARE ABOUT NOBODY)

umm ok

[Fel]

Dappleblossom strolled in the territory and watched her apprentice with kind eyes, smiling at her apprentice's enthusiasm. It made the dappled molly wonder how she was able to contain all this excitement for so many moons. She couldn't imagine how her parents were able to keep her out of trouble. When she mentioned the river, her tail twitched, however she kept her glowing smile plastered on her face, though her steps were more slow and hesitant. Avoiding the river was inevitable, though she knew her apprentice had no interest learning to swim as of that moment. She took a sniff and looked over to the direction the smell of the river was. It smelled of abundance of fish and the wetness of the water. The fish smell excited her. The water smell did not. She swiveled her attention back to her apprentice as she hears her exclaim of a scent she found. Dappleblossom lifted her nose and sniffed around the air. She smelled prey. Dappleblossom looked down at Tinypaw, who was awaiting instructions. "Well, what are you waiting for?" she purred, "Hunt down the scent. But mind the noise you make. Even the faintest of sounds can spook off prey."

Applethorn was grumpy- but of course, she wasn't ever in a good mood nowadays. For moons she'd been sulking away in her den, barely talking to anybody besides her mate, Swampstone. In fact, she hadn't even been in many patrols since the clan had been taken back by the 'good' leaders- cats she believed didn't have the heart to be true leaders, who were weak. This was one of the first times she'd had the heart to approach two other cats- one who was friendly with her father, though she didn't take notice of it much. Her dislike of the tom came second to her own needs, and she needed to take a walk, to do something in the territory for once. With all of this lying around, I'm almost as useless as an elder or a queen. Mumbling a few self-directed insults under her breath, she padded up towards the warrior and apprentice duo, tail flicking as she opened her maw to speak. "...Mind if I join you? It's... a nice day outside." She was being so... soft. It was a ridiculous play, but she didn't want to anger anyone- she just needed to get out of that camp, and act like she's a valuable warrior. Lately, she'd been feeling... rather sick, and she needed to do anything productive right now.
meraki

[Lawlipop]

Applethorn was grumpy- but of course, she wasn't ever in a good mood nowadays. For moons she'd been sulking away in her den, barely talking to anybody besides her mate, Swampstone. In fact, she hadn't even been in many patrols since the clan had been taken back by the 'good' leaders- cats she believed didn't have the heart to be true leaders, who were weak. This was one of the first times she'd had the heart to approach two other cats- one who was friendly with her father, though she didn't take notice of it much. Her dislike of the tom came second to her own needs, and she needed to take a walk, to do something in the territory for once. With all of this lying around, I'm almost as useless as an elder or a queen. Mumbling a few self-directed insults under her breath, she padded up towards the warrior and apprentice duo, tail flicking as she opened her maw to speak. "...Mind if I join you? It's... a nice day outside." She was being so... soft. It was a ridiculous play, but she didn't want to anger anyone- she just needed to get out of that camp, and act like she's a valuable warrior. Lately, she'd been feeling... rather sick, and she needed to do anything productive right now.
meraki


As she awaited for her apprentice to take charge at her first hunting lesson, Dappleblossom's nose picked up another scent and suddenly a grey she-cat before she could identify the smell. For some reason the back of her fur bristled upon looking at her, which she found strange. She smells of RiverClan, just like we are. So why does my fur seem troubled? Dappleblossom didn't pay much attention to her fur and paid more attention to this molly. She wasn't that much bigger than her, they seemed to only a few moons apart. Her shade of her pelt reminded her of a cat she once knew, but she didn't know who or why she was getting reminded of that. "Oh, why hello there." She purred in a friendly, yet hesitant tone. "Of course you are free to join us, but are you sure you want to be out and about like that?" She asked with obvious concern in her voice. "You look a little... green as what twolegs would often say."

[meraki]

As she awaited for her apprentice to take charge at her first hunting lesson, Dappleblossom's nose picked up another scent and suddenly a grey she-cat before she could identify the smell. For some reason the back of her fur bristled upon looking at her, which she found strange. She smells of RiverClan, just like we are. So why does my fur seem troubled? Dappleblossom didn't pay much attention to her fur and paid more attention to this molly. She wasn't that much bigger than her, they seemed to only a few moons apart. Her shade of her pelt reminded her of a cat she once knew, but she didn't know who or why she was getting reminded of that. "Oh, why hello there." She purred in a friendly, yet hesitant tone. "Of course you are free to join us, but are you sure you want to be out and about like that?" She asked with obvious concern in her voice. "You look a little... green as what twolegs would often say."

Tinypaw awaited her new mentor's response as to whether or not to hunt down the prey that she'd scented not even moments before. At Dappleblossom's nod, Tinypaw averted her gaze in the direction of the scent. Her golden eyes narrowed, she darted right in the direction of the mouse, going as fast as her shortened limbs would allow; which, to be fair, was quite fast. Not knowing the first thought about how one was supposed to hunt, she sprinted after it. The mouse's ears caught the sound of her thumping paws and scurried away in the opposite direction in order to avoid the predator's sharp, white teeth. Huffing in frustration, Tinypaw continued to run after it, until it scurried into a hole that she wouldn't have even noticed if she hadn't seen the mouse go into it. With an annoyed grumble, the new apprentice turned heel, and ran back to where her mentor- and a new cat, were both loitering, simply chatting a bit. For a moment, she wondered why she hadn't scented this new molly earlier, but then the obvious answer of this molly simply being a RiverClanner struck her before she could question her sense of smell. "Hello," the apprentice meowed. "Oh, and before you ask why a kit is in the territory, I'll have you know that I a full six moons old, thanks." Tinypaw added sharply after catching her breath from doing so much running.
fenic!

[Phoenix Flames]

Jaymist/Ravenkit

Cloverpounce padded out of camp and looked around the territory. She inhaled the scents that were around her. "I wonder where Dragonspirit is.", the gray she-cat said to herself as she swept her gaze around the territory, searching for the tom. Cloverpounce walked further into the territory, keeping a look out for Dragonspirit.

[Phoenix Flames]

Jaymist/Ravenkit

Cloverpounce padded out of camp and looked around the territory. She inhaled the scents that were around her. "I wonder where Dragonspirit is.", the gray she-cat said to herself as she swept her gaze around the territory, searching for the tom. Cloverpounce walked further into the territory, keeping a look out for Dragonspirit.
Jaymist/Ravenkit

(Hello. :3)

[Deerlie]

Jaymist/Ravenkit

(Hello. :3)

Hi)
DragonSpirit looked over. He saw movement in the water and jumped in. He grasped the fish but felt something pinch his tail. He yelped and got out the water, looking oh his tail, was a crab. He tried to get it off but it was to painful. "Yow!" He cried. He leapt back and ran around, he bumped into CloverPounce and fell, the crab pinched harder. "Youch!" He said. He looked up at her and blushed "Sorry"

[Phoenix Flames]

Hi)
DragonSpirit looked over. He saw movement in the water and jumped in. He grasped the fish but felt something pinch his tail. He yelped and got out the water, looking oh his tail, was a crab. He tried to get it off but it was to painful. "Yow!" He cried. He leapt back and ran around, he bumped into CloverPounce and fell, the crab pinched harder. "Youch!" He said. He looked up at her and blushed "Sorry"
"It's okay. You need help getting the crab off of your tail?", Cloverpounce meowed, gripping her teeth around the crab's claws, trying to remove the crab from the tom's tail.

[Deerlie]

"It's okay. You need help getting the crab off of your tail?", Cloverpounce meowed, gripping her teeth around the crab's claws, trying to remove the crab from the tom's tail.
Lol)
"Yeah" He said.
The crab loosened from his tail.
The tom yelped as he felt the blood return into it. He brought his tail to his sidside and put his paw on it rubbing it "Thank you, cutie" he then realized he saidsaid it out loud and looked away ashamed

[Phoenix Flames]

Lol)
"Yeah" He said.
The crab loosened from his tail.
The tom yelped as he felt the blood return into it. He brought his tail to his sidside and put his paw on it rubbing it "Thank you, cutie" he then realized he saidsaid it out loud and looked away ashamed
Cloverpounce looked away, blushing. "So, um, what to you want to do?", she asked, her eyes shining.

[Phoenix Flames]

Cloverpounce looked away, blushing. "So, um, what to you want to do?", she asked, her eyes shining.
Jaymist/Ravenkit

[Deerlie]

Jaymist/Ravenkit
"Hmm. . . maybe train or goof off" he said chuckling. She lifted a paw and batted her ears and entwined his tail with hers.

[Phoenix Flames]

"Hmm. . . maybe train or goof off" he said chuckling. She lifted a paw and batted her ears and entwined his tail with hers.
Cloverpounce smiled. "Let's goof off!", she started laughing. The RiverClan warrior cuffed Dragonspirit's ears with her left forepaw.

[Deerlie]

Cloverpounce smiled. "Let's goof off!", she started laughing. The RiverClan warrior cuffed Dragonspirit's ears with her left forepaw.
Dragon spirit put his weight on his front paws. He jumped on her and purred. His eyes sparked and the wind made his fur poof up.

[Phoenix Flames]

Dragon spirit put his weight on his front paws. He jumped on her and purred. His eyes sparked and the wind made his fur poof up.
Cloverpounce let out a growl of laughter. She kicked Dragonpounce away with her hindlegs, rolled over until she was sitting, and then stood up. "Now what?", the naïve 16 moon old warrior mewed.

[Fel]

Tinypaw awaited her new mentor's response as to whether or not to hunt down the prey that she'd scented not even moments before. At Dappleblossom's nod, Tinypaw averted her gaze in the direction of the scent. Her golden eyes narrowed, she darted right in the direction of the mouse, going as fast as her shortened limbs would allow; which, to be fair, was quite fast. Not knowing the first thought about how one was supposed to hunt, she sprinted after it. The mouse's ears caught the sound of her thumping paws and scurried away in the opposite direction in order to avoid the predator's sharp, white teeth. Huffing in frustration, Tinypaw continued to run after it, until it scurried into a hole that she wouldn't have even noticed if she hadn't seen the mouse go into it. With an annoyed grumble, the new apprentice turned heel, and ran back to where her mentor- and a new cat, were both loitering, simply chatting a bit. For a moment, she wondered why she hadn't scented this new molly earlier, but then the obvious answer of this molly simply being a RiverClanner struck her before she could question her sense of smell. "Hello," the apprentice meowed. "Oh, and before you ask why a kit is in the territory, I'll have you know that I a full six moons old, thanks." Tinypaw added sharply after catching her breath from doing so much running.
@fenic! (http://warriorcatsonline.com/forums/member.php?u=21)


"...I'm fine." Applethorn mumbled as Dappleblossom had told her that she'd looked sick- though she didn't feel very well, she refused to admit it, knowing that it'd just be another sign of weakness towards somebody she barely even knew. However, even if Dappleblossom was a friend of her father's, she didn't seem to be rude in any way, which was a relief towards her. She wasn't interested in being snapped at while trying to get some rest in a walk in the territory, though the calico's apprentice happened to fill that spot in just as soon as she talked about it. "I didn't say anything." She huffed towards the abnormally small apprentice- though in those few words, she'd revealed a weakness- Tinypaw's was that of feeling as small as she actually was, and Applethorn's own was that she wasn't nice to anyone who showed her the slightest amount of disrespect- if somebody even flicked her tail slightly in the wrong connotation, she'd be thirsty for revenge. I wonder how well she can swim with those... small legs?

[Deerlie]

:ringbounce:Cloverpounce let out a growl of laughter. She kicked Dragonpounce away with her hindlegs, rolled over until she was sitting, and then stood up. "Now what?", the naïve 16 moon old warrior mewed.
" i need to admit something . " he said. His voice lowered and all he heard was his heart beating.

[Phoenix Flames]

:ringbounce:
" i need to admit something . " he said. His voice lowered and all he heard was his heart beating.
"What do you need to admit?", Cloverpounce asked Dragonspirit.

[Deerlie]

"What do you need to admit?", Cloverpounce asked Dragonspirit.
"I rrally like you. Not as a friend, more." He said.

[Phoenix Flames]

"I really like you. Not as a friend, more." He said.
"Does that mean you want to be my mate?", Cloverpounce blushed. "If so, then yes, you can be my mate. I'm totally fine with you being my mate," she meowed.

[Deerlie]

"Does that mean you want to be my mate?", Cloverpounce blushed. "If so, then yes, you can be my mate. I'm totally fine with you being my mate," she meowed.
He purred. "Thank you. I will die to protect you" he purred. He gently Nuzzled her cheek and licked her ear I'm warm, soothing licks affectionately

[Phoenix Flames]

He purred. "Thank you. I will die to protect you" he purred. He gently Nuzzled her cheek and licked her ear I'm warm, soothing licks affectionately
"I love you, Dragonspirit...", Cloverpounce purred, licking the warrior's cheek.