Smallpines

[Leucos]

Dirtfur x ghostie

Flinching at the tone he gave wormpaw she nodded at the given information . However she felt that familiar burning rage...something didn't settle with her. Fur prickling she stood back up only to look at the tom "he was just asking a question . " she said in a calm tone. Being young she remembered how she felt when she asked her own father questions . ....he was very much a just be quiet and do as I say type of cat. He also made others do most of the work. Whiskers twitching she gave Dirtfur a icy gaze "and your helping us search. Not just barking out orders and checking if we're right . Your knowledge is needed yes, but your not lazing around. Right now you may not be ...But I won't let it get past that. Ive had far too much of a cat like that in my time ." she meowed as she fought to keep her temper in check. "But thank you for the information " she meowed with a smile before going back to search . However she gave wormpaw a little nudge with her shoulder "ignore him " she whispered "if you'd like...you can come to me for answers too ok? " she said as she tried her best to keep peace and help.

[Dirtfur]

The tabby patrol leader flinched and eyes wide from the she-cat's defense and telling him that he will help search. He shook his head and stepped forward, staring Brambleblaze back but not an icy gaze; however, he stared with eyes of fear, but somewhat proud. The tabby molly was brave enough to stand for an apprentice and speak up to a leader-a patrol leader at least.
He nodded and blinked a welcome for the new information of the willow tree, then watched the warrior padded to the apprentice.
With another nod, he begun a search by coming to a tree next the first one. Low branches, check. Long leaves, check. And long roots, check.
Dirtfur scraped between each roots to find that opening. SilentLamb x ghostie

[wolfie]

the apprentice seems surprised at brambleblaze's words, he could feel his fur become hotter. he shyly lowered his head, "it's fine, i did irrupt the conversation-- a warrior, " wormpaw paused, he furrow his eyebrows as if he was trying to read off a script, "a warrior needs to be aware and,, er, respectfulll,,.. yeah. respectful, " he nodded. he lift his head, "buut i will take you up on that offer, " wormpaw grin, "my area is extremely boring and i doubt it has the tunnels. the ground feels too soft to have tunnels underneath, " he stated. he shook his head lightly, removing his quick-lived grin. he follow after the molly, checking the trees. he examined the roots, pawing at the surface. yet as wormpaw look up-- the tree lack the droopy leaves. he rub against the bark, marking that the tree wasn't the opening.

Dirtfur SilentLamb

[Leucos]

x ghostie Dirtfur

Humming . She nodded perhaps I was being a bit too protective ... cheeks burning at that thought she returned to work. However she was glad that Dirtfur didn't explode at what she said...And she swore she felt a bit a proud aura from him? Nah she better not dwell on it too much. Though she frowned that wormpaws spot wasn't what they were looking for, her search didn't turn out to be so lucky either.. She thought she found an opening, but it was dug up by what smelled like to be an squirrel. The scent very stale. "no luck here either ..." she mumbled only slam her tail on to the ground. She hoped that dirtfur had more luck though. ..

[Dirtfur]

He scooped up some dirt and debris in one of spaces surrounded by two roots, yet he found nothing. Onto the next tree. Dirtfur hoped, please StarClan have the next one have the tunnel entrance.
He strolled anxiously to another willow tree. The brown tabby wedge his paw into the mud of one space and used much force to scoop it out. He continued this on the next space...and the next. Soon he dug every space, at least some (Dirtfur had miscounted; too many roots).
Lost half of hope, the patrol leader gave up the search of this and goes to another; however, due to snow covering almost all of the forest floor, his dirty paw hooked onto a white-gray root and slammed his muzzle into mud. He grunted and forced himself to get up, but as he lifted his hind legs and pressed them between roots, he was pulled back down.
It felt as if some wind gripped one his hind leg and pulled the tabby into the void. Luckily, the wind failed when Dirtfur gripped on te root in front of him.
He breathed in the air, calming himself from shock. He put his left paw in front of his right and claw the ground. The brown warrior hauled himself out of the hole. Now with his whole body out the hole, he laid down to take a breather. Heartbeats passed and now is time for Dirtfur to check what made him fall.
The patrol leader's Amber marbles shine with new hope and surprise. Finally, he purred. "Guys, I found the tunnel!"
x ghostie SilentLamb

[wolfie]

the apprentice did his best to search, trying to prod between the roots-- his patience growing thin. every so often he would check up on brambleblaze out of curiosity and pure hope. the cold was starting to get to him, considering wormpaw's fur was extremely short and sleek-- it was amazing he hadn't started to be affected sooner. yet it seems his cold nights made him a bit used to it. he brought his paw up, lapping at his pads to warm them.
"no luck, " he mumbled, finishing checking another tree. of course he had no luck. wormpaw seem to lack luck. well, that was what the tom thought. he relied on pure skills, yes ye-- a yowl irrupted his thoughts. he whirl around, did he hear that correctly? a purr escape him, grinning happily. "finally!" wormpaw chirp, practically skipping over to the tunnel entrance. never in his life would he think he would be delighted to dig for once. he clear his throat, straightening his posture. "i was starting to think lionstar had sent us on a mouse chase, " he mew, staring at the opening.
the patrol was finally getting some progress.

Dirtfur SilentLamb

[Leucos]

Dirtfur x ghostie

Ears perking up, BrambleBlaze swished her tail at dirtfurs announcement . finally! she was this close in calling it a day. Trotting over to the tunnel entrance, she crouched on one side and stuck her head in. Dark, cold and somewhat damp? Eh. Yanking her head out "shall we begin?" she said in a more excited tone. She's never been in a tunnel before so this'll be exciting!

[Dirtfur]

SilentLamb x ghostie

Dirtfur waited for his patrol to come to the patrol leader. He glance around to check if there are any ThunderClan cats who spotted them. Luckily, none had shown. Not paying attention to any actions from Wormpaw and Brambleblaze, he scooped up some mud and rubbed it against the frost the willow tree bark.
He listened to Wormpaw's relief and thought of what Lionstar was trying to do. If Lionstar want us on a mouse chase he could've said so. Then heard Brambleblaze's enthusiastic question that will be answer by the tabby tomcat.
"Well, the tunnel is not longer. Bet it haven't reached to a large tunnel; so, my suggestion is to dig it further into the earth until we come into another tunnel that holds our secret camp."
Without hesitation, he slid down to the tunnel. Some of the light faded, though not darker yet. Meeting the dead end made up of earth-debris, he wedged his now-unsheathed claws into the dirt and pushed them aside. The brown warrior scooted to the left to let the patrol members to help digging.

[Vessel]

xoyami xeno Fuzzy

Eveningpaw sighed, wondering how this cat had so much energy. Then she looked down at her paws, the tickle of shame creeping up her spine.

I used to be like that. It comes from hope. Joy. Happiness. All of which I gave up.

The russet she-cat lifted her gaze to Petuniapaw's and thought for a moment.

Does she have sadness that she buries inside, or is her conscience clear? You never can tell with cats.

Untrustworthy, all of them.

All of us.

[wolfie]

wormpaw lean forward, sniffing the willow tree's bark. yeah-- it-- it smelled like every single tree besides the new scent of mud on the wood. he frown, pouting. he was hoping it would be a bit more special besides looking droopy. "we're going to find that camp, " he declared, lifting his chin up slightly. considering he was the dark lord of the apprentices, he could assure they would find the secret camp. hopefully. wormpaw wasn't that sure.
he slid in after dirtfur, his claws digging into the earth so he wouldn't slip and fall on his way down. he gazed around the tunnel in wonder, it smelled nice. the thunderclan scent was gone and it was warmer down here.
wormpaw started to dig, scooping the dirt and making a small dirt pile. every so often he would glance at dirtfur and make sure he wasn't messing up. he dig. and dig. and dig. he slowly started to sink into his own world again.

Dirtfur SilentLamb

[Leucos]

Dirtfur x ghostie

Nodding once more . The molly shoved her way into the tunnel, and unexpectedly. She was starting to feel a little claustrophobic..But not to the point where it was unbearable. As her eyes began to adjust to the darkness, she began to work on her own spot. "I just hope there's no spiders down here....or snakes.." she meowed as she unsheathed her claws only to claw at the earth.

[Jesse]

Sunblaze was quite a bit disappointed to see that he was the only one at all enthusiastic about marking borders and ended up doing most of the work himself. When he finally finished up, he waved the rest of the patrol over to head back to camp and turn in a report to Lionstar.

[Patrol ended.]

Heartstruck xoyami Fuzzy

[xoyami]

Heartstruck Fuzzy Xeno

I am soooo sorry for my absence, alot of bad things have been happening irl recently, and I've been focusing on that instead of this ;-;//

[Leucos]

|:|Shadowsight|:| Solstice_X

After a well needed rest, BrambleBlaze head straight to the border as ordered . To be honest she was pretty excited ! She got to lead something for once! And her apprentice was at her side in this too. The tabby wasn't too sure about chestnut since they've never chatted before but...it wouldn't hurt. She looked over her shoulder at the two cats "be sure to mark our side of the border as we go along ok?" she meowed only to keep moving forward .

[RedHead]

Jaggedhawk led the patrol casually through the snowy forest, plodding through the snow as he headed straight for the border. He was a bit cold by the time they got there, his thin pelt not helping much with keeping out the cold. He glanced over his shoulder towards Mintfrost and Morningsun, before looking out across the border. The river looked to be frozen, and Jaggedhawk hoped that those Riverclanners had enough sense to not cross the ice. He also noticed a Riverclan patrol, though they were further up the border than from where his patrol was. The tom turned to his patrol members. “There’s a Riverclan patrol here, but go about marking the borders as usual. Try to pay them no mind.” He ordered, hoping he could keep his word as well. Jaggedhawk had a hard time keeping his maw shut. With that said to the, the tomcat padded towards the border and began to remark the scent lines, making sure they were strong.

Solstice_X Kitty Mama SoyBoi

[Kitty Mama]

. Solstice_X RedHead SoyBoi

They were going apprentice-less, he guessed. Mintfrost could handle that, he was probably better without trying to watch out for a little warrior, and if Jaggedhawk wasn't going to sweat it, he wouldn't either. With the patrol, he moved swiftly through the ThunderClan snow-covered forest, his frosty pelt blending well with their surroundings. If not for the darker gray patches, he liked to believe he would've been basically unnoticeable despite the volume of fluff in his fur. As they drew nearer to the border, his muscles were tenser in preparation for an impending fight that he wouldn't dare instigate. But he could smell RiverClan in the air. It made him nauseous. "Of course," he responded to Jaggedhawk, agreeing with him. No sense in being the cause of violence. Dutifully, Mintfrost began to mark the border but kept a side-eye on the cats of the other side, protective of his home.

[Solstice_X]

Chestnutstripe followed the tabby cat, Brambleblaze, who led the patrol. Her strides were quick and sure-footed as she padded after the party, stopping every here and there to lay another, stronger scent marker over the clan's former ones. She was skeptical at the presence of another party of cats, making their way to similarly reinforce their side of the boundary. Despite the fact that they weren't directly at war, so to speak, with each other, the fact that Thunderclan was now allied with their enemy didn't sit well with her when lo and behold there cats were from that clan. Still she stayed silent. Her brown tabby ears flicking every now and then as she plodded on behind the leading shecat, keeping them trained on the other party now mostly behind them on the other side of the frozen river.

[ SilentLamb |:|Shadowsight|:| ]
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"Duly noted." Her whiskers twitched. Though a fight wouldn't be invited, she did mentally prepare herself should the case arise.

Morningsun's ginger coat stuck out like a glistening sore thumb amongst the snow-ladened ground. Each pawstep made a little crunch as it sunk into the thin layer of the cool white coating, sending an oddly relieving and awakening feeling surging up her legs and throughout the rest of her body. The chill was a little bit inviting as she fluffed up her thick pelt with a huff, almost emphasizing her larger size. She brought up the rear of the patrol, making sure to go over any markings the toms may have missed in their passes through. Wonder where that apprentice is...

[ RedHead SoyBoi Kitty Mama ]

[Leucos]

Solstice_X

After marking a few spots on their side, she noticed two things ...one shadowpaw didn't follow them...which instilled a sense of worry . And two that river was frozen. That made her panic a bit . They were pretty far, and the part that looked very frozen was the farthest part away from the ocean. Gulping she looked at chestnutstripe "chestnutstripe you see this? Also did you see shadowpaw follow behind you at all ?" she asked as she pointed at the river.

[The Flying Pizza]

[QUOTE=SilentLamb;630445] Solstice_X

After marking a few spots on their side, she noticed two things ...one shadowpaw didn't follow them...which instilled a sense of worry . And two that river was frozen. That made her panic a bit . They were pretty far, and the part that looked very frozen was the farthest part away from the ocean. Gulping she looked at chestnutstripe "chestnutstripe you see this? Also did you see shadowpaw follow behind you at all ?" she asked as she pointed at the river. [/

Shadowpaw dashes behind them, panting. “Sorry, Brambleblaze!.”

[Solstice_X]

She stopped marking for a second, her tail flicked towards the scrambling smaller mass behind them, "For Shadowpaw? Not until now." Padding up to stand beside the other she-cat, she could feel her heart drop slowly dropping before it dipped completely upon seeing just the sheer extent to which the river was frozen.

A solemn expression took form on her face as she viewed the expanse in front of them. "I see it." Though it wasn't the whole stream, which was one thing to be grateful for, the fact that even a part of the waterway was amassing solid ice was enough cause for concern. Any portion frozen meant less food for the clan, and less food for the clan in times like this could prove more than just potentially problematic. "We should inform Eagleflight about this." Her voice lowered, as her eyes watched the violent waves of water where the ocean met the river. A shiver chilled her spine at the thought of cats swimming closer to its dark depths for food only to get swept away glazed her mind.

[ SilentLamb |:|Shadowsight|:| ]

[The Flying Pizza]

She stopped marking for a second, her tail flicked towards the scrambling smaller mass behind them, "For Shadowpaw? Not until now." Padding up to stand beside the other she-cat, she could feel her heart drop slowly dropping before it dipped completely upon seeing just the sheer extent to which the river was frozen.

A solemn expression took form on her face as she viewed the expanse in front of them. "I see it." Though it wasn't the whole stream, which was one thing to be grateful for, the fact that even a part of the waterway was amassing solid ice was enough cause for concern. Any portion frozen meant less food for the clan, and less food for the clan in times like this could prove more than just potentially problematic. "We should inform Eagleflight about this." Her voice lowered, as her eyes watched the violent waves of water where the ocean met the river. A shiver chilled her spine at the thought of cats swimming closer to its dark depths for food only to get swept away glazed her mind.

[ SilentLamb |:|Shadowsight|:| ]


Shadowpaw shuddered at the stream. His gaze was hidden. He looked at his mentor to Chesnutstripe.

[Leucos]

|:|Shadowsight|:| Solstice_X

Nodding she gave a sigh " I'll inform the deputy " she meowed and turned around . " it's ok shadowpaw. Just. ..try and be faster next time?" she said with a smile . " atleast we still have lionsbeach. " she meowed to herself " I think our job is done. C'mon guys " she said only to then Mark one last spot on their side and speed walk back.

[RedHead]

Jaggedhawk finished marking the majority of the scent markers, his ears perked as he glanced back at his patrol, tail flicking. “I think that should be good for now, let’s head back to camp.” Giving then a nod, he turned and began heading back towards their camp.

Solstice_X Kitty Mama

[Solstice_X]

Morningsun flicked her ears. She took one last look at the opposing territory before giving a small, silent nod and proceeding to follow the patrol lead, Jaggedhawk, back to camp.
[ RedHead Kitty Mama ]
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Chestnutstripe cast one final glace at the frigid depths of water splashing near the edge of the ocean, her tail twitching with slight agitation. The horrible thought still lingered in her head as she followed Brambleblaze's step.
[ SilentLamb |:|Shadowsight|:| ]

[Kitty Mama]

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Mintfrost was quiet through their assignment and refreshed the ThunderClan scent to send a message that Thunderclan remained present, also civil when they were refusing to pick a fight with the patrol on the other side. It felt like everytime he saw Riverclan it was a bunch of different faces, how many clan-mates did they have? How did they keep them straight? Mintfrost kept the thoughts to himself in his contemplative silence. That was broken when Jaggedhawk announced they had completed the task, and he nodded in easy-going agreement. It would do for now. Later, he would return to camp with something more notable than just a successful border patrol, but the cold wind was cutting through his thick pelt in this weather.

[Doom]

Once they made it to the border, Honeybrume sighed and took a seat. "We'll stop here. A RiverClan patrol will find us eventually, then we'll tell them our situation and ask to see Lionstar." There was no point in trespassing, it would leave a bad impression. Waiting patiently at the border would be the safest approach.

Curling her tail neatly over her paws, Honeybrume straightened herself and looked over at Goldenshade, hoping he'd follow her orders.

BILL. Xeno

[Jesse]

Goldenshade stopped at her side and gave her a bemused look that seemed to ask "are you serious?". Finally he half-snorted half-laughed and hopped over the border anyway. "How proper.. Well, if you'd like you can sit there all day, sweetheart but my nose might rot off if I have to hang around this rancid border any longer." Riverclan cats had a very particular odor to them. Fishy, mostly.. with undertones of musty fur. The tom prided himself in his pleasant smell- he certainly hoped living in Riverclan wouldn't make him stink like old hot breath.
Fae BILL.

[BEAR.]

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"

Only moments after Goldenshade crossed the border, Lionstar and Buckfrost arrived-- Lionstar's sharp gaze fixated on the trespasser while Buckfrost's tired eyes drifted to the she-cat. "A couple ThunderClan cats, sneaking about?" Lionstar's voice was a challenge, though his eyes remained on Goldenshade. "Can't say I'm surprised. Did Flinnyhead put you up to this? I know my pal's trying to play on ShadowClan's side, but sheesh, at least have some class if you're here to screw around with the border."

"I sincerely hope you're not planning on joining your companion over here," Buckfrost cautioned Honeybrume as he took a step to stand beside Lionstar. "Tensions are already high between the Clans, don't make this worse."
Xeno, Fae

[Doom]

Honeybrume scoffed as Goldenshade hopped over the border. "Goldenshade! Get back over here, you're going to give them the wrong idea-"

It was too late, the patrol had already found them...and Lionstar himself was on it! Honeybrime squared her shoulders and gave a threatening side-eyed glare at the slimey tom beside her, signaling him to keep quiet while she did the talking. "Oh no, no! Please excuse Goldenshade, he was merely getting a little angsty while we waited." Dumb tom, why doesn't he just listen!

Honeybrume loosened herself as she drew her attention toward Lionstar, giving a small smile at his comment. "Well, we're actually here to ask if we may join RiverClan..." her large ears twitched nervously as she explained, "You see...things aren't going well in ThunderClan. Our territory is empty of resources and Flintstar rarely does much about it. And while I was raised to be a proud warrior, I refuse to be proud of a Clan so pathetic!" She looked away for a moment and sighed sharply, trying to calm herself. "I would never live as a stinky outsider, either, so I figured joining another Clan would do. WindClan would have been a dumb choice, and ShadowClan..." The yellow she-cat cracked a chuckle, then tried to regiain her poise. "I'm sorry, but I just can't take Icestar seriously. RiverClan was the obvious choice, considering its grand leadership and healthy size. Despite our lack of nourishment, I promise we would make lovely additions to RiverClan."

When she was done, she looked over at Goldenshade to check if he was behaving. Hopefully, he had nothing discouraging to add...he already had one of the RiverClanner's suspicious. Surely he's not that mousebrained!

BILL. Xeno

[Jesse]

Suddenly the putrid Riverclan stench grew stronger.

The tom briefly glared at Honeybrume before feigning another genial smile for the Riverclan leader and his.. goon. She sucked so bad at kissing ass that it made him sick. Hopefully these two were big enough fools to believe it. That she-cat and her big mouth.. Time to make himself look good. "Ah, yes.. Well, we meant no harm regardless. It's just that we've been waiting here all day and.. well, you understand." He exchanged a glance with Honeybrume. "I was just about to look for a patrol.. when you arrived and saved me the trouble." Goldenshade swept his long, feathery tail around his paws. A halo of light seemed to enwreathe him, as though the sun itself had been caught in his fur. "My dear Honeybrume isn't the most eloquent speaker, but she speaks true."

BILL. Fae

[lio]

[ CLOSED ]

After finishing up at the WindClan border, Stoatdance made her way toward ThunderClan's, her limping growing worse as she did so. She still managed to arrive, though she needed to stop and rest against a tree for many heartbeats. The she-cat then moved to the markers and began to scent them, giving the same treatment as she had the WindClan one. Her lips quirked up into a smirk as her scent overpowered that of ThunderClan's, not wasting any more time before she was limping off to Lionsgrove, her determination driving her despite the horrid pain she felt.

[BEAR.]

Lionstar was digging the bat-headed she-cat's style, though he couldn't care less for her appearance. Yikes, it was like having another Ratpaw join the Clan except she was trained and golden. At least she seemed more pleasant than the impatient oaf she brought with her. Sure, he was pretty-- but that meant little to Lionstar if he couldn't keep his paws within boundaries!!! This was the kind of dung he had to yell at cats about: case in point, Skunkpaw.

"Your impatience isn't in your favor, goldy-fur." It was fairly upfront, a clear disapproval in Lionstar's tone. "I don't care for cats in my Clan sticking their paws over boundaries without my permission." Lionstar loved conflicts, but on his own terms. Not because some underling thought they knew best.

Still, they looked in decent enough health despite the circumstances and the ugly one did make fun of Icestar.. he liked that. A couple of able bodied cats never hurt, although he might hurt Shining Pelt over there if he crossed a line again.

"What do you think?" He glanced over at his tabby companion, curious about the input of a former Clan leader. The icy look Buckfrost was giving the two didn't tell Lionstar much.

"Give them a shot." His voice was a rumble. "I doubt Honeybrume will give us many issues, at least." And that, Lionstar agreed with sincerely. She had the common sense to remain on her side until a patrol came along.

"Then it's settled. You two-- are free to come with us and join the Clan. During our next Clan meeting I will announce you as official members of the Clan."

Now that they had that cleared, he waited by them while Buckfrost quickly marked the border. "Are you two ready to go?"

Fae, Xeno

[Doom]

Honeybrume's ears swerved back at Goldenshade's mousebrained comments. She didn't think her words were that bad...were they?

Forcing her focus back on Lionstar and the other tom, the concerned look was easily swept away by the positive things said about her. They liked her! And dissed the smiley tom beside her! She might actually grow to love it here. "Oh, thank you so much! I promise we won't let you down." Her heart fluttered as she stepped over the border, following her new leader into RiverClan territory. Her new life begins!

Xeno BILL.

[Jesse]

Goldenshade let out an offended snort. Goldy-fur? How improper of a leader! He whipped his tail sharply and jutted out his chin. Hmph! He glanced at Honeybrume who seemed all too excited to leap on over the border. You mean you promise you won't let him down. Ah well, even if it meant he'd be eating stinky, oily fish, at least he'd have a full belly from now on. The blonde tom reluctantly followed alongside Honeybrume, shooting Lionstar dirty glares from behind as they set off for Riverclan camp.

BILL. Fae

[mochi]

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Ripplestep
"Alright you two," Ripplestep smiled, albeit hesitantly, at Otterleg and Darkpaw, "lets get this wrapped up. Lionstar wants our markers to be fresh." This was her first time as patrol leader, so she needed to make sure she didn't mess anything up. She took in a deep breath and turned to march out of the camp towards the ThunderClan border, ears pricked for anything and everything.

Once she reached the border she glanced behind her shoulder to see if the others had followed before starting to mark part of the border, making sure it was fresh and potent. Oddly enough the ThunderClan side didn't seem fresh at all which made her curious, so she let her mind drift as she set about doing her business.

[Sneakyfox55]

CheetahPelt mochi

Darkpaw stuck by her mentor's side somewhat hesitantly, patiently awaiting her instructions.

[BEAR.]

[ I don't remember whose turn it is so I hope you don't mind me moving this here! TawnyNeedsACoffee ]

Leading Bumblefrost out of camp and to the border, Thistlestep flicked his ears as he tasted the air. ThunderClan's scent was stale.. unsurprisingly, but he was pleased to catch the scent of a bird and a mouse.

"Maybe we should hunt on our way back?" He glanced back at Bumblefrost as he spoke. "Doesn't seem like much is going on over here otherwise."

[TawnyNeedsACoffee]

[ I don't remember whose turn it is so I hope you don't mind me moving this here! TawnyNeedsACoffee ]

Leading Bumblefrost out of camp and to the border, Thistlestep flicked his ears as he tasted the air. ThunderClan's scent was stale.. unsurprisingly, but he was pleased to catch the scent of a bird and a mouse.

"Maybe we should hunt on our way back?" He glanced back at Bumblefrost as he spoke. "Doesn't seem like much is going on over here otherwise."

(I don't mind at all!)

BumbleFrost parted her jaws slightly as the reached the border, a bundle a scents wafted in the air but the scent of ThunderClan was indeed stale. 'Not much going on, that's a good thing atleast'. She thought this somewhat pleasingly as she gazed around the area.

Hearing ThistleStep she directed her blue gaze onto the tom. She flashed a small smile and gave an approving nod."A hunt would be good, it would be a waste to go back empty-handed". She gazed around at the scenery, catching a scent of a mouse nearby, she turned her gaze back on ThistleStep slightly."Besides I want to soak up some of the serenity the territory has to offer before heading back". She added, the grey-cream shecat wanted to get a bit of peace and quiet before heading back to the clearing that was quite noisy when the two cats had left. It had been an eventful day for BumbleFrost and doing something productive out in the territory was something that helped her relax.

[BEAR.]

Yeah, he had to agree he'd rather spend some time enjoying the day than just returning to camp. A hunt once the borders were refreshed would definitely liven their spirits too-- being cooped up was a downer.

"I can't believe how quiet they've been. You'd think they'd be trying to keep these markers fresh after the raid... it's like ShadowClan's the only Clan that cares about borders outside of ours." It was well known the other two Clans were allied, but this didn't look good for ShadowClan when their buddy couldn't even check their boundaries.

"Do you smell anything?" Thistlestep asked as he began to mark along the border. He personally didn't beyond the prey and faint marker scents, but it didn't hurt to check.

[ TawnyNeedsACoffee ]

[TawnyNeedsACoffee]

BILL.
BumbleFrost glanced at the border that lined RiverClan's and ThunderClan's territories, glancing back at ThistleStep as he commented about ThunderClan's lack of appearance."I agree that the behaviour is a little surprising considering the circumstances...honestly it's a bit irrational for them to not keep the markers fresh after everything that has happened but who knows what's happening.... The grey-cream shecat's brow furrowed slightly, mulling over the possibilities before she shook the thought from her mind as she started to help mark the border.

Her ears pricked up as ThistleStep inquired if she could smell anything, just incase she had missed anything she parted her jaws slightly as she breathed in slightly, she picked up strong scents of prey but like before ThunderClan's scent markets were faint."Just prey and faint scent markers".She commented calmly. "Did you pick up anything else?". BumbleFrost inquired as she glanced at the Tom.

[CheetahPelt]

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Ripplestep
"Alright you two," Ripplestep smiled, albeit hesitantly, at Otterleg and Darkpaw, "lets get this wrapped up. Lionstar wants our markers to be fresh." This was her first time as patrol leader, so she needed to make sure she didn't mess anything up. She took in a deep breath and turned to march out of the camp towards the ThunderClan border, ears pricked for anything and everything.

Once she reached the border she glanced behind her shoulder to see if the others had followed before starting to mark part of the border, making sure it was fresh and potent. Oddly enough the ThunderClan side didn't seem fresh at all which made her curious, so she let her mind drift as she set about doing her business.

Sneakyfox55

Otterleg padded behind Ripplestep. "Slightly strange that Thunderclan hasn't marked their borders." She remarked, before resetting the Riverclan marker.

She turned to Darkpaw. "Can you smell the faint Thunderclan scent?" She asked.

[Sneakyfox55]

Sneakyfox55

Otterleg padded behind Ripplestep. "Slightly strange that Thunderclan hasn't marked their borders." She remarked, before resetting the Riverclan marker.

She turned to Darkpaw. "Can you smell the faint Thunderclan scent?" She asked.

Darkpaw nodded. "Is there a reason they haven't marked their borders recently?" she mewed.

[CheetahPelt]

Darkpaw nodded. "Is there a reason they haven't marked their borders recently?" she mewed.

mochi

"Not that I know of. Do you know the reason, Ripplestep?" Otterleg looked at the patrol leader. "I know that Thunderclan and Windclan seem to have been having some problems, but I'm not sure if that has anything to do with this." She meowed.

[mochi]

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Ripplestep
"Huh? Oh," The molly was faintly listening to the other two's conversation, lost in her own thoughts as she was while she went about her business. "Well they're still trying to gather themselves after that fire...and I do remember only a small patrol of them coming to ShadowClan's aid after the battle had ended - so they might not have many war-" She was cut off as something leaped out from a bush off to Ripplestep's side, slamming into her flank and hissing violently as it slashed through her fur.

With a yelp, Ripplestep twisted as they landed, forcing her attacker to clumsily slip off of her. Though not without snagging his claws in her front leg and tearing thin gashes into the skin. She gasped sharply in pain, leaping away quickly to put distance between herself and her opponent before he had the chance to get to his paws. His movements were heated, though clumsy. If it weren't for her lapse of attention she wouldn't have gotten hurt.

A rogue. She thought, eyes wide as she took in the situation. She needed to think fast. Otterleg was missing a leg and Darkpaw was still only an apprentice. She didn't know them well enough to know how good their fighting prowess was, but she wasn't going to let them get needlessly injured when she was the patrol leader. "Otterleg! Darkpaw!" She called over her shoulder, forgetting about her throbbing leg as she kept her eyes on the rogue. "You two stick together, make sure you guys don't get hurt." She was being kind of hypocritical, she'd already gotten herself hurt. But that didn't matter. She was the patrol leader and she needed to take responsibility.

The rogue leapt again with claws outstretched, this time towards Darkpaw, but Ripplestep was ready. The tabby molly jumped in the rogue's path, twisting away at the last second and raking her claws across his eye as he passed. It was over almost as soon as it had started. The rogue yelped in pain, stumbling away from the group into ThunderClan's territory, blood running down the side of his face.

edit: i figured the patrol should be wrapping up soon so i shortened up the encounter ^^;

[Hawkheartlesgo]

Distantflower glared, toward the ThunderClan border. She placed her scent marker before padding on.

[Sneakyfox55]

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Ripplestep
"Huh? Oh," The molly was faintly listening to the other two's conversation, lost in her own thoughts as she was while she went about her business. "Well they're still trying to gather themselves after that fire...and I do remember only a small patrol of them coming to ShadowClan's aid after the battle had ended - so they might not have many war-" She was cut off as something leaped out from a bush off to Ripplestep's side, slamming into her flank and hissing violently as it slashed through her fur.

With a yelp, Ripplestep twisted as they landed, forcing her attacker to clumsily slip off of her. Though not without snagging his claws in her front leg and tearing thin gashes into the skin. She gasped sharply in pain, leaping away quickly to put distance between herself and her opponent before he had the chance to get to his paws. His movements were heated, though clumsy. If it weren't for her lapse of attention she wouldn't have gotten hurt.

A rogue. She thought, eyes wide as she took in the situation. She needed to think fast. Otterleg was missing a leg and Darkpaw was still only an apprentice. She didn't know them well enough to know how good their fighting prowess was, but she wasn't going to let them get needlessly injured when she was the patrol leader. "Otterleg! Darkpaw!" She called over her shoulder, forgetting about her throbbing leg as she kept her eyes on the rogue. "You two stick together, make sure you guys don't get hurt." She was being kind of hypocritical, she'd already gotten herself hurt. But that didn't matter. She was the patrol leader and she needed to take responsibility.

The rogue leapt again with claws outstretched, this time towards Darkpaw, but Ripplestep was ready. The tabby molly jumped in the rogue's path, twisting away at the last second and raking her claws across his eye as he passed. It was over almost as soon as it had started. The rogue yelped in pain, stumbling away from the group into ThunderClan's territory, blood running down the side of his face.

edit: i figured the patrol should be wrapping up soon so i shortened up the encounter ^^;


(sorry didn't even see this haha)

Having frozen up with shock during the encounter, Darkpaw blinked out of it and quickly hurried up to Ripplestep. "Are you alright?!" she mewed worriedly. "I'm... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let him get you like that... I should have..." She stopped, tail drooping slightly. The rogue had been coming for her, but because she hadn't been ready, Ripplestep defended her and got injured instead. It was all her fault. If only she'd acted quickly!

[CheetahPelt]

(sorry didn't even see this haha)

Having frozen up with shock during the encounter, Darkpaw blinked out of it and quickly hurried up to Ripplestep. "Are you alright?!" she mewed worriedly. "I'm... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have let him get you like that... I should have..." She stopped, tail drooping slightly. The rogue had been coming for her, but because she hadn't been ready, Ripplestep defended her and got injured instead. It was all her fault. If only she'd acted quickly!


Otterleg leaped to attention, braced in front of her apprentice and wounded clan mate. “You leave them alone, rouge!” He hissed, all of the hair on her body rippling on edge. “You stay behind me Darkpaw. Try and protect Ripplestep.”

[Sneakyfox55]

Otterleg leaped to attention, braced in front of her apprentice and wounded clan mate. “You leave them alone, rouge!” He hissed, all of the hair on her body rippling on edge. “You stay behind me Darkpaw. Try and protect Ripplestep.”

"A-alright." Shaking off her previous distress, the apprentice took up a defensive stance in front of the wounded she-cat, her short fur standing on end.

(oops forgot to mention mochi
my bad haha)

[mochi]

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Ripplestep
The tabby molly watched Otterleg leap in front of the two of them with a grace she wouldn't have expected from a three-legged feline - which made her rethink her original assessment of the she-cat's fighting ability. She blinked as Darkpaw came up to her side, all anxious and regretful looking. "It's not your fault." Ripplestep assured the younger cat, brushing Darkpaw's shoulder with her tail, a slightly awkward smile crossing her face. She wasn't very good at this sort of thing. "As the leader of this patrol I'm supposed to make sure you guys get home safely. I'm just glad you didn't get hurt. Besides," she said, lifting her injured leg with little difficulty, "the scratch isn't deep at all."

As Otterleg yelled after the rogue, Ripplestep's green-brown eyes glanced up to watch to rogue turn in his retreat and hiss fiercely back at the patrol, blood starting to dry around his swelling eye. Ooh, that's going to hurt in the morning. She thought with a slight wince at the sight of the injury she caused the other cat.

"I'm alright, really." She spoke up, this time towards Otterleg more than Darkpaw. "Let's get back to camp. I need to let Lionstar know what happened." This patrol had already gone on longer than expected, and coming back injured might perk some ears. She let out a sigh before straightening her shoulder's and dipping her head a bit with a small grateful smile as she turned to head back to camp. "And thanks for backing me up."

[ i'll be posting the report next in Lionstar's den, so you guys can go ahead and write your finisher posts if you want c: ]

[Pepperkins]

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TC/RC Border Patrol
​(Optional prompt: While patrolling, you notice that the borders are unusually strong. Is RiverClan trying to say something?)
[ ALL MUST BE FINISHED AND REPORTED TO FLINTSTAR OR DUSKFEATHER BY FEBRUARY 9 at 11:59 PM EST. IF THEY ARE NOT FINISHED, CONSEQUENCES WILL ENSUE. ]

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Peaceful was the perfect word to describe the border. Birds twittered in the air, mice peeked out from their long slumber, and the air was calm. This is what the forest was like, uninhabited by any... Except the patrol that was making their way up the border.

"Alright guys, this shouldn't take too long, we'll be done in no time!" the orange molly leading the cats meowed cheerfully, padding in front of the group at a steady pace. Everything seemed normal too far, though she couldn't help but feel like something was off. Nothing seemed abnormal though, so she brushed it off in order not to worry her patrol. Carefully walking a bit farther towards the border, Blossomclaw bit back a few insults she wanted to scream at the slippery otters. She refused to let her personal rage cause any fights on her watch. Instead, she just lashed her tail as it swung low behind her. Hopefully nothing out of the order would go wrong, so she could have a good report to take back to Duskfeather. Or Flintstar, whichever came first. "How are you guys holding up back there?"

[ Names here for reference!
Raccoonpaw [ Sharp moon ] | ​Linnetwing [ Blissie Bliss ] | Brightpaw [ Sneakyfox55 ] ]

[Sneakyfox55]

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Ripplestep
The tabby molly watched Otterleg leap in front of the two of them with a grace she wouldn't have expected from a three-legged feline - which made her rethink her original assessment of the she-cat's fighting ability. She blinked as Darkpaw came up to her side, all anxious and regretful looking. "It's not your fault." Ripplestep assured the younger cat, brushing Darkpaw's shoulder with her tail, a slightly awkward smile crossing her face. She wasn't very good at this sort of thing. "As the leader of this patrol I'm supposed to make sure you guys get home safely. I'm just glad you didn't get hurt. Besides," she said, lifting her injured leg with little difficulty, "the scratch isn't deep at all."

As Otterleg yelled after the rogue, Ripplestep's green-brown eyes glanced up to watch to rogue turn in his retreat and hiss fiercely back at the patrol, blood starting to dry around his swelling eye. Ooh, that's going to hurt in the morning. She thought with a slight wince at the sight of the injury she caused the other cat.

"I'm alright, really." She spoke up, this time towards Otterleg more than Darkpaw. "Let's get back to camp. I need to let Lionstar know what happened." This patrol had already gone on longer than expected, and coming back injured might perk some ears. She let out a sigh before straightening her shoulder's and dipping her head a bit with a small grateful smile as she turned to head back to camp. "And thanks for backing me up."

[ i'll be posting the report next in Lionstar's den, so you guys can go ahead and write your finisher posts if you want c: ]



Darkpaw recovered over her initial panic, blinking at Ripplestep, then back towards her mentor before joining her at her side as they moved onwards.

CheetahPelt mochi

[CheetahPelt]

Darkpaw recovered over her initial panic, blinking at Ripplestep, then back towards her mentor before joining her at her side as they moved onwards.

CheetahPelt mochi


Otterleg turned to collect her apprentice, seeing Ripplestep’s tail disappearing towards camp. She padded to Darkpaw, “didn’t scare you too bad? Still up for looking around the territory?”

[Madelaine]

| Pepperkins; Sharp moon; Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing was usually happy to go on patrol and always seemed to be happy, but her wounds ached. They still hadn't healed properly and she didn't understand why her sister asked for her to go out on this patrol. The molly limped behind him. "If I got a little slow don't be afraid to go forward.", she meowed. She wouldn't usually say something like that, but today was different. Linnetwing winced in pain as her neck wound began to sting. The silver tabby molly hissed in pain underneath her breath. Why does it still hurt so much.

[Sneakyfox55]

Otterleg turned to collect her apprentice, seeing Ripplestep’s tail disappearing towards camp. She padded to Darkpaw, “didn’t scare you too bad? Still up for looking around the territory?”

Darkpaw twitched her tail. "Maybe... But I think we should talk with Lionstar first."

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| Pepperkins; Sharp moon; Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing was usually happy to go on patrol and always seemed to be happy, but her wounds ached. They still hadn't healed properly and she didn't understand why her sister asked for her to go out on this patrol. The molly limped behind him. "If I got a little slow don't be afraid to go forward.", she meowed. She wouldn't usually say something like that, but today was different. Linnetwing winced in pain as her neck wound began to sting. The silver tabby molly hissed in pain underneath her breath. Why does it still hurt so much.

"I'd rather stay with you," mewed Brightpaw, blinking worriedly.

[BEAR.]

"I hope they get it together." The last thing both Clans needed was conflict because the border was never marked on one side.. he knew lines became blurry when the only scent belonged to one Clan. "Are they too focused on being buddies with ShadowClan to care for their own territory?" The thought was absurd, but.. he wouldn't have been surprised. Flintstar didn't seem on top of things when it came to his own Clan.

"No, I haven't smelled anything else.." He twitched his ears as he looked around. "At least it's quiet? I'd hate to be near ShadowClan right now, I bet their spiting fire over there."

[ TawnyNeedsACoffee ]

[Madelaine]

| shortstack; Vessel; |

Sparkheart followed him to the Thunderclan border, catching up to him. He was no side by side with him. The ginger tabby tom looked back to see if his apprentice would follow, but he didn't really expect her to. If e could help it he was going to try and get her to be less lazy around the camp.

[duckie]

Sootflare
__________

The closer they got to the border, the stronger the scent got and the more apparent it was that it was the scent of blood,”Be on your guard and stay close,” he meowed, eyes scanning the surrounding area,”Something isn’t right.”


[ Vessel Blissie Bliss ]

[Vessel]

| shortstack; Blissie Bliss; |

Eveningpaw frowned when she tasted the salty, metallic air. "Correct. And it must have been some time ago- the scent is stale.

What could it be? Is it- no, it couldn't be! Perhaps it's just a fox or fresh-kill or something.

However, she couldn't hide the shiver in her spine.

[Madelaine]

| shortstack; Vessel; |

Sparkheart dipped his head and followed behind them. He could sense that scent too and he didn't like it. "Very good Eveningpaw.", he praised, trying to hide the panic in his voice. The smell was indeed stale, but it wasn't the most delightful scent. There was no way it was a fox or killed prey.

[TawnyNeedsACoffee]

BILL.
BumbleFrost nodded in agreement as ThistleStep spoke, it was true that ThunderClan had been slack in a few things. The grey and cream molly could only imagine what was going on with the clan that could cause such irrational behaviour, she was still baffled that they hadn't tightened security at the border by resetting their markers, who knows what else they have or should she say haven't been doing."If that is true then it's quite irresponsible, the clan should be top priority or atleast should be in my opinion". She huffed slightly as she said that, her blue gaze peered around the area before landing on the Tom.

BumbleFrost gave a slight nod at his reply, she wasn't sure if she should feel comforted or uneasy by the fact that only fresh prey and ThunderClans faint scent was all they could smell. Her ears perked up slightly however at the toms remark about how quiet it was, she gave a small laugh. "I agree it's most likely hectic over there but I guess it means less of a headache for us...for now atleast". She joked slightly, the molly wasn't great at jokes however, too used to being professional so to speak.

[duckie]

Sootflare
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Nose scrunching with distaste, Sootflare made his next moves with caution, going slowly and deliberately as he followed the scent. The longer they followed the trail, the stronger and fresher it got, beginning to mingle with cat-scent as well. The smell of their fellow Riverclanner was familiar but unsettling, given the circumstances, and it was interwoven with the scent of another altogether unfamiliar.

"Keep your eye out," he meowed, keeping his voice low,"I don't think we'll be returning home with another at our side today."

The comments of his companions made the warrior's fur bristle with annoyance. 'Just be realistic,' he thought to himself,'Fallenstream is dead and we'll be finding his body here soon.'

[ Vessel Blissie Bliss ]

[Pepperkins]

[ooc: Gonna skip Sharp moon so we can complete the patrol!]
Blossomclaw

The orange molly nodded, padding along the border side, occasionally stopping to refresh the marker. Either it was her or the Riverclan scent was extremely overpowering right now. Glancing back, no one else seemed to notice it but it couldn't go unacknowledged. Turning around, waiting for Linnetwing to catch up as she had said, Blossomclaw stopped the group for a moment. "Take a whiff, first smell you get," she said, wrinkling her nose as she accidentally took a whiff out of instinct. Wow the smell of fish was nasty, specially from those slippery otters.

Sharp moon | Blissie Bliss | Sneakyfox55 ]

[Sneakyfox55]

Brightpaw trotted up, breathing in deeply, only to scrunch up his muzzle. "They smell... Slimy," he pointed out, a bit quietly as though he felt guilty to say such an insult.

Sharp moon Blissie Bliss Pepperkins

[BEAR.]

"That shouldn't even be an opinion," he commented to Bumblefrost. "That should be a well-known fact at this point. There's no reason for the Clan to not be top priority. It's so.. sleazy..? to throw your Clan in a situation your Clan shouldn't be in. It's not like Lionstar has his eyes on ThunderClan." Though he could be shifty, Thistlestep couldn't see him targeting a Clan with little territory or personality. Lionstar liked a challenge.

"Oh," he figured she missed his point-- which was fine, but he wanted to correct her real quick. "I meant they'd probably try to cause some issues at the borders.. ShadowClan isn't our biggest fan right now."

With the border marked, he figured it was time to start moving back into their territory. "Here, I think we can start looking around for some prey to take back."

[ TawnyNeedsACoffee ]

[Fawn]

Fawnsqueak trotted alongside Lionstar at the ThunderClan border. "I hope Thistlestep doesn't mind too much, being on that patrol." The musing was to himself mostly as he considered his last interaction with Cougarpaw and how it hadn't been a wonderful one, the source of his self-questioning on whether he was cut out to be a mentor. They'd get to that later. "I don't know what you were going to tell me, but on the topic of being unbelievable, I... uh, I have got quite the story for you." Pausing for a moment, he tried to recreate the scene in his mind: he'd been working on the apprentices' den and didn't think he had any previous personal encounters with Dirtfur. Then, that'd happened. "You might think I'm kind of crazy or something, but I was just.. fixing a den, y'know? And Dirtfur comes along and shouts at me to stop being lazy, in more rude terms than that." His recollection ended with a breathless little laugh, a flick of his ear. It'd been the strangest thing. "He has the audacity to assign me to a patrol after that, then said not to be disappointing. And oh man, that was the weirdest part-- he thinks I'm the one who's at risk of being a disappointment? Geez."

BILL.

[Madelaine]

| shortstack; Vessel; |

Sparkheart dipped his head at the patrol leader. The ginger tabby tom sniffed around, scenting death nearby. It was making him sick to his stomache. There was no way that Fallenstream was alive with this stench. He knew it was the former leader, because he was the one that let him into the clan. "The scent getting stronger this way.", Sparkheart meowed, heading in the direction that the scent was the strongest.

~~~

| Pepperkins; Sneakyfox55; Sharp moon; |

Linnetwing caught up to her apprentice and Blossomclaw. She hated the fcat that she was slowing down the patrol. If only that stupid rogue tom hadn't hurt her. She forgave him after he told her he was sorry and ran off. "They've been making sure to keep their scent markers fresh aren't they? Those fish eaters have the worst stench.", Linnetwing said, scrunching up her face.

[BEAR.]

Lionstar let out a little scoff at Fawnsqueak's concerns as they neared the border. "Gaystep will get over it, deer." He didn't really care about how Gaystep felt about the patrol-- the only thing that mattered to Lionstar was Fawn.

"He did that to you too?!" Lionstar nearly snarled. "Fawn, I was just going to talk to you about him!! That asshole came into my den, okay-- normal, right? We were going to talk about some sick kit when I got interrupted by two patrols reporting to me and once I was done he started saying I did nothing but sit on my ass all day? Like, what the hell? When have I ever sat on my ass?" His tail lashed, angry just by the thought. "What the hell is his problem? I've half the mind to demote him for being such a.. jerk. An absolute fox-heart."

[ Dipper ]

[Pepperkins]

Blossomclaw

Frowning at the comment, she nodded in agreement. "They must be trying to say something, and I frankly hate the way they are doing it," she replied, a slight hiss noticeable in her voice. Leaving one more marker along the border, she started to go back over them quickly. "C'mon, lets try to overpower their scent then we can head back, I'll report this to Flintstar." She would have to wash her pelt later, the smell of those slimy flea-bags was starting to stick to her fur and oh boy did it stink!

[ Sharp moon Blissie Bliss Sneakyfox55 ]

[Sneakyfox55]

Blossomclaw

Frowning at the comment, she nodded in agreement. "They must be trying to say something, and I frankly hate the way they are doing it," she replied, a slight hiss noticeable in her voice. Leaving one more marker along the border, she started to go back over them quickly. "C'mon, lets try to overpower their scent then we can head back, I'll report this to Flintstar." She would have to wash her pelt later, the smell of those slimy flea-bags was starting to stick to her fur and oh boy did it stink!

[ Sharp moon Blissie Bliss Sneakyfox55 ]



Brightpaw glanced briefly at his mentor, waiting for her instructions before proceeding.

Blissie Bliss

[duckie]

Sootflare
__________

With the strength of the smell, it wasn't much longer before the patrol came across Fallenstream's body and the bloodied rogue that had surely taken the tom's life. Sootflare spotted the pair first and his fur immediately bristled with anger. The sight of a foreigner standing over the body of his former leader struck a rage in the warrior that blinded him to common sense. Teeth bared, Sootflare barreled at the rogue, taking a swipe at the feline with unsheathed claws.

"Get out of here!" he hissed,"This is no place for the likes of you!"

[ Vessel Blissie Bliss ]

[Vessel]

Blissie Bliss shortstack

Eveningpaw froze as her eyes landed on the body of her fallen clanmate.

Wh- w- we didn't get here in time how could this happen he'd DEAD dead dead all my fault I held back the patrol could have saved him should've just stayed behind dead dead dead because of me if I'd been less lazy this wouldn't've happed I wish I wish I wish-

Her mind went on and on, picking up speed until at last the little she-cat let out a choked sob and ran, not even caring where she went.

[Fawn]

Fawnsqueak jerked away from Lionstar's unexpectedly vibrant reaction when he'd been assuming the claim would be laughed off. It was wild, the sweet Dirtfur suddenly turning a new leaf and becoming needlessly bitter. "Yeah?" His brows hitched. "Does... that mean he did that to someone else?" In a way, he was glad since it gave credibility to an unbelievable encounter.

His ears perked at Lionstar's strangely similar run-in with his dirt cat deputy, and it elicited something between a scoff and laugh of pure incredulity. "Wow, that's..." Unable to find a suitable word, he let the comment trickle into the background of his mind. "I wonder what's going on with him. I didn't even know that was in his nature, y'know?" Nothing he'd done up to this point had suggested there was some angry, childish tom hiding within the dirt-covered exterior. "Yeah, it was a pretty jerk move, to be honest. He'll lose RiverClan's favor if he keeps yelling at everyone for.. sitting around."

At the mention of demoting him, Fawnsqueak recalled his comment to Dirtfur and was embarrassed in hindsight, dismissing it with a flick of his ear. "Come on, Fallenstream managed to stay in it for the long haul with you," he teased to lighten the mood. "I'm sure you could give Dirtfur another chance. Maybe.. maybe he was just having a really awful day, or something."


BILL.

[kittygirl]

cherrykit stared ahead at the stepping stones and at thunderclan territory," this is where hailkit said thunderclan is...right across the river..." cherrykit looked down at the rushing water of the river with fear, but her fear was replaced with a determined look. cherrykit started making her way across to the other side, her hope rising that she would be fine if she just got the right help...,"I can do this.." she made it to the other side and bent over with a painful harsh cough. cherrykit closed her eyes and took a deep breath not if it kills me before i get there... she got up and limped into thunderclan territory.

[BEAR.]

"Eyo!"

At the sight of Cherrykit, Lionstar was on her in a flash before she could cross the border. "No, no, no. Sick babies don't belong outside camp. Come on, you belong in Shiverpetal's den, you dummy."

With her collected, Lionstar looked over at Fawnsqueak. "Resume later?"

[ amber'light, Dipper ]

[kittygirl]

cherrykit had a look of panic "no!" she squeaked, "i need to get proper treatment!" she protest feeling the erg to cry as her throat started to well up," i heard that shiverpelt is untrain and i don't want to take any chances!"she finally started to tear up.
BILL.

[Fawn]

Fawnsqueak was stunned to see... a sickly kit wandering around out here, and he cast a puzzled glance to Lionstar, not sure how to begin to react in this highly unfamiliar situation. He guessed this would have to be the abrupt end to their talk in light of unexpected interruption. "What are you talking about? Shiverpetal could heal you."

To Lionstar... "Are you sure?" he asked, pausing. "I don't know if we should bring her back to camp... well, our camp." It was contagious, and he was conflicted when kits were valued members of the Clan, but worth potentially spreading an illness that could take down their warriors? That was more of a gray area. "We could, uh..." ThunderClan was an option but Flintstar's lack of spine gave him pause, and then there was ShadowClan. Bearpaw was their shared secret. "Try ShadowClan. I mean, I know one of the medicine cats on a kind of personal level." It was code that he hoped Lionstar picked up on.

amber'light BILL.

[kittygirl]

cherrykit pricked her ears to this information,"y-yes, please just...its not that i don't trust shiverpelt...i'm just scared of death..." she said with a small tear in her eyes as she remembered her mothers cold lifeless body," dose starclan want me this early..." she sniffled Dipper BILL.

[BEAR.]

Ugh, the last thing Lionstar wanted to do was go to ShadowClan over something they could just throw in the river.

But fine. If Fawnsqueak wanted to go through the waste of time.. "Maybe you can just leave her there." His voice was a low growl as he let Cherrykit go. "Save us the trouble of bringing her disease back if they can't fix her."

Lionstar turned to head back to camp, glancing over at Fawn. "Stay safe? If you need to ditch the dead weight, do it.. I don't want minced Fawn."

[ amber'light, Dipper ]

[kittygirl]

cherrykit widen her eyes at his words and started shaking a little when she turned to fawnsqueak,"i-i..." she began, but closed her mouth, so she didnt irritated the warrior.

[Fawn]

"Yeah, I... honestly, I would be too. StarClan doesn't seem like the nicest bunch from what I've heard, and they allow these sort of atrocities. Like a sick kit? I don't think they're as benevolent as cats say." That was approximately when he realized he was sharing this with a kit, who was perhaps not the ideal audience for existential debate and a bleak life-after-death outlook. Quieter, he mumbled, "Uh, sorry."

Fawnsqueak nodded, hoping it wouldn't come to that sort of decision where he'd have to choose himself over Cherrykit. "Thanks, I'll.. do you want me to come to your den when I'm back?" He assumed that was 'probably.' "I'll be back later." Another probably.

"Come on, we should get going to ShadowClan." Suppressing a sigh at another interrupted meeting, he offered the kit a lopsided smile (semi apologetic) before bending down to pick her up in his jaws.

amber'light BILL.

[kittygirl]

cherrykit stayed still and let herself go limp in the warriors jaws, still shaking a bit.
Dipper
(do i go straight to shadowclan territory? sowwy just a little confused ^-^)

[Fawn]

cherrykit stayed still and let herself go limp in the warriors jaws, still shaking a bit.
Dipper
(do i go straight to shadowclan territory? sowwy just a little confused ^-^)
((I'll make a starter in the ShadowClan medicine cat's den since I've been given approval from their med cats. :) ))

[kittygirl]

(oop, so do i just go there and wait for you to make the first post? :3 Dipper

[Fawn]

(oop, so do i just go there and wait for you to make the first post? :3 Dipper
((yes))

[BEAR.]

Lionstar shook his head at Fawn. "Might want to wash up before you come back to camp, just in case she tries to infect you with her grossness." Lionstar hardly touched her and he felt like he needed to scrub his fur off.

Disgusting.

[ Dipper ]

[Madelaine]

| shortstack; Vessel; |

Sparkheart looked at the body of the former Riverclan leader. Emotions ran through his head. This was the cat who had accepted him into Riverclan and now they arrived too late. Anger burned inside his heart at the rogue who killed him. Sparkheart glanced back at his apprentice and saw that she was scared. She must be thinking this was all her fault. He was also the one who should be at fault. He had been slow to. "You heartpess Rogue killed him!", yowled Sparkheart, anger burning in his eyes. He aimed a blow at the rogue's shoulder.

| Pepperkins; Sneakyfox55; |

Linnetwing looked at her apprentice and then the patrol leader. "They could be planning something or they are just trying to tell us that they are making sure their scent markers are fresh. There's a lot of reasons why they sid this.", she meowed. The Thunderclan warrior hated the smell of Riverclan. It smelled of dead fish. "Flintstar must know in case it is a sign that they want to attack. Its better to be safe than sorry.", Linnetwing added.

[Sneakyfox55]

Brightpaw nodded. "We should probably head back soon," he mewed.

Pepperkins Blissie Bliss Sharp moon

[TawnyNeedsACoffee]

BILL.
(Apologies for late reply!)

BumbleFrost nodded slightly in agreement with ThistleStep, her blue eyes gazed around a bit, exhaustion started to plague her somewhat, it had been a long day for her and surprisingly after this patrol all she wanted to do was relax, usually even if she was exhausted she would do some more around camp until she really needed rest. "That is true". She looked back at the Tom responding swiftly, she doubted that would end up happening.

Hearing ThistleStep she felt somewhat embarrassed, realising she misunderstood and her very bad sense of humour was also misinterpreted.She nodded, her face remaining mostly blank but you could see the smile seemed a bit awkward."O-Oh, yes I see, sorry I must have misunderstood what you meant". She glanced around after responding to the tom, her ears perked up as he mentioned hunting and she nodded giving a small smile."Sounds good!"

[duckie]

Sootflare
__________

The rogue quickly realized he was out-numbered and turned to bolt, but not before taking a swipe at the two warriors. Sootflare flinched as blow landed, a distinct stinging following the impact and red blood dripping down his muzzle. He pursued the rogue several fox-lengths before stopping in his tracks at the border. With a shaking sigh, he watched the rogue retreat before returning to the body of Fallenstream.

"We need to bring him back to camp." he meowed, addressing Sparkheart,"We'll have to find your apprentice on the way back."

[ Vessel Blissie Bliss ]

[Madelaine]

| shortstack; Vessel; |

Sparkheart watched the rogue run off. The tom followed him for a bit before stopping right before crossing the border. He let out a hiss and kicked up some dirt off the ground towards the rogue. Sparkheart turned back. He looked at the former leader's body.

"Will do. I don't like her have run off like that. That rogue could kill her next.", he mowed. The ginger tabby tom felt worry for his first apprentice.

[duckie]

Sootflare
__________

With a huff, Sootflare began to wriggle himself under the body of Fallenstream. It took several tries but before long he climbed to his paws with the body laying across his back. It would be a long trek back to camp but not entirely impossible. The fact that the body hadn't had time to freeze over made it just a little bit easier.

"Right, let's get on then,"he replied,"Feel free to go after her, if you catch her scent or see her in the distance. Wouldn't want her getting hurt."

He couldn't help but grit his teeth with that last comment. Here he was, carrying the body of their former leader back to camp and he had to worry about some asinine apprentice who couldn't keep her wits about her. It was unbelieveable.

[This is my last post here, jumping back to camp next. Feel free to deal with Sparkheart and Eveningpaw Vessel Blissie Bliss ]

[BEAR.]

BILL.
(Apologies for late reply!)

BumbleFrost nodded slightly in agreement with ThistleStep, her blue eyes gazed around a bit, exhaustion started to plague her somewhat, it had been a long day for her and surprisingly after this patrol all she wanted to do was relax, usually even if she was exhausted she would do some more around camp until she really needed rest. "That is true". She looked back at the Tom responding swiftly, she doubted that would end up happening.

Hearing ThistleStep she felt somewhat embarrassed, realising she misunderstood and her very bad sense of humour was also misinterpreted.She nodded, her face remaining mostly blank but you could see the smile seemed a bit awkward."O-Oh, yes I see, sorry I must have misunderstood what you meant". She glanced around after responding to the tom, her ears perked up as he mentioned hunting and she nodded giving a small smile."Sounds good!"

Thistlestep gave a small little shrug as he trotted away from the border, putting some distance between it and him before he scented the air. "No harm done!"

At first impression, there wasn't much to smell here-- maybe they should relocate to somewhere better? "Do you want to try over here, or would you rather head closer to where the river runs in the heart of the territory? We might find more toward there, I don't smell much."

[Leucos]

RedHead Dirtfur Bristlefrost

Walking like the lion he was named after, Lionwhisker padded toward the border . He glanced back at shadepaw and lightningpelt . Though he did give a smile to the she cat " how you doing ? " he asked. Looking over at cherrybubble " hey she cat, you coming ?" . He didn't really know her much . ....but the way she told them to do the patrol was....not what he preferred . It sounded bossy.

[Dirtfur]

RedHead Bristlefrost SilentLamb

Shadepaw followed behind Lionwhisker, what a nice for a predator. But soon that lion wouldn't be the top of the food chain soon, muhaha. The apprentice looked back at Cherrybubble. "C'mon, fatass, we have no time wasting." he insulted. The Turkish Angora couldn't wait any longer; he would be glad to see this "RiverClan".

[marshy]

Slushie
[I think this is the last one.]

"The Thunderclan border! It's the last border we have." Morningmeadow said. She then turned around and padded to the Thunderclan border. Her paws started to hurt a bit, but she tried her best to ignore it. She finally stopped at some trees. "This is the Thunderclan border! They hunt birds and mice. Unlike us, who eat fish."

[RedHead]

"Is Lightningpelt even coming?" The black-and-white she-cat questioned, having waited for the other she-cat long enough. She broke into a run to catch up with her patrol, both of whom were insulting her for being late. "I'm just trying to make sure that no more of our clanmates get in trouble with the lovely deputy, Lionwhisker." She meowed, giving him a roll of her eyes. Then she turned to Shadepaw and gave him a raised eyebrow, tail flicking behind her. "I really am curious Shadepaw, if you were visited by a Starclan cat who told you to come join Thunderclna, why are you acting like you hate it so much?" It was a genuine question, but then Cherrybubble gave a smirk. "Or is it just me you hate? Don't be afraid to be honest, I'd be honored to be hated by such a hateful cat like you." He voice was full of mocking tones, though her eyes flicked forward as the reached the Riverclan border. "Ahhh the water-lovers. They really do pack quite the stench, don't they?"

Dirtfur SilentLamb @Bristlefrost

[Leucos]

Dirtfur RedHead Morningstar

Ears flicking at shadepaws call . He gave a lion approved smirk "not bad for a newbie " he praised with a tail swish. Not long after did he spot the very feline . He gave a shrug "I don't know . Perhaps she got caught up with something ....I'm sure she'll come running over here eventually ." he meowed and turned back around until he caught cherries words again . " oh! Well then my sincerest apologies darling . But I think you should know a little something about me.....I do not respond well towards....ah ..how you say...bossy and snobby orders . But that was my fault I suppose ....I hope no hard feelings ?" he meowed as he looked back at her. He was true to his words. " ok follks ...let's get marking" with that he head off to do his job.

[Dirtfur]

RedHead Morningstar SilentLamb

Shadepaw smiled at the patrol leader's praise. He wished this warrior was his mentor instead of fatass over here. He ignored Lionwhisker's apology with Cherrybubble as Sore -- no, still Shadepaw.. for now- walked on.

"Oh, then here's an honour -- I do hate you," he stated without answering his mentor's first question about Diasywhatsherface.

"Yuck!" he spitted, smelling the fishy-stench of RiverClan. Those free-loaders definitely love fish, how lucky they are that Shadepaw decided not to come to their clan, yet. He slowly nodded to Cherrybubble's comment about the smell. Trying to ignore it, he followed the patrol leader until it's time to mark ThunderClan borders.

[RedHead]

"Bossy and snobby is the only way some cats listen." Cherrybubble retorted back, sending a small glare to Lionwhisker. "You may see me like that but at least I get things done. Unlike some lazy-pelts in our clan." She turned to face Shadepaw, ignoring his comment for now. "At least my apprentice here seems to have some of his head on straight, he's not opposed to working and getting things done, I will say I do appreciate that. But not much else about him." The black-and-white she-cat snickered before turning and padding down the length of the border, waving her tail to the two tomcats. "Shadepaw, you should have a strong enough Thunderclan scent by now to start marking some of the border on your own. Lionwhisker, you now what you're doing. I'll start down here and we'll all meet in the middle. Then we can go report back to Duskfeather on a job well done." Her tail swished to and fro behind her as she padded towards the far end of the border, where she than began to refresh the markers.

SilentLamb Dirtfur

[Leucos]

Dirtfur RedHead
"your not wrong about that ..." he responded . It was sad really. ..some cats should know better. Ears flicking at the two bickering the tom just gave a small smile to himself . Looking back at Cherrybubble he gave a nod "I'll keep an eye on shadepaw. Just so he doesn't get into trouble ...who knows what riverclan cats we'll come across ..." he meowed and started refreshing the markers after beckoning shadepaw over.

[Dirtfur]

Shadepaw padded on, ignoring the conversation between the two. He studied the border that divided RC and ThC.
The Turkish Angora closed his eyes, inserting an image of the affects when Sore becomes the leader of a clan, forcing the others to make the clans one whole by torturing them or persuasive tactics. Yes.. yes! He'll get rid of the puny leaders and then become the one and only leader of this ONE clan.

But that was his imagine, nothing real has happened, but he'll make him real....
I will!

Sore-- No, wait.. still Shadepaw, opened his eyes. He eyed the beckoning from lionwhisker who he reluctantly nodded and followed. Twisting back, he saw that his mentor was gone. Good Riddance!
The black apprentice rubbed his paw to the imagery line, marking the new borders.

From boredom, he turned his aqua-blue eyes onto the tom besides him. "Don't you have a hate bubble forming in your belly, Lionwhisker?"

RedHead SilentLamb

[Leucos]

Dirtfur RedHead
After remarking a spot he glanced down at shadepaws odd question . " towards you? No I just let that go...but I do have ...some hate towards traitors ...and I love punishing them. So sad I couldn't do that to that worthless scarface and darkstorm... " he meowed with a gaze up to the sky. "why you ask?"

[Dirtfur]

Dirtfur RedHead
After remarking a spot he glanced down at shadepaws odd question . " towards you? No I just let that go...but I do have ...some hate towards traitors ...and I love punishing them. So sad I couldn't do that to that worthless scarface and darkstorm... " he meowed with a gaze up to the sky. "why you ask?"

Shadepaw snapped his head around to see if that old ass is eavesdropping. He turned back to glare at Lionwhisker. "Not towards me," you fool, he wished he could say, but he knew it will go wrong.
With another glance at Cherrybubble and back the tom-warrior.
"Don't you feel jealous? Towards someone?"

[RedHead]

The older warrior had ducked behind a bush to mark a spot on the border, her ears trained towards her fellow patrol members as she continued marking. She was slowly making her way closer, making sure the borders were marked correctly and thoroughly. She was going to do a good job and have something to show for it for the lovely deputy. Though she glanced up at Shadepaw's and Lionwhisker's conversation, her ears twitching in interest. She couldn't agree more with Lionwhisker though, the whole fiasco with Scarface and Darkstorm was horrible. She was going to have to keep a sharper eye out for traitors within the clan, Cherrybubble didn't want anything bad to happen to her clan, to Thunderclan. And she was having her skepticism's about Shadepaw.
"Jealous towards who?" She questioned as she was coming closer, having finished marking her part of the border. "Are you jealous of my excellence, Shadepaw?" She meowed with a smirk, tail twitching lightly in amusement.

SilentLamb Dirtfur

[Leucos]

Dirtfur RedHead
Ears perking up the tom made an o shape with his mouth. aha...I understand now.... "to be honest yes. But we all get jealous. And I'm not ashamed of it ....but not to the point of hatred . " he reassured with a smile. He was just a tad jealous ...the position of deputy would have been amazing ! But we can't win them all of course . "shouldn't you be helping to reset the scent marks?" he meowed with a playful poke of his tail. With that he replaced the next marker. Looking over at cherrybubble " and I doubt that's it dear..." he meowed .

[Dirtfur]

RedHead SilentLamb

Shadepaw glared at Lionwhisker's response, then at the lame mentor. He growled under his breath, disliking how the molly was eavesdropping them.
"Sure, fat ass," the Turkish Angora insulted the mentor. "I'm jealous at your lameness!" anger crept inside the apprentice's chest. He wished he can get rid of his mentor... maybe he can?
He marked the rest of the borders.

[dino.]

[ :Grimm: ]
Stars, why does RiverClan have to be so big? He followed without comment, eyeing the border as they approached. His legs hurt; cats with such short limbs weren't meant to walk such long distances. It should be considered torture. But if that was the cost, then he figured it would all be worth it one day.
He finally caught up with her, and blinked across the scent line. Under the sharp scent of frozen water it smelled smoky, and he thought some of the branches looked a little black around the edges. He glanced up at Morningmeadow. "Did something happen here? It... it smells like fire, almost."

[marshy]

Slushie

Morningmeadow smelt it too. "There was a fire not long ago, you weren't here though. I still feel bad for Thunderclan." She said. Sure, her loyalty was to Riverclan. But she couldn't help feeling bad for the other clans. "Well, thats all for today! What do you want to do next time? Battle Training, or a Hunting lesson?"

[dino.]

[ :Grimm: ]

His tail twitched. A fire? Of course, I should have realized. "Definitely battle training," he meowed. "I want to be able to fight for RiverClan. When ShadowClan attacked me I wasn't able to defend myself. I need to make sure I can do that."

[marshy]

Slushie

"Okay! We'll start in a day or two." Morningmeadow replied. "For now, let's go home and get some rest. We did a lot of walking today!" Morningmeadow smiled before padding back home.

[chaton]

[ sugarcubes RedHead ]

The chase had eventually led them to their destination: the border. Leafbreeze continued to bound after the rogue, making sure to not stop until she was sure they had crossed the scent line. As they reached the edge, the rogue turned around and hissed some harsh words, looking as if it was going to start a fight with the patrol. However, seeing that it was outnumbered, it quickly turned around and dashed off into ThunderClan's territory. Leafbreeze felt satisfied with the mission. Sitting down to catch her breath, she spoke softly to her patrol. "We did it..." She tried to get up afterwards to check up on Mosspaw and Quailsnap, but winced as one of her front paws ached when putting pressure on it. Seeing the confused looks on their faces, she explained "I think I may have injured my paw during the chase..."

[fr0ggy]

[ Jane RedHead ]
~~

Mosspaw squealed in excitement as the rogue crossed over the border. She wiggled and pranced around in a happy dance of sorts until she heard what her mentor had said. She gasped and rushed over to look at her paw. She winced, something similar had happened to her during a game of moss ball, but not that bad. Mosspaw stood up and went to Leafbreeze's side. "Here, you can lean on me!" She smiled up at her mentor, trying to comfort her. "That happened to me once, and I left it alone for a day or two, and its was allllll better! So there's no need to worry!"
~~
(mosspaw loves leafbreeze sm im sobbing-)

[chaton]

[ sugarcubes RedHead ]

Leafbreeze smiled to Mosspaw. "I appreciate the offer, but we've got to finish checking the rest of the border." She would have accepted the apprentices's help had another warrior not been present. With some delay, she padded slowly along the edge, calling the patrol to follow along. Apart from the rogue, everything else seemed to be calm as they carried on.

(absolutely adorable uwuwuwu)

[fr0ggy]

[ Jane RedHead ]
~~

"Should we also... uh... oh! Should we renew the scent markers?" She scrunched up her nose as she said it, she wasn't sure what it meant, she had only heard it from an earlier patrol. Mosspaw was following behind her mentor, sniffing the border periodically. She looked at Leafbreee, then Quailsnap, waiting for a response.
~~
(lol uuwuwuwuuwu)

[chaton]

[ sugarcubes RedHead ]

Leafbreeze replied to Mosspaw "Yeah, that's part of our job." Afterwards, she showed the young apprentice how to mark an area with scent. The patrol continued marking up along the rest of the border, eventually reaching the end. They continued to backtrack to areas they had missed originally. Eventually, the whole ThunderClan border had been checked and re-marked. There had been no signs of the rogue coming back, or anything else out of the ordinary. When it was all said and done, Leafbreeze took a rest near the river, idling sleepily. She spoke to the patrol "We'll head back in a bit, I'm glad we didn't have too much trouble during all this."

[fr0ggy]

[ Jane RedHead ]
~~

Mosspaw nodded enthusiastically, still excited over their victory with the rogue. She then turned to Leafbreeze and yawned, becoming drowsy just looking at her mentor. She padded over and laid down next to Leafbreeze, snuggling into her fur. In seconds, she was asleep.
~~
(ive decided mosspaw thinks of leafbreezze as a mom now so congratulations lol)

[RedHead]

"Hopefully your paw isn't hurt too bad." Quailsnap meowed to Leafbreeze, giving her a small smile. She'd been the main cat to chase after the rogue, and Quailsnap was glad it hadn't given them any trouble. He wouldn't be able to stand himself if young Mosspaw had been hurt, or even Leafbreeze. Rouges fought nasty, he knew that for sure. And some cats were never prepared for that reality. As the border was finished getting marked, and Mosspaw seemed to doze off, Quailsnap let out a small huff of amusement. "Suppose too much excitement is still too much for her." He knew kits had a habit of getting tired easily, after bursts of energy, and it seemed that carried over into young apprentices as well. "Come on though Mosspaw, you can make it back to camp at least." The tom meowed, nudging the smaller cat gently with a paw.

Jane sugarcubes

[chaton]

[ sugarcubes RedHead ]

"He's right, we've got to get back to camp first." at the same time, she hesitated getting up because she really didn't want to disturb Mosspaw. She knew that sitting out here wasn't going to do them any good though, so she eventually did move and started making preparations to head back. "Sorry about that Mosspaw." She smiled sheepishly at the young cat, hoping that she hadn't bothered her too much. Turning to Quailsnap, she silently thanked him for the help, following this up with a request. "Can you lead the way back? I believe you're more fit to do so."

(honestly? i think she'd be fine with that haha)

[kittygirl]

ashcloud finally stopped running once he reached the river, he flopped on the ground with a sigh as he started thinking about what he said.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud got up and sat down, he stared at his reflection in the river, he sighed, "oh dawnblossom, i'm so sorry...why did I even get that mad...I don't even know flintstar that well...and why did I change my mind so quick...?" he closed his eyes and let out a, now, frustrated sigh. the fur along his neck was finally laying flat. Jane

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom followed the noise up to the border, at which she stopped. Hidden within the edge of the forest, she scanned the riverbank until she saw a cat sitting there, alone. She didn't know who it could be, until she heard them speak. Ashcloud! She stayed among the trees, unsure of how to really approach him.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, "dear starclan why do I do this, I can't even get an apprentice!" he clawed the water, he got up and began to pace, "I just need to fix things!" he huffed as he lashed his tail, "dawnblossom is the first she-cat I actually feel attracted to, and then I go off and make her sad, geez what a tom I am!" he scolded himself, he stopped pacing and gazed up at shiverpelt, "starclan...light my way..." he dipped his head. Jane

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]


Dawnblossom knew she couldn't sit by and just watch. She padded out slowly, walking up to Ashcloud. Without saying a word, she sat next to him, brushing her tail across his pelt. She felt bad about staying silent, but she didn't really know what to say. She just hoped that showing she still cared about him would help him.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud flinched, his eyes wide as he saw it was dawnblossom. ashcloud circled around the molly and nuzzled her, "dawnblossom I'm so sorry!" he mewed, "I hadn't meant to lash out I was just mad about being embarrassed in front of the clan and not getting to be a mentor...and the whole flintstar demotion was so conflicting..." he purred and continued to nuzzle her. ashcloud realized he was being to "close" to the molly and backed up with an embarrassed look on his face, "heh...sorry." he apoligized with a brief smile. Jane

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom looked Ashcloud in the eyes, finally knowing what she had wanted to say the whole time. "Look... It's all okay. I was just taken aback when you had been so abrupt at that time. It hurt my feelings, and quite frankly, I still feel hurt... but I know you didn't mean to be that abrasive. And, well... I love you despite our disagreements. I feel as if StarClan themselves had our paths cross..." She sighed, looking across the river as she continued. "I do wonder, though... why do we stay here, within the confines of artifical borders? This might sound stupid, but I've always dreamed of roaming this world freely with you by my side. Life in ThunderClan has been tough, not just at this point, but in general. We fight cats who all live by the same rules, for what? Glory? I just wish to put an end to this system, and to be with you..." She silenced herself at that point, feeling that she'd said too much. Moving closer to the tom, she rested against his warmth, growing tired.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud didn't freak at this, but instead smiled and purred as she leaned on him. ashcloud closed his eyes and enjoyed the moment for a while before speaking, "thunderclan is our home, our family....and right now we need to help our family back onto there paws...we fight to protect our clan...and we remark borders to have prey to feed our clans...and we all live as one, but yet as four." he had finished, ashcloud was a little suprised to have picked his words so well, family... the word echoed in his head for a heartbeat. ashcloud leaned his head on the tiered molly. Jane

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom responded sleepily. "I suppose you're right... I do feel kinship with ThunderClan, despite all the trouble we've gone through..." her body gave into tiredness before she could continue, sleeping softly against Ashcloud's fur. She had a faint smile on her face as she rested, looking as if she was finally at peace.

[kittygirl]

ashclouds amber eyes soften and he slowly settles down, he did so slowly enough to not wake dawnblossom. ashcloud curled around dawnblssom and was quick to fall asleep, his large fluffy tail wrapped perfectly around the molly to keep her warm. starshooter

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom was awoken by the sun shining down upon her some time later. She was pleasantly surprised to see that Ashcloud had stayed with her despite all that had happened the night before. She got up carefully, as not to wake the sleeping tom, and walked to the edge of the river that defined the border between ThunderClan and RiverClan. Staring out into the distance, she once again pondered about travelling freely across all the territories, but quickly shook the idea from her head. After getting a drink, she padded back to where Ashcloud remained sleeping and went back to resting with the him, making sure he was comfortable as he slept.

[RedHead]

Flintspirit had sped out of camp once Cedarstream and Blazingpaw had joined him, tail flicking back and forth every so often as he walked. They travelled through the burnt territory, Flintspirit looking around at it, still in dismay at the sad condition it was in. But soon enough they neared the Riverclan border, where there were still signs of the lush evergreens they survived leaf-bare. “I want to double check and make sure the border is thoroughly marked.” He meowed, glancing towards Cedarstream, then Blazingpaw. “Finding that scent in our territory so close to camp was unsettling. I want to be ready for any funny business if it comes our way.” The tomcat then flicked his tail to his two patrol members, signaling them to begin remarking the border. He himself began near the middle, remarking the scent marks and keeping an eye and ear out for any sign of trouble.

Ever Starfall

[Ever]

Cedaratream's ears perked as she listened to Flinstspirit's words, remembering the scent they had caught the night after that meeting. She shivered. It couldn't be good news to have Riverclan on their territory. She turned to her apprentice to begin explaining where they were.

"Blazingpaw check the air, do you smell anything? And make sure to keep your eyes alert and stick by us. A clan cat never crosses into another's territory unless you have permission of the leader, understood?" Her deep green eyes watched the young cat carefully wondering what he would think when he picked up the Riverclan scent. It was always funny to watch a youngster smell the other clans for the first time, nose screwing up with the unfamiliar taste.
RedHead Starfall

[Starfall]

The Tortoiseshell shuffled along, what exactly were they patrolling for? Didn't all the clans share territory? Were they just looking for food, that would make sense he barely saw that pile get bigger than an apprentice while he's been here. Were patrols a regular thing or was this just because Duskduck hated him? Probably that ladder one.

His ears perked as...what's her face, was it Cedarstick? Well when she started talking to him he clicked his tongue. "That's kinda dumb, is this why you guys are always fighting? Lots of Rouges like to chat about the constant bickering between the different Clans." he huffed, bringing his muzzle up to sniff. He couldn't really place what he was smelling, but it was gross. Swinging his head, Blazingpaw wiggled his nose and looked at the pair. "Smells disgusting. Like something died and came back to life at least three times in a row."
Ever RedHead

[RedHead]

The tomcat had begun to mark the border, spraying his scent near a small rock when he heard Blazingpaw voice his concerns. He turned slightly to address him, tail flicking in amusement. “Well, you certainly have a point Blazingpaw. Clans do like to bicker and fight often.” He himself had thought the borders a little odd when he was younger, a new apprentice to the clan. Being born a loner had instilled some different mindsets within him. “But with as many cats living within each clan as we have, its better to keep our territories clearly marked. Otherwise fights would break out a lot more than they do now.” He smiled at Blazingpaw before giving a glance to Cedarstream, then looking out across the Riverclan border. “That’s Riverclan for ya, they stink.” He meowed, eyes narrowing at the quietness enveloping the area. He didn’t know what to make of the Riverclan scent in their territory. Everything seemed fine over here.

@Stafall Ever

[Ever]

Cedarstream felt her back twitch with a flicker of annoyance as Flintspirit beat her to an answer for her apprentice. Though she could really be mad, she knew she was still feeling annoyed with where they left off the last time they had talked. Though she quickly smoothed her fur, a quick few licks to her chest and added some details to his explanation. It was clear that this rogue had really not been told anything about the warrior code when he asked to join.

"And do you really want to share territory with cats that smell like that!" She wrinkled her nose up at the scent of Riverclan on a tree and rubbed her own scent on the other side before turning to look at the young tom. "Besides, we live under the warrior code. There have always been four clans and there always will be four clans. Every warrior and clan member is expected to defend their own with teeth and claws."

Cedarstream watched the young cat carefully, watching to see how he would react. It wouldnt fare well for him to turn up his nose to parts of the code that were unchangeable. Her tail twitched behind her with the thought that he might not accept the code, but she quickly shook it off. She was just being skeptical of a cat because they weren't clan born and that was unfair of her. Her green gaze softened at the thought, she would try her best to keep her own values and emotions in check with him.

Starfall RedHead

[kittygirl]

ashcloud blinked awake he streched his paws out and let out a soft yawn, he examined his surroundings, ashcloud was confused for a second until he saw dawnblossom resting with him. ashcloud gave a loving look at the molly before licking the top of her head affectionately. He didn't want to wake her, but he decided that it was for the best sense they were gone for the whole night. ashcloud nudged dawnblossom a little, "dawnblossom, wake up..." he said softly as he curled his tail around her. starshooter

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom woke up from her sleep when she heard another voice nearby. She looked around to see Ashcloud, now awake and curled up with her. She got up and stretched. "Huh... I didn't mean to fall asleep again." After being awake for a bit her senses came to her more clearly, giving her the realisation that they had been gone from camp for quite some time. "We need to head back, I don't want our clan to think we've gone missing."

[kittygirl]

ashcloud nodded in agreement, "yeah I know, I was thinking the same thing." he mewed before getting up and shaking the dirt off his pelt and grooming it back down to a silky dark grey and black. ashcloud turned back to dawnblossom and gazed into her eyes for a while, his eyes narrowed as a charming smile plastered a crossed his face. he started to lean closer, but paused and sighed. starshooter

[kittygirl]

ashcloud thought for a second, his tail lashed with annoyance before he slowly closed his eyes and took a deep breath. ashcloud leaned forward and kissed dawnblossom, his heart was racing when he finally pulled back. He looked back at her with a charming look in his eyes, ashcloud wanted to just run as embarrasment, guilt, and anxiety began to wash over him like a ragging river, but he kept a calm look on his face to hide the panic. starshooter

[chaton]

[ amber'light ]

Dawnblossom stepped back in surprise. "Wha..." She wasn't sure what to do, she couldn't understand what had just happened. "This is all... confusing. I think I need to spend some time alone..." Caught up in her emotions, the she-cat walked off back towards camp, not waiting to see if Ashcloud was going to follow her.

[kittygirl]

ashcloud watched her walk away, all he did was sigh and curse at himself. He ran ahead of dawnblossom and straight into camp. starshooter

[RedHead]

That was stupid... Flintspirit growled inwardly at himself. He knew that Cedarstream was still a bit upset with him, and he couldn’t blame her. He made a note to do something nice for her later today, he wanted to show her he wasn’t just brushing her thoughts about the matter off. He took her on the patrol to check out the Riverclan scent, she should realize that counted for something, right? He was trying at least, to help her understand.
Probably shouldn’t have tried teaching her apprentice for her though... Flintspirit figured it was because he didn’t have his own apprentice. Ever since Pinepath became a warrior, he’d felt a little... lost in a way.

Flintspirit remained quiet as Cedarstream talked with Blazingpaw, knowing he should give her some space. As he quietly remarked the border, suspicions grew within him. The border seemed fine, no changes there. But that scent... it had been Riverclan. Very close to camp. Maybe I’ll just mention something about it to Duskstar... just a quick warning, see how she reacts... Everything about this situation was suspicious, and he would get to the bottom of it, for the safety of his clan. His only worry was that Duskstar had something to do with it. And that would make him sad to see that she would stoop so low just for more power. She’d changed quite a lot, so Flintspirit could see that as a possibility. She tore him apart in front of the clan, that entire speech had been unnecessary. But he’d taken it all head on. And he would continue to do so. For the safety and better good if his clan.

Starfall Ever

[Greenleap]

Greenpaw skidded to a stop. The small she was very excited.
"this is it, right Willowrose?" Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Greenleap; |

Willowrose ran after her apprentice, hoping she wouldn't cross the border. "Yes this is the Thunderclan border.", she meowed. The black and white molly looked at her apprentice with her lower eye.

[Greenleap]

"It smells different..." Greenpaw observed. Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Greenleap; |

Willowrose wanted to agree with them, but she had no nostrils, so that meant she had no sense of smell. "Some cats would say that.", she replied, not telling them about not having a sense of smell.

[Greenleap]

She was confused by this, but wanted to keep going.
"Ok, whats next?" Greenpaw asked excitedly. Blissie Bliss

[Madelaine]

| Greenleap; |

Willowrose thought for a moment before deciding. "Lets go check out the Windclan border.", she meowed. She didn't want to go there, but she had to show her apprentice the whole borders. She didn't like the fact that she'll be close to her former home.

[Greenleap]

"YAAAAAY" Greenpaw raced off toward the border. Blissie Bliss

[Slatepaw]

It had been a long day for Sandwhisker; she'd gotten up early, gone fishing and patrolling, then she trained her apprentice in battle tactics, then she and her pal Koistream caused some mischief throughout the territory. All of this had exhausted her but not physically; socially.

Leaving her clanmates behind, she padded into the forest to soak up the freedom of the forest. A deep sigh slipped from her maul as she padded to the edges of thier forest, until the scent of Thuderclan tickled her nostrils. Those emerald eyes gazed at the territory line; there was something so tempting about stepping into enemy territory. She would never do it, but it etched her paws. Taking yet another deep sigh, she found a content spot below a large oak and took to sit, taking the moment to clean her pelt of the mud's gift.
Salt

[Madelaine]

[~] Vessel; Starfall; Slatepaw; [~]

Bouncesnarl led his patrol to the Riverclan border. They really needed to get this done or Flintspirit wouldn't be too happy with them if they didn't complete it. The tom glanced at Copperbounce, happy that he got a chance to spend more time with the tom. "Leaf bare is almost over, so the prey should be coming out soon or even now. We must keep watch for any signs.", Bouncesnarl meowed.

[Slatepaw]

[~] Vessel; Starfall; Slatepaw; [~]

Bouncesnarl led his patrol to the Riverclan border. They really needed to get this done or Flintspirit wouldn't be too happy with them if they didn't complete it. The tom glanced at Copperbounce, happy that he got a chance to spend more time with the tom. "Leaf bare is almost over, so the prey should be coming out soon or even now. We must keep watch for any signs.", Bouncesnarl meowed.

His "Bounce-buddy" nodded attentively at his words, " I am a very attentive boy." He gave himself a false compliment, while his mouth slipped a giggle; everyone knew he was a total ditz. Walking alongside his buddy, he paused to look back at those that followed them, "Let's make sure you guys have a great patrol so we can get you off Flintspirit's backside, hmm?" He grinned at them brightly.

Vessel Starfall

[Madelaine]

[~] Slatepaw; Vessel; Starfall; [~]

Bouncesnarl didn't know who he was talking to when the other two cats didn't seem to be following them. He let it slide since he liked him a lot. The tom scented the air and smelled with different scents of prey. It seemed like everything was starting to come out of hiding. "I think we should mark the border and then hunt before going back to camp to report.", Bouncesnarl meowed.

[CloverAndCoffee]

Cloverwish's head snapped up, seeing a fat woodchuck. She'd lick her chops. She hadn't eaten in days now. She had been too busy attempting to take care of Lightningkit, Doesnap's daughter. But Doesnap had been killed during a horrible ambush plot. It had left an empty space in Cloverwish's heart ever since. The dogs. Rouges. Foxes. The blood. and fur of Doesnap all over trees, making them crimson. She shuddered thinking about that horrifying, and saddening moment. She'd then focus on the woodchuck. She'd get into a highly accurate hunter's crouch, then pounce on the unsuspecting woodchuck's neck, killing it. She'd then pick up it's thick scruff. It was too late to realize that she had passed the Thunderclan / Riverclan border. A blind tom was staring at her. " Who are you, and what do you want? " He'd snarl fiercely. " H-hunting.... R-Riverclan doesn't want their kits to starve! Especially- " She'd then stop. She couldn't tell a cat from another clan about Doesnap's orphan daughter. The clan that heard about Lightningkit might kit-nap her. " And? " The tom raised a brow. " I.. gotta go! " Cloverwish dashed away. " Heh. Riverclan cats are just a bunch of cowards, " Heronwave snorted.
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:rainbowllama: Cloverwish:rainbowllama:

[Slatepaw]

[~] Slatepaw; Vessel; Starfall; [~]

Bouncesnarl didn't know who he was talking to when the other two cats didn't seem to be following them. He let it slide since he liked him a lot. The tom scented the air and smelled with different scents of prey. It seemed like everything was starting to come out of hiding. "I think we should mark the border and then hunt before going back to camp to report.", Bouncesnarl meowed.

Copperbounce nodded his head with a grin, glancing behind him with embarrassment as the others seemed to disappear, "Sounds great to me!" He nodded with enthusiasm, going to scent some of their borders.

Vessel Starfall

[Starfall]

The Tuxedo stood there looking up at his mentor for a bit before he swiftly swung his head to the side and shuffled after the pair of felines. His face was hot. How embearassing! Sunsnow didn't even respond! Lost in his own thoughts the Apprentice aimlessly walked into the territory a little ways before he realized he was going the exact opposite way. Letting out a surprised chirp the Grey feline swiveled on his heels and B-lined towards the border.

Wiggling his way out of a twiggy shrub he managed to get himself stuck in, Mosspaw let out a squeak "I'm Sorry! I went the wrong way I wasn't paying attention." he whined, still halfway stuck in the shrub.

Blissie Bliss Slatepaw Vessel

[Madelaine]

| Slatepaw; Starfall; |

Bouncesnarl looked at the apprentice who had showed up. Well at least one of the two showed up. "We need to mark the border.", he meowed. The tom padded over to the scent markers and started to mark the borders. He looked back at the other two cats.

[Slatepaw]

Copperbounce nodded with enthusiasm, "Of course, fearless patrol leader! " He bumped his pal playfully before racing off down the borderline with an enthusiastic laugh. Once down the distance, he started to mark the edges with great energy.
Blissie Bliss Starfall

[Dirtfur]

Rain splattered onto the mud whilst being stepped on by dirty paws of a outsider. Who knows how many moons it had been since Dirt was kicked out of his home-clan--then being kick out of another. All the old brown tabby wanted was to go back to RiverClan, hoping that his former clanmates will take him back.
He gotten used to the wilderness of the forest, using mud and dirt to hide himself. Sometimes he gets spotted and was chased away into the outside world, but he comes back; he never wants to have a life as a kittypet, who are known for their usual living in a twoleg's den that was outside of the forest. Dirt figures that he if he stayed longer in the outside he will become a kittypet.


The tabby's bones were sticking out of his fur; he didn't have enough time to find any prey to eat due to being chased off and because of the harsh leafbare. But this time is different, he thought. Right now it is Newleaf, meaning that there will be plenty of prey that can satisfied the old cat.

Dirt sneaked up behind a mouse. He bunched his aching muscles and ready to spring at the dead meat. The prey turned its head around, screeching then scampering away from the loner. The filthy tabby bounced off the grass and struck his claw at the running meal, but too late; the mouse ran away into a tree's roots. Dirt sighed, noting that he should try harder next time. He set his chin down on the dirt, desperately. His stomach rumbles of hunger.

[teddy.]

Sunchaser had lead the patrol out of the busy clearing, the sound of meows and idle laughter faded behind the three cat the further they went into the territory. Sunchaser took the lead, mainly as the head of the patrol but also for the simple fact that if any logs or branches were to break, it would be under his weight for sure. His cream flank was also quite easy to spot through the foliage. They had arrived at the border.


{ RedHead Starbot }

[RedHead]

Jaggedhawk followed Sunchaser out into the forest, glad that they were heading for the Riverclan border. These part of the woods hadn't been touched by the fire much, most of the damage had been around the Shadowclan border and towards the Twolegplace.
Though, as the patrol came out into the small clearing before the bank of the river, Jaggedhawk's ears flattened. Mud. The riverbanks were overflowing, and all the land around them was now a mushy mud, thick and dark and black. The river had practically overflowed across the border. "I am not touching that." Jaggedhawk growled, his face pulled into a look of disgust as his eyes scanned the riverbank and it's disgusting new style.

Starbot S-oft

[Starfall]

Aspenpaw had silently followed suit, taking in all of the Thunderclan territory she could as they passed. She'd only gone out into the territory once. It was with Bluegorse. Rounded ears swiveled as Jaggedhawk spoke up, she hadn't even realized there was mud all around until he pointed it out. Looking down she was even standing in some. Wiggling her paws she listened to the splurching of the wet dirt. Although it sounded gross and looked gross, it felt nice. Like the sun was pulling a warm blanket of moss over her. "Surely a fearless warrior like yourself isn't afraid of a little bit of wet dirt are you?" she hummed, giving the Tom an innocent smile as she backed up towards Sunchaser

RedHead S-oft

[wolfie]

Rain splattered onto the mud whilst being stepped on by dirty paws of a outsider. Who knows how many moons it had been since Dirt was kicked out of his home-clan--then being kick out of another. All the old brown tabby wanted was to go back to RiverClan, hoping that his former clanmates will take him back.
He gotten used to the wilderness of the forest, using mud and dirt to hide himself. Sometimes he gets spotted and was chased away into the outside world, but he comes back; he never wants to have a life as a kittypet, who are known for their usual living in a twoleg's den that was outside of the forest. Dirt figures that he if he stayed longer in the outside he will become a kittypet.


The tabby's bones were sticking out of his fur; he didn't have enough time to find any prey to eat due to being chased off and because of the harsh leafbare. But this time is different, he thought. Right now it is Newleaf, meaning that there will be plenty of prey that can satisfied the old cat.

Dirt sneaked up behind a mouse. He bunched his aching muscles and ready to spring at the dead meat. The prey turned its head around, screeching then scampering away from the loner. The filthy tabby bounced off the grass and struck his claw at the running meal, but too late; the mouse ran away into a tree's roots. Dirt sighed, noting that he should try harder next time. He set his chin down on the dirt, desperately. His stomach rumbles of hunger.

The new made warrior was wandering around the territory, exploring. He didn't have to worry about making sure to not get caught. Yet naturally out of habit Wormpa.. Wormbite would hide himself in bushes once a patrol passed. He was curious to see where his paws would lead him.

Wormbite let out a sigh, gently shaking his head to clear his thoughts. He would smell the air in search of prey-- yet a different scent hit him. Wormbite almost stumbled back at the strong familiar yet unknown smell. He unsheathed his claws. A trespasser? His hammered in his chest. As an apprentice, he never really did anything besides training.

Wormbite began to trail after the scent, dread whirling around in his stomach. The more he got closer, the more he got closer to the ground. Wormbite was behind the bushes-- right across him was the intruder. The tall tom launch himself out of the bushes, claws outstretched for-- Wormbite's face dropped. immediately he requinized his former mentor. His composure fell apart and instead, he landed on the ground.
"Dirtfur?" He choked out, pink-tinted hues wide with.. so many emotions.

[teddy.]

Sunchaser watched the two, a golden brow raised at the sudden disgust in the other warriors voice. "You're acting like a kittypet, Jaggedhawk." He couldn't help but chuckle. He took a step forward, his scream and white paw sinking a few mouse tails into the mud. Sunchaser didn't even flinch at the sensation, the mud could always be groomed off. He tugged through until he reached what used to be the bank, the long hairs of his underbelly now turning brown. "Tsk... Spring overflow."


{ RedHead Starbot }

[RedHead]

The tomcat narrowed his eyes at the young apprentice's comment, before he let out a huff. "Of course not! I'm not scared of it. Just being cautious because it's disgusting!" But as Sunchaser also commented on his lack of enthusiasm, Jaggedhawk stuck his tongue out at the warrior, tail flicking irritably behind him. But as the two waded into the mud, with no hesitation at all, Jaggedhawk remained a few steps away from the mud line, his face still scrunched into a look of disgust. After a few moments he finally took a deep breath, placing one paw into the mud. He would get in trouble if he didn't participate, and Jaggedhawk didn't want to get in trouble. "Ew. ew. ew. ew. ew." He meowed as he waded through the mud. Being shorter, it was submerging him to nearly his belly, and Jaggedhawk was not having a good time. "How are we even gonna mark the border when it's like this?" He whined, tail held high to avoid getting more of himself muddy.

S-oft Starbot

[Dirtfur]

x ghostie

Dirt pricked his ears. That voice... it sounds familiar!
"Wormpaw?" the brown loner tilted his head upwards to be able to see his grown apprentice. "You look like an amazing warrior." he smiled, almost to tears from seeing the apprentice he once trained grown big and strong like a warrior.
Looking at himself, to his limbs and back, Dirt sighed and pushed himself up to face his former apprentice. "I'm sorry.. I look like... dirt."

[wolfie]

x ghostie

Dirt pricked his ears. That voice... it sounds familiar!
"Wormpaw?" the brown loner tilted his head upwards to be able to see his grown apprentice. "You look like an amazing warrior." he smiled, almost to tears from seeing the apprentice he once trained grown big and strong like a warrior.
Looking at himself, to his limbs and back, Dirt sighed and pushed himself up to face his former apprentice. "I'm sorry.. I look like... dirt."

Wormbite was still distracted. I mean, his mentor. The former deputy. Was right in front of him. On the borders connecting Thunderclan and Riverclan. He sheathed his claws. A deep frown on his lips, "You're.. not dead, " He observed. Wormbite was surprised. He was sure Dirtfur would die from his illness... counting on. He was counting on Starclan severing his ties with the tom. It wasn't like he was hoping on it, just--

Wormbite shuffled with his paws, averting his gaze. "Wormbite, " He corrected. He dryly chuckled at the irony. Dirtfur looked like dirt. "If it helps, you always looked like it, " He replied-- in an weak attempt to be 'humorous'. Yet Dirtfur at least looked healthy. He was just skin and bones now. Even in leaf-bare, he was healthier. Wormbite swallowed nervously. His thoughts only consisted of one word. Stop. Stop your emotions. Stop talking.

"Sootflare is deputy. Otterleg is Otterstone now. She's the medicine cat. Omenshade is her apprentice. Flowerkit is in Windclan now. Which you probably knew.." The tom paused for a moment, furrowing his eyebrows together. He didn't know why he was telling Dirtfur this. Maybe to give him closure. "Sparrowkit became an apprentice. Sunkit is.. unhappy. His ceremony is held back since he keeps rebelling. I got into my first fight and scar. With Wolfpaw, " He would just ramble, trying to fill the silence the best he could.

[Dirtfur]

Wormbite was still distracted. I mean, his mentor. The former deputy. Was right in front of him. On the borders connecting Thunderclan and Riverclan. He sheathed his claws. A deep frown on his lips, "You're.. not dead, " He observed. Wormbite was surprised. He was sure Dirtfur would die from his illness... counting on. He was counting on Starclan severing his ties with the tom. It wasn't like he was hoping on it, just--

Wormbite shuffled with his paws, averting his gaze. "Wormbite, " He corrected. He dryly chuckled at the irony. Dirtfur looked like dirt. "If it helps, you always looked like it, " He replied-- in an weak attempt to be 'humorous'. Yet Dirtfur at least looked healthy. He was just skin and bones now. Even in leaf-bare, he was healthier. Wormbite swallowed nervously. His thoughts only consisted of one word. Stop. Stop your emotions. Stop talking.

"Sootflare is deputy. Otterleg is Otterstone now. She's the medicine cat. Omenshade is her apprentice. Flowerkit is in Windclan now. Which you probably knew.." The tom paused for a moment, furrowing his eyebrows together. He didn't know why he was telling Dirtfur this. Maybe to give him closure. "Sparrowkit became an apprentice. Sunkit is.. unhappy. His ceremony is held back since he keeps rebelling. I got into my first fight and scar. With Wolfpaw, " He would just ramble, trying to fill the silence the best he could.

Dirt chuckled along with Wormp- Wormbite. The former warrior sighed, remembering memories of him always covering himself in dirt and mud for survival. He twisted his head to find his back still covered in filth. "Thanks."

Turning back, his eyes glowed with sadness as the warrior explained the rundown of what the loner missed out after he was exile. He was worried that Otterleg, now medicine cat, will now never be in love with the brown tomcat. And the brown loner wishes he could see his son as well as seeing the kit's apprentice ceremony.

Soon at the end, the ex-deputy was surprised by Wormbite's meowing about a fight between him and another apprentice. Dirt searched the former apprentice's body; sure enough, there is a scar on him. The loner went silent, glancing at the ground.

"Is RiverClan.. thriving well?" Dirt finally mewed.

[wolfie]

Dirt chuckled along with Wormp- Wormbite. The former warrior sighed, remembering memories of him always covering himself in dirt and mud for survival. He twisted his head to find his back still covered in filth. "Thanks."

Turning back, his eyes glowed with sadness as the warrior explained the rundown of what the loner missed out after he was exile. He was worried that Otterleg, now medicine cat, will now never be in love with the brown tomcat. And the brown loner wishes he could see his son as well as seeing the kit's apprentice ceremony.

Soon at the end, the ex-deputy was surprised by Wormbite's meowing about a fight between him and another apprentice. Dirt searched the former apprentice's body; sure enough, there is a scar on him. The loner went silent, glancing at the ground.

"Is RiverClan.. thriving well?" Dirt finally mewed.

Wormbite nodded softly. "It's the same as always. ShadowClan hasn't made a move at all since the raid, " He confirmed. At least, he didn't believe they were. The tom didn't keep updated with the other three clans.

"You should go back to the Outskirts, " He stood up. The longer they stayed together, the more Wormbite would find himself falling into causalities. "I won't tell Lionstar unless I'm asked. I'll escort you to the border, " He mewed.

[Starfall]

Sunchaser watched the two, a golden brow raised at the sudden disgust in the other warriors voice. "You're acting like a kittypet, Jaggedhawk." He couldn't help but chuckle. He took a step forward, his scream and white paw sinking a few mouse tails into the mud. Sunchaser didn't even flinch at the sensation, the mud could always be groomed off. He tugged through until he reached what used to be the bank, the long hairs of his underbelly now turning brown. "Tsk... Spring overflow."


{ RedHead Starbot }

The tomcat narrowed his eyes at the young apprentice's comment, before he let out a huff. "Of course not! I'm not scared of it. Just being cautious because it's disgusting!" But as Sunchaser also commented on his lack of enthusiasm, Jaggedhawk stuck his tongue out at the warrior, tail flicking irritably behind him. But as the two waded into the mud, with no hesitation at all, Jaggedhawk remained a few steps away from the mud line, his face still scrunched into a look of disgust. After a few moments he finally took a deep breath, placing one paw into the mud. He would get in trouble if he didn't participate, and Jaggedhawk didn't want to get in trouble. "Ew. ew. ew. ew. ew." He meowed as he waded through the mud. Being shorter, it was submerging him to nearly his belly, and Jaggedhawk was not having a good time. "How are we even gonna mark the border when it's like this?" He whined, tail held high to avoid getting more of himself muddy.

S-oft Starbot


The Apprentice let out a giggle and pranced past Sunchaser, hopping out of the mud like she was hopping through the snow that had piled up. Although she was light enough to where she wasn't being completley swallowed up. "It's not that bad! It just feels weird at fiOH A WORM!" she yipped as she saw the squiggly string poke up from the ground. She watched as it wiggled around for a bit until it went back under. Letting out an airy giggle the Calliby turned her head and looked at Jaggedhawk. "What do you mean? It's fairly easy of course, just try to dig your way to the top." she hummed.

Than a rather mischevious idea formed in her mind. Honey hues lit up with amusement as she scooped up a pawful of mud and shuffled towards the Warrior. A big bright smile plastered on her face. "Jaggedhawk I've never done borders before. Could you tell me how it's done? I'm scooting a little closer if you don't mind" she hummed, slinking through the mud. Much like Jaggedhawk she was rather submurged in the mud, so trying to keep her pawful of mud was rather hard.

[teddy.]

Sunchaser watched the two with a curious look. He found the two younglings interesting, maybe even a little amusing! He shifted through the mud, his pawsteps making awful noises in the wet mud. "If little kittypet boy is too upset, you could stay behind?" He said teasingly to Jaggedhawk as he pushed further towards the border. "Give Ashpenpaw an education whilst you're there!"


{ Starbot RedHead }

[Dirtfur]

Wormbite nodded softly. "It's the same as always. ShadowClan hasn't made a move at all since the raid, " He confirmed. At least, he didn't believe they were. The tom didn't keep updated with the other three clans.

"You should go back to the Outskirts, " He stood up. The longer they stayed together, the more Wormbite would find himself falling into causalities. "I won't tell Lionstar unless I'm asked. I'll escort you to the border, " He mewed.

Dirt stared deeply in thought, then nodded. He got up from the muddy ground and stared at the young warrior with gleaming eyes; he was proud of what Wormbite had become.
"You are a great warrior... possibly deputy in the future." the loner smiled, walking to the side of the black-pelted tom.

[wolfie]

Dirt stared deeply in thought, then nodded. He got up from the muddy ground and stared at the young warrior with gleaming eyes; he was proud of what Wormbite had become.
"You are a great warrior... possibly deputy in the future." the loner smiled, walking to the side of the black-pelted tom.

Wormbite could feel his fur heat up at the praise, frowning. He would simply shrug his shoulders, letting them walk in comfortable silence. It almost felt an dream. Was starclan playing tricks on him? Ha..

Once they reached the edge of Riverclan's border, Wormbite turned to Dirtfu.. Dirt. He chewed on his lip, opening up his mouth to say something. Ask him why. If he really did try to get Lionstar sick-- if he did manipulate Flowerkit-- if.. if, what he was doing at Windclan. He didn't.
"I'll trust that you can walk yourself to the outskirts, Dirt." His voice was cold and brisk-- averting Dirt's gaze. No matter what his mentor's reason was, it was over. It didn't matter.

Wormbite sighed softly, closing his eyes for a moment. Regretting his life choices. "I'll give a message if you wish. Either to Otterstone or your uh, 'kits'?" He never understood the whole adoption thing.

[Moon Lily]

(Hey, don't worry about it! Things have been busy here too, so it's alright. If you need anymore time, please tell me!)
TawnyNeedsACoffee FuzzyRatto

As Dawnpaw approached, he tried to quench the relief that was building up in his chest. He really did worry about her...she may be annoying as Starclan, but boy, being a mentor sure changed things. And she was a good cat, as far as he could see. Geez, he was getting old. Shut down on the sympathy! He didn't want it to show on his face- now that would be something Dawny would laugh at. Shaking his head in mock dissapointment, he smirked at the apprentice.
"Well, well well...look who decided to show up!" He remarked, trying to tap the apprentice on the maw with his tail. 'Boop'. Backing away, he looked in surprise at her hastiness.
"Says the one we've been waiting for! Come on, Mossflame!" He exclaimed, beckoning the other warrior. At least Mossflame was a good cat. He trotted out the exit after Dawnpaw, curious as to why she was late.

~~~

"So, all of you." He mewed, shaking his gorgeous fur, " We're on border patrol. Which means, if we see any Thunder cats, we're gonna have to suck up to them to squeeze anything from their little heads. Capiche?" He explained, nodding to the two cats. They continued to walk, and he led them through the undergrowth, hoping that they'd follow. This was one of his first times leading a patrol- he didn't want to mess up. Padding to the border, he frowned at how quiet it was. No good lemons to squeeze. He turned to the cats.
"So, we'll split up. Mark the border. If you find anything, tell me. We'll meet back here."

[Who wants to find the herbs?]

[FuzzyRatto]

TawnyNeedsACoffee Moon Lily

[Can Mossflame?]

"Alright." Mossflame started to move away from the other two, following the border.

[Dirtfur]

Wormbite could feel his fur heat up at the praise, frowning. He would simply shrug his shoulders, letting them walk in comfortable silence. It almost felt an dream. Was starclan playing tricks on him? Ha..

Once they reached the edge of Riverclan's border, Wormbite turned to Dirtfu.. Dirt. He chewed on his lip, opening up his mouth to say something. Ask him why. If he really did try to get Lionstar sick-- if he did manipulate Flowerkit-- if.. if, what he was doing at Windclan. He didn't.
"I'll trust that you can walk yourself to the outskirts, Dirt." His voice was cold and brisk-- averting Dirt's gaze. No matter what his mentor's reason was, it was over. It didn't matter.

Wormbite sighed softly, closing his eyes for a moment. Regretting his life choices. "I'll give a message if you wish. Either to Otterstone or your uh, 'kits'?" He never understood the whole adoption thing.

Dirt nodded, and took a step away from the young warrior. He stopped as Wormbite let out a sigh and tell how he can give a message to the new medicine cat or to the adopted kits. The brown loner's eyes brighten-up.
"That will be kind of you, thank you," he mewed to the warrior. "Tell my wonderful kits that I missed them and I always hope they become great warriors."

Feeling better, Dirt nodded to the warrior...again, and treaded away to the outskirts.

[Moon Lily]

TawnyNeedsACoffee Moon Lily

[Can Mossflame?]

"Alright." Mossflame started to move away from the other two, following the border.
[ Sure! I'll just wait for tawny to reply ]

[RedHead]

The tom burst out laughing, despite his dislike of the situation, Aspenpaw's discovery of the worm had been amusing to watch to say the least. "You act like you've never seen a worm before." He snickered. Oh that's right. She's like... a brand-new apprentice. Jaggedhawk had kind of forgotten about that for a moment. Though as Sunchaser called him a kittypet again, the silver tabby sent a glare his way. "Hey! I'm bringing up a valid point! The riverflow has overtaken where the border usually is marked!" He let out an indignant huff, before turning his attention back to Aspenpaw as she began speaking to him again. Sunchaser's added comment didn't help, but he ignored the older tom for the moment. It's pretty easy. You just go up to the scent mark, which currently does not exist because of this overflow, and remark the border. You make sure you don't step over it, and then BAM! You're done." He gave the apprentice an odd look as she continued shuffling closer, before he spotted the chunk of mud she held within her paw. "Oh no no no you don't!" He yowled, trying to scramble away, as Aspenpaw had gotten far too close. But the mud made it hard to move, especially when Jaggedhawk was trying to keep at least the top half of himself clean. "You throw that at me and I promise you, you're not gonna make it to warriorhood."

Starbot S-oft

[wolfie]

Dirt nodded, and took a step away from the young warrior. He stopped as Wormbite let out a sigh and tell how he can give a message to the new medicine cat or to the adopted kits. The brown loner's eyes brighten-up.
"That will be kind of you, thank you," he mewed to the warrior. "Tell my wonderful kits that I missed them and I always hope they become great warriors."

Feeling better, Dirt nodded to the warrior...again, and treaded away to the outskirts.

Wormbite returned the nod, whisking away rom his former mentor without another word. Looks like it was time to go,, wash the scent off. In truth, he felt like he reached some kind of closure. How weird.

[Starfall]

Aspenpaw swiveled and looked at Sunchaser, giving the tom a big ol smile before she stepped closer to Jaggedhawk. Tilting her head to the side, doing her absolute best to put on an innocent face. "What do you mean Jaggedhawk? I'm only coming closer so I can hear you better." she hummed, pulling herself forwards through the mud. Her smile slowly getting bigger and bigger with each step.

At the warriors statement she let out a chortle and aimed her mudball. "Just because you get mud on you doesn't mean Duskstar will keep me from being a warrior!" she yelled just before flinging it near Jaggedhawk's direction.

RedHead S-oft

[teddy.]

Sunchaser refreshed the scent mark, a little higher than usual to accommodate for the belly-deep mud he was currently wading in, but too much water was better than not enough. He turned back to watch the two, a warm feeling in his chest. The future looked bright for their clan. A wicked grin stretched across his face as he picked up his own paw full of dense, brown muck. He lobbed it across the wet-land like territory, he had aimed the ball of mud at Ashpenpaw. The little apprentice wouldnt see it coming! Or so he hoped.

RedHead Starbot

[RedHead]

"You really don't understand the concept of 'threats' very well, do you?" Jaggedhawk asked, before his eyes widened as he realized that a clump of mud was now sailing towards him. Scrambling, Jaggedhawk tried to get away, but he only succeeded in falling on his rear, and a moment late, the ball of mud landed with a loud "SPLAT" right on his face.
He wiped the mud away from his eyes with his still clean tail-tip, the lime green depths now fiery with rage. "Oh, you're DEAD kit!" He yowled, getting to his paws and pushing through the mud towards Aspenpaw, fully intending on shoving her smug little face into the mud.

S-oft Starbot

[BEAR.]

Luckily for Laurelkit, she didn't have to endear the trek back very much beyond some bouncing. "Well, I just hope you don't do this again." Thistlestep had been very mild about this interaction-- mostly because he didn't want to scare the kit off and make it more of a headache for himself. "We're nearing the border. We'll have to cross the river and then I want to wait on the bank. We'll wait for a ThunderClan patrol from there. There's been enough trespassing at it is, and I would prefer to not overstay my welcome."

As he spoke, they were already nearing the bank and he slid into the water. The river levels were returning to normal, luckily enough, so the water in this spot barely touched his stomach.

Once on the other side and now on land, he paused and crouched down so Laurelkit could jump off easily. "Stay by me. I believe there may be a patrol coming."

[ Willowfern -- no worries!, open to a couple ThunderClan cats who want to bring laurelkit back home. ]

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit nodded,
“Okay mister Riverclan cat.” @BILL

[Puddle~]

Sycamorerain padded through the forest, tasting the air for the scent of prey. Instead, he caught a mix of ThunderClan and RiverClan. He padded along the border until he came across little Laurelkit standing beside Thistlestep. He gave a quick nod in greeting to the RiverClan warrior and turned to the small kit beside him. "Laurelkit! How'd you get all the way out here?"

Willowfern BILL.

[dino.]

[ BILL. Willowfern Puddletail ]

It was about time. Minnowthorn hadn't had an excuse to leave camp for what felt like forever, and the next best reason she had thought of had been hunting. Sure, it was mostly a mundane task, but if it got her away from the confines of camp walls, she was more than willing to waste her time with it.
But of course she wouldn't be able to do so, because of course something had to interrupt her stolen moments of peace. RiverClan scent touched her nose and her eyes narrowed suspiciously as she pushed her way through the bracken to find herself face-to-face with a RiverClan warrior. And with a ThunderClan kit standing next to him, no less! She glanced over at Sycamorerain, confusion flickering briefly in her eyes before it disappeared.
"RiverClanner, I hope you have a good explanation for this," she said. Her tone betrayed no emotion - it was neither hostile nor friendly - and neither did her body language, as she swept her gaze over Laurelkit and Thistlestep. Her eyes did, however, linger over Laurelkit with evident concern shining within their green depths before she returned her attention to the tom next to her.

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit looked at her clan mate and piped up,
“I got lost, Mister Riverclan cat brought me home!” She looked at her clanmates, “He won’t hurt you, he just wants me to get taken to camp so that he can go back to his home.”
BILL. Puddletail Slushie

[BEAR.]

"I found your kit in the middle of our territory." Thistlestep flicked his tail toward Laurelkit. "I'm only in your territory because I figured this might be better for all parties if you didn't have to go swimming to get your Clan-mate back." This was probably the least offensive thing he could've done, being beside the river on their side of the border. "I'm not really sure how she got that far, but you might want to keep a closer eye on this one before she becomes coyote bait. She was heading toward outskirts territory."

[ Slushie, Puddletail, Willowfern ]

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit sighed and looked at all the warriors,
“I was out in Rougeland Woods and then I wanted to go home, but then somehow I ended up in Riverclan!” She meowed.
BILL. Puddletail Slushie

[Puddle~]

Sycamorerain nodded his head slowly, listening to what both cats had to say. "Thank you for returning her," he mewed curtly to Thistlestep before glancing at Laurelkit. The young warrior gave the kit a stern look. "Don't go off adventuring on your own. It's dangerous for a kit like you to be out here. Like Thistlestep said, you could've been eaten by a coyote or something worse." With that done, Sycamorerain gave Minnowthorn a questioning look. "Shall we take this one home?" he asked, flicking his tail towards Laurelkit.

BILL. Willowfern Slushie

[Willowfern]

“I wasn’t adventuring, I was clearing my head from what happened with Breezekit,” she meowed. BILL. Puddletail Slushie

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit said goodbye to the Riverclan warrior and followed her clan mates home, awaiting that much needed rest.

BILL. Puddletail Slushie


(Fox-dung! My time limit is in 3 minutes, I gtg, I will be on at 12:00pm tomorrow or earlier, goodbye y’all!)

[dino.]

[ BILL. Willowfern Puddletail ]

Her eyebrows knitted together as she listened to both cats talk. "Thank you for bringing her home, and we're sorry she had to trouble you like this," she said, then turned to Sycamorerain and Laurelkit. The concern in her expression faded into a stern look. "You shouldn't even be out of camp," she scolded. "This RiverClan warrior here and Sycamorerain are BOTH right - it's too dangerous outside. You're very lucky he found you, and I hope you thanked him." Minnowthorn glanced up at the warrior next to her. "Do you think you can carry her on your back, or shall I?"

[BEAR.]

Thistlestep nodded to the warriors and shuffled, sliding back into the river and over the border.

He figured they could take this from here-- it felt weird lingering around. As long as the kit stayed out of his territory, he didn't really care what they did.

[ Slushie, Willowfern, Puddletail ]

[Puddle~]

“I think I can manage,” he replied. Sycamorerain stooped down to allow Laurelkit to climb on his back. “Time to get you back to camp,” he mewed to Laurelkit. With a slightly harder tone, he added, “Don’t go sneaking out of camp again. Even if you were just trying to clear your head, you can’t leave camp unless you have permission and supervision.” He turned back to Minniwthorn. “Should we tell Duskstar about this or just let her off the hook for now?”

Slushie Willowfern

[dino.]

[ Puddletail Willowfern ]

Minnowfern nodded, turning to scan the river as Thistlestep slipped back across. It seemed like he was telling the truth, so there she figured she wouldn't have anything to worry about.
She refocused her attention back on Sycamorerain, tapping her toes indecisively on the ground. "We'd better tell Duskstar," she said after a moment. "Just to make sure she doesn't risk hurting herself again. And I for one don't fancy getting in trouble of she finds out Laurelkit ran off and we didn't tell her." She wrinkled her nose.

[Wings]

The molly trotted out of camp and towards Smallpines. Her tail lashed as she was in deep thought. Why do the warriors I get put with for patrol never show up! I'm just left patrolling by myself! A frustrated growl rose in her throat. She remembered her soft growl that came up when she was talking to Sootflare. Mothdusk hoped he hadn't taken it the wrong way, which he probably did because he didn't know what she was thinking at that moment in time. Finally getting to the border, she began marking it. After a while, she was done. Probably would be good to hunt while I'm out here... Lifting her muzzle into the air, she took in a deep breath. The stench of ThunderClan, RiverClan smells... a bird! Dropping into a low crouch, she searched the trees for the song bird. Pricking her ears when she heard its tune, she crept closer and then closer. Becoming close enough to pounce, she shot up into the air, snagging the bird's wing on her claw. She brought it crashing down, giving it a swift death. Picking it up and padding back to camp, she ran through ways to explain her frustrated behavior to Sootflare and hopefully not Lionstar.

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit looked at the two warriors as she got on Sycamorerain’s back,
“I’m sorry, I won’t get out of camp again, not until I’m an apprentice anyway.”

Slushie Puddletail

[Puddle~]

Sycamorerain stood up after Laurelkit had clambered onto his back. "We better get going then." He began walking in the direction of ThunderClan camp. "We'll see if Duskstar even lets you become an apprentice on time," he meowed to Laurelkit.

Willowfern Slushie

[Willowfern]

Laurelkit nodded solomnly,
“Again, I’m very sorry.”

Slushie Puddletail

[Moon Lily]

Sparkling Bliss

Hickoryblaze nodded, gaze still floating in the direction of the apprentice's den. Dreampaw really wasn't around. Depressed mushroom. He was worried about her- she was a mysterious cat, which made him more uncertain as to what had happened to her. Where had she gone? Why? And most importantly, what had made her go? He curved his eyebrows in thought, then turned back to his mate. Her orbs were hypnotizing, and he agreed almost instantly. Almost. Nodding hesitantly, he smiled.
"Looks like we'll be having some alone time then, huh?" He purred, padding out of camp. The exit was inviting, and now that Ashpool was here, it was even better.

•

As they padded along in the Smallpines, he scrunched up his nose at the Thunderclan stink. It wasn't as bad as Shadowclan's, but they were still up there. The border was close. And so was good hunting~ He gazed off to his side as a bird chirped nearby. Smiling, he turned to Ashpool.
"You smell anything, m'lady?" He purred, raising his brow.

[plum]

Ever since the Gathering, Plumpaw had an itch to see the water once more. She was ThunderClan truly, but seeing the moonlight glittering off of the ocean... It had been otherworldly indeed. And the girl could use something so beguiling now. Duskstar had made things hard on the apprentice, and her mentor... She still didnt know how to approach Ravenspirit. Her head was in a jumbled mess! And all she was now was a girl on a mission to see some pretty water. But... There became the problem of having too many trees in the way, and not a big enough body of water to view the light in. So her journey took her near the border of RiverClan. And as Plumpaw paced the scentline searching for a stream, a puddle, time escaped her.

RedHead

[teddy.]

Bumblebelly was out on a 'patrol' that late spring afternoon. His mind swirling with chaos, a sombre air around the Tom as he padded across the border.
The forest was so much prettier here, the way the evening light lit up the place so nicely. No light used to reach the swampy earth back in the pine forest, it made everything so gloomy.

Bumblebelly let his eyes rake over the small amount of pine trees that lined the border, quirking a brow when he caught sight of a figure under he trees. Thunderclan and Riverclan were on good terms, the last he checked. Maybe some company would do him some good.
"Evening," Bumblebelly chirped out to Flintspirit, approaching with a dip of his head.


{ RedHead }

[wolfie]

FuzzyRatto TeamRiverRipple [ any thunderclan cats are free to find them! ]
Silvershade led the patrol out of the camp, rambling about nonsense. They came to a halt once they reached the border between Riverclan and Thunderclan. Their fluffy tail gestured for Mossflame and Doefeather to also come to a pause. Silvershade sniffed the air, a small frown appearing on their lips.

"THUNDERCLAN! HELLO? HELLOOOO?" Silvershade yowled out into the territory at their top volume. Any prey nearby scattered away.

[Doom]

"Great stars, you are making my ears bleed! Stop it!" Sandflight worked her way over to Smallpines, ears flattened as she approached the RiverClan group. She flicked her tail for Blazingpaw to follow after her.

"And what might you three be here for?" The warrior asked flatly, looking them all up and down with disinterest.

Starbot x ghostie FuzzyRatto TeamRiverRipple

[Starfall]

The Apprentice flattened his ears against his head as the Yelling echoed in the empty space. "What the hell do you think you're yelling for? Yell any louder and I'm pretty sure Windclan will be able to hear you." he barked. Shooting Sandflight a glare as he waltzed past her. He didn't really like being told what to do, he wasn't incompitent. "Better yet just keep yelling, hopefully there's more Coyote's nearby."


x ghostie FuzzyRatto TeamRiverRipple Fae

[wolfie]

Fae Starbot TeamRiverRipple FuzzyRatto
Silvershade let out a sigh of relief as two cats came into view. Wow, they were so good at this yelling thing. "Sorry, sorry! We didn't want to yknow, strut right in. That would be rude, " They explained in a sheepish tone. They straighten their posture to look more.. professional. Yeah! Prooffffessional!

Silvershade took a deep breath before speaking, "We're here to help. If you, like, want us to help in anyway we can. ShadowClan attacked ThunderClan for their hurt pride-- right? You were raided and need time to properly heal, " They explained, shuffling with their paws. "Also, it's not one of the we'll-help-you-just-to-hold-it-over-your-head things. " Silvershade quickly added on.

[MEAT ANGELS]

FuzzyRatto Fae Starbot x ghostie

Doefeather sighed pushing out from behind the loud molly. "Excuse her. She's just excited because she thinks this makes her 'significant'. We're here to help you clean up after the raid, since Riverclan is attacking Shadowclan at the moment." She shot a swift glare at Silvershade, who seemed to think that she was being anything but rude, when, it was truly the opposite.

[FuzzyRatto]

Starbot x ghostie Fae TeamRiverRipple

"Yeah. Uh-could you take us to see Duskstar, please?"

[RedHead]

The tomcat was sitting underneath the shade of a tree that was quite close to the Riverclan border. It grew near a more shallow part of the water, and Flintspirit was staring at his reflection, watching the water make it ripple and look distorted.
He wasn't feeling the best. Flintspirit felt like he might hurl at any moment. There were still all these weird feelings swirling around in his stomach and it did not feel good at all. Swallowing, the tom tried to resist the urge to throw up, lifting his head to look across the river. He'd heard some rustling over there and had become curious as to what it was, but he hadn't expected to lock gazes with a Riverclan tom standing on the other side of the border. Giving him a friendly greeting no less. "Uh... hey." Flintspirit meowed, a little off-put by the friendliness. Wasn't it common knowledge to most Riverclanners that he wasn't a fish-face fan?

S-oft

----

"YOU STUPID FISH!!" Flowerpaw yowled, her entire head and chest soaked from having plunged face-first into the water. On accident of course, Flowerpaw wouldn't purposefully put any part of her head in the water if her life depended on it. "COULDN'T YOU JUST HOLD STILL FOR ONE MINUTE?!?!" The calico she-cat was beyond livid at this point. Why did she even try fishing if all it ended up was her getting soaked and the fish swimming away happily? Tail flicking angrily, Flowerpaw spotted a she-cat across the river, on Thunderclan's side of the border. Oh great. She probably saw that entire thing.... Teal eyes narrowing, Flowerpaw called out to the she-cat, no sense in trying to hide her failure now. "What are you doing, poking around?"

implimm

[plum]

It wasn't exactly too hard to miss the she-cat howling her lungs out at the water. Plumpaw had come for some peace and pretty stuff, but instead she was stuck with this bee-brain? She had sat down to watch, unsure whether or not speaking up was an option until the other one approached her. As Flowerpaw challenges her almost, the silver molly slowly looks around, then back at the loud cat. "I'm sitting here, if you want to open your eyes," she replies. "What about you? Is that how RiverClan catches fish? They yell at them until one jumps into their big mouth?" A small smirk teases the corners of her lips.



RedHead

[Starfall]

FuzzyRatto Fae TeamRiverRipple x ghostie
(Gonna skip ur turn Fae to keep it rolling ;^; )

The Tortoiseshell looked up, expecting Sandflight to answer their questions...considering the fact that she was a higher rank when she was. But when she fell silent he shook his head and stepped forwards. "Pull yourself out of La La Land there Star watcher." he hummed. Turning an aggrivated green gaze to the trio. "I'm going to be completley frank with you. I still have no clue how this whole boundry thing works between you clan cats. But I could care less if you waltz into Buttstar's den. It's your heads if you weren't really supposed to come here so I'm not loosing any sleep over it." he stated.

Turning on his heels Blazingpaw flicked his tail. "This way." he barked, giving his clanmate a swat on her legs with his tail before Stepping forwards.

[Alexcentri]

Her patrol had arrived at the border, and obviously the scent markers were much fainter than usual. That's the whole reason they're there. Before she began marking any borders though, she scented the air for another reason. To check for any trespassing, and she personally didn't smell anything. Of course, that doesn't mean someone else might've, but that's why there's three of them and not just one on this patrol. "Let me know if you scent anything out of the ordinary, I'll end up having to report it to Duskstar." She assumed they already knew that, but telling them again wouldn't hurt. She then proceeded to begin marking the border between Riverclan and Thunderclan. They were on good terms, but territory was territory, and she didn't want any fish-for-brains on their turf.

Slushie Chasepaw

[wolfie]

Fae Starbot TeamRiverRipple FuzzyRatto
Silvershade let out a small squeak of surprise as Doefeather pushed her way through. A frown painted their lips, their tail twitching with short-lasted annoyance. "Not a she-cat, and I don't even think that. I was just getting things along, yknow? " They mewed simply-- casting a quick glance towards Mossflame as they spoke to catch his expression.

Silvershade looked back to the two wonderful Thunderclan cats! Nodding intently as Blazingpaw spoke-- and quite struggling indeed to keep a straight forward at his nicknames of purrfection. "Alrighthyyy!!! Thank you!" They mewed excitedly and followed after the two.

[FuzzyRatto]

Starbot x ghostie Fae TeamRiverRipple

"Thank you." Mossflame followed the cats toward the ThunderClan camp.

[dino.]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

"I don't believe RiverClan will be thinking of attacking us anytime soon," Minnowthorn commented bluntly. She leaned down to sniff at the scent markers. Definitely fainter than normal. She began to remark, mind sort of wandering. She didn't really want to speak to the other members of her patrol - she didn't know them that well, and honestly didn't care to.

[RedHead]

It wasn't exactly too hard to miss the she-cat howling her lungs out at the water. Plumpaw had come for some peace and pretty stuff, but instead she was stuck with this bee-brain? She had sat down to watch, unsure whether or not speaking up was an option until the other one approached her. As Flowerpaw challenges her almost, the silver molly slowly looks around, then back at the loud cat. "I'm sitting here, if you want to open your eyes," she replies. "What about you? Is that how RiverClan catches fish? They yell at them until one jumps into their big mouth?" A small smirk teases the corners of her lips.



RedHead


Flowerpaw's ears flatten against her head at the other apprentice's witty response. "Well... now you're sitting there." She meowed, tail twitching behind her. Her anger was still heightened from not having been able to catch the fish. It's like every time she tried, she was only getting worse and worse at it. Snorting at the silver molly's comment, Flowerpaw gave a nonchalant shrug of her shoulders. "Sure, that's one way to do it. There's plenty of different techniques. I was just getting warmed up over there, really." She meowed, tail flicking behind her as a contempt smirk crossed her face.

[plum]

This one thought she was funny, did she. Well, Plumpaw was easily amused. She nods slowly while eyeballing Flowerpaw. "Yeah, warmed up. Right." It was obvious there wasn't a lick of belief in the silver femme's body that this was truly the case. With a lazy flick of her tail, the she-cat invites the other across the stream to proceed. "So, got any other tricks under your fur for catching fish? Or are you just spending your time here smacking your face into the water all day." The cocky smirk returns to Plumpaw's face. "If it's that easy I might as well try, hm?"
[ RedHead ]

[wolfie]

Queenie
Luckily for Lightpaw, Wormbite didn't see her attempt at catching the poor bird. Quite literally. He squinted his eyes in confusion at his apprentice's blurry figure. What was she doing? Her blur blended into the scenery so well. The moment Lightpaw turned back, Wormbite quickly turned his head down and stared at a rock. Nope. Nothing was going on.

He padded along Lightpaw, looking into the distance. As they reached the border, he finally responded to her question. "Trees." He mewed, turning to her. Wormbite lowered his head slightly, hunching his shoulders to appear less.. lanky. "Lots of trees, " Why did Thunderclan have so many trees? The tom paused for a moment, trying to recall the high ranks. They always changed each Gathering-- it was annoying. "Thunderclan is led by Duskstar. Flintspirit is the deputy and Lionwhisker is their medicine cat, " Wormbite explained, "It's worth to note that Flintspirit is the previous leader of Thunderclan. "

[Mango]

.Bread. Beau
Salmonsong proudly led her patrol to smallpine, she had kept her pace a bit slow for Duckpaw, since she was only 3 moons old, and therefore couldn’t travel at the same pace as the warriors. She glanced at Grizzlybug,” Nice day for a patrol huh?” she meowed before glancing at Duckpaw,” Let me know if you need me to carry you to the border.“ she added flicking her tail, after all a 3 moon old kit would get tired far easier than a 6 moon old apprentice would.

[dionysus]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
Grizzlybug brought up the rear of the patrol, recognizing that the accompanying apprentice was a bit smaller than most. He didn’t want the kid to fall behind. “Yeah! Lucky for me, my fur works well for blocking out the breeze, so it’s even nicer for me!” He chuckled to himself; he despised his fluffy fur, but the biting chill couldn’t reach his skin at least. Though he’d trade protection from the wind for sleek, water resistance any day.

[Alexcentri]

Kestrelcreek scoffed. Them? Attack Riverclan now? They'd just be making more enemies at that point. "Please, we're still basically fresh off of that Shadowclan raid. Besides, we don't need more enemies. We may not be friends with Riverclan, but there's no need to attack them yet. We all have a common enemy in Shadowclan right now." She had been padding along the border, renewing scent markers, and checking for anything out of the ordinary as she went along. Riverclan seemed to have been keeping on their side of the border, and she couldn't scent anything that would be dangerous to the clan like fox or badger.

{ Chasepaw Slushie }

[Queenie]

Queenie
Luckily for Lightpaw, Wormbite didn't see her attempt at catching the poor bird. Quite literally. He squinted his eyes in confusion at his apprentice's blurry figure. What was she doing? Her blur blended into the scenery so well. The moment Lightpaw turned back, Wormbite quickly turned his head down and stared at a rock. Nope. Nothing was going on.

He padded along Lightpaw, looking into the distance. As they reached the border, he finally responded to her question. "Trees." He mewed, turning to her. Wormbite lowered his head slightly, hunching his shoulders to appear less.. lanky. "Lots of trees, " Why did Thunderclan have so many trees? The tom paused for a moment, trying to recall the high ranks. They always changed each Gathering-- it was annoying. "Thunderclan is led by Duskstar. Flintspirit is the deputy and Lionwhisker is their medicine cat, " Wormbite explained, "It's worth to note that Flintspirit is the previous leader of Thunderclan. "

Lightpaw had noticed Wormbite's sharp turn to face the ground. She cocked her head in confusion, choosing not to mention it. Whatever Wormbite was thinking, he would tell her on his own time. As they walked, Lightpaw noted Wormbite's words. The forest became denser, and the wetness from the river vanished underneath her paws. "There are indeed, are a lot of trees."

Then, Wormbite said something that really sparked Lightpaw's interest. Flintspirit was the former leader? "Huh how do you figure that?" A million questions entered her mind, and just as the entered they fell out of her mouth. "Does he still have his nine lives? Was he a bad leader? What did he do? What happens if Duskstar dies, then Flintspirit will be leader again? Is that ok? Or is he a bad cat?" She spewed her thoughts out at random. This was truly astounding to the young tabby.

[Dovey]

Kestrelcreek scoffed. Them? Attack Riverclan now? They'd just be making more enemies at that point. "Please, we're still basically fresh off of that Shadowclan raid. Besides, we don't need more enemies. We may not be friends with Riverclan, but there's no need to attack them yet. We all have a common enemy in Shadowclan right now." She had been padding along the border, renewing scent markers, and checking for anything out of the ordinary as she went along. Riverclan seemed to have been keeping on their side of the border, and she couldn't scent anything that would be dangerous to the clan like fox or badger.

{ Chasepaw Slushie }

"Theres always a reason to attack!" She growled. "We need territroy. Are you a fish-face lover or what?" She challenge Kestrelcreek's loyalty.

[Bread]

.Bread. Beau
Salmonsong proudly led her patrol to smallpine, she had kept her pace a bit slow for Duckpaw, since she was only 3 moons old, and therefore couldn’t travel at the same pace as the warriors. She glanced at Grizzlybug,” Nice day for a patrol huh?” she meowed before glancing at Duckpaw,” Let me know if you need me to carry you to the border.“ she added flicking her tail, after all a 3 moon old kit would get tired far easier than a 6 moon old apprentice would.

Duckpaw looked up at Salmonsong. ”No, I’m fine,” she said smiling. If she carried me, I’d probably just fall somewhere again, the young apprentice thought grinning to herself.

[Mango]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
Grizzlybug brought up the rear of the patrol, recognizing that the accompanying apprentice was a bit smaller than most. He didn’t want the kid to fall behind. “Yeah! Lucky for me, my fur works well for blocking out the breeze, so it’s even nicer for me!” He chuckled to himself; he despised his fluffy fur, but the biting chill couldn’t reach his skin at least. Though he’d trade protection from the wind for sleek, water resistance any day.


Duckpaw looked up at Salmonsong. ”No, I’m fine,” she said smiling. If she carried me, I’d probably just fall somewhere again, the young apprentice thought grinning to herself.
Salmonsong smiled,” That’s nice.” she meowed, and gave Duckpaw a small nod. As she began marking the border and checking for trespassers and anything worth reporting.

[dionysus]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
Grizzlybug hummed quietly to himself in a cheerful manner as they approached the border. He trotted off to begin marking the other edge of the border as Salmonsong started on one side. The fluffy tom rubbed against a few trees and clumps of grass, still quietly humming to himself.

[dino.]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

Minnowthorn snorted. "RiverClan poses no threat to us at the moment. If we attacked, it would be pointless bloodshed. We'd be as bad as ShadowClan." She raised her head from sniffing at her section of the border. "Looks good over here. If everything's fine, we can probably head back now."

[Dovey]

"You're a mouse-brained fish-face! Shadowclan is strong!" Lostwish snarled. "There. Your both fish-face lovers. We'll head back Now" She acted as if she was the patrol leader

[Alexcentri]

A heavy sigh escaped her as Kestrelcreek whipped around to face Lostwish. "Lostwish, if you want to go back to Thunderclan alone, be my guest. We still have a small stretch of border to renew. I won't argue with you while we are out patrolling for our clan's safety and security. You'd best shut your jaw, and you can complain all you want when we return. I am the patrol leader, I will decide when we go back. If you don't like it, I don't care." Her green eyes were narrowed as she looked at her clanmate. Turning back around, she continued on towards the last stretch of border that they were to check. In the back of her mind, she was a little surprised that anyone would even think about fighting Riverclan, Thunderclan needed to rest and recoup still for a little while yet before she'd even want to think about that.

{ Slushie Chasepaw }

[Dovey]

A heavy sigh escaped her as Kestrelcreek whipped around to face Lostwish. "Lostwish, if you want to go back to Thunderclan alone, be my guest. We still have a small stretch of border to renew. I won't argue with you while we are out patrolling for our clan's safety and security. You'd best shut your jaw, and you can complain all you want when we return. I am the patrol leader, I will decide when we go back. If you don't like it, I don't care." Her green eyes were narrowed as she looked at her clanmate. Turning back around, she continued on towards the last stretch of border that they were to check. In the back of her mind, she was a little surprised that anyone would even think about fighting Riverclan, Thunderclan needed to rest and recoup still for a little while yet before she'd even want to think about that.

{ Slushie Chasepaw }
Lostwish snorted but followed

[dino.]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

Minnowthorn rolled her eyes. "Lostwish, you are entitled to your own opinion, as are all of us. That does not give you the right, however, to insult us or attempt to take charge of this patrol. You are a patrol member - therefore, you follow." She sidled past the other warrior to follow behind Kestrelcreek, her lashing tail the only sign of irritation.

[Dovey]

She grumbled. She was normally sweet, but she wasn't acting like it.

(It makes you wonder what she does in the night XD)

[wolfie]

Lightpaw had noticed Wormbite's sharp turn to face the ground. She cocked her head in confusion, choosing not to mention it. Whatever Wormbite was thinking, he would tell her on his own time. As they walked, Lightpaw noted Wormbite's words. The forest became denser, and the wetness from the river vanished underneath her paws. "There are indeed, are a lot of trees."

Then, Wormbite said something that really sparked Lightpaw's interest. Flintspirit was the former leader? "Huh how do you figure that?" A million questions entered her mind, and just as the entered they fell out of her mouth. "Does he still have his nine lives? Was he a bad leader? What did he do? What happens if Duskstar dies, then Flintspirit will be leader again? Is that ok? Or is he a bad cat?" She spewed her thoughts out at random. This was truly astounding to the young tabby.

Wormbite tried to recall the two previous gatherings he had attended as Lightpaw blurted out questions. He didn't mind answering, it gave him a chance to ramble. He never paid much attention to the high ranks outside of Riverclan but they were indeed interesting. Something to keep track of. "Unsure, " He replied-- flickering his tail. "Flintspirit wasn't a bad or good leader. I don't believe his existence as leader did anything. Which was the problem-- I'm assuming. He stepped down willingly but there was no context on why. " Wormbite explained, furrowing his brows. "No, he won't become leader again. It's extremely unlikely he'll stay deputy for Duskstar's whole reign. I think just having one deputy throughout your time as leader is unheard of. It's more likely that he is helping her adjust to the responsibilities leaders have, " The tom took another moment to pause, another thought popping into his head.

"Actually, Windclan has also done the same recently. Twilightstar stepped up once Brightsky resigned and made her deputy instead. Then,, Brightsky was replaced with Brindlejaw because she did not fulfil her duties. Interesting, isn't it? " His ears swivel to the sounds of the forest, it was a bit strange the events had happened close together. It made him question... But, Wormbite decided to not make anymore conspiracy theories. At least today.

[Bread]

Salmonsong smiled,” That’s nice.” she meowed, and gave Duckpaw a small nod. As she began marking the border and checking for trespassers and anything worth reporting.
Zesty Mango / .Bread.
Grizzlybug hummed quietly to himself in a cheerful manner as they approached the border. He trotted off to begin marking the other edge of the border as Salmonsong started on one side. The fluffy tom rubbed against a few trees and clumps of grass, still quietly humming to himself.

Duckpaw walked around with them until looking up at Salmonsong. ”How do you actually mark a boder?” the young apprentice asked curiously.

[Queenie]

Wormbite tried to recall the two previous gatherings he had attended as Lightpaw blurted out questions. He didn't mind answering, it gave him a chance to ramble. He never paid much attention to the high ranks outside of Riverclan but they were indeed interesting. Something to keep track of. "Unsure, " He replied-- flickering his tail. "Flintspirit wasn't a bad or good leader. I don't believe his existence as leader did anything. Which was the problem-- I'm assuming. He stepped down willingly but there was no context on why. " Wormbite explained, furrowing his brows. "No, he won't become leader again. It's extremely unlikely he'll stay deputy for Duskstar's whole reign. I think just having one deputy throughout your time as leader is unheard of. It's more likely that he is helping her adjust to the responsibilities leaders have, " The tom took another moment to pause, another thought popping into his head.

"Actually, Windclan has also done the same recently. Twilightstar stepped up once Brightsky resigned and made her deputy instead. Then,, Brightsky was replaced with Brindlejaw because she did not fulfil her duties. Interesting, isn't it? " His ears swivel to the sounds of the forest, it was a bit strange the events had happened close together. It made him question... But, Wormbite decided to not make anymore conspiracy theories. At least today.

Lightpaw watched her mentor in awe. While he seemed unsure, he still knew stuff somewhat. And even the tiniest bit of knowledge made him seem so much older than he really was. Lightpaw hadn't realized there was so much drama behind the clans. She took a tiny amount of pride in how secure Lionstar was. Then she trembled slightly as she remembered the drama with Dirtfur. Maybe not all the clans were perfect. "It's quite interesting." She nodded slowly, "The clans are... confusing sometimes. Don't get me wrong, everyone's doing the best they can..." She thought about what she did in order to become an apprentice, frowning. Maybe nobody hurt Cobaltshade. But it hadn't seemed very fair. And Lionstar's whole point was to get kits out of the nursery to make more room. "Personalities..." she murmured. "They conflict."

[teddy.]

The tomcat was sitting underneath the shade of a tree that was quite close to the Riverclan border. It grew near a more shallow part of the water, and Flintspirit was staring at his reflection, watching the water make it ripple and look distorted.
He wasn't feeling the best. Flintspirit felt like he might hurl at any moment. There were still all these weird feelings swirling around in his stomach and it did not feel good at all. Swallowing, the tom tried to resist the urge to throw up, lifting his head to look across the river. He'd heard some rustling over there and had become curious as to what it was, but he hadn't expected to lock gazes with a Riverclan tom standing on the other side of the border. Giving him a friendly greeting no less. "Uh... hey." Flintspirit meowed, a little off-put by the friendliness. Wasn't it common knowledge to most Riverclanners that he wasn't a fish-face fan?

S-oft



Bumblebellys eyes caught sight of a rock that lifted put of the drowned land, the top of the stone seemed dry enough! Bumblebelly jumped across the rock, a few feet away from Flintspirit now. He offered a smile, his head tilted to the side. "You alright?" He murmured to the Tom, absolutely clueless as to who he was. Bumblebelly had always preferred to stay behind during gatherings, he didn't keep up with politics either. But this cat seemed to need a helping and thats what Bumblebelly was about to do!

[Mango]

Duckpaw walked around with them until looking up at Salmonsong. ”How do you actually mark a boder?” the young apprentice asked curiously.
(Uhh...do they pee or...)

Salmonsong flicked her tail,” You just let yourself spray on it.” she meowed not exactly sure how to explain it.

[Alexcentri]

She smelled around the border marks, smelling nothing out of the ordinary. She was glad that this patrol had mostly been uneventful, mostly. Kestrelcreek renewed the markers and turned to the rest of her patrol. "Alright, this looks like everything, we can head back now." Turning towards camp, she began padding back. No use in wasting daylight. She hoped that nobody else had scented anything and that Lostwish would behave until they got back to camp. Then she could report to Duskstar.

(Alright guys, y'all can post responses and then we're done!)
{ Slushie Chasepaw }

[dino.]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

Minnowthorn rolled her shoulders and straightened up from her section. "All clear over here." She kind of wished she could have gone hunting or something, bring a little prey back to the Clan, but then again she supposed that was what the hunting patrols were for. Border patrols were always just so boring.

[Bread]

(Uhh...do they pee or...)

Salmonsong flicked her tail,” You just let yourself spray on it.” she meowed not exactly sure how to explain it.
(ummm, idk)

”Ok, I’ll try!” Duckpaw walked over to a clump of grass and “sprayed” like Slamonsong had told her. She sniffed it...it sure smelled like RiverClan. “Yay, I think I did it!” She was quite proud of herself.

Beau

[dionysus]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
(they usually just rub against stuff :p)
Grizzlybug hadn’t been paying attention to the lesson and he soon reached the edge of where they had to mark. Trotting back to the others, the fluffy tom chirped, “I think we are good, did you guys finish up over here?”

[Mango]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
(they usually just rub against stuff :p)
Grizzlybug hadn’t been paying attention to the lesson and he soon reached the edge of where they had to mark. Trotting back to the others, the fluffy tom chirped, “I think we are good, did you guys finish up over here?”
.Bread.
Salmonsong nodded before flicking her tail slightly,” Duckpaw, sniff, do you scent something?” she asked as she picked up a very faint scent of badger along the border. She knew that Duckpaw had never seen or let alone smelled a badger, but she wanted to see if Duckpaw would at least notice the unfamiliar scent. She hoped Grizzlybug would understand that she was incorporating a bit of training in.

[RedHead]

This one thought she was funny, did she. Well, Plumpaw was easily amused. She nods slowly while eyeballing Flowerpaw. "Yeah, warmed up. Right." It was obvious there wasn't a lick of belief in the silver femme's body that this was truly the case. With a lazy flick of her tail, the she-cat invites the other across the stream to proceed. "So, got any other tricks under your fur for catching fish? Or are you just spending your time here smacking your face into the water all day." The cocky smirk returns to Plumpaw's face. "If it's that easy I might as well try, hm?"
[ RedHead ]



Flowerpaw's eyes narrowed. What a brat. Is that what she sounded like to others? Gross. Flowerpaw didn't enjoy the sass talk being spoken to her. She much preferred speaking it herself. "Oh you know, there's plenty of tricks, you just gotta know how to do them correctly." Flowerpaw meowed, padding her paw in the water as if a fish would magically come up and place itself right in her claws. She was also just mindlessly playing with the water as well, crouched down beside it. "Oh yes, if you wanna stick your head in the water, and catch a fish, be my guest. I'll gladly give you pointers when you fail miserably." She stuck her tongue out at the other she-cat, eyes scrunched together before she sent her a triumphant smirk. As if she was winning.... whatever this was.


Bumblebellys eyes caught sight of a rock that lifted put of the drowned land, the top of the stone seemed dry enough! Bumblebelly jumped across the rock, a few feet away from Flintspirit now. He offered a smile, his head tilted to the side. "You alright?" He murmured to the Tom, absolutely clueless as to who he was. Bumblebelly had always preferred to stay behind during gatherings, he didn't keep up with politics either. But this cat seemed to need a helping and thats what Bumblebelly was about to do!


Flintspirit watched with what could be considered a bewildered expression as the tom bounded across the drowned land to sit atop a rock, bringing him closer. Ears flicking, Flintspirit shifted so he was facing the tom, wondering if his inner turmoil was showing that outwardly on his face. "Um... kinda? Not exactly.... I'm... trying to be." He meowed, confusion crossing his face before he gave a small chuckle at himself. "Sorry, my head's just not in the right place right now."

[Bread]

.Bread.
Salmonsong nodded before flicking her tail slightly,” Duckpaw, sniff, do you scent something?” she asked as she picked up a very faint scent of badger along the border. She knew that Duckpaw had never seen or let alone smelled a badger, but she wanted to see if Duckpaw would at least notice the unfamiliar scent. She hoped Grizzlybug would understand that she was incorporating a bit of training in.

Duckpaw sniffed the air. There was a difference in scent, one she didn’t quite know yet. ”Yeah, I smell it.” she said, looking up at Salmonsong, ”What is it? Do we attack it?” The young apprentice was a bit confused right now, as it was her first time patrolling.
Beau

[Mango]

Duckpaw sniffed the air. There was a difference in scent, one she didn’t quite know yet. ”Yeah, I smell it.” she said, looking up at Salmonsong, ”What is it? Do we attack it?” The young apprentice was a bit confused right now, as it was her first time patrolling.
Beau Beau
Salmonsong smiled,” It’s a smell of a badger. You don’t attack a scent. I’ll report it to Lionstar after this is over. ” she meowed pleased with her apprentice.

[dionysus]

Zesty Mango / .Bread.
Grizzlybug had realized that Salmonsong was intertwining training with the patrol and refrained from mentioning the scent. Clearly, the other warrior had scented badger too for she quickly asked her apprentice about it. The scent was stale enough that there was nothing the patrol had to do about it at that moment and the fluffy tom nodded in response to Salmonsong mentioning the report. That was the best way to handle it.

[Dovey]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

Minnowthorn rolled her shoulders and straightened up from her section. "All clear over here." She kind of wished she could have gone hunting or something, bring a little prey back to the Clan, but then again she supposed that was what the hunting patrols were for. Border patrols were always just so boring.

“Alright I’ll check over here,” she sniffed “I smell RiverClan!” She sniffed again.

[dino.]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

"we ARE on the RiverClan border," minnowthorn pointed out. Her left eyebrow quirked up in an "obviously" expression. "I promise you, Lostwish, RiverClan has no reason to show aggression toward us. So let it be." She flicked her tail and then bounded after Kestrelcreek. Lostwish could either follow and behave like a real warrior, or stay and attempt to stir up trouble with RiverClan - Minnowthorn didn't care which.

[Dovey]

[ Alexcentri Chasepaw ]

"we ARE on the RiverClan border," minnowthorn pointed out. Her left eyebrow quirked up in an "obviously" expression. "I promise you, Lostwish, RiverClan has no reason to show aggression toward us. So let it be." She flicked her tail and then bounded after Kestrelcreek. Lostwish could either follow and behave like a real warrior, or stay and attempt to stir up trouble with RiverClan - Minnowthorn didn't care which.

She nodded. “alright.” She dipped her head, like she use to. She was back acting like her normal self again.

[wolfie]

Lightpaw watched her mentor in awe. While he seemed unsure, he still knew stuff somewhat. And even the tiniest bit of knowledge made him seem so much older than he really was. Lightpaw hadn't realized there was so much drama behind the clans. She took a tiny amount of pride in how secure Lionstar was. Then she trembled slightly as she remembered the drama with Dirtfur. Maybe not all the clans were perfect. "It's quite interesting." She nodded slowly, "The clans are... confusing sometimes. Don't get me wrong, everyone's doing the best they can..." She thought about what she did in order to become an apprentice, frowning. Maybe nobody hurt Cobaltshade. But it hadn't seemed very fair. And Lionstar's whole point was to get kits out of the nursery to make more room. "Personalities..." she murmured. "They conflict."

Wormbite was happy Lightpaw seemed to understand. "Everyone just wants to simply survive which you would think there wouldn't be as much drama as there is if we all share the common goal, " He mewed-- shaking his head lightly. Of course that wasn't the only goal cats had. Some were aiming to have a mate, some were aiming to be the best hunter in all of the clans. However it all winded down to one goal in the end. Emotions just distracted cats from it. Wormbite didn't voice that thought.

His ears twitch at Lightpaw's mumbling, he raised an brow but didn't question on what she had said. Wormbite would cast a glance to Thunderclan's side of the border before looking back at Lightpaw. "If you don't have any questions, I'll show you Shadowclan's border and then we can head back to camp, " His tail gestured to the darkening sky. The tom had been avoiding it for good reasons but well, Lightpaw didn't seemed like she would run off into the territory and get herself killed. Hopefully.