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This thread is strictly for the mentioned ShadowClan cats, and open to kittypets who may want to give the clan cats direction or pick a fight with them to defend their home. Unless given permission, there will be no kittypet deaths involved.]
[Hey, ppl with Missing Cats. Pick out one pair of cats from the pairings Dawn made and mention them when you make your posts. That way those cats can find your missing one. There are currently five missing cats so each pair should be able to find one cat. It's up to you if you want to make them finding your missing cat hard or easy. If anything is confusing, VM me.]
Dawnstar did so hate leaving the boundaries of her territory especially when she was leaving her clan so vulnerable and defenseless in its current state, but with leafbare looming and so many cats having returned with collars tethered around their necks, Dawnstar felt the need to search out the nearest twoleg place to see if there were any more of her cats stolen from her. Dawnstar was losing more cats than she was gaining and if ShadowClan wanted to stand a fighting chance this leafbare, she needed the lost ones found.
So she gathered a relatively small group of cats she had found lingering around the camp and had them follow her out into the outskirts. Dawnstar hadn't put much thought into who she brought, she picked the first few cats that caught her eye, save Slytiger he was here due to his former outsider background, and that was that. Since this wasn't supposed to be a particularly dangerous mission, taking a few inexperienced apprentices didn't rattle her. The only way they learned was through actual experience.
The moon was barely shining tonight, it was a small slitted curved shape in the sky, granted little to no light to move through, and the leader could barely see her paws in front of her. This was one of the many reasons Dawnstar choose tonight of all night to check out the twoleg place. As unfamiliar as they'd be with the territory, there were few who could move as well as she in the darkness. As the trees thinned and a large barrier of wood showed up in front of her, Dawnstar crouched low and then pushed off the ground in a powerful leap landed lightly along the to of the barrier, and swept her tail out for balance as she peered down at the outside of some twoleg's den.
Dawnstar scented the air and strained her ears, ignoring the disgusting scent of kittypet and twoleg in the air, and searched for any threats that might greet them, dogs in particular. This twoleg's den seems free of dogs, thankfully. Despite the lack of moon, there were cold yellow lights streaming out of many of the twolegs den as if they had captured the sun and stuck it in their dens. It was strange, but Dawnstar shook the distraction off.
"We're not looking for a fight here, we're searching for our clanmates and then we're gone. Ignore any of the kittypet whinings unless it involves one of our clanmates. We move fast and we move quietly, I'm pairing you up with a partner, do not leave their side. Poisonpaw [ @CreeperLover649 ], you are with Racconpelt [ @Heir Apparent ]. Ratpaw [ @Angelique ], you with Coldcrackle [ @Veinyard ]. Wishingwel l [ @Kiba. ], stick close to Larkpaw [ @Kat ], and try not to fall down any holes. Sorrelflare [ @oleander ] and Shadowfur [ @Cherry~ ] you two are together. Slytiger [ @NinjaBloss ], you're with me." Dawnstar waited to see if she had any questions that needed answering and then beckoned the groups of cats beneath her to come and join her on the twolegs wooden wall.
Dawnstar stayed seated on the wall to make sure that all the apprentices made the leap alright, and then leaped down behind the twoleg wall and gathered with the others.
"If any of this kittypet seem bright enough ask them if any twoleg has taken in any new kittypets, we can start searching there. Set up scent trails if possible so you don't get lost, let's meet back at this sycamore." Dawnstar meowed, padding over to the large bare tree in the yard and dragging her claws down the bark, marking the tree with both her claws and her scent. That way even if twolegs had similar trees in their dens this one would stand out.
"Unless there are any issues, off you go. Try to avoid fighting if possible, our medicine cats are swamped as is and I don't need Elmshadow on my tail."