Into the Twoleg Place [Open to Kittypets]

[Undertaker]

[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.]

 

Orchidmoon - @nocturnal naiad, Aspenpaw - @Erebus, Fangtooth - @TheDragonGoddess, Owlkit - @~'Ace of Spades'~, Newtpaw - @Vidastrophic

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."

[Kiba.]

@Undertaker @Kat

The forest was dark and as Wishingwell emerged with his clanmates into the faint moonlight he narrowed his eyes just a bit. There was an air of unease rippling around him. Twolegs. Vile creatures who think only about themselves and refuse to acknowledge anything around them.

His ears perked forward as his line of sight landed on Dawnstar; who had leaped up onto the barrier that divided his home and the unfamiliar territory. The tom took a seat and listened intently, his tail tip flicking side to side.

"Wishingwell stick close to Larkpaw, and try not to fall down any holes."

With that statement the tom huffed a small chuckle. Always a reminder to his name and how as a 'paw he had fallen into a twoleg well. "Of course Dawnstar" He replied back "I will keep an extra eye out to make sure of that. Larkpaw." Wishingwell turned his attention to the apprentice a few pawsteps away from him. "I want you to stay in my line of sight at all times. If you have and idea or a lead I will gladly hear you out but do not take off on your own. Do you understand?"

Without waiting for a response the blue tabby tom took a small step forward before bunching his muscles and leaping up beside his leader onto the wall. The warrior dipped his head in a formal greeting before vaulting down and landing silently on the grass below. This was it. Time to find his missing clanmates.

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~~ Poisonpaw - They/They/Their - ShadowClan Apprentice ~~
-- Black smokey cat with unusual green eyes --

{ @The Heir Apparent @Undertaker }

Posionpaw followed their leader to Twolegplace. They hated it with every strand of fur that they had on their body. Kittypets... ew. They hated kittypets. The black cat nodded when Dawnstar paired them up with Racconpelt. "Well, let's get a move on, Racconpelt." Poisonpaw hissed. They couldn't wait to get this done with.

~~ Coral - She/Her - Kittypet ~~
-- White-and-blue(gray) tortoiseshell she-cat with blind yellow eyes --

{ OPEN FOR SOMEONE TO SEE HER }

Huh?

Coral lifted her head at the sound of... pawsteps? She stretched and leaped up onto a windowsill to hear better. She had memorized her home well. She knew this window was open, so she leaped down into the grass below and walked forward 'til the blind she-cat felt her paws touch the rough path of the monsters that her housefolk took and other housefolk.

She may have been born blind, but what was to stop her from exploring the world? She heard voices, a female seemed to be ordering a bunch of other cats. She caught some names... Racconpelt... Larkpaw... and Elmshadow. Coral did not know what they meant, but...

Wait. Am I standing in plain sight right now?

[Rose]

Larkpaw
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In the duration that Dawnstar led her patrol through the territory, Lark had remained quiet. Grey ears flicked as groups were assigned, and Larkpaw was instantly swinging towards Wishingwell, amber gaze locking onto the ShadowClan warrior. Thankfully, he'd had the sense to already move towards her, and the distance between them was quickly closed.

As the ShadowClan warrior began speaking, her eyes narrowed a tad bit at his orders. Lark did not take well to being bossed around by someone she'd deemed unworthy. But she supposed the rules were something she should have expected, and Dawnstar had been the one to assign the groups. And after all, if there was one cat Lark respected, it was the colossal Shadow leader. Larkpaw was not prone to running off without reason, but other apprentice's were perhaps known to be more unruly. It was smart of Wishingwell to have established this beforehand.

"I'm not an idiot." Larkpaw said finally, but then inclined her head in acknowledgement. "But alright, I will not take off unless the situation calls for it."

Slinking out of the safety of ShadowClan's shadows, Larkpaw leapt over the fence without a word, landing with a quiet thud on the other side. A neighborhood. Lark grimaced slightly to herself as unwanted, long-buried memories flooded through her mind. In, out, and then they were gone. That was what Dawnstar was saying, and Larkpaw was entirely fine with that. She needed not to spend another moment, longer than necessary in this pit of hell.

[ @Undertaker - Dawnstar / @Kiba. - Wishingwell ]

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Shadowfur remained completely silent as he stalked through the woods behind his leader. He was honored to have been selected for a patrol to search for some of their missing Clanmates. He didn’t know if they’d find any, but even finding one would make the journey worth it.

ShadowClan had lost too many warriors lately. On top of that, many of the cats who were left were weak from starvation. Hopefully, if an old Clanmate or two of their’s were in the Twolegplace, they’d be well-fed and strong.

His ears perked as he was assigned Sorrelflare as a partner. He’d never worked with this cat before, so hopefully there wouldn’t be any issues. He impatiently waited for the other cat to join him.

( @oleander )

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xx Sorrelflare

The russet tom had been silently following Dawnstar his ear flicking as xe listened to the leader explain would be happening. He nodded and his gaze flickered over to Shadowfur. He's never worked with the warrior but hopefully he was a good warrior.

He slinked over to the warrior, his russet body barely shown in the moonlight, his tail flicked, "Hello Shadowfur."

@Cherry~

[Madelaine]

Ratpaw
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The young tom moved after Dawnstar, staying close to her since he trusted her to keep him safe. He wasn't sure about the other cats, but that was just because his distrust for some cats. He had to have a conversation with them first before he trusted them. As they got closer to the two-leg place the more scared him became. He wasn't sure how he felt about this place.

Ratpaw stopped walking alongside everyone else and listened to Dawnstar pairings and warnings. There was no way he was moving too fair away from the other cats. He was too terrified to split up. Hearing his name get assigned with Coldcrackle. Oh he knew that cat! he talked with him before. He looked around for the cat, whiskers twitched with anticipation. He then decided to wait for them over the wall with everyone else.

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@Undertaker; @Veinyard;
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[Ian]

Slytiger quietly padded after Dawnstar, his pupils blown wide to take in as much of the scarce moonlight as possible. It was hard to see, but it didn't bother the Toyger much. After joining ShadowClan, he had quickly gotten used to the murky forest where they made their home. Slytiger glanced around soon as they left the territory, anticipation swelling in his stomach.

His lean muscles bunched as Dawnstar leaped on top of the wall, and after gauging the distance, Slytiger landed smoothly next to her. The scent of the twolegplace brought back memories from the striped tom's youngest moons, though they were vague. All he knew was that he much preferred this life to the one he had lived nearly forty moons ago.

"Sounds good, Dawnstar," Slytiger mewed as she announced the pairs. He figured calling her by her name in front of his Clanmates was better, or else he might get painfully punted off the wall. He once again tensed before making the easy leap down the wall after the ShadowClan leader, his pupils narrowing at the artificial light that illuminated the various twolegs den.

The Toyger listened to Dawnstar's final instructions while surveying the area, his ears pricked to attention as he listened to the various sounds around them. "Which way shall we go?" he asked once the leader had finished speaking.

@Undertaker

[~Half-A-Witch~]

@CreeperLover649 @The Heir Apparent {I wish for your cats, PoisonPaw and RacconPelt, to find my Owlkit!}
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OWLKIT
Owlkit ran through the forest in a daze. "I-it's so scary!" She mewed and scrambled up a tree, messily. She crouched down, claws unsheathed and dug into the branch,
and closed her eyes, tightly.
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CAMILA
The pregnant she-cat stood in her old kittypet garden. She groomed herself peacefully and smelled an odd smell. Her ears perked up to listen and the large maine coon looked around for signs of cats in danger.

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Originally Posted by ~'Ace of Spades'~

@CreeperLover649 @The Heir Apparent
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OWLKIT
Owlkit ran through the forest in a daze. "I-it's so scary!" She mewed and scrambled up a tree, messily. She crouched down, claws unsheathed and dug into the branch,
and closed her eyes, tightly.

~~ Poisonpaw - They/They/Their - ShadowClan Apprentice ~~
-- Black smokey cat with unusual green eyes --

{ @The Heir Apparent }

Posionpaw stared at Racconpelt for a while and looked around and heard the rustle of falling leaves on a tree, but that couldn't have been the wind, right? Maybe just nothing...

Oh, it was something. When walking from tree to tree, the apprentice saw one branch shaking like hell. What...? Oh. A kit was up there. Not just any kit, the black cat realized. It was Owlkit. "Oh my god, Owlkit! Get down from there!" Posionpaw called up to the missing ShadowClan kit.