ShadowClan Apprentices' Den

[Mica]

Emberpaw
ShadowClan Apprentice
she/they/he | 5 moons
[Dark brown tabby with golden eyes]
Purrks: Agatha Kitty
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[Houndpaw - @wolfie ] [Scorpionpaw - @SuspiciousMindz ]
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Whispers, flickers of noise pricking the edge of her senses. Emberpaw’s ears and whiskers twitched as movement jostled her from unconsciousness, face scrunching into a frown before her eyes slid open. As her eyes adjusted to the dark, Emberpaw spotted Houndpaw and Scorpionpaw exiting the apprentice den. Emberpaw grumbled, sides quickly growing cold without her siblings’ pelts pressed against them. Stumbling sleepily to her paws, the apprentice followed.

Her siblings had stopped just outside in the clearing, and were listening for something. Emberpaw staggered over, plopping down right next to Houndpaw. “Whas habba nin ?” He chirped, ears perked up even as his face drooped.

Then they heard the howl, and immediately Emberpaw’s tail fluffed, a bit of clarity returning to their eyes. What on earth was that? Was it dangerous? It sounded far away but anything loud enough to reach their ears from far away… Emberpaw began to sleepily nudge Houndpaw back to the den. “Bed. Dang’rous.” But they were getting nowhere, and finally gave up, flopping into a loose loaf and pouting. But then Houndpaw and Scorpionpaw began mimicking the sound! Fear struck Emberpaw for a heartbeat, but the alluring sound echoed around them, and they couldn’t help but smile.

“awwwooo” Emberpaw hummed, swaying to the music of the night.

[wolfie]

⸝⸝⸝ 彡 ☽ five moons ✮ he . him ☾ 彡 ⸝⸝⸝

large chocolate brown kit with darker brown markings and thick fluffy fur; bright golden eyes and a single tooth that overlaps his bottom lip

꒰ #AcontiumFlowers /ᐠ - ˕ -マ ꒱

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˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗ [ @Mica @SuspiciousMindz ] ˗ˏˋ ★ ˎˊ˗

── .✦ ➜ Scorpion was a bit better at the whole movin’ around in the dark it appeared. Houndpaw made a small mrrp noise, returning the affectionate gesture by pressing his nose gently against her cheek. For once, he didn't quite have many words.

Houndpaw sleepily followed after his sister, standing guard at the dirtplace with as much attention he could muster. He might've nodded off a little. Just a little. At least until the forest started to talk to them! His tufted ears twitched, golden irises widening. He was stunned, absolutely hypnotized by the alluring symphony. Quiet at first until they grew more confident, it almost sounded as if the camp was surrounded. He nodded his head up and down. “YA!! Sounds cool!!” The apprentice listened closer, tail beginning to wag excitedly – so fixated on the source he didn't quite notice Emberpaw approaching.

Houndpaw jumped at her voice, whirling around. “Oh hullo burr, “ He yipped, at least it was another of his sibs. “I t-t-think it-t’s comin’ from t-the east, but it's not-t-” his eyebrows furrowed, cocking his head to the side while he listened. They were harmonious, but he was keen to pick up on the variations. He didn't quite get the chance to share said observation until Emberpaw was trying to nudge him. “W-wh??? nnnOoo, eeek!!!” Houndpaw whimpered, skittering away from her protective clutches. NO!! He was CURIOUS now!!

“I t-think-k it's…a cl-lan… cuz there’s multiple s-songs. It's like,, birds chirpin’.. but I dunno what bird makes that noise, “ Houndpaw hypothesized, after all if they weren't a clan why were they all grouped together? They could be fighting but that would be a weird fight.

He went quiet once they started to sing again, echoing throughout the starry night. He lifted his head to gaze dreamily at the twinkling moon, it was almost possible to think the moon itself was singing to them. He nodded his head in agreement. Whoever was singin was makin him sleepy. Emberpaw thought it was dangerous.. but Houndpaw didn't know. It was pretty.

Maybe he could tell them that!! And they would do it every night. It was a pretty distinct noise, nothin like he was used to but he was pretty good at yelling.

Houndpaw stepped up onto a nearby rock before pointing his muzzle up into the air before letting out a small, “MrroooO-w!” Which was not close. And thus cued the tom desperately attempting to workshop the noise to be more similar.

Eventually, he was able to let out a bellowing, “MaaWWOOOOOOO!” which was an incredibly loud scream. At the very least it matched the mysterious creatures’ screaming.

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✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ heightened hearing ✮ silver tongue ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

[SuspiciousMindz]

[Scorpionpaw]
ShadowClan Apprentice
​11/100
No Purrks

Scorp was surprised when Emberpaw made an appearance. Actually, was she really? Her sibling always seemed to show up in their schemes to shut it down. She was getting ready to protest when he did something she wasn't expecting. He was joining in on the shenanigans?!

Oh, oh, oHHH!!!
We're doing this!

She didn't really even register what Houndpaw was talking about before she was ready to join in with Emberpaw. However, Hound was LOUD. Really loud. Scorp let a large grin cross her face before she inhaled deeply and tossed her head into the air:

"aaaAAAAAWOOOOO!!!~"

Scorp would try to match, if not surpass, Houndpaw in loudness. The trio might be located near the dirtplace in the clearing, but their voices reverberated across the camp -- as screeching. Not alarmed screeching, but just irritating loudness. Especially for at night. They'd have to work on their tone of voice, but that was at a later date. Now Scorp had something she could bring up randomly to her siblings. Random future annoyances.

@Undertaker - Dawnstar [you don't have to reply unless you want Dawn to, just view your children being chaos] | @Mica - Ember/Mistle [Mistle can show up whenever lolol]
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[Spider]

she wasn't sleeping and wasn't going to now, so she might as well join in on the fun! WHo cares if shes older she can have some fun! anycat can have some fun With a deep breath fishpaw built up the sound in her chest "AaAAAWOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" she joined in yeah she wouldnt mind getting in trouble if she was going to it couldn't be that bad if it happened.

@SuspiciousMindz

[Kix]

Wispypaw
You walk along the edge of danger
+ she/her[they/them to those she has told] + Heightened Perception [hearing, active] + Shadow fiend + Blind

They normally weren't one to spend most of their time in this god forsaken den, so the one time they pop in, its into chaos. See this is exactly why they choose to find somewhere else to sleep, how was this sane?! How was one supposed to sleepy or relax in here when there was two cats screaming their absolute head off like they were getting murdered?! Wispypaw might be blind but they weren't deaf, but with all this screaming they might be losing their hearing soon. "Dear god! Is the screaming really necessary?!" they hissed out. At this point the large paw was at the entrance, half way in and half way out, they had only come in here to see if they could seek someone as a sparring victim. They had no idea what to even do with all of this, how does one handle, especially at night. They might be awake and one should be asleep but in their eyes, sleep was for the weak right now. "You lot graduated too damn early from kithood!" ears laid back flat on their head in irritation. Of course, it couldn't just be contained to just two of the apprentices someone had to foolishly join in. "Not another one!"

@Spider @SuspiciousMindz @wolfie @/ anyone else who joins in

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Hollowpaw
‘The Hauntress’

Shadow Fiend: Inactive | Chill of Death: Permanently Active
[ black and white cat, blue and amber eyes. face and shoulder scarring. | she/they ]
[ #VGCHollow ]

➢ If there was one thing Hollowpaw loved in her life it was the quiet, and god damn, was that now gone. Dawnspawn! It was always the hell creatures! The Apprentice had hoped that Emverpaw and Houndpaw would give the den the silence she so desperately craved in their many sleepless nights where she stared into the void of darkness that was the Clearing. One, she could tolerate, it would end shortly. Then another…and another, and another. Childlike envy blooms in the darkness of her head. It consumes the Apprentice though she refuses to voice it. So they simply stare at the four of them from the shadows. Finding herself sitting up while her attention is drawn specifically to Scorpion and Fish. And despite her own feelings, a smile grows on her maw. Though thankfully it wasn’t visible from the darkness, that was swiftly ruined by the husky and surprisingly loud laugh that leaves her lips. A paw covering her face immediately after but it doesn’t stop her laughter. Was this joy? The childlike wonder that she had long forgotten when they disappeared?

The urge to join in climbs through her pelt, lingering in her shoulder and muzzle with a tingling sensation within their scars. Anxiety bubbles inside the older shecat, she hadn’t allowed themself to feel happy without them here but this whole charade reminder Hollowpaw of Wildkit. The randomness and in the dead of night brought back feelings of guilt that faded into nostalgia in its final moments. “Ah, to hell with you lot” Anxiety and grief be damned! Hollowpaw laughs once more, moving closer to Scorpion and Fish before joining the ensemble of howls. One more playful curse leaving her tongue, one a friend would say before joining a dumb idea of the reckless. “I hate you both…” Another laugh and smile before she followed their lead. “Awoooooooo!” Then her attention turned to Wispypaw, one of the Arkspawn. Her husky voice cutting through the air as they chuckle honestly. “Aw, lighten up there! Someone’s the Queen of Gloom and Doom! You’re so Lameeeeee!” They again giggle before going back to howling. “Awooooo!”

[ @Spider @SuspiciousMindz @Kix ]

[Estelle]

Sleepysunrise
[ 14 moons | She / Her | Shc Medicine Cat | Shadow Fiend ]

Oh dear goodness. Were these the kits her grandmother had reared? These, the apprentices that her grandmother saw fit to promote? She lingered within the shadows, eyes glinting with barely concealed... Irritation? Exhaustion? Exasperation? They ought to behave themselves better, they were her grandmother's kin! Unbelievable. They were unworthy, the voices nagged and whispered, the tip of her claws pierced the ground beneath her. Kill them. Flay them. Hang their pelt to dry--- she shook her head, dispelling the nagging as even her own sister joined not to stop them, but to further cause a ruckus. And here she thought Wispypaw was better than that.

Her mind's eye flashed to her mother's empty face, grin blasting on and off, whispering words of contempt and foul play, words that ignited that old flame. Punish them? No. Not even mama would berate Wispypaw for it. Would she? Wispypaw was just another of her perfect thirteen, the one she could never live up to -- she bit her lip, a small pierce into her skin. Yet look how she was screaming now. Sleepysunrise could be so much better, they taunted, so much smarter.
"Are you all done, or do you want to wake the dead?"
Her voice drifted from the shadows that still concealed her, her presence only alerted by briefly gleaming eyes as they caught the light of the moon. She circled around them in the darkness, watching their almost taller "small" forms. What even were they doing? What was the point of this?


[ @SuspiciousMindz @Mica @wolfie @Kix @Spider @fade ]

[moxie_the_slime]

《!¡ covepaw ¡!》
☆| He/They • Apprentice • 9 moons |☆
★"Baa Baa Black Sheep Have You Any Soul? No sir by the way what the hell are morals?"★

"SHUT UP!" Covepaw roared above the howling, the tom had been awoken by the godforsaken screeching, his ears pinned down and teeth bared. He was so done with all of these cats.

@SuspiciousMindz
@Mica
@wolfie
@Kix
@Spider
@fade
@Estelle

[Kix]

Wispypaw
I make bad decisions, bad decisions
+ she/her[they/them to those she has told] + Heightened Perception [hearing, active] + Shadow fiend + Blind

They should of just screamed in their head and just walked away but no. They had to put in their two cent with these air heads, to put sense in them about the howling. Yet somehow they were being grouped in with these...babbling idiots. "Stop this you idiots!" they hissed at the howling kits, they would of left it at that but the oldest(they assumed so) of the bunch had decided to give them the stupidest sounding name ever. "HUh?!" they peeled their lips back in a silent growl, would it be appropriate for them to jump this one?! "What the living hell did you just call me?!" they turned their blind gaze in the direction of who called them the queen of doom and gloom, well hopefully. That bout of anger and irritation didn't last long the moment when they perked up at the sound of their older sister speaking, calling everyone out. "I'm not screaming to the heavens like they are! I am not part of their stupid little whatever fest they have going on!" they look outright offended to be included in with the howlers. Now they just straight up ignored Covepaws existence and whatever they yelled, if them yelling at them didn't work what made him think his would do the magic?!

@fade @Estelle @Spider. @moxie_the_slime @SuspiciousMindz

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Hollowpaw
‘The Hauntress’

Shadow Fiend: Inactive | Chill of Death: Permanently Active
[ black and white cat, blue and amber eyes. face and shoulder scarring. | she/they ]
[ #VGCHollow ]

➢ Something inside the shecat begged to fire back, to jump and come up with something worse than that for Wispypaw but her attention was dragged away by an ominous voice from the distant. Hollowpaw could barely hear it if she was being honest, but it was familiar nonetheless. Sleepysunrise. Another doom and gloom! But she couldn’t reuse that nickname now could they? “Oh absolutely, Queen of Silence and Shadows!” It was cocky, way too cocky for her normal blankness tone so what emerged from her throat was haughty and smug. If one had been around her enough they would’ve known that Hollow could get this way, but none of them had earned that right yet so this was a first.

Hollowpaw feels the laughter once more bubble within her throat and it escapes, even through the white paw that covers her maw. It’s an odd sounding cackle, yet it’s genuine. Her anxiety now dissolved as her eyes narrow and grin grows through her words. Blue and amber eyes turn towards Covepaw. “You hear that one, Scorps? We’ve got to shut up, I vote we get him!” The grin on her maw now a full on smile, that too was genuine. It felt so odd being able to laugh, not worry about being dark and mysterious all the time. Hollowpaw even ignores the clawing at her scars as the guilt tries to creep up on her and they swiftly drown it back down. Standing, instead of sitting. Tail lashing wildly in a newfound excitement. “Oh and the Queen of Gloom and Doom as well!” Hollowpaw giggles, the Apprentice presses her shoulder into Scorpion as they speak before removing themself with a quiet chuckle.

Her eyes wander around before finding them back on Wispypaw. This one was so damn lame, like if Hollow, the normal sad and mysterious one could find the joy in this then why couldn’t she?? “While you’re doing the whole lame and boring stuff, Queen of Gloom and Doom, I’ll be over here actually enjoying my youth if you need anything!” and now back to howling!!!!! “AWOOOOOOOOO”

[ Bear with me, this is all mobile. Mentioning those she’s directly talking too-
@Estelle @Kix @moxie_the_slime @SuspiciousMindz ]