WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[kieryn]

Originally Posted by Puddle~

"Good job!" Puddlepaw smiled at Cherrykit, showing his approval. "Now, it's your turn to be the hider! I'll close my eyes and count to ten heartbeats. As soon as I start, you can go too." The tom quickly closed his eyes, took a breath, and began to count. "1... 2... 3..."

Cherrykit scampered around looking for a place to hide the feather eventually finding a pile of moss to hide it under. She thought she hid it good even though it was quiet easy to see in her kit mind she did good.

[Puddle~]

Originally Posted by kieryn

Cherrykit scampered around looking for a place to hide the feather eventually finding a pile of moss to hide it under. She thought she hid it good even though it was quiet easy to see in her kit mind she did good.

"... 9... 10!" As Puddlepaw finished counting, he opened his eyes and quickly scanned the nursery. On the first scan, he almost instantly caught a glimpse of the feather sticking out from under a pile of moss. But, he decided to make Cherrykit feel better and pretended not to see it. He began strolling around the nursery, turning his head in every direction, and pretending he was stumped as to where the location of the feather was. At last, when he'd searched for what seemed like long enough, he headed in the direction of the moss clump, and pretended to jolt back in surprise. "I found it! You're a really good hider, Cherrykit!" the apprentice mewed, padding forward to collect the feather and bring it back to the counting spot.

[kieryn]

Originally Posted by Puddle~

"... 9... 10!" As Puddlepaw finished counting, he opened his eyes and quickly scanned the nursery. On the first scan, he almost instantly caught a glimpse of the feather sticking out from under a pile of moss. But, he decided to make Cherrykit feel better and pretended not to see it. He began strolling around the nursery, turning his head in every direction, and pretending he was stumped as to where the location of the feather was. At last, when he'd searched for what seemed like long enough, he headed in the direction of the moss clump, and pretended to jolt back in surprise. "I found it! You're a really good hider, Cherrykit!" the apprentice mewed, padding forward to collect the feather and bring it back to the counting spot.

Cherrykit smiled and basked in the compliment"thankyou!your a good hider to" she meowed happily. She sneezed a little and coughed some after that her tiny body shiering as she continued to beam at puddlepaw.

[Moonraven]

Now, this is what she wanted to hear. Why couldn't he have said this before instead of lying to her like this? As Whispertail explained a little bit more to her...Twilightstar found she still couldn't really deduce what had happened. All that really mattered was that someone's back was crushed and a clanmate was at fault. She wanted to know who, but wasn't going to make them tell her at least not right now.
"WindClan is my responsibility, if there is a cat out there hurt their clanmates, it's not something I can ignore. Hiding it won't help anyone either. If said cat came forth, explained to me what happened, and apologized profusely I may be a bit more lenient. But accident or not, a punishment must be dealt out. " She growled, frustrated.
"You have no right to ask any request of me after wasting my time and lying to my face. You don't seem to understand that you've just lost any trust or faith I put in you as a warrior of WindClan." She didn't like how he was seemingly trying to play this down. Did he not understand how severe this was, lying to her and then withholding information.
"Goldkit, your apprentice ceremony will be delayed for one moon for leaving camp. I don't care whose life you saved, these rules are put in place for your safety. Every action has a consequence and you blindly ignored them." Twilightstar warns. She didn't bother reprimanding the kit further, it would get her nowhere.
"You," she glares at Whispertail "I'll figure out what do with later.
@Echobreeze18 (I got somewhere around two hundred for that post) @Goldwhisker


Twilightstar had no clue what he was talking about, everything she did was fair...most of the time. Once in a blue moon, she liked trying to pull rank, but more often then not, she was pretty fair. Or at least logically fair in her mind.
There was so much laughter in this den. She had once been told that laughter was the greatest medicine. The expression had been lost on her then, she didn't hear nor see a lot of laughter at that age. It had been a time of mourning for her brother, she found no reason to laugh after that for a long time. But recently, spending time with others has seemed she was finding things to smile and laugh at.
It left an almost warm tickle in her chest that she wasn't sure she wanted there. When it left would it be cold? She dismissed her irrelevant thoughts in time to hear something about pigs. The leader has to bite her tongue to keep from making a sarcastic remark about a certain ShadowClan leader. Unforanuatally, Icestar was the largest clan leader and thus the closest to a pig. If word got out she compared the ruthless leader of ShadowClan to a pig trouble might arise so she keeps it to herself, smiling merrily while thinking about it.
Her tongue darts out, not at all certain the point with said action, after Rushingmoor sticks his out at her. It felt like some weird unspoke teasing insult, even though she felt a fool, it was only right she insult him back.
"Oh, a coup? Really?" Her eyes sparkle with enthusiasm at the thought of a coup. She deflates a little when she realizes he's just joking and when she figured that overthrowing her would put Brindlejaw in charge which meant the clan would literally be begging to have her back when they came to the conclusion. " I want to deal with a coup, it could be fun." Her dreams were momentarily crushed right then and there
Naturally, she perks up hearing that he'll work on kidnapping her. That was something to look forward too. She decides to add to his list of tasks she wanted him to do.
"Well you're working on your kidnapping skills, figure out how start-up a coup as well. I think I would very much like to be overthrown." she meows, dead serious. Yup, that sounded brilliant to her.
"Why can't we use a flower?" Twilightstar asked, she didn't get what he meant by cats would talk. What were they talking about and if it was about her they should come to say it to her face so she could deal with it right then and there(like a boss). "I don't really like flowers, they're pretty to look at, but wilt so fast, even so I can put them in my nest and they smell nice." she retorts, being a bit of a diva.
"Plus, when they die I can throw them at cats when annoyed. I can't do that with roc -" she breaks off to think a moment. "Well, actually I can but if I throw rocks at any of the tailless I'm pretty sure Coyotesnarl will get mad and he's being extremely moody and unpredictable as is." Her tone of voice shakes a little as she thinks of the tom. She'd try to avoid annoying that grumpy cat as is.
Her smile is back as she is praised for her lovely idea. The pout flickers along her lips as he's back to the whole liking him thing. Why was he so amused by that? But whatever, let him have his fun. Time to change the subject before she cuffs him.
"Stop being tailless for two seconds and help me figure out how to work out my tournament idea." she sighs, twitching her whiskers. "I believe I've figured out what I want to call this elite team of warriors, I want five of them." she lifts up a dainty paw and unsheathes her claws peering down at them. "If these cats are to help with battles and keeping order or whatnot, I want them to be respected and admired. I think I shall call them Fangs." WindClan's fangs, she quite liked it. Twilightstar was probably getting ahead of herself here, but everyone needed inspiration, and names were one way to get that inspiration flowing. "Their apprentices can be Talons." A rank to be earned rather than given.
@Beau

[Cobra]

Whispertail held his breath. "It's Braveheart!" he blurted.
[WOW. Okay don't care i think brave is missing.] @Moonraven @Goldwhisker

[Moonraven]

Originally Posted by Scum

Puffinhop felt like jell, a weak puddle of wobbly tears. He felt like he could cry but it wasn't very often that he didn't feel that way.
On the bright side, he wasn't being kicked out! Puffinhop gave her a weak nod, nawimg at the inside of his cheek as he proceeded what she had said. The topic of himself was... a struggle for Puffinhop but he would try, if not for himself, for his siblings. The elders den didn't sound to bad anyway!
"T-thank you, Twilightstar. I appreciate this opportunity, I really do," He meowed up at her, creeping past the leader to head to the elders den


@Moonraven

Hmm, well that went better than expected. Why was she always expecting the worse out of cats? Perhaps because it was better than expecting the best and then being disappointed. Either way, Twilightstar was pleased to see that Puffinhop had something to look forward too. "Welcome back." she meows in response to his gratitude, allowing him to leave with a dismissing nod of her head. Now she hoped he didn't find himself terrified of the clan's elders.
@Scum - we're done, I'll get him back up as soon as I update the allegiances.

Originally Posted by ~Corruptedfate~

[ @Moonraven ]
Magheera - or, according to Twilightstar, "Mag" - was... Well, shocked, to say the least: she had been decently excited to be able to join WindClan as a full warrior. But a queen? The cashmere resisted the urge to shake her head in surprised disappointment - she knew she'd have to respect the Clan leader's decisions nevertheless.
Magheera tilted up her head. "Real quick, may I request something, Twilightstar? I would like to request a warrior name." The newly appointed queen flicked her terribly ripped ears; she had been planning for this name for quite a while now.
"I would like the name Leopardbite."

Request? Twilightstar didn't get a lot of requests, but she was willing to hear the she-cat out. One ear falls when she learns it a request for a warrior name, most cats just let her name them. But whatever, Leopardbite wasn't a ridiculous name and fit alright with the molly. Honestly, it might be nice if cats requested their own names. Thinking them up was such a drag and she couldn't even give them the names she really wanted.
"I'll allow it," the leader yawns, "Welcome to WindClan, Leopardbite." It was not a bad name at all. "What of your kit? Would you like to request a name for her too or can I name her?" Her eyes drop to little Unknown with the question.

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

Originally Posted by Moon Lily

Littlewish grinned, an amused snort escaping from his maw. He hadn't expected Eaglepaw to dislike talking this much. How could someone find it 'horrible'? You talked everyday, and in his case, every second of it.
"How could you hate talking? It's a form of expression used by the strong and noble of hearted, and ancient art that evolved into more." He mewed dramatically, not caring whether that 'paw paid attention or not. Remembering his deal, he grinned sheepishly.
"Right, training! We're going to go over the moves you used and I'm going to give feedback on them, okay? Then I'll move onto some of the more advanced stuff."

Eaglepaw's attention drifted off as Littlewish started talking. His attention snapped back when he started talking about training. The tom nodded his head and waited for further instructions.

[Confuzzled.Lynx]

Originally Posted by Zesty Mango

Eaglepaw’s ram knocked Basilpaw to the side but she hoped back up and bounced around before aiming a blow for his shoulder.

Eaglepaw ducked and then headbutted her in the chest, hoping to leave her winded.

[Madelaine]

[ @Moonraven; @~Corruptedfate~; ]

Unknown listened to them, but didn't quite understand what they were saying. The little she-kit just stood there starring. She was fine with any name, since she didn't really know what a name was anyway. The bengal molly starred at Twilightstar before looking up at her adopted mother.

[Spiderfrost]

Originally Posted by Arie

"Don't have you go chasing a rabbit you say? Little pretty flower, that's exactly what we're going to be doing!" Weaselskip let out a laugh at Lilypaw's pleading expression. Weaselskip might sometimes not think everything through, but she wasn't dumb enough to let an apprentice, despite on that was older than her, run head first into a rabbit. "You're not fast enough anyway, the rabbit would spot you running at it and then... I of course, would have to use my extravagant running skills to come save your ass from a horrible rabbit." She knew the former Shadowclan warrior could probably save herself, but she found it funny nonetheless. "Come on, let's get out of her and out in the 'wilderness', rabbits don't come here to watch us train cause they usually end up food if they get anywhere near here." With that said, Weaselskip twitched her tail and them moved out of the training moor, heading out on the actual moors where the rabbits would be most likely to be located, "Despite my horrible skills at teaching battle skills, I've successfully taught... 3 apprentices to hunt and chase and round up rabbits. Stalking, flushing and chasing rabbits is good basic skills. It is much harder to catch mice, or birds here. So despite how hard it might seem, rabbits is the easiest to catch." Pausing on a small hill out in the territory, she nodded at the rolling hills. "What can you smell outside of the clear smell of heather?"

[ lilytraining ]


Liliypaw listen attentively as Weaselskip sang her own praise and the calico couldn't help the smile that stayed plastered on her face throughout their trip to their sprawling territory.

This was...this was nice. Lilypaw couldn't remember the last time she had taken part in a conversation with a clan mate beyond patrolling or some other job. She liked Weaselskip, even when she didn't have much to say, the younger warrior had enough to say to fill any silence for the both of them.

She still thought it hard to believe rabbits were easier to catch. but maybe thats just the forest cat in her. She had to be a moorland cat now. Bringing her nose into the air to do as Weaselskip said, the calico concentrated.

"Birds. There are some probably picking at the ground." she twitched her tail in the direction of the scent before the wind shifted. Again, she took a moment to pick out what was in the air and the vaguely familiar scent of rabbit farther down caught her attention.

"And there are rabbits down the slope there." she pointed her tail again.