WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Wings]

[ @Rani ]
-Creekdash-

Creekdash of course was the first to start chanting, and of course was almost roaring. "Crowtooth!! Bumbleshade!! Stagleech!!". Stagleech's name sure was interesting but it fit the tom saying that Twilightstar called him parasite. And it somewhat fit his personality. And with out further ado, Creekdash hurried forward to give his brother a big hug over his shoulders along with a wide smile.

[tye]

Originally Posted by Jesse

The feather of blue in Burningpaw's eyes flickered like a brand of blue flame against a bed of embers. There was no softness or brotherly love to be discerned in his expression as he pulled away to look down at. The way he grimaced at Powderpaw's submissive groveling made it seem like he'd truly deluded himself into believing his own brother was an enemy spy, if such a thing was possible.

"Give up? Give up?!" Powderpaw's lack of effort disturbed him. He slammed a paw down his brother's head, forcing his muzzle down into the dirt and hooking his claws under his scalp. If he had breaking point, Burningpaw intended to find it. His lips peeled back into his gums.

"Don't tell me you're scared of losing a little blood? You disgust me." Burningpaw snickered and clicked his teeth, imitating biting back down into his flesh. "Aren't you feeling it? This is what it means to be alive- this is what it means to be prey!"

"Fight me! Fight me! Go for the throat! Go for the kill! Fight me for your right to live-!"

"Burningpaw!"

Burningpaw's grip loosened. A silver flash darted toward him with a terrifying speed, knocking him off of Powderpaw and sprawling onto his side into a cloud of dirt before he even had time to react. "Get off of him, you animal!" A silver she-cat stood over Powderpaw, a look of horror plastered to her face. "For Starclan's sake, why can't you just act normal!"

"And you-" Her head snapped down to Powderpaw, her eyes glistening with tears. "Pull yourself together. You're an embarrassment. Don't you have any pride?" Burningpaw stumbled to his paws, wiping away his bloodied lip.

"Both of you.. I can't even look at you.. Are you determined to humiliate me in front of the entire clan?! I'll never be able to live this down. I'm a joke, thanks to you. I'm the she-cat with not only one, but two dysfunctional children. And forget about ever hoping to have a normal life someday. No one will have me. I can't say I blame them.. My life was over as soon as I had kits.."

Last time he checked, they lived in Windclan. Not Shadowclan! And what is he going on about? The thought of deepening his own claws or fangs into kin, let alone a cat, made the tom's stomach feel queasy. Never, he said repeatedly in his mind while keeping down on the dirt. Burningpaw sure likes to play rough.. Powderpaw held in a grunt hoping for his brother to get bored quickly and walk away. The dark shadow in his blue hues said otherwise. Confused and defeated, the apprentice laid still until the weight suddenly lifted from a familiar and..rather disappointed voice shouted across the clearing. Oh, fox dung... "Mom, we're just playing 'round..," his soft mew was easily overlapped by Silkywhisker's annoyance. The orange tabby quickly sat up, head hung low. Her words felt like ice pricking his heart. The last attempt of his, Powderpaw inched forward placing a paw on top of mother's to calm her down. "We're sorry. It won't happen again, I promise. We'll do better and make you proud. " Brown eyes turned over to Burningpaw. "Right, Burningpaw?"

[Rani]

Crowpa-tooths! happy moment of swelling pride was suddenly interrupted by the sheer shock of Stagleech and honestly he wasn't even surprised. The warrior stared, wide eyed, at the smaller cat, expression confused and head cocked before the second part of the sentence sunk in and he slapped a paw to his face with a whack. He'd be interrogating the new warrior later for sure but for now he could leave Stagleech to their ex mentors machinations. Peering out from under his paw at Bumbleshades words he gave a sort of helpless giggle the broke into a proper laugh at the other toms comment. "Ehehehe. Congratulations to you too Bumbleshade! Ive not doubt you deserve it." He rasped nodding at the new warrior before being distracted by his brother.

A wild grin on his face Crowtooth whirled to face the other tom paws rising to meet the warrior in a hug, more than happy to take his brothers weight as he broke out into loud crowing laughter. HE. WAS. A. WARRIOR! A night of symbolic vigil at the graveyard and he could move into the warriors den!

@Wings @Rainquail

[Estelle]

To much fur growing in her ears? That was new, but Hailpaw would take it as such. No need to question it "I'm not sure" the molly answered instead, glancing at Weaselskip before looking out in front of her again. The apprentice crouched down a bit and snuck forward- whatever made that sound, there was no use in scaring it off before knowing what it actually is.
A few steps later, her head perked up in surprised at the sight of.. Chickens? And a few at that, "My- What are those?" Hailpaw questioned her mentor, turning to the other - she had never actually seen chickens before, much less heard of them.

[ @Arie ]

[BEAR.]

Fernkit was delighted to see the big cat was willing to help him, and even more so when more cats came to his aid. One was smaller like him - but she felt giant in comparison, too. It was strange! He liked it. "Eldersky!" He had said her name before, hadn't he? Oh well, it didn't matter - they were going to find her. "I'm Fernkit," he informed his newfound friend with a grin plastered across his muzzle. "Not Fernbutt, but that's okay if you wanna call me that. What's your name?" He didn't mind the nickname, they had more important things to focus on. Being gone for so long, he was unfamiliar with these new faces but was eager to make new pals.

Oooh, another cat to help! Fernkit perked his ears up - she knew his sister? "Yeah!" He sprang up to his paws fully, wobbling toward the den entrance. "I haven't seen her since I came back! I don't know if she knows I'm here." Did Twilightstar tell her yet? He couldn't imagine so - she would have visited by now.

A surprise would be nice.

[ @Rainquail, @punkscape, @Fuzzy ]

[dionysus]

[ @Arie ]

“Stagleech! Crowtooth! Bunbleshade! Stagleech!”

What a fitting name. Even with the somewhat negative connotations of the warrior name, Rushingmoor felt pride surge through him for the younger tom. He’d finally done it- somehow... and he’d only died once! It felt crazy to Rushingmoor that he had met Stag as a kit and now he was a full warrior. Was Mushy really that old?

“Congratulations, Stagleech. I’m proud of you.”

Mushy rubbed his paw over the kid’s head before moving to wrap his paw around his neck to draw him in for a hug.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

“Crowtooth! Bumbleshade!” Rosebriar yowled, then paused. Wait - Stagpaw was becoming a warrior? And his name was Stagleech? That’s a horrid name! Well, Stagleech had been a terrible cat on general. Too obsessed with bugs and also a complete dimwit. No way would she cheer a name like Stagleech. Although, she had to admit, it fit him.

Wolffang was surprised to see new warriors being made, and yowled their names accordingly: “Crowtooth! Bumbleshade!” Then he paused, his gaze drifting over to Stagleech. That was a terrible name, and the apprentice’s confused words made him cringe. Could a cat be that stupid? His lip curled. No way would he cheer that stupid cat’s name. The name was fitting for him, but WindClan couldn’t risk stupid warriors, so there was no reason for him to be proud of Stagleech.

“Crowtooth! Bumbleshade! Stagleech!” Ashfeather cheered the names of the three newly made warriors. New warriors were a great addition to any Clan. A purr escaped from her. Although the name Stagleech was a bit odd, she knew how much the tom liked bugs, and Twilightstar knew that better than anyone. A small smile twitched on her crooked muzzle. She was interested to see where Stagleech would go.

[Fade]

Stagleech! BumbleShade! Crowtooth! *Cedarpaw mewed loudly,she happy as any cat was just a bit more,Blazefrost newer the same words quietly to himself.

*Cedarpaw smiled,the bug squad Has 2 warriors in it now* Stagleech! BumbleShade Crowtooth

[RETALIATION]

Rejoining- deer paw padded along beck into windclan, "uhh hello" he looked around "sorry I got lost"
(my computer got reset) deerpaw walked a little further into the territory, he wondered to himself "I hope i didn't mess up to bad."

[Jessica1917]

("he only died once" lol)
Dimtail looked up from his brief conversation with his new apprentice to note that three new warriors were taking their place. Three! Not bad... Dimtail had seen Stagpaw around camp, but didn't know much about him. Dimtail learned all he needed to know about the apprentice in his answer to becoming a warrior. Already given his... What? He might as well forget it, Crowpaw was becoming a warrior too, the apprentice was hardworking and deserved it. Dimtail didn't really know Beepaw either, but the warrior cheered for all three of them. "Stagleech! Crowtooth! Bumbleshade!"