{Springpaw}

Oh geez, what did she do wrong now? Worry and concern began flooding through the young molly as she heard the lack of wording coming from the other feline. Had she messed up? Had she said something they didn’t like? Her eyes went forth towards the sudden pile of RiverClan showing up, her muffled thoughts luckily distracting themselves as soon as the rather fish-smelling group of cats swerved into the gathering. Honestly, Springpaw had felt like she would rather bury herself than sit here and feel like a total mouse-brain. The molly’s blue eyes focused back towards Cardinalpaw, anxiety slowly swirling in her chest again. What should she say? This was her first encounter with an WindClan apprentice of all clans. Heck, she hadn’t even bothered to interact with any of the other clans yet ever since they’ve arrived. All it did was cause a fumbled mess in the poor calico’s brain.

From upon Cardinalpaw’s question about her siblings, Springpaw’s eyes lit up with slight surprise as the other feline spoke. She almost felt as if they were on the same terms, judging from how Cardinalpaw sounded and most likely possibly felt. She could slowly feel her claws unhook themselves from the snow below, her muscles finally relaxing along her shoulders. Maybe… this wasn’t going as bad as she thought? A wave of relief began to hit her, making the molly inhale a deep, rather uncomfortable breath of air. The cold air hit her lungs with a cold chill, but Springpaw passed the thought away. “Well… Yes, I do have siblings.” Her response sounded more like a mere mumble than words, making a heavy flow of embarrassment rush through the young feline. She had to keep it together. She didn’t want to make herself suddenly look stupid in front of another apprentice.

Another thought seemed to hit the pastel calico’s head, making her good ear perk straight up. Talking about her siblings usually made Springpaw feel better, or at least at a comfortable state. So she could just tell Cardinalpaw about her siblings, right? There shouldn’t be any harm with that whatsoever. With a more relaxed tone, and small whisk of her white-tipped tail, Springpaw began to speak more fluently with more confidence. “One of my siblings is actually here right now. If you ever spot an orange calico molly here, that’s Autumnpaw. She’s my sister.” Springpaw explained, feeling more relaxed as she spoke about her siblings. She decided to direct the last spot where she saw her sister here in the gathering with her tail, judging from her simply erecting her tail towards a direction where she had saw her littermate last. “Autumnpaw was last seen around over there. If you ever interact with her, you just have to make sure she doesn’t try to make you go on those ‘adventures’ of hers. She tends to do it quite often.” Springpaw continued, giving off a more warming, welcoming smile towards Cardinalpaw.

”I also have two brothers back at ThunderClan camp, named Summerpaw and Winterpaw. They would be here today, but I think Winterpaw had gotten himself stuck in a situation where he can’t come to the gathering today and Summerpaw?… I’m actually unsure for what his reasons would be.” Springpaw continued, lifting up one of her snow-chilled paws in thought for what her brothers might be possibly doing back at camp. Honestly, she was sincerely hoping they weren’t trying to be at each others throats. The thought only made Springpaw’s tail twitch significantly with question. ”How about you, Cardinalpaw?” Springpaw focused back over towards Cardinalpaw, finally feeling comfortable asking them questions in return. ”Do you have any siblings? If you don’t wanna talk about it, it’s fine. I don’t need to be in your personal bubble.” Springpaw assured, a soft, warm smile creeping along her maw as her blue eyes shown brightly. The anxiety that she was formerly feeling in her chest had seemingly disappeared without a trace, which she could be more than glad for, honestly.

@carmen