| Dapplebreeze |
Agatha Kitty - Inactive
The soft featured warrior soon found herself fluffing up, thick fur on end as her daughter relegated her tale. Oh, it was horrid. To think that those... those... oh, those
rats had dared to keep her little bird from the clan! There was a small part of her that blamed herself. She had been patrol leader. She should have stopped Bravebird from heading out alone. But she hadn't... because it was what she would have done. Had she been younger, less wizened by age, the former queen would have bounded off, knowing more cats were no doubt in need of help, confident that her knowledge of the lay of the land would guide both her and any paws she found to safety.
It would have been foolishness. Hard headed pride and stubbornness. Dapplebreeze knew that now. Understood that the fire would consume everything beyond recognition. Scent markers, features upon the landscape, vegetation... gone. Drifting away as nothing more than ashes in the wind. But who was she to tell her daughter that? Who was she to stop the equally stubborn molly from carving her own name and doing all she could for their clan? True, she might be her mother, but more importantly, she was a fellow warrior, and as such, she had to put aside those familial bonds when the time came and trust that everything would be alright. She could only be grateful now that even though the consequences had been dire, her little bird had gotten through it, stronger, and with an even brighter, fervent loyalty for the clan she had sworn her life to.
Despite the sorrow in her heart at the knowledge that her daughter had suffered so, there was unmasked pride. Because she had survived as only a true warrior could. And clearly Twilightstar thought the same, for despite Bravebird's most sensible conclusion that she would have to prove herself to rejoin the clan - as should every cat that came back consider - she was welcomed back in a heartbeat. Praise the moors, perhaps this was a sign from the stars themselves that they were blessed and had StarClan at their side in these most trying of times. To think that a warrior... no, not just a warrior, her
daughter had returned! WindClan had grown stronger tenfold in the blink of an eye with this most wondrous of occasions. Oh... perhaps they could go on a grand race through the plateau to celebrate... once she caught her breath.
"We thank you, Twilightstar. I believe I speak for both of us when I say that we will both do everything we can for our clan. RiverClan and ThunderClan will be sorry they ever dared think WindClan nothing more than a stepping stone in their quest for power," Dapplebreeze mewed, dipping her head respectfully, her eyes brighter and more alive than they had been in moons.
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birdie [Bravebird]