Twilight Falls

[GANDERGOOSE]

Longmoor--She/Her

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Loud. She couldn't think of a better word to describe the waterfall, and she certainly wasn't the only one judging by her clanmate's reactions. She stamped down on some long grass, seating herself a few tail lengths from the water with a wary look. Though Twilightstar clearly didn't want any cats jumping in, there wasn't a doubt in Longmoor's mind that someone, young or old, would be walking away with a wet pelt; and Longmoor was going to make certain that it wasn't her.

It did seem that every cat was staying dry for now, so she let her eyes wander over the variety of plant life surrounding the place. A few stems had small flower buds still left from New-leaf; overall, it was a very lovely spot if not for the mildly uncomfortable roar of the waterfall. Speaking of water, she had her head turned away when she heard the shattering sound of a cat diving in. As I thought. A smile tugged at her mouth as she tried to guess who it was.

She turned back around with a snort of amusement, watching as Fallownose's head surfaced. Longmoor was not expecting for Wolffang to screech and throw himself in as well though. Her surprise was short-lived, a sigh of mild pity escaping her as she watched the tom fumble over himself and eventually retreat to Leopardsong's side. She refused to stare long, not wanting to make Wolffang feel any more awkward than he already appeared to be.

Her focus was shifted to Twilightstar as Fallownose brought up the potential name. Twilight Falls? It's fitting. She decided, tail tip swaying lightly as she sat in content. She had been a bit reluctant to go at first, but clearly, this tour would prove a good way to spend her time.

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[wolfie]

Sheepgrowl washed off in the water.

[Moonraven]

The molly turned her head to peer at Wolffang as the tom appeared with a greeting on his tongue. She offered him her brightest smile while ignoring the urge to nuzzle him in greet. Leopardsong felt like she was doing pretty well at keeping her feelings in check around the tom. Being in love with someone was elating, but also a bit troublesome, especially for a she-cat who basically lived off her emotions. Leopardsong's emotions were a driving factor in her decisions and thoughts, so having to shove a particular emotion down or outright dismiss it was hard. She lived to express herself, but one couldn't just throw all their affection at a cat without knowing if they'd return their feelings.

Leopardsong quite liked her friendship with Wolffang and she did not want to lose it again. Plus, Wolfie had this thing with over-analyzing everything and she'd be an idiot if she didn't notice how he went out of his way to make sure he didn't upset her. It was sweet and something she was probably taking for granted, she figured he'd relax more around her as things settled down. It'd be a tragedy if she told him how she felt and he only agreed to not make her feel bad. She's heard of cats doing that before, she didn't think it was too far-fetched to believe Wolffang would do. So she'd hold her tongue and would take what she could get out of their current relationship.

"Moorpaw? Is she related to you?" Leoparsong's felt she's heard just about everything she needed to hear about Wolffang and his family. But for the life of her, she couldn't remember if he had spoken about Moorpaw to her. The she-cat's ears twitched frantically as she tried to cool them down as they heated up. Perhaps she should have kept that question to herself in case he had said something about Moorpaw to her. Now it was going to look like she didn't listen to him when he spoke to her.

She was saved from her internal embarrassment as brought up the water. She swung her gaze from him and looked towards the pond and the waterfall. Leopardsong turned her eyes back to Wolffang and finally actually noticed how uneasy he was, all twitchy and whatnot. He didn't like tunnels or dark enclosed spaces, so maybe he had the same fear of water. She wouldn't blame him for it, Leopardsong wasn't fond of this place either. Way too much water for her liking.

She didn't have to wait long to get confirmation on her thoughts as he whispered close to her ear about how he had drowned... twice?! She didn't have time to get any content on that or even offer any type of comfort to Wolffang cause he was suddenly darting off as Fallownose flung himself into the pond. She couldn't actually yowl any type of wait to Wolffang as he had almost trampled over Littlekit, who was being surprisingly quiet. Wolffang had obviously scared the life out of the poor kitten. Littlekit's fur was all fluffed out and standing on end.

Leopardsong's quickly moved to curl her tail around Littlekit and went to draw her closer to Leopardsong's side while attempting to give her forehead a few smoothing licks. "Sorry, sorry, are you okay?" The molly asked Littlekit with concern shining in her copper eyes. She wasn't sure if she was apologizing for Wolffang almost stepping on her or for not paying closer attention to the kit. Perhaps both, it felt right either way. By the time she was done ensuring that no harm had come to Littlekit, her eyes were drawn back to Wolffang as the large warrior clumsy swam, if you could call it back, his way back to land.

The she-cat finally noticed that her heart was in her throat for all the wrong reasons. Why didn't he think before he acted, he clearly didn't know how to swim! He almost stepped on Littlekit! Plus, she highly doubted their clan's deputy would fling himself into the water if he didn't know how to swim! Her frustration with Wolffang came and went in the same breath as the soggy furball quickly made his way back over to her and sat down, head bowed, clearly embarrassed. It was hard to stay upset with him and his reckless behavior when he looked like a scolded kitten.

She leaned over, hopefully without uncoiling her tail from around Littlekit, so she could give the warrior's cheek a few gentle. "You're such a featherbrain sometimes, but I thought you were very brave all the same." She purred encouragingly to Wolffang. The warm smile on her face melted away rapidly as she heard the loud hiss and her eyes were drawn to a soaked Owlkit. Twilightstar was standing over the kit, the single green orb met the startled copper ones. The leader's sharp glare was oozing with disapproval and irritation.

Leopardsong had enough sense not to get up and check on Owlkit, instead, she lowered her eyes and gave a submissive bow of her head when Twilghtstar growled at her. The excuse that Cedarpaw was with him faded from her tongue as quickly as it came. "I apologize, I'll keep a better eye on them." Leopardsong forced her eyes to meet Twilightstar as she spoke. She was praying the clan leader wouldn't send the kits all back to the camp because of her blunder. The she-cat shoulders remain stiff and her back slightly hunched over until the leader finally meowed about her decision, and the tension drained from her body.

@TheNyanCatMinecart [Wolffang] @Leafie [Littlekit] @Woodlow [Owlkit]

[Moonraven]

So in a mere moment, pandemonium erupted as cats proved to her that their ability to follow simple directions was not possible. Fallownose, for whatever, reason decided to launch himself into the pond, soaking one side of the leader's flank, paws, and tail as she failed to move out of the way before the water made its splash. Instead of being concerned, she felt her patience being tested by Fallownose's foolish antics. She doubted Fallownose was in the business of throwing his life away, so worrying about whether he could swim or not hadn't even leaped into her mind.

The she-cat's tail whisked from side to side, jerky agitated motions, as she was three seconds away from literally abusing her authority so she could claw off Fallownose's ears. Twilightstar did not enjoy being wet, getting stuck in the rain was one thing and out of her control, Fallownose, however, was an entirely different thing. She heard the tom meowing something about naming the falls after, which she would have happily denied immediately if Wolffang wasn't throwing himself into the water directly after Fallownose.

What in the world? Wolffang broke to the surface of the pond, which was thankfully not all that deep before Twilightstar could go yowl at Fallownose to go and help him. He was hauling himself out of the water to scold Fallownose which she would have backed up if she hadn't noticed the kit leaning far too close to the water. "Owlkit! I said to stay away..." She trailed off as she hastily darted towards the pond's edge the kit did as she expected kits to do and fell into the pond. Why won't anyone listen to her?!

Twilightstar quickly darted over to the kit's side after he miraculously managed to get himself back to dry land and heaved water out onto the ground. Twilightstar dips her head to inspect the kit and make sure he was breathing all right, once she finds he was in no imminent danger, she released a very loud and very furious hiss and searched until she finds the warrior she was looking for. Leopardsong made fast work of bowing her head as Twilightstar snaps at her. "I told you to watch the kits, that means all of them, Leopardsong, not just Littlekit."

She barely hears Leopardsong reply as she returns her gaze to Owlkit. "You, I have half a mind to send you home. I told you to stay away from the water for that reason alone, Owlkit. You got very lucky today." Her tone wasn't as sharp as it had been with Leopardsong, yet her frustration would be heard loud and clear. "Go and sit with Leopardsong and Littlekit, now. You do not stray from them for the rest of this trip." She orders. Considering that Owlkit had nearly just drowned himself, she felt like nearly dying was a decent enough learning lesson as is. "Disobey me again and you will be spending an extra moon in the nursery, Owlkit."

It only took one cat to turn a fun trip sour. "Fallownose, you better apologize to Wolffang for scaring him like that. He nearly drowned because he was worried about you." Twilightstar tone lightens, yet remains filled with a touch of frustration. "Also, I don't particularly enjoy naming anything after me, I do appreciate the sentiment. Since no one has spoken out against it, we can call this place Twilight Falls." She wasn't coming up with a better name, and although she felt it was vain to run around naming stuff after one's self. Twilightstar could deal with it so long as they didn't run around naming everything after her. She wasn't that great a leader, Fallownose was simply too kind.

"The rest of you, gather yourself and follow me. We're heading to the next landmark."

@Lunalis [Fogpaw ] @Alchemist Kitsune [Snowybreeze] @Lillian [Fallownose] @Silvershadow13 [Floatingleaf ] @Octavia! [Cliffjumper] @GANDERGOOSE [Longmoor] @~LeafRabbit~ [Brightpaw] @Omari [Mousefern] @Woodlow [Owlkit] @Froggy [Cedarpaw]

[Spookez.]

CEDARPAW
30/100

Cedarpaw turned a sour glare towards Owlkit. This little- She was glad Owlkit was safe, but she felt Owlkit would be safer in camp. She would rather be in Windclan territory enjoying the view... alone. She didn't want to walk around the territory with a huge mob of cats. But, Owlkit just almost drowned in front of her eyes. Owlkit I swear if y-

She turned her gaze towards Littlekit and Leopardsong. Hopefully, Owlkit would listen this time and not die. All the ways Owlkit could die on this trip rang in her head. She winced for a moment.

Cedarpaw placed her paw in the water, careful not to fall in. The water felt cool and calm. The noise of the Waterfall blocked out the noises of everyone else. Cedarpaw took a small sip of the water, it tasted cool and refreshing.

She wrapped her tail around herself as she watched the water move. She felt at peace, hearing nothing but the sounds of nature. In fact, she didn't hear Twilightstar yelling something about moving on. She looked up at the small plants around the pool. Mostly small flowers and ferns. Nothing worth collecting.

Cedarpaw closed her eyes. She flexed with her claws for a moment, unsheathing them and digging into the ground, She dipped her entire head into the water. Not even bothering to take a breath.

The world underwater felt peaceful. She couldn't see anything, hear anything or feel anything. She felt numb. At peace. She wished she could stay here forever, but that will mean she had to join the ranks with Starclan. She questioned if that was a real thing or not.

She forgot everything for a moment, keeping her eyes closed. Air was running out, fast. She didn't feel worried or scared. As seems to prove this, she let her air go. Taking a deep breath. She began breathing, breathing underwater till she couldn't breathe in the water anymore. The edges of the world got darker, closing in. She let herself go loose, unsheathing her claws and slowly leaning into the water.

Until she remembered Windclan. She quickly pulled her head out of the water, taking slow breaths. She turned towards Owlkit. Unable to say anything.

@Woodlow

[Alchemist Kitsune]

| Lightningpaw |

After the surprised honk that had escaped the small framed medicine cat apprentice at the sight of Fallownose jumping head first into the pool, giggling erupted from her throat, the shock receding. Aside of Cowtuft, Lightningpaw didn't really have much of a connection with the other two high ranks of the clan. She had spoken to Twilightstar once before as a kit, and she knew enough to know the lilac leader was open minded and cared deeply for her clanmates, going as far as listening to the worries of a kit. Fallownose, on the other paw, was more of a mystery to her. She couldn't recall a single instance in which she had interacted with the gray tom, although if this moment was a hint as to what he was like, she was fairly certain they would get along pretty well in the future.

There was a lot of chaos following the deputy's choice to throw himself to the water, namely another warrior following suit as well as a kit. Gratefully, no one had been hurt, although Twilightstar's stern reprimand of the warrior in charge of the kits did have Lightningpaw giving a sympathetic flinch. She was certain Leopardsong was trying her best... although she did understand the leader's concern. Maybe there was some merit to the somewhat more boring instructions she'd given before over the rambunctious fun that had followed. Whatever the case, Lightningpaw stepped forward, wanting to keep an eye on both cats that had followed the deputy to the water, the medicine cat training she'd been going through instantly commanding her to ensure the well being of both warrior and kit. With the leader having mentioned nothing as to their health, however, and noticing nothing particularly out of place with either other than soaked pelts, she nodded, making a mental note to ensure no runny noses would follow either in the coming days.

Satisfied with the looks of both Wolffang and Owlkit from a distance, another cat's odd behavior caught her eye, forcing a frown upon her features. Cedarpaw had her head under the water... and she wasn't coming up. The molly was still obviously standing, which meant she hadn't gone unconscious, but that did not explain her behavior. Behavior that Lightningpaw found increasingly out of place considering Owlkit had almost drowned. Surely as an apprentice it was her place to show the younger ones who had never even left camp before to not put themselves in such positions of danger? A kit could easily drown like that! Especially considering the leader had just told all apprentices and kits to remain away from the water's edge, not to plummet their heads into the pool. And wasn't she Owlkit's older sister?! What was she even thinking!?

"Are you quite done?" Lightningpaw asked testily as Cedarpaw removed her head from the water, following her gaze towards the kit. "You're his sister, aren't you?"

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@Froggy [Cedarpaw]

[Spookez.]

CEDARPAW
31/100

Cedarpaw was a bit shaken. Her weak glare towards Owlkit was abruptly turned towards the Windclan Medicine cat Apprentice. Lightningpaw. She never spoke with Lightningpaw before. This wasn't a very good first impression...

She nodded her head, not even sure she could speak. She tried her best not to breathe too crazy, just in case Lightningpaw thought she was drinking water or something. But the way Lightningpaw said that- highly unlikely.

She wished she never lifted her head from the water. This was so embarrassing! She turned her gaze towards Owlkit, hoping he didn't see any of that.

@Alchemist Kitsune

[Tecumori]

Owlkit
Windclan | Kit | He/Him | 3 moons
a black-furred tom with golden eyes | mute (aphonic)

Just as he managed to catch his breath Twilightstar stormed over and then bent down to examine him. As she did so he crouched low to the ground, ears pressed tightly against his head, worried she might bite it off at any moment.

Twilightstar hissed suddenly and directed her gaze toward the crowd. Her eyes landed on Leopardsong and she snapped at the warrior for not keeping a closer eye on him.

His chest tightened. He felt guilty that Leopardsong was forced to shoulder the blame. Not only did he get the warrior into trouble, but he also worried his sister half to death. She had only wanted to keep him safe and he had to go and spite her for it.

After Twilightstar finished scolding the warrior she turned her glare back to him. With a few empty threats, she ordered him not to stray from Leopardsong and Littlekit for the entire trip, then directed her attention to Fallownose.

Finally, the leader had finished her lecturing and continued the trip. Owlkit, careful not to stray far from Leopardsong, traveled dismally with the rest of the group. He didn't look back at the pond that nearly stole his life, or notice his sister dunking her head into it either.

He looked up at Leopardsong with a guilty expression. He didn't know very many signs, or how to go about apologizing to the she-cat. He licked at his chest, the fur still damp from his little 'swim', and simply walked silently the rest of the way. He would have to find a way to apologize later.

[CLOSED] (you can still react to him but please don't directly respond)

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@Moonraven Twilight, Leopard
@Froggy Cedarpaw
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[Silvershadow13]

Floatingleaf,
following her leader she observed the surrounding areas

[Alchemist Kitsune]

| Snowybreeze |

The chaos that followed Fallownose's playful water fun was... unprecedented, really. Snowybreeze was shocked to see Wolffang for one throwing himself after the deputy, and he stared hard at the water's surface when he noticed the large, gray tom had not come up after the deputy. A part of him wished to throw himself after his former mentor's kin if only to ensure his safety, but the gentle giant did not know how to swim, and he knew perfectly well what an inconvenience it would be to have to save not one, but two cats that were well above the average size for a WindClanner out of the pool. His fear was soon proven to be in vain, gratefully, as the scarred warrior emerged from the pool, soaking wet and glaring quite openly at the deputy. No doubt he'd been scared for Fallownose's safety, but frankly he was simply surprise Wolffang had assumed the deputy had placed himself in harm's way so cheerfully. It had been clear it had been a purposeful swim. Perhaps the usually level headed warrior was simply still feeling the strain of the past moon. Yes, that made perfect sense!

The leader calling everyone together breaking him free from his inner musings, Snowybreeze blinked in confirmation before standing, ready to continue the tour. So far, he had been so awed by what he'd seen. The falls alone were almost worth the heartache they'd gone through, losing their old home. Almost. In reality, he knew nothing would ever fill the void that had been lost, the memory of what had once been, of those who had their lives snuffed by the flames and the chaos, would never leave.

But it was good to know that there was happiness to be found here. Hope for a good life in the future. Maybe he'd come here when he finally asked Berryfrost the question that he'd been meaning to ask. Maybe he could hide the trinkets here, and have them ready at paw. Bright blue eyes glinting with joy at the mere thought of his plan, he nodded, read to follow the leader to the next locale.