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Originally Posted by marni

[ I thoroughly apologize for how lackluster and delayed these replies are ]

Cinderstar
It had been quite some time since Cinderstar had heard her warrior name spoken. With it came a sudden rush of nostalgia, back to days when she was simply serving and proving for her Clan to the best of her ability. Many things had changed since those days - with one of them being the fact that she was now in charge of leading those ranks she had once been apart of.

Bluepaw's explanation was not all that different from others she had heard - that ShadowClan showing up had scared them off, that they wanted the chaos to die down. And while with warriors it irritated her, apprentices were different. They should never have had to deal with any of it.

The rogue attack was a surprise, and so was hearing that Softpaw had been involved. Her eyes widened in brief shock at the realization that her apprentice and adopted daughter had not once mentioned this to her. She pushed that to the back of her mind, knowing it was something to revisit another day. Her eyes softened as Bluepaw mentioned he had died and then came back. StarClan was being awfully gracious to a Clan they had claimed to have turned their backs on.

"Thank you for being honest with me, Bluepaw. What happened with ThunderClan and ShadowClan, what you and your fellow apprentices had to experience... while the intent was good, almost all of it should have never happened. I understand why you felt as though you had to flee." There was a sort of strength in coming back and owning up to leaving being a mistake in the first place. "I am just glad to see that you returned in one piece. If you will, you can follow me back to camp. ShadowClan is gone, and things have returned to... somewhat normal. My name is now Cinderstar, and ThunderClan's deputy is Sparrowflight." There were other changes, but hopefully this would be a good start for the young tom.

Turning back towards camp, she signaled with her bobbed tail for Bluepaw to join her on the walk back.

[ Done - I will go ahead and move him out of the missing! ]



Cinderstar
Padding dutifully through the trees of ThunderClan territory, Cinderstar had her gaze sweeping the undergrowth for any signs of missing cats. A scent she did not expect to come across fluttered by her nose and she turned her head in surprise. Was that...? Hurrying past a clump of thorn bushes, the silver bengal came to see that the scent belonged to who she'd suspected. "Larkstorm - where have you been?" she questioned, eyes flashing with curiosity as she approached the missing Clanmate.



Cinderstar
From where she sat outside the camp entrance, pulling her tongue across her paw and then bringing her paw down over her ears, Cinderstar paused when she heard a familiar voice. Her eyes drifted down to see Emberkit come skidding to a halt by her paws. Disappointment settled within her - this was the second time the kit had gone missing - and yet as tears came streaming down Cinderstar knew that being upset would only end in a meltdown.

"Emberkit, this is the second time this has happened. While I am not mad, I am a little disappointed. What can we do to prevent this from happening?" Kits sneaking out, leaving camp for a quarter moon... it was disheartening to see that the apprentices and warriors of the Clan, and even the queens and elders, not making much of an effort to make camp life entertaining for the Clans kits.

// Emberkit | She|Her | ThunderClan Kit \\

/ Sorry for replying to your entire post! I am on a phone and can't delete things right unless I want to hold down the delete button for a while. Also sorry for being late to reply. Ever since my normal role-playing friend, peepaw, stopped replying to our usual threads, I've slowly lost interest in this. I apologize for anything I am late to. \

Emberkit looked up at Cinderstar. "I don't know! It's the butterflies! They are so cool with their wings and such! I'll never be an apprentice!" She cried again, backing up from the ThunderClan leader. She was in so much trouble now. She had to be.