[iliri]

• Springpaw •
long-furred, oriental-shaped, gray-and-orange calico molly with blue eyes; torn right ear
Purrks: Herbal Knowledge - Tier 1 | The Collector [active] | Mind Reader [active]
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Well, at least Mudhound had seemed to realize that they weren’t actually blind anymore and it was actually just from the sun glaring into their eyes. Springpaw gave the naturally large cat a short smile as she watched them greet their apprentice with a slight twinge in her gut at how much it painfully reminded her of when Rabbitchatter used to greet her that way. Stars, she was only merely six moons old when that tom greeted her and introduced himself to her. He was almost practically like a father that she never truly had at the time. Stars, she would do anything for that goofy tom to be back in the clan. What would he think of her if he found out that she was the next medicine cat apprentices of ThunderClan? Would he be surprised? Would he be glad? It would at least be either one of those options, but unfortunately, all that her thinking did was bring her a rather painful heartache that throbbed deeply in her chest. Stars, why did he have to leave? Why couldn’t he have kept his promise and stay in the clan like he had promised her? Why couldn’t he come back? Why did most cats of the cats that were the closest to her lie about what they were going to do to stay in her life? All of her overthinking did was just bring her a pain-inducing headache, and all it did was just make the current situation worse. But, nonetheless, she should try to ignore it and pay attention to what either Mudhound or Lotuspaw needed to say to her. It could be something important, afterall.

Mudhound’s voice broke through the dilute calico’s thoughts when they began to complain about being unable to face Bumblestar without being blinded by the sun all the time or having to move to stray away from… the cool cats? Was she cool? Springpaw never really thought of herself as cool, but it might as well be a nice thought. Nonetheless, Mudhound’s problem did have her gears start to click and churn as she cocked her head to the side in thought, blue eyes puzzling as she began to think. How exactly would Mudhound be able to properly see Bumblestar without having to deal with the sunlight getting in their eyes, whilst also sitting alongside her and their apprentice. She wasn’t sure of the depth of how exactly such a thought would work, but the only option would be was for to wait until the sun was fully set and then they could properly move to see the leader speak. Until then, they probably had to deal with the sun constantly blasting them in the eyes. Poor guy. “Well, I would’ve came up with an alternative way for how you could still see Bumblestar and sit with us, but unfortunately nothing has came to my attention and you might have to wait ‘til the sun fully sets. Sorry.” she had to add in the apology, did she? She didn’t want to make Mudhound feel bad about her not having much of an idea of how they could properly sit in the clearing whilst still seeing their sister. It made her feel bad, really.

Her thoughts on the matter were quickly drawn away when the younger, chipper voice of Lotuspaw rung through her ears, the calico averting her eyes down towards the young siamese molly who gladly began to answer her questions, her childish wonder and glee practically flowing right through her veins. It was cute to see young apprentices with such high enthusiasm like that; Springpaw herself wasn’t really the bravest out to come out of her shell when she was first apprenticed so it wasn’t like she could relate much. With a short chuckle, the oriental-shaped calico casted the small apprentice a crooked smile. “Well, let me tell you a little something, Lotuspaw. When I first became an apprentice, I was more cowardly than a mouse ever would be. I promise you that. Honestly, I still remember the day I first became an apprentice. I didn’t want to come out of the nursery because I was so afraid.” she purred, lightly draping her tail along the younger molly’s shoulders as she explained how she was like during her younger days. Gosh, could she believe that she was now currently ten moons old? Time surely flies by quick, and when it does… it makes you really feel old. Well, Springpaw surely didn’t feel that old yet. She wasn’t exactly like Alderstep—who she was bound to lecture at some point during this meeting for no reason whatsoever and only just to bug him. That’s what nieces do to their uncles and aunts afterall.

Hearing the little molly speak so proudly of her siblings made Springpaw’s heartache tremendously worsen in her chest; almost feeling like something was poking into it constantly and not having any sort of idea of stopping whatsoever. Springpaw still remembered the way that she took care of her younger brothers and sisters like they were her own kits just merely moons ago when Smallsky had abandoned her. Stars above, why was she thinking of that ravenged molly again? She didn’t mean a lick of anything to the calico, so why was she thinking of her now? Was it because she was thinking about her missing brothers and sisters? Most likely? Blinking incessantly, Springpaw tried to force away the burdening thoughts with a quick smile as she knelt down towards Lotuspaw’a level—which didn’t really require much work, Springpaw was really tiny compared to most of the other apprentices and she’s only merely ten moons old. Poor thing was tiny enough that she could look like a kit in the nursery. Nonetheless, the calico gave the younger siiamese another wide smile that easily covered her troubled thoughts as she began to speak once more to the younger feline. “Well, how would you feel if I told you… that I had some siblings of my own at some point? Two brothers and one sister. They aren’t around anymore in the clan, unfortunately, but I can tell you some stories about them if you’d like to know a little more about my history before I even became a medicine cat apprentice.”

Surely Lotuspaw would be interested, right? Who wouldn’t be interested in knowing a little more about the medicine cat apprentice than just knowing that she’s that role and that’s it? Besides, she was certain that it wouldn’t bug the young molly to know just a little bit more about her cousin in depth than what she already knew. Springpaw was certain that Lotuspaw would be absolutely bouncing off her heels. Other than that little snippet of thought, it was cute that Lotuspaw had offered to try to bounce into their head so that they could see better. Springpaw doubted it would work, but it’s worth a try. Who knew, actually, maybe it could work, maybe it didn’t, she wasn’t sure.

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