High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]
Of course, he took everything she said literally. Twilightstar watched her deputy make a fool of the ShadowClan leader, only for said she-cat to arrive after. Late and uncaring as ever. She swore it was going to be him or Lightningstorm who ended up giving her a heart attack. Perhaps it was due to having been one of Dawnstar's personal projects, and thus residual fear buried deep within, but she didn't understand how the medicine cat and deputy could so casually tease and mock the opposing leader.
Out of all the deaths she's dealt with, the ones at Dawnstar's claws were among the most traumatic. As amusing as it was to watch Crowtooth carelessly mock her, she hoped he remembered how unhinged and dangerous the monster in cat's fur truly was. Twilightstar glanced at Dawnstar and fought off the urge to hiss at the giant leader when she looked at Coldpaw. It seemed she was just curious so Twilightstar let the tension drain from her body slowly.
Bumblestar started the announcement with dreadful news about deaths and plague. She had lost quite a lot. You could practically hear the pain in her voice as she mentioned Wolfhive. Twilightstar felt for her for such loss was never easy to deal with, not even time helped. She fell silent at the request and pinned her ears back as the ThunderClan leader launched into a small rant about RiverClan once again causing trouble.
Twilightstar cast Owlstar a puzzled look after hearing about Cobwebstorm's... trespassing into dreams. Twilightstar hadn't been aware that a medicine cat could walk into whoever dreams, she always thought that was a starclan gift. But it wasn't surprising after everything she's seen in her long life. She hoped the RiverClan leader properly punished the she-cat. Her brief meeting with the cat at the border hadn't left the greatest impression, but she wasn't sure demotion was the way to go about with RiverClan still without a deputy.
And the Starcave? It had collapsed. Twilightstar didn't care much about the collapse or the cause of it, even if it was a bit fishy how it fell after RiverClan's visit, but she did need that fixed. StarClan could rot for all she cares, outside of Blazingstar, Fallownose, and Larkthroat, those were the only few starclan residents who at least attempted to do anything for WindClan since Twilightstar became leader. Buuuuut, Crowtooth would be needing his lives, hopefully not super soon, but soon enough.
Twilightstar wasn't certain how long she'd be making her final life last, but she couldn't leave that alone. Crowtooth would get himself assassinated after one gathering with Dawnstar. She bet Lightningstorm would somehow manage to mock him even in death and Crowtooth would spend all his time haunting the medicine cat until she joined them in Starclan and Twilightstar would have never know peace ever again. It'd probably be worse once they found Bravebird and Fallownose up there. Errr... she would have to work extra hard to make this life last as long as possible.
Dawnstar made sure to comment on her thoughts about the Starcave and RiverClan. Even though Twilightstar knew she was only stirring the pot, Dawnstar's words rang true. RiverClan would be drowning again if they didn't get their act together fast. Bumblestar sounded like she was one paw step away from declaring war on them again. Twilightstar couldn't even feel bad for RiverClan.
After the ShadowClan leader finished with her announcements, she fixed the amber-eyed cat with a cool stare at the comment about the Starcave. Hmm, was she that predictable?
"While I understand why you don't care to fix the Starcave, I don't believe StarClan's been doing dung for any of the clans. However, I think it's a good idea to look into it. At least for the medicine cats' sake. I plan on visiting the StarCave before I return to camp after the gathering to see what we're dealing with and will be having WindClan aid in clearing up the collapse if possible." Twilightstar meowed to both Bumblestar and Dawnstar. "I'd like to invite one of your medicine cats to tag along, only if they wish." Twilightstar looked at Wolfhawk and Sleepysunrise, uncertain of either of their thoughts regarding the collapse.
"If you and your medicine cat want to come along, Owlstar, feel free to. You can bring what you've gathered and I'll take it home on my way back to my camp after visiting the Starcave." Twilightstar offered while rising out of her crouch. She felt some of her bones crack and pop as she sat up straight. She wanted to take Crowtooth but thought better of it. She'll take him for a visit later, she didn't want to take any chance with the other clans catching WindClan's secret.
"We have three new warriors, Hollyhawk, Birchfawn, and Fallensky. And several new apprentices, Strawberrypaw, Songpaw, Jaggedpaw, Gnawingpaw, Hawkpaw, Seedpaw, Jasminepaw, Skypaw, Buzzardpaw, Crowpaw, Egretpaw, Gracklepaw, Magnoliapaw, Cinderpaw, Coldpaw, Frostpaw, and Flickeringpaw have all begun their warrior training." Twilightstar started WindClan's announcements.
"We've lost some good clanmates to StarClan. Silverrose fell in battle while defending our territory from rogues and Owlpaw was found deceased in our territory, we believe she might have eaten something bad. One of our queens, Braveburst, died while kitting, she left behind Robinkit who's being cared for within our nursery. As you heard one of my warriors, Rodenteye, was brutally murdered by some RiverClanners, since Owlstar was swift to dole out appropriate punishments and promised compensation, there will be no retaliation from WindClan. However, we will be keeping a close eye on RiverClan's border from here on out. I will not be so merciful should RiverClan step out of line again." Twilightstar thoughtfully pauses there and shifts to lean a little heavier on Coldpaw.
"Sunheart, a former WindClan warrior, was exiled for threatening an apprentice. For whatever reason he decided to start a rebellion against me and roped a few apprentices and warriors into it. We discovered it rather quickly and ended it just as fast. Sunheart was executed and the remaining members were exiled. Tigerfur - a white and ginger tabby with dull green eyes, Ottercold - a sleek brown tom with blue eyes, Skycloud - a white tom with gray spots and green eyes, Rootpaw - brown tabby tom with green eyes and a bobtail, Mistypaw - a white she-cat with blue eyes, and Ferretpaw - a cream point she-cat with green eyes. I would advise giving any of them any chances within your clans. They were all easily manipulated by foolish slanders and lies. They have no sense of loyalty and can not be trusted. Bunnybounce - a white she-cat with long ears and blue eyes was exiled after she took an outsider mate and abandoned WindClan." She informed the other clan leaders with a soft growl. She never wanted to see any of them again.
"We've had some troubles with some buzzards after one of our kits escaped, Stumblekit, he was rescued but at the price of some serious injuries to our warriors, and he's since been punished." She hoped this was the last time she had to report about something like this.
"Finally, WindClan's has had some unusual twoleg activity on our territory. We're not sure what they're doing there, but we're hoping to be rid of them sooner rather than later. We're working on plans to remove them if they don't remove themselves. But I would mind your borders in case they decide to wander in your territories." Twilightstar finished her announcements and looked over to Crowtooth.
"Can you lead them back to camp and mind everyone until I return? If you and Lightningstorm are going to insult each other the whole way home and throw snow, Lightningstorm can come with me to visit the cave and you can take your son with you." It's siblings, that's what the two reminded her of. Twilightstar wasn't sure why it took that long to dawn on her.
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