[Haunted]

@Lonestar23 @Moonraven @Venus @Skeleton Bliss Girl @Dirtfur

Hawkthornkit tumbled out of the shade of the nursery, bumbling on dainty mittens to reach his older sister [Vixenleap], nuzzling up against her chest with a little whine, "Why is everyone being so loud? And who's that?" His gaze lifted to the silhouette of Crowtail resting near Iceheart's side, the whole story of the rogue haven't reaching the innocent's tom's ears yet. He planted his plump body beside that of his sister's, 'importantly' staring up at the two with a puzzled gaze, trying to figure out the reason for the gathering of pretty much the entire clan. When he felt Vixenleap's cautious gaze scan over him, he broke out with a cracked smile and loudly mewed, "Even if I be a simple kit, I deserve to know!"

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"What am I to do with you?" Vixenleap took a lingering look at her clanmates, curling her thick brush around the kitten protectively and as a sign of warning to quiet down; "That's Iceheart, soon to be Icestar! And Crowtail, our new deputy." Her lips curled up in a fake smile, rising to her paws with a challenge in her gaze, a ferocity seemingly hidden unleashed. "A few cats seem a bit uptaken by this, but worry not, young tom, justice will be served." Her long talons sank into the muddy ground, her gaze pivoted towards Crowtail and Iceheart, and a glint shown in her eyes, "You will be protected, my dear, from any threat."