No way home[P]

[SillyLittleCherry]

Larkpaw was full on shaking. Her mind was racing. How did she get here? Wanting to learn how to fish by herself. Stupid... Stupid stupid stupid... Now, she was lost with no way home. No way back to her life. Old life now. Her ribs were poking out from her unkempt fur. Crowpaw and her siblings were waiting for her. But where had Bumblepaw go?

Larkpaw took a deep breath. She barely knew who she was. She would never come home. There was barely anything for her to do with her life. Her eyes scanned the area

@c1nder [powerplay permission granted!]

[c1nder]

☆.｡. o Khaos
❧ Outsider [Former RC] | She/Her
A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixin' all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home
​

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a wandering soul, ​a young soul. the scent is what lured her to the apprentice. a lone riverclan scent. she approached, a soft, misleading gaze locking onto the young cat.

"you reek of riverclan. death is all that's coming for you now."

[PP PERMS GRANTED CW: GORE N DEATH]

she leapt, her slim frame quickly pinning down the small cat, her claws digging into the apprentice, her maw darting down towards larkpaw's throat, feeling a rush of satisfaction as blood sprayed into her mouth.

spitting out the metallic tasting blood, she hauled the corpse closer to riverclan territory, a grim reminder, that she. should. be. feared. and the very clan that had forsaken her should be wary. with that, she left.

- @Cherry~

[SillyLittleCherry]

Larkpaw felt surprised. A twig snapped and than a body was on her. Her eyes went wide and she let out a shrieking cry as claws dug through her. What? Why? Why her? It hurt. Hurt hurt hurt. Of course she didn't even know a drop of battle training.

But her siblings! She tried to squirm, but it didn't work. She was tired. It was time to rest. She let go of her body. Let go of her life. Let go of her siblings. @c1nder

[kailie]

[ Permissions to find the body were given by c1nder and Cherry! ]

[ Killer Aptitude Tier 1 and Well Insulated Active ]

Red caught her eye.

No, crimson caught her eye. Crimson mixed with silver and white.

Redsurge took a few steps forward, confusion flashing in her eyes before they widened with alarm.

That was a dead cat—and that dead cat was Larkpaw.

A Clanmate.

The russet-and-white braided tabby quickened her pace, racing over to Larkpaw’s body. She pressed her maw to the apprentice’s neck for a moment, searching for a pulse, searching for any signs of life.

None.

Redsurge swallowed hard. How would Crowpaw react? How would her own apprentice—Shallowpaw—react? Stars, she needed to get Larkpaw back to camp—

Rogue scent.

Larkpaw’s already cooling, already stiffening body reeked with rogue scent. Redsurge let her tail lash behind her for a moment before hauling Larkpaw up onto her shoulders and heading back to camp.

But not before she ran into Crowpaw.

——> [ @Cherry~ // @Rowan // @Marigoldwhisper - Owlstar! ]

[Rowan]

CROWPAW
she/her || n/a || 11 moons

The she had simply been out trying to find a spot to train with her brother’s mentor. She was calm, taking in nature. It was nice, quiet, gave her some peace and time to think. The warrior strayed a few steps and CrowPaw simply waited, fidgeting with the ground under her paws. A strange scent came across her nose…one that had been in RiverClan quite a bit recently. She took a step forward and suddenly RedSurge came back into view…what was she carrying? More like who.

As soon as she processed it was a body, she was already distressed…but that…that pelt. She knew that pelt. That pelt was her littermate. Her heart skipped a few beast as she stood, frozen in shock. Blood…body…LarkPaw. Her chin quivered for a few moments, then everything broke down. A loud wail that the whole forest could hear broke from her, tears started spilling. “LARKPAW…larky…” she gulped, suddenly her legs went from under her, she collapsed, now laying as she looked at the ground, tears falling. She was shaking, unable to bring her gaze to the body.


@kira

[kailie]

[ Killer Aptitude Tier 1 and Well Insulated Active ]

Redsurge’s heterochromatic blue-and-amber gaze met Crowpaw’s heterochromatic blue one. She bit her tongue, unable to find the words to say. Instead, she gently laid Larkpaw’s bloody body on the ground so that the apprentice could say goodbye.

“I’m so sorry, Crowpaw,” Redsurge whispered, sitting down beside Larkpaw’s littermate and wrapping her feathery tail around her. “I’m so sorry…I promise you that I’ll find out who did this and I’ll hunt them down and rip their throat out.”

Redsurge already knew who did it—the rogue’s scent was all but unfamiliar to her.

Graytail.

Poor Larkpaw; she didn’t deserve this. Poor Crowpaw; she didn’t deserve to go through was much as she had. The braided tabby touched her nose to Crowpaw’s head, tail wrapping more tightly around her in an effort to comfort the black-and-white she-cat.

——> [ @Rowan ]

[Rowan]

CROWPAW
she/her || n/a || 11 moons

Upon the (untrusted) warrior making contact with her, she quickly flinched away, causing her to tumble a bit in the opposite direction. Tears clouded her gaze, slowly slipping to the snow covered ground. A large gulp as she tried to cover her cries and whines and wails. “Don- don’t touch me- d-don’t…not sissy…n-not…” more friends. She dug her face into her paws, covering her eyes and trying to convince herself it wasn’t real. It could be.


@kira

[kailie]

[ Killer Aptitude Tier 1 and Well Insulated Active ]

With a frown, Redsurge sighed and picked up Larkpaw’s body once more, heading back to camp and beckoning for Crowpaw to follow with a wave of her tail.

——> [ @Rowan | ending this here since I already posted in the clearing o7 ]