ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Brightlight]

Originally Posted by Scarecrow102

CrowKit walked out of the nursery and into the clearing. The fall rain had felt nice on his ever growing thick fur and loved the smell of the rain. It was peaceful. Though a lingering thought ebbed away at the peacefulness in his mind.
'I wish i had kin to share this with.' CrowKit thought, depression pushing its way into his mind. Like a tick in an elder cat's pelt.
( @Brightlight )

--Clearlight--

The brown tabby was heading back to the nursery after a nice walk in the woods, when she spotted a familiar small, dark shape standing alone in the clearing.

"Crowkit!" She exclaimed. Clearlight leaped over to join the young kit, shivering slightly as the rain soaked into her fur. Clearlight had grew up quite a while away, where the sun shone often and the leaf-fall rain wasn't quite so harsh. "Aren't you cold?"

Clearlight shivered again, curling her tail around her paws in an attempt to warm them. Crowkit didn't look too affected by the rain. In fact, he looked almost......calm, perhaps.

[Scarecrow102]

Originally Posted by Brightlight

--Clearlight--

The brown tabby was heading back to the nursery after a nice walk in the woods, when she spotted a familiar small, dark shape standing alone in the clearing.

"Crowkit!" She exclaimed. Clearlight leaped over to join the young kit, shivering slightly as the rain soaked into her fur. Clearlight had grew up quite a while away, where the sun shone often and the leaf-fall rain wasn't quite so harsh. "Aren't you cold?"

Clearlight shivered again, curling her tail around her paws in an attempt to warm them. Crowkit didn't look too affected by the rain. In fact, he looked almost......calm, perhaps.

CrowKit finched, startled by ClearLight's sudden appearance.
"Y-yeah, im alright. CrowKit mewed, "you dont look too good though. Are you alright?"
CrowKit looked up and down the brown tabby's body. She was absolutely soaked!

[Fenz]

Misty no, she was mistpaw now and she would work harder than she ever had to make things work out for her. Raising her head she wove her way through the crowd of cats trying to pick out whom was who and where her new mentor was. She would miss Hawkeye deeply for he was like family to her and she always felt close to the tom and he oddly enough resembled her father greatly. Perhaps that was her grandpa or uncle? No need to overthink things mistpaw she told herself sternly. Her large white paws where getting stained brown but she paid no mind to it as she soon found her mentor which was waiting for her.

Sorry to keep you waiting scorchfrost I’ll do my best to earn your trust and to become a great warrior! she knew sh sounded like an excited kit but who could blame her she was finally at her destination thunderclan! this would change her forever and she would welcome the change with open paws. But then she remembered she didn’t know how to do things in a clan so she froze uncertain about what she was supposed to do. Erm what do I do now… she whispered, clearly being new was a hassle for her but to no avail she would overcome it and one day she would become a great cat worthy of a clan name.

@Froya

// @Jayvines feel free to start a rp for them she’d be excited to make new friends!//

[Ikoria the Wolf Pup]

Originally Posted by ScaryCat

For @Ikoria the Wolf Pup
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(Sorry for the short reply, going trick-or-treating)
Larkstorm stared at them. “Do they-do they hurt?” She asked hesitantly. She would think so, if he had to shred them so frequently.

After a bit of thinking, Rootspark decided to answer honestly. "Sometimes." He refused to make eye contact. When he finished, he pushed the rock away and sheathed his claws. My favorite subject.. he thought to himself, awkwardly shifting his paws. Though it was hard to see underneath his fur, a watchful eye could see that his claws did not retract all the way.
Rootspark laid down, curling his paws underneath him. His fur was so long, it made him look as if he was laying a puddle. Rest assured, when leaf-bare came, he'd never be cold.

[Brightlight]

Originally Posted by Scarecrow102

CrowKit finched, startled by ClearLight's sudden appearance.
"Y-yeah, im alright. CrowKit mewed, "you dont look too good though. Are you alright?"
CrowKit looked up and down the brown tabby's body. She was absolutely soaked!

--Clearlight--

As the rain slowed, for the moment, into a light drizzle, Clearlight began to lick her fur repeatedly in an attempt to dry herself. The action suddenly brought on uninvited memories. You look like a mad badger caught in a storm..... Clearlight shook her head, now wasn't the time to think of her mate. "Yeah, I think I'm all right. I was just caught in the rain when I was heading back to the nursery."

She looked down at her stomach, hoping that her kits weren't cold. Clearlight looked at Crowkit. "Are you sure you aren't cold? This weather could cause illness." She exclaimed the kit, who looked fine. She couldn't believe he was out here in this weather. No cat she knew liked getting wet.

[Jayvines]

~Sparrowflight~

Letting out the breath of a laugh at the tom's compliment, the lithe she-cat gave him a small smile before turning back to Aspenstar at his musings.

"Yes, Thunderclan could definitely use some good news right now," she agreed as her eyes flicked around the great willow that their leader sat upon. "It does seem that we have a few new faces with us today..."

As Aspenstar began to speak, Sparrowflight quieted, only widening her eyes at the announcement of Buckbranch's return. Hadn't he been a previous leader of Thunderclan?! Glancing about to try and locate the aforementioned individual, her eyes finally rested on a cat who matched what she was looking for slightly off to the side.

Great Starclan... Well that was lovely news all things considered!

Letting another smile crack across her face, she gave a nod of greeting to the new(?) cat, before listening to the welcome of all the returning warriors and new faces. Cheering their new names along with a couple other cats, the she-cat tried to locate each of them with her eyes before listening to the rest of Aspenstar's announcements.

Finally, Aspenstar was giving a brief recap of what had been announced at the Gathering and the situation with Firefly Cove.

While she definitely wasn't pleased that the entirety of the cove hadn't been returned, it made sense to negotiate the ceasefire now with how much Thunderclan still needed to recover. Growled words next to her had her ears flicking back to the tom beside her and a small frown creased her face. It was understandable to still be displeased with the situation, but at least he wasn't chirping up loud enough to start a yowling match with Aspenstar.

"At least we have the resting places of our dead returned to us right now," she murmured to the side, attempting to quell whatever rage was fueling her clanmate at the present time. "I'm sure once we have fully recovered our strength and aren't heading into Leaf-Bare, Aspenstar will have us retake the territory that is rightfully ours."

Suddenly a new young cat was in front of them, and practically jittering with excitement as they spoke to 'Scorchfrost'.

That was what his name was!

Giving them a friendly wave of their tail, Sparrowflight glanced down to the tom who had barely seemed to register the approach of his newly assigned apprentice.

Must still be wrapped up in his grievances...

While the young cat fumbled a bit with the new-ness of these things, Sparrowflight decided to offer some advice. At least she knew what it was like to come to a new environment like this and learn everything from scratch.

"You can touch noses with your new mentor if you'd like," she whispered encouragingly before flicking her tail towards Scorchfrost. "And then just sit down by us until the end of the meeting. You must be excited to start your training."

Suddenly her ears perked up at the sound of her sibling's names being called for their own apprenticeships. Face cracking into a wide grin she watched as they approached the front of the crowd.

@Froya ; @The raven

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~Mistpaw~

Grey eyes still searching the crowd, Mistpaw's gaze turned to a rather excited young cat that looked about her age talking with a rather grumpy looking tom.

Was that the other Mistpaw? The white fur might match that name...

Softly pushing herself to her feet and padding around the back of the crowd towards them, the young she-cat attempted to find a spot to sit that was relatively close to the new cat but not too close to impede on the conversation they seemed to have started with their mentor.

Maybe once the meeting was over I can introduce myself. Oh! Would they like a nest next to me in the apprentice den?

Now slightly excited to meet this cat, Mistpaw waited for an open chance to present itself and finished grooming the last bits of moss and bits of herb-dust from her pelt.

( @The raven Heck yeah! Mistpaw would love a new friend :3)

[Cobra]

Lionsmoke dropped a ball of cobwebs in the den, looking around for Icicleripple. He couldn't find her, so he shrugged and dropped the webs near a couple of freshly made nests.

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[poppy]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

She looked down at the kit's faces. She smiled a little. They were so eager, so excited. She hoped that their youthful enthusiasm never dulled. "The time has come for you all to become apprentices. Ivykit [ @Eclipse. ], from this day on until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Ivypaw. Your mentor will be Shiningskies [ @NinjaBloss ]. Springkit [ @SpringBlossoms ], from this day on until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Springpaw. Your mentor will be Sootstrike [ @the weeping birch tree ]. Brightkit [ @Nixey ], from this day on until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Brightpaw. Your mentor will be Newtheart [ @Naiad ]." She paused, to cast a stern glance at both new mentor and new apprentice. Hopefully they would both stick around, or she would be very irked. But not now, there were more pressing matters. "Houndkit [ @/poisoned poppy ], from this day on until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Houndpaw. Your mentor will be Lionsmoke [ @Cobra. ] And finally, Flowerkit [ @Singing Jay ], from this day on until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Tulippaw. Your mentor will be Ravenstorm [ @Lavender'fur ]." With the conclusion of the new apprentices, she decided to pause before beginning to reassign mentors to the older apprentices.

[elswhere]

Oh, just lovely. An apprentice. What a great time to have a little nuisance following him around like a shadow and ask a bunch of dumb questions. Just lovely. Sootstrike's grim expression remained in his face as the seal-point sat on his rump and waited for.. Uh, what was their name again? Hm.. Oh yeah, Springpaw. Hopefully his apprentice would have some sense. Then his amber gaze caught sight of Rowanbriar. Ah, finally someone he could talk to until Springpaw show theirself to the gruff senior warrior. Beckoning his daughter with his seal-tip tail, Sootstrike was determined to talk to the molly.

"Hey." Honestly, he couldn't find anything to talk about. Whoops.



//: @/poppy. @SpringBlossoms

[Lavender'fur]

;Ravenstorm - For @Singing Jay's Tulippaw;

The black she-cat flicked her tail in surprise as her name was called for Tulippaw's Mentor. She hadn't heard much about the Apprentice, but hopefully they were good and well-behaved (like kits SHOULD be, yet was not what they were). She padded forwards and touched noses with her new Apprentice, before moving back into the crowd, clearly intending for Tulippaw to follow her. She sat back down where she was before.