ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

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@Beyond_Carrot

Falconpaw’s tufted ears stood at attention, and she blinked out of her reverie, lemon yellow eyes glinting sharply. She tilted her head in surprise.
“Flutterkit?” She mewed, faint confusion edging her voice. She stood, and padded over to the kit, smoke brindled pelt giving her a shadowy appearance, “What are you doing out of the nursery?” She paused, “I promise I won’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to be cooped up in there when I was your age either.”

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Flutterkit shuffled her paws. "Thank you," she said at last. "I guess I couldn't sleep either." A glint of defiance crept into her bright blue eyes. "Blackheart never lets me explore during the daytime." She glanced up at Falconpaw with a shy smile. "Why are you awake? Did you have a bad dream?"

@Larkstripe

[Willie Warf]

Beetlepaw was wakened by a sneeze near his head. For a second he thought he'd done it. Then looked around disappointed when he recognized the Thunderclan apprentice den. In annoyance he looked up, only to see an eagle swooping, taking a dive at Flutterkit. He had run this moment in his head for moons,Him saving someone and building his respect. He dived at flutterkit, knocking her over and feeling the eagles talons slicing into his back.
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Flutterkit glanced cautiously at Beetlepaw, who seemed to also have been awakened by her sneeze. "Uh..." She paused when she noticed his eyes widen in fear. "What--" Suddenly Beetlepaw dived onto her, and she went down with a shriek. "Great StarClan, get your fur out of my mouth!" the feisty she-cat squealed. But just as she was about to wriggle out from underneath the bigger 'paw, she heard a swoop of wings and the sharp click of talons clipping through fur and flesh. Beetlepaw groaned on top of her.

Flutterkit's heart thudded in her chest. Was that an eagle? Had Beetlepaw just saved her? The kit froze underneath her living shield.

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@Beyond_Carrot

The smoke tabby apprentice glanced up at the waning moon, “Something like that.” She remarked, unwilling to frighten the kit with obscure tales of manipulative rogues, “It sounds like you’re just going to have to do your exploring by moonlight—like I said, I can’t judge at all, I once snuck out of the nursery and wandered halfway to the ShadowClsn border.” She mewed, a glint of amusement flashing in her lemon yellow eyes.

[dino.]

Originally Posted by Shimm

Faithpaw dipped her cream-tabby head in gratitude as the leader invited her into his den. Remembering her P's and Q's Faithpaw sat directly in front of the tom with her tail wrapped neatly around her ruined paws.
"...you look like you've been in through the Dark Forest and back."
At the mention of that, the apprentice's fur stood at the end of her pelt in fear of the Dark Forest. "Oh no Sir, I would never go there." Lime green eyes wide as she wondered why anybody would want to enter that place. Taking a few seconds to settle in, taking a breath before speaking the molly finally began to state while she visited him. " Mr.Buckstar Sir, when will it be possible for Frostbreeze to treat my paws properly?" Between the fire and recovering there wasn't a medicine cat to treat her paws while they were damaged and now that there was someone...Soon as she gets her paws healed then she can finally get onto her apprenticeship.

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The brown maine-coon cracked a smile that was obviously see-through and broken. Owlwatcher was grateful for Buckstar noticing his down aroma and asking where he was before getting on his tail for going missing. "Hey Chief...I'm so sorry that I left the clan. You see after the fire and coming back to the clan I couldn't find Mumblefoot, my new mate. I...I went out and searched for her everywhere, I couldn't find her a-and I...I think I lost the love of my life..." Usually the tom was upbeat and jolly but he couldn't help but let one tear escape and slide down his cheek.

@Slushie

Buckstar peered closely at her, inspecting her carefully as she spoke. "Just an expression, don't you worry. I'm not accusing you of having gone there." It looked like he might have just freaked her out a little bit. Oops. As she asked about Frostbreeze, he sighed and looked down. "Make sure to ask for Lionwhisker, too," he cautioned. "She doesn't know what she's doing. Best to have a set of useful paws around, just in case.

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His brows furrowed, and he clambered to his paws to hurry over to Owlwatcher. "Hey, hey, it's all right. I don't blame you for that. She was missing, you were worried... I can't fault you. I'm sorry you didn't find her - I really wish you had. But I'm glad you're back safe, all right?"

Originally Posted by implimm

It had been some time since the grisly tom walked so deep through the forest. But he had made up his mind to do this, to come back finally. Things... Didn't work out. Or, rather than not working out, they never actually saw success at all. Rainywhisker pauses as he finds another scent marking indicating that his Clan, ThunderClan, was active around these parts. Would Buckstar fault him for what he'd sought to do? Perhaps it wasn't the brightest idea the warrior had ever had, but surely where was a cause for even the leader to sympathize a little.
After a few heartbeats of hesitation, the stormy gray warrior chooses to press on through the undergrowth. If anyone was foolish enough to greet him with hostility, then so be it. ThunderClan wasn't like that when he left, and he doubted it would be like that upon his return today.
[ @Slushie ]

Buckstar was sure he'd heard something out here. Usually this part of the forest was quiet, but as he stood in the middle of the underbrush, he couldn't help but stare out at the leaves and brush in front of him. He parted his jaws to taste the air, and his tail swayed. The scent was foreign, in a way, but also oddly familiar.

He stepped forward, shouldering his way past bushes and low-hanging branches as he followed the direction of the scent. Maybe it belonged to some lost Clanmate trying to return home. He stepped around a clump of tall weeds, jumped over a shallow dip in the ground, and pushed through an elderberry bush. Then he paused and squinted at the cat a few tail-lengths in front of him. "Rainywhisker?" he called hesitantly. "Is that you?"

Originally Posted by Siren Bliss

[ @Supernatural Slushie; ]

>>>Linnetwing<<<

The molly padded through until she was met by Buckstar. Oh good she thought she would have to walk farther just to find him. She glanced at him, happy to see him. It had been a while. She really didn't mean to be gone long. "I went on a break. I needed time to myself while I got used to my sister being gone. I didn't mean to be gone this long.", Linnetwing meowed. She had been struggling and just needed time to think of what she was going to do next. She wouldn't dream of being a rogue. Linnetwing didn't like them all that much.

He paused in front of her and offered a smile, one that was reassuring but also sad and reminiscent at the same time. "Ah... Duskfeather. Right." He still couldn't bring himself to call her simply 'Dusk'. Even if it was probably the right thing to do, it didn't sound right. "Well, I'm glad to see you back safe and sound. Did you... did you happen to find anything?" His sounded hopeful, apprehensive.

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Flutterkit padded curiously into the elders' den. She'd heard so many other kits mention these ancient cats had great stories to tell, but they all seemed pretty regular to her. Make that regular and asleep. Intimidated, she whispered, "Hello?"

A large fluffy brown tom reclined near one end of the den, and Flutterkit decided he was as good as any cat to approach. Stepping carefully over sleeping elders' tails to reach him, she stopped inches from his shaggy head."Hi," she mewed, loudly, in an uncertain tone. "I'm Flutterkit. What's your name?"

@Bread

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Originally Posted by Puddle~

“N-no, I’m alright,” Singepaw replied. This time she wasn’t fibbing, she didn’t think she needed anything to drink. All she needed to do was calm her breathing and somehow figure out how to stop shaking so much. It was definitely easier said than done. Yet she also felt the wrong obligation to keep the conversation going. It might be seen as rude if she simply stopped talking altogether. ”S-so uhh, are y-you excited about be-eing an... a-apprentice?”

"Yeah, my mentor is great." Strikepaw grinned. "How about your mentor, who are they?" He asked, lying down with his belly turned to the ceiling.

[dino.]

[ @Cobra, @bmkmb ]

Buckstar made a face and rose to his paws on the other side of the clearing as his name was called before hurrying over. It wasn't that he had to be on herb patrol - no, he didn't mind that at all. In fact, he was glad Frostbreeze was taking responsibility for once. It was just her that he didn't want to deal with, and being in close proximity to her was what he considered 'dealing with her'.

He paused next to Whiteclaw and nodded in response to the smile he was offered. "Hey, there." He turned to give Lionpaw a thin smile as the apprentice approached them, though his shoulders had tensed. "Right, then, now that we're all here - why don't we get going? Lionpaw, you can lead the way." He nodded in the direction of the camp's exit. He was giving the young tom a chance to at least try to redeem himself. After the incident with Swallowkit, he really wasn't too keen on trusting Lionpaw with anything huge, but surely he could handle leading two cats to Firefly Grove. It wasn't exactly a difficult task.

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It was lucky that the one he'd meet in the woods was none other than Buckstar himself. It made everything... Considerably less challenging. "Good day, Buckstar," the dark gray tom says, dipping his head respectfully to the other cat. "It has been a little while. A few moons, I believe." There was no use in leaving facts for his leader to point out later. "I hope you are in good health."
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