The attack was sudden and unexpected, and Syomphony had neither the training nor the reaction time to duck. Fallownose's claws scored across his cheek, leaving behind clean cuts that immediately began to bead with blood. Symphony, seemingly at a lost for words and shocked once more into silence, reached up with a forepaw and blinked at the red that smeared across his paw pad.
Fallownose had apparently broken his brain, because his face proceeded to light up.
"Oh. My. Skies," he breathed out. "I just got clawed by a CLAN CAT! That is so cool!!! Holy skies! I have got to go show my family! Do you think it'll scar?? I REALLY hope it scars!!" He beamed up at Fallownose, grinning from ear to ear. "You are SO COOL, mister!!"
Then, practically vibrating from ears to tail, the young brown tabby whirled around on his paws and booked it out of camp.
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The ginger molly tensed slightly as a silhouette appeared over here and paused, seemingly observing the trio before making their way towards them. At least they hadn't yowled for backup and didn't seem hostile, which was further accompanied by the fact that the figure was Twilightstar. Shiningskies' tail automatically curled closer around her belly as the leader approached, and she leaned slightly closer to Aspenstrike before she began to speak.
"We would like to join WindClan. ThunderClan has become unsafe and fallen from the values it once held dear. I want to raise my kits in an environment where they can grow to be the best warriors they can and have a Clan to fight for, and ThunderClan can't provide that."
StarClan was it hard for those words to escape the warriors maw, but it was the truth. After the takeover of ShadowClan and the chaos that followed she knew she could not raise her kits there. Not when they could die and no one noticed for days. Not when Clanmate turned on Clanmate and disrespected each other instead of being polite and trying to work towards a solution together. ThunderClan would always be her home, but the way it was now was not the ThunderClan she had been born into, and she didn't know if it ever would be again.
Ivypaw's green eyes widened as Twilightstar approached, and she shuffled her paws nervously, stepping behind Shiningskies. She felt safe with her adoptive mother. Taking deep breaths, she found herself gazing up at the WindClan leader while listening to Shiningskies' words. Yes. That made sense.
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The tall Abyssinian felt her mate come closer, and she leaned into the touch, offering a soft gentle lick on the top of her head. This must be nerve wracking for her love. She suppressed her urge to just wrap her mate up in her embrace, but this wasn't the time. She ducked her head in greeting to Twilightstar, and listened as Shining spoke and plead their case. Aspenstrike's yellow gaze flitted to Ivypaw, and she shot the apprentice an encouraging look. "We could ready use a fresh start, and..."Promise that we'll put everything into your Clan. While it was true, the molly flinched away from that word. Promises had brought her a plethora of hell, and she didn't want to lose anything else because of it. She was lucky that Shiningskies still loved her after all of the leadership. "if you let us, we'll pour everything into our new home."measure your words carefully, Aspen. Her inner voice warned her, and she fluffed up her fur with slight nerves.
Twilightstar listened quietly as the ThunderClan cats explained why they were showing up at her border, and alas, it was as she had expected. They wanted a home in WindClan. It was not shocking, RiverClan was clearly not ideal, no sane cat wanted ShadowClan, and if what Shiningskies said was true, their lost faith in ThunderClan drove them away. Honestly, considering Aspenstrike had briefly led the clan, she was shocked that she didn't have as much faith in ThunderClan's restoration. But the molly most likely had clear-cut reasons for walking away from ThunderClan.
Her eyes flashed back over to Shiningskies, eyeing the way her tail wrapped around her belly, and then down to Ivypaw wondering if the apprentice fully understood what she was giving up. She suspected WindClan was not going to be over delighted to know that Twlightstar was debating on taking in more clan-hoppers, and another former leader, but it wasn't like she was coming up with any real solid reasons for turning them down. It sounded like this was a decision that they made and not an easy one. But a decision nonetheless.
"I can not fathom a good enough reason to actually reject you three, nor particularly fault you for leaving your clan. Though I'm uncertain whether my clan will be able to meet theses values you speak of, I must make it clear that although WindClan has banded together time and time again and stood strong against all that has threatened us, reassuring you that I can give you this safety that you're looking for would be a lie. Though WindClan has finally called a truce with ShadowClan, it came at a cost. I've lost many clanmates. WindClan isn't perfect, it is highly possible that some of the flaws you found in ThunderClan you'll find here. Though I strive to hear my clanmates voices and remedy what I can, as well as make sure that WindClan is a clan cats can be proud of, I can't promise you that this life you've envisioned you will acquire in WindClan. " Twilightstar wasn't absolutely certain about what context Shiningskies meant by unsafe? No clan was really safe, and she wanted to make sure that the molly understood that. Shiningskies' lack of details for leaving ThunderClan, made Twilightstar wonder if what they were looking for was WindClan.
"Keeping that in mind, if this is absolutely what you want, then I have no issues welcoming you all into WindClan, granted you two," Twilightstar waved her tail at both Aspenstrike and Shiningskies, "will have to take hunting lesson to learn how to move through the moor and our territory. Shiningskies can do so later if she'd prefer to settle down in the nursery. Ivypaw will have to discuss with a mentor about her training." Sootflare, although Twilightstar had her concerns about him at first, has become fully a part of WindClan during his time here. She no longer questions his loyalty, he was WindClan through and through. But Sootflare hadn't had a choice in that, Kestrestar hadn't given him much of one. Aspen, Shining, and Ivy all willing left ThunderClan so Twilightstar couldn't help but wonder if ThunderClan one day returned to its glory and ideals, would they turn their back on WindClan? But one couldn't live life without taking chances and risks.
[They're all pretty much accepted, so you can submit them to WindClan.]
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"Very little." Dappledfern dipped her head, a bit awkward about it. She kept her gaze on the leader. She sighed, sitting down, her paws tucked in tight. Unease settled in her. It was hard to believe, wasn't it? And it was no good to leave anything out. "It's fuzzy, but there was a twoleg. Maybe two? And a monster, then there was a rogue." She reflected on the time. It was fuzzy, but there was at least one twoleg, a big monster, and another cat. She absentmindedly pawed at the ground, briefly lost to herself. She dipped her head again in apologies. "My apologies."
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Twilightstar forced her irritation down deep into her chest as Dappledfern tried to recall what happened to her. It didn't seem like she was lying to her, she honestly couldn't recall what happened to her. As much as Twilightstar disliked it, pressing for more information would do her no good. She did pad closer to the she-cat and sniff near her ear and the side of her hide looking for any sign of a head injury. Twilightstar was no medicine cat, though.
"No, I apologize for being so pushy. It was unkind, I was raised better. Let's get you back home, I want you to go and get a check-up with Cowpaw. I'm not certain if he can help, but it won't hurt to be safe." Twilightstar beckoned the she-cat beside with a flick of her whisker, taking them back to camp.
[You're alright, length isn't a big deal for me. You can post what you're comfortable with. So we're done, I'll get her back in WindClan, have her swing by to visit Cowpaw at some point in time.]
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Swiftheart looked a bit sheepish. "Errm, I was visiting a few family members. I honestly didn't expect it to take so long. I promise it won't happen again."
Well, that wasn't really a good excuse to go missing. "It shouldn't have happened at all. You say visiting family like it's perfectly alright to go missing without a word to me or anyone about where you were going. It sounds like you've forgotten that you have a duty to your clan." Twilightstar kept her tone even and cold. Swiftheart did not seem to be taking this all that seriously.
"It doesn't seem like you fully understand what it means to be in a clan, if you'd rather stay with your family I can let you go. WindClan doesn't have room for cats with such a lack of commitment and responsibility." The leader wasn't joking if Swiftheart didn't want to be in the clan, she'd let him walk.
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"I- I understand you don't want me around," Tux breathed, struggling to find his courage. "But if you give me a chance, I can perhaps, um... I can perhaps show you I can stay around!" The tom understood if he was rejected, after all, he was a strange cat to her just as she was to him.
The tom then straightened himself up and perked his ears, building his confidence, "I promise it'd be worth having me around. It just startled me when I didn't hear you coming or smell you, I'm not this timid all the time! You see, my mother and father were loners, but when my house-folk took me from them, I tried to search for them, and that ended up as a dead-end... literally. Then when I came back to my house-folk, I didn't find them. They left, and the other house-folk- wait, did you say StarClan? I know of them! My mother told me stories of StarClan during the time I was with her!"
The tom now relaxed completely and sheathed his claws. This is a Clan cat!
"You're a Clan cat, aren't you?" Tux purred. "I gotta admit, I thought the Clans were just a myth..."
So it looked like Twilightstar wasn't getting rid of the kittypet any time soon. She made a loud huff of exasperation and turned to face the youngster. He dipped a little deeper into his origins, having been a loner and then taken in by twolegs, which meant he had probably been taken against his will cause twolegs were weird and did stuff like that. He left his twolegs to look for his parents and then lost both his parents and his twolegs in the process. Huh, well that changed her view a bit more on the cat.
"You are definitely a kittypet," Twilightstar muttered as Tux spoke of clans and myths. "My name is Twilightstar, not clan cat, I lead WindClan."She told him, slightly more intrigued by him. She still felt that it was better to take him back to his twolegs, however since this was the second time she found herself stopped, she figured she wasn't getting anywhere. "What's your name and what do you know of the clans?"
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Pinetail looked around, padding back into WindClan. He felt like extremely guilty for leaving WindClan out of curiosity. He had started to hate himself for it. He looked around for Twilightstar, or Fwallownose.
Spotting the tom, Twilightstar swiftly made her way up to him, fur bristled in displeasure. "Pinetail, there you are! Yet again you vanish from WindClan!" Most of the time, Twilightstar had to deal with a missing cat once, rarely did the same cat go missing twice and with so little time apart.
Crescent
A commotion drew their attention and Crescent was quick to notice a cat around their age get a claw drawn across their face. They visible flinched at the sight, seeing blood well up in the cuts. Their first instinct was to go to them, to help in any way they could, but their paws remained frozen to the ground as they watched the cat retreat. Leaving the retreating figure their gaze flickered over the the tom who had delivered the blow. Crescent certainly did not want him coming over here, that was for sure.
"Keep the mice. I'll figure it out myself." There was a hint of bitterness in their tone as they cast a crestfallen glance towards the cats that surrounded them. With a final look at the mice, they decided to leave their catch there as they turned and bolted towards the entrance. Their thin frame hurried past where the tall tomcat was and for a moment they slowed to get a look at him.
Perhaps if they were older, or had more fighting skills, they would have stood up to him. Given him a claw across the face to see how he liked it. But Crescent knew they were outnumbered so instead they picked up their pace once more and disappeared from the WindClan camp.
[ Apologies - I didn't wish for them to cause more of a commotion so Crescent has left @Spotty @x ghostie @/whoever else was involved ]
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Eyes wide as he made sure to stay out of everyone's way, Snowykit watched enraptured the scene that was unfurling before him. Was this how it was every day outside of the nursery? No wonder some of the kits loved coming out to play as often as they could! Still, it seemed dangerous. He did not notice the second stranger as they arrived, although at this point he had gotten close enough to realize that they did not share WindClan's scent by the time he saw them. This meant little to him, however, as they seemed to be neither aggressive nor a threat.
Unfortunately, the same could obviously not be said about the WindClan cats. One such cat had just raked his claws on the second's face! A sharp, high pitched mew of surprise escaped him as he took a few steps back. The WindClan cat had apologized, and the second newcomer had taken the lash in impressive stride before leaving, but the event had shocked the young kit to his core. Was this what it meant to be a warrior? He certainly could not take a hit like that, let alone even think about giving a claw strike, even in defense. Eyes bright as he gazed admiringly at the cats around him, he turned towards were he had seen the first of the strangers, only to realize the cat with the strange scent was no longer there.
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Snowykit
Eyes wide as he made sure to stay out of everyone's way, Snowykit watched enraptured the scene that was unfurling before him. Was this how it was every day outside of the nursery? No wonder some of the kits loved coming out to play as often as they could! Still, it seemed dangerous. He did not notice the second stranger as they arrived, although at this point he had gotten close enough to realize that they did not share WindClan's scent by the time he saw them. This meant little to him, however, as they seemed to be neither aggressive nor a threat.
Unfortunately, the same could obviously not be said about the WindClan cats. One such cat had just raked his claws on the second's face! A sharp, high pitched mew of surprise escaped him as he took a few steps back. The WindClan cat had apologized, and the second newcomer had taken the lash in impressive stride before leaving, but the event had shocked the young kit to his core. Was this what it meant to be a warrior? He certainly could not take a hit like that, let alone even think about giving a claw strike, even in defense. Eyes bright as he gazed admiringly at the cats around him, he turned towards were he had seen the first of the strangers, only to realize the cat with the strange scent was no longer there.
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Spidersnout noticed the kit, who was watching what was happening. They darted over. "You don't need to be seeing this." They bent over to look at the kit. "Can I take you back to the nursery?"
Sunflight sighed. “Rabbitkit! Get back here! It’s against the warrior code to go into the territory on this age!” she huffed. She padded over to Rabbitkit and grabbed him by the scruff and started grooming him in the nursery. “If you’re good, I’ll bring you a mossball.” she mewed.
Rabbitkit
Rabbitkit looked up at his mother as she made her way towards him. His ears fell and the flower dropped from his mouth. "But mom-" he started before he was plucked up off the ground and carried back to their nest. Rabbitkit gave the she-kit one more look before she dissapeared from his vision entirely, obscurred by the dome of gorse protecting the Nursery.
//I'll start this RP over again in the nursery within the next few days! ^w^ Starlily please feel free to respond to this one if you'd like! Otherwise I'll tag you in the next one! :3
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Emberkit had jumped at Sunflight's voice and looked over her shoulder guiltily. She knew she wasn't allowed oit of camp, and so she quickly scurried away from the camp entrance, caring a sheepish smile at the queen and her new friend. She opened her mouth to apologize, but before she could Sunflight and Rabbitkit were talking. She watched, not wanting to interupt. Her father had very strictly taught her that if she interrupted, she would be in big trouble. Seeing Rabbitkit get picked up, she ran after Sunflight to follow her friend to the nursery. "Wait or meeee- oof!" She tripped on a rock and went sprawling on the ground, only to jump back to her feet and dart after them.
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Eyes still gleaming as he sat in a daze, Snowykit barely registered the voice besides him. A nagging little feeling in the back of his mind, however, told him he should be paying attention to his surroundings, forcing him to turn his face upwards. Finding himself face to face with the older cat as he caught the question, he had to force every fiber of his being to stay still and not leap from his pelt, settling instead for a surprised hiccup.
What was it the warrior had told him? That he shouldn't be here? His ears drooped slightly as he realized that had stepped a paw out of line. And he tried to be so careful about that, too! This warrior did not seem necessarily angry, however, helping calm his bubbling nerves. Dipping his head respectfully in apology for being out of place, Snowykit met the warrior's eyes and nodded, standing up as he readied himself to follow the older cat, hopefully without eating dirt for a third time this outing. The elders might say what they liked, but he wasn't too sure third time was indeed the charm.
Tux listened to the strange Clan cat and widened his eyes in embarrassment, “My apologies, Twilightstar. I’m Tux.”
Now that the two cats knew who each other were, Tux continued to speak to inform Twilightstar of what he knew, “All I know is that there are four Clans, including one in the sky. I believe it was called… StarClan? Is that right? Anyway… I also know that the Clans live by a set of rules- a code. T-that’s about it…”
The tom dipped his head and thought for a moment. Let’s see… four Clans and their ancestors… yep, got that. And what was the set of rules called? Oh!
“The set of rules is the Warrior Code, I remember now,” he purred with amusement. “That’s all my mother told me. I don’t know if she was ever a Clan cat, but I hope I got those details right. But you said kittypet… is that what the Clans call house cats?”
The tom smiled and waited for Twilightstar to respond.
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Swiftheart's tail drooped. "Please Twilightstar, don't make me leave the clan. I know it was wrong, but it was my family. I had not seen them for a very long time. Joining WindClan does not get rid of them. Please forgive me."
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