WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Raven~]

"Good job," Breezedapple meowed encouragingly. "You had the stalking nailed down. Now, let's just practice your pouncing. Come over here." She beckoned with her tail.
@Zesty Mango

[Raven~]

Originally Posted by feather lily

ok! she said tryng to stop her tail. her eyes gleamed with happiness what about now?

Breezedapple pointed with her tail to a stray leaf a few tail-lengths away. "Pounce and aim for that leaf." She instructed. It seemed a good enough starting point.

[Poprock]

@~Storm~ @feather lily

Peachfrost gave the warrior a sympathetic look. The poor thing thought she was useless for being injured? For fighting off vultures and protecting our clan? She shouldn't be so hard on herself...
"Skyleaf, you aren't useless. You helped me and Twilightstar out a lot by carrying that kit all the way on such an injured leg. You just need a little rest is all." She beckoned over Foxpaw with a wave of her fluffy tail. "Besides, if you keep putting pressure on a wound that hasn't had time to heal you won't be able to continue training this little one!" She smiled down at the apprentice, knowing she had been concerned for her mentor.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

@Moonraven

~ ASHFEATHER ~

Ashfeather was looking down at the two kits nestled against her light gray stomach when she heard a cat approaching. She looked up quickly, wondering if it was someone else from the vulture attack, right as a wave of familiar scent washed over her. It was tainted with blood, but the lilac-colored fur of her leader was unmistakable. Twilightstar. A wave of self-consciousness and worry suddenly shot through the black she-cat. Was she nursing the kits right? Treating them well? What if Ashfeather accidentally did something wrong? And her leader... she wouldn't say it out loud, but she was a bit of a mess. Smelling of blood and obviously exhausted, she'd definitely need a check-up from Peachfrost.

She noticed Twilightstar's grimace and tensed. Was she doing something wrong? Stop thinking that everything's directed at you... the she-cat silently scolded herself. But still, these were the leader's kits. She had to do whatever she could to protect them. In response to her leader's question, Ashfeather gave a quick nod, her twisted jaw bobbing a bit. "Yes," she replied, being extra careful to make sure that her voice didn't tremble like it normally did. "They're great. I - I might need a bit of..." She paused, trying to remember the herb that had been mentioned... "borage, for milk, but I have enough right now. With Miststone, too, they're in good paws." Hopefully, she added silently to herself.

When Twilightstar gave the kits their names, Ashfeather gave a small nod. She wasn't about to ask who was who, especially not right now, but she did like them. The names Beastkit and Leechkit stood out to her, though. Mainly Leechkit. At first, and Ashfeather felt bad for thinking like this, she thought that the name meant to show something bad. No cat liked leeches. But then she suddenly remembered Stagleech, who Twilightstar had helped to take care of... right? Was that where the name had come from? Ashfeather wasn't sure, but decided not to make a comment on it. She'd been so young back then... recently named a warrior. She couldn't help thinking of the time when her mother had changed her name to Twistedkit. That felt pretty bad, she recalled, then pushed the unhappy thoughts away. Twilightstar's four kits were beautiful and perfect. And they had wonderful names.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

Wolffang padded over to the Breezerock upon hearing his leader calling the meeting. It was glad to see that she was back, especially after what he'd been told by Skyleaf. Her kits were secured in the nursery and both Dawnstar and ShadowClan hadn't done anything to her. Quickly scanning her over, the tom saw that she looked rather tired. Yet she still looked calm and controlled. She was good at doing that, unless she felt some particular strong emotion. Like when she'd gotten really angry about the whole Toadpaw incident, as well as at Rosebriar. He loved his sister and all, but she also seemed to be good at making things worse sometimes.

Would she mention the kitting? Most likely, especially because it involved ShadowClan and Dawnstar. He wondered what the dark brown tabby she-cat had said. Yellow eyes narrowing, Wolffang sat by the base of the Breezerock. That was where the deputy sat, right? By the bottom, but still on the same level as the other cats. He scanned the gathering crowd of cats. Silently, he hoped that the kits were okay. Also... as he looked around, he saw that he couldn't see his sister. Oh, there she is. She was making her way to the edge of the crowd, putting on an elegant face, but he knew her well enough so that he could tell that she was still sullen and upset. He broke his gaze away from her and kept his mouth shut as he waited for the meeting to begin.

[MooingPanda]

Owltalon jumped slightly at the sound of a body hitting the ground next to him. Even before he turned, he had an idea who the cat would be. He wasn't disappointed. Whiskers twitching in amusement, he bent down over the rumpled fur of Fernpaw. If you were attempting to ambush me, you failed," he meowed, flicking the apprentice on the shoulder with his tail. @BILL.

[Jay.]

Originally Posted by Kyrieknight

Rowanpaw beamed, puffing his chest. "Yeah!" He chirped. "Now I'm big and strong..." he said, though he refrained from mentioning his lack of training.... for now...

I'm glad that you are growing! She remembered when he was just a young kit, but now he had grownup and was going to just get stronger over time.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by Jayfeather 76

I'm glad that you are growing! She remembered when he was just a young kit, but now he had grownup and was going to just get stronger over time.

Rowanpaw grinned. "Yep! Just you watch! I'll make you proud!"

[Moonraven]

Twilightstar watched the four kittens for a time, before turning her eye away and begun cleaning herself as to distract her mind, before she felt like crying again. She shed enough tears these past moons, they didn't do anything to help her, so there wasn't much of a point. Crying worked when she was younger, though she found more things to be gloomy about older than when she was younger. She also had Midnightstalker around to dry them.

One ear flickered towards the entrance and sluggishly her eye followed as she made out the form of a large medicine cat. She should thank molly for aiding her earlier, but she felt like that would take away from something, so she didn't. "You can check, but I don't have any wounds, I don't think, I just-" she paused, huffing, and then continued, "I'm not sure what wrong, I thought I had a few more days." She flattened her ears against her head after speaking. Had there been warning signs that she had missed? Probably, she should have asked one of the queens or Peachfrost about labor and what to look for.

She never wanted to actually have kittens, so she never bothered taking much interest in learning about stuff like this. She glanced over to Miststone and then over to Ashfeather when they both spoke up. "Thank you both." She offered the pair a small smile of appreciation. "I can help nurse them, I think-" She cut herself off glance at Peachfrost for approval on that, "here and there, but unfortunately, I can't stay with them all the time. Do you two mind looking after them?" The lilac leader was worried about what Dawnstar would pull if she stepped down completely to raise the kits and left Wolffang in charge. There was also the matter of her worrying about how Wolffang would handle the clan, he hasn't been deputy long.... She could do this, play mother and leader at the same time with assistance, she'd just need to be careful. Her clanmates had already proven that they'd be willing to help her with whatever she needed, so they could help her raise the four kits.

Twilightstar would if she could, even though she never wanted them, she'd be lying if she said she didn't alright love them as fiercely as she had adopted her son. They were all different colors, Lionkit was lilac like her, Midnightkit, jet black like Twilightstar's mother, Beastkit was brown and looked nothing like tom he was named after, but he was big enough to resemble him, and then there was Leechkit, the biggest but again looked nothing like the tom he was named after. She wondered what color eyes they all had.

They were all lovely in their own way, but none of them made her ever want to have kits again. Litters were scary when you were by yourself, she had planned to have them in the nursery with Peachfrost and the other queens' helped, but nothing went as planned with them. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my pregnancy, I had only learned about it not long ago." The leader returned her gaze to her medicine cat with an apologetic glint in her eyes. It had been easy enough to blame it on the extra fresh kill her clanmates kept bringing her, but she should have at least talk to Peachfrost about it after she found out it wasn't the fresh kill.
@Rockfall @TheNyanCatMinecart @Topaztaill

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Twilightstar watched the four kittens for a time, before turning her eye away and begun cleaning herself as to distract her mind, before she felt like crying again. She shed enough tears these past moons, they didn't do anything to help her, so there wasn't much of a point. Crying worked when she was younger, though she found more things to be gloomy about older than when she was younger. She also had Midnightstalker around to dry them.

One ear flickered towards the entrance and sluggishly her eye followed as she made out the form of a large medicine cat. She should thank molly for aiding her earlier, but she felt like that would take away from something, so she didn't. "You can check, but I don't have any wounds, I don't think, I just-" she paused, huffing, and then continued, "I'm not sure what wrong, I thought I had a few more days." She flattened her ears against her head after speaking. Had there been warning signs that she had missed? Probably, she should have asked one of the queens or Peachfrost about labor and what to look for.

She never wanted to actually have kittens, so she never bothered taking much interest in learning about stuff like this. She glanced over to Miststone and then over to Ashfeather when they both spoke up. "Thank you both." She offered the pair a small smile of appreciation. "I can help nurse them, I think-" She cut herself off glance at Peachfrost for approval on that, "here and there, but unfortunately, I can't stay with them all the time. Do you two mind looking after them?" The lilac leader was worried about what Dawnstar would pull if she stepped down completely to raise the kits and left Wolffang in charge. There was also the matter of her worrying about how Wolffang would handle the clan, he hasn't been deputy long.... She could do this, play mother and leader at the same time with assistance, she'd just need to be careful. Her clanmates had already proven that they'd be willing to help her with whatever she needed, so they could help her raise the four kits.

Twilightstar would if she could, even though she never wanted them, she'd be lying if she said she didn't alright love them as fiercely as she had adopted her son. They were all different colors, Lionkit was lilac like her, Midnightkit, jet black like Twilightstar's mother, Beastkit was brown and looked nothing like tom he was named after, but he was big enough to resemble him, and then there was Leechkit, the biggest but again looked nothing like the tom he was named after. She wondered what color eyes they all had.

They were all lovely in their own way, but none of them made her ever want to have kits again. Litters were scary when you were by yourself, she had planned to have them in the nursery with Peachfrost and the other queens' helped, but nothing went as planned with them. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about my pregnancy, I had only learned about it not long ago." The leader returned her gaze to her medicine cat with an apologetic glint in her eyes. It had been easy enough to blame it on the extra fresh kill her clanmates kept bringing her, but she should have at least talk to Peachfrost about it after she found out it wasn't the fresh kill.
@Rockfall @TheNyanCatMinecart @Topaztaill

~Miststone~

The queen slightly forced a smile, and said, "I'd be okay with looking after them, with Ashfeather, Twilightstar." Miststone didn't say another word. She kept her mouth shut and her ears open...