ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Hopeless]

~ Hawktalon ~

The large molly's amber eyes followed Nectarscreem as the Bengal padded through the clearing. She wouldn't be surprised if the other warrior was going to start complaining to Dogbark about something again. The Bengal had been right on a few points when she first spoke up at the event, the timing had been less than ideal, but decent points nonetheless, and it really seemed to have gotten the clan in a better direction, but honestly her voice had become a little annoying to the large molly. But apparently, the Bengal had other plans in mind as she got up on the Thunderwillow, which made Hawktalon frown slightly. That tree was a place meant for the leader or deputy to hold meetings, not for a warrior, no matter what they had done.

Stars above, now she was calling a meeting as well. Usually, Hawktalon wouldn't have batted an eye, if someone wanted to stir up a mess then that wasn't her job to care about, they'd learn their lesson, but calling a meeting? A little extreme, if Nectarflame wanted attention she could have started shouting out her opinions in the middle of everything like she had done before, but apparently, that wasn't enough this time, now she felt the need to act as the leader as well. If Dogbark would have appointed her as deputy Hawktalon would have been fine with this whole mess, but he hadn't, so frankly that wasn't how one was supposed to behave. But sure, Hawktalon could play along, she didn't mind.

Strolling over to the Thunderwillow she could see others gather as well - though she doubted they had the same thoughts as her - Sunchaser, Emberpaw, Ivypaw, and Rosepaw, nothing all that interesting there. Her gaze shifted over to the Bengal in the tree. "Nectarstar." She mewed with a dip of her head, more so pointing out the fact that Nectarfalme wasn't really supposed to be up there rather than acknowledging the other cat.

The Bengal mentioned that Puppybark wasn't doing a good job. Fair enough, Hawktalon couldn't say she disagreed, but she was mildly surprised when Nectarflame said "And you shall all bare witness to why in the next several moments." Well that was new, in an unexpected way. What was Nectarflame gonna do now. Expose some grand old secret Dogbark had tried to keep hidden. Hawktalon had to admit she wanted to know. Ok Nectar, I'll wait...

[Raven~]

Larkstorm heard the call, and almost begrudgingly slipped out of her den. She had heard every word that Nectarflame had spoken, and really didn’t want to hear what the bengal had to say. What she wanted was a leader to stay the leader for more than a few moons. All this talk of incompetence and not good enough for the role and been tiring when it had been dealt to Aspenstar. And now it was happening to Dogbark, too? The worst thing was that Dogbark hadn’t even decorated a deputy yet, so if Nectarflame succeed in whatever this was, they would have no one to lead them. In the corner of her mind, Larkstorm suspected that Nectarflame had hopes to become leader if and when she kicked Dogbark off the pedestal of leadership. But that was all assumptions, of course. Larkstorm had no idea what was running around in Nectarflame’s head; the only way to find that out was to go to the meeting.

She took her regular seat and stared up at Nectarflame, surprised to see that Dogbark wasn’t even up there with the bengal warrior. She looked around at the already gathered ThunderClan cats, but Dogbark wasn’t there either. Wait, had he not known this was going to happen? Larkstorm had also assumed that Nectarflame had sought permission to address the Clan like this. But it was now looking like Nectarflame was doing this on a whim. Well that’s even better. She thought. Larkstorm shifted on her paws. What would Dogbark say to them, when he saw hem all gathering around Nectarflame, saw that a meeting had been called by a warrior? The prospect that Nectarflame would do this both scared and excited Larkstorm. It was a dangerous combination.
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[carmen]

Foxpaw wasn't going to cause trouble. Not today, not after what happened yesterday. She would simply sit in the back and watch, letting the endless ringing in her ears continue. The shock still hadn't faded, but it would soon enough. Foxpaw moved closer to Nectarflame, staying in the back, but now she would be able to hear. She would spend this meeting silent, a watching force that was ever present, but completely useless. After all, that was the truth. Since the partial collapse of Thunderclan for the second- or was it third- time, she had done absolutely nothing to help.

So, as she watched the others arrive, one by one, she watched their eyes, looking for any potential problem or reaction to Nectarflame's accusations, something they were all getting used to. Sunchaser, someone whom she had only recently started to see, was smiling at the cat on the rock, which was more than a shock. How could anyone smile at someone who outright says the new leader, for whom had only been it for a week, was slacking off! And then Hawktalon had the nerve to call her Nectarstar?

What was this, a democracy?

[dino.]

Originally Posted by RiztheHuntress

Emberpaw rubbed the sleep from her eyes and padded from the apprentice den. That's not Dogbark... What's going on? She looked to the Thunderwillow and saw there the gilded pelt of Nectarflame. The orange apprentice looked around in confusion, watching her other clanmates emerge. This... I don't like this... Something feels wrong... She gazed around the clearing, looking for her mentor, for a senior warrior, for anyone who might be able to explain what was going on.

>Lynxfuzz<

Oooh-hoo-hoo, if this wasn't going to be FUN then Lynxfuzz didn't know what was. He poked his nose out of the warriors den to blink at Nectarflame, eyes glinting before sliding out and making his way over to Emberpaw. "Stick close to me, things could get hairy," he hummed.

To be quite honest, he wasn't sure why so many were against the she-cat that perched in the branches of the Thunderwillow. Yeah, she was harsh, but so far her only crime was a sharp tongue and, what, caring about ThunderClan? His eyebrows lifted as he examined her - large, powerful, but not ungracefully so. If she were to dethrone Dogbark(which she had every right to do!) he'd have no issue in letting her lead. Besides, it meant more entertainment in the long run.

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>Buckbranch<

Buckbranch recognized the voice that echoed throughout the camp and that was what made him nervous. The amount of hell and chaos that this single clearing had seen in just the past moon was monumental and frankly, Buckbranch wasn't sure if he could handle anymore. Warily, he took a seat by the entrance to the warriors den, where he could make an easy escape to the comfort of his nest if need be.

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~~Mothflight~~

Mothflight raised her head. A Clan meeting? Not called by Dogbark? That was odd. But whoever was calling it sounded very angry. She ran to the Thunderwillow as fast as she could.

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[JackHunt_17]

Hawkice was in confusion. What did Nectarflame mean?

[bubble[error].]

Sharpkit walked out of the leader's den when he heard someone call that all cats from kits to elders must join in on the meeting. ThunderClan was a mess. He ran to the Thunderwillow, but not before dragging Wishkit with him.

@InsertCoolNameHere @Clock Dragonshifter @Silverspot11

[A Wolf]

Snowwolf had just placed the blackbird she had caught on the prey-pile, when an all too familiar voice rang out over the clearing. Nectarflame. Closing her amber eyes and taking a deep breath, in and out again she tried to muster up some more energy to put up with the mess that had just told everyone to gather as if she was hosting a clan meeting and all, before she turned towards where the call had come from and- Oh great Starclan! She was actually trying to host a meeting, as if she was the clan leader of what. Where was Dogbark, he should be dealing with this, or even Buckbranch could have, but the deputy/leader didn't seem present, and while she could see the ladder of them, Buckbranch was sitting by the warriors' den, not even attempting to reason with the Bengal up there.

As much as Snowwolf wanted to just shout to Nectarflame to get down from there and act her age, it wasn't her place to speak up, nor was it Nectarflame's, but that was something she should know, not be told. Snowwolf chose to stay where she was, but her amber gaze was dead focused on the younger cat in the tree. And when she continued, and brought up the topic of Dogbark, a frown crept up in Snowwolf's face. What was she babbling about now?

[Tracker]

Tigerpaw padded over to the meeting, not really caring much

[flopsy]

Roseheart titled his head in the meeting direction before padding over.