WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Ian]

Originally Posted by xath

|| Shattervenom | @Shade. @NinjaBloss ||

Pride suffused Shattervenom until she thought her heart would burst with the shimmering emotion. She'd thrown odd, quirky exercises at Turtlepaw and the boy had tackled them all, regardless of his misgivings or nervousness. The fluffy apprentice took her feedback, adjusted, and succeeded--all while maintaining a positive earnest attitude. It was true: the pair of them made a good team. Hopefully the slender warrior had done her part to not only assist Turtlepaw in completing his assigned task, but also lend him valuable hunting practice… she'd gladly train him again if he ever asked for her help.

"You were a delight to work with, partner," Shatter told her charge gruffly, softly bumping his fur-padded shoulder as they marched back to Fallownose. "You should be proud of yourself." Despite her flat mask, Shattervenom's eyes twinkled; think of the greatness still to form in this kid! He had a bright future ahead of him, for sure.

Waving her tail high to flag Fallownose down, Shattervenom finally slowed to a halt, feeling as if her face was about to crack in half from the tiny genuine grin curving her muzzle. "Task complete, deputy. Turtlepaw hunted a rabbit and a field mouse after showing me his current skills. He's a natural."

Fallownose swerved off of his path towards the fresh-kill pile when he spotted Shattervenom waving him down. His ears were perked an interested and a small smile graced his face as she shared the success of Turtlepaw. "I'm glad it all went well, and thank you for teaching him to hunt."

Originally Posted by Fenixwolf

(I guess i’ll just slide this here :\)

Owlflight walked over to The deputy after she placed the prey in the pile “me and shivercrawl are done with our hunting patrol Fallownose” she meowed to the deputy “we hunted a mice, a large rabbit, a plum squirrel and a Female cardinal, i hope this’ll be able to impress you and to feed a lot of cats”

Owlflight smilled while waiting for a response from the deputy

“me and shivercrawl both did quite the great job Hunting prey at Swooping hills” owlflight added “there was alot of butterflies there”

[ Fallownose @NinjaBloss and Shivercrawl @RAT KING ]

Fallownose raised his head from where he had been nibbling at an itch on his shoulder when Owflight approached. It seemed the patrol had gone well, though the molly was definitely trying to impress him. It was a little awkward. "Good job. Make sure to get something for yourself." Hopefully that was what she wanted to hear?

Originally Posted by Ravensong

**Toadpounce**

@NinjaBloss [Throwing this on here real quick since I’m not sure if I’ll have internet after today or not]

The spotted tom padded back into the camp, glancing back at his patrol. Skyleaf had lingered behind and Nightray had taken off somewhere at one point, Toadpounce wasn’t quite sure what had been going through the sour tom’s head. And despite his uneasy feelings suddenly along the border, he padded to the deputy, dipping his head awkwardly before reporting, ”The Shadowclan border was…quiet. Everything seemed to go smoothly. The border got marked anyway.”

Toadpounce's report was a relief to Fallownose. It seemed Dawnstar really was sticking to her promise of leaving WindClan alone since there hadn't been any trouble from her warriors for the past couple of moons. "Thank you, Toadpounce. I'm glad everything was quiet."

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Dustbunny padded back into the clearing, feeling a little apprehensive about giving her report to Fallownose. Not that the deputy was all that intimidating, but both he and Twilightstar scared her. The brown she-cat swished her tail nervously behind her and trembled slightly as she located the deputy. "Um, F-Fallownose, I'm done with the patrol to RiverClan's border." The molly took in a deep breath and let it out through her nose as she gathered her thoughts. "I l-l-l-lost Maplecloud, d-d-don't know where she w-went. S-s-s-s-sorry" Phew! That was literally the worst of the patrol.

"Sandpaw can with me though. She was a great help, even noticed that RiverClan scent marks were stale." Dustbunny perked up as she went into how their patrol went. "The border was quiet otherwise, we did find a huge turtle(tortoise), Sandpaw wanted to eat it." The molly laughed warmly at the thought. "But everything else went alright."
@NinjaBloss

Fallownose nodded in greeting to Dustbunny as she came over to give her report. It was filled with nervous stuttering (was he really that scary?), but he could still understand it. "I'll have to talk to Maplecloud about that, but thank you for bringing it to my attention. You and Sandpaw both did well."

Originally Posted by Summer Rose

Rabbitbriar
◖ Female[she/her] - Newly made warrior ◗

The young warrior padded into camp and over to the deputy with her lonely vole she had caught alone. She really didn't want Laurelpaw to get in trouble, but she was afraid she had to let Fallownose know she didn't follow behind. Rabbitbriar still felt abandoned and she hated the feeling, but she just had to push past it. She placed the vole at her feet. "I'm here to report back. I managed to catch a vole and had no sign of any adders there, but I do know their there. Laurelpaw showed up at first, but didn't follow me there.", Rabbitnriar meowed.

〔 @NinjaBloss; 〕

Fallownose frowned but honestly wasn't that surprised at Rabbitbriar's report. Laurelpaw had only been causing trouble since she became an apprentice and didn't seem to care much for the Clan or her Clanmates. It was troubling. "Thank you, Rabbitbriar. I'll have a discussion with Laurelpaw about her behavior."

Originally Posted by duckie

Sootflare
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Sootflare returned with his patrol a little later than the rest, but still not egregiously late by any means. Hopefully Fallownose wouldn't mind.

"All was well at the border," he began, approaching the deputy, "Everyone showed up and did their job - we've refreshed the markers and didn't run into any trouble."

[ @Rockfall @Naiad @Castle @NinjaBloss ]

Sootflare's patrol seemed to be last, but they had made it back alright and weren't extremely late, so it didn't bother Fallownose. "Good. Hopefully, things will remain that way with all the tensions running high." The deputy didn't want WindClan to get dragged into the conflict between RiverClan and ThunderClan more than it already had been.

[Ian]

The sound of panting caught Fallownose's attention, and he bounded towards it. The source was Fernkit, who had recently gone missing and seemed to have many plants in her mouth. "Fernkit, you've been gone for a while. What are you doing out in the territory?" She didn't seem injured, which was good, simply tired from whatever she had been doing.

@Kyo

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

~ TWISTEDKIT OF WINDCLAN ~

Twistedkit stared up at the wise and all-knowing leader with big eyes as she awaited her response. All her conflicting emotions were difficult to handle and interpret, and in the end, the young she-kit knew that she had to trust authority. That is, the big, wise cats who were super smart and knew a lot about the world. Twilightstar didn't want to hurt Willowsky. She was just explaining that the black-and-gray she-cat was sick, so she wasn't acting right. Twistedkit was still finding it hard to understand that getting nipped wasn't normal, though, or that mothers were supposed to treat their kits with love and affection. Willowsky was just different, she supposed. And Twistedkit was different. So that had to be it, right? Twistedkit wasn't sure how to feel, but an emotion of guilt was creeping into her that her little mind could hardly comprehend.

Prey. Yes, prey. Twistedkit had been told by Willowsky that normally, kits began to eat solid prey when they were a moon old, and eventually stopped needing milk at two moons. She was a moon and a half, but she hadn't tried big-cat prey yet. Her extremely small ears pricked as Twilightstar said that she... knew someone with a jaw like hers? Twistedkit's eyes somehow managed to get even bigger as she processed this information. From what Willowsky said, she was the only one who looked weird and had these problems. But there were other cats, too? Did anyone else have weird tails like hers as well? And... well, Twistedkit had heard of cats with missing or blind eyes before. "Another cat like me?" she squeaked; the light gray tip of her tail twitched with excitement. "I didn't know anyone else had bad jaws!" Bad. That was a word Willowsky used to describe her a lot. "Did anyone else have twisted tails like me?" The whole prey thing was lost on her as she wondered who this other she-cat was.

Then the conversation shifted. I don't think you made her sick. Twistedkit's excitement vanished, to be replaced by a feeling that she could only describe as her stomach dropping and being really nervous. Was that the same thing? She didn't know. Wait. So, Twistedkit hadn't made Willowsky sick... but Willowsky was unhappy with her because of the way she looked? She had assumed so, but hearing someone else say it made it very real. Willowsky doesn't like me because I was born weird. Twistedkit hadn't thought of herself as weird. She had been born like this, so she was used to it. But Willowsky had reminded her at every turn that she was different. And she was so mad. So, Twistedkit didn't make her sick... but it was still her fault? She suddenly felt awful. Bad, bad, bad. Willowsky was seen as weird because of her. What had Twistedkit done? Was this all really her fault? Her legs began to tremble, and tears formed in both eyes, clouding the vision of her non-blind one.

But what about the other cat, the one who was born like me? Was her mother mad because she was born with a bad jaw? Twistedkit wanted to know, but Twilightstar was speaking, and she didn't wanna interrupt because that was bad, and she was already bad. Wait... Twilightstar was saying that it wasn't her fault? But if Willowsky was mad because of the way she was born, it was her fault! Twistedkit stared at the lilac-gray leader, trying to understand her all-knowing wisdom. How could she possibly understand? Twilightstar was saying stuff about how she couldn't control the way she was born, and that if Willowsky was mad about that, then she had to accept it. Twistedkit didn't like how her mother was being blamed for stuff. If she was weird, then why was Willowsky taking the blame?

Everything deflated when Twilightstar said that she didn't know how to explain it in a way Twistedkit would understand, and bent down to nuzzle her. Twistedkit tensed a bit when the leader first leaned down, despite being emotionally exhausted. Willowsky never nuzzled her. When her mother bent down, she would get bitten. But the nuzzle Twilightstar gave... it was really comforting. Twistedkit felt herself relax, and felt warm, wet tears begin to spill from her eyes. Was this what the leader meant by "real love"? Being nuzzled and not nipped? Would Twistedkit be loved if she hadn't been born the way she was? The worst answer was... probably. I love Mother, and I've always thought she loved me. But if she isn't supposed to act like this... surely it's because I'm weird. Will Mother ever love me? Was she just sick, or was Twistedkit the problem here?

Twilightstar's words were comforting, worrying, and confusing all at once. She was telling Twistedkit to not blame herself, because then she'd be sick like Willowsky. But... "Mother isn't a bad cat. I don't want other cats to think she's bad. She's good. I love her, but she... doesn't love me? I wanna make her happy." The words were choked with tears and even more distorted than usual, making them harder to understand. "I need to talk to her... but I don't wanna hurt her more. If Mother is sick... and upset at me... I wanna see if I can do anything to make her happy. I want to understand." Twistedkit's round black paws were shaking hard. "Did... did the other cat have a mother like mine? Was she... like me? And... and..." Twistedkit looked at the leader desperately with a pleading expression on her face.

"I want to understand."

@Moonraven (I'm perfectly fine with that! I'm excited for the two of them to meet. )

[Dirtfur]

Originally Posted by Fenixwolf

Patchkit looked at Goldenkit "well it's just that things aren't really happening much, atleast when i was awake, i'm quite a heavy sleeper you know?" she replied
"and i don't really have friends or littermates to play with...what about you Goldenkit?"

Goldenkit nodded, curious if she should put some sticks in Den-mate Patchkit’s bed to see if she would still sleep heavily without noticing them. The first kit frowned. Her only friend was Flurrywind, who left the nursery and was away for who knows how long. “Well, no,” Goldenkit replied, sorrowfully. “But! We could be friends, Den-mate Patchkit!” Goldenkit thought aloud.

[Thornwolf]

Originally Posted by Dirtfur

Goldenkit nodded, curious if she should put some sticks in Den-mate Patchkit’s bed to see if she would still sleep heavily without noticing them. The first kit frowned. Her only friend was Flurrywind, who left the nursery and was away for who knows how long. “Well, no,” Goldenkit replied, sorrowfully. “But! We could be friends, Den-mate Patchkit!” Goldenkit thought aloud.

"Sure i'd love to be friends with you Goldenkit" replied Patchkit "we can do all sorts of stuff together! It'll be so fun"

[Spotty]

Berrykit sneezed. (activity post while I wait for her apprentice ceremony)

[MockingRabbit]

//So, Archkit recently to a loner. The loner then died fighting a fox and left her kit in WindClan territory. I gathered a patrol that would find the kit, then was told that I would need to ask you before she could join. So, can she? @Moonraven

[Dirtfur]

Originally Posted by Fenixwolf

"Sure i'd love to be friends with you Goldenkit" replied Patchkit "we can do all sorts of stuff together! It'll be so fun"

Goldenkit gasped. She wasn’t expecting Den-mate Patchkit to accept the offer. It felt like, to the ginger tabby, that Den-mate Patchkit was likely messing with her? Maybe she wasn’t and actually wanted to be friends with Goldenkit? Goldenkit tried to be friends with her mother and Mother Flurrywind, who both abandoned her. Maybe Den-mate Patchkit won’t be like them? Maybe she won’t abandon Goldenkit, too! “Yay!” she cheered as she did another lap around the second kit. The first kit stopped and looked back at the latter. “What should we do now?”

[Thornwolf]

Originally Posted by Dirtfur

Goldenkit gasped. She wasn’t expecting Den-mate Patchkit to accept the offer. It felt like, to the ginger tabby, that Den-mate Patchkit was likely messing with her? Maybe she wasn’t and actually wanted to be friends with Goldenkit? Goldenkit tried to be friends with her mother and Mother Flurrywind, who both abandoned her. Maybe Den-mate Patchkit won’t be like them? Maybe she won’t abandon Goldenkit, too! “Yay!” she cheered as she did another lap around the second kit. The first kit stopped and looked back at the latter. “What should we do now?”

"What about.." Patchkit thought around for a game they could play "find the mossball!" she said "it's fun! Somebody hides the mossball, then the other looks for it!

[Dirtfur]

Originally Posted by Fenixwolf

"What about.." Patchkit thought around for a game they could play "find the mossball!" she said "it's fun! Somebody hides the mossball, then the other looks for it!

The kit squealed. She always wanted a chance to play ‘find the mossball’ with Mother Flurrywind, but she never had the chance to do so because Goldenkt knew that the game was for kits. “Sure!”