ThunderClan Territory

[Random Melody]

Originally Posted by Empress Of Evil

Splashheart? The name seemed familiar. Wasn't she the one who had moved to RiverClan? The light grey tom could vaguely remember the she-cat. Whilst he was close with Snowsong, he hadn't been very close to her siblings. That might change now, seeing how he was technically related to her. "Yeah but you're still her sister! And blood runs through the family!" Stormstrike yowled back.

"Slowpoke? Who are you calling slowpoke?" The warrior yowled as he ran faster, catching up and passing the siamese not long after.

"Ha! Maybe so but i'd never leave ThunderClan!" Snowsong found herself laughing, amusement sparkling through her eyes. She wondered what Roarclaw would think of this new relationship. Oh, her brother would probably kill Stormstrike. Foxthorn would be mostly laid back about it. Honeyfur would be ecstatic, because she'd always shipped Stormstrike and Snowsong. Vaguely, she wondered what her father was thinking, and unconsciously she raised her gaze to the sky, ears flicking. Are you proud of me, Dad?

She was snapped out of these thoughts at Stormstrike's responding yowl, and snickered when she realized he'd caught up to her. "The slow slug beside me!" She purred teasingly, before picking up speed, racing ahead once more.

[Empress Of Evil]

Originally Posted by Dark Melody

"Ha! Maybe so but i'd never leave ThunderClan!" Snowsong found herself laughing, amusement sparkling through her eyes. She wondered what Roarclaw would think of this new relationship. Oh, her brother would probably kill Stormstrike. Foxthorn would be mostly laid back about it. Honeyfur would be ecstatic, because she'd always shipped Stormstrike and Snowsong. Vaguely, she wondered what her father was thinking, and unconsciously she raised her gaze to the sky, ears flicking. Are you proud of me, Dad?

She was snapped out of these thoughts at Stormstrike's responding yowl, and snickered when she realized he'd caught up to her. "The slow slug beside me!" She purred teasingly, before picking up speed, racing ahead once more.

The warrior rolled his eyes playfully. "Well you can't really can you. ThunderClan depends on you and Gyrestar to lead it," Stormstrike remarked, finding no need to yowl anymore considering he was now next to her. Unless he was interest in breaking her earsdrums. Although, he had no interest in doing that whatsoever. Thinking about it, Stormstrike wondered what his family would think about it. Applefall would most likely be proud, Berrystripe would probably be cool about it, and his dad? Well, he would never be able to know. He wish he could know though. There were many things about his dad he wished he could know. Like who was he?

"If i'm a slug then you're a sloth," Stormstrike teased, and quickly gained more speed, trying to get in front of the siamese she-cat. Running through ThunderClan's territory, the stormy pelted warrior felt so free. This was what he loved about running.

[lone]

Originally Posted by Skelly

Kiwipaw saw Timberpaw flinch, and hoped she'd not scared him, then remembered that he wasn't Timberpaw. He's Timberstrike now. She reminded herself, flicking the end of her long bushy tail, her green orbs bright. “Yep. It's me.” she replied, giving the white patch of fur on her chest a few licks, despite the fact that it was completely clean. She looked him over, feeling slightly sad, as he seemed more mature than the nervous, flirty cat she'd met so long ago, before Ratnight and the fire and the battle and all of that. But she also knew that that was a good thing, and soon, she too would be a warrior, and all because she'd met him. She was very proud of what she'd achieved, and a slight purr rumbled from her chest. She realized that she'd grown to think of him as her best friend since Maplefur had been very busy, and they'd not spoken for moons. “Well, it's true! And. . . thanks, too.” she replied, suddenly feeling warm again, and she stared at her paws. It never happened when she was around anyone else, but whenever she was around Timberstrike, she got all hot and uncomfortable, and wanted to just disappear.

She would've liked to hold off her apprentice ceremony, but she doubted that if would've done her any good, as she didn't think Gyrestar would've put Timberstrike as her mentor. She was sad that the leader wasn't here, but that wasn't one of the many thoughts swirling in her head. “There good, a bit different perhaps, but good.” she replied, remembering the slightly different training session, but she believed in Featherspeckle's methods, and wouldn't doubt the marbled calico. “I do. Their quite understanding.” she said, trying to ignore the warmth under her fur, and instead focusing her attention on the sounds and scents of the forest around her. This was the place she'd longed to be ever since she'd seen it, she'd just never imagined that she would become an apprentice of ThunderClan. She stared at her paws a moment, taking a deep breath. She still didn't understand why the feeling was there, but it always made spending time with Timberstrike less enjoyable. Closing her eyes, sher knew that it wasn't because she didn't enjoy being with him, because she did, but she simply didn't know what it was. Trying to bury her frustration, she looked slowly back up.

Kiwipaw saw that he was walking towards her, but avoiding her gaze. Had she done something wrong? Was he mad at her? She didn't know, and then an idea so mouse-brained she was about to push it to the back of her mind, but held on a moment longer. Perhaps he felt the uncomfortable feelings just as she did, but then, why would they both have it? Shrugging, she looked up at the sky, her fur prickling uneasily. She wondered what she could've possibly done or said that would make him avoid her, so that was ruled out. Then she wondered if he'd done something he was ashamed of, but she had no idea what that may be, and she decided to rule out that possibility as well. So what was it? She asked herself uselessly, shaking her head. Then as he spoke, Kiwipaw looked at him, her green eyes full of confusion. “I-I missed you, too.” she meowed quietly, a bit flustered and still very confused. She didn't even know if she should try and hide her confusion or not.

She looked over the brown tabby, her ears twitching slightly and her paws trembling from all the uncertainty and confusion rushing through her body, making her feel lightheaded and tired, like she'd not slept or eaten for a quarter moon, of course, she had. She thought that she saw a similar confusion in Timberstrike, but couldn't tell whether it was real or just her eyes playing tricks on her. Taking a long, deep breath, the black and red molly closed her eyes. She wasn't sure what to do, and the silence was long and awkward, only broken by the occasional song of a bird a creak of a tree in the sweet newleaf breeze. She rolled a twig under one paw, wishing that she could just confide in him and have everything be better, but she knew that she couldn't. It wouldn't help her case, she was too confused and her fur to warm and itchy to muster up enough courage for that. That was beyond even her, and Kiwipaw pressed harder on the twig without realizing it, causing it to snap, jolting her out of her thoughts.

(How old is Timberstrike now?)

{He's about 15 moons old}

　

Now, there wasn't exactly a signed and sealed reason that Timberstrike felt odd towards Apu-- Kiwipaw. He would have to remember that. Why was he finding it so difficult? She was stil the same cat! The same loner he had flirted with, the same one who had looked so... uncomfortable before? Now it was as though they were meeting all over again. Timberstrike was tempted to rattle off a line, but he hadn't flirted in such a long time. He was confident he didn't even remember how. How would he remember how? There was no way. No way at all. A yawn escaped his maw and he stretched out, closing his hues as he did so. This was the most tired Timberstrike had been since he'd become a warrior. And, hopefully, possibly, someday he would have an apprentice of his own to train. Then he would have his own cat to boss around-- no, he wouldn't do that to them. He'd be a great mentor! And he was absolutely, positively sure that Kiwipaw would be just as good.
　
Once she grew up, that was. She would have to reach his level of expertise. For a moment, the tom was tempted to tell her that-- in a joking manner, of course. He wouldn't hurt Kiwipaw's feelings for anything, not even to be leader. He would never do that. And, now with Snowsong becoming leader, Timberstrike was absolutely sure that there was going to be another new deputy. So much change! He wasn't sure whether it was good or bad. Snowsong becoming Snowstar would be good. Getting a new deputy would be semi-good, depending on the cat. Northpath dying was bad. Zerosight resigning was bad. Wheatfur becoming medicine cat? He wasn't quite sure how he felt about that, but he was pretty sure he didn't look upon it with enthusiasm. Thankfully, he hadn't had to go to the grumpier looking medicine cat quite yet. Which made him feel a little happier. It seemed to lift his spirits just the slightest bit. He had never liked going in the first place, though.
　
He'd only had to go once when he was a younger apprentice. And, he remembered Northpaw-- the medicine cat apprentice had had a short conversation with him. Not too long. It had been more of a 'hi, how's it going' type thing then a real conversation. And, Timberstrike wouldn't have called them friends. Unlike him and that pretty silver apprentice he had always been hanging around with... Crescentpaw? Had that been her name? He thought that was it. Hopefully he wasn't wrong. His ears pricked up as she spoke, and a smile broke out over his maw. "Well, good! It's really too bad I couldn't have been your mentor--" even though I probably would have been too distracted to train you very well-- "But I hope they're nice. What's their name?" He was praying to StarClan it wasn't one of the younger, newer, more flirtatious warriors. He didn't like the thought of Kiwipaw being alone with a cat like that for hours at a time every day.
　
Hopefully it was a female feline, or a tom that was more on the quiet side. That would be fine by him. As long as Kiwipaw stayed far, far away from the tom in her free time. He didn't know why he was so protective over her. There was no need to be! She wasn't his. As much as he wished she was... she wasn't. And, if he didn't claim her as his own soon, then it might end up getting out of his paws. Which, to be honest, was the last thing that the brown tabby wanted. He yawned, stretching out once more, before straightening up and gingerly coming to her side. Whether it was his mind fizzling out because of his exhuastion or some crazy surge of energy, he didn't know, but at the next second he was pressed up against Kiwipaw and staying there. And, he liked it. It was comfortable. She felt like the softest cat he had ever been around. And he absolutely loved it. A moment later he pulled away, ears a brighter shade of pink now and pelt warmer then before.
　

"S-s-sorry."

[happycyanide]

Originally Posted by Dark

"We can find you one because our leader is gone and I don't want to talk about the deputy "Dawnpaw says as a white cat with blue eyes comes.
"hey Icefur"Graytail says"hey Icefur do you have another apprentice?"
I'll take snowpaw Graytail if that's what your asking"Icefur says.

Snowpaw sat there, staring at Icefur. "Gee, how many cats are there here?" she tried to joke. One little thing started to bother her, though. She remembered. Ferrun always joked. she thought bitterly. Last time I saw him, he tried to kill me and Asher. She hoped she wouldn't run into Ferrun. She really hoped.

Snowpaw realized that this was really stupid to think about, but her eyes darkened as she started to recall the day.

[Darky]

Originally Posted by happycyanide

Snowpaw sat there, staring at Icefur. "Gee, how many cats are there here?" she tried to joke. One little thing started to bother her, though. She remembered. Ferrun always joked. she thought bitterly. Last time I saw him, he tried to kill me and Asher. She hoped she wouldn't run into Ferrun. She really hoped.

Snowpaw realized that this was really stupid to think about, but her eyes darkened as she started to recall the day.

"We're a clan of cats and I don't know how many cats we have here."Dustpaw said.

[happycyanide]

Originally Posted by Dark

"We're a clan of cats and I don't know how many cats we have here."Dustpaw said.

"I was kind-of joking." She started to bristle a little. But she calmed down almost instantaneously. She sighed. "It's okay." She muttered to herself.

[Darky]

Originally Posted by happycyanide

"I was kind-of joking." She started to bristle a little. But she calmed down almost instantaneously. She sighed. "It's okay." She muttered to herself.

"Well never min-"Dustpaw said as he got scared by Dawnpaw.
Dustpaw falls over hearing Dawnpaw and Graytail giggling.

[happycyanide]

Originally Posted by Dark

"Well never min-"Dustpaw said as he got scared by Dawnpaw.
Dustpaw falls over hearing Dawnpaw and Graytail giggling.

Snowy looked at them. "What's so funny?" She asked. She let Dustpaw catch up first, and then she ran up to join them.

[Darky]

Originally Posted by happycyanide

Snowy looked at them. "What's so funny?" She asked. She let Dustpaw catch up first, and then she ran up to join them.

"Nothing "Dawnpaw said.
"Hey what about we go hunting with snowpaw"Icefur said.

[happycyanide]

Originally Posted by Dark

"Nothing "Dawnpaw said.
"Hey what about we go hunting with snowpaw"Icefur said.

Snowpaw had some experience hunting. "Sure, why not?" She replied.