ShadowClan Territory

[versailles]

Originally Posted by YourAromanticAlly

"At least you got the squirrel." She hummed, coming to see how big it was."

Pricklefalls tail flicked, picking up the squirrel in his mouth. 'Of course I caught it.' He thought confidently, secretly a bit embarrassed by the fall he had.

[YourAromanticAlly]

Originally Posted by Rosemew

Pricklefalls tail flicked, picking up the squirrel in his mouth. 'Of course I caught it.' He thought confidently, secretly a bit embarrassed by the fall he had.

"Oh that's much better than that measely mouse i caught," she said, her tail flicking back once before stopping, as if she caught herself doing something she shouldn't. "The clan is going to love that!" She said cheerfully before turning around adruptly to go find her mouse.

[Hyp3rGamin]

Originally Posted by Branch of Life

Forestshade looked up from the frog he was attempting to catch. “What is it now Scorchingclaw?” He was ahead of him a few tail lengths but was enough to hear the twig snap. He could see a cat running towards a small frog. The cat looked like an apprentice so he meowed. “It’s an apprentice, Scorchingclaw.” He meowed annoyed. “Get back to hunting.” He turned to the frog he was trying to catch only to find it gone “Mouse-dung.” he muttered under his breath. He padded forward a few steps forward and meowed “Lets go.”

Scorchingclaw followed Forestshade around the tree and back past the training grounds. He paused to take in all the sounds around him, including the sound of another mouse. Another chance. Scorchingclaw dropped to a hunting crouch and watched silently as the mouse nibbled on a sunflower seed it had found on the ground. Scorchingclaw pounced, landing on the mouse with his swift paws, knocking it out. A swift bite to the neck did it. Scorcingclaw picked up his mouse, then looked at Forestshade, who in failing to catch his frog, seemed to have no prey. Scorchingclaw padded back to camp, attempting to trip Forestshade, but failing miserably. He slided through the brambles, and padded back into the camp.

[Branch of Life]

Originally Posted by Hyp3rGamin

Scorchingclaw followed Forestshade around the tree and back past the training grounds. He paused to take in all the sounds around him, including the sound of another mouse. Another chance. Scorchingclaw dropped to a hunting crouch and watched silently as the mouse nibbled on a sunflower seed it had found on the ground. Scorchingclaw pounced, landing on the mouse with his swift paws, knocking it out. A swift bite to the neck did it. Scorcingclaw picked up his mouse, then looked at Forestshade, who in failing to catch his frog, seemed to have no prey. Scorchingclaw padded back to camp, attempting to trip Forestshade, but failing miserably. He slided through the brambles, and padded back into the camp.

Forestshade followed con silent paws before Scorchingclaw could trip him he scented a lizard and dropped to a hunting crouch. The Havana Brown prowled closer until he could pounce on it. Pounce he did. With a swift nip on the neck the lizard fell limp. He picked it up in his jaws and trotted back to camp. His green eyes shimmered as he picked through the trees. The slim body helped him move easily through the trees but his neck fluff made it harder though. As the entrance of camp came into full view as raced into the clearing and dropped off the lizard.

[graves]

Originally Posted by Peachy

@Solstice!
as the memories played out in her head, goosepaw stiffened. daydream had previously mentioned they had the power to see the past, but she didn't expect them to be able to literally share it. the first memory must’ve been geckoleaf - the medicine cat before day. it must've been...hard to watch your own mentor die. goosepaw nodded silently as day explained the challenges she must face in the future. the next memory was of flashpaw, one of their previous apprentices. her chest tightened thinking about the power of words. goosepaw had a rather tough tongue, so maybe this was something she should work on in the future? it sounded kinda silly, how words hurt others, but she guess it made enough sense. she decided to trust her (future) mentor for now. even though she already had questions.

goosepaw blinked as the memories faded. with her eyes still adjusting, she managed to examine the scratches on the tree as everyone else did. these must’ve been marked by their previous apprentices. but she noticed there was a few marks more than what they showed. the small maine coon looked up at daydream. their eyes were clouded. she could tell these memories were hard for them to share. again, not the time for questions, but perhaps something she could ask about later.

finally, the question came up. goosepaw exchanged glances between tallmarsh, the tree, and daydream. the snow had covered their pelts by now, but none of them seemed to bother giving a shake. this moment was on her. all on her. so with the confidence returning, goosepaw puffed out her chest and gave a solid nod. “i accept.” her words were firm and there was no hesitation. “i’ll make you proud, day.”

@Delta
daydream knew it would be a little confusing and alot to handle to see those memories. but they took a deep breath, placing a tentative lick on goosepaws forehead to signal their inauguration. she was apart of shadowclan now. standing up they shifted to the side, so goosepaw could get a closer look at the marks on the tree. it was reminder of the cats before her, a resemblance of the cats that had walked the same trail. a guide. "place your mark on the tree,", they hummed. they saw a future for her in shadowclan, and it was only starting.

end.

[Gold]

Originally Posted by Otterstrike

Stormkit started chasing her tail. She was extremely bored and hungry, very hungry. When Stormkit is hungry, she does very crazy things.
First, she started clawing the den's walls. When she got tired of that, she had the bright idea to go out and catch some prey for her Clan.
No! I do not need to do that! What if I get hurt!
She could not help herself. She went out of the nersury, bounded through the clearing, quick as a rabbit, and onto the hunting grounds.

Stormkit looked around. She felt tiny pawsteps, but did not see anything. She crouched down, and tried to keep out of sight. She felt the tiny pawsteps getting closer. Then, she saw a tiny mouse scurry past her. Stormkit tried to chase it. She was too clumsy. The mouse got away.
"Mousedung!" she whispered.
Stormkit thought that it would be best to go back to camp before she got caught. She darted back to camp, trying to stay out of sight and stay quiet. She scouted the clearing. She thought that she could get to the nursery undetected, so she ran back to the safety of the nursery.

[YourAromanticAlly]

Originally Posted by Silverkit~

Where's that moss? We can use it to sleep in." Snowpaw said.

"I'll go find some fresh moss. We shouldn't sleep in the wet moss." He answered and ran off before the cat could speak, returning with a big ball of dry moss.

[~Silverkit~]

Originally Posted by YourAromanticAlly

"I'll go find some fresh moss. We shouldn't sleep in the wet moss." He answered and ran off before the cat could speak, returning with a big ball of dry moss.

Thanks" Snowpaw said but he was already gone. She licked her paw feeling a bit restless. When he got back she said "Should we go hunting?"

[vellichor]

Originally Posted by Gemini

as the molly hear her voice echoed she looked back up. She perked her ears as the snow crunching slowly came in her direction, oh she hoped it wasn’t her mother she couldn’t deal with that crap right now she already had enough to deal with. From behind the trees she watched as a sandy figure stood out from the white blanket covering the ground. Her hazel eyes shifted away as the stench she associated with certain cats was not wafting towards her. She looked on into the forest before slowly recognizing who it was that had decided to go hunting today.

As the pawsteps came closer she turned around upon seeing her leader “Windystar.” she meowed with a polite dip of the head yet abs seemed to cringe, her deep voice rumbled in her chest as she tried to put a higher cover on it looking around she noticed the tree branches rustling, she couldn’t say she was planning to see their leader while on her solitary hunting trip but, the more the marrier, right? She looked back up at the tree as she watched the squirrel scamper out, her eyes following it. Crouching down she began to leap at the fast moving creature, her claws sunk into its fluffy tail as she swiftly but it neck. It was a scrawny catch yet nun the less seeing her sloppy kill she couldn’t help but realized how... how rusty she was. After she stopped training Sprucepaw she stopped trying. She turned her head back realizing she had forgotten Windystar “What brings you out into the territory?” she asked her voice quiet yet still quite deep something that she really wished would go away.

Windystar wasn’t used to all of the bows and head dips. Of course, he appreciated the show of respect, it just made things a lot more formal than they needed to be. He didn’t like formal. He preferred to be on the same level as everyone else, befriending as many cats as he could throughout his leadership. There would be cats who disliked him, and of course that would get to him. But what could he do? Not much. He could approach them, maybe? Some cats would always be intent on stirring mayhem and distrust. But Windystar was a very forgiving and trusting feline. Even those who would, perhaps call him out during a Clan meeting and diss his gender... well, maybe that instance would take a little bit to forgive. But still.

He had been so lost in his thoughts that he realized the other feline had caught a squirrel. Well, that was more than he’d done. With an embarrassed lick of his pale chest fur, he answered the question, noting the cat’s discomfort in their - her own voice. “Ah - lost in thought, I guess.” He had experienced the same level of discomfort as the cat before him. He hated how high in pitch his voice was, and she hated how low in pitch hers was. Neither of them could do a thing about it, except wish.

[YourAromanticAlly]

Originally Posted by Silverkit~

Thanks" Snowpaw said but he was already gone. She licked her paw feeling a bit restless. When he got back she said "Should we go hunting?"

"We haven't hunted for the clan," he pointed out. He didn't want to break the warrior code so early into his apprenticeship.