ShadowClan Life Before Destruction - Page 1270

**BEAR.** · #**12691** January 22nd, 2020, 10:05 AM

Wrong answer.

Thunderhowl's fur bristled as he bared his teeth at the lying warrior. "Do you think I'm daft? I know these weren't from the battle. The cat you fought attacked your side, not your leg or your ear." That ginger cat, the one who was like a whirlwind on the battlefield-- their fight broke up soon afterward.

"You can deal with your own injuries if you ain't gonna be honest with us. We don't got time for cats sneakin' about like they got somethin' to hide." It was shady of this cat to try to pass off these injuries as battle wounds, and Thunderhowl had half a mind to report him to Icestar for suspicious activity.

Turning from the tom, Thunderhowl shook his head at Bearpaw. "Let's do this last one over here," he spoke with a nod at Snakestrike [ @Fuzzy].

The only injury on this tom seemed to be the gash on his foreleg, which was a simple enough fix. "You think you can handle this one by your own, Bearpaw?" As long as he'd been listening, he'd be fine.

[ @Fae, @touka ]

***Moonraven*** · #**12692** January 22nd, 2020, 12:07 PM

@x ghostie @Pepperkins
Silentpaw was tired, she didn't want to go on a hunting patrol. Plus, her mentor was mean. She could deal with mean some times but he was doing it all the time. It was like he didn't have a nice bone in his body. The mute move with great reluctance and joined her mentor. The silver-gray apprentice hadn't been hoping to favoritism with her father as deputy but she wasn't expecting to get treated like this. Did Squirrelear know that he hasn't taught her how to hunt?

**pidgeon** · #**12693** January 22nd, 2020, 01:56 PM

"Thank you for the report, Beastspark," Icestar nodded in appreciation for her deputy. "You're certainly turning out to be far more useful than Crowtail ever was. Keep it up. Why don't you go check on your apprentice? It's been moons since she's had any training. Surely she must be ready to train by now." She flicked her matted tail dismissively, then perking her ears at the sound of more cats entering the den. She nodded farewell to the large warrior and turned her attention to the undead medicine cat.

Mild, stoic concern pressed at her expression when she felt the wave of anxiety rolling off Snowpeach, and the seriousness in Thunderhowl's tone. She moved to an upright position, sitting at eye level with the two.
"What is it? Has something happened?" The leader asked, voice low and monotonous.

@Undertaker @BILL. @Kitty Mama

**BEAR.** · #**12694** January 22nd, 2020, 02:04 PM

"Shh," Thunderhowl swept his tail at Snowpeach's flank in a comforting manner. "The big fella's leavin', it's okay."

To Icestar, he held a firmer tone, one that lacked the gentleness he gave the injured female. "I found her by the WindClan border, brutalized. The area reeks of ThunderClan." Any details of the cat was on Snowpeach, and he gently nudged at her shoulder to encourage her to tell Icestar what she remembered.

"You can do this." He told her, upfront but not unkindly. "I ain't have a clue what the tom that did this to you looks like, but if Icestar can get a description she has a better chance of makin' him pay for it."
@Casper, @Kitty Mama

**Starfall** · #**12695** January 22nd, 2020, 03:02 PM

@Casper

The tom shuffled his way into the middle of the clearing, twigs sticking out of his, otherwise mostly well groomed, fur. He looked tired, but it wasn't from scrambling everywhere and doing a whole bunch. It was from him constantly worrying. He felt as though what he was doing wasn't enough to make up for what he did...or didn't do to be more accurate.

The white feline went out to hunt, but all the prey he was actually good at catching was in hibernation. He managed to catch one decently sized Rat today, but that was it. He needed to find stuff to do, keep his paws busy, he couldn't sleep he had so much to make up for. "I'll uh- I'll uhm..." he spluttered as he whipped his head around.

Blue eyes landed on the form of his Leader, and within a few seconds the cogs in his mind began to turn. 'I'll ask Icestar what she wants me to do!' he chirped to himself. However halfway on his way to his leader he stopped. Did she even want to speak to him? He was a failure as a Warrior, wasn't she infuriated with him? "Ah." Snowflower looked down at his paws and shuffled them.

Even with all those doubts scratching in his brain the slim Warrior approached his leader and looked up at her, a worried expression blooming on his face. He, however, did his best to hide it and tried to give her a smile. "Ah, um, Icestar? Sorry if I'm bugging if I am feel free to ignore me but uhm. Ah uhm. Well is there anything you want me to do? Anything that wasn't handled by the apprentices or hasn't been tended to yet? Oh! Sorry I didn't mean to ramble um." his voice was trembling, he did his best to hold his gaze with the much, much bigger feline. "Wh-what I mean is...is there anything you need me to do?"

**pidgeon** · #**12696** January 22nd, 2020, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Starfall

@Casper

The tom shuffled his way into the middle of the clearing, twigs sticking out of his, otherwise mostly well groomed, fur. He looked tired, but it wasn't from scrambling everywhere and doing a whole bunch. It was from him constantly worrying. He felt as though what he was doing wasn't enough to make up for what he did...or didn't do to be more accurate.

The white feline went out to hunt, but all the prey he was actually good at catching was in hibernation. He managed to catch one decently sized Rat today, but that was it. He needed to find stuff to do, keep his paws busy, he couldn't sleep he had so much to make up for. "I'll uh- I'll uhm..." he spluttered as he whipped his head around.

Blue eyes landed on the form of his Leader, and within a few seconds the cogs in his mind began to turn. 'I'll ask Icestar what she wants me to do!' he chirped to himself. However halfway on his way to his leader he stopped. Did she even want to speak to him? He was a failure as a Warrior, wasn't she infuriated with him? "Ah." Snowflower looked down at his paws and shuffled them.

Even with all those doubts scratching in his brain the slim Warrior approached his leader and looked up at her, a worried expression blooming on his face. He, however, did his best to hide it and tried to give her a smile. "Ah, um, Icestar? Sorry if I'm bugging if I am feel free to ignore me but uhm. Ah uhm. Well is there anything you want me to do? Anything that wasn't handled by the apprentices or hasn't been tended to yet? Oh! Sorry I didn't mean to ramble um." his voice was trembling, he did his best to hold his gaze with the much, much bigger feline. "Wh-what I mean is...is there anything you need me to do?"

Icestar's head swiveled to meet the eyes of the nervous warrior. Another cat who she could sense fear radiating off from. She huffed a sigh and turned to face the stammering tom.
"Yes, thank you for coming forward and showing an interest in participating in your clan," She grumbled. "Right now, what we need desperately is a full fresh-kill pile. Beastspark's last hunting patrols yielded little to no prey, and the border patrols couldn't be bothered to hunt on their way back. Go find another warrior and bring something back for the pile. Try hunting on the WindClan border, with that new freshly-acquired land of ours. We might as well get some use out of it. When that's done, feel free to check with me again. I may have another job for you."

**stumpy4000** · #**12697** January 22nd, 2020, 05:09 PM

Lionpaw nodded and followed them, trying to obey Cunningeye's orders.

**wolfie** · #**12698** January 22nd, 2020, 05:29 PM

the molly seemingly appeared out of nowhere, man. she didn't want to go on a patrol. specially with the awkward kit and prey. sheeplight stroll over to silentpaw and squrrielear, glancing between the two. oh. the air was a bit uncomfortable. "let's go, " she mew, a small yawn escaping her.

@Moonraven @Pepperkins

**Kitty Mama** · #**12699** January 22nd, 2020, 05:45 PM

. @BILL. @Casper
Icestar's dismissal of the deputy lended itself to a more relaxed atmosphere for Snowpeach. The less cats that had to be here for this, the better. But her jaw was still clenched tight with embarrassed and pained tears welling in the corners of her eyes. Her suspended breath fell on the floor of the den, and everything was rigid. She knew she was the victim but couldn't persuade the nagging feeling of you had this coming that haunted her. You were the one who did something wrong, or this wouldn't have happened. She shouldn't have been out alone, shouldn't have been walking so close to the border. The guilt was crushing. "I was attacked," she reported, almost like a shy question as she tried to speak. "By... a Thunderclan- he smelled like Thunderclan but was at our border with Windclan." Her recollection ended in a fragile pinch, eyes squeezing shut to regain herself. What else would Icestar need? "He said his name was Alderstr-ipe," Snowpeach's meow wavered and broke, but she forced on, already envisioning Icestar's impatience, "a brown tabby.."

**ameko** · #**12700** January 22nd, 2020, 06:26 PM

@Shimm @Starfall

Another patrol? Burnetsnap really would have preferred to go hunting solo, but ever since getting that apprentice, his life had been busy, busy, busy. Whatever. The gray and tan warrior gave a half-hearted dip of his head to Beastspark, then turned to look around the clearing. "Cardinalpaw! Stormlil- oh." he started, spotting Stormlily just a few foxlengths away from him. Acknowledging the she-cat with a flick of his tail, Burnetsnap padded over to the apprentices' den and stuck his head in. "Cardinalpaw, you in here? We're going hunting."