WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[kittygirl]

echopaw wanted to race over to gingerrain and comfort him, and try to stop him from blaming her friend, but she was afraid she would lose his trust! echopaw once again gave a sympathetic and worried glance at leopardflare. @Kitty Mama @FlameQueen

[Kitty Mama]

. @FlameQueen @amber'light
Leopardflare was confused. "What are you even talking about? Echopaw and Foxpudge were there and they know I didn't trick you into eating it. You ate it on your own volition!" Gingerrain was a little bit of a mouse-brain, and he shot a sympathetic look at Echopaw... Poor Echopaw having to deal with him. This violent, ridiculously foolish tom - he couldn't believe she actually liked him anymore after all he did today to be a traitor to Windclan.

[mochi]

Originally Posted by Shimm

Few days ago...

In her mind, the queen's jaw dropped and closed with her invisible eyebrow raised. "Lynxstep...how wonderful." Songbird knew that she and Creekrunner weren't a serious thing but it stung her a little. "Yes, I bet it was out of the blue." She murmured, let's see... the mottled molly thought for a few heartbeats, trying to work out the math in her head. Once done it dawned on her, I was the rebound. Shame, embarrassment, and hot anger flooded through the molly. When she was first flirting with the tom the thoughts of him having to father their kits, if they had any, never came to her mind. She knew this was only for a short time, no strings, no attachments. But now she had strings, attachments to this tom and they were in her stomach. All of those thoughts and feels were hidden under a mask of stone as she raised her head and met his gaze. "Congratulations for not only being a father to one litter of kits but two.." Her voice dry and held no other emotion, tail curled around her tail as she did not let her eyes waver from his guys.

@mochi

[ a few days ago... ]

Creekrunner
"I know right?" He laughed to himself plopping onto his rump in the cold dirt, not yet realizing the mixture of hurt and iciness in her voice. "I haven't spoken to her in, like, a long time and then: Bam! Kits!" He turned back to look at Songbird, confusion starting to color his gaze when he met her steely one. He stared at her for a minute, motionless at her dry words. Two...litters? His mind was still trying to wrap around what she'd said, not sure if he'd heard the she-cat right. "Songbird, are you...?" He got to his paws suddenly, leaning towards the queen with wide eyes, "Are you pregnant?"

Originally Posted by Shimm

Present time


Brindlejaw barely narrowed his eyes at the warrior and tom walking towards him. The deputy looked them up and down contemplating what he would say next. Clearing his throat as he looked at the rabbit and then to Creekrunner. "Is that so? Coldsong just told me that you ditched the patrol and he did it by himself; without presenting the idea of splitting up. So tell me, why did you take yourself and your apprentice out hunting when I specifically asked you to do the Shadowclan border patrol? Or is Coldsong just lying?" Tilting his head slightly his orange eyes blazing holes into the younger toms. "Did I not make myself clear? I trusted you enough to make you the patrol leader. Thank you for showing me that I made a mistake when I thought you could handle the job. Thank you for the fresh prey but I will have to talk to Twilightstar if you two shall receive a warning or punishment as well will Brightsky due to not even showing up." The tortishshell shook his head in disappointment when another voice called out to him. It was Silverminnow and her apprentice trailing behind. Brindlejaw shoved his annoyance aside and put up a professional appearance. "Yes?"

[ present time ]
this is probably too late but i figured i should wrap it up

Creekrunner
"What?" Creekrunner leaned back in shock, eyes wide at what the deputy said. Him? Ditched the patrol? But wasn't it a hunting....ohhhhh. Mouse-dung. The older warrior's features fell into a mix of sheepishness and regret as soon as he'd realized the misunderstanding. "Oh geez, no, Coldsong wasn't lying." He sighed, lifting a paw and running it over his face. "It's my fault, I thought it was a hunting trip for some reason and took Dunepaw with me." He let a slight, tired grin spread across his features as he looked back at Brindlejaw, "I just learned that I'm the father of a bunch of kits and my mind's been filled with nothing but them recently." He dipped his head low to the deputy, sincerity clear in his body language and in the words he spoke. "I understand and accept any punishment you and Twilightstar deem necessary. As a warrior I need to be more conscious about what's going on around me. It will not happen again."

[mochi]

Originally Posted by Shimm

"Creekrunner, if possible can you please go fetch me a rabbit from the fresh-kill pile?"The new mother was exhausted from all of her work and rabbit always helped. The queen sighed and rested her head next to tiny Reedkit's body as he savored the warmth and Charkit laying next to him.
@mochi @CheetahPelt

@CheetahPelt

Creekrunner
"Sure thing," the gray tom smiled, getting to his paws and brushing his tail across her shoulder lightly as a sign of support, "you must be exhausted after everything." He booped noses with both the kits before turning towards the entrance and trotting out, a happy hum rumbling from his chest.

[kittygirl]

echopaw got up from where she was sitting by elderpaw to go back and sit by leopardflare, she placed a paw forward to go to leopardflare and fight for him, but she hesitated she didn't know if she should. echopaw looked at leopardflare for consent if she should go and defend him. @Kitty Mama

[Jesse]

Mistyfern gave another careless shrug and flicked his tail dismissively at Gingerrain. “If that’s true than you must be stupid as a rock.” Who in their right mind thinks it’s a good idea to wolf down a whole bushel of mistletoe? The same kind to creep on apprentices apparently. The medicine cat couldn’t say he was displeased to see Windclan lose another lowlife. If Leopardflare really did trick that numbskull into eating mistletoe, then he didn’t blame them.

“I sure hope you believe in Starclan, pal.”

@Kitty Mama @FlameQueen @Amber’light

[CheetahPelt]

@mochi @Shimm

Whitesong limped into the den. Is side was bandaged and freshly cleaned, a patch of spider webs also under his right eye, slightly pink from the blood. He saw his favorite queen resting in a clean bed. He sighed happily, before padding closer and seeing kits. Kits? He thought. He was happy for Songbird, but wondered who’s they were. He limped closer to her, an adoring smile on his face for his queen. But a worm of doubt wiggled in his brain, he thought they had something special, and she had kits with someone else?
@Shimm @mochi

[duckie]

Sootflare
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Sootflare sat towards the edge of the camp, thankful to have a bit of respite before they headed out in to the territory once more. His paws ached something fierce and he was beyond exhausted. Hopefully this would all be worth it in the end - bring WindClan far enough back from the brink for them to get through leaf-bare. Why Lionstar has decided on such a selfless, diplomatic mission was still a mystery to the tom. Whenever he pondered the issue, he found a haze over his brain. It was hard to think about anything other than all the places he hurt. The cold was bitter and all he wanted was a long night’s rest back in his own nest.

[ @implimm ]

[FuzzyRatto]

Originally Posted by Arie

Breezefeather could not resist letting out yet another sigh. "Because over my life, I've grown bitter. I've become a shadow of my former self all because of the circumstances and my actions. I will indeed repeat myself, I am not a good friend." His tail flicked back and forth, his temper slowly turning into sadness. He was starting to realize what he'd become, how far he'd moved from the young cat he'd been when he met Mistle. How attuned to his duty, to the younger generation and at last but not least himself. Maybe it might be time for a change. "But if you're willing to be my friend, I will not discourage you, brave young one."

Eaglesoul snorted, "Of course I cannot read thoughts. I just have a hunch what others think, especially concerning my blindness." His tail flicked back and forth lazily while he kept his head even although he did stretch forward his shoulders. Keeping his head even was something he had struggled with in the start, well it was more of a 'now knowing where the ground was' that he had suffered from and still slightly did. He spent a lot of time stumbling around. "Everyone says that they'll struggle if they loose their sight. It is of course a struggle but it teaches you to appreciate life, appreciate being alive and it strengthens your other senses. For me the blindness isn't the big struggle but rather the illness that caused it. That is why I am so under-muscled. But I assure you that you would do fine even if you lost your sight."

Curlkit bounced, happy he didn't have to use that word more than once. "Yay! Friend! I have a new friend!"

[plum]

Training seemed to be something that Elderpaw just wouldn't be able to do properly. No matter what she did or didn't do, said or refrained from saying... The little she-cat just couldn't get it right. But being downtrodden about a few trifling things wasn't something this one was interested in at all. And so she let the matters roll of her shoulders, much like water off a duck's back, and she went on with her day as her usual. Most of WindClan were troubled enough, like Batglare, or Coldsong. They carried their burdens with them and displayed them like they were prideful things to have! It was a funny concept to the apprentice- Wearing your problems to garnish pity or attention in general. She for one wasn't anything like that. But maybe it was just a thing that happened when you got older.

The apprentice had again been padding around camp, cheerily tending to things like stray bits in the den walls or finding extra moss (a hot commodity in this weather!). But this time as the molly found herself scanning the clearing in the cold, she spots one of their guests on his own, resting. It was Sootflare. Her interest was piqued! Without thinking, Elderpaw leans into motion and crosses the camp to say hello, blinking in greeting. She never got to actually speak to him since the Gathering, and only briefly glanced over him when their patrol first came. "Good day," she mews softly, careful not to alarm him or snap him awake if he'd been dozing.

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