WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Leucos]

@elysian
Excuse me? now he was starting to get a bit offended...eyes like water turning to ice . Heart shuttering a bit out of hurt. "I can and will. You can't tell me what to do. I'm not afraid of you bushy. True I'm not fast...But I can't leave, she accepted me in. This is my home now." he meowed as his voice started to shake. Not of fear . .But of hurt. He liked this atmosphere already ..And too much. It made him feel safe. "and for one last time, I'm not a spy " he said in a serious tone.

[Dust]

Originally Posted by Fae

Coldsong flashed her a smug look. "What, you care about me or somethin'?" He teased, chasing after her up the grassy hillside. The moment replayed over again in his head, making him smile. Would she have actually saved him? He never thought his Clanmates cared for him that much. It was nice to feel like someone truly cared about his place in the Clan...

Snapping back into reality, Coldsong nodded at Aspenbreeze's suggestions and dropped back into a hunting crouch once they reached the top of the hill. He scanned the area for any rabbits, but was getting discouraged as they sat there for a while without any movement. Setting the vole down, Coldsong whispered. "Maybe we shou–"

Just then, a pair of ears poked out in the distance. His eyes widened and he quickly shut his maw, pointing his nose toward the creature in hopes Aspenbreeze could act quick enough.

Aspenbreeze could only roll her eyes at his statement. Well, duh! Of course she cared for him like she cared for any other clan-mate. Though after a few moments of silence, she chuckled in amusement.

"What, next time you want me to let you fall in the river?" Giving another shake of her head, Aspenbreeze turned to look at Coldsong. His expression gave away everything as she watched him drop into the hunters crouch, trying to turn her attention forward... and it worked! Aspen redirected her gaze and spotted the pair of ears as well. Dropping quickly into her own crouch, she stalked forward along side Coldsong, her voice barely a whisper,

"I'll get it this time..." She nodded her head towards the large, dead tree sitting alone in the field, "Wait by dead tree and I'll herd it back around to you so we can trap it, yeah?" Though, the warrior wouldn't wait for Coldsong to respond as she burst from the tall grass, streaking towards the rabbit. This was what she was made for! Her form... her direction and navigation. All so carefully planned. Moving and weaving with grace, her eyes locked onto the target as it noticed her approach and took off itself. She was gaining. Her speed felt as though it was unmatched - her heart racing in her chest as she swallowed rhythmic breaths. It's little cotton tail was basically resting on her nose, but as she skillfully herded it towards the Dead Tree. Whether of not Coldsong had followed her instructions, she wasn't sure, but she would still call out,

"GET READY....... NOW!" Backing off on her speed, she'd watch the rabbit fling itself towards the tree. She had predicted this was where it would have made it's nest, so herding it towards here only made sense. Aspenbreeze watched with baited breath, hoping to see the hopefully successful Coldsong pop up annnyyyyy moment now.

[Wings]

"Come on in." The cream queen laid in the mossy nest, with kits. "Kits, this is Dimtail." Then she looked at Silverkit and Coyotekit. "Be nice."
@Ranquail @Shimm @Casper @TawnyNeedsACoffee @:Grimm:
(Owners of the kits: I'm just mentioning you guys in case you want ur kits to interact with Dim)

[vellichor]

[ @SilentLamb ]

Twilightstar let this... intruder in?! He had misjudged his clan leader, then. He listened to the cat’s "speech" with cold eyes and a snicker. He only faltered for a moment. 'Bushy?' he thought to himself. 'That’s the nickname this cat came up for me?' he covered up his quick, disgusted face with a stoic one. "My name is not Bushy, spy." He snarled. His claws slid out of their sheathes threateningly. "You won’t last a quarter moon here before other cats realize what I do. You’ll be gone soon, just you wait. And when Icestar finds out you failed..." he let out a low, dangerous chuckle. He had heard of the evil deeds Icestar had done before. Imagine what she’d do with a failed little spy...

[Leucos]

@elysian
How many times do I have to pound it into his head?!
Fur spiking before flattening , he lifted his chin, one thing about standing up to icestar while presenting his peaceful idea was. Don't let them intimidate you too much. Even though icestar is scary as all heck. He faltered near the end..But it still worked. He was alive. He still remembered what he said that couldve cost him something Law? Or do some cats just want obedience ?

Bushpaw was far from that. Though he was worried about what he was gonna do...blackmail him in a way? Turn everyone against him? He can't threaten him back because that'll do worse in the long run. "what is it that you do?.." he asked with some worry. It did sound frightening .
" and bushy sounds cute! At least I was kind enough to give you a nickname .... oh and I wanna tell ya somethin" .

[Doom]

Originally Posted by S-oft

Trauma wasn't exactly a decent answer, even if it was right. Oddear shrugged his long, thin shoulders back. His torn ear flicking as he relaxed more and more in the others company.

"I'm not sure," Oddear murmured, the topic of himself growing boring. He couldn't help but feel a little bashful. He glanced to the white cat, head tilted slightly. "I want to know about you, Coldsong."

Coldsong frowned when Oddear shoved the attention back on himself. "I already told you about me. If I tell you anything more it just gets depressing." He began grooming a paw, flicking an ear with disinterest. "I used to like talking about myself...but I guess you could say I'm a changed cat now."

Coldsong wanted to leave the conversation at that, his tone stern and body language aloof. If Oddear didn't want to share anything, then why should he?

Originally Posted by Dust

Aspenbreeze could only roll her eyes at his statement. Well, duh! Of course she cared for him like she cared for any other clan-mate. Though after a few moments of silence, she chuckled in amusement.

"What, next time you want me to let you fall in the river?" Giving another shake of her head, Aspenbreeze turned to look at Coldsong. His expression gave away everything as she watched him drop into the hunters crouch, trying to turn her attention forward... and it worked! Aspen redirected her gaze and spotted the pair of ears as well. Dropping quickly into her own crouch, she stalked forward along side Coldsong, her voice barely a whisper,

"I'll get it this time..." She nodded her head towards the large, dead tree sitting alone in the field, "Wait by dead tree and I'll herd it back around to you so we can trap it, yeah?" Though, the warrior wouldn't wait for Coldsong to respond as she burst from the tall grass, streaking towards the rabbit. This was what she was made for! Her form... her direction and navigation. All so carefully planned. Moving and weaving with grace, her eyes locked onto the target as it noticed her approach and took off itself. She was gaining. Her speed felt as though it was unmatched - her heart racing in her chest as she swallowed rhythmic breaths. It's little cotton tail was basically resting on her nose, but as she skillfully herded it towards the Dead Tree. Whether of not Coldsong had followed her instructions, she wasn't sure, but she would still call out,

"GET READY....... NOW!" Backing off on her speed, she'd watch the rabbit fling itself towards the tree. She had predicted this was where it would have made it's nest, so herding it towards here only made sense. Aspenbreeze watched with baited breath, hoping to see the hopefully successful Coldsong pop up annnyyyyy moment now.

Coldsong shrugged at her reply, figuring it was sarcasm. "I believe that more than the fact that you'd actually save me."

When Aspenbreeze explained her tactic, Coldsong gave her a firm nod in agreement, then immediately crept off toward Dead Tree. He moved quickly, but carefully, making sure the rabbit couldn't sense him and change direction of its course. Once at the base of the tree, Coldsong set his vole down and waited for his moment...then when it was time....

POUNCE!

Coldsong leaped on Aspenbreeze's demand, landing square on the rabbit and killing it with a swift bite to the neck. "Ha ha! Gotcha ya little rascal!" He gave a hefty laugh and stood, licking the blood off his chops. "Not a bad idea, Aspenbreeze. This rabbit is quite plump, too! Best rabbit I've seen in a while."

[TeamFlowstream!]

Originally Posted by ScarredSecrets

Stonegaze beamed at Flowerleaf with joy. He started farther away from camp to where s popular rabbit den was. "We should definitely get some here!"

"Great choice! Again," she giggled. That should be an easy start. Stonegaze has a good eye... Flowerleaf thought. Usually, she wouldn't think of going there!

[F L I G H T L Y]

@Moonraven

Todd padded through the moor. His golden fur swayed through the wind. His stomach started to hurt. Todd's tail twitched. He looked around for any signs of food. In the distance, he saw a mouse, It was grey and had white markings. It looked alone. He sighed, it reminded it of him. Todd padded closer until he was in reach of the mouse. The mouse lay still, Not knowing something is watching him. Todd leaped for the mouse, claws unsheath, but missed. He fell and rolled down a hill. "Oww.." Todd said to himself. He brushed himself off. In the corner of his eye, he saw a she cat on a large rock.

[vellichor]

[ @SilentLamb ]

Cute? Hah. Cute was something that Bushpaw wasn’t. That made him sound weak; he wasn’t weak. "What do I do?" he asked, surprise tainting his haughty manner. "I do what any important apprentice does. Train. Hunt. Provide for my Clan and stay loyal to it." He narrowed his eyes at Skypaw. After he spoke again, the dark-colored feline replied, "And what does a ShadowClanner want to say to me?" behind his stoic face, Bushpaw was only slightly curious. Or at least that’s what he told himself.

[Moonraven]

Originally Posted by Nightbound

Leap flicked her ears back. No, I'm Thornpaw now. She thought. "Fine, I guess I'll live." She snapped. @Moonraven

Twilightstar narrowed her eyes when the molly relented but snappily. She didn't like the cat's attitude at all. "If you want to keep your name, Leappaw, I'll allow it since it has a special meaning to you." She was willing to compromise but she wanted something in return. "You need to learn respect. My clan isn't going to automatically accept you because I'm letting you in. That fact that you're an outsider being brought into the clan is going to have them judge you from the start. You disrespecting their clan leader is going to be cast you in a very bad light." Her clanmates got on Coldsong when he got mouthy, Brindlejaw was going to be the worse. She hoped Leappaw understood where she stood, there was a hierarchic in the clan and she was going to abide by it. That was the only warning Leappaw would be getting. Wordlessly, Twilightstar got to her paws and signaled the new apprentice to join her as she led the way back to the camp.

@Nightbound - there you go, you can go ahead and post with her in the clan. Submit her to the allegiances if you haven't already.

Originally Posted by Hexict

Newtflecks shifted uncomfortably, unable to meet Twilightstar's gaze. He knew that there was little chance that they would be accepted back, but the couple had decided to try nonetheless. It did sound bad; disappearing and then crawling back? Before he could say anything, if was Flashfury that continued to take the lead.

"I'm sorry for leaving without warning or explanation," he began. "But I cannot say that I'm sorry for leaving," although his words were certain, his expression and posture was more on the sheepish side. This was new for the tom. He stood by his words but knew that they could get them turned away. "Newtflecks became pregnant during the food shortage. There was barely enough prey for the clan, let alone a pregnant warrior. In the best interest of my mate and unborn kits I believed it was best if we left the clan and it's territory to find a place with more food." If newt didn't eat enough then the kits would die, or if by some miracle they didn't, Newt and the kits would be extremely weak during the birth and he could lose all of them. Flashfury was not going to let that happen.

"Twi-Twilightstar?" Newtflecks stepped forward, soft voice was shaking due to his nervousness. "I'm sorry w-we didn't say an-anything before we l-left. B-but we h-had to thi-think about the kits," looked at his belly, and anxious look growing on his face. "I am close t-to having the k-kits... I d-don't thinking I-I can have then out-outside the clan, I don't kn-know what will h-happen to them if there was a threat."

The she-cat hackles rose as she listened to each word that escaped Flashfury's maw. Her lips curled as she flashed her fangs and let a low growl slip out of her maw, Newtflecks did not help cool her swelling rage in the slightest. It was hard for her to be sympathetic with their plight when they spoke like they were the only cats that mattered. They couldn't hope to comprehend what it was like thinking about every single living soul in the clan."You really believe you've done nothing wrong aside from going without telling the clan?" There was a fire burning in her green eyes yet her voice came out as cold as a blizzard that would strip flesh from bone. "If you want to go care for nothing other then yourselves and your family then go be rogues!" She spat lashing her tail back and forth. Their selfishness and ignorance repulsed her.
"You come back here without a stitch of remorse for abandoning us. Feeding and caring for no one but yourselves, and then ask to return because now you're afraid of caring for your kits on your own." It didn't sound like they care at all for the clan. They were just using them as a means to protect themselves, it felt like they were taking advantage of them. "Do you know how hard it is for me to sympathize with you when you don't feel anything for leaving us behind, all you feel bad about is not saying anything before you left." Did they have no clue how many queens and kits suffered alongside the clanmates when the prey was scarce? How many families struggled every day watching their loved ones live and die for their clan. When things get tough would Newtflecks and Flashfury just take their family and leave them again, or go join another clan? They had no sense of loyalty and it worried her.
Perhaps she was being a little too harsh? She didn't have kin besides her mother to watch over. Maybe she needed more than just one cats' view to help her decide what to do about this. "I'm not heartless enough to turn away innocent kits." She scoffed as her hackles settled. "You can stay in the nursery," She tells Newtflecks with a glower on her maw. "Songbird or one of the queens will help you if you need it. There should be some prey on the fresh-kill pile, take what you need." The molly pins one ear back against her head while adding, "I'm not going to turn you away, but I'm not going to welcome you back either. For now, you'll be treated as WindClan's guests. I'll call a clan meeting and let the clan help decide if you're going to be staying with us or not." Just like that her pleasant mood was soured. "Unless you have something else to say, go and rest."

@Hexict - we can end it here, you can respond if you like though.

Originally Posted by FireSandwich

[ @Moonraven ]

Clover stumbled forward, her mind foggy and scattered. ‘I'm so tired.....haven't eaten in days....haven't slept for longer...’ She tripped, landing with her face in the dirt. ‘Ow......Where...was I going again...?’ She slowly got to her feet, lurching forward a few more steps. ‘So tired....Maybe a quick nap...?’ A mouse ran in front of her, acting as if it knew she was weak and starving. ‘Mother and Father were right. I'm nothing without them....’ Clover fell again, knowing that she didn't have the energy to get up. ‘I'm going to die here...If only I had listened to Mother and Father....Kept my mouth shut....Hadn't spoken...’ She sighed, wishing something would come and finish her off quickly.

"Who keeps leaving their trash in my territory?" Twilightstar muttered as she found the one she was looking for. There was a cat laying around looking half dead. "If you were going to die why can't you do it in someone else's territory?" The leader continued to complain underneath her breath as she walked over and stopped in front of the cat. "Hey! Can you hear me?" She called loudly, gingerly poking the cat's shoulder with one exposed claw. "If you don't mind could you go die somewhere else that's not in my territory. I don't have the energy to clean up your dead body." Twilightstar sounded exasperated as she meowed. Her eyes darted away from the cat and over to the mouse a couple of fox lengths away. She shifts into a decent hunting crouch and springs, catching the mouse without much trouble and bringing it down with a bite. Awesome, her clanmates couldn't call her lazy anymore she had caught a mouse!

Originally Posted by Dawneye

Darkkit looked up at her leader, her pelt standing up from her nervousness “I got lost and kept being scared to come back I’m sorry..” she looked up, praying to StarClan that her leader would forgive her
@Moonraven

"To get lost means you would have had to left the camp." Twilightstar mused picking up the scent of anxiety from the young kit. "You know that you're not allowed to do that." She really should make the kit wait for another moon to become an apprentice as she did with Lambkit, but she noticed that nursery has been getting a bit crowded as of late so just this once she'd let it slide. "If you leave the camp again I'll be skipping over your apprentice ceremony and you'll have to stay in the nursery for an extra moon." She warned and then dismissed the kit.

@Dawneye - alright, you're good to go I'll get Darkkit back on the allegiance.

Originally Posted by Mumble

Clover looked at Twilightstar, "my name is Clover. I am looking to join your clan. I used to live nearby, by when the coyotes appeared, I was chased out of my home. I want to join so I can learn how to defend myself as well as others." She explained, determination in her gaze. She sat down, curling her tail around her paws.

@Mumble - Double checking before I reply, you submitted a male cat name Lynx to join not a she-cat named Clover.... so I'm a little confused.

Originally Posted by Silverclover

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Fel- Cloudkit gave a quiet purr at the name and muttered Cloudkit to herself a few times before her whiskers twitched and she seemed to get only more excited- to the point she was hopping in place, "Thank you!" she chirped her blue eyes glistening with happiness, excitement and even some curiosity though that wasn't surprising to see.

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Twilightstar, quite pleased with herself for finding such a great addition to WindClan, sat just a little straight. She was expecting great things from this kit in the near future. "No need to welcome me, I'm glad to have you." The leader beckoned the kit with a twitch of her tail. "Come on, Cloudkit, let's get back." She purred, leading the way back to WindClan.

@Silverclover - that's a wrap if you haven't make sure Cloudkit is submitted to the allegiances. Feel free to start posting in the clan with her.

Originally Posted by F L I G H T L Y

@Moonraven

Todd padded through the moor. His golden fur swayed through the wind. His stomach started to hurt. Todd's tail twitched. He looked around for any signs of food. In the distance, he saw a mouse, It was grey and had white markings. It looked alone. He sighed, it reminded it of him. Todd padded closer until he was in reach of the mouse. The mouse lay still, Not knowing something is watching him. Todd leaped for the mouse, claws unsheath, but missed. He fell and rolled down a hill. "Oww.." Todd said to himself. He brushed himself off. In the corner of his eye, he saw a she cat on a large rock.

Well, that was amusing. Twilightstar had shaken herself into a more aware state of mind when she smelt the foreign scent of a cat on the wind. She was still a little sluggish considering she wasn't picking up hostility and so didn't see the need for urgency. The way the sun hit the golden fur on his pelt made her think of a certain RiverClan leader, the thought came and went in a flash. Watching him make a fool of himself made up for the fact that he was disturbing her peace. "Wow, that is not how you catch a mouse." She meowed, humor brightening her mood. Leaping off the rock after stretching, Twilightstar padded over to the kit and gave him a sniff while looking him over for any injuries. As mean as she could be, she could reign in her unkind side more with kits. "You okay, Clumsy?" Mirth shone within her green eyes as she asked.