WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Alexcentri]

Blackwing was moving his black tail across the ground while waiting for the apprentice's ceremonies to begin when he heard Paleheart, who had begun trotting over to him. "Hi there Paleheart! Are you excited about the apprentice ceremonies too?" He cheerfully returned her smile. The jet black tom was pleased that at least some cats were happy, and that made him happy too!

@Mayflower

[Mayflower]

"Only SUPER excited! It's so awesome!" She bounced up and down slightly, smile unwavering. She was so glad she had someone to talk to at the gathering, especially Blackwing! He was always pretty happy, like her. It matched! "oooooh I remember when my kits were made apprentices. I was so proud of them!" She laughs, remembering their young days.
@Alexcentri

[ameko]

"Who knooooows," she drawled, glancing over to look at the warrior she was chatting with. "What if Oddear and Silentwhatsit accidentally leave? Or maybe someone would wanna go check in on them, and then we all catch it!" Eveningpaw was feeling a bit dramatic—this was the first cat she'd spoken to all day!

Her ears twitched, picking up the bickering between Cedarfoot and Plumpaw. "Well! We all just gotta trust each other, I guess," finished the apprentice.

@Ombre Party

[Moonraven]

Twilightstar's ears flickered as she stepped inside the nursery, whiskers twitching with delight at the newborn kit scent. As her eyes adjusted to the dim den, she found Wisp with Dimtail some of the queens and some of the other kits. "More kits, lovely." The leader muttered as she stopped in front of Wisp. "I see you've had you kits....and named them apparently. I'm assuming you're staying in the clan then."
@SparrowSoar - just mention me when you need me, easier that way.

[Dust]

Aspenbreeze simply huffed at Coldsong's response, watching as he turned away to pay attention. Though, upon catching Whisperheart's look, Aspen made her way over to sit beside her. As Twilightstar carried on about the potential sickness, Aspenbreeze's smile faltered. Ears pinned back, the warrior cast an irked glance over the gathered crowd in an attempt to find Oddear and Silentwhisper,

"Careless mouse-brains," She grumbled under her breath, leaning into Whisperheart to prevent anyone else hearing, "You'd think they would have been able to figure it out... especially after everything we've been through in this moon alone." The feline shook her head, keeping her mouth shut for the time being as Twilightstar continued.

"Glad to have them around, the clan needs them now more than ever," The touch was graciously accepted, Aspenbreeze offering a tight, polite smile. "Have you had one yet? You might get lucky this meeting." As hard as she tried, she couldn't recall a lot of knowledge about her clan-mate... oops.

@rhi

[Quasar]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Twilightstar's ears flickered as she stepped inside the nursery, whiskers twitching with delight at the newborn kit scent. As her eyes adjusted to the dim den, she found Wisp with Dimtail some of the queens and some of the other kits. "More kits, lovely." The leader muttered as she stopped in front of Wisp. "I see you've had you kits....and named them apparently. I'm assuming you're staying in the clan then."
@SparrowSoar - just mention me when you need me, easier that way.

Pebblekit waddled over to Twilightstar, H-hi Twilightstar! she shyly mewed, What are you doing here? Are you going to have kits too? She asked, sitting in front of the leader, staring up at her with innocent eyes.

[Arie]

Originally Posted by S-oft

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit...
Lupinpaw was sick of blasted rabbit! He hated them, loathed them, detested the large rodents... Were rabbits even rodents? Stupid creatures! He stared into the prey pile, blue eyes narrowed into sharp daggers, glaring at the dead things with pure anger.
To say he was resentful was an understatement.
The apprentice pushed himself to his paws and turned, not noticing the large-ish pebble rock thingy behind him. He tripped, a small squeal sounding from his long snout as he fell face-first into a lovely pile of blooming Lupin flowers.
Lupinpaw wanted to cry as he scampered out of the bush, sneeze after sneeze making the apprentice jump about the clearing. His large oriental nose was filled with pollen, pretty purple pelts were scattered around his thick pale fur.
One final loud ACHOO had the newly made apprentice falling back. His landing was cushioned! But by what? Lupinpaw turned, his whiskers giving a quiver as he realised he had landed straight on top of Pumapaw.
Oops.

{ @Arie }

Pumapaw had been busy laughing at the apprentice who'd just fallen into the bush and she could honestly not stop her laughter as she followed him. But what she had not expected was for the apprentice to fall directly back on top of her and she toppled over as well, letting out a loud huff. She pushed herself up and away from the other apprentice she spoke, "Hey! Watch where you are...sneezing!" She disliked being embarrased and she was severely so with the apprentice laughing at her now. "Rabbit brain," she mumbled shaking her head as she sat down and began washing her ears, trying to rid herself of the scent of lupin flower. It was something she disliked and she looked back pointedly at the other apprentice. "Ain't gonna rid yourself of the horrible scent of the lupin flower you landed in. And can you control your sneezes? You should be able to right?" She was genuinely curious. She didn't know much in regards to flowers or the bodily functions outside of how to stop and start when running out on the territory. "You're one of the newer apprentices isn't that right?" she asked, not at all caring that they were the same age, or around that, Puma being apprenticed roughly a week ago.

[Snowstripe]

Originally Posted by Mumble

Mistpaw nodded, pleased that brindlejaw approved of her idea. She turned to dovepelt and asked, "should we go to the nursery now, or do you want to do something else first?" She didn't want to act like she controlled the situation, but at the same time, she knew exactly what she wanted to do.

@Snowstripe

@Mumble
"Yes we should go talk to the queens in the nursery." Dovepelt smiled and talked towards the nursery waiting for her apprentice to follow.

[Quasar]

Originally Posted by Snowstripe

@Mumble
"Yes we should go talk to the queens in the nursery." Dovepelt smiled and talked towards the nursery waiting for her apprentice to follow.

Mistpaw nodded and followed Dovepelt to the nursery.

[Moonraven]

Originally Posted by Ivyfeather8783

Ripplemouse walked over to the leader. “Hello, Twilightstar. I uhh..I couldn’t find my way back. I sorta got lost, I guess.” She kneeded the ground with her right paw, her ears twitching twice. @Moonraven

Twilightstar didn't seem troubled to hear that the cat got lost. Everyone seemed to get lost here and there, Twilightstar couldn't be too judgmental since she had also gotten turned around in the territory once or twice. "I won't punish you this time, but don't stray from the clan again or there will be consequences next time." Twilightstar gave the molly a soft nod. "Welcome back home."
@Ivyfeather8783 - sorry that took so long, we're done. I'll make sure to add Ripplemouse back on the allegiances.

Originally Posted by Estelle

Silverkit sat down as the leader seemed to have noticed her, light blue eyes looking straight up. She gave a small flick of her ear at the question and then monetarily glanced to the side as she began explaining "well- it was difficult to keep up when we returned home from thun... Thunderclan, so I suppose I got tired and didn't watch my step; and be for i knew it, I slipped down a mud slide thingy- and then I didn't know my way back" she lowered her head to give her muddy fur a few licks before looking back at Twilightstar "it was cold.." Silverkit muttered "..do I get to stay?" the silver kitten asked. She wasn't sure why, but for some reason she was afraid she wouldn't be allowed to stay in the clan anymore, but she just wanted to get back to her parents and siblings!
@Moonraven

The lilac feline frowned with her body as Silverkit explained herself. So basically it was Coyotesnarl's fault that she had gotten lost. He had been in charge of the cats going to and from ThunderClan. She might have to go hassle him later about it. "Of course you get to stay. You haven't done anything to get kicked out of the clan." Kits were strange, they always assumed the worse. "In fact, even though you were left behind you managed to bounce back and return home. Silverkit isn't a name that fits you anymore. Echokit would be a better name." Twilightstar liked the name Echo, she thought it was a pretty name. "I'm glad to have you back home, Echokit. Go on and get to the nursery."

@Estelle - okay all done. I'll get Echokit back on the allegiance.

Originally Posted by FireSandwich

@Moonraven

Clover's eyes fluttered open, the scent of muse flooding her senses. She could feel another cat watching her, but she didn't care. She sank her teeth into the mouse, devouring it in a few ravenous bites. That at least satisfied her hunger a bit. She was used to not being able to eat much. She lifted her head and lapped the water from the leaf. ‘Why is this stranger being nice to me? I thought cats were normally hostile and mean...’ She stood up warily, turning to face the cat. She purred her thanks. ‘She's probably going to wonder why I won't talk...’ Before the stranger could ask, Clover made a clawing motion over her own throat, trying to convey that she couldn't talk. ‘Father and Mother said that if I talked bad things would happen. My voice is cursed, they said. Besides, my voice was ugly anyway.’

Uh-huh, Twilightstar blinked her eyes several times as she watched the strange cat devour the mouse she caught. Clearly she wasn't dying anymore. Twilightstar wasn't sure if feeding outsiders was against the warrior code or not, she'd have to recite it later. Once the strange finished and turned to her with a grateful expression she waited to hear her speak again. The leader's tail curls with confusion when not only does she not talk but makes a funny motion toward her throat? Twilightstar knew the molly wasn't mute she had spoken earlier... but now she couldn't. The leader decided to settle on it as some weird form of mutism and not ask questions about it. "So, Quiet, you got a name or something?" Twilightstar was pretty good at reading body language although she was getting the feeling that this might be difficult to figure out without her talking.

Originally Posted by Sum

Tigersnap padded up to the WindClan leader, mindful to keep a few tail-lengths away. No funny business now! It wouldn't do for him to get on her bad side-- that is, if he wasn't already. He'd been gone for some time, he had to admit. But not that long. And he had a pretty valid reason. Nothing to feel guilty about! He almost snorted at the thought.

"Heya, Twilightstar," he greeted, then gave a half-sheepish, half-cheeky grin. "I'm back!"

@Moonraven

The leader looked in direction of the approach paw steps, tail twitching at Tigersnap's cheeky greeting. She didn't appear amused but that was normal with her. "Great, where are you back from?" She asked, slowly gathering her paws underneath her so that she could sit up and try and pay attention. He didn't look like he had any wounds nor was he all that dirty. Twilightstar gave up trying to figure out where the tom was before he told her.