WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[FuzzyRatto]

Originally Posted by Beau

Rushingmoor blinked in surprise at the strange questions the apprentice targeted at him already, but the expression quickly faded. Touching his nose to Curlpaw’s to complete the ceremony, Rushingmoor padded back into the crowd with a flick of his tail. Once they were seated, he chose to answer.

“A tangent is an off-topic ramble. If a cat is giving a hunting lesson and his apprentice asks about a scar and the mentor answers and continues to talk about said scar, that is a tangent. As for ‘egsasental’ Im afraid I don’t know what you mean.”

"Oh... Thanks! It's just that I've been called egsasental before... And I've been said to go off on tangents... When we train, can we train with Twistedpaw?"

[Moonraven]

Originally Posted by Lynxpaw

Raven's eyes started to fill with confusion."They're not here? So they just left me?" she started talking to herself and remembered there was a cat here."Wait, Clans?" she continued talking to herself again and shook her head to clear her thoughts."If you don't want me here then I can leave" she offered the cat. The kit stared up at the bigger she-cat, hoping she might let her join her clan.

Twilightstar wondered how the kit jumped to the conclusion that her parents had left. If they were gone, Twilightstar should leave little kits on their own to get eaten. She didn't really want more kits, but it wasn't her choice here it would go against the code to just her out here.
"Well, if you're parents really aren't coming back for you." she starts, "then I suppose you can come back to my clan with me. I'm sure one of the queens will look after you. What do you know about clans?" Twilightstar wondered, she was sure outsiders had strange stories on them.

Originally Posted by CheetahPelt

@Moonraven

Whitesong set his prey down, some of it was older then the rest, but it was still all viable prey. Among the collection was two large rabbits, and three mice hanging by their tails. He dipped his head.
“Twilightstar.”
Joy shone through his voice for coming home, to his clan, to his mate, Songbird.
“I was a burden to the clan as I was. Injuries and tiredness.”
His last interaction before leaving had been with the deputy, for a missed patrol. That was the point he knew that he had to disappear for a while. And so he did.
“I sheltered outside the territory to heal from my wounds, train myself to be a better fighter, and get prey for the clan.”
His thick swathes of scarring was from the coyote and rouge attacks, but some of the newest scars, patches on his shoulders and specks on his face were from a lost fight with a rouge, those also healed.
“It was wrong for me to take such drastic measures without permission, but I felt a burden to the clan.”

The leader listened to his explanation with a touch of patience yet disappointment. If cats wanted to leave and come back, that was perfectly fine to her she'd allow it so long as they returned. However, when they just up and left it left a bad taste in the mouth.
"WindClan honors you for remaining dedicated to the clan even with your conflicting feelings." Twilightstar meowed thanks for the extra prey. She really did like his dedication but...
"If you feel stressed or overworked or even a burden and wish to step away from the clan, I'll allow it if you come to speak to me. Leaving without a word makes it look like you abandoned us." Twilightstar voice held a stern tightness to it. "So long as you keep those words in mind, WindClan welcomes back." She meowed with a grateful dip of her head. @CheetahPelt - kay, we're done. I'll get him back in the allegiances.

Originally Posted by Echobreeze18

Lambkit sobbed. "I wanta hunt a rabbit for you, but I got stuck ina whole. I had to eat plants!" He curled in a little ball and sniffled. @Moonraven

"You wanted to hunt a rabbit?" Twilightstar sighed, while carefully trying to pull the kit out of the bush. It was bothersome leaning down like this. "While I appreciate the thought, you should not be out here hunting for anything you're still considered a kit." She scolds the youngling. Such a pawful these little ones were. "Come on, let's get you home. I'll have to think of a punishment for you later, keeping you in the nursery any longer would be a pain for everyone." She adds more to herself with a frown. "I shall add give you one after your apprentice. Let's get you home and fed first."
@Echobreeze18 - Done, I'll get lambkit added as soon as possible.

Originally Posted by Nightbound

Leappaw padded around the territory. Her muzzle and leg hurt from the slash that ran from the corner of her blind eye to her paw. She was looking for camp. @Moonraven

Now normally she might have just pounced on the strange cat roaming around her territory smelling of blood. However, Twilightstar recognized this molly. The she-cat came up behind the she-cat, careful of her blind slide, "Leappaw? What happened to you?"

[FuzzyRatto]

Originally Posted by Beau

[ @Dust @Echobreeze18 @~Splash~ ]

A large ginger apprentice appeared from the den and trotted forward. Smolderpaw eagerly took a seat by the entrance to wait for the other members of the patrol, greatly looking forward to battle training. Maybe he could impress Aspenbreeze since he figured he had to know a bit more than the average young apprentice. He’d had to fight for his life before as a loner, so he could definitely hold his own. The only question was whether he’d be able to remember all of the clan techniques and forms.

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[ @FuzzyRatto @Fallen One ]

Rushingmoor immediately headed for the entrance. He had no interest in waiting around for any cat, even his apprentice. The other two members of the patrol could show or not, Rushingmoor would catch enough prey himself to make up for their absence. The striped tom sat just beside the entrance, forcing himself to wait a few moments. If one or the other didn’t show soon, he had no qualms about leaving without them.

@Fallen One

Curlpaw approached his mentor from behind, trying to sneak up on him.

[Moonraven]

The relief on Snakewillow's face was a little funny. Did he think she'd turn the kit away? When has she ever turned a cat away? As the two talked, she listened, interested in the fact that Fuzzykit knew what clans were. As much as she'd liked to pick his little brain on the subject, she didn't feel like keeping them.
"Go ahead, if you're going to be his guardian of sorts make sure the queens are alright with you stopping by the nursery here and there to check on him." Twilightstar doubted Snakewillow would cause any problems, but since the Queens lived there they decided who came and went. "Welcome to WindClan, Fuzzykit." The leader a little before giving the pair a dismissive wave of her tail.

@Fae @elysian

[MEAT ANGELS]

@FuzzyRatto @Beau

Another patrol? Ugh, Crescentmoon couldn't wait until she was far enough into pregnancy to excuse herself from patrols. They were so.... boring. Sighing, she made her way to the others, paws aching. For some reason. Goodness, was she getting fat? She glanced at her swollen haunches. Oh, she was! Maybe Crescentmoon could work it off by... doing whatever she was supposed to do. “I’m a pregnant molly, take it easy on me boys.”

[kittygirl]

Echopaw's heart was racing, this was so exciting! She listened to twilightstar carefully and took as second to think about the last part of her sentence, With my life... She thought, her eyes were closed for a heartbeat before opening them, "I swear to uphold the warrior code, and I WILL defend windclan- my home, with my life." The white she-cat voice was only filled with pride and confidence now and her eyes with determination, she was going to be the best she could be for the home she had always wanted.

@Moonraven

[Silverclover]

Cloudpaw pratically trembled with excitement as she gingerly sat by Heatherspirit her paws almost pressing into the ground enough to have vanished almost
@Glory

[Mango]

@Moonraven

Frankly, Lobster had been getting slowed down with his age, and knew that he probably only had a good 20 more moons before he’d be too old to hunt for himself, that meant he’d have to become a clan cat again and pretend to be humble and sincere. So he came to Windclan. He’d call himself a loner who’s had a fascination with clan life for a while and want to join. He stood by the border waiting to find someone to take him to the leader.

[Mango]

Originally Posted by Lynxpaw

Eaglepaw stared at the ground and looked up when she spoke."I-I feel the same" he told her.

Basilpaw was happy to know he felt the same around her. She stared into his eyes struggling to think of something to say,” Uhh...your fur looks nice.” she stammered, trying to find a good conversation topic.

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

Twistedpaw jumped and then nodded, bits of her tail twitching in excitement. "Okay!" she purred. "This'll be fun!" For once, in a long time, she was enjoying herself.
(So, where should we start posting now?)

@Skye