WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[windtail]

A queen padded out of the nursery and yawned, stretching. After a moment of throughly washing her sleek pelt, Miststone glanced up and saw Rainingtail disappear into the territory. I wish I could go hunting, she thought, as she hurried to the entrance and stared out at Windclan’s territory.

Rainingtail herad a sigh coming from the camp entrence and looked to see Miststone seeing that she looked sad she went over to her..

@Topaztaill

[Topaz]

Originally Posted by windtail

Rainingtail herad a sigh coming from the camp entrence and looked to see Miststone seeing that she looked sad she went over to her..

@Topaztaill

~Miststone~

The pale ginger tabby noticed Rainingtail turning and padding over to her, she said with a sigh, “Oh, hello.”

[windtail]

The pale ginger tabby noticed Rainingtail turning and padding over to her, she said with a sigh, “Oh, hello.”

Hello said rainingtail why do you look so down itś a lovely day today

@Topaztaill

[Jay.]

Ryecloud padded over to Rowankit, and put her tail around him Congrats! she meowed Im so proud of you!

@Kyrieknight

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

The clan leader's chest rose up and down in a steady rythem, mocking the tranguility of sleep. She did not sleep, not unless her body was so exhausted, she ended up passing out. Sleep, real, bonified sleep, eluded her. The amber eyes that glowed like the sun and scorched just as hot, they refused to give her any peace of mind when she shut her eyes. She hated waking up in a cold sweat, with a silent yowl on her tongue. So she often curled up in her nest and thought about anything and everything, keeping her thoughts away from the massive brown tabby as much as possible.

The pink nose wrinkled itself at first before relaxing and then twitching again. The only eye in her head jolted open as she quickly rose to her paws, flinching a little when she felt her body protest and mildly throw itself off balance. A little dizzy, but it was easy enough to right with a sharp shake of her head. It took a few more sniffs to figure out what was whaftting through the opening of her den, blood. It explained why all of her senses were on guard and why she was so alarmed.

She was barely able to take a step towards the opening when a pair of eyes peered back at her. The stiff muscles underneath her lilac coat lost all of heir tension as she made out Rainpaw's form. The instinctive urge to go sniff around the molly and locate the source of blood was pushed down with such great difficult that her paw practically shook. She waited for the apprentice to speak, she didn't want to overwhelm her with questions.

It took a little, but Twilightstar finally got a solid answer out of the younger cat. It was a hawk, not that she should be relived at all, but she had been extremely worried about hearing it was ShadowClan again. "Rainpaw." Twilightstar began as she slowly padded over to the she-cat with a sympathic glint in her eye. She took a seat beside the cat and begun cleaning the mess of blood in the she-cat's fur in smooth strokes. She wanted to know why two apprentices were roaming around in the territory unsupervised, Rainpaw had only recently been apprenticed as it was. But getting answers when Rainpaw was like this would not be of much help.

"Littlepaw walks with StarClan now, I know that it might not be much consoluation now, but though he's gone from here his spirit lives on with our ancestors. You can see him again in your dreams." The words would most likely sound empty and unhelpful with Rainpaw's current emotional state, but it was all she had right now. The leader stifled the wail that lodged itself into her throat. It was never easy to learn of a clanmates death, apprentices and kits, more so. Twilightstar would need to speak to Clan about apprentices and supervision once again, she wanted to avoided such deaths in the future if possible. She waited for the apprentice to calm down a little and let her tears fall free before continuing.

She didn’t know what to do. Her body just acting on its own. Tense, yet trembling. She couldn’t even get her eyes to open. Glued shut by the memories she never wanted to relive. None of it made sense to her. Nothing had, ever since Shellkit left things just fell apart. ShadowClan took over, cats died, Echopool- her own mother- left her, Heronkit and Weaselskip disappeared. Now Littlepaw was gone, stripped from her before her eyes. Only he didn’t have a chance of coming back… It just, frustrated the young apprentice. She didn’t know what to do, how to do it, or even how to feel anymore.
Rainpaw felt tossed about, her emotions fighting her, making her feel cold. She was so cold. It hurt. Her heart hurt. Making her eyes spill over with tears. Her sobs drowning out some of her wildly confusing thoughts. Not that she wanted to hear them anyway. Twilightstar spoke to her, the sound followed by movement, making her force her eyes open. Her yellow gaze clouded by tears, making it a struggle for her to see. She didn’t know what to expect, Rainpaw didn’t even know what to expect from herself anymore. Yet, as she stood trembling in front of the leader, she didn’t even consider what was next.
As Twilightstar began cleaning her, Rainpaw initially flinched, a sharp- yet shacky- inhale indicating her fear. She froze, aside from the tremble, holding her breath just enough to hold off the sobs. It had been far too long sense some cat tried to help her clean her fur. The sensation making her want to cry for a whole other reason. Why were things so confusing? Everything. Death. Life. It was all just confusing.
“I-I don’t… want him in Sta-arClan!” Rainpaw sniffled trying her best to hold in her sobs. “I want him... here!” And her sobs returned, voice cracking as she tried to speak. Littlepaw wasn’t supposed to be in StarClan, he was supposed to be in WindClan! They were supposed to become the best warriors in WindClan together. Rule the moor and fight to keep their home happy and beautiful! He wasn’t supposed to be in StarClan! He wasn’t!
Claws dug into the ground as she tried to calm down. She really tried, however her small frame still shook, eyes still refusing to dry. “Littlepaw… he- he didn’t need to die…. We- we... we were going to- to be warriors together. N-now he can’t…” Her breathy words were cut off by her own sobs. “H-he can’t be a wa-warrior i-in StarClan!” Rainpaw cried out. She didn’t want him gone, he wasn’t supposed to die! They weren’t supposed to be separated… they were supposed to stay best friends forever.
Mustering up some courage, Rainpaw lightly stepped towards the lilac molly. She hesitated, not sure if she was allowed to get closer to Twilightstar or not. She didn’t know. She didn’t know anything at this point. Just that she didn’t want to feel cold, didn’t want to feel like she was. She didn’t want her heart to hurt, or her body to tremble. She didn’t want to feel so alone. “C-can I…?” She asked, timidly. Was she allowed, was she not? She didn’t know, yet she moved anyway. Not waiting on a response Rainpaw took another shaky step and buried her face in Twilightstar’s fur. Her tears still fell, bones still shaking. However, she felt safer. Just being against and hearing another cat’s heartbeat was reassuring. Twilightstar was alive, warm, breathing, that calmed her fears.
Even so, Rainpaw felt like the hawk had its claws in her heart, trying to take it like it took Littlepaw… It wasn’t there, but the pain remained.

[Akira]

Originally Posted by Jayfeather 76

Ryecloud padded over to Rowankit, and put her tail around him Congrats! she meowed Im so proud of you!

@Kyrieknight

Rowankit beamed up at his mother. "Thanks!"

[Fuzzy]

@Zesty Mango
[If you don't wanna RP this scenario let me know and I can write another one <3]

Rainpaw couldn't sleep. It was late, well past moon high, and yet she laid there. Her dull yellow eyes staring out the den entrance. She was so tired, yet her mind wouldn't let her sleep. She had tried, stars had she tried. However, every time she almost fell asleep she saw memories... memories that she didn't want to see. Rainpaw didn't want to forget Littlepaw but reliving his death was so painful...
Swallowing hard, she tore her gaze from the world outside the den and looked for something else to stare at. All her denmates were asleep, as they should be. Still sleep avoided her, running like a rabbit from a warrior. Her dry eyes, painfully dry eyes, found the soft body of Bunnypaw. She was her only friend now, the only one who didn't leave her. Even so, Rainpaw had not talked with her in over a moon. She wanted to say it was because she was training, but that would be a lie. Her mentor didn't even try to train her. No one was... she was just rotting away from the inside.
Fighting her protesting body, Rainpaw stood up and tenderly moved over to Bunnypaw. She hesitated, not wanting to disturb her friend. The night black apprentice already knew she was not happy and smiley like she used to be. Maybe she should just leave everyone alone. Faking it hurt so much... No... Swallowing again she finished moving towards the other young molly. "Bunnypaw..? Are you awake?" Rainpaw asked quietly, not sure if she wanted to just climb into her friends nest and try to sleep that way or give up and leave.

[Moonraven]

Originally Posted by -Skyfall-

@Moonraven

Mushroomkit beamed. She knew his name! "I wanted to see how you were. And talk to you!" -And then talk to her about his sister, but he wanted to warm her up before the bad news. Sitting down near her nest, he grinned cheesily. "So, how was your day?" Small talk~ Nailed it!

Twilightstar couldn't help but laugh a little, it was directed more at herself than the young kit. Did she look so worn out that even the young ones felt it necessary to check on her. Or she supposed Mushroomkit just wanted to chat with her. She never spent much time with any of the kits, besides Stagkit, when he was younger. "My day has been full of visitors, but nothing too bad. How was your day? Have you taken to any warriors as your future mentor?" Getting comfortable in her nest, the molly rested her chin on her paws while watching the kit. It was nice to have company, even if she wasn't really looking for it.

Originally Posted by Twilight Wing

Lavenderpaw put the moss down where Twilightstar had pointed to,she scraped it in a nest shape and lined it with feathers."anything else?"she asked hopefully wanting to do something useful for once. Lavenderpaw glanced at the den entrance suddenly looking worried,"Bravewind didn't come back yet,she left on a dusk patrol yesterday",
@Moonraven

"I've nothing more that I need at the moment," Twilightstar trilled as she padded over to the freshly made nest and purred softly at how nice it felt. Her ears perked up as she heard about Bravewind."I've yet to do my sweep around the territory, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for her while I'm out." It wasn't uncommon for warriors to get lost or something these days, Twilightstar knew to keep an eye out for them when she patrolled the land.

Originally Posted by Oakpaw1

@Moonraven @Twilight Wing [MENTION=6538]SliverFur& Co
Waterpelt walked into the leaders den with oakit right behind her.
Twilightstar may I speak with you.

(I don't have a cat by this name in the clan, make sure you submit them. I don't have an Oakkit either)

Originally Posted by Silverfur & Co

Sunkit sat outside feeling bad and sighs she knew this was gonna happen and now things was gonna get worse. It was already bad enough waterpelt scared her. She might try to speak to twilightstar on her little self but wait till waterpelt leaves.

Twilightstar peaked behind the warrior and noticed another little guest waiting outside. She waved her tail, beckoning for Sunkit to come and sit with her while Waterpelt spoke. The fear scent was a little concerning.

Originally Posted by Rainquail

Coldamber listened to Twilightstar, unaware that the leader hadn't heard about the dream she'd received in her coma, or that this dream's assurances were the only reason she calmed down enough to be spoken to properly. She also didn't think to tell her, too caught up in the other's words and the present moment.
She frowned a bit as she described Stagleech. Had this cat been more to her than a kit she'd helped once?
He had to be, if she had a sense of him and not her own kin.
She wanted to ask about what she knew of her relationship between her and her daughter, to find out why of all the cats she'd forgotten, she was one of them, but Twilightstar brought up a more serious topic. The future and what would happen.
She could only imagine this had to do with one thing.
"Would this happen to have anything to do with my former position? Crowtooth and Gulltwiast had, uh, called me a- had said I was a Medicine Cat? I suppose my condition makes it hard for me to continue that."
She wasn't, currently, at least, terribly broken up over this. She didn't even know what the title implied or what she did, or if she was important for that matter. Anything she knew could be hinted on by the name.
She'd done something with healing, or at least assisting, because both warriors had asked her for guidance in healing her. That and the name "medicine" implied she knew something about healing. So.... perhaps she was aware she'd been important.
The question was, had she been alone in this work? She could only think so if this was needing to be discussed. It was obvious she couldn't go back to that if she didn't have the knowledge anymore.
@Moonraven

The lilac she-cat got the feeling that Coldamber was refraining from something, but couldn't say what and she wasn't the type to prop unless it was necessary. So she remained steady on their current predicament and could deal with the other bit later.

"You probably don't remember what that rank entitled." It made her wonder if she'd recall her medicine cat training as the moons went on or if the situation warranted it. Muscle memory was a thing. "There are a number of ranks in a clan, it's functions on a hierarchy of sorts. There are kits, queens, and elders, the ones that are protected and cared for, then there are warriors and apprentices, the ones that do the protecting and the caring. Every clan is led by a leader and that leader is assisted by a deputy. Finally, we have the cats that take care of the clan's health and speak to our ancestors in StarClans, the medicine cats." Twilightstar gave a very basic rundown of the clan's structure.

"You served as WindClan's medicine and you did a splendid job for a time, but since you no longer retrain that knowledge, I think it might be better to have you trained as a warrior. You'd need training, I believe Gulltwist would be the best mentor for you." Stopping there, Twilightstar waited to see how Coldamber took this.

Originally Posted by Kai

He was sorry,he had to say it. Knock,Knock. He tapped his paw on the den wall,padding in and sat to the side. He was tired,Softpaw was funny but he was a pawful. Just passing through before I head out today to take watch,I wanna say sorry for making you re-open your scar the other day. He was sorry that it happened so he'd said sorry but he waited for her answer to his little words.

Twilightstar lifted her head and looked over to tom as he entered her den. Moonsoot, not who she was expecting, but a nice face to see nonetheless. A mild smile formed on her maw when he relayed why he was here. "It wasn't your fault, I overexerted myself. A foolish mistake on my part." She explained as she sat up, Twilightstar certainly didn't blame him for that. "You look like you've had a busy day." Commented the leader after observing him for a moment longer. He looked like she did after she spent a day with Stagleech as an apprentice and Rushingmoor. They were fun times, but exhausting.

Originally Posted by Wintersun

"Umm, twilightstar, can I come in? I would to talk to you." Nightkit meowed nervously.

(Nightkit is currently missing and needs to do a rejoining.)

Originally Posted by Kunaiskrill

‘Twilightstar.” Duskfrost padded in to look for the leader. “I need to tell you something.” He said.
@Moonraven

Her attention was drawn to Duskfrost as he walked in with something on his mind. "Go ahead, I'm listening," Twilightstar replied, curiously.

[Moonraven]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

"From now until you receive you're warrior names, you'll be known as Foxpaw [ @feather lily ], Dirtpaw [ @FrostCat ], Rowanpaw [ @Kyrieknight ], Echopaw [ @ShadowWing65 ], and Snakepaw [ @Bramblefire01 ]." Twilightstar announced the new apprentices with a proud dip of her head before turning her attention to her warriors.

"Skyleap [ @Stormpoppy ]," Twilightstar was aware that the she-cat was already mentoring Dustypaw, but Foxpaw seemed interested in having her as mentor and Twilightstar didn't mind if her clanmates took on two apprentices, but no more than that without some proof that they were actually working hard on getting the current two to warriorhood. "You'll mentor Foxpaw."

"Sleepyslug [ @fallepoch ], I want you to train Dirtpaw." Perhaps an apprentice would keep the warrior on his toes. Dirtpaw was probably going to have a hassle getting the tom up, but she hoped the two go along alright. "Oh, Sleepyslug, Dirtpaw isn't allowed to set paw outside of the camp for the next moon. You can train him within the camp and I want him on tick duty and teach him how to change the bedding for the elders and queens. He knows exactly why he's being punished." Sometimes punishing cats as an apprentice worked better than holding back ceremonies. Twilightstar had been debating on keeping him from the next gathering, but that would be a little too harsh for just roaming around the territory when they were supposed to, Sharpkit would be given the same punishment in due time. (If Twi catches Dirt out of camp at all, expect a demotion)

"Silentstorm [ @Pheasentflight ], you've been eager for a new apprentice. You'll take on Snakepaw as your apprentice." The leader made sure to lock eyes with the she-cat as she spoke and waved her tail in a broad sweep in the apprentice's direction. The fact the molly couldn't hear didn't make her any less of a warrior in Twilightstar's eyes, she hoped the same was seen by Snakepaw.

"Duskfrost [ @Kunaiskrill ]," She called to the deflated warrior, he had his hopes set on medicine cat, she felt a little bad for him but things turned out this way for a reason. "You'll mentor Rowanpaw." The apprentice seemed to have an interest in herbs like the warrior. Twilightstar was hoping they could bond over this and maybe help Peachfrost out with herb collecting.

"Appleshine [ @Tiabirb ], Echopaw will be your apprentice." The warrior appeared to be in a festive mood majority of the time, she didn't think it would be hard to get along with her unless you were constantly grumpy like some toms she knew. Echopaw looked anything like a cranky cat, so it should be alright.

"Sweetpaw [ @Finn ], Rainpaw [ @Fuzzy ], Lavanderpaw [ @Twilightwing ], Toadpaw [ @wren ], Leafpaw [ Feather Lily ], Silverpaw [ @Ella_heart ] and Cinderpaw [ Feather Lily ]. It's about time we found you all new mentors. " It would never stop bugging her how easily cats vanished from clans. They made their vows and still someone how managed to leave everything behind them.

"Cloversplash [ @Dahliamoon ] take good care of Rainpaw." The apprentice could use a good mentor after what she went through. "Strikecry [ @Cobra ], you'll be training Sweetpaw from now on. Rainingtail [ @windtail ], train Lavanderpaw. Blackmist [ @~Fierceclaw~ ], I want you on Leafpaw's training. Squirreldash [ @Angelique ], you'll mentor Toadpaw. Breezetail [ Shadowwing65 ], you have Silverpaw. Rippleshade [ @Rippleshade ], you'll train Cinderpaw." Reassignments were never extremely easy, but worth it if it meant getting the young ones back on track to being warriors.

"Gulltwist [ @Zesty Mango ], with Coldamber slowly recovering, I want her to be trained as a warrior. You've spent enough time caring for her that I trust you'll set a pace for her training that she can handle without overworking her." It was normally frowned upon having cats train kin, but Coldamber was a special case.

"Batglare, Mushroomdream [ @Romulus ], Flickerpaw [ @-Skyfall- ] and Jaggedscar [ @Bonehead ], you'll all stay around after the meeting to speak about Flickerpaw's training." Not that she hadn't trusted Batglare's report, but she'd like to hear from everyone before making any final calls.

"Swiftfire [ Tiabirb ] and Wildpaw [ Romulus ], you two also need to speak with me after the meeting." As much as she'd prefer yowling at the young tom from the Breezerock, she dislikes the idea of publicly shaming the cat or somehow making scars invisible to the naked eye. Perhaps a word with Swiftfire might reign the prankster in. She owed Seedheart that much at least.

[Kunaisoul]

“I- feel like I can’t be a warrior.. I’m so bad at fighting!” He fretted. “I- feel like me true passion is in herbs.”
@Moonraven