ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Raven~]

Originally Posted by SpottedPaww

SpottedPaw almost gasped and looked at the cat. Larkstorm? Spottedpaw Recognized her. She Remembered sharing a mouse with her. Good times.... Spottedpaw would flick her ears, staring at her. SpottedPaw was struggling to figure out how to respond.

"Oh... Yeah-" She Glanced at her leg. "I did. I fell somewhere and got it stuck between two big rocks- can't remember when that was.... or where... and... Pretty much got attacked... once I woke up, at least."

She Would scuff her paws on the ground.

"So... Uh, Probably wondering Where I've been..." SpottedPaw knew there wasn't exactly an excuse for her being gone so long, but she could at least try explaining herself, even if there's little chance of being accepted in.

"I-I think It was around the time of the raid... I think it was RiverClan? I Can't remember... I'm not good at remembering things anymore.. And I think when I was running to get help, I uh.. think I fainted.. maybe from the stress... and I woke up somewhere... It smelled of mud and rogue cats? Maybe around towards the Twelog places. There was a small group of them... maybe 4? And they wouldn't really let me leave... but I kept telling them to let me go, I have to get back to my clan, to get back to battle.. but they wouldn't. They had me go out hunting.... there were alot of rocks.. maybe by a hill or a riverbed? No... No rocks in riverbed. A hill- yes, that's it. And There was hardly anything... so I was running to chase a mouse.. and got my leg stuck in the rocks and sprained a muscle... they took that to keep me there, basically to taunt me." SpottedPaw Would look up at them, shaking her head, laughing at herself in shame.

"It Sounds so fake- probably think I made all that up. Wouldn't be surprised."

She Would sigh, curling her tail around her paws.

There's no way she'll let me back in... let alone walk into the camp. Why Am I even bothering? Why did I let that happen to me?

Larkstorm raised an eyebrow. It did sound fake. She had never heard of rouges kidnapping cats. But Spottedpaw seemed sincere. And she supposed it wasn’t so far fetched. The raid had been hard on everyone, and some cats handled it very differently than others. But Spottedpaw still shouldn’t have ran away.

“You were very brave to risk coming back here,” She meowed carefully. “And I am glad you escaped. But you shouldn’t have run off like that. The Clan could have helped you Spottedpaw. Could have helped you healed, both physically and mentally.” She flicked her tail. Spottedpaw was a mess, that was for sure. She looked tired, and her voice trailed off, not really ever finishing her sentences . Larkstorm wasn’t sure if she should help the ex-apprentice, or leave her. With leaf-bare still clawing at the forest, ThunderClan didn’t need a mouth to feed that had a scattered mind.

[Weekend-Wondering]

Dustclaw sat with his tail over his paws, and waited for Thistlestorm to appear. This was their normal meeting time, and at least he was never late. But he didn’t care about how late Thistlerose was! She’s one of the only ones who cares… he thought, sadly. He, secretly wanted her as a mate, and was planning to ask her sometime soon.
(As part of Thistlerose’s act, she would probably accept, but only to make him think she loved him.)

@VexSkullz

[Singing Jay]

~ Eaglesong | @Jayvines @GoldenDays |

"Oh thx Starclan I found someo-" A deep sigh of relif left her chest, but she stopped and blinked slightly in surprise as she saw the other warrior seemed... almost disappointed in seeing the two. Like, not by a lot, but like she had hoped for someone else, to be fair many cats went missing, so it could just be that.

ANYWAY!

She returned to her signature bright smile and dipped her head back to the cat... whose name she actually couldn't remember. Well, that was a little embarrassing. "You remember us! Yep, I'm Eaglesong, that's Crowpaw, and you are..." Her green eyes narrowed slightly as she tried to remember the other cat's name. She looked so familiar... "no wait, don't say it, I have it on the tip of my tongue... Sparrow... Sparrow... leap?" It sounded kinda right, right? She stayed quiet while Crowpaw spoke, and had to swallow slightly in guilt as she listened. Crowpaw had been gone without really wanting to, she had just left like it was nothing. Well, not like it was nothing, what had happened at the raid must have been much worse for her.... sister (Starclan it still almost felt a little weird) than it was for her, but still.

"I...." She swallowed again and quickly glanced down at her paws. "My reason for being gone maybe isn't as noble" Or loyal, or brave, or anything like that. "A.. a thing.. happened at the raid between us and Riverclan. It wasn't something I could tell anyone about, since it had been a secret for over two years and such..." Eaglesong was usually a positive cat, and tried to laugh off most things to keep the mood light, but she could feel a lump of shame turning inside her, standing in front of a cat who had was considered loyal and dependable enough to do these rejoining things. "So... I left. At first, I just took a walk, and then I made the choice to sleep under the stars since I had already walked a bit, just to clear my head" "And not show others how I felt" "but then that turned into two, then three... then I felt I couldn't return. Until about a moon ago when I get too homesick to stay away anymore. I've come here to the border to look for cat a few times before, but you're the first one I found, after finding Crowpaw that is." There, she had told it, to the first cat in the world, ironically enough. But would her old accept that, trust her ever again, or even take her back at all?

[Beaan]

Originally Posted by VexSkullz

THISTLESTORM ❈ @Beancat

My, my.

As the large molly made her way through the entrance of the nursery all she could see was either the helplessness of newborn kits or the irritation and hard work of old kits, yowling for others to play with them and, when they did find cats to play with them, their tussling and bucking made Thistlestorm want to snap at their with the anger of a thousand Dawnstars... but she conceded, putting her speckled red-brown paws over one another until she made her way completely into the den. Sitting down she looked around; she hated kits but she had to find a reason, a singular reason, not to hiss at one every opportunity she was given. One of these cats had to be calm, right? At least not have the energy in them to just want to talk. She prayed to StarClan that'd be the case. I don't want to be kicked out of this place because of an incident with a lowly kit!

Dapplekit noticed the thunderclan warrior come into the nursury. She padded on over. "Hello" She mewed. "Hopefully i'll be moving out soon" She groaned

[Captain]

Originally Posted by duCky

Bumblekit

Bumblekit smiled. Maybe he could have some people to play with while his father was gone after all. Picking up the mossball in his small paw, he clumsy tossed it back to her, the ball bouncing a bit before landing at her feet. He looked down in embarrassment. He had been so out of practice that he couldn't even play mossball.

"S... Sorry", he laughed nervously, "I haven't played in a while."

☼ Brightkit (she/her) ☼

➢ The young tortoiseshell shekit blinked at the other Thunderclan kitten, watching him intently as he picked up the mossball and threw it back over to her. Her vibrant green-hued eyes watched it bounce a few times before settling on the ground between her front paws. Brightkit smiled warmly at this and looked back up at Bumblekit, who seemed embarrassed by the action, which confused her a little. “You don’t have to apologize, dude!” The eager shekitten remarked with a happy purr rumbling in her throat. “It’s just mossball, there ain’t much thinking to it!” She was trying her best to console her new friend, knowing that simple games like this weren’t meant to be taken that seriously. Brightkit pushed the mossball back over to Bumblekit, watching it roll silently across the nursery floor. She was happy to finally have someone play with her. It was so boring being alone.

[VexSkullz]

THISTLESTORM ❈ @Wintermist [Got it got it]

The molly bounded through the clearing, her paws landing neatly as she looked about. She was extremely bored, and other cats seemed to always have others to talk to. It irritated her, but she put on a soft smile for anyone looking around and spotted her. A scowl was no way for a beautiful tortie such as herself to look!

Speaking of cats looking around... Thistlestorm spotted Dustclaw, who looked to be awaiting someone. Probably her, most likely. She puffed up her chest and waltzed over to him, her purr loud as she sat near him. "Hello, Dustclaw! It's a pleasure seeing you, as always." Her emerald gaze softened as she looked at him.

[VexSkullz]

THISTLESTORM ❈ @Beancat

You and me both hope for that, kid. Along with everyone else's tick-ridden vermin.

"And when that moving out happens I bet you'll make a wonderful Apprentice, dear." She purred aloud, moving her tail to give the kit a playful nudge. They were small, so much smaller compared to her because of her size, but she always secretly did enjoy talking to kits with at least some sense, along with Apprentices and Warriors. Even cats of her same rank acted worse than this little kit in front of her, so to have someone not squealing their head off as soon as she got close? Was a massive relief. "When you become a Warrior what do you think your name will be?" She tilted her head after laying down next to the Kit.

[Beaan]

@VexSkullz

She purred at the warriors commet. "Maybe you will be my mentor!" She squeaked. She tucked her paws neatly behind her tail. "Hmmm. I think it will be Dapplepelt or Dappleclaw, something feirce or pretty!" She mewed. She licked her paw and brought it over her head. "When you were an apprentice, what did you want your name to be?" She asked the older warrior, suprisingly enjoing their converstation.

[Weekend-Wondering]

Dustclaw beamed at Thistlestrom. “Hello!” He motioned her to sit down next to him. @VexSkullz

[VexSkullz]

THISTLESTORM ❈ @Beancat

She smiled. Being given a poor Apprentice to tell what to do didn't sound too bad, now that the kit mentioned it. "Maybe so, maybe not. It's all up to.. whoever is in charge." Thistlestorm was still confused about what was supposed to be happening with ThunderClan leadership, especially since Dawnstar's arrival. But she pushed it aside and purred at the Kit's next response. This one's got a bit of a good taste in names! Dappleclaw, how cute. "Ahh, when I was an Apprentice I wanted my name to be something similar to what you want; I wanted it to represent my obvious beauty, but also show that I'd claw an enemy to bits with ease. I think some names I hoped for were Thistlefang or Thistleberry-- ah, and Thistleflower! I remember loving that name, but Thistlestorm is just as good, haha."