ThunderClan: Life Before 2023's Sinkhole

[Juniperbean]

Originally Posted by marni

Cinderstar
Ah. Just as Sunnykit spoke of the reason for her visit, Cinderstar's expression softened even more. While part of her felt for the young kit who had been born with missing limbs and birth deformities, she was proud that there were several cats within the Clan today who had all made fine warriors despite their own hurdles. The leader never really saw them as disabilities per say - became each and every cat overcame them as though they truly weren't.

"First of all," she purred as she settled down eye level with the kit, a smile perched delicately on her face, "your home will always be ThunderClan. It's not a matter of me wanting you here - which I greatly do - but a matter of you belonging here. ThunderClan blood runs through your veins." She hoped that might put the young kits mind at ease when it came to worrying about her future. Sunnykit was young; such thoughts were a burden she should not have to bear.

With a flick of her tail and a small nod, Cinderstar mewed, "My last apprentice had an issue with her leg. She had it for a majority of her apprenticeship, before Sundust and her decided to remove it." She didn't bother going into detail how much the decision had shocked her, or that it had even been possible; Sunnykit didn't need to know all the details. "And she recently became a warrior; her name is Cloudyflight." Pride was evident in her voice as she spoke of the young she-cat. "She was diligent in her training and had a desire to be better than that which made her "weak". But between you and me, I think it made her stronger."

Laying her head to the side a bit the silver bengal leader reached out with a small paw to brush it against one of the kits smaller ones. "I am positive that when the time comes, you will make an excellent warrior - once that ThunderClan will be proud to have."

 

Cinderstar
Looking up from where she had been sorting through some of the flowers and trinkets brought to her by her Clanmates, Cinderstar took notice of two familiar faces in her den. She had been seeing a lot of the two lately, not that she minded. A flash of concern lit her gaze up as Flamepaw mentioned the reason for their visit. "Oh?"

Shifting her gaze to Violetpaw, the leader turned so that the two apprentices had her full attention. With his display of brutality against his own Clanmates, Cinderstar had her suspicions that Smokeclaw had been the one to kill Snowcloud - given that he had already attacked her once. But she supposed the possibility of rogue couldn't be ruled out.

"How can I help?" If there was something she could do to perhaps ease the concerns Violetpaw had, Cinderstar was ready to hop on it.



Cinderstar
With the day being long and dreary starting off, Cinderstar had decided to steal away to her den for a moment of stillness. It was one of those rare moments where it was empty - Nectarflame out doing something or other, perhaps bringing her back more flowers. The silver bengal would have to return the favor at some point. Though it made her smile to think that the golden she-cat everyone viewed as hard and stoic was actually rather squishy at her center. She chuckled lightly to herself, wondering if she should risk voicing her thoughts to her mate.

Before she could make a decision one way or another, a voice sounded at the entrance of the den. Twisting around, Cinderstar was pleased to see Brightpath. The young tortie and her hadn't spoken in some time it felt like - not since the Sleethound incident - and she had been meaning to ask how they were doing. But by the look on their face and the tone of their voice, it was clear that they were perhaps not doing well at all. "Of course, Brightpath. Come in."

Cinderstar gestured to a spot next to her, blue eyes round and watchful as she awaited the newly named warrior to join her. Though many thoughts raced through her head as to what could be troubling the young cat so much, she decided to wait to hear whatever the reasoning was from Brightpath themselves.

Violetpaw layed down to feel a bit more comfortable but kept her gaze at cinderstar then sighed “m-maybe have the territories feel a bit safer.. I-I mean It felt safe but…” she started as her tail moved around herself a bit “me, Thunderblaze and RobinFlight were in the territory, chilling. Not to long thunderblaze left to make sure that fox left then that rogue attacked robinflight, That same rogue that attacked snowcloud. I dont know how it found us, I dony know where he came from but he was just there. I waited for thunderBlaze to return but he didnt. I just layed there like a coward… A coward” she said as tears slowly dripped and she started shaking “I didnt do anything I just watched it happen, I wanted to help robinflight but I was too scared to.. Scared, until he was killed. That rogue glared at me and disapeared into the forest, then when ThunderBlaze came, It was too late Robinflight was gone” she cried “I shouldve helped robinflight but I didnt.. Im cursed… Im sorry cinderstar, Im really sorry” she said as she put her paws on her face “I-Im very sorry” she cried

(Sorry this took long, I accidentally undid my typing and had to type it all over again )

[Juniperbean]

Originally Posted by Fenixwolf

Vinekit followed behind "right behind you Violetpaw!"
(Are we moving to the clearing?)

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Finchflight layed down and looked around the nursery

( yep, i also typed a paragraph in the leaders den, sorry for a small late respond)

[Wingnettle]

Originally Posted by silentstalk

blazekit peaked out of the nursery moving his head side to side he wished he knew where he was at, he walked forward hearing no sounds, his tail flicked and his whiskers twitched, he walked around not knowing where he's going* where am i* he thought

[open a deaf kitten can't hear nor see and his senses aren't really good]

Ashpaw glanced torward a lonely little kit. He padded torward him and touched his shoulders with his tail. He knew from the clan gossip that some queen had a deaf kitten and his name was Blazekit. Hi, little one.

[MysteryCat]

Originally Posted by Lilacquartz

Quailfur woke up as she flicked her ear. Narrowing her eyes in an attempt to see Fallowkit. Her eyes focused as she perked her ears surprised. She woke up to Fallowkit saying the word 'Mama' It made her jump immediately. It made her pleased as her smile widened upwards towards her eyes.

" C-Can you say that again? Mama? "

[sorry for the short response]

Fallowkit was glad to wake her mother with the word her father had taught her. He noticed that Quailfur told him to repeat it and Fallowkit happily exclaimed

"Mom!"

[SpiritedWarrior]

Flamepaw looked at Violetpaw with concern, she had never thought a cat would try to go after two cats that were the parents of her Clanmate- her friend. To help sooth her friend, Flamepaw cast a gentle smile in her direction and wrapped her tail along Violetpaw’s spine. No cat should feel this much pain, StarClan. Not all at once. Why did you let her take all this on on her own?

For a moment, Flamepaw didn’t dare speak. She knew it was hard for the fellow apprentice, Flamepaw herself was given to ThunderClan to be raised. She would never see her parents again, and both Violetpaw and Snowpaw wouldn’t either. That is until they get to StarClan one day. Flamepaw only hoped it wouldn’t be until much later in their lives.

“Cinderstar, what can we do?” She asked the silver bengal. “Snowpaw doesn’t even know her father’s dead yet. And we have no idea how to break it to her.”
@Ravens @marni

[XFR0G_L0veRX]

MossKit sniffed out her brother. She was bored and wanted to start a play fight. But he seemed so peaceful and quiet over there. She could barely hear him breath. She decided to just lay down a couple inches away from him and try to meditate herself.

[poppy]

➵ @marni sorry this is so late!!

So Cinders DID know her Daddy!! She grinned, fluffy gray fur bristling with excitement. Maybe she knew where Daddy was! "Why didn't anyone look for him?" She asked softly, smile dying as the thought dawned on her. Did anyone actually care? Her baby blues fixed anxiously on the leaders matching sky hues, then down to the mossball as the leader complimented her talents at mossball.

As she talked about her Daddy, Ashenkit smiled a little. He was a good warrior? That was good. She liked hearing about how awesome her dad was.

Squeaking with surprise as the mossball rolled towards her instead of being tossed, she pounced on it, smashing it with her paws. Whoops. Trying to remold the moss pancake, she glanced up guiltily at the leader. After she had reconfigured it into a sphere, she rolled it to Cinders, smiling. This was fun. Cinders was fun.

[Captain]

BRIGHTPATH
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➣ Thankfully, Cinderstar didn’t seem too busy or annoyed by the sudden visit from them, which made the young feline feel better. They nodded to the gray-furred molly and officially stepped inside the leader’s den, making their way over to her and quietly sitting down to where Cinderstar had gestured. The entire time, Brightpath seemed to be avoiding making eye-contact with her, looking everywhere else but at the clan leader’s face. “I…” The single word came out shakingly and they didn’t know how to word it, where to even begin. Did they start at the beginning? Did they just blurt it out in one big sentence? The slim ThunderClan warrior didn’t know and they were struggling to keep themselves calm and professional in front of Cinderstar.

“Our battle with RiverClan at Firefly Cove…” Brightpath meowed quietly, slowly going over every word, “...I…I fought another apprentice there, during the battle… I don’t even remember if I ever found out her name… but I… I was just trying to hold her down and have her pass out. That’s all I wanted… But then, her eyes went all wide and milky and she went limp…” The memory had replayed over and over in their head since it had happened, “...I think I killed her… The RiverClan apprentice… I didn’t mean to… I swear!” They squeezed their eyes shut, pointing their nose to the ground, “The next thing I know, there’s another cat screaming at me and I just… ran. It wasn’t long until another apprentice came at me from… somewhere, I think they climbed a tree… but I moved out of the way and they hit the ground hard. I think he… broke his jaw or something, it looked really bad and I… I was trying to fight as best I could, but I only knew how to fight through Sleethound… and I…” So many words, rambled anxiously and flowing out like a rushing river of panic. Brightpath forced themselves to shut up and stop talking from that point. They had said far too much already.

“I’m scared, Cinderstar…” They meowed, opening their eyes, which was a mistake as tears soon rolled down their cheeks, “I'm so sorry... I don’t want to be a bad cat, but those apprentices… one died and the other got a life-changing injury… all because of me…” Their stomach did flips and they felt very sick. They could've said something, anything, so much sooner, but they didn't and the guilt of it all weighed so heavily on their soul. "I just... needed to tell someone about this."

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( @marni )

[poppy]

The small, swirled kit was not, she repeated, was not, enjoying life at the moment. Her fur was clumpy and felt matted, and if she had the energy, she would be whining and howling with discomfort. She was cold. And something didn't feel right. Like... Like the air was thick with feelings. At least  she thought so. Being carried through the air, the tiny cat curled up like a roly poly. The other wet things were gone, and she started to wail, a high pitched weak sound that didn't travel too far. Stretching out her paws, she let out long cries for her missing companions. And then louder ones for her empty tummy. She felt very tired. And very dirty.

// @LeoDaLeaf @Shade. @Naiad

[Razzyberryy.]

@Estelle
@Paramore

ClearWhisper

The old molly gave Goldenwolf a smile. "My guess was correct." She purred, proud of herself. She then looked to Vixenkit. "Oh no, you were hidden very well! I just have good eyesight." She gently pat the kit's head. "you'll be an amazing ambush attacker."