WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[-Ash-]

-- @Moonraven @Zesty Mango @Creepy Cobra (if u still wanna throw whisper in)--
-Echowind-

Echowind's amber eyes watched her apprentice - former apprentice, if you will - carefully. Decent hunting crouch. If only she had been a better mentor and actually trained her apprentice. I shouldn't have left it to the other warriors, she my responsibility! Or, was. The silver molly turned to face Twilightstar at the sound of her voice. "Surprised you agree, after... What happened..." She trailed off.

Should I tell her..? Would the leader exile her, kits and all? Surely it couldn't be that bad, right? No, she couldn't risk it. "Not really," she replied, hoping the leader could leave it at that. "But I guess if I have to..." She looked down at her small paws, with mixed emotions. Love, for Whisperbreeze. Pride, for Gullpaw. Respect, for Twilightstar. Confusion, about the kits, and how weird it would be to raise them alone.

[KITSU.]

// @Moonraven

Zelda's gaze brightened at the sound of the lilac molly's question. The loners who'd pointed her in the direction of the Clans had told her she might be met with a varying degree of responses, but it caught the tortoiseshell by surprise to have this stranger be interested in her woes, never mind the sincerity of it. At this point, the tall molly had fully relaxed in the strange cat's presence. "Well..." she started with a sigh, "I was a house cat all my life, but my home... There was an accident and it went up in flames." It hadn't come to mind how painful it would be to recount, the ghost of the embers burning her flesh as the words left her maw. "I thought I'd be fine, I thought my family and I could put our differences aside in light of losing everything, but I was wrong" there was a tinge of bitterness on her tongue as she spoke, "My brother use the opportunity to attack me and run me out."

There was a heartbeat of time before Zelda could continue to answer the stranger's questions. "I've never been by my lonesome and I've just barely been getting by," the tortie said swiftly, "so I'm willing to learn the clan's ways if it means I can stay! I'm not sure what the difference between them is so I didn't have a preference, but I am willing to put in the work to the best of my ability!"

[Festive Neon]

Originally Posted by Arie

-- @Sorrow @Neon Lights @Zero --

The silver warrior couldn't help but be taken aback from Hawkstride's aggressiveness and he let out a rumble of irritation. "Not my fault you were late, no need to be aggressive. If you'd shown up when I called you wouldn't have been late, we're clanmates not enemies. And you do not order my apprentice around, I was asking what the knew simply because you were not here." Gesturing with his tail to Puddlepaw he nodded towards Quiverpaw and Hawkstride, "Splitting up is the best idea for this patrol, and Hawkstride, remember, I am leading this. You are not. Take your apprentice off and hunt, we meet back here no later than sun high." With that he gestured for for Puddlepaw to follow him and he smiled gently to the kid. "Sorry for that, now you're in charge of tracking down the prey, so show me what you can do." He was going to make sure Windclan didn't go hungry but teaching the next generation was important in its own right. Breezefeather was tired of the arguments though... and happy to have taken Puddlepaw a bit away.

"Ok!" Puddlepaw said cheerfully as they headed off then said "I smell rabbit!" while dropping into a crouch

[nykyrian]

Originally Posted by StarSpirit2009

Adderpaw laughed. "So, when we become warriors, what do you hope your name will be? I like Adderfang, or Adderpelt."

“Those have nice rings to them!” Brightpaw chimed, “I hope mine is uhh...” They paused to think for a moment. “I honestly don’t know.” They admitted

[shaae_26]

Originally Posted by Saltyteardrops

“Those have nice rings to them!” Brightpaw chimed, “I hope mine is uhh...” They paused to think for a moment. “I honestly don’t know.” They admitted

"Brightspirit and Brightleap sound cool". Suggested Adderpaw.

[nykyrian]

Originally Posted by StarSpirit2009

"Brightspirit and Brightleap sound cool". Suggested Adderpaw.

“Yeah they do!” Brightpaw agreed, wrapping their tail around their paws, “But I can’t really decide my own name, so I suppose I don’t think of it often.” The apprentice admitted

[~dust~]

Originally Posted by Star Wolf

Quailfur looks over. "I would love too!" He looks at Whispersong. Why did he like this cat so much?

He sits down his ears flicking nervously he then meows

D...do y..y..you h..have a...a..m..m...ate

Then he glances away embarrassed
Stupid! Of course he has a mate

[Arie]

Originally Posted by punkscape

Coyotepaw did as she was told, excitedly turning over rocks and pebbles until some water bugs skittered out. She opened her jaw and thrust her face into the water like a snake, and when she emerged, a fat water bug was clenched in her jaws. "I did it! I did it!" the russet she-cat exclaimed with glee, jumping up and down with a splash. Now she could enjoy her tasty catch! Crunch. a ridiculously bitter flavor spread across her tongue, and she quickly spat out the mushy insides of the bug.

"Yuck! Yuck! That one didn't taste good!" She hissed, drinking some water from the stream to wash the taste away as quickly as possible.

She should have done this before. She should have discovered this little water bug before and Weaselskip couldn't help the bubble of laughter in her throat. This... this was absolutely the best thing she'd done - next of running down Moonbird and showering them both in mud - and she was well and truly having one of the times of her life. Who knew an apprentice who struggled to listen, who looked like a warrior and was intrigued by bugs would be such a good companion? Weaselskip didn't but she didn't regret asking Coyotepaw to accompany her out. And she couldn't help the bout of laughter that escaped her as she watched Coyotepaw proudly show off the water bug, and then to Weaselskip's demay began chewing it and - luckily - spot it out. "Gotta look at what you eat before you eat it," she chided softly but her laughter was not managed to kept out of her voice. Turning over some stones of her own, she reached down and caught a bug, and then placed it on the ground next to Coyotepaw, "this should be tasty... maybe! try it!" She was encouraging bad behaviour... but did you really expect anything different from a warrior who'd offered to drown their medicine cat? Not really.

[pidgeon]

Originally Posted by Arie

She should have done this before. She should have discovered this little water bug before and Weaselskip couldn't help the bubble of laughter in her throat. This... this was absolutely the best thing she'd done - next of running down Moonbird and showering them both in mud - and she was well and truly having one of the times of her life. Who knew an apprentice who struggled to listen, who looked like a warrior and was intrigued by bugs would be such a good companion? Weaselskip didn't but she didn't regret asking Coyotepaw to accompany her out. And she couldn't help the bout of laughter that escaped her as she watched Coyotepaw proudly show off the water bug, and then to Weaselskip's demay began chewing it and - luckily - spot it out. "Gotta look at what you eat before you eat it," she chided softly but her laughter was not managed to kept out of her voice. Turning over some stones of her own, she reached down and caught a bug, and then placed it on the ground next to Coyotepaw, "this should be tasty... maybe! try it!" She was encouraging bad behaviour... but did you really expect anything different from a warrior who'd offered to drown their medicine cat? Not really.

Coyotepaw wasted no time in indulging in her bug-eating habits.
"That one was better!" she exclaimed with a flick of one ear. She was starting to get worn out from all the excercise, but she was having so much fun!
"Since my mentor isn't here anymore, I want you to be my mentor! You're fun!" She howled, not knowing Twilightstar already had a plan for her new mentor. Even so, there was no rule saying Coyotepaw couldn't still go on adventures with Weasel.

[pidgeon]

@Boo Bread

Coyotepaw let out a squeak of defiance when she was hugged, but did not pull away. She sniffled sadly and looked up at Snailspark. Maybe she's not so bad...
"Okay..." the apprentice nodded with another sniffle, wiping her face with a paw again. That's right! She could still be Weasel's friend after all. They could still go play in the stream together. Thinking about it seemed to cheer her up, and there was a very sudden shift in mood.

"Okay!" she exclaimed. "Are you gonna teach me fighting? I can be good at it! I know I can! And hunting? I wanna catch a HUGE bird, okay? A really big one!" The bird had been a personal goal of hers ever since Whitesong told her there were such huge birds. Coyotepaw now looked as if she hadn't been crying at all.

And, Weaselskip! THAT was the other half of Weasel's name! Thank stars somebody said it out loud. Snailspark said "her", which confused the apprentice, but only for a moment. She didn't deliberate on that too long, but it did make something click in her brain. Okay, just cause cats look a certain way, doesn't mean anything. Weasel is a she-cat!