WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

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Deadpaw hadn't been paying particularly close attention to the proceedings, more than content to worry a few of the bugs unfortunate enough to pass her paws. One, two, then a third met their end beneath her clublike paw, becoming pulp in an instant. Twilightstar's mention of Breezefeather caught her attention, she still missed the tom, despite her squishing of all feelings when they appeared. He had been the closest she'd gotten to an actual family, if that meant one that didn't despise you and wish you were gone. Speaking of which, for some reason Wolffang and (gag)Rosebriar were up by the Breezerock. What had they done now?

And then someone, who she quickly recognized as Toadpaw, he had been there when the apprentice den got collapsed, by his brother if she recalled correctly, was yelling. Yelling at her siblings, which she could generally support, as long as it wasn't in the middle of a meeting. Which this was. Still, she muttered a bit pointlessly Woo. Go Toadpaw. before actually hearing what he said. She regretted her small cheer, he was clearly daft as a fox if he had just learned Wolffang didn't like cats with deformities. Surely he couldn't be THAT dumb! Or had her siblings done something to spark, once again, this debate? She didn't particularly know.

Beginning to realize she had missed something important, Deadpaw listened intently to her brother's rebuke, surprised to hear the word deputy. Wait. Was he really deputy? Was Twilightstar really that boneheaded? She hadn't imagined it possible for any cat to not notice her siblings general nastiness, but perhaps something more than the eye she had lost had gone wrong with Twilightstar. Not that she cared how the leader looked. It just made seeing the worst cats in the clan harder she supposed, it was the only explanation she could come up with for how the relatively sensible leader had managed to appoint her brother as deputy.

She could probably do a whole lot of damage if she stood up and called her brother, well, her brother. After all, that would make them horrid hypocrites if they tried to be nice to her, or horrid family members if they yelled at her, but that would take a lot of energy she didn't particularly wish to expend right now. Besides, Rosebriar lying was completely on the table. Who's to say she wouldn't just call her a liar and then privately push her off a cliff? Not that Deadpaw would fall off the cliff of course, at least not without taking Rosebriar with her. Dying would make her sister FAR to happy.

Twilightstar finally got involved, restoring a bit of the young molly's faith in their leader with her telling off of Wolffang and Rosebriar, and Deadpaw smiled a bit devilishly. Hmm, this raised interesting possibilities. It seemed the leader was already considering a demotion, and what was this? an EXILE? This was almost too good to be true! Except that it required Wolffang becoming deputy first. But this presented SO many delightful opportunities to be rid of her sister! While she normally despised socializing, a mutual partnership seemed a possibility. Only until she got rid of the sister of course. And then, just to make a bit of trouble, she called Congradulations Wolffang! I'm sure you'll do a great job making everyone miserable! before scampering away, not waiting to see what the response to that would be. @TheNyanCatMinecart

[|+|Lemon'Heart|+|]

|+| HoneyWish |+| ( @Topaztaill )
She nodded and left
Scent currently: Mouse and kits

[Stagrunner]

Originally Posted by Peril

Gingerpelt
The orange queen smiled at her daughter. Good job. You're even talking better! she crowed. Pride filled her chest with warmth and she licked Dawnkit's head lovingly.

Dawnkit smiled at her mom, her ears opening up a bit so she could hear muffled sound.
//
Eveningkits eyes were beginging to open, but he decided to keep them closed
(1 week time skip)
Dawnkit was stumbling around the nursery, clumsier than a badger. "Mwomoma!" She mewed. "Wook i cawn wak!" She mewed with a squeak of joy.
//
Eveningkit grunted as he was awoken by Dawnkit's chatter & noise. He stretched, and stood up. He took a few steps towards Gingerpelt before nuzzling her and curling up on her flank again. His hetero blue-green eyes were shining bright now, brighter than Dawnkits even.

[whatzername]

Originally Posted by Howl

Dawnkit smiled at her mom, her ears opening up a bit so she could hear muffled sound.
//
Eveningkits eyes were beginging to open, but he decided to keep them closed
(1 week time skip)
Dawnkit was stumbling around the nursery, clumsier than a badger. "Mwomoma!" She mewed. "Wook i cawn wak!" She mewed with a squeak of joy.
//
Eveningkit grunted as he was awoken by Dawnkit's chatter & noise. He stretched, and stood up. He took a few steps towards Gingerpelt before nuzzling her and curling up on her flank again. His hetero blue-green eyes were shining bright now, brighter than Dawnkits even.

Gingerpelt
The queen loved how big her kits were growing. That's amazing! You still need to work on balance a little though. she purred. She licked Eveningkit once on the head.

[|+|Lemon'Heart|+|]

Originally Posted by Peril

Gingerpelt
The queen loved how big her kits were growing. That's amazing! You still need to work on balance a little though. she purred. She licked Eveningkit once on the head.

|+| RavenHeart |+| ( @Topaztaill )
"Awh the kits are walking and talking that great!" she purred and then sighed "I really want kits
Scent currently: Pine and kits

[panchiko]

Robinpaw had never met him, but wolffang was a cool name. he had been hearing mixed reactions from his clanmates, but he hadn't really formed his own opinion on the guy until he heard the new deputy start talking about disabilities. oh no no no, they were gonna have a problem. he'd had faith in twilightstar's ability to choose someone worthy, and this, well... robinpaw wasn't sure he agreed with this choice. wolffang felt like a personal attack to him. the apprentice was all too ready to pick apart his argument, but he watched as twilightstar told him off first.

and dannggg, that was satisfying.

he hoped wolffang would see his error - everyone could grow! heck, even his buddy worm was good at growing, whether it was personality-wise or just growin' his leaves. someone with the cool name wolffang couldn't be that bad, he hoped, but for now, he'd gotten a bad impression.

———

Redraven was unmoved by wolffang's promotion but filled with an annoyance at his outdated views. she thought they'd left those views 5 generations ago, but it seemed wolffang and rosebriar hadn't quite gotten that message. how disappointing. oh well. twilightstar would take care of him somehow. redraven was just here chilling and watching the chaos unfold.

[~Mothman~]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Okay, she changed her might she might actually regret this decision. As she observed Wolffang’s reaction to be named deputy, and she could already see the power going to his head. They were definitely going to have a nice long chat later, first Toadpaw and apparently Rosebriar who was being extremely out of line.

“Enough!” Twilightstar hissed, moving a bit stiffly as she looked at deputy, warrior, apprentice, and Queen who honestly didn’t have much to do with this other than trying to shut the bickering down. She felt like she was dealing with a nursery full of kits.

“Toadpaw, I understand your concern, but let’s not put words into cats mouths. Wolffang never said anything about disliking cats with three legs. Even though his views do not align with others, he’s allowed to have his own opinions just as everyone else is. Despite his views, I will not allow him to abuse the authority his rank has given him, otherwise I will happily remove him from it. If you have problems with how he’s doing something, come speak to me I’m always willing to listen.” Twilightstar meowed gently, doubting that would appease the crying apprentice but that’s all she had right now.

“Rosebriar, as I just said every cat is entitled to their own views and options, but what you just said was cruel and uncalled for. I’ve half a mind to exile you for it. We do not speak to our clanmates like that ever! Wildpaw did not ask to lose his leg, Ashfeather didn’t asked for a crooked jaw, or her tail, or anything else. I didn’t have my have my eye ripped out of my head or to lose my toes. No one asks for anything that others perceive as ‘wrong’ with them. Whether they were born with the disability or given it, we all learn how to cope with it, try to be happy, and live with them. No one needs an insensitive fox-heart telling them they aren’t good enough, or that they look bad! or pointing out their flaws. We all hunting, fight, and give our lives for our clan, regardless of our appearance. But that isn’t good enough for you, is it? Have you ever thought of what it’s like to be a cat without their leg, without their sight, with their hearing, have you thought of what life is for like those horrifying and dreadful cats?!” Twilightstar was at her limit here. Rosebriar had gone too far and the leader was not having it.

“Just because you were born with all your limbs attached and a pretty face does not give you the right to go around and judge cats less fortunate than you like you are StarClan themselves. I would like to see if you have decent bone any where in your body to give Toadpaw an apology. Maybe I rethink about tossing you out and settle on banning you from the next gathering and sticking you on apprentice duties for the next moon.” It was not an order, and yeah, the leader was pissed but she felt like she had every right to be here.

“You!” She spat glaring at Wolffang as her fur bristled and her tail snapped loudly behind her. “I literally just made you deputy five seconds ago and you are already on an ego trip so high I honestly regret saying your name.” Seriously, Brightsky, Brindlejaw, Coyotesnarl, and Breezefeather combined didn’t act this arrogant the moment she named them deputy. “We do not use our ranks to force our clan mates to comply just because they disagree about something.” She did not like how he attempted to shut the whole disagreement down by simple holding his head high and demanding respect due to a rank. “If I did that every time some cat disagreed with me, I would be no better than Dawnstar.” A tyrant who rule purely though her rank and fear. That is not what Twilightstar wanted for WindClan ever. “You continue to say ‘pure’ ‘able-bodied’, ‘work with what we got’!” Twilightstar scoffed shaking her head.

“You are being as insensitive as your sister! Honestly, Wolffang, you are the first cat who has ever made me regret picking them as deputy. Think before you speak, don’t expect respect from anyone when you are merely throwing your rank around, and stop being an pompous ass. You do not get to decide who is good for the clan and who is not. Wildpaw is a little pain in the rear, but whether he is missing a leg or not does not decide whether he “could be good for the clan”. He’s not to be limited by you or anyone else because of his disability. He will decide how he far he can go. With or without extra training, so long as he puts his heart into helping his clan, he’s just as good as anyone else within WindClan! There is no extent!” Wolffang better get his head on straight cause he was already at strike one with her, like with Brindlejaw she will boot him from the rank. He better get any dreams he has of being leader out of his mind, he’s already solidified her resolve in never letting him set a single toe on the Breezerock. Stars! These siblings were infuriated, she didn’t even want to apologize neither of them deserve this explosive temper!

@wren @TheNyanCatMinecart

Ashnose was taken back by all that she had just witnessed. This was supposed to be a great, happy time for WindClan, right? So why was everyone fighting? And what was this about disabled cats? She hid her head under her paws, not liking where this was going.

[Quasar]

Morningpaw
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The patchy-furred she-cat swallowed thickly as she stepped over the border, six-toed paws shaking with each step she took. A frayed and dirty collar hung around her neck, her attempts at getting it off obvious from just a glance at it. The smell of twolegs that hung around her absolutely sickened the small she-cat, her expression absolutely miserable. Never before had she felt so stars damn humiliated, not even when she had been berated by her family for just looking different. At least she had learned to ignore that... but this? This was impossible to just look past, to forget. To be reduced to a mere kittypet practically tore all her morals and ideals away from her.

Morningpaw took in a deep breath before entering the camp, her face burning hot with embarrassment. "Twilightstar, I... I am so sorry. I never meant for this to happen" Her voice came out more gravelly and hoarse than normal, eyes darting to stare into the ground. Her one normal ear was pinned agaisnt her head, with the folded one simply flattening more. Already constricted pupils shrunk into mere pinpricks, small slivers in the middle of olive colored irises.

// @Moonraven

[Stagrunner]

Originally Posted by Peril

Gingerpelt
The queen loved how big her kits were growing. That's amazing! You still need to work on balance a little though. she purred. She licked Eveningkit once on the head.

Eveningkit was getting a bit jealous that Dawnkit was getting all the praise. "I cawn wak two!" He mewed, his words a little bit clearer than dawnkits. He then stumbled towards his sister at quite a fast pace, but he fell, landing on his face. He let out a low growl. "Ow." He muttered, as Dawnkit laughed at him.
//
"Nwot yet." Dawnkit mewed to Eveningkit. "Swoon dou."

[whatzername]

Originally Posted by Howl

Eveningkit was getting a bit jealous that Dawnkit was getting all the praise. "I cawn wak two!" He mewed, his words a little bit clearer than dawnkits. He then stumbled towards his sister at quite a fast pace, but he fell, landing on his face. He let out a low growl. "Ow." He muttered, as Dawnkit laughed at him.
//
"Nwot yet." Dawnkit mewed to Eveningkit. "Swoon dou."

Gingerpelt
The queen picked Eveningkit up by his scruff and placed him beside her again. Not so quickly, try a bit slower. she purred. And, Dawnkit, don't laugh at your brother please.