WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[poppy]

Bouncing around camp, Passionkit lifted her tail with a victorious trill, dropping a mangled grasshopper on the ground in front of her. ''ATTENTION CATS OF WINDCLAN! I BRING TO YOU THE REINCARNATION OF ICESTAR,
IN THE FORM
OF THE HORRIFIC
GRASSHOPPER!
Fear no longer, my dearest Clanmates, as I have killed our worst enemy yet.
YOU'RE WELCOME! PRAISE BE, THE MONSTER IS DEAD!''

[just your typical kookypants, don't mind her]

[Weekend-Wondering]

Pinetail looked back at him. “If you hear a single sound, find where it is coming from. Okay?” @Howlpaw+

[BEAR.]

[ From this point on you can skip my turn / move on without me! Since Fern's back in I don't think it's necessary to wait on me since this is primarily Elder/Twilight now. Fern's just gonna chill. ]

Fernpaw had always meant to tell Eldersky about the attack. Had Wolffang not found them, he would have been able to -- he just.. never felt ready. he still didn't, to address what had happened. To his sister, who was already hurt in ways he could hardly fathom but he could read. The kits were jumbled in the back of his mind, in the moment not concerned with their safety because they were safe. Here. With Twilight and Wolf and Elder. safe.

(he was ok) for now. he hoped, trying to ease up under Wolffang's tail. "You--" he stretched his neck to reciprocate the brush against Twilightstar's cheek, a weak little purr in the back of his throat. "have nothing to be sorry for." He knew the circumstances were unusual, but he was able to somewhat relax when Twilightstar's attention wasn't hyperfixed on him. Despite the fear that lingered, he missed being back. He missed Owltalon. The thought of his mentor made his heart ache. "I'm glad to be back." Didn't want to leave again, the thought of what was outside the camp made his heart thud in his chest. Despite having the all clear, he didn't feel compelled to leave, not willing to depart from his sister yet.

As the ladies talked, Fernpaw crept to burrow against Wolffang. He didn't know what to input to them for a moment, the little purr in his throat resuming as a way to try to keep his anxieties down. What if Twilightstar didn't let Elder back? He already lost Eldersky twice..

It had been moons since Fernpaw was in the Clan, he didn't have much to say on current events or the current tensions with ShadowClan. He knew what they'd done to his patrol, he knew what they did to Twilightstar seasons ago, and he didn't foresee them changing much from that with Bearlady in charge. ".. I don't know much," he quietly admitted. "But I know Eldersky's been struggling a lot since I came back seasons ago, and.. for what it's worth," he doesn't know how this'll impact Twilghtstar's decision, but maybe it'd help? "It's like I have my sister back? I didn't see her much, before the patrol.. a few glimpses here and there, she's a lot less distanced now." At least to him. It's a start.

He stiffened beneath Wolffang at the mentor comment, glancing up at the tom. What? "I have a mentor," his voice caught in his throat. "Owltalon?" Owltalon was around, right? He had to be.. "My mentor is Owltalon." please still be around. he missed him so much...

[ @TheNyanCatMinecart, @implimm, @Moonraven ]

[versailles]

@Unfairyfied @Whisperingwishes
it's fine! try to get in at least one more post since the limit is 2 - i got an extension for the patrol and it's due tonight //

➵ downywhisker | he/it

picking up the vole, downywhisker twisted around when speckledpaw seemingly decided to show up. finally. also, seemingly had no idea how to hunt. wonderful. the tri-color tom looked up at the sky - he didn't have time for this. where was dappledfern? had she just walked off? irritation prickled in his paws.

frowning, he dropped the vole. "there's not enough time to teach you how to hunt, speckledpaw. had you come earlier like you were supposed to, maybe i given you a lesson." it hissed, amber eyes glinting with annoyance. "keep quiet, stay in a crouch, and try to smell for anything, and be quick. i won't wait for either of you." it meowed, snatching up the vole and padding away to dig up the two birds, ready to leave.

[Mistletoe]

~Lavendersnap~

The elder padded out of her den. She stretched before making her way to a comfy spot. She couldn’t wait to see the new warriors or apprentices. My was this exciting!

[Moonraven]

High Rank Announcement [#hrannouncement]

Twilightstar watched her clanmates gathered beneath her. The she-cat's inner conflict eased a tad when she found the large gray tom amongst the clan. She had already gotten his answer, it didn't make her feel any better, but she'd respect his wishes. This would be best for WindClan in the end, even if it made things harder on her. But nothing as WindClan's leader has ever been a breeze. She's never desired to here in this rank commanding an entire clan, she had been content being a simple warrior, hunting when she felt like it, patrolling when ordered. She willing stepped up and took her place as a leader purely because someone had to, WindClan had been falling apart at the seams.

She had been hoping to step down and retire three deputies ago, but that time never came. She's selfishly given WindClan everything without asking for anything in return, she had her doubts about her role and her complaints obviously, but Twilightstar supposed since she was still here she had beaten them. This was not an ideal situation, and she'd be stuck making another decision, but wrong or right, confident or doubtful, she'd have to weather it and lead WindClan as best as she felt she could until her time was up.

"Wrenkit ( @InsertCoolNameHere ), it's time for your apprentice ceremony." The molly would get into her concerns about the near-empty nursery later. She'd address that alongside patrols after she finished with reassignment as well.

[ThePiffle]

~Wrenkit~


The she-cats ears perked at the mention of her name. She looked up to Twilightstar, her eyes widened. She took a deep breath, nervously. She sat up, her back straight. It felt like eyes were burning into her skin, and she felt her skin get hot. The light brown she moved forward, swiftly avoiding any cat's gaze.


She sat down, and looked up at Twilightstar, with a mixture of pride, and nervousness. She looked back at her mother and smiled. Her mother seemed to have tears in her eyes, tears of joy. She turned her head once again, keeping her head down. The thought of getting a incompetent mentor creeped into her mind. It couldn't be that bad, right? Training would still be enjoyable, and at least she could try to make friends to lean on. She whipped her head around and quickly glanced at what seemed to be a congregation of cats looking at her. She flexed her claws, and clench her teeth, why couldn't another kit be being apprenticed with her?

She tried to remember what her mother had taught her, she took several deep breaths in, and composed herself.

[taillow]

Bravebird
New apprentices? That was a much welcome sight, though despite the happy feelings Bravebird knew it should bring, something about the situation tugged at her heart. Moving along as any old meeting ordinarily would, she couldn't help but shake some sort of... growing despair. Perhaps it was the remnants of burying Softpaw, or the memory of saving that RiverClan warrior alongside a stranger some odd moons ago. Whatever it was, it pulled at her and threatened to take her attention away from the kit - which was not something that could be done.

Figuring she would have time to sort it out later, Bravebird rolled her shoulders back and looked towards the nervous kit who stepped forward, remembering all the way back to when she had first embarked upon her journey to get to where she was now. Training had been a cornerstone of who she was, and hopefully one day she might be assigned an apprentice of her own. Wishful thinking, still being relatively young at twenty-two moons, though she had been a warrior now for almost four seasons. The decision was not one she could make however, and it was ultimately left in the paws of Twilightstar. Regardless, pride shown in her blue gaze as she smiled, watching Wrenkit step up to receive his apprentice name and mentor.

[Unfairyfied]

@sid, @Whisperingwishes
So sorry, I hadn't realized.

The brown and white she-cat had stepped off only a few moments after catching prey-scent. She'd followed the tom when leaving, but so no reason to stick around when she caught the scent. Her paws brushed the ground as she padded quietly through the territory, towards a decent sized shrub of heather. Dappledfern let her gaze settle on a lonely thrush, digging at the ground. Dropping into a hunters crouch, the she-cat kept her tail still, paws pressing against the ground. She avoided a stick that lay across her path, then when she arrived close enough, leapt out, claws unsheathed. She landed square on the bird, killing it with a quick bite then standing with it in her jaws. The she-cat shed a glance around, trying to catch any other movement, she'd feel bad catching only one thrush while for her Clan. Settling with at least one piece of prey, she padded back to where she'd left the other cats.

[versailles]

@TheNyanCatMinecart //

➵ downywhisker | he/it

padding into camp and dropping off the two birds and the small vole, downywhisker padded over to the deputy. "the hunting patrol was rather uneventful. i managed to catch two birds and a vole with little trouble, and dappledfern caught a bird also. apparently speckledpaw had no idea how to hunt..and showed up late.. so i had to give him a very quick lesson, that's why i'm a bit late. unfortunately, speckledpaw didn't get to put the tips to use as we had to leave."