WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[Clock Dragonshifter]

~Silent'Song~
The she-cat looked dipped her head to Twilightstar before looking at her leader ashamed in herself."Understood," the she-cat mewed quietly her ears flat on her head. "I won't let myself repeat the mistakes that were made,
it was mouse-brained on my part to even let them happen in the first place" she mewed dipping her head to her leader again.

(Thank you for not turning Silent away,)
@Moonraven

[Zesha]

★ Lilacdawn ★
@Angelique

A lithe, light gray tabby she-cat pressed her way out of the warrior’s den, stretching each leg as she went to move forward. Above her the sky was overcast, hiding all traces of the sun and sky behind the dull clouds. It didn’t really seem like the best day to do much of anything, but as a warrior she had to do her duties to the Clan despite what the weather looked like. Besides, it wasn’t like she hadn’t gotten used to the windswept moors they lived in. If anything maybe the lack of sunlight would help her hide as she hunted.

Lilacdawn padded toward the center of the clearing as she thought about whether or not she should ask anyone to go with her, or if there was anything she should do before heading out. She did want to check in on the queens, but it was still early yet. Even though she couldn’t see the sun, she doubted it was past morning, and she didn’t want to wake up any sleeping kits. Their mothers wouldn’t like her very much if she did! So instead she cast her gaze around the clearing, looking for a cat that didn’t seem to have anything else to do.

[IcarusUntamed]

Originally Posted by Zesha

★ Lilacdawn ★

The gray tabby she-cat followed the scent of the rabbits until she could peek out from a clump of heather and see the two snuffling about in the field. They weren’t the biggest she’d ever seen, but at least there was a chance for both cats to catch once. Any food at all would be a blessing to the Clan in leaf bare.

She judged which way she needed to go in order to get the second rabbit to flee towards Mouseclaw and maneuvered so that she was in that position. He hadn’t sprung after the two creatures yet but she wasn’t sure how much longer he would wait since she hadn’t told him any sort of plan, so she hoped to StarClan she was doing this right. Slinking a little closer to the rabbits, she then lunged at the one on the left as the one to the right fled towards Mouseclaw’s position.

Good! she thought. Now it was up to Mouseclaw to catch the other rabbit as she speed after the other one. It started to get away from her but she pushed herself to go just a bit faster and managed to catch it beneath her paws, swiftly biting its neck to kill it. Then she lifted her head to look around for her Clanmate to see if he had managed to catch the other rabbit.

~Mouse’claw~
Mouse’claw made his way to the place the scent came from and soon caught sight of a rabbit, running straight for him? Wow, he wondered what had chased it, either that or the rabbit was r e a l l y stupid.
The rabbit ran into its paws and as it let out a terrified shriek Mouse’claw bit into it, delivering a killing bite.
He picked up his kill by the scruff, it wasn’t to plump but it would be a good meal to at least one cat.
Mouse’claws stomach grumbled
And that cat would be himself.
Thunder boomed over head
He would eat it in camp
He turned to go back to camp, already feeling mist-like droplets begin to rain down, he knew he should get back to camp quick before the rain grew more intense.

[JackHunt_17]

Originally Posted by Moonraven

Again? Twilightstar remained unmoved as Silentsong told her that she had basically gotten lost. It was literally the old excuse and most commonly used one the she-cat's heard. Regardless of how regretful or truthful her words were, Twilightstar didn't bother trying to console the she-cat. The number of cats that failed to heed their surroundings was beyond problematic.

"So what your telling me is that you get so lost in thought that you can't pay attention to anything around you. That is concerning considering WindClan needs alert, focused warriors." If she really did lose track of her thoughts to the point that she wandered into a twoleg place, that bad. "You clearly need a refresher in boundaries, so I'm going to let you return to WindClan, but I'm demoting you to Silentpaw. You will be granted your name and rank back only after one of the warriors has taken you out and retaught you about the borders." Twilightstar felt that was a suitable punishment.

"I want a report given to me by the warrior ensuring that you know where ever border is. Only then will I deem you fit enough to return to being a warrior. Unless you have any problems with that, let's go."

(So I'll be pulling Silentsong out of the missing, but she'll be demoted to Silentpaw. She'll remain an apprentice until you RP her relearning all of the borders under the supervision of a WindClan warrior. I need a link to the RP and whichever warrior is supervising will need to make a report to Twi in her den with Silentpaw.)




Hearing Silentstorm apologize was not what Twilightstar was here for, cats and apologizes for as much as they'd like, and although she'd appreciate the sentiment, it didn't really help. She kept quiet and waited for the warrior to finish her apology. The she-cat's ears slipped backward in a dormant position for a minor second, and then rose again at the word rogues. She had a faint idea where the Silentstorm's tale was going as soon as she about the outsiders.

"Silentstorm," her tone was flat with just a little hint of disappointment. "You can't just take out your feelings on cats that had nothing to do with our losses. I could understand if you found them on our territory and were chasing them off, but it sounds like you deliberate when out of your way to hunt them and try and hurt them for nothing more than being rogues." It seemed like a spurt of a moment problem, but Twilightstar wanted to make it very clear that that wasn't how they did things in WindClan.

"You're usually such a devote and loyal warrior, you can't let the things that ShadowClan has done cloud your judgment or act irrationally. If you want to protect WindClan you can do so by chasing rogues and loners off our territory, no further. You can't defend the clan if you're not here, try to keep that in mind next time." Twilightstar decided to let slide this once. "I'll let you back into this clan, but I expect you to make up your time away with prey for the clan. I want you hunting, the clan could do with more prey."

(Done, Silentstorm will need to head out and catch at least three pieces of prey.)





The she-cat eye spun around to follow the sounds and movement within the clan, there was nothing of grave importance that needed to be done as of now. Twilightstar had been stuck in camp for a time, Which was not bad, but boredom could only be fought off for so long. She wasn't in the mood to talk and wasn't the type of cat to seek out companionship from another, and so she unwrapped her tail from around her paws and slowly rose. The back was drawn up in a semi-circle as she arched, front legs extended in a nice stretching motion.

The she-cat set out of camp, mind wandering to who to pick as a new deputy while her paws took her to the border near the outskirts. It was habitual that she makes her way to the border whenever she chose to leave camp. Sometimes she found outsiders there and other times returning clanmates. Seemed like today would be a former clanmate, Twilightstar's nose twitched as she paused in front of the dark gray tom. "Cobwebpaw, I see you've brought some prey." The she-cat invited the tom to speak as she fell silent.




Twilightstar's ears twitched at what sounded like a correction, but the leader didn't seem to mind it. Both's ears fell flat against her head as the topic somehow turned to her. She did not recall ever saying that anything was all about her, and she supposes that Eldersky had a point it wasn't Twilightstar's place to dictate such a thing, but at the same time she didn't feel like she was dictating anything. The clan came before friendship, love, and even kin, she's heard enough stories of the family turning on each other over their clans... She supposed in the end all that came down to was loyalty.

"I suppose you make your points, as I have made mine, I don't think you're completely right and I'd assume you feel the same with me, but I've already had this debate with my son and I got nowhere. You're entitled to your opinion as I am to mine, so I'll leave it at that." Leechpaw had spat the same thing to her about family, but far less respectful than Eldersky had been. Those two would get along like two peas in a pod when it came to devoting themselves to their family.

"It's not that I don't believe you'll be able to juggle your duties to the clan and raise a family at the same time, many clan cats do it with no issues. What worries me is your loyalty, you wouldn't have come back if Fernpaw hadn't or if you hadn't had your kits, would you? I don't trust you to stick with WindClan through everything." The life of a warrior is not an easy life to walk, just as there are good times there are worse bad times. Loyalty to the clan is what was supposed to glue the clan together. Cats could hate and love, befriend, and fight, whomever they wanted within their clan but loyalty was supposed to pull them through it all. Before Eldersky could argue that loyalty was a two-way walkway or something of that nature, Twilightstar continued.

"However, I hope you prove me wrong and that my worries are nothing more than worries. I'll allow you back into WindClan, Eldersky, but this is the last time I'm doing this. If you walk away from WindClan, for whatever reason, regardless of whether your kin stays with us or not, you'll be exiled for good." It wouldn't matter the excuse or reasoning, if the she-cat vanished again, she'd be exiled.
(All done, so I just noticed she wasn't in the missing. So I need you to resubmit her to WindClan, please. The kits too.)




She could hear, she could blame her large ears or the wind, but there was the faintest sound of... something that didn't belong. It was rather annoying. Her paws rhythmically thudded on the ground, crunching the snow beneath them. She was wandering down an old rabbit's trail, her tail brushed along withered heather and weaved out of the way of patches of thistles. The WindClan leader wasn't really going anywhere in particular. She found her den stuffy and her paws restless so onto another walk.

She had been hoping for some peace and quiet, but there was a noise in the distance. So she shifted her pace and started making her way towards it. It was silent unless a rather strong gust of wind came, then Twilightstar swore she could hear the smallest chime riding the breeze. It wasn't a shock that her paws led her to the border that she visit far more than any other border. The wind brought a strange smell with it the closer she moved towards the outskirts. Sighting the large cat with fluffy cream fur, Twilightstar halted and blinked a few times to make sure her eyesight wasn't going on her.

Nope, she was still there. "Peachfrost?" The old leader queried with just a touch of surprise in her voice. Padding closer, Twilightstar's nose scrunched itself up at the stage scent wafting off the cat. There was a hint of twoleg in there, which would explain the collar stuck around the she-cat's neck. The clangorous sound was coming from the round object dangling beneath the collar.






Why were there cats loitering around on her territory? Twilightstar was standing at the base of a white hill, tail raised and head cocked as she observed the two cats some fox lengths away. The she-cat kept her distance as she took in the state they were in. They weren't WindClan's problem, but the pair did remind her of a certain she-cat she had met in a worse predicament.

Against her better judgment, the lilac feline padded closer, lowering her tail a tad as she halted in front of them. They needed to leave and clearly weren't in any way able to fight, so gentle approach it was. "Excuse me," Twilightstar's tone was flat, neither friendly nor hostile, "You need to get up, you're trespassing in my territory." Both cats looked like they were skin and bones, obviously exhausted, and even though she wanted to pity them. Her Clan came first and outsiders had no place here.




"Swiftpaw, where have you been?" Twilightstar asked the golden brown apprentice as soon as he returned.




"You're in my territory is where you are." The lithe lilac-gray she-cat padded down the arched side of a hill confidently as she spotted the two outsiders. "You're trespassing and need to leave." Some cats just failed to take notice of the scent marks, Twilightstar would fault them exactly, but that didn't mean she wouldn't chase them off.





(Sorry, you're going to have to deal with Twilight.)
More strange scents that needed her attention. The leader had caught onto them almost as soon as she left the camp. Rarely could she ever just walk in peace, there had to be someone around to disturb her. This time, this someone happened to be a cat she had lost during the windstorm and a long-lost former apprentice.

"Leafheart," Twilightstar called out as she neared the pair. She was genuinely pleased to see the tom, he had always been an eager young warrior for WindClan. Mudpaw, who should have gotten his name and warrior rank a long time ago, vanished well before he could acquire them. "I see you found Mudpaw."




Rosed from her slumber, Twilighstar uncurled herself from her nest and lifted her head. Opening the only eye still in her head, she stared at the opening in her den, not recognizing the voice but knowing a strange scent when she smelt it. Shaking the sleep from her mind, the leader bolted up and tensed the lean muscles underneath her pelt before unsheathing her front claws. It took some staring before the alarm drained away. "Tigerflight? What are you doing?" The molly did not appreciate being woke like this.




(You can mention me or not, I check the thread regardless.)
One could imagine the she-cat confusion when she made her rounds to the outskirts border and found a strange scent but no cat attached to it. Cats not born in WindClan would have a difficult time tracking anything through scent alone, but Twilightstar was rather good at that and she could just make out a fresh set of tracks leading deeper into the territory. Whoever it was, certainly knew where they were going. As much as she'd like to be alarmed, Twilightstar assumed it was another lost clanmate having returned. Like in any unknown territory, it was not easy to navigate unless you knew it.

The scent went straight towards the heart of WindClan, her camp. Just in case, the she-cat picked up her pace into a light jog. She didn't hear anything that was overly concerning and slowed when she made out the silhouette of a cat sitting someway outside of her camp. Well, that was weird.

"Who ar- Oh? Sootflare?" The leader retracted her former question as she strolled closer to the tomcat. She did nothing to hide her perplexed and bewildered expression as she rested her green eye on the former leader of RiverClan. Former being an important word, she almost attached the star to the end of his name. However, that belonged to Kestrelstar now. Twilightstar hadn't been made aware of Sootflare's whereabouts or what happened to him after he disappeared from RiverClan. "Why are you here?" He smelt nothing like the fishy aroma RiverClan held, he smelt like a rogue...

Spirit looked up weakly. “Wha…?” The little kit mewed in confusion. Through the hunger and exhaustion she was quite foggy

[jay]

 

Rosed from her slumber, Twilighstar uncurled herself from her nest and lifted her head. Opening the only eye still in her head, she stared at the opening in her den, not recognizing the voice but knowing a strange scent when she smelt it. Shaking the sleep from her mind, the leader bolted up and tensed the lean muscles underneath her pelt before unsheathing her front claws. It took some staring before the alarm drained away. "Tigerflight? What are you doing?" The molly did not appreciate being woke like this.

He flattened his ears, ashamed. “Did you not notice… I left?” he asked. @Moonraven

[Willie Warf]

Originally Posted by feather lily

leafheart gave twilightstar a curt nod before looking up at her with a smile. He was glad she was here instead of a patrol having to find them and bring them to her. It was also nice to see she was still in charge. Twilightstar it’s nice to see you again. I’m sorry for my long absence. I got blown away in the windstorm and ended up injured. he would explain more if she asked that was just a short explanation. He looked over at mudpaw and smiled his eyes filled with love and kindness yes I went to find him on my journey home and he has chosen to join me. he would let mudpaw explain where he had been when he wanted or if twilightstar asked. He turned back to the she-cat waiting for a response.
@Moonraven @QueenCocaHead

Mud looked skeptical at the cat. Twilight star... hmm the name sounded familiar yet he couldn't place it. " h-hi. I hope us coming back isn't too much of a problem." He said, still halfway behind Leaf. He began staring off as the voices in his head, screamed that this cat cant is trusted. That no cat could be trusted and that if he took his eye off them they might try and hurt Leaf. He shook his head and focused. There was no way Twilightstar would hurt Leaf. She looked like quite the respectable cat.

[Zesha]

Originally Posted by GoldenDays

~Mouse’claw~
Mouse’claw made his way to the place the scent came from and soon caught sight of a rabbit, running straight for him? Wow, he wondered what had chased it, either that or the rabbit was r e a l l y stupid.
The rabbit ran into its paws and as it let out a terrified shriek Mouse’claw bit into it, delivering a killing bite.
He picked up his kill by the scruff, it wasn’t to plump but it would be a good meal to at least one cat.
Mouse’claws stomach grumbled
And that cat would be himself.
Thunder boomed over head
He would eat it in camp
He turned to go back to camp, already feeling mist-like droplets begin to rain down, he knew he should get back to camp quick before the rain grew more intense.

★ Lilacdawn ★

Lilacdawn picked up her rabbit as thunder crashed overhead. The dampness in the air was growing heavier and it was probably time for her to head back to camp before the sky opened up and starting pouring down on her. She glanced around as she began to tread back towards camp for Mouseclaw, wondering if the other rabbit had gone straight for him like she had intended. It was about half way back to camp when she finally spotted him and padded over to him, a grin appearing on her muzzle around the rabbit.

“Great catch,” she said, though it was muffled from the prey in her jaws, so she had no idea if he understood a word she said or not. It was around this time that the first raindrop plopped onto her nose. She shook her head and flattened her ears, deciding to race the rest of the way before the rain fully engulfed them. WindClan cat or not, she didn’t enjoy being soaking wet. It was one thing to sleep under the stars, watched over by StarClan; it was quite another to be silly and sit in the rain and get wet.

[Kunaisoul]

{Lioncloud of WindClan}

She padded into the den silently. She carried an herb. She remembered it as poppy. "Hey, cowpaw!" She smiled. "I brought you an Herb- I think its poppy. I thought i'd help out- so.. I brought this to you!" She smiled. "I wanted to congratulate you on becoming medicine cat." She said.
@x ghostie

[IcarusUntamed]

Originally Posted by Zesha

★ Lilacdawn ★

Lilacdawn picked up her rabbit as thunder crashed overhead. The dampness in the air was growing heavier and it was probably time for her to head back to camp before the sky opened up and starting pouring down on her. She glanced around as she began to tread back towards camp for Mouseclaw, wondering if the other rabbit had gone straight for him like she had intended. It was about half way back to camp when she finally spotted him and padded over to him, a grin appearing on her muzzle around the rabbit.

“Great catch,” she said, though it was muffled from the prey in her jaws, so she had no idea if he understood a word she said or not. It was around this time that the first raindrop plopped onto her nose. She shook her head and flattened her ears, deciding to race the rest of the way before the rain fully engulfed them. WindClan cat or not, she didn’t enjoy being soaking wet. It was one thing to sleep under the stars, watched over by StarClan; it was quite another to be silly and sit in the rain and get wet.

~Mouse’claw~

Mouse’claw begin his way back to camp, tail swaying as he carried his prey in his jaws, the light mist soon turning into small droplets. He should really try and be quick on his return home.
He soon found his way over to the other warrior. They kept bumping into eachother it seemed. they also seemed to have caught a rabbit.
He nodded to her at her muffled speech, getting the jist of it despite the mumbling.

Soon the rain started to thicken and Mouse’claw decided to also race home, he tightened his grip on the rabbit before quickly racing off towards camp. It half seemed like he was chasing Lilac’Dawn but he was just on his way home aswell. He hated the rain and just getting wet in general and would prefer to stay as dry as possible.

[Rani]

Did Crowtooth care what this apprentice thought of him? ..... nah. The tunneler was a rough around the edges type of cat and while he was mostly serious about normal interactions and relations with others fell along the wayside. The snorting and scorn didnt even linger in his mind as the warrior looking around sniffing at the air for the blooms, Streampaws thought of him meant little. Still Streampaw did have a point there was a night patch of flowers Crowtooth b-lined it to to inspect.


"Well would ya look at that some of these are poppies nice work! See this kinda reddish shriveled one? The one with the ball like thing on the end? Thats a poppy, I used to gather these for Coldamber before... well before. The seeds are in the ball thing I think, so ifya looks a couple petals thats fine. Lets get to work!"
Taking the right side of the flower patch the warrior combed through the area quickly before slowing as he couldnt find any more poppies in his area. It was to be expected really, it was winter and that theyd found a patch was a miracle but.... well it was still disappointing that he'd probably not be bringing more back to the medicine cat.

@DeltaDace