WindClan: Life Before 2023's Fire

[*longfire*]

ashclaw groans as he keeps hearing petal snoring, he covers his ears and trys to continue to sleep," petal stop snoring," he says sleepy as he covers his ears," make it stop," he says after awhile he wakes up and leaves the den yawning, @flopsy @-Ambermoon-

[BEAR.]

A little later than he'd like, Fernpaw slipped into the very back of the crowd and sat quietly to attention. He didn't care for the rain that soddened his pelt, trying to tuck into himself to retain some warm as he watched Twilightstar as she called kits up.

He couldn't see Eldersky or Bravebird or Wolffang from where he was positioned, but he hoped they were okay. He was pretty sure his sister was under the weather, hopefully she stayed inside where it was warm and she could focus on recovering.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw movement near the nursery, and he looked over to see Hickorykit just outside the mouth of the den. He let out a gentle tsk as he scampered over to his nephew, moving to usher him just inside. "It's raining, you shouldn't be outside the den. Come on." They didn't need him getting sick, too.

They could watch from shelter just fine - Twilightstar wasn't a quiet cat after all.

[ @Atticus ]

[BEAR.]

Things were pretty quiet in the medicine cat den, at least as far as Fernpaw could tell. "Cowpaw?"

He knew the medicine cat only from a distance, and truthfully wasn't sure what to expect. .. But he was here for a reason. "I know you sent out herb patrols not too long ago.. but is there anything I can do to help out?" He didn't care what, he just wanted to be useful.

[ @x ghostie ]

[BEAR.]

Foxpaw's voice jolted Fernpaw out of his sleep, and he blinked up at her with blurry eyes. Was he okay?

Nightmares aside, yes. He didn't really want .. to get into them right now, pushing their thoughts to the back of his mind. He'd deal with that later. "Yeah.. I'm fine." Bravebird helped, Eldersky helped. Wolffang tried to help. "Thanks, Foxpaw."

He unraveled himself, pulling himself up into a sitting position with his tail neatly tucked close to his paws. ".. Sorry if I disturbed you."

[ @BirdieChirp ]

[Elder_Reintje]

Originally Posted by Rippleshade

"Stupid furball," she said playfully. She quickly took advantage of the situation and pawed her back when she was down, and then dashed back down the hill, nearly losing her footing. "Not doing THAT again, I don't like being a ball and rolling down hills unexpectedly," she mewed. "

Basilcliff || OOC: Just wanted to tell ya I'll be on a hiatus from April 10-13, sorry in advance!

She brought her head up as she heard Rippleshade, lettng out a small squeak as she try to squirm out of reach, but she wasn't quick enough. Spitting out the last taste of earth she leapt to her paws in full pursuit, skidding down the hill with careful determination. "Bah! You rolled down very gracefully." she called out in response with a wide grin, knowing from first-hand experience what it was like to roll down one of the many hills around the territory.

The hill gave her plenty of accelleration and she pushed off with powerful strides, the sound of her heavy paws thrumming on the earth echoed through her body. "I'm gonna getcha back," She mew through labored breaths, "Eventually." She added with a short chuckle, putting on a short burst of speed and nipping the end of Rippleshade's tail. She slammed her paws down, skirting to a very jagged stop. Her eyes glint as she pant with a smile on her face. "Oh my, feel like I'm getting old and I'm not even a senior warrior yet." She snort, shaking out her fur and grinning for no particular reason.

[BEAR.]

Originally Posted by Atticus

Hickorykit | he/him | @implimm @tulle @BILL.

The tiny kit wiggled happily as, finally, someone noticed him. He let out another, quieter squeak as he felt Laurelkit nudge his cheek. He loved his sister! As Momma got a bit closer to him, he immediately nuzzle into her side and flattened his body against her stomach, nudging at her paw with his nose. Scrunching his face up ever so slightly, his eyelids twitched for a moment, a couple seconds later they twitched again, and they continued to do so for about a minute or so before they finally fluttered open.

The world looked bleary and unfocused as he peered around, his eyes still blue like any other kittens were upon first opening them. Amongst the shapeless blobs that surrounded him, he could pick out three in particular; a large one next to him (Momma?), one that was wiggling around next to him (Laurelkit?), and another one a bit further away that he couldnt quite figure out the name of. Hickorykit squeaked once again, blinking his eyes as quickly as he could to try and clear up his vision.

Originally Posted by implimm

[ @BILL., @tulle, @Atticus smdjmsd ]

Eldersky shakes her head quickly, swaying from the effort somewhat winding her afterwards. "You would never impose on me," she insists, giving Fernpaw a hard stare. "Never."

Looking down, she blinks at her kits. They seemed to be getting stronger by the hour. Hopefully they'd grow just fine. Clearing her throat a bit, the queen glances back up at her littermate. "How have you been since coming home?"

Originally Posted by tulle

Laurelkit
Motion to her side alerted her and Laurelkit let out a squeak. The voice of her brother registered in her ears and with a quick movements she shoved her nose into what she thought was the side of his face. Whatever he was crying about she wanted desperately for him to stop. Why was he whining? They were all safe! No longer in that windy place and instead securely inside the den of Eldermama's home.

The familiar scent drawing closer made Laurelkit whip her head around yet again. She was directly facing Fernpaw now, though her eyes still remained shut. Beneath closed lids they wiggled and wiggled, until finally...

Bright. It was so bright at first, a stark contrast to the dark cocoon of a world the black and white she-kit had been nesting in. Only opening a silver before they shut again. A beat, then two, and Laurelkit tried again. This time both of her eyes popped open, a beautiful shade of blue with one having a yellowish hue to it already. They blinked but then focused on Fernpaw.

Who was that? He smelled familiar, and that was enough for Laurelkit. Without hesitation she smiled widely at him and reached out a chubby paw to try and boop him on the nose. Even if he pulled back, she still let out a tiny giggle as she stretched her paw forward.

[ @implimm @BILL. @Atticus ]

[ sorry if y'all wanted to discontinue this since it's kinda old ]

Fernpaw wasn't really sure what to do with the wiggly little squeaky bodies near them. They both were very fragile .. and though he knew he had previously held one, they still seemed incredibly breakable. He couldn't get the thought of Pinekit quite out of his head.

But he managed to maintain a straight expression, to not break down again like he'd done so many times. he was tired of the tears. "I missed it," he admitted. "I miss Owltalon a lot, but I missed everyone else too..." So much! "I know it's a lot, though. After so long. I can't imagine it being easy for you."

He wasn't expecting to be bopped on the nose, and he recoiled sharply - a hiss at the very tip of his tongue. But it was Laurelkit, a tiny baby, and despite how his heart pounded in his chest and his urge to run was strong, he forced himself to relax. it was hard. But he did. For the little kit. He wasn't sure how to humor the small child for a moment, before he settled for allowing one of his paws to dangle near hers - something she could attack if she wished.

Fernpaw was very, very careful to keep his tail away. And to not use the leg that'd once been snapped.

[bailu]

[ @tulle - sure ]
Iriskit was pleased when Laurelkit said that she hoped they were friends, because Iriskit didtoo.As the kit went bck to thenursery, Iriskit got to her small grey paws and poked atthe pieces of prey at the fresh-kill pile.

Another friend! Check.

[QueenOtter]

Originally Posted by Ventee_Artz

OPEN!

FeatherStream walked out of the warriors den, scanning around the clearing from the den's entrance


//my grammar died

Vixenlight glanced around and spotted a cat. Featherstream, wasn't that their name? Padding over, Vixenlight asked, 'Do you want to talk?'

[bailu]

[ @Rippleshade ]
Daffodilkit's bubble of anxiety grew larger and larger, so big that it might pop any second. Shrinking away from the strange cat Daffodilkit's tiny mind raced. The cat hadn't answered their question. Maybe their name was Don't Worry. Probably not. Shaking slightly, the fluffy grey kit peered up at the she-cat with wide, terrified eyes.
"I...I.." they managed out in a soft whisper. WhoisthisDon'ttruststrangersshellkitnapme...

The kit's thoughts faded into nothing as they instinctively buried their head in their fur. They weren't outgoing or playful like their littermates. Why were they so different in the end?

"Who..Who are you?" they repeated, not daring to look up and backing away from the she-cat, heart pounding painfully against their ribs as they got as far away from the cat as possible.

[BEAR.]

At the moment, Fernpaw wasn't sure where Bravebird was. He hadn't seen her yet around camp, but he did catch sight of Fallownose ..

Fernpaw dallied near the apprentice den, hesitant about approaching the deputy. He didn't know him very well, almost not at all. But there needed to be a first for everything, and he didn't seem busy, so..

He made the move to approach Fallownose, pausing a fox-length away to give him space. He didn't want to be imposing; but did want to be noticed. After a moment, he cleared his throat softly - just enough to try to get Fallownose's attention. "If you have a moment, sir.." It felt weird, saying that. He wanted to be polite to the higher ranking tom, and since he was unfamiliar with him he figured being.. more formal? might be best. "I.. I had a question, about patrols."

[ @NinjaBloss ]