Weather the Storm [Clan-Wide Plot]

[TheNyanCatMinecart]

~ WOLFFANG ~

Wolffang padded out of the camp. If it had been bad there, it was even worse outside. The tom sunk his long claws into the ground as the wind buffeted into his side. He had to narrow his eyes against it. Wolffang was lucky to have a big, sturdy build, and broader paws, which made it easier for him to move. He continued to go forward, being careful with his paws as the wind buffeted him hard. How in the name of StarClan will we find any prey here? He glanced back at his patrolmates. Thinking about it now, he wondered if Leopardsong had been a good choice because of her slender build. She should be fine. She's strong, and a good hunter. And I guess she won't leave my side. I don't why she wants to stick to me like this...

"Okay. We're all going to stick together," he meowed, raising his voice and keeping it firm. "Be careful. One wrong leap and you could go flying." He eyed Leopardsong especially. But then again, a lot of WindClan cats probably would, because so many of them were small and lithe. "Try to scent any sort of prey. Keep your head low and your eyes narrowed. Mice would be preferred, if there are any out in this weather." Wolffang continued to prowl around, but he couldn't see anything. At one point, he thought he saw a tiny pink nose twitching just above the ground. Wolffang leaped. However, the wind threw him a bit off course, and the mouse quickly disappeared. He landed hard on his paws and had to wave his tail to keep his balance.

@Moonraven @Ravensong

~ ASHFEATHER ~

Great StarClan, kits were a pawful. Had her own kits been this way? It had been so long since her kits had been that young. She winced as a flash of pain ran through her. Ravenkit was home... that was something. But Whitekit would never come home, most likely. And Dogkit... well, he'd been born dead. Leechkit had come into the picture and was now trying to convince Lionkit and Midnightkit to move. She winced as he referred to Crowtooth as "dirtball", which wasn't very nice. But before she could react, he had picked up Lionkit and was taking her to the clearing. Ashfeather quickly trotted after him, surprised at his strength - and his realism, pessimism, whatever it was - at such a young age.

"Leechkit, his name is Crowtooth, not 'dirtball'. And be careful! The wind's strong, and carrying your sister might knock you over." Leechkit was surprisingly steady. More than me, she thought, flinching. She had fallen over so easily. "It's good that you're looking after your sisters, but maybe try being a little nicer to them." Ashfeather wasn't sure what else she could do. Leechkit had always been a little tougher, which wasn't always a bad thing, but he could come off as mean sometimes.

She turned back to Crowtooth. "Well, Twilightstar's holding their ceremonies now. And there are other kits in the clearing. After the ceremonies, surely Twilightstar will have them take shelter." Ashfeather couldn't stop herself from tensing a bit at Crowtooth's question. "There's nothing wrong with Leechkit. He's just stricter, and trying to look out for his siblings. He could learn to be a little nicer, but his attitude will make him a great warrior one day."

@Rani @Undertaker @~Fierce~ @Pheasantflight

[Inconsistency]

Ravenkit jumped, not even a little, a full on leap onto all paws. His fur stood up, he hadn't even turned around to know that there was most definitely an apprentice behind him, talking to him!! He agreed with the comment, it would be devastating if the kits got blown away, but did they have to scream in his ear? Ravenkit probably made a fool of himself. He blinked, momentarily the wind felt even colder which seemed impossible, involuntarily he shook out his fur even if it barely even did anything but shake off a beetle that had been slowly crawling up his paw. The squeaky voiced apprentice was probably sitting there, waiting for him to respond. Do I really have to meet another cat? If I were an apprentice, would that be LESS social? He thought grumpily, he didn't have too much room to complain but still…

Ravenkit decided that he would rather face the apprentice than ignore them, since it would cause many more problems for him if he were to ignore them for any longer. " Uh, uhh--- yeah, " He said, not really knowing who the heck Lionkit was-- or-- really anyone. Did that apprentice say Twilightstar's kits? Didn't Ashfeather--? No, no-- don't think about that. He told himself sharply, and looked at the apprentice, observing their features and body language, the wind rocked him side to side, but he ignored it with great effort, digging his claws in the moist dirt. Should he be up there? Getting apprenticed? He wasn't sure if he truly wanted to wait for Cloverpaw to become a warrior to become an apprentice, but he also didn't really have a choice in the matter. Ravenkit stood up straight, realizing he was still in an awkward position from how startled he had appeared. He cleared his throat for probably absolutely no reason, but luckily for him, the wind carried away the noise.

Ravenkit did try to say something more, but it was also taken by the sound of the raging wind. He felt awkward, as he should be, just staring at this cat… He attempted to flatten his fur by licking it, that didn't last long though because of all the dumb wind. Was it not warm yesterday? Ravenkit had quite a lot of time to analyze the temperature and conditions while waiting, thinking mostly about how uncomfortable and irritated he truly was.

@spade

[carmen]

@NyanCatMinecart @Undertaker @Moonraven @Fierce @poisoned poppy

Beastkit awoke with a disgruntled yawn. He had awoken to the sound of someone whistling, loudly, the noise echoing through his ears. Blinking open bleary eyes, the brown tom sat up sleepily and snorted, sounding like a wheezing snake as the nose thrummed through his nose. He sneezed and sighed. He hadn't slept well, tossing and turning, thoughts running through his head, yet not sticking long enough for him to decipher them. It was frustrating. And now he had been awoken by some idiot with some tune in their head.

Beastkit yawned again before casting his sky-blue gaze around the nursery. Midnightkit was still sleeping, as expected, and Ashmama seemed to be waking up besides him. It was strange, the other kits in the nursery weren't making any noise, the few in the den either sleeping, or playing silently. It wasn't so much of the unnerving quietness, more of the fact that none of them were whistling to their hearts content. It sounded like wind, the more that he thought about it, but wind wasn't that loud. Was it?

Ashmama stood up and began a slow amble towards the opening. His gaze followed her, blinking sleep from his eyes while still attempting to focus. Her jaw flapped sideways and his mother nearly fell to the side, carried away from the wind. As she turned back, telling them to stay inside, he nodded and tucked his head under his tail, fading off to sleep. The gentle whistling shrilled behind him, but he was too tired to think about it.

Beastkit had strange dreams. He heard Ashmama say something about it being a big day, but that didn't sound like what she would usually say. Afterwards, he saw a giant acorn that spoke in Lionkits voice, meowing that she didn't 'wanna go outside anymore. ' He murmured something about staying put as well, before rolling over and being enveloped in blackness. More voices travelled through his brain as he drifted through the layers of sleep. He could have sworn he heard Midnightkit say she wasn't always sleeping, but that sounded so much like a lie, that he accepted it as a memory immediately.

He rolled over and his eyes open long enough to absorb the images of Lionkit's and Midnightkit's lilac and black pelts. "I'm not waking up yet," Beast groaned. His eyes fluttered shut again, but he couldn't fall back into the twisted spin on sleep he had been experiencing. He jumped as someone yowled about it being windy outside, but stayed with his eyes shut tight. Lionkit wasn't up yet, so why should he. THe same voice added that they should also become an apprentice and he bolted upright, eyes open once more. They were becoming apprentices? That was the special event?

He nearly bumped his head into Leechkit, who was leaning over him. "No, no, no! Don't keep me as a baby! I'll be all alone. Anyways, I'm big now, see!" He fluffed out his fur and hissed, which he thought sounded rather fierce. By the time he had finished spitting and bouncing around showing off, Leechkit had left. Beastkit took a flying leap outside and was immediately swept to the side before getting abruptly dropped. No wonder the YowlCat had been so loud! He could barely hear himself think over the wind, and that was saying something.

He scrambled around in the dust, emerging with newly dirtied brown fur. "I'm so excited! We'll be apprentices now! Like HappyCat and Tawnypaw!" He meowed and turned around. Didn't that make him 6 months old? He could barely remember that happening. Did cats normally keep track? He padded up to Leechkit and plopped down next to him, the fur on his head sticking up in a fluffed tuft. "Are you as excited as I am?" His voice was nearly lost over the wind. But this was Beastkit talking, anything he said was naturally loud. He had spotted where his sisters were and started to walk to the perfect place in between the three of his siblings when he stopped in his tracks.

Beastkit blinked as his brother called over Firekit. Why was he calling over another kit to sit next to him? Beastkit usually sat there! He frowned and snorted, annoyed. Was Leechkit trying to replace him? Was he not good enough? Beastkit refrained from throwing himself at the grey toms paws and begging for forgiveness. He wasn't sure waht he did wrong, but there was something. WIth Leechkit, there was always something. HIs fur was too messy, he was acting like a baby, he called Peachcat the wrong name. And so on. Fine, if Leechkit didn't want to sit with him, he wouldn't sit with Leechkit.

"Hey you!" Beastkit turned back towards the kit who had been yowling earlier. He was quite a bit bigger than them, but that was to be expected. Beastkit was bigger than the average kit. Big for even the average apprentice-aged kit. All of Twilightstar's kits were large, except for Lionkit, who was more on the chubbier side of large. "The weather sure is crazy! Do you wanna come to sit with me?" He made sure to yell loud enough for Leechkit to hear. After all, it would show Leechkit that him being a meanie didn't bother him!

It definitely didn't bother him.

[error]

:Specklecloud:

The white speckled cat was sitting down, grooming his fur, every once in a while slipping because of the heavy wind. After digging his claws into the ground, he looked to the side, smack. They chipped their claw, and took a moment to snap out of the sudden daze. He shook his head, looking at the apprentice, who had been Snowpaw, one of the apprentices he hadn’t spoken with. “Oh, that’s fine, the wind is unusually rowdy today, even for us.” He laughed, listening to Snowpaw talk about Lionkit. “Well, I’m not surprised. They’ve reached their age, and now their an apprentice. Well, atleast, becoming one.” He laughed, keeping sight of the kits.

( I’m planning on making him die so here is their probably last posts with him alive- @spade )

[Galaxy_]

~Whitetails Patrol~

Looking at his sibling. Squinting his eyes from the wind. "Patrol together." he meowed. "Let's look for smaller animals may be in the ground mice? The Rabbits are maybe in their barrows. Maybe we can catch a lost one?"
looking at his siblings. "Fallheart and Mapleleaf we will go for the Enge of the border." Padding to the entrance of the camp lowering his ears from the wind his pelt ruffly moving comfortably. He toughed up
. Stop acting like a kit. he meowed to himself. Turning around making sure his siblings were following. He headed out. "If you find something goes for it. We need all of it to help the clan." shaking his head Shouldn't I be excited leading my first patrol? This was important. He felt wanted. Pushing away his douts. Will his siblings catch any prey?

( @Witchy Angelique @Evil Pizza )

[DeltaDace]

Streamkit @Pheasantflight


"Beastkit, could you please be quiet! I'm trying to be sneaky and listen to what's happening out there." Streamkit yowled, flicking her head towards the camp clearing.

[arrow.]

- - - > Mapleleaf

She wasn't sure she could stand even a few minutes with her brother, Fallheart. She didn't mind Whitetail since he was less the workaholic like Fallheart. In fact, he was his opposite. She turned to Fallheart and muttered, "Let's get this over with..." she padded away, not even waiting for her brother to follow.

@Witchy Angelique @Mr.Cheese

[dino.]

Originally Posted by Witchy Willow

// @Papaya (Just in case you want to have Addertooth jump on in here)

Gorsepaw’s eyes fluttered open with surprise as he felt his fur get buffeted over his face, shivering in the unusually chilly air, he stood up and tumbled out of the Apprentice’s den, only to get almost tossed across the clearing by the whirling winds.
“Ah! Great StarClan! What in the world is happening?!” The apprentice exclaimed, scrambling to find a secure foothold before he was swept off again.
His stomach rumbled for food, as he hadn’t eaten the night before, and he was rather hungry, he glanced futilely at the grainy prey and felt his tummy cry in anger.
Wow… this is some windstorm!
He looked around for his mentor, a relatively young Warrior, but experienced? Yes. Mature?… who knew.
Maybe I’ll have better luck just staying inside, though… I want to know what’s up.
Carefully making his way to where a smaller huddle of cats was, he craned his bat-like ears towards the Breezerock.

>Addertongue<

Oh, for StarClan's sake, was all of this racket really necessary? Addertongue rose to his paws, awoken by the raging windstorm outside, and was nearly blown off his feet the moment he stepped outside the warriors' den. His ears flattened against his head as he dug his claws into the dirt in a futile attempt to secure himself against the wind, and scanned the growing crowd of bewildered cats until his eyes landed on Gorsepaw.

Gorsepaw... a young tom with unlocked potential. Addertongue could see the power hiding inside - it just had to be drawn out. He approached his apprentice from the right, yellow eyes squinting against the wind that battered him. "Stay close to me," he ordered sharply, voice still evidently young yet surprisingly gruff.

[Abyssopelagic]

Originally Posted by DeltaDace

Streamkit @Pheasantflight


"Beastkit, could you please be quiet! I'm trying to be sneaky and listen to what's happening out there." Streamkit yowled, flicking her head towards the camp clearing.

//I hope you don't mind?

Coldamber looks up and towards the kits as their yelling caught her attention. With all the wind, it was probably not a good idea for the kits to be outside of the dens unless it was necessary.
She stands with some difficulty, her claws digging into the ground to keep her balance as she makes her way to the kits and stares down at Streamkit.
"If you want so badly to remind unnoticed, perhaps don't shout your intentions for anyone to hear."
A shiver runs down her spine and she shakes her head when an unpleasant wind burst blows into her ear.
"Besides, it's not safe to be out here unless you've been called on."

@Pheasantflight

[Moonraven]

Batglare
The huge cat turned his eyes over to Wolffang when he was called to lead one of the hunting patrols. About time. Batglare didn't bother waiting long for the cats in his patrol, he wanted to try and catch what he could before the sun set. It got dark fast during leaf-fall and if the wind remained as it was, tonight was going to be a cold one. Even though he was impatient, he took note of what Wolffang said about some of his patrol mates.

Butterflydust was small and Cloverpaw was an apprentice. He hated babysitting, but he'd keep a discreet eye on the two as to not lose them. He headed out without waiting for either cat, although didn't move as quickly as he normally did. Outside the camp proved to be worse than in, there was nothing blocking the wind beside some of the large hills.

"We'll hunt near Adder Rocks, if there's prey out, taking cover by the rocks would be smart." He was sure Butterflydust and Cloverpaw would have problems hunting in the open moor anyway. The rocks would provide some extra cover against the wind. Batlglare glance at both cats to see if they had any problems with his decision.
@~Fox~ @Brainless_blankie

Leopardsong
AAAAH! Leopardsong forgot how much she loved kits until now. Whirlkit was so cute! "You are so adorable." Leopardsong gushed as she leaned down to nuzzle the cute bundle of fur. The she-cat wanted to keep the kit forever! Alas, Wolfie had to ruin her bonding moment with the cutie. It seemed that she was being stuck on a hunting patrol with him. When did she volunteer o go hunting? She might have been sour about it if she was a bad hunter. It's not like she could say much when the clan obviously needed some help. But she was just getting to know Whirlkit. She supposed the kit would still be here when she got back.

As Wolffang set out, Leopardsong frantically looked around, noticing Ashfeather with her mini herd, although Crowtooth was hanging out with them as well. Snowypaw seemed to be taking care of Ravenkit with Specklecloud nearby. She debated a second, before settling on the she-cat with the most kit experience. "Whirlkit, I've got to head out for a little, I'll come back hopefully with some prey for the clan. You can tell me all about how windy is then, but first, can you go over to those two black cats, Ashfeather and Crowtooth will look after until I come back." Leopardsong pointed in the direction of the two older cats. She highly doubted the two would mind much, they seemed to like kits.

"Ashfeather, Crowtooth, watch Whirlkit for me please." The she-cat yowled over the to make sure she got their attention. Leopardsong didn't really care how much she hung out with a cat or how well she knew them, they were a clan and clanmates helped each other out. Plus kits were adorable, so it's not like either cat had any right to deny her. She gave Whirlkit a friendly lick to the head before heading out behind Wolffang.

She was almost immediately thrown off balance as soon as she left camp, she had to hunker down low and dig her claws into the ground just to keep from flailing. She wanted to pull her ears back against her head, but wouldn't be able to hear Wolfie if she did that, so they stayed up. She did almost immediately get the sense that the deputy was questioning her capability as he glanced at her, which was fair given her size, but unnecessary she could handle herself, thank you very much.

Watching him hunt for a mouse, only to be blown off course by the wind made her roll her eyes. Did he not just tell her to be careful with leaps? Leopardsong needed to move more like a snake than she liked out here, but she made her way over Wolffang's side, brushing her pelt against his to catch his attention. "Look up there," She pointed her nose in the direction of the sky where the birds overhead seemed to be struggling to fly through the wind. "Those birds have to come down at some time, if we're downwind when they give up, even if it's only a few, tired birds should be easier to catch than mice."
@TheNyanCatMinecart @Ravensong @Wicked Whirlpaw

Lionkit
Thank the stars for Dirtcrow, finally some big cat who she could relate with. Not only did he like to eat but he agreed with her that Midnightkit liked to sleep. Since the big cat agreed it was like StarClan had spoken, so Lionkit was right. As she opened her maw to complain about her sister so more, Leechkit showed up and Milkmama and Midnightkit! Her sister's denial about her sleeping habits and laziness was questionable, but Lionkit wasn't going to argue with her right now. It wasn't like she could, Leechkit was being bossy and Milkmama was trying to get Dirtcrow to get her to go outside. She wasn't going outside!

Once again, Dirtcrow appeared to be the only one who got what Lionkit was so unhappy about. It was windy out, she was going to get lost, she wasn't going outside! Dirtcrow seemed pretty confused about Leechkit, but this was pretty normal of Leechkit. Once Leechkit set his mind to something, it was kind of hard to change, plus he was always crabby, mean, and super super bossy, that Lionkit's gotten used to it. She'd have to tell Dirtcrow all about Leechkit later, apparently, she was being picked up and brought outside against her will, like always. Probably something she should have had to have a fit about, but when you hit Lionkit's six moons... or was she seven? Whatever, she was old, and have lived with Leechkit for as long as she did, you learn that it's easier to just follow along with him.

"Bye Dirtcrow I'll play with you later!" Lionkit meowed as she was hauled out of the den. Beastkit, and Midnightkit were really big, and Leechkit was the biggest kit in their family. Lionkit was kind of sad that she was the smallest, not that she didn't like being carried around walking was a drag, but it did make her feel different from her siblings. Her disappointment with her size was whisked away by a powerful gust of wind. She was sure she would have been tossed away if not for Leechkit's grip. After she was plopped down, she immediately leaned all her weight onto Leechkit with a frown.

"His name is Dirtcrow, not Dirtball." Lionkit immediately defended her new friend after remembering Leechkit got his name wrong. Milkmama showed up a few seconds later, and scolded Leechkit about Dirtcrow's name too! But she called him Crowtooth, Lionkit liked Dirtcrow more. Leechkit was getting scolded about being mean and whatever again, but Lionkit's lost count with how many times he's been yowled at for being rude and mean. She's even cried about it and he still was the same, maybe that was just how he was. Like how Lionkit cried a lot and couldn't help it, Leechkit was just mean and couldn't help it.

Oh! Look Beastkit was up! Lionkit immediately slide to Leechkit's side so that she could sit in between Beastkit and Leechkit. But then they were calling some new kit over... who was Firekit? Did they know her? Lionkit was immediately confused and disappointed seeing as it seemed that both her brothers wanted to sit with this new kit?! Hello! Who was going to sit with her then?! If she gets blown by the wind she was going to be mad at them! Actually, if she got blown by the wind could she go and visit Rushingkit? The more she thought about the better the idea seemed to be. Okay, ignore her brothers she was fine with going to visit Rushingkit.
@Rani @Undertaker @Pheasantflight