RiverClan Skyridge

[elswhere]

Birchtrout | @Peril

The green gaze of Birchtrout landed on the cats that had followed behind Kestrelstar, his pelt bristled slightly, but his face showed no emotion as they took their place beside Stormtalon. Birchtrout heaved a small sigh and found a spot beside Cherryflight, a cat he knew nothing of but only her name and extremely optimistic attitude. Maybe he could make friends out of the mollie.


Well, he hoped.


"Um.. Cherryflight, correct?" He asked the ginger feline, wrapping his black-striped tail around his paws. "I'm Birchtrout."

[poppy]

Wow.
Dolly had never seen so many cats! They were all staring at Kessy, who looked calm and cool and confident. HOW?! She was shaking in her skin, and the majority of the gathering cats hadn't hardly noticed her yet! As soon as their semi-hostile but also curious stares were fixed on hers, she'd probably wet herself or something like that. As much as she trusted the authoritative tom who had brought her here to life with him, this was nerve racking. Though not entirely outside of her comfort zone, and she had certainly been in more awkward situations before, (like that time she was trying to climb up a Bareskin fence and literally fell on top of that housecat... ha ha, that was actually pretty funny!), this one seemed... more stiff. There wasn't much room for error, and that was possibly the most terrifying part.

Some of the cats gathering were whispering amongst themselves, and Dolly heard so strange sounding names. Like... like... well, she didn't remember them, because she didn't think they mattered much, but now that she thought more about it, it did matter! Because she would be living with these cats now! Hm. That didn't sound as exciting now that she had seen them. She had imagined one big ol happy group of cats, like a huge family! And Kessy was kind of the sort of grandpa of everyone, even though he was pretty much Dawn's age. Dawn was old enough to have kits, obviously, Dolly was proof of that, but these cats weren't looking very jolly. Maybe they didn't like Kessy?! No, some looked happy to see him, and others didn't look very sure of their emotions. So maybe they were thrilled! Maybe this was some weird Sept thing, where some of the cats liked to act mad when they were really actually happy. Or perhaps they were just surprised to see Kessy, he had been gone for a while. Yeah, that was probably it.

Kessy was so popular though. Everyone in the whole entire place noticed him as soon as he walked into camp and jumped onto that big rock. And he seemed to have a powerful hold over them, like they had to listen to him. Maybe Kessy had super powers! Wouldn't that be something? Hm... Wait a second. That wasn't right, because Dolly didn't feel like she had to look at him. She WANTED to look at him, and there was a clear difference. Like, she could look away if she wanted to. Wait... could she?

Her smile fading a little, curving into a small, anxious frown, she willed her head to move to face away from Kessy. And lo and behold, her head moved. Phew, she could still control her body. That meant everyone else could, too. So they just must really like listening to him talk, then. She was sure she would too. Especially when he announced her joining, like he said he would. He had also mentioned her getting a "Clan name". (Clan was what he called the septs, right? She would have to get used to that!). Why couldn't her regular name be okay? She quite liked her name, and it would feel strange to not have her name be 'Dolly'. It would be like she was a total stranger! Hopefully she would be able to be recognizable when she had her new name, or then she would have to explain who she was all over again. Would herself remember who she was? Maybe her brain wouldn't realize that 'Clan-name' was still Dolly.

WAIT, but what if the new name changed her insides, too?! Like, maybe she would have a different sense of humor, maybe she would be smarter.... maybe she would be mean? No, that was... ridiculous. Hopefully ridiculous. Hopefully unrealistic, too. Plus, she didn't even think she had the capacity to be mean.

The thought of Kessy announcing her name to all those cats sent a sudden wave of nerves over her. Actually, maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe they would yell at her and chase her away. Would Kessy let them, or would he make them let her stay? If no one liked her, then she wouldn't want to stay, because then she would be lonely. But if she left, then she would be super, super lonely. But loneliness surrounded by other cats who were making you feel lonely was different then not being around any cats because you couldn't find them.

Dolly hoped this would be ending good for her. And her other fellow outsiders.

[littlelove]

Morningpaw knew the instant she heard his call that Kestrelstar was back. She'd never admit it, but part of her secretly hoped the leader would stay gone; maybe bring his bloodthirsty ideals to some other group of cats who would be more agreeable with it. She wanted to bury her head as she considered the near-fantasy; how could she think that, ever? A pit of guilt settled in her stomach from the previous days. Even if Stormtalon said her anger was deserved, she still hated that she had it, with her entire soul.

She stepped wearily into the clearing, where the leader stood high upon the Streamstone; the crowd was ominously quiet other than the small chorus of welcomes from the kinder of her clanmates. Part of her wished she could be with that crowd, her placid, kind mask being permanent. Even then, she remained silent as she took a seat at the back end of the group, her eyes scanning curiously over- were those rogues?

A bit of her loathing was dashed away, replaced by curiosity. What was this all about?

[shaded shadow]

Dawnkit kept running towards the mosspatch.

goldkit ran toward the mosspatch trying to run past dawnkit not really paying attention to what was happing at the meeting
@Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

Originally Posted by shaded shadow

goldkit ran toward the mosspatch trying to run past dawnkit not really paying attention to what was happing at the meeting
@Whirlpaw

Dawnkit ran to, grinning, as she neared the mosspatch. "Heh! Goldkit! I'm gonna win!" She called, slowing for the fraction of a second.

[shaded shadow]

Dawnkit ran to, grinning, as she neared the mosspatch. "Heh! Goldkit! I'm gonna win!" She called, slowing for the fraction of a second.

no your now said goldkit as he ran pasted dawnkit with all the speed he could muster
@Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

Originally Posted by shaded shadow

no your now said goldkit as he ran pasted dawnkit with all the speed he could muster
@Whirlpaw

"I am!" Dawnkit called,, running as fast as she could, "I won't lose!" She kept running as fast as she could

[Storm Flower]

Stormkit was sitting @Whirlpaw

[~whirl~]

Dawnkit looked at Stormkit, stopping, before looking at the mosspatch and racing toward it agian. @Stormycat

[Storm Flower]

Stormkit purred @Whirlpaw