ShadowClan Life Before Destruction

[ThornFur]

Originally Posted by Aquarius

@ThornFur
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Jayleap picked his way through the clearing, finally settling beneath a tree that seemed to blossoming with small leaves. The sun shone down in one patch through the branches and the tom sat down, curling his dappled tail nearly around his paws. He didn't oppose talking to other cats, but avoiding social interaction was what he tried to achieve. Being seen as antisocial wasn't what he was going for, but the simple anxiety of cats expecting responses seemed to take hold of his throat and choke him. Looking down with a blue gaze, he swallowed hard as he tried to push the thought out of his mind that Emberspirit wasn't around for the day - the only cat he talked to, his mother in every single way but biologically. Without her, he felt a dark tingling on the edges of his fur, and he just wanted to retreat into solitude. He could hear the conversations swirling around him, and was even to pick up bits and pieces of other cat's words - yet they meant nothing to him. Stories about patrols, worries about kits, hunting advice, training, ambitions, it all never enticed him. Nothing could ever convince him to weave himself among a group of cats and start chattering aimlessly like a starling. Huffing to himself at the mere thought, the shy dappled cat sat like a stone, trying to let the sound of his breath going in and out of his lungs distract him from the noise swirling in his ears.

ThornFur awoke from his sleep with a long yawn, and made his way up on all fours, stretched and quietly walked past sleeping warriors around him. He made his way to the entrance to the den and found himself squinting at the bright, warm, afternoon sun that exploded through the tall pine trees around the camp. ThornFur had scanned around the camp with his intense blue eyes, and spotted a tom cat looking lost in his own thoughts. ThornFur decided to make his way to the tom beneath the blossoming tree after adjusting his eyes to the intense sun rays that struck down in patches. ThornFur continued on his walk to the dazed tom cat that seemed lonely, but not knowing his blue eyes appeared more frightening than ever.

[vellichor]

Originally Posted by ShadowFire 1967

Oh yeah *he said* so WindyGale tell me a bit about yourself *he said*

“I dunno,” he shrugged. “I... I like meeting new cats,” Windygale started, trailing off. ”Hmm, I guess I’m just really social. How about you?

[ShadowFire 1967]

Originally Posted by Aurora Borealis

“I dunno,” he shrugged. “I... I like meeting new cats,” Windygale started, trailing off. ”Hmm, I guess I’m just really social. How about you?

Not much *he said lying*

[vellichor]

Originally Posted by ShadowFire 1967

Not much *he said lying*

It was a bit obvious Shadowfire was lying, but Windygale kept quiet. It was none of his business. “So... How’s life?” ‘awkward awkward awkWARD AWKWARD WOW.’ He didn’t often experience awkwardness, but when he did, he felt it. He didn’t know what to say except dumb questions.

[Barnabas]

Originally Posted by blue jellie

A smoky black tabby was sitting patiently in the medicine cat den, overall looking bored. She hadn't done anything all day, except have a chat with Daydream, who had gone out to train Juniperpaw and was currently in RiverClan. Flashpaw was excited to meet Juniperpaw the most and see just how happy this she-cat was. Surgestorm sounded okay, and Shinefang was good "if you got close to them," Daydream said. Caliapaw... she didn't know much about her. Just that she was ThunderClan's medicine cat, really. What sucked was that, as far as she knew, she was really the only medicine cat apprentice. Of course, there was Caliapaw and Juniperpaw, but they were technically medicine cats. There was, however, a pricking hope in Flashpaw's chest that there was at least one new medicine cat apprentice. Shaking her head to clear the thoughts, the female decided to at least go outside and get some fresh air. Standing and coughing a little bit, she exited the medicine cat den, padding softly to the spring air. She breathed deep, her eyes slitted, before looking around at her surroundings for something to do. Her gray eyes located her mother, Nightstep. Shocked, her eyes widened. Flashpaw hadn't seen her mother for quite some time, and here she was. Nightstep had left her alone after Branchpaw's death, with the best intentions, but it turned out disastrous. She had had nobody to turn to, no one to comfort her, and she fell into a deep and serious depression. It was rooted deep, and getting into the easier and more loved enviornment of the life of a medicine cat, she hadn't been in it long, and it still had some partial effect. Now, with her mother's eyes locked on her, she wished desperately for the comfort of her sister or her mentor, almost shaking. She hated people looking so intently at her, as though they saw her thoughts. A moment of panic seized her; but she crammed it down, remembering her mentor's words of comfort after her nightmare the previous night. She casually made her way over to Nightstep, flicking her tail, and, praying her voice wouldn't shake or quiver, Flashpaw said, "Hello, Nightstep." She tried to act as humble as possible, in case she thought she was bragging about her status or something.

Nightstep caught her kits eye, her eyes glowing when Flashpaw looked at her. The senior Warrior moved closer to her child. "Hello my love. How have you been lately. It's been a while since we talked last." replied Nightstep.
(Writers block)

[fresh]

Originally Posted by The Loner Forever

Nightstep caught her kits eye, her eyes glowing when Flashpaw looked at her. The senior Warrior moved closer to her child. "Hello my love. How have you been lately. It's been a while since we talked last." replied Nightstep.
(Writers block)

As her mother moved closer, Flashpaw felt an urge to move back, but she stayed put. Her tail froze in its fake, casual flicking as she called her "my love". The medicine cat apprentice didn't know what to think of that. Happy? Scared? Angry? For once, she wasn't prepared for an aspect of a conversation, and it was mentally devastating. Her thoughts were jumbled, and she had to focus on the question she'd been asked before finally responding, "Good. And yes, it has." Flashpaw didn't say it had been too long. Truth be told, she didn't think about her parents often. Not that she didn't love them, or anything, they were just never that close. Especially not with her father. She hadn't seen him in forever.

[ ahh me too x3 ]

[Thistledawn]

Originally Posted by Tazzy

Her ears perked up at that “Really? That’s great news!” She purred happily. She was happy I know he would still talk to her. “When I’m an apprentice we could probably hunt! I’ll be the best hunter!” Her claws dug into the soft dirt as she said this.

"We could!" Ashnose agreed, his tail waving happily back and forth behind him. "I think you'll make quite the hunter, especially with your enthusiasm for it." The warrior purred. "I wouldn't want to step on your mentor's toes, but I'd love to oversee your training. I can give you all the help you need." The gray tom purred, feeling genuinely excited about this.

[Tazzy]

Originally Posted by Thistledawn

"We could!" Ashnose agreed, his tail waving happily back and forth behind him. "I think you'll make quite the hunter, especially with your enthusiasm for it." The warrior purred. "I wouldn't want to step on your mentor's toes, but I'd love to oversee your training. I can give you all the help you need." The gray tom purred, feeling genuinely excited about this.

“I’m sure whoever my mentor is wouldn’t mind. I sure don’t mind.” She purred. It was the truth, she didn’t mind at all. In fact it would make her happy. “It would be even better if you were my mentor though. Then you wouldn’t have to worry about that. We’ll just have to see what happens!” Mist said excitedly, already enthusiastic about her apprenticeship.

[Aquarius]

Originally Posted by ThornFur

ThornFur awoke from his sleep with a long yawn, and made his way up on all fours, stretched and quietly walked past sleeping warriors around him. He made his way to the entrance to the den and found himself squinting at the bright, warm, afternoon sun that exploded through the tall pine trees around the camp. ThornFur had scanned around the camp with his intense blue eyes, and spotted a tom cat looking lost in his own thoughts. ThornFur decided to make his way to the tom beneath the blossoming tree after adjusting his eyes to the intense sun rays that struck down in patches. ThornFur continued on his walk to the dazed tom cat that seemed lonely, but not knowing his blue eyes appeared more frightening than ever.

Jaypaw scuffed his paws silently against the ground, trying to block out everything around him. Suddenly, the sound of pawsteps could be heard approaching, and his ears pricked erect as he jumped slightly at the sound. Glancing around, his gaze landed upon a dark-pelted cat making his way towards him. Feeling slight perturbance at the cat's sudden arrival, the tom forced his fur to lie flat. He was a generally happy and positive cat, but social interactions made him freeze up, causing his words and emotions to come out as rather flat. Swallowing hard, he forced himself to dip his head towards his fellow warrior, trying to appear sociable. "Hello," he greeted, fighting back the urge to move backwards, into the shadows, melting into the dark so that no one would see him. Glancing at the warrior, he recognized him as another tom that he had been on patrols with a couple times. "I haven't talked to you in a while Thorn... Thorn..." He trailed off, seemingly unable to remember the tom's name. With his anxious, racing mind, it wasn't really such a surprise, but he still felt slightly rude.

[graves]

Originally Posted by ItsATryp

Sunray was admittedly disgusted by the feeling of the action, but he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding in relief that the thorn was at least out. It still hurt horribly, possibly even worse since the wound was irritated by movement, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. "Agh..." he growled under his breath at the pain, watching Daydream intently with a frown on his face. He had multiple questions about the wound, but he didn't want to be annoying so he decided to wait to ask them. "I'm sorry," he eventually meowed, feeling bad for being stupid and basically leaping into a thorn bush. If he paid more attention to where he was going, this wouldn't have happened and he wouldn't have to bother the medicine cat. Oh well, what's done is done...

"We all make dumb mistakes, and sometimes it takes injuries for us not to do them again." they replied curtly. they had seen almost every injury in the book by now, an eye injury was only adding to their long list. Once the thorn was out they leaned down, starting to chew the flowers into a pulp,"I want you to tell me what you see, can you see clearly? The thorn didnt appear to be near your pupil or lodged too deep. you should only suffer some dryness for a few days or itching, but that should go away with what im chewing now."

Originally Posted by Charmer

Over the horrifying barking and ear-splitting snap of the wood, Nightpaw listened with wide eyes. Daydream believed in her. They believed in her so fiercely that they would have fought for Nightpaw's place in the clan. And it was true that in spite of the horror's Nightpaw had witnessed, she hadn't left yet. She'd thought about it, but it was just too unthinkable. She couldn't bring herself to leave the cat's to Shadowclan that she had come to care for. She couldn't bring herself to leave the freedom of the forest. And Daydream...

A thunderous crack erupted as the dog slammed its paws into the tree again, and the trunk of the tree the cats were in split like a twig. Nightpaw tumbled to the earth, landing clumsily on her feet and spinning to see the dog headed straight toward them. Feverishly looking around, she spotted Daydream close by and heard their words echoing in her ears.

"I'm right here beside you this time."

"I'm right here"

"Beside you."

Nightpaw reached deep within herself and yowled a yowl more furious than all of Tigerclan as she charged at the dog head on. Her legs and body grew with each stride, and as she leapt through the air with her fangs bared and her claws splayed, she was the size of a fully grown warrior. The dog loosed a high-pitched yelp as her claws found purchase its face and with wild eyes, she sank her teeth down onto its snout.

daydream landed with a thump of their paws when the tree split in half, snapping with pieces of bark seeming to rain from the sky. they ran to get out of the way of the falling tree, stopping in their tracks to see nightpaw. she was..much,much larger. this was a dream afterall, this was her reality that she could change--her battles that she can fight and win. daydream started to pad after her at a fast pace, but not as fast. this was her battle to fight. they remember how long it took to calm her down after the dogs. they knew the nightmares she used to have, all the siffering she had to go through to attempt to get over it. hopefully, this would be some sort of closure for her. but they would be here right next to her like they promised, watching her incase she needed them in anyway, like always.