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Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Eclipse couldn't help but sigh quietly in relief. He really had not wanted to leave and track down some random item for the Queen just to be able to speak to her. Seemed that bringing Aardwolf along turned out to be more of a boon to them than just keeping an eye on Jaguar. He couldn't believe they were effectively in debt to the leader of the Outclaws now for all of this. Hopefully she wouldn't want anything in return. That was a problem for later anyway.

Aardwolf picked up the items from the soil and put them back into the pouch, "Glad that's all squared away then."

Another sigh came from Eclipse as Hummingbird told them they'd have to wait once again. He could feel Skua's ire rising from where he stood next to him, but before he could speak to him and calm him down; Dreamseeker spoke up and agreed to what Hummingbord said. He turned his head slightly towards her and gave her a grateful smile. The last thing they needed was to get kicked out for rudeness before they even made it to Queen Ardent.

He actually squinted a bit at the shift in Hummingbird's scales. Did that mean she was happy? Excited? He had no idea. "I don't think I've ever slept in a hammock before. It sounds...interesting."

He looked between Skua and Dreamseeker, "I think that works best. I don't think any of us really want to wait in line, so if we get up nice and early we can get there first and learn what we need to know faster." They'd had a few setbacks but nothing that they couldn't handle. They'd made it all the way here, what was one more day. He turned his attention back to Hummingbird. "Lead the way."

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

Hawkpaw thought about what it might be like to meet up with members of other clans. She'd heard about the gatherings sure but there was something different about traveling with them across borders unhindered. All of them talking like they knew each other well, and she supposed some of them did, felt so strange. She'd heard about times when war ravaged the clans, it almost seemed inevitable at times, but this felt like those fights were so foolish. They could all get along, at least it seemed like it to her.

She glanced towards the tabby tom that had fallen into step next to her, Braveleap if she remembered Blackmoon's introductions correctly. Meeting members of other clans was so exciting! "Nice to meet you," she meowed softly towards the tom and then scrambled for something else to say, "What's it like in BirchClan?" She hoped that wasn't rude to ask.

Dawnwing sighed, her tail twitching in concern. "They have not spoken to me either. No omens or prophecies at all; just completely silent." She looked back towards her apprentice as he spoke, "I can't say what Jaystar thinks anymore. Without StarClan everything feels directionless, but we have to hope that the leaders and warriors continue to abide by the code. It would only make things worse if they decided to abandon what kept everything balanced."

Hawkpaw tuned briefly into the conversation going on in front of her, curious of what the older cats were discussing, and she almost wished she hadn't. None of the medicine cats were receiving dreams from StarClan anymore? If Jaystar had stopped believing in StarClan that meant that maybe Emberstar didn't believe either. Maybe MistClan or DuskClan were still speaking to them. She hoped that was the case at least.

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He kept his hands clasped tightly around the black wood staff that he had in his hands and curled his tail around his feet. Observant gold eyes clocked the path in the grass carved by their handler and the careful scrutiny he was being subjected to by Tati'yana's reptilian eyes. He tried not to shuffle uncomfortably under her gaze, important to keep up apperances.

He appreciated the short introduction from Koth as it set the precedent that he didn't have to say much, so he stuck by the other tallest member of their group, who had yet to introduce himself, as he felt much more comfortable given his own height. Less out of place and easier to fade into the background.

He tried to ignore the disappointment he picked up from Tati'yana as he had no idea what it might be directed towards, but he hoped that they would all be able to get along well enough with each other. He wasn't sure of their mission or anything of the sort, but he intended to be friendly with these people, provided they didn't give him a reason not to.

"I'm Hawks Zulcan," his voice a quiet, low sound, "Looking forward to working with all of you." He leaned on his staff, going for a confident nonchalance, and trying to act like he wasn't a bit spooked by the wildly different personalities that were present.

From what he'd seen of the guild overall they were a motley bunch of all different races and specialties. He only hoped that none of higher ups recognized him for who his father was, that would only make things more difficult in the long run.

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

Hawkpaw stared up at Blackmoon with wide eyes as he told her about his interactions with StarClan, "That's so cool!" She leapt a little ways into the air,"I wonder if they'll say anything to me when we get there. I hope they do." She looked up through the trees as they continued to walk; seeing the occasional glimpse of the early stars winking into the sky as the sun fully vanished out of sight. She imagined them each as one of their ancestors watching down over them. Trying to picture the sort of eerie, mystical presence that Blackmoon described. It was comforting in a way, to think about so many generations of cats keeping an eye on them.

She froze as the larger tabby tom shouted out a greeting from the treeline. She saw Shadeclaw briefly dip his head in greeting to the other cats, but carefully kept his distance from the BirchClan cats. If she hadn't been so nervous she probably would've laughed at the nickname that Tigershine called her mentor. She'd never heard anyone speak so informally to the medicine cat, not even his own brother.

Hawkpaw snapped out of her own mind as she felt the tail flick her shoulder. She dipped her head to all of them, "It's very nice to meet all of you." She didn't know how formal she needed to be with them so she glanced towards Blackmoon for some kind of indication.

The small calico she-cat, who must be Dawnwing, flicked Tigershine with her tail; whiskers twitching in amusement. "That's enough out of you," she said it sternly though there was no real heat to her words, "It's wonderful to meet you Hawkpaw. We're always pleased to see another following the path of the medicine cat."

Hawkpaw perked up at Dawnwing's kind words and waved her tail happily as they continued moving towards their destination. As they settled into a comfortable walking pace she watched Addertounge slip up next to Stonefoot and strike up a conversation, his voice smooth and actually rather pleasant, ignoring the glare from Shadeclaw who was on his sister's opposite side.

Dawnwing stepped up next to Blackmoon, leaving Hawkpaw to pad quietly behind them her ears flicking between the various conversations goingon around her. "Have you heard anything from StarClan? They've been uncomfortably quiet since all of this started and Jaystar is getting more concerned as time goes on." The other medicine cat kept her voice low as to not alert the warriors or apprentices to their conversation.

Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Eclipse jumped slightly as he felt Hummingbird's claws on his wing twisting his neck around to stare at the smaller dragon opening his jaw to say something before snapping it shut again and shuffling his feet uncomfortably in the dirt. He was pretty used to other dragons staring at his scales and wings because of his NightWing blood, but he didn't think he'd ever heard someone call his scales "boring" before.

He gave Skua a weak smile as his friend defended him to this odd dragon. If there was one thing he could count on it was Skua leaping to his defense at a moments notice.

"It's like staring into the sun but somehow more painful." Eclipse heard the quiet mumble from Aardwolf who stood behind him and had to stop himself from chuckling. If all of the RainWings had scales that were this bright he'd find himself staring at the ground for their entire meeting here.

He leaned closer to Skua, keeping his voice somewhat quiet. He didn't know if there was some sort of bad blood between Jaguar and the RainWings or if was just on her side, but he didn't want to chance losing their potential audience with the Queen. "We could always try to ask Jaguar if she knows where the ripest fruit is or what Queen Ardent likes best."

Aardwolf narrowed his eyes in thought for a moment before brightening, "Sure we could do that, or," he swung the leather pouch that hung around his neck to the front and began to fumble through it with his claws, "I'm sure I have something I've picked up from the desert or one of the Outclaws that might interest her."

"That's make things easy." Eclipse watched as Aardwolf began to pull out seemingly random trinkets out of the bag. A small glass orb that was filled with water and sent odd patterns onto the ground as the sun hit it, a gold chain that looked like it may have once had a hook to serve as a necklace, some kind of clasp made to look like a leaf that was made out of metal and jade, and several other strange or unusual items.

"Think any of this stuff would work?" Aardwolf asked the rest of the group as he continued to reach around inside the bag for anything else that might be of interest.

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Legends of Pyrrhia | Wings of Fire

Eclipse could see Skua growing anxious to leave and nodded in agreement with Aardwolf; letting Jaguar lead the way deeper into the jungle. He didn't like the desert, both for the heat and the Duneprowlers that attacked them, but he wasn't sure the the rainforest was much better. The ground was muddy and thick with unfamiliar vegetation and the chirps of strange birds and noises from other unknown creatures made his scales prickle with unease.

He heard Dreameeker's comment and strained his eyes to see deeper into the trees around them, whatever was out there either gave them a wide berth or was too well hidden for him to see them. He very much hoped it was the former rather than the latter.

"I heard from some of the other SandWings who've come out this way that there's big spotted cats out here that can drag animals as big as they are up trees," Aardwolf snorted, "Sounds like an exaggeration to me though." That comment did not make Eclipse's nerves any better.

He turned his attention away from the SandWing as Skua grumbled under his breath next to him, slinging droplets of water off his wings, "We'll be out of here soon enough. Back to the mountains and palace with some closure on who did this and why." At least that's what he hoped.

As Jaguar gave them some final bits of advice and flew off he had to admit the RainWings ability to literally vanish into the surroundings was rather impressive. It was something he'd have to tell Sunrise about. Maybe she could make some updates to the scrolls that they had about the RainWings instead of just talking about them being lazy and useless. Jaguar certainly wasn't like that at all.

He followed after Skua as his friend took the lead. He was happy to not have to be the first one to wander into the home of a tribe he knew next to nothing about. He craned his head to look into the canopies where there were dragons of so many different colors it almost made his head spin. Sure the Skywing's had variation but this was more than he'd ever seen before. He watched the small purple dragon glide down and land in front of them, those colors shifting even more. He needed to get Jaguar to tell him if these colors had any meaning or if they were just for the showiness of it all. With the tall platforms highlighted by flowers and blazing sun he had no idea which it might be.

He saw Skua's glance and stepped up next to him giving the RainWing, Hummingbird as she said, an amiable smile. The one that he gave to visiting dragons from other tribes when he was unfamiliar with them."Pleasure to meet you. I'm Eclipse and this is Skua, Dreamseeker, and Aardwolf," he gestured to each of them with a wing as he said their names, "We were hoping you might be able to point us in the direction of a member of your tribe named Lemur or, if at all possible, have a word with your Queen." He hoped the request wasn't too unreasonable. They seemed friendly enough, now they just had to hope it was genuine.

Warriors: Trial of Shadows

Hawkpaw nodded in understanding. She was excited to meet the other medicine cats, especially since she hadn't ever really met any cats from the other clans. She quickly followed after Blackmoon as he left camp, followed shortly after by the two siblings whose darker coats easily blended into the dark pine forest in the fading light. She was interested in the DuskClan cats most of all, hidden away in their tunnels. She wasn't sure she'd ever be able to live without being able to see the sky or climb the cliffs around their camp, it would feel too weird.

She kept pace with Blackmoon easily much to her surprise. The traveling herbs were definitely doing their job as they kept up a reasonable pace in order to make it to the Moonbrook at the proper time. She could hear Shadeclaw speaking quietly to his sister a few short steps behind them, but she couldn't quite catch everything the dark colored tom was saying. Though she felt pretty sure it had something to do about the deaths that had been happening sporadically through all of the territories. She'd heard the elders talking about it with some of the warriors before she'd been ushered away back to the medicine den.

She bounded up next to Blackmoon, excitement lending energy to her paws, "Have you ever actually spoken with StarClan? What're they like?"

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