TheElvenJedi

The Rise of WillowClan

Will be getting a posts out tomorrow, I'm visiting family today so I likely won't have time to write up replies till I get back home :3

The Rise of WillowClan

Spidernose Wants To Go Home part 2

Please do not cripple Stonefall's not-wife before he has a chance to propose, Sunfur, p l e a s e XD

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WillowClan Territory

interacting with: @savannahssu’s Sunfur, @PrankFox’s Stormheart
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To say Spidernose was afraid was perhaps a bit of an understatement, in truth she was more like terrified. Stormheart’s caution hadn’t gone unnoticed, and it gave his fellow hunter the bit of courage she needed to not chicken out and turn back then and there. She may be frightened, yes, but she was also determined, as a warrior of WillowClan she had to do everything in her power to ensure that she both fought and hunted to keep her Clanmates fed. Even if that meant going along with mouse-brained, dangerous plans like this. The brown-and-cream she-cat’s tail bushed out as she did her best to scrabble up the length of the tree trunk, and remained stood on end, although tucked against her body so as to not alert the potential prey in the nests, as she finally reached the branch Sunfur had indicated.

She didn’t dare look down.

StarClan knew how high it was, but Spidernose was certain if she was to glance towards the ground, that the only reason she would see it at all was because it was leafbare and the trees lacked their own foliage. She doubted it would be visible in greenleaf. Oh, StarClan please, please don’t let me fall… she prayed, hoping their ancestors would hear and take pity on her. Her eyes wide, she gripped tightly onto the branch beneath her with her claws to give herself a more secure footing, and squinted downwards to wait for some sort of signal from Sunfur that it was time to scare the birds.

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WillowClan Camp

interacting with: @PrankFox’s Duskwing, @Shadow Dragon’s Blackpelt
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Frogkit’s cheeks puffed out grumpily as the medicine cat continued to scold her, and the kit let out a very overdramatic huff through her mouth, rolling her eyes up towards the sky before they met the black tom’s again and she muttered sulkily. “Well maybe if you told me which ones that was meant to be, I wouldn’t touch ‘em then. Cause I’d know not to!” StarClan above, save the entirety of WillowClan from this kit’s curiosity. Some part of Frogkit knew deep down, however, that messing around in Blackpelt’s herb store while he was out of camp was bad. But how else was she supposed to see what it was like? He never let any other cat go in there, if she tried asking him before he simply shoo’ed her away like she was some sort of annoyance.

She only wanted to learn! Her tail had continued to lash, as the medicine cat’s tone did not seem to be helping calm her down in any way, but thankfully when Duskwing spoke, her ears did prick up and she quickly turned away from Blackpelt to face the warrior instead. The angry glint in her kit-blue eyes seemed to die down, then, and she looked down at the ground, suddenly more apologetic as Frogkit mumbled a soft: “Oh. I just wanted to see ‘em, honest, I didn’t mean to mess ‘em up.”

Frogkit shuffled her paws to and fro for a few moments, and then finally looked back to the medicine cat, and though her apology was hesitant, it was no less genuine-sounding. “Sorry, Blackpelt...I won’t do it again.”

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@The Elvenqueen That post was great! I'm loving Frogkit's personality and Blackpelt is going to have his paws full training her as his apprentice haha @Hazelrah It's VERY good to see you back, and I really hope that things are getting more manageable for you and that you'll be able to post regularly again soon. The main plotline of this story is going to be picking up speed right about now so make sure everyone is reading everyone else's posts and putting effort into theirs. Most of you are doing wonderfully so far!

@savannahssu

Ah thank you! I'm having so much fun with her, she's gonna certainly be a challenge for ol' Blackpelt, I'm looking forward to seeing whether he'll soften up and like her a bit more as they train or if they'll end up more like Leafpool and Jayfeather but in reverse

Also getting posts out today! Had my 2nd vaxx on Sunday so I've been a little out of it till now, sorry! XD

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There we go! Sorry to hold everybody up, I'll try not to let it happen again D:

For what it's worth I'm now totally imagining Frogkit with baby Kiara's voice from TLK 2 hahaha XD

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WillowClan Camp, Highstump ---> WillowClan Territory

interacting with: @savannahssu’s Sunfur, @PrankFox’s Stormheart, mentions of Fernstar and Stonefall
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As Fernstar instructed Spidernose to resume the hunting patrol with Stormheart and Sunfur - which Sunfur had been about to lead anyways before the leader and medicine cat arrived back at camp - the brown-and-cream she-cat dipped her chin in confirmation, her tail flicking up to brush along Stonefall’s flank soothingly as she passed him, almost as if Spidernose were trying to tell him that everything was going to be okay, and she’d come to sit with him later once they were both back in the warrior’s den later. Then, she hastily trotted over to join the rest of her patrol, the three warriors leaving camp so quickly and so laser-focused on hunting that she didn’t even hear her younger sister calling out to her before they were out into the territory.

She kept her ears up to listen, and every few paces opened her jaws to try and draw in more scent, but most of the trails seemed to be stale by now. The whisps of their breath blowing from their muzzles were a dead giveaway.
"Where do you think is the best place to hunt? Stormheart asked, but Sunfur beat her to the answer, so the she-cat simply twitched her whiskers in agreement with the older tom.
“Sunfur’s right. Most of the prey will have gone to ground by now, and I don’t fancy our chances of digging them out. Even if we do get through the snow, the ground’ll be hard by now in this cold, we’d never get through it before we tore our claws or worse.”

That did not leave them with very many options, unfortunately, but flushing voles and mice out of the roots was probably their best bet, right?
"Spidernose, you're the lightest of the three of us. Do you think you could climb this tree…”
Oh, no… Spidernose’s heart sank in dread at the ginger tom’s suggestion. She couldn’t deny that he was right, she was the most slight of build in the hunting patrol, and had the best chance of the spindly, snow-laden branches holding her weight. But it was still only a chance, dear StarClan what if she fell?! She could break a leg!

But she couldn’t very well refuse either, the Clan’s fresh-kill pile was utterly depleted, with at-best more friendly mouths to feed sitting in their nursery, and at worst, suspect rogues that they may need to fight if things went sour. The Clan needed food. She had to go.
So, despite her trepidations, clear from the way her hackles bristled with unease as she padded up to join Sunfur at the base of the tree trunk, Spidernose peered at the branches in question and nodded. “Y-Yeah...Yeah, I think so. W-Worth a shot, right?” she laughed, hoping it would get rid of her nerves, and sprang up to dig her claws into the bark as well as she could, inching herself up the tree trunk until she was level with the branches where the birds had made their nests.

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WillowClan Camp

interacting with: @PrankFox’s Duskwing, @Shadow Dragon’s Blackpelt
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Although Blackpelt hadn’t been rough with the kit when he picked her up, Frogkit hadn’t been expecting to suddenly be whisked off her paws and into the air, and so the movement startled her enough that it still made her squeal in shock. She dangled limply from the medicine cat’s jaws, as all kits did when they were grabbed by the scruff, though soon became indignant as Blackpelt began to scold her and the tiny kit began to twist and squirm in his grasp in an attempt to break free. “Gerroff me! Put me down, y’don’t gotta be a foxbreath! Duskwiiinggg, make him put me doooowwnnn I can walk on my own I don’t gotta be carried!” the tortie-pointed kit whined sulkily, scowling up at him as he did, thankfully, set her down again. Frogkit’s tiny tail shot straight into the air and she let out another huff, sneezing for the final time as the piece of cobweb continued to tickle her nose. This time, it seemed she had finally dislodged it, and she was distracted from her sulking for a moment as she giggled triumphantly and poked it with one paw, then pounced on it to pin it to the ground.

“Aha! Gotcha, ya dumb gross sticky thing! I got it, Duskwing, look, I’m a real hunter now!” she boasted to the warrior proudly, forced to turn back to the medicine cat as Blackpelt continued to scold her about being careful with his herbs. The she-kit rolled her eyes, having heard this lecture too many times to even count on her paws anymore, she could almost recite it in her sleep. “Yeah yeah, we’re not supposed to touch things ‘cause it’s dangerous, I know, Blackpelt!” she sighed dramatically, apparently not seeming to understand what she had done wrong, because she still hadn’t apologised for it. “What’s the big deal anyways, I didn’t eat nothin’, I just touched ‘em! I’m not a dumb kit anymore, I’m big now!” she insisted, puffing out her chest.

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Sorry I've been a bit slow this week, lots of stuff going on IRL and I haven't had the time to sit down and write ;w; gonna get posts for both my girls out today tho, cross my heart

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Frogkit is in trouble now. Blackpelt is furious with her.

@Shadow Dragon

You better get used to it Blackpelt, you're gonna be seeing more of this little terror in the future mwahahaha XD

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Heheh thank you! I'm very sorry, Duskwing, feel free to dump her on someone else when she gets too annoying ;3 haha

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Woopsie, that post ended up being longer than I thought but hey, she's a babie she rambles hahahah

New baby time, enjoy XD That took a while so I'll get to Spidernose's on Sunday (I'll be afk tomorrow as I'm seeing family), but in the future I'll try to get both done & posted at the same time :D