TheElvenJedi

The Rise of WillowClan

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WillowClan Camp

interacting with: @Hazelrah's Stonefall
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Spidernose seemed just as content to press up against Stonefall’s side, if anything welcoming the extra warmth from the tom’s bulky frame, and she echoed his purr with one of her own, which only seemed to grow ever louder still as he began sharing tongues with her. She made no effort whatsoever to squirm away or indicate the contact was unwelcome, in fact it would seem quite the opposite. When the deputy still hadn’t quite eaten, Spidernose hesitantly ducked her head to take a small bite from the fresh-kill, relieved to finally have food in her belly again once she’d swallowed.

The she-cat’s ear flicked back slightly as Stonefall recounted the latest story of her sister’s antics, chuckling deep in her chest as she rolled her eyes, then shot the deputy a scandalised, but still playful look as she actually caught on to what he was implying. “He-eeeyyy!” she smirked, her whiskers twitching in amusement. “It’s not from me, I’d contest that, Stonefall. I’m not quite so reckless.”

Though undoubtedly what she was about to tell him about the hunting party’s escapades would only disprove her claim. The cream she-cat coughed softly as Stonefall began to eat with her, letting out a nervous laugh of her own. “Oh, it went pretty well actually! We caught quite a few things, enough to feed everyone for the night, I think. Sunfur…uh, Sunfur had me jumping out of trees to catch birds.” Spidernose grinned across at the tom, knowing he would be worried to hear of such dangerous hunting techniques…but he had asked if anything interesting happened and it certainly was something interesting. “I’m fine, though, I didn’t fall! And it actually worked! We got a bird, this mouse and one other one, and a squirrel. Sunfur’s doing another loop on his way back to see if he can grab a couple more pieces, too.”

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Fernstar’s Den

interacting with: @savannahssu’s Fernstar, @Hazelrah's Honeypaw
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At Honeypaw’s question, Frogkit’s eyes scrunched up into more of a frown and the kit let out a tiny, sulky huff of breath, her tail flicking abruptly from side to side as she strutted out to join Honeypaw and Fernstar just outside of the den. “Well…no, not really. Fernstar and Stonefall wouldn’t let me talk to ‘em proper.” she pouted, her ears drooping in disappointment. “But I wanted to! They just look like they’d tell cool stories. And I did get to help Blackpelt make the herbs for them, so that was cool!” she announced, sounding quite proud of that fact, and the kit did seem to puff her chest out as if she were trying to show off how helpful she was. She hoped Blackpelt thought that too. Herbs were really, really cool and fun to learn about and Frogkit desperately wanted the medicine cat to teach her more about them.

Sum up your week in roleplaying in just 3 words

Playing catch up!

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Honeypaw: Stop trying to steal my mom, GRRR!

Frogkit, totally oblivious: YAY, NEW FRIEND! HI! :D

Merry late Christmas/Happy Holidays everyone, and hope you have a great New Years too! :D

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WillowClan Camp

interacting with: @PrankFox’s Stormheart, @Hazelrah's Stonefall
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Spidernose turned her head back to face Stormheart as the tom mewed something about heading to his nest to get some rest, the other warrior twitching her whiskers in amusement as she nodded and called after him. “Don’t worry, Stormheart, I’ll be joining you shortly! My paws are half frozen over already!” Spidernose knew she really had to keep that promise and go and rest, soon, she wouldn’t be any good to anyone in the Clan if she caught a cold and couldn’t hunt or fight for a moon or more. But first…she really wanted to see Stonefall again, to make sure he was still doing okay. And, maybe…maybe tonight would be the night she was finally brave enough to ask him if she could move her nest next to his. After all, with the strange cats in camp it provided the perfect cover excuse, didn’t it?

It just so happened that at that moment Fernstar slid out of the nursery, where the loners had last been left, with…oh dear StarClan, was that Frogkit?! Why was she hanging around in range of these cats! That kit was going to get herself into trouble one of these days, their mother would have Spidernose’s tail if she ever found out-

But she was quickly distracted from such thoughts, after all, Frogkit seemed to be listening to Fernstar quite intently and the Clan leader seemed to have her antics under control, as Stonefall soon followed the other two Clan members out of the den. Spidernose’s blue eyes brightened immediately as they settled on the deputy and she let out a quiet little purr as she grabbed one of the mice from the fresh-kill pile and trotted over to where Stonefall sat, placing it at the tom’s paws, she mewed. “Hey there! Want to share? I’m…sorry, if Frogkit’s been giving you guys trouble. I told her to stay with the apprentices in the warrior’s den. She never listens.” Spidernose heaved a long-suffering sigh at her sister’s stubbornness as she settled herself down next to Stonefall, fur fluffed out against the cold chill that settled over the camp.

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WillowClan Camp ---> Fernstar's Den

interacting with: @savannahssu's Fernstar, @Hazelrah's Honeypaw
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Frogkit squeaked in alarm and obediently skittered back, allowing the older she-cat to draw her close with her paws, she perched herself on Fernstar’s forepaws, ducking her head in apology. ”Oopsie! Sorry, Fernstar, yeah! They must be pretty tired and scared, being in such a strange place.” the kit apologised, well…at least she had the sense and manners not to sass the Clan leader, even if she’d been a little argumentative with Stonefall, honestly that was probably because she had seen him hanging around with her older sister Spidernose, and therefore Frogkit felt as if she could get away with being a bit more snippy to the deputy. But she’d never dream of trying the same game with the Clan leader.

She let her mind wander a little, only half paying attention to what Fernstar and Stonefall said to the loners, something about “sorry for your troubles” and “have to hunt for yourselves”. Well, good! But what?! They got to sleep in the nursery?! Where was she supposed to sleep then?! Just as Frogkit let out a protesting squeak and shifted her weight so she could tilt her little head back and look up at Fernstar to ask, the older she-cat answered the question before she could ask it. Fernstar’s den? Wow! Frogkit had never been up there before, she hadn’t been with the Clan longer than about half a moon and she’d always wondered what it looked like.

So, as Fernstar ushered her out of the nursery and up to the owl’s nest, Frogkit went along with her surprisingly easily, her tail and ears up and swivelling with excitement as she shakily climbed the small distance to the den, stopping outside to strike a triumphant pose as she managed to use her developing leg and shoulder muscles to haul herself up over the edge without any help from any of the bigger cats. “Aha!” she crowed triumphantly, then skipped into Fernstar’s den to settle down. A few moments later, Frogkit heard voices and scuttled back to the entryway, poking her head out to look for the owner of the voices. “Fernstar…? Oh! Heya, Honeypaw!” she chirped happily in greeting, apparently none the wiser to the apprentice’s bad mood and just keen to make another friend. “How’re you doin’? This is kinda exciting isn’t it! The new cats seem cool! D’you think Fernstar will let them stay? I bet they have uh-may-zing stories to tell!”

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<Snipped quote by savannahssu>

Listen....Honeypaw is a tiny cat with BIG FEELINGS OKAY

@Hazelrah

Honeypaw, baby nooo!! You can share, I promise ;A; XD Love is not a finite resource sweetie its okay

Song Reference time

There is a drifter passing through that little valley,
See he had promised he was coming back to town
They didn't know him by his face, or by the gun around his waist, but he'd come back to burn that town to the ground!

First there was fire, then there was smoke
Then that preacher man was hangin' by a rope!
And then they all fell to their knees, and begged that drifter,
Begged him "please!" as he raised his fjst before he spoke:

"I am the righteous hand of God! And I am the Devil that you forgot!
And I told you one day you will see,
That I'd be back, I guaranteed!
And that Hell, Hell's comin', Hell,
Hell's comin' with me!"

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Welcome back Hazel!! I'll try and get some posts up sometime this week, been super busy with family and all

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WillowClan Territory ---> WillowClan Camp

interacting with: @savannahssu’s Sunfur, @PrankFox’s Stormheart
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The she-cat ducked her head a little at the older warrior’s praise, but despite her mild embarrassment she couldn’t quite stifle an excited giggle of her own. At least they would return to camp successful, and no-one’s bellies would have to be empty tonight thanks to their efforts. That’s what made living in a Clan so wonderful. As Sunfur gestured for them to start making their way back, Spidernose set the mouse down between her paws once more, so she could adjust her grip and carry it by its tail instead, that way she wouldn’t have to deal with her own stomach rumbling quite so violently if the scent of the prey was a little bit further from her nostrils while they walked back.

She nodded in agreement, knowing that they shouldn’t be trying to stay out in the cold too long and should probably get back to their warm nests, once they’d deposited the fresh-kill on the pile, that is. She fell into step with Stormheart, just behind Sunfur, and looked up again as the ginger tom told them to head back to camp. She mewed around the mouse tail clenched between her teeth, her words slightly muffled, but still legible. “Alright, Sunfur. Take care though, don’t stay out too long, you’ll catch cold.” before she nodded to Stormheart, and took off at a brisk trot until they arrived back at camp. She thought she spotted Frogkit’s hindquarters slipping back into the nursery and with a sigh made a mental note to check her little sister wasn’t causing trouble later.

For now, however, she padded to the fresh-kill pile to set down the mouse she had caught, and looked around for Stonefall, wondering a little if he might like to eat with her, if he wasn’t busy.

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Looking to get a Spidernose post out either today or tomorrow, sorry for being kinda spotty I've been super busy in the lead up to Christmas

Hope everyone's having a good Holidays!!

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WillowClan Camp ---> Medicine Den ---> Nursery

interacting with: @Shadow Dragon’s Blackpelt, @savannahssu for the rogues
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As the older tom turns to look over her again, Frogkit’s eyes seemed to get even bigger, her ears lowering as she tried to look as adorable as possible in the hopes of getting Blackpelt to agree. “Pleeeeaaasseee Blackpelt? I’ll be a great helper, honest!” the tiny kit purred, and as the tom did agree her tail shot straight up in a mixture of surprise and delight. “Oh! Oh! I won’t, I promise! Only what you show me, and…and I’ll do exactly as you say!” if Frogkit notices the older cats being distrusting of strangers, and the way the medicine cat is shielding her from their view, she doesn’t mention it.

There’s a bounce in the kit’s step as she skittered after Blackpelt, blinking curiously at his whispered words, she whispered back: “But…howcome? They don’t look dangerous or nothin’. Just hurt?”
Any discussion of the rogue’s motives was probably best kept for the other Clan members, Frogkit was inquisitive and willing to learn, but she was also still just a kit and likely didn’t even understand the concept that strangers might be here to hurt her Clanmates instead of to ask for help like they’d said. It hadn’t occurred to her at all that the rogues might be lying about why they were in WillowClan’s camp.

Thankfully, she was easily distracted by being in Blackpelt’s den again and she watched attentively as he pointed out the herbs they would need, nodding along to confirm she had understood the instructions. “Marigold, the…the yellow flower one yeah! And one poppy seed each. Just one!” she chirped back proudly, her tiny paws reaching out to gather each portion of the herbs into a little bundle for one cat, following the medicine cat’s examples. And she was…surprisingly good at it. Huh. She really was interested in helping him and wasn’t just trying to be annoying and get under the tom’s paws.

Once they had the herbs prepared, Frogkit carefully picked up one of the bundles (she wasn’t big enough to carry more than one, yet.) and trotted out of Blackpelt’s den and back towards the nursery to give the medicine to the rogues there. She set the bundle down in front of them, puffed out her chest and purred proudly. “Here ya go!”