*jetstream sinks down into his nest gratefully. it had been a long day full of patrols for him* "wow. this nest has never felt mor comfortable. ever." he purrs to noone imparticular.
(It doesnt matter, really. Just another story. I'll continue now~) Skywhisker walked in the den to see Jetstream. "Oh, Jetstream, how are you today?" Jetstream smiled. "Fine. Im just REALLY tired. From all of those patrols." "Nothing new i'm guessing?" Skywhisker slumped in her nest, across from Jetstream's. "Yeah, just more snow. Prey will grow short soon." "Right." Sky mewed. "I'll go hunting tomorrow, with Darkness. Teach him some tricks." "Great." Dragonwing walked in. "Hey guys." "Hi." "Hey, Dragonwing." "Long day today." Dragonwing commented. "Yeah, I guess i'll sleep now. Night." Skywhisker said, and lowered her head and closed her eyes. They stung a little from staying awake for a long time. "Night." "See you in the morning."
"yea. hope i can find another rabbits nest tomorrow. i think i found one a couple sunrises ago." jetstream mumbles then not even 5 seconds later he snores softly with a paw resting on his muzzle.
Willowfoot entered the warriors den - tired after the long day - to find all the warriors snoring away. She twitched her whiskers in amusement and circled in her nest. Soon she was asleep, too.
*jetstreams ear twitches and he mumbles somethin bout a vole and his stomach growls wakin him* "huh?!" he cries sittin bolt upright. "oh. hey icefrost. hey sandfire." he mumbles sliding bak down into his nest.
*jetstream reluctantly follows* "ugh. i dont like cold weather....... but alrite. cum on icefrost lets go hunting.i found a real good hunting ground a coupl sunrises ago." he mews with a shake of his pelt. "wait. after i get somethin to eat. im stravin! which is usual sinc its leafbare...." he trails off as he bounds to the store and removes a slim mouse.
"exactly. i HATE cold weather!!!!! it reminds me of wen i wuz on exile and wen i had to nest in dry old leaves tht gave no warmth at all!!!!" Jetstream snarls. "but yea its leafbare and the clan needs food mor than ever now so we hav to." he adds, getting up nd padding over.
*jetstream shakes loose a couple of flakes out of his fur and with his head low and ears back he trudges out of camp grumbling about how he hates snow becuz it reminds him of his exile*
*Leaps thru the snow to the entrance* * in the forest* *seesa rabbit* "my faverite" she whispers to herself and licks her lips * stalks the rabbit on velvet paws till she is right up behind it and gracefully pounces on the rabbit*
*looks up in the trees, sees a bird nest.* "Perfect." *She climbed p the tree next to it with ease, and got on a branch that was very close to the nest. She leaped with her might, catching the plump, sleeping bird in her jaws.* "Ahh! Got it!" *She jumped to the ground below her*
pads out of den and twitches tail at the snow. follows patrols tracks and sees jetstripe stalking squirrel. yells, "HEY!" right as he leaps for it. squirell dashes away. "what was that for?!" he yells and wolfstar says, "for the fun of it." wolfstar flicks snow at him and he flinches."it's not that bad," she says rolling in the snow. "i was practically born in this stuff. it's even colder in twoleg place. there's no shelter from it." suddenly she smells something very familiar.
*jetstream growls but he has one of his famous grins on his face as he pounces on icefrost bowling her over* "hey icefrost!!!" he yowls. *before she can do anything back to him he leaps up a tree and theirs a cry of alarm as he lands with a dove clamped firmly in his jaws*
*his grin widens nd he flattens himself so he becomes like a rock as she squirms trying to get away* "your the one who asked for a gret lump." he purrs as rolls off her at last
(lol true) *jetstream gets up and shakes off a pile of snow and picks up his dove he caught and trots up to skywhisker* "lets head back. its gettin colder." he mews with another shakes of his pelt. "come on icefrost!" he calls and takes off towards camp.
*Cloverspots pads out to join Skywhisker* shouts, "Hey Sky!" Skywhisker pads over, giggling. "Getting pretty cold." says Skywhisker, "We were just playing in the snow." Cloverspots sighs, "I just hope no cat catches whitecough." "You worry too much!" teases Skywhisker.
"So..." Skywhisker started. "How's your life going so far?" "Well, stocking the med. den has kept my occupied." Cloverspots said. "You?" "Nothing much. Loudpaw is already an apprentice." Sky looked over to her son. He was busy eating a mouse with Rushingpaw. Cloverspots said, "Are you and Falconclaw thinking about kits?" "No, i think we have enough with Loudpaw. Maybe once he's grown up or something." "Right."
"Ooh, yes." Skywhisker said back to Cloverspots. She looked over back to the apprentices. "Do you think any of them have the potential?" "Hmmmm... I'm not sure.."
Dragonwing lay down in the warriors den still happy about the fun in the snow. She gave a little sneeze, but wasn't worried. Besides she had heard Cloverspots was busy lately and didn't want to bother her.
(u got my name wrong. jets from bloodclan. jetstream here.) *jetstream snarls and laughs when he sees her covered in snow* "why dont you go and brush all the snow off? itll eventually melt and get your nest all wet." he mews, purring in amusement. "oh, yeah that might be good wont it?" icefrost answers, purring too as she rubs against the wall of the den scraping all the snow off. "better?" he mews laying his head down. "it will be soon." she answers, curling up in her nest.
Firemoon passed the fresh-kill pile the next morning,and said hello to Jetstream and Icecloud, who were sharing a rabbit. "Hi guys! Did you sleep well?" Firemoon asked. "Sure. It was cold,but I managed. Do you want to help us with this rabbit? It's a bit big." Jetstream replied."Yeah. I'm hungry. Did you want to go hunting?" "Okay." Icecloud meowed "Icecloud,is it me,or do you need to shake your pelt out?" Firemoon asked. "I have been a little cold today." Icecloud said as she shook her fur,plastering Firemoon and Jetstream in snow.
(her name's icefrost.) i let the patrol go ahead without me. i knew the scent all too well. istalked slowly forward, and saw the slightest movement of white fur. "lira, what are you doing here?!" i hissed, aware that none of the new hiddenclan members like jetstream, firemoon, or icefrost knew who or what lira was. "we promised we'd never speak of meeting again." i hissed, keeping my voice low. "it would freak out all the new warriors. it'll be too hard to explain how we met and why we're allies." then i looked her up and down. i could count her ribs, and her skin was drooping. "the carribou have changed their migrating course because humans, taking away 70% of our winter food source." she growled. i winced. "have you consulted Amori or Laika?" i asked. "No.You know how it is. The Winter moon and Summer moon belong to different ancesters, and Laika and Amori are part of the Summer Moonpack. We can't connect during the winter, and now we're half starved." "But you guys can go 2 weeks without food." "It's been 5 days already." i heard a rustle behind me. icefrost's green eyes disappeared right as i looked. "i'll talk to you later." i said to lira with my eyes. she disappeared. i pounced on icefrost. "how long were you there?!" "i just heard 'it's been 5 days already' !" she said defensively. i bared my teeth. "do not say a word about this!" i hissed. ------------ that night, i consulted my med cat and senior warriors who knew lira-cloverspots, dragonwing, skywhisker, dawnlight, magic,griffin, falconclaw and camofur.
*jetsream hisses in annoyance and backs up fast avoiding most of the snow* "watch it!! not all of us enjoy leafbare like you, icefrost." he growls shaking off whatever snow he had caught in his fur. "anyway if you guys are ready we can go ahead and hunt." he mews calming down again. "sure." firemoon mewed, her mouth full. "fine by me." icefrost replied, ignoring jetstreams comment.
(I feel so stupid that I put Icecloud!) "Well if the Clan gets any food,we should go find something now." Firemoon meowed. The three cats went hunting by the falls,where they could find elk,but risks were high because wolves stalked around for food. "Guys,hey guys,I see an elk!" Icefrost remarked. "I do too. We should go for the neck." Jetstrean mewed. They crept through the undergrowth,a fox-lengh away from the elk,but a screechy yowl broke all silence. Firemoon was attacked by a wolf. Icefrost and Jetstream lunged and ripped the wolf's fur. Icefrost bit it's tail,and Jetstream clawed at it's eyes. It ran,but the ginger pelt that was supposed to be Firemoon,was just a battered ball of blood-red fur. Jetstream and Icefrost gently lifted Firemoon and carried her back to camp.
*jetstream gently shouldered firemoon so that she was completely on his back* "go to camp and tell cloverspots to get herbs ready!!" he mews briskly, giving a little jump to get firemoons forelegs in front of his shoulders so she wont fall* *icefrost nods and speeds off towards camp* "hold on firemoon. its guna be a while. unless i sprout wings and fly." he mutters, trotting after her.
Icefrost came into camp screaming, "Cloverspots!! Come quickly!" and right behind her was Jetstream with Firemoon on his shoulders. I smelled the air. Wolves. Wolfstar wasn't gonna be too happy about this...
"Right!" I nodded. I led the cats into my den, and they put Firemoon down in one of my extra nests. Jetstream stood by me, quickly explaining everything that had happened. I arranged the torn fur on her pelt, and stopped her bleeding, and wrapped up her worst scratches, smearing poultices where I could see it was needed. Skywhisker appeared at the entrance to my den. "Wolfstar wants to see us." I knew that was coming. I nodded, and left Jetstream in charge, telling her to fetch me if anything changed with Firemoon.
Firemoon woke with her wounds covered,and in the medicine den. She saw a small mouse,and Jetstream's foggy gray paws beside her. "I figered you might need something to eat,since you bled so much." Jetsream meowed. Firemoon looked into his deep green eyes and could tell he had a rough night. "You look really exhausted. What happened?" Firemoon asked. "I couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday,and I diddn't sleep too well." Jetstream mewed. "I'm sorry about that. This is my fault. If I hadn't chosen to hunt there,this woudn't have happened." Firemoon meowed. Cloverspots walked into the den. "firemoon you did nothing wrong. You took a risk for your Clan, and prey is scarce. Only true warriors would do that." Cloverspots said.
"All cats old enough to catch prey join under high rock for a clan meeting. " i hissed. no need. everyone was already there. "senior warriors, come to the front so you can help explain." i said. they did. "so, when cloverspots, me, skywhisker, dragonwing, and all of them were going to start hiddenclan, we ran into my good freinds- the wolves. when i was born, my mother froze to death, and a wolf named lira took my brother darkness and me. she gave me to bloodclan and my brother to a kittypet. eversince, i had lived half in a wolf pack and half in bloodclan." cloverspots took up the story. "then, wolfstar got me mad and i ran straight into their territory. the rest of the warriors had to save me, so wolfstar had to introduce us to lira and the wolves. this huge battle happened, and we helped. anyway, lira became alpha in the end-" "what's an alpha?" asked willowfoot. skywhisker answered. "it's the wolf form of a leader. so, we became allies with the wolves." dragonwing took up the story. "so, we swore never to tell all you new warriors- icefrost, firemoon, waveclaw, oceanmist, jetstream, and the rest of you, that we knew about the wolves. it would only cause panic and chaos." "you never suspected that you shared borders with a pack of hungry wolves. the only reason rust attacked firemoon was because moose and carribou are wolves main source of food- and they're starving. he couldn't afford to miss the chance of prey- a life saving carribou, that could last them days to eat, and give everyone a chance to eat." i finished. "lira and her pack are starving- and there's nothing we can do to help."
-wolfstar/wolfshadow (btw, all that actually happened on heart of the forest fanfiction page.)
*if jetstream was surprised he didnt show it. if there was anything he had learned in his time here, anything could happen. he merely nodded his understanding and went back to lay in one of the sunny spots he had adopted as his main area to lay during the day when he wasnt patrolling.*
"Could we possibly let them hunt on our territory? Maybe just at night when cats are sleeping?" I suggested to Wolfstar calmly. Some of the other cats looked angry, like they thought there wasn't enough prey to go around. I thought of the medicine wolf, Aspen, and I didn't want her to starve. Skywhisker picked up. "We're cats! We don't need to eat huge prey, like elk or moose or whatever, we can eat mice and birds. I think its fair to let the wolves eat the larger prey." Wolfstar nodded and began to speak.
*jetsteam, having had enough of the complicated situatipn got up and sat by firemoon outside the medicine cat den* "things are gettin really wierd." he muttered to her. "u can say that again." firemoon replied with a flick of her tail.
i narrowed my eyes at jetstream's ignorance. he didn't care about the wolves starving or not. i hissed at him, "if it's so unimportant, why don't we let the wolves eat all of OUR food rescources, and we can starve." he looked up. "that's how they feel about us. the only thing keeping us allies are me and the senior warriors, because we were the ones who helped the wolves. they see the rest of you- including you, jetstream- as another mouth to feed, another waste of THEIR food. they didn't ask us to come here, so the least we can do is minimize our food to give them more. or else you newer warriors who just don't care might find that YOUR their next meal." i hissed pointedly at jetstream.
I walked over to the warrior's den. Wolfstar was angry at Jetstream, but he probably hadn't had any experience with wolves. He was more loyal to cats, which made sense, since he's a cat. He just didn't know Wolfstar's bond with wolves, and thats all. "Ugh, i'm gonna sleep." I meowed and i laid down in my nest. Falconclaw was already in there. He looked over his shoulder and asked me, "Border partol tomorrow?" "Sure." I said. He smiled and turned to face me. "Loudpaw is getting bigger, isn't he?" I looked outside the den, Loudpaw was talking to Speedpaw. "Yeah... I remember when i found him in the meadow?" "Yeah. I wonder where he came from." "Hmm. Oh, well. Night." I replied and lowered my head.
I dreamed that night of Skyclan. I was o the Skyrock, where the leader made announcements. I looked to my left, and my father, Sharpclaw was next to me. "Dad?" "Hey, Sky." "Dad, i'm sorry." "Why?" I looked over the ledge. "For leaving my clan? I was a burden to you guys." He looked at me with intense eyes. "You were just following your destiny, sweet." I looked back at him. "By disobeying my clan?" "For thinking of others. You weren't a burden, i hope you know that. But why did you really leave?" "...I-I guess i had no point there, really. No one liked me, accept Echosong. And thats only because she had to deal with me." Tears appeared in my eyes. "Not even you loved me." "Thats not true-" "Yeah, it is. I know it. You barely even looked at me. You threw me with another queen, didn't visit me, you never talked to me." "Don't you think I did this for a reason?" I stared with pondering eyes. "I knew you were stronger than the others. If a different cat had been attacked by that mountain lion, they would have died. You have strong legs." "Had." I looked down at my twisted paw. I guess Sharpclaw saw too. "It looks better." "Can I leave now?" "Yeah... I think I got everything across to you." "Wait...Are you dead?" "Well, that's kinda why im talking to you." "How? Did you die, i mean?" He smiled at me. "Mountain lion." I woke up. Not morning, yet. I smiled, and went back to sleep.
Dawnlight smelled the air. There it was. It doesn't even know she's there. She looked down at the wolf claws she was wearing. Clear as day she remembered the thrill of ripping them off the murderer. The sun was about to come over the trees she needed to be quick. Though she wasn't deputy anymore she was happy with the clan. 'I say you kill them all' Tigerstar's voice echoed in her head. She rolled her eyes and pounced for the tall figure grazing in the meadow. Yes! Her teeth clamped harder on it's neck. Bone called these male deers. She didn't care what it was called; it tastes good! - Dawnlight ( THANKSGIVING FEAST :P! )
*jetstream bit back a retort and dipped his head to his leader and said through gritted teeth* "i never said that it was unimportant." he pointed out. "i didnt say anything along the lines of that at all. all i said was that things are gettin wierd. i was just an exiled cat and the next thing i know im part of a clan allied with wolves." he continued, meeting wolfstars gaze unwavering. "not that its a bad thing." *he then got up and went inside the warriors den and laid down in his nest. soon he was asleep with a paw on his muzzle.*
jetstreams night was as bad as the last. he kept reliving the wolf attack but instead of firemoon it would be moonspirit or icefrost or anyone that was one of his closest friends. he finally got up and went outside the den before the sun was up. he couldnt bear another second of those nightmares.
Firemoon sat quietly in the medicine den. she felt worthless. She was sick of not stnding for four days since the accident,so she lifted herselfas gently as possible. She felt tinges in her front paws,but she would deal with it. Her wounds were healing,and she couldn't have been more thankful for the time Clovercloud to take care of her. She limped happily to the warriors den.
*jetstream was sitting bolt upriht with his drooped. he had woken up from yet another nightmare.he soon slumped down onto his belly and put his paws over his head as if it would help keep the nightmares away.*
i was in the dark forest, training with scourge. bloodclan did have a place to go when they died, but i didn't feel like going there. it was much worse than this place. "wolf!! pay attention!! why aren't you focused?!" scourge demanded, his splintering gaze penetrating me. "i guess i'm thinking about the claws. the ones on... dawnlight." i hissed. i still wasn't happy that she stole the wolf's claws. "a true bloodclan cat earns their claws, not taking them to look tough!" i growled, as if to challenge dawnlight to prove that she was tough enough to wear them. "and you can't just kill dogs. the most important claws are earned by killing cats you know- not just enemies." scourge padded over to me and flexed his. "it's the only way to prove you're more loyal to me than you're friends." i heard a growl from behind me. i glanced back to see dawnlight sitting there. "those claws your wearing aren't there to make you stronger in a fight." i said to her. she laughed. "so what? you want me to kill you to prove i'm more loyal to hiddenclan?" she retorted. "you wish you could." i said sharply. "i'm just saying that those claws represent pain, suffering and loyalty in bloodclan. on you, they mean nothing." her fur bristled. i shrugged. "no offense. it's just that you didn't earn your claws. to us they meant something, to you they don't mean anything." i blinked, to see i was back in my den. i had scratched the bloodclan symbol all over the red stone and dirt walls. cloverspots walked in. "i have to show you something. brace yourself- it's bad." she growled, worried.
(firemoon, me, and you went hunting by the falls when firemoon was attacked by a wolf, we brought her back to camp, wolfstar told us bout the wolves and our alliance with them, how theyr starving, and then jetstream keeps havin nightmares about wolves attackin and blablabla. nothin else i dont think.)
Wolfstar jumped up and met my eyes. "What is it?" she asked. "One of the wolves, the medicine wolf, Aspen came to me in the forest today. There's a sickness going around the wolf camp. There are barely enough pack members to hunt." I thought of the panic in Aspen's eyes when she talked, and frowned. Wolfstar looked startled, obviously worried about her friends in the pack. "Alright, but why would Aspen talk to you?" I shrugged. "I am a medicine cat." Wolfstar paused. "Get any herbs you might need and lets go. Just us, I don't want to seem like a threat. Skywhisker will be in charge. We'll visit and then decide what to do from there." I nodded and ducked out of the den. Back in my herb stores, I had to deicide what wouldn't be powerful enough for a full grown wolf, and what I wanted to save for our clan. Then I shook my head. I would never hoard herbs that way when someone needed them. My herbs in my jaws, I met Wolfstar at the camp entrance. "Alright. Lets go." I followed her out
i trailed through the snow, and pricked my ears. "let's get there by moon high. that's an important time for the wolves; than would be the best time to talk to them." i growled. cloverspots nodded in agreement- her mouth was to full of herbs to speak. we trotted through the snow in silence, wondering what would come ahead.
Dawnlight walked in the camp with loads of prey. This was the last load. I kept hearing the voices of Dark Forest. 'Kill them.... Kill them..... You have no use for them now..... Kill them.......' To many cat voices for her to count. I look around camp and no cat seemed to be in the clearing. I went to the ground trembling and eyes glowing. I put my paws over my ears, trying to escape the sound. - Dawnlight
When Wolfstar and I got to the wolves camp, Aspen rushed up to me and said, "Thank goodness! I need help since I don't have Aro-" she stopped before she said her old friends name. Arora was a medicine wolf who was killed. Wolfstar snarled at Aspen. Probably upset that Aspen and I were friends. Well, in medicine cat code, it said that we reach across borders and stand together. Maybe it applied to wolves too? Anyway, the camp wasn't in good shape...
i was annoyed that they were all buddy-buddy. dogs and wolves were bery close, so since when did EVERYONE respect wolves and no one dogs. but i held my tongue cuz i'd do the same exact thing. things were a wreck. a starved wolf pup's corpse lied down in the middle of the camp. they were probably gonna eat it or somethin(not to gross anyone out... it's just real wolves do that. they kill the runts of litters if they're not healthy because they can't afford weakness within the pack. it's true.) cloverspots made a disgusted face. i just sighed inwardly. lira walked up. her eyes reflected hunger, but not complete starvation. after all, the alphas always ate first, before anyone else. survival of the fittest. (btw, wolves call me shadow, not wolftstar or wolfshadow.) "the pack's not doing great. we spotted a moose in the deep snow a couple days ago. we tried to take it down but the moose kicked 3 wolve's heads and broke their skulls. a herd of moose have moved in there, but they are to healthy and young to fight, and we cant retreive the dead wolves bodies. they're still frozen in the snow. akira's had 2 pups and one's dead." she said, gesturing unsympathetically at the dead pup. "both of you, stay the night. we need to figure a few things out."
It was strange, treating wolves with Aspen, because she skipped the sicker wolves and treated only the ones who were healthier. When I asked, she said. "I'm not wasting herbs on wolves who are going to die." I disagreed, but didn't say anything. Who am I to question her ways? After showing me what to do, Aspen and I split up to take care of more wolves. Some of them looked like they wanted to eat me. But most of the ones I treated were friendly. Anyways, later, I met Wolfstar, well, Shadow, and LIra in her den. "What do they call you, cat?" asked Lira. Shadow replied. "Spots." She was probably thinking of the times Scourge had called me Spotsy, and she was obviously getting a kick out of it. I nodded uncomfortably, and LIra began to speak.
I followed Wolfstar's and Cloverspots' scent trails stealthily, wanting to help the wolves. I knew the ways of wolves, having grown up with my father obsessed with them. Their main rule was survival of the fittest. Pretty brutal, but still.... Everyone has their own rules of life, and all species have different ones, wolves being the toughest. My dad had taught me that when your in the company of a wolf, be tough but humble. Wolves don't like the thought of anyone being tougher than themselves. Phht. Wolves can't be considered vain, but they can be considered selfish. I froze at the enterance of the camp, and stalked around the perimeter until I was right on top of the alpha's den. I flinched at the sound of yells: Wolfstar.
(ugh! wolves aren't REALLY selfish! in fact, their lives are hard! and they ARE tough. they can go up to 2 weeks without eating, can eat up to 20 pounds of meat for each meal, and have lots of stamina and endurance. i really admire them. >_<)
sorry, wolf! The selfish part is kinda sorta true. NO OFFENSE. at all. The 'survival of the fittest' rule is truly just saying, "b tough, popular, and threatening or die." sorry, I'm kinda a hippy, call it what u wish. But las Vegas! The carbon footprint is huge! Do u know how much energy in used in one room!? And don't get me STARTED on water. Their in the middle of the desert, 4 crying out loud!! The entire place is like a giant environmental crime scene!!!!! No offense if u live there, but if u do, turn off your unused lights once in a while.
(uh... survival of the fittest means that the strongest survive, and the weakest don't. (you could apply that to wolf packs, hunger games, or bloodclan... ) so um, anyway, back to the story.) "WAIT! I scent... an intruder." Shadow snarled. the wolves lifted their noses, and within seconds, spottedfire was captured and a prisoner. akora, a gray she-wolf, carried her at her scruff, which was bloody. "Shadow! How can i trust you and your pack if you're sending in cats who are not invited or expected? We are very hungry and most things that wander into our territory are considered prey...." Lira said, licking her chops. lira growled at akora to put spottedfire down. "what're you doing here?!" Shadow and Lira snarled simultaniously.
(yeah, clover, wolf, everyone says I'm over random) I felt every wolves' eyes on me like a hunter's eyes on a plump fawn. Wolfstar gave me an evil scowl and Cloverspots stared at my bloody scruff in horror. I coughed. "... Hi..." I said cautiously. The wolves growled. "Uhhh," I meowed, "Bad timing?" Everyone nodded viciously. "Well," the clear alpha barked. "I see we have... a meal." She licked her lips hungrily. My eyes widened. "Uhh, no," I meowed urgently. "You really wouldn't want to do that. I'm all bones, and you would have indegestion for the rest of your lives. I... can hunt for you guys or something to make up the intrusion. Really. I just want to help." Wolfstar gave me the evil eye and said, "I didn't know Spottedfire was following us, Lira. If you allow her, she will help or leave, you choose." I felt my blood turn cold. The wolves exchanged looks and Lira muttered with some older wolves. Finnaly, she turned to Wolfstar and growled roughly, "Send her up where there is no territory, so she doesn't trespass. She can hunt there." she turned to me menacingly. "If you don't bring back enough prey to feed at least three wolves, you WILL be eaten." I nodded, scared out of my wits at her threat. I ran out of the camp without any other thought on my mind except 'prey.'
What Spottedfire didn't know was that I has seen wolves spill plenty of blood before. I thought she was lucky to get out of there alive. I wished she just wouldn't be so nosey, following us like that!
I growled angrily as I startled a plump mouse and it scurried away. I sat up in the snow and padded over to the small pile of prey I had hidden in a small hollow shielded by thorns. I hoped no one thought I was being nosy; my intentions were pure. I just wanted to help the wolves. I admit I acted really stupid, all the lessons from my father forgotten. I froze as I picked up the scent of a young fawn. Good. If I caught it, it would feed two wolves, maybe three! IF I caught it. I sniffed some more. The fawn seemed alone, so I crept up on it. It pricked it's ears as I stepped on a brittle leaf, and I cursed at myself. The deer relaxed and went back to picking at grass under snow. I got closer to it... closer... I perpared myself to spring. I leapt swiftly, gracefully, and delivered the killing blow to the neck instantly. The fawn had been to young to fight back, but was surprisingly fat and meaty. I dragged the carcass back to the hole and counted up the prey. I supposed two small animals per wolf, so I had enough for four wolves, not including the deer. I sniffed disdainfully and dug the hole deeper and bigger. I needed more to truly express my gratitude to the pack for letting me live. I went out and came back two hours later carrying eight mice, two voles, and three squirrels. I smiled to myself. Better. I decided I would carry the prey three at a time to camp, the fawn first, being most important.
( we know) i rolled my eyes. hungry wolves were not the most courteous. i'd thought she'd know that. lira's mate, (name's torrik) alpha male, trotted in. "oh. shadow. i was just out hunting. we caught a marmot and a wolverine." "oh, don't forget the sacrifice tonight for moonpack." i reminded him. "yeah, we're giving them the marmot." torrik said. cloverspots gave a questioning look. "moonpack's like starclan, right? so why do they need sacrifices? starclan hunts on their own." asked cloverspots. "moonpack only hunts on their own during the summer. we have to sacrifice food in the winter or they'll disappear. it sorta decides how loyal you are to your ancestors; in times of starvation, are you more loyal to their survival, or your own? good thing is, one piece of prey lasts 'em a moon. we only do this once a month." i wondered what cloverspots thought about this. i wandered into her mind, which i practically never did anymore. she was thinking: 'are they really THAT supersticous? they think their ancestors will disappear if they don't feed them?' i gave her a dirty look, and she gave me a look like, 'what?' then spottedfire dragged a fawn into camp. 'that's... okay." lira said, but not exactly stunned with admiration. lira was not really the forgiving type, unless you knew her well, or something like that. lira stated, "hey, i've got an idea. what about you and your medicine cat...?" "cloverspots" cloverspots said. "you and cloverspots come to the ritual tonight?" lira asked. i jumped up, excited, and said, 'yeah, oh, that'll be awesome! you should totally go, cloverspots!" she looked interested. "ok, but spottedfire, go tell the camp we'll be gone for awhile, and tell skywhisker what you did. the TRUTH."
I gave Wolfstar a look. "I will after I get the rest of the prey I caught," I said coolly. It took about half an hour, but I brought all the prey in. Cloverspots gave me a disbelieving look. "How did you catch all that?" she asked. "It's leaf-bare!" I shrugged. "Good hunting up north," I answered. "No cats or wolves to disturb the prey." Wolfstar glared at me. "Well, you still have to go back to camp," she hissed. I shrugged again. "I'm just glad I could help," I mewed softly. I turned to go, but Lira grabbed my tail. "Tell us where you got the prey." I described the area, and some wolves nodded, indicating that they'd been there before. After I was done, Wolfstar dismissed me for home. I trudged along in the icy snow, disappointed I couldn't help anymore.
"Yes! I would be so honored to come to the ceremony." I said, dipping my head to Lira bit. Wolfstar nodded her approval. In the clearing, the wolves we tucking in to their wolverine and the few animals that Spottedfire had brought. Aspen was bent over the marmot, and she beckoned me with her tail. "We have to prepare it for our ancestors first." she said. The herbs she was using turned out to be similar to the ones we used on dead cats. Lira sent me a few steps outside camp to gather rosemary.
As I stalked back home, I realized I just had a major breakthrough. Hunting where there was no territory! No territory meant no big animals like cats or wolves could disturb prey! I raced back up towards the wolves camp, and snuck past and up away from the territory. After an ten minuets of running, I gulped and realized what I had just done. I was alone now. All alone.
the full moon was high in the air, and we crossed a huge field where the grass was swaying in a gentle breeze. an omega wolf was dragging the wolverine, but was careful not to pierce the flesh for the blood. eventually, we came to a cliff. in the cliff face, a huge cave was carved into it. a steep, sandy, narrow path led the wolves into the cave. wolfstar and cloverspots trotted single file down there, in line with the other wolves. the clay walls were smooth and eroded, and the floor had rough sand that scraped their paws sharply. lira stepped forward. the omega dropped the wolverine in a pit at the center of the floor. Aspen stepped up to the pit, and suddenly bit her paw. cloverspots rushed forward, but Lira shoved her back roughly. Aspen didn't notice. she put her paw over the sandy pit, and let a droplet of blood splash onto the wolverine. then she laid down, and went into a sort of trance. meanwhile, the wolves made a circle around the pit. torrik started the howl, then lira, wolfstar, then the next wolf. (yay! howling is fun! :D) when everyone looked down at the pit, the wolverine was burning, and Aspen was perfectly okay. Cloverspots looked a little surprised, but not much. Amori, Lira's daughter, and Laika, her father, were vaporized out of the smoke. Torrik grimaced. "Laika, our pack is starving, and the clan of cats is not helping the situation." "many of the pups have already died." said a mother somewhere in the circle. Amori swished her tail. the two dead pups appeared in the smoke.
*Icefrost was paddding about the frost forest in hiddenclan territory, she was unusually serious,even tho it was cold, which should have made her happt, she felt an lagging sense of sadness**she sits down with a puff, causing some grass stems to break under her weight*if onley Pheasant or Jessamine were here... *she winces at the crushing memories of her old best friends* shes hears a distant howling of wolves, but pays no notice. for once, the cold ice and snow raining from the sky did not cheer her up
*firesong walks by and sees iceforst* hey do you want to go hunting *she swishes her tail and then icey sees ligerheart sandfire rushingwater and speedwhisker*
*jetstream sinks down into his nest gratefully. it had been a long day full of patrols for him* "wow. this nest has never felt mor comfortable. ever." he purrs to noone imparticular.
ReplyDelete(shudnt this be in warriors den rp?)
ReplyDelete(idk. umm..................... mqybe???????? i hav absolutely no idea to be honest with u.)
ReplyDelete(It doesnt matter, really. Just another story. I'll continue now~)
ReplyDeleteSkywhisker walked in the den to see Jetstream. "Oh, Jetstream, how are you today?"
Jetstream smiled. "Fine. Im just REALLY tired. From all of those patrols."
"Nothing new i'm guessing?" Skywhisker slumped in her nest, across from Jetstream's.
"Yeah, just more snow. Prey will grow short soon."
"Right." Sky mewed. "I'll go hunting tomorrow, with Darkness. Teach him some tricks."
"Great."
Dragonwing walked in. "Hey guys."
"Hi."
"Hey, Dragonwing."
"Long day today." Dragonwing commented.
"Yeah, I guess i'll sleep now. Night." Skywhisker said, and lowered her head and closed her eyes. They stung a little from staying awake for a long time.
"Night."
"See you in the morning."
"yea. hope i can find another rabbits nest tomorrow. i think i found one a couple sunrises ago." jetstream mumbles then not even 5 seconds later he snores softly with a paw resting on his muzzle.
ReplyDeleteWillowfoot entered the warriors den - tired after the long day - to find all the warriors snoring away. She twitched her whiskers in amusement and circled in her nest. Soon she was asleep, too.
ReplyDelete*Icefrost pads in, weary* "hey guys... whats up"
ReplyDelete*Slumps down in her nest*
*sandfire pads in, weary* "ohay vaia"
ReplyDelete*Slumps down in her nest*
*jetstreams ear twitches and he mumbles somethin bout a vole and his stomach growls wakin him* "huh?!" he cries sittin bolt upright. "oh. hey icefrost. hey sandfire." he mumbles sliding bak down into his nest.
ReplyDelete"hi Jetstream. guys, im bored ne one wanna go huntin?"
ReplyDelete*Icefrost peeks outside the den* "its snowing guys!!! i love snow!" *runs outside*
ReplyDelete*jetstream reluctantly follows* "ugh. i dont like cold weather....... but alrite. cum on icefrost lets go hunting.i found a real good hunting ground a coupl sunrises ago." he mews with a shake of his pelt. "wait. after i get somethin to eat. im stravin! which is usual sinc its leafbare...." he trails off as he bounds to the store and removes a slim mouse.
ReplyDeleteNO NOT SNOW but i guess the clan has to be fed Rushingpaw up for some hunting!
ReplyDelete"exactly. i HATE cold weather!!!!! it reminds me of wen i wuz on exile and wen i had to nest in dry old leaves tht gave no warmth at all!!!!" Jetstream snarls. "but yea its leafbare and the clan needs food mor than ever now so we hav to." he adds, getting up nd padding over.
ReplyDelete*Pads out of warrior's den* "Hey guys..." *Looks up* "Oh! It's snowing!!! We had lots of snow in Skyclan!!!" *Jumps around* "Ok, lets go hunt."
ReplyDelete*jetstream shakes loose a couple of flakes out of his fur and with his head low and ears back he trudges out of camp grumbling about how he hates snow becuz it reminds him of his exile*
ReplyDelete*rolls around in the snow* "i feel so refreshed!!!" Icefrost purrs "dont u just LOVE the snow guys?"*gets up, covered in snow* "ok, lets go hunting*
ReplyDelete*Sees Icefrost covered in snow, laughs* "Ha!" *Gently bats her head, making some snow falloff of her head*
ReplyDelete*purrs and shakes the rest of the snow off her head* "hey at least my pelt blends in for once!" she purrs
ReplyDelete"Ha! Alright, lets get some hunting done." *Follows Jetstream*
ReplyDelete*Leaps thru the snow to the entrance* * in the forest* *seesa rabbit* "my faverite" she whispers to herself and licks her lips * stalks the rabbit on velvet paws till she is right up behind it and gracefully pounces on the rabbit*
ReplyDelete*looks up in the trees, sees a bird nest.* "Perfect." *She climbed p the tree next to it with ease, and got on a branch that was very close to the nest. She leaped with her might, catching the plump, sleeping bird in her jaws.*
ReplyDelete"Ahh! Got it!" *She jumped to the ground below her*
"nice one" Icefrost mews with a couple mice she just caught in her jaws "we havebountiful prey, especially for leaf bare"
ReplyDelete"Yeah, must be because the winter hasn't fully set in yet."
ReplyDelete"maybe, but it sure is snowy for early winter!" Icefrost mews happiley
ReplyDeletepads out of den and twitches tail at the snow. follows patrols tracks and sees jetstripe stalking squirrel. yells, "HEY!" right as he leaps for it. squirell dashes away. "what was that for?!" he yells and wolfstar says, "for the fun of it." wolfstar flicks snow at him and he flinches."it's not that bad," she says rolling in the snow. "i was practically born in this stuff. it's even colder in twoleg place. there's no shelter from it." suddenly she smells something very familiar.
ReplyDelete-wolfstar/wolfshadow
*Icefrost pads up*hi Wofstar! (lol Wolf, things r reli heatin up on Bloodclan huh? lol)
ReplyDelete*jetstream growls but he has one of his famous grins on his face as he pounces on icefrost bowling her over* "hey icefrost!!!" he yowls. *before she can do anything back to him he leaps up a tree and theirs a cry of alarm as he lands with a dove clamped firmly in his jaws*
ReplyDelete*purrs* get off me u great lump!
ReplyDelete*his grin widens nd he flattens himself so he becomes like a rock as she squirms trying to get away* "your the one who asked for a gret lump." he purrs as rolls off her at last
ReplyDelete*slams a heavy snowball right in his face then dissapears into the snow cuz her pelt is whit*
ReplyDelete*purrs loudly and trips over her* uf!!!! *turns around and shovels a pile of snow over her using his tail then he leaps out of the way*
ReplyDelete*suddenly Icefrosst appears in front of him, whacking him across the face with a fluffy tail and purrs while runin away*
ReplyDelete"hey! get ur pelt back here!" he yowls tacklin her. *he purrs loudly and headbutts her*
ReplyDelete*Laughs at her friends, who are now practically covered in snow* (Not like you could tell with icefrost, anyways...)
ReplyDelete(lol true) *jetstream gets up and shakes off a pile of snow and picks up his dove he caught and trots up to skywhisker* "lets head back. its gettin colder." he mews with another shakes of his pelt. "come on icefrost!" he calls and takes off towards camp.
ReplyDeleteRight. *Pads off*
ReplyDelete*he flops down in his nest in th warriors den and starts to eat the dove he caught*
ReplyDelete*Cloverspots pads out to join Skywhisker* shouts,
ReplyDelete"Hey Sky!" Skywhisker pads over, giggling.
"Getting pretty cold." says Skywhisker, "We were just playing in the snow."
Cloverspots sighs, "I just hope no cat catches whitecough."
"You worry too much!" teases Skywhisker.
*jetstream pkes his head out and a smowflakes lands on his nose making him sneeze* "ugh. stupid snowflake!!!!" he growls but again hes smiling.
ReplyDelete*Icefrost eats a mouse she caught*
ReplyDelete"So..." Skywhisker started. "How's your life going so far?"
ReplyDelete"Well, stocking the med. den has kept my occupied." Cloverspots said. "You?"
"Nothing much. Loudpaw is already an apprentice." Sky looked over to her son. He was busy eating a mouse with Rushingpaw.
Cloverspots said, "Are you and Falconclaw thinking about kits?"
"No, i think we have enough with Loudpaw. Maybe once he's grown up or something."
"Right."
*jetstream yawns and leaps back inside the warriors den and curls up in his nest and soon he starts to lightly snore*
ReplyDelete"Hmm... I should really start thinking about an apprentice.." says Cloverspots thoughtfully.
ReplyDelete"Ooh, yes." Skywhisker said back to Cloverspots. She looked over back to the apprentices.
ReplyDelete"Do you think any of them have the potential?"
"Hmmmm... I'm not sure.."
Dragonwing lay down in the warriors den still happy about the fun in the snow. She gave a little sneeze, but wasn't worried. Besides she had heard Cloverspots was busy lately and didn't want to bother her.
ReplyDelete*Icefrost runs in, caked with snow* " i love this weather! " she mews
ReplyDelete"hey keep it down over ther!" Jet growls
(u got my name wrong. jets from bloodclan. jetstream here.) *jetstream snarls and laughs when he sees her covered in snow* "why dont you go and brush all the snow off? itll eventually melt and get your nest all wet." he mews, purring in amusement. "oh, yeah that might be good wont it?" icefrost answers, purring too as she rubs against the wall of the den scraping all the snow off. "better?" he mews laying his head down. "it will be soon." she answers, curling up in her nest.
ReplyDeleteFiremoon passed the fresh-kill pile the next morning,and said hello to Jetstream and Icecloud,
ReplyDeletewho were sharing a rabbit.
"Hi guys! Did you sleep well?" Firemoon asked.
"Sure. It was cold,but I managed. Do you want to help us with this rabbit? It's a bit big." Jetstream replied."Yeah. I'm hungry. Did you want to go hunting?"
"Okay." Icecloud meowed
"Icecloud,is it me,or do you need to shake your pelt out?" Firemoon asked.
"I have been a little cold today." Icecloud said as she shook her fur,plastering Firemoon and Jetstream in snow.
Firestar
"Okay.
(her name's icefrost.)
ReplyDeletei let the patrol go ahead without me. i knew the scent all too well. istalked slowly forward, and saw the slightest movement of white fur.
"lira, what are you doing here?!" i hissed, aware that none of the new hiddenclan members like jetstream, firemoon, or icefrost knew who or what lira was.
"we promised we'd never speak of meeting again." i hissed, keeping my voice low. "it would freak out all the new warriors. it'll be too hard to explain how we met and why we're allies."
then i looked her up and down. i could count her ribs, and her skin was drooping.
"the carribou have changed their migrating course because humans, taking away 70% of our winter food source." she growled.
i winced. "have you consulted Amori or Laika?" i asked.
"No.You know how it is. The Winter moon and Summer moon belong to different ancesters, and Laika and Amori are part of the Summer Moonpack. We can't connect during the winter, and now we're half starved."
"But you guys can go 2 weeks without food."
"It's been 5 days already."
i heard a rustle behind me. icefrost's green eyes disappeared right as i looked.
"i'll talk to you later." i said to lira with my eyes. she disappeared.
i pounced on icefrost. "how long were you there?!" "i just heard 'it's been 5 days already' !" she said defensively.
i bared my teeth. "do not say a word about this!" i hissed.
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that night, i consulted my med cat and senior warriors who knew lira-cloverspots, dragonwing, skywhisker, dawnlight, magic,griffin, falconclaw and camofur.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
*jetsream hisses in annoyance and backs up fast avoiding most of the snow* "watch it!! not all of us enjoy leafbare like you, icefrost." he growls shaking off whatever snow he had caught in his fur. "anyway if you guys are ready we can go ahead and hunt." he mews calming down again. "sure." firemoon mewed, her mouth full. "fine by me." icefrost replied, ignoring jetstreams comment.
ReplyDelete(I feel so stupid that I put Icecloud!)
ReplyDelete"Well if the Clan gets any food,we should go find something now." Firemoon meowed.
The three cats went hunting by the falls,where they could find elk,but risks were high because wolves stalked around for food.
"Guys,hey guys,I see an elk!" Icefrost remarked.
"I do too. We should go for the neck." Jetstrean
mewed.
They crept through the undergrowth,a fox-lengh away from the elk,but a screechy yowl broke all
silence. Firemoon was attacked by a wolf.
Icefrost and Jetstream lunged and ripped the wolf's fur. Icefrost bit it's tail,and Jetstream
clawed at it's eyes. It ran,but the ginger pelt
that was supposed to be Firemoon,was just a battered ball of blood-red fur.
Jetstream and Icefrost gently lifted Firemoon and carried her back to camp.
Firestar
*jetstream gently shouldered firemoon so that she was completely on his back* "go to camp and tell cloverspots to get herbs ready!!" he mews briskly, giving a little jump to get firemoons forelegs in front of his shoulders so she wont fall* *icefrost nods and speeds off towards camp* "hold on firemoon. its guna be a while. unless i sprout wings and fly." he mutters, trotting after her.
ReplyDeleteIcefrost came into camp screaming, "Cloverspots!! Come quickly!" and right behind her was Jetstream with Firemoon on his shoulders. I smelled the air. Wolves. Wolfstar wasn't gonna be too happy about this...
ReplyDelete"Right!" I nodded. I led the cats into my den, and they put Firemoon down in one of my extra nests. Jetstream stood by me, quickly explaining everything that had happened.
ReplyDeleteI arranged the torn fur on her pelt, and stopped her bleeding, and wrapped up her worst scratches, smearing poultices where I could see it was needed.
Skywhisker appeared at the entrance to my den.
"Wolfstar wants to see us." I knew that was coming. I nodded, and left Jetstream in charge, telling her to fetch me if anything changed with Firemoon.
-Cloverspots-
Firemoon woke with her wounds covered,and in the medicine den. She saw a small mouse,and Jetstream's foggy gray paws beside her.
ReplyDelete"I figered you might need something to eat,since you bled so much." Jetsream meowed. Firemoon looked into his deep green eyes and could tell he
had a rough night.
"You look really exhausted. What happened?" Firemoon asked.
"I couldn't stop thinking about what happened yesterday,and I diddn't sleep too well." Jetstream mewed. "I'm sorry about that. This is my fault. If I hadn't chosen to hunt there,this woudn't have happened." Firemoon meowed.
Cloverspots walked into the den. "firemoon you did nothing wrong. You took a risk for your Clan,
and prey is scarce. Only true warriors would do that." Cloverspots said.
Firestar
"All cats old enough to catch prey join under high rock for a clan meeting. "
ReplyDeletei hissed. no need. everyone was already there.
"senior warriors, come to the front so you can help explain." i said. they did.
"so, when cloverspots, me, skywhisker, dragonwing, and all of them were going to start hiddenclan, we ran into my good freinds- the wolves.
when i was born, my mother froze to death, and a wolf named lira took my brother darkness and me. she gave me to bloodclan and my brother to a kittypet. eversince, i had lived half in a wolf pack and half in bloodclan."
cloverspots took up the story. "then, wolfstar got me mad and i ran straight into their territory. the rest of the warriors had to save me, so wolfstar had to introduce us to lira and the wolves. this huge battle happened, and we helped. anyway, lira became alpha in the end-"
"what's an alpha?" asked willowfoot.
skywhisker answered. "it's the wolf form of a leader. so, we became allies with the wolves."
dragonwing took up the story. "so, we swore never to tell all you new warriors- icefrost, firemoon, waveclaw, oceanmist, jetstream, and the rest of you, that we knew about the wolves. it would only cause panic and chaos."
"you never suspected that you shared borders with a pack of hungry wolves. the only reason rust attacked firemoon was because moose and carribou are wolves main source of food- and they're starving. he couldn't afford to miss the chance of prey- a life saving carribou, that could last them days to eat, and give everyone a chance to eat." i finished. "lira and her pack are starving- and there's nothing we can do to help."
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
(btw, all that actually happened on heart of the forest fanfiction page.)
*if jetstream was surprised he didnt show it. if there was anything he had learned in his time here, anything could happen. he merely nodded his understanding and went back to lay in one of the sunny spots he had adopted as his main area to lay during the day when he wasnt patrolling.*
ReplyDelete"Could we possibly let them hunt on our territory? Maybe just at night when cats are sleeping?" I suggested to Wolfstar calmly. Some of the other cats looked angry, like they thought there wasn't enough prey to go around. I thought of the medicine wolf, Aspen, and I didn't want her to starve.
ReplyDeleteSkywhisker picked up.
"We're cats! We don't need to eat huge prey, like elk or moose or whatever, we can eat mice and birds. I think its fair to let the wolves eat the larger prey." Wolfstar nodded and began to speak.
-Cloverspots
*jetsteam, having had enough of the complicated situatipn got up and sat by firemoon outside the medicine cat den* "things are gettin really wierd." he muttered to her. "u can say that again." firemoon replied with a flick of her tail.
ReplyDeletei narrowed my eyes at jetstream's ignorance. he didn't care about the wolves starving or not. i hissed at him, "if it's so unimportant, why don't we let the wolves eat all of OUR food rescources, and we can starve."
ReplyDeletehe looked up.
"that's how they feel about us. the only thing keeping us allies are me and the senior warriors, because we were the ones who helped the wolves. they see the rest of you- including you, jetstream- as another mouth to feed, another waste of THEIR food. they didn't ask us to come here, so the least we can do is minimize our food to give them more. or else you newer warriors who just don't care might find that YOUR their next meal." i hissed pointedly at jetstream.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
I walked over to the warrior's den. Wolfstar was angry at Jetstream, but he probably hadn't had any experience with wolves. He was more loyal to cats, which made sense, since he's a cat. He just didn't know Wolfstar's bond with wolves, and thats all.
ReplyDelete"Ugh, i'm gonna sleep." I meowed and i laid down in my nest. Falconclaw was already in there. He looked over his shoulder and asked me, "Border partol tomorrow?"
"Sure." I said. He smiled and turned to face me.
"Loudpaw is getting bigger, isn't he?"
I looked outside the den, Loudpaw was talking to Speedpaw.
"Yeah... I remember when i found him in the meadow?"
"Yeah. I wonder where he came from."
"Hmm. Oh, well. Night." I replied and lowered my head.
I dreamed that night of Skyclan. I was o the Skyrock, where the leader made announcements. I looked to my left, and my father, Sharpclaw was next to me.
"Dad?"
"Hey, Sky."
"Dad, i'm sorry."
"Why?"
I looked over the ledge. "For leaving my clan? I was a burden to you guys."
He looked at me with intense eyes. "You were just following your destiny, sweet."
I looked back at him. "By disobeying my clan?"
"For thinking of others. You weren't a burden, i hope you know that. But why did you really leave?"
"...I-I guess i had no point there, really. No one liked me, accept Echosong. And thats only because she had to deal with me." Tears appeared in my eyes. "Not even you loved me."
"Thats not true-"
"Yeah, it is. I know it. You barely even looked at me. You threw me with another queen, didn't visit me, you never talked to me."
"Don't you think I did this for a reason?"
I stared with pondering eyes.
"I knew you were stronger than the others. If a different cat had been attacked by that mountain lion, they would have died. You have strong legs."
"Had." I looked down at my twisted paw. I guess Sharpclaw saw too.
"It looks better."
"Can I leave now?"
"Yeah... I think I got everything across to you."
"Wait...Are you dead?"
"Well, that's kinda why im talking to you."
"How? Did you die, i mean?"
He smiled at me. "Mountain lion."
I woke up. Not morning, yet. I smiled, and went back to sleep.
Dawnlight smelled the air.
ReplyDeleteThere it was.
It doesn't even know she's there.
She looked down at the wolf claws she was wearing.
Clear as day she remembered the thrill of ripping them off the murderer.
The sun was about to come over the trees she needed to be quick.
Though she wasn't deputy anymore she was happy with the clan.
'I say you kill them all' Tigerstar's voice echoed in her head.
She rolled her eyes and pounced for the tall figure grazing in the meadow.
Yes!
Her teeth clamped harder on it's neck.
Bone called these male deers.
She didn't care what it was called; it tastes good!
- Dawnlight
( THANKSGIVING FEAST :P! )
*jetstream bit back a retort and dipped his head to his leader and said through gritted teeth* "i never said that it was unimportant." he pointed out. "i didnt say anything along the lines of that at all. all i said was that things are gettin wierd. i was just an exiled cat and the next thing i know im part of a clan allied with wolves." he continued, meeting wolfstars gaze unwavering. "not that its a bad thing." *he then got up and went inside the warriors den and laid down in his nest. soon he was asleep with a paw on his muzzle.*
ReplyDeletejetstreams night was as bad as the last. he kept reliving the wolf attack but instead of firemoon it would be moonspirit or icefrost or anyone that was one of his closest friends. he finally got up and went outside the den before the sun was up. he couldnt bear another second of those nightmares.
Firemoon sat quietly in the medicine den. she felt worthless. She was sick of not stnding for four days since the accident,so she lifted herselfas gently as possible. She felt tinges in her front paws,but she would deal with it. Her wounds were healing,and she couldn't have been more thankful for the time Clovercloud to take care of her. She limped happily to the warriors den.
ReplyDeleteFirestar
*jetstream was sitting bolt upriht with his drooped. he had woken up from yet another nightmare.he soon slumped down onto his belly and put his paws over his head as if it would help keep the nightmares away.*
ReplyDeletei was in the dark forest, training with scourge. bloodclan did have a place to go when they died, but i didn't feel like going there. it was much worse than this place.
ReplyDelete"wolf!! pay attention!! why aren't you focused?!" scourge demanded, his splintering gaze penetrating me.
"i guess i'm thinking about the claws. the ones on... dawnlight." i hissed. i still wasn't happy that she stole the wolf's claws.
"a true bloodclan cat earns their claws, not taking them to look tough!" i growled, as if to challenge dawnlight to prove that she was tough enough to wear them.
"and you can't just kill dogs. the most important claws are earned by killing cats you know- not just enemies."
scourge padded over to me and flexed his. "it's the only way to prove you're more loyal to me than you're friends."
i heard a growl from behind me. i glanced back to see dawnlight sitting there.
"those claws your wearing aren't there to make you stronger in a fight."
i said to her. she laughed.
"so what? you want me to kill you to prove i'm more loyal to hiddenclan?"
she retorted.
"you wish you could." i said sharply. "i'm just saying that those claws represent pain, suffering and loyalty in bloodclan. on you, they mean nothing."
her fur bristled. i shrugged. "no offense. it's just that you didn't earn your claws. to us they meant something, to you they don't mean anything." i blinked, to see i was back in my den. i had scratched the bloodclan symbol all over the red stone and dirt walls.
cloverspots walked in. "i have to show you something. brace yourself- it's bad." she growled, worried.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
(What am I supposed to show you? Can I make it up?)
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(I think so...)
ReplyDelete(ok guys whats goin on? i missed a bunch)
ReplyDelete(firemoon, me, and you went hunting by the falls when firemoon was attacked by a wolf, we brought her back to camp, wolfstar told us bout the wolves and our alliance with them, how theyr starving, and then jetstream keeps havin nightmares about wolves attackin and blablabla. nothin else i dont think.)
ReplyDelete(k thx :)
ReplyDelete(welcum. ;) )
ReplyDelete(yah, clover, that was sorta your cue to make up what you wanted. you didn't really seem to be all into the story, so take it away.)
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Wolfstar jumped up and met my eyes.
ReplyDelete"What is it?" she asked.
"One of the wolves, the medicine wolf, Aspen came to me in the forest today. There's a sickness going around the wolf camp. There are barely enough pack members to hunt." I thought of the panic in Aspen's eyes when she talked, and frowned. Wolfstar looked startled, obviously worried about her friends in the pack.
"Alright, but why would Aspen talk to you?" I shrugged.
"I am a medicine cat." Wolfstar paused.
"Get any herbs you might need and lets go. Just us, I don't want to seem like a threat. Skywhisker will be in charge. We'll visit and then decide what to do from there."
I nodded and ducked out of the den.
Back in my herb stores, I had to deicide what wouldn't be powerful enough for a full grown wolf, and what I wanted to save for our clan. Then I shook my head. I would never hoard herbs that way when someone needed them. My herbs in my jaws, I met Wolfstar at the camp entrance.
"Alright. Lets go." I followed her out
-Cloverspots
i trailed through the snow, and pricked my ears.
ReplyDelete"let's get there by moon high. that's an important time for the wolves; than would be the best time to talk to them." i growled.
cloverspots nodded in agreement- her mouth was to full of herbs to speak.
we trotted through the snow in silence, wondering what would come ahead.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
Dawnlight walked in the camp with loads of prey. This was the last load.
ReplyDeleteI kept hearing the voices of Dark Forest. 'Kill them.... Kill them..... You have no use for them now..... Kill them.......'
To many cat voices for her to count.
I look around camp and no cat seemed to be in the clearing.
I went to the ground trembling and eyes glowing.
I put my paws over my ears, trying to escape the sound.
- Dawnlight
Just that moment, Willowfoot came out of the medicine den.
ReplyDelete(Just adding to previous comment) She (Willowfoot) had been checking on Firemoon.
ReplyDeleteWhen Wolfstar and I got to the wolves camp, Aspen rushed up to me and said, "Thank goodness! I need help since I don't have Aro-" she stopped before she said her old friends name. Arora was a medicine wolf who was killed.
ReplyDeleteWolfstar snarled at Aspen. Probably upset that Aspen and I were friends. Well, in medicine cat code, it said that we reach across borders and stand together. Maybe it applied to wolves too?
Anyway, the camp wasn't in good shape...
-Cloverspots
(OK, forget what I said! I forgot Firemoon got out of the medicine den! Just say I came out of the warrior den. :P )
ReplyDeletei was annoyed that they were all buddy-buddy. dogs and wolves were bery close, so since when did EVERYONE respect wolves and no one dogs. but i held my tongue cuz i'd do the same exact thing.
ReplyDeletethings were a wreck. a starved wolf pup's corpse lied down in the middle of the camp. they were probably gonna eat it or somethin(not to gross anyone out... it's just real wolves do that. they kill the runts of litters if they're not healthy because they can't afford weakness within the pack. it's true.) cloverspots made a disgusted face. i just sighed inwardly. lira walked up. her eyes reflected hunger, but not complete starvation. after all, the alphas always ate first, before anyone else. survival of the fittest.
(btw, wolves call me shadow, not wolftstar or wolfshadow.)
"the pack's not doing great. we spotted a moose in the deep snow a couple days ago. we tried to take it down but the moose kicked 3 wolve's heads and broke their skulls. a herd of moose have moved in there, but they are to healthy and young to fight, and we cant retreive the dead wolves bodies. they're still frozen in the snow. akira's had 2 pups and one's dead." she said, gesturing unsympathetically at the dead pup.
"both of you, stay the night. we need to figure a few things out."
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
It was strange, treating wolves with Aspen, because she skipped the sicker wolves and treated only the ones who were healthier. When I asked, she said.
ReplyDelete"I'm not wasting herbs on wolves who are going to die." I disagreed, but didn't say anything. Who am I to question her ways?
After showing me what to do, Aspen and I split up to take care of more wolves. Some of them looked like they wanted to eat me. But most of the ones I treated were friendly.
Anyways, later, I met Wolfstar, well, Shadow, and LIra in her den.
"What do they call you, cat?" asked Lira. Shadow replied.
"Spots." She was probably thinking of the times Scourge had called me Spotsy, and she was obviously getting a kick out of it. I nodded uncomfortably, and LIra began to speak.
-Cloverspots
I followed Wolfstar's and Cloverspots' scent trails stealthily, wanting to help the wolves. I knew the ways of wolves, having grown up with my father obsessed with them. Their main rule was survival of the fittest. Pretty brutal, but still.... Everyone has their own rules of life, and all species have different ones, wolves being the toughest. My dad had taught me that when your in the company of a wolf, be tough but humble. Wolves don't like the thought of anyone being tougher than themselves. Phht. Wolves can't be considered vain, but they can be considered selfish. I froze at the enterance of the camp, and stalked around the perimeter until I was right on top of the alpha's den. I flinched at the sound of yells: Wolfstar.
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(ugh! wolves aren't REALLY selfish! in fact, their lives are hard! and they ARE tough. they can go up to 2 weeks without eating, can eat up to 20 pounds of meat for each meal, and have lots of stamina and endurance. i really admire them. >_<)
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I love wolves! They are my 2nd fave animal.
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sorry, wolf! The selfish part is kinda sorta true. NO OFFENSE. at all. The 'survival of the fittest' rule is truly just saying, "b tough, popular, and threatening or die."
ReplyDeletesorry, I'm kinda a hippy, call it what u wish. But las Vegas! The carbon footprint is huge! Do u know how much energy in used in one room!? And don't get me STARTED on water. Their in the middle of the desert, 4 crying out loud!! The entire place is like a giant environmental crime scene!!!!! No offense if u live there, but if u do, turn off your unused lights once in a while.
Spottedfire
(..............)
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(That was waay to random for me Spottedfire)
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(uh... survival of the fittest means that the strongest survive, and the weakest don't. (you could apply that to wolf packs, hunger games, or bloodclan... ) so um, anyway, back to the story.)
ReplyDelete"WAIT! I scent... an intruder." Shadow snarled.
the wolves lifted their noses, and within seconds, spottedfire was captured and a prisoner. akora, a gray she-wolf, carried her at her scruff, which was bloody.
"Shadow! How can i trust you and your pack if you're sending in cats who are not invited or expected? We are very hungry and most things that wander into our territory are considered prey...." Lira said, licking her chops. lira growled at akora to put spottedfire down.
"what're you doing here?!" Shadow and Lira snarled simultaniously.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
(yeah, clover, wolf, everyone says I'm over random)
ReplyDeleteI felt every wolves' eyes on me like a hunter's eyes on a plump fawn. Wolfstar gave me an evil scowl and Cloverspots stared at my bloody scruff in horror. I coughed. "... Hi..." I said cautiously. The wolves growled. "Uhhh," I meowed, "Bad timing?" Everyone nodded viciously. "Well," the clear alpha barked. "I see we have... a meal." She licked her lips hungrily. My eyes widened. "Uhh, no," I meowed urgently. "You really wouldn't want to do that. I'm all bones, and you would have indegestion for the rest of your lives. I... can hunt for you guys or something to make up the intrusion. Really. I just want to help." Wolfstar gave me the evil eye and said, "I didn't know Spottedfire was following us, Lira. If you allow her, she will help or leave, you choose." I felt my blood turn cold. The wolves exchanged looks and Lira muttered with some older wolves. Finnaly, she turned to Wolfstar and growled roughly, "Send her up where there is no territory, so she doesn't trespass. She can hunt there." she turned to me menacingly. "If you don't bring back enough prey to feed at least three wolves, you WILL be eaten." I nodded, scared out of my wits at her threat. I ran out of the camp without any other thought on my mind except 'prey.'
Spottedfire
What Spottedfire didn't know was that I has seen wolves spill plenty of blood before. I thought she was lucky to get out of there alive. I wished she just wouldn't be so nosey, following us like that!
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I growled angrily as I startled a plump mouse and it scurried away. I sat up in the snow and padded over to the small pile of prey I had hidden in a small hollow shielded by thorns. I hoped no one thought I was being nosy; my intentions were pure. I just wanted to help the wolves. I admit I acted really stupid, all the lessons from my father forgotten. I froze as I picked up the scent of a young fawn. Good. If I caught it, it would feed two wolves, maybe three! IF I caught it. I sniffed some more. The fawn seemed alone, so I crept up on it. It pricked it's ears as I stepped on a brittle leaf, and I cursed at myself. The deer relaxed and went back to picking at grass under snow. I got closer to it... closer... I perpared myself to spring. I leapt swiftly, gracefully, and delivered the killing blow to the neck instantly. The fawn had been to young to fight back, but was surprisingly fat and meaty. I dragged the carcass back to the hole and counted up the prey. I supposed two small animals per wolf, so I had enough for four wolves, not including the deer. I sniffed disdainfully and dug the hole deeper and bigger. I needed more to truly express my gratitude to the pack for letting me live. I went out and came back two hours later carrying eight mice, two voles, and three squirrels. I smiled to myself. Better. I decided I would carry the prey three at a time to camp, the fawn first, being most important.
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(Clover, just trying to create conflict.)
ReplyDeleteSpottedfire
( we know)
ReplyDeletei rolled my eyes. hungry wolves were not the most courteous. i'd thought she'd know that.
lira's mate, (name's torrik) alpha male, trotted in.
"oh. shadow. i was just out hunting. we caught a marmot and a wolverine."
"oh, don't forget the sacrifice tonight for moonpack." i reminded him.
"yeah, we're giving them the marmot." torrik said.
cloverspots gave a questioning look. "moonpack's like starclan, right? so why do they need sacrifices? starclan hunts on their own." asked cloverspots.
"moonpack only hunts on their own during the summer. we have to sacrifice food in the winter or they'll disappear. it sorta decides how loyal you are to your ancestors; in times of starvation, are you more loyal to their survival, or your own? good thing is, one piece of prey lasts 'em a moon. we only do this once a month."
i wondered what cloverspots thought about this. i wandered into her mind, which i practically never did anymore. she was thinking:
'are they really THAT supersticous? they think their ancestors will disappear if they don't feed them?'
i gave her a dirty look, and she gave me a look like, 'what?'
then spottedfire dragged a fawn into camp.
'that's... okay." lira said, but not exactly stunned with admiration. lira was not really the forgiving type, unless you knew her well, or something like that.
lira stated, "hey, i've got an idea. what about you and your medicine cat...?"
"cloverspots" cloverspots said.
"you and cloverspots come to the ritual tonight?" lira asked. i jumped up, excited, and said, 'yeah, oh, that'll be awesome! you should totally go, cloverspots!"
she looked interested.
"ok, but spottedfire, go tell the camp we'll be gone for awhile, and tell skywhisker what you did. the TRUTH."
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
I gave Wolfstar a look. "I will after I get the rest of the prey I caught," I said coolly. It took about half an hour, but I brought all the prey in. Cloverspots gave me a disbelieving look. "How did you catch all that?" she asked. "It's leaf-bare!" I shrugged. "Good hunting up north," I answered. "No cats or wolves to disturb the prey." Wolfstar glared at me. "Well, you still have to go back to camp," she hissed. I shrugged again. "I'm just glad I could help," I mewed softly. I turned to go, but Lira grabbed my tail. "Tell us where you got the prey." I described the area, and some wolves nodded, indicating that they'd been there before. After I was done, Wolfstar dismissed me for home. I trudged along in the icy snow, disappointed I couldn't help anymore.
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WRITER'S BLOCK SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"Yes! I would be so honored to come to the ceremony." I said, dipping my head to Lira bit. Wolfstar nodded her approval. In the clearing, the wolves we tucking in to their wolverine and the few animals that Spottedfire had brought. Aspen was bent over the marmot, and she beckoned me with her tail.
ReplyDelete"We have to prepare it for our ancestors first." she said. The herbs she was using turned out to be similar to the ones we used on dead cats. Lira sent me a few steps outside camp to gather rosemary.
-Cloverspots
As I stalked back home, I realized I just had a major breakthrough. Hunting where there was no territory! No territory meant no big animals like cats or wolves could disturb prey! I raced back up towards the wolves camp, and snuck past and up away from the territory. After an ten minuets of running, I gulped and realized what I had just done. I was alone now. All alone.
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(i'll post tomorrow. don't have time for a whole ritual right now.)
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the full moon was high in the air, and we crossed a huge field where the grass was swaying in a gentle breeze.
ReplyDeletean omega wolf was dragging the wolverine, but was careful not to pierce the flesh for the blood.
eventually, we came to a cliff. in the cliff face, a huge cave was carved into it. a steep, sandy, narrow path led the wolves into the cave.
wolfstar and cloverspots trotted single file down there, in line with the other wolves. the clay walls were smooth and eroded, and the floor had rough sand that scraped their paws sharply.
lira stepped forward. the omega dropped the wolverine in a pit at the center of the floor.
Aspen stepped up to the pit, and suddenly bit her paw. cloverspots rushed forward, but Lira shoved her back roughly.
Aspen didn't notice. she put her paw over the sandy pit, and let a droplet of blood splash onto the wolverine.
then she laid down, and went into a sort of trance.
meanwhile, the wolves made a circle around the pit. torrik started the howl, then lira, wolfstar, then the next wolf.
(yay! howling is fun! :D)
when everyone looked down at the pit, the wolverine was burning, and Aspen was perfectly okay.
Cloverspots looked a little surprised, but not much.
Amori, Lira's daughter, and Laika, her father, were vaporized out of the smoke.
Torrik grimaced. "Laika, our pack is starving, and the clan of cats is not helping the situation."
"many of the pups have already died." said a mother somewhere in the circle.
Amori swished her tail. the two dead pups appeared in the smoke.
-wolfstar/wolfshadow
*Icefrost was paddding about the frost forest in hiddenclan territory, she was unusually serious,even tho it was cold, which should have made her happt, she felt an lagging sense of sadness**she sits down with a puff, causing some grass stems to break under her weight*if onley Pheasant or Jessamine were here... *she winces at the crushing memories of her old best friends* shes hears a distant howling of wolves, but pays no notice. for once, the cold ice and snow raining from the sky did not cheer her up
ReplyDelete*firesong walks by and sees iceforst* hey do you want to go hunting *she swishes her tail and then icey sees ligerheart sandfire rushingwater and speedwhisker*
ReplyDeleteuhhmm sure i guees. thx!*trots over with firesong to the group* were do you want to go hunting?
ReplyDeleteumm over there.
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