

Simonpet wrote:While Forestclan's camp wasn't quite finished, it was getting close. The tunnels had been connected and most of the dens had been dug out. The only thing of relevence was making nests for everyone, as for the past few moons, everyone in the clan hadn't bothered to do anything more than sleep on the dirt ground of their den.
"Birchnose, my deputy," said Honeystar, speaking from the Speaker's Tree as usual, "you will go on a border patrol. See if you can find any more cats that are willing to join the clan."
"Okay!" exclaimed Birchnose, looking around in excitement. Though young to be a deputy, she claimed that she had raised another's kits, which to Honeystar, made her a perfect deputy.
"Acornstream and Duckpelt." The two warriors looked up, expectant. "You're going hunting." Duckpelt nodded and something seemed to glitter in Acornstream's eyes. Honeystar looked them both in the eye. "Hunting." The pair nodded and trotted out of camp together, talking about something that Honeystar couldn't hear. A moment later, Birchnose left the camp too, off on her border patrol.
Honeystar leaped down from the Speaker's Tree. "I guess it's just us two," she said cheerfully to Crowcloud. "Let's keep setting up the clan!"
***
Acornstream decided to teach Duckpelt how to fish at the river. While land-hunting was good and all, it was also vital, in his opinion, that some knew how to fish because while land-prey would sometimes be plentiful and sometimes not, fish was always there.
"I don't really like swimming or fishing," said Duckpelt fluffing out her fur to replicate the coldness of water.
"But what if the territory floods?" asked Acornstream. "You'll need to know how to keep your head above the water."
Duckpelt sighed. "That doesn't mean that I have to like it."
"I'll start you with the basics," said Acornstream. By now, they had reached the banks of the river and were standing about a cat-length away. "Let's start with fishing." And so the lesson started.
***
Birchnose padded through the territory every sense on alert. She was naturally a good tracker and believed that if there was any trouble nearby, she could sniff it out easily.
"Sometimes," she sighed happily, "it's nice to be alone for a few moments."
While she loved Forestclan and felt that everyone was her family, she liked having some alone time. Like Acornstream and Duckpelt. Birchnose giggled to herself. It was clear to her that Acornstream cared for Duckpelt more than as a clan member, although she wasn't sure if Duckpelt returned his affections. She continued patrolling with a new spring in her step.
Forestclan consumes one squirrel (2 servings)
Birchnose goes on a border patrol
Acornstream and Duckpelt go on a hunting patrol
Chamrosh wrote:There were two strange cats in Boulder’s territory. They seemed to be looking for something, but what on earth it could be, she wasn’t sure. They had no right to be on her land. She’d had to fight off the previous tom who’d lived here before, she’d earned this land, and no cat was taking it away from her. She run towards them and jumped, howling, out onto their path, and landed clumsily on one paw, which skidded on the still damp ground, then regained her balance.
The other two cats’ haunches tightened, and the molly tensed up as if about to start a fight. Boulder kept her posture relaxed and slick. She was sure they’d listen to reason.
”Oi! This is my land, wocha doin’ trespassing on i’?” She yowled.
The other two cats exchanged a look, unsure how to react to her argument.
”Greetings. I’m Chubtail, and this is Heronstar, of Gustclan, You’re welcome to stay on your territory if you become one of our warriors.” the tom said. The molly gave him a sceptical sort of look for just a fraction of a second, then glanced her eyes over Boulder. Boulder flicked her tail at them both.
”Why’d I wanna be a warrior? What’s a warrior, anyway?”
The molly, Heronstar, quickly explained, in a voice that sounded so much more formal than Boulder’s own that she had to ask Heronstar to repeat several times before she was sure she’d understood.
”Allrigh’, don’t sound much diff’rent from being a loner, ‘sept you got more friends. Bu’ I wanna’ve a tough sounding warrior name. I’m Boulder.”
The three headed back to camp together. Heronstar slunk off, not planning to head all the way to the moonpool, but instead, to the old pond outside, thinking of what to call the new warrior. She waited for the moon to rise, thinking it was closer to starclan than she might otherwise have been. She remembered that hasty run and leap that the new cat made, the quick-talking nature which had required so many inquiries into what was being said, and the impulsive confrontation. Heronstar decided that a new suffix might be needed to describe what she’d seen. Boulderdash. That sounded like a good name for her.
It was great to have a new warrior, just a shame that they hadn’t been able to get to the stream to fish.
[Gusctlan accepts the rogue Boulder as the warrior Boulderdash]
(Boulderdash is the warrior equivalent of being streetwise. Forestwise?)
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They only had a little piece of Hare left, enough for one meal, and only for one of them. They’d only gone out hunting recently, but they already needed to head out again to gather more.
At least they could rotate it more evenly when they had more warriors. They already had three, they should be able to gain more warriors if they ensured there was always plenty of food around, so they should be able to become a strong clan without too much difficulty. Heronstar could tell that Chubtail was keen to have kits (with whom she wasn’t sure), and she was keen for the clan to have kits as a whole, but they needed to be able to support them, and they definitely needed a medicine cat first; Heronstar wasn’t going to allow any undue risk to her warriors if she could avoid it. Their priorities had to be maintaining the food pile and getting a medicine cat.
It was also probably good to be testing out Boulderdash’s abilities as soon as possible. It would be rather embarrassing for her (though Heronstar somehow doubted that Boulderdash really had a concept of embarrassment) to become a mentor and not actually know the skills she was meant to yet. It would be better to nip any issues in the bud. And judging from their first encounter, Boulderdash could really do with some additional fighting training, as she had deliberately run straight towards two larger cats than herself and hadn’t even seemed to be prepared at all to defend herself. They could hopefully help a little, at least, with that on patrol. To be honest, it seemed to be common sense training that was needed.
[Gustclan consumes most of a hare]
[Heronstar, Chubtail and Boulderdash are on patrol]
(Hunting)
Heda wrote:Soulstar smirked as Eelpaw popped out of the deeper part of the water. He was standing in the shallow part and watching her closely. Making sure she didn't hit the current, he was certain though she could handle herself. She had grown over the past few moons and was becoming very strong. She was good at swimming and she was successful when it came to catching fish but he was most impressed my her ability to fight. She had taken after him indeed, she had his technique down to a T. She was agile and quick, and he taught her how to handle cats that may trump her in size. She would be a great warrior that was for sure, now she wasn't the most quiet but her ability to fight was impeccable. She popped her head up in the shallow water and grinned at Soulstar, "Can we please, please go check out Blazeclan." Soulstar grinned a little and shook his head. "Eelpaw, it is NewLeaf. We have plenty of food coming in with all the births of the season. We can catch fish too." He knew how she felt, he too wanted to enter Blazeclan and catch himself a plump rabbit or hare. His nose twitched, he would go on his own though when their food became scarce. Which was sort of now, the end of greenleaf and all of the rest of the seasons. Although the animals were more plump for them during Leaf-Fall just not many. "But there is like no fish!" Soulstar shook his head and grinned at her. "This GreenLeaf we will have more then we can count. I will consider your proposal later! Now swim, I want to see you catch a fish." Eelpaw huffed and ducked under the water once again.
Quailfur looked behind her at Aspenswirl, he was talking to a bloody butterfly again. This cat was seriously weird, he liked cute things and insects and....he was just weird in her eyes. To get him more focused she huffed loudly then spoke. "What do you think of Cedarmouse?" Aspen swirl caught up with her and smiled. "I think he is interesting, I feel like he needs sometime to....to warm up if you know what I mean." Quailfur nodded, she understood that. She was the same way when she first came. Soulstar was a sort of intimidating cat and Troutleap was a noble, sweet soul but he could also be intimidating.They started patrolling the border closest to the forest and Aspenswirl sighed a little and took a deep breath. "Oh don't you love that smell of fresh GreenLeaf air!" Quailfur rolled her eyes a little and groaned, "It isn't GreenLeaf yet you-" She was cut off pretty quickly when a small cat ran into her at full force. Not knocking her over but knocking the wind out of her that's for sure. "For the love of Starclan whatch where you're going you moused brain, blind no good bat!" The small cat looked quite scared and soon started to weep. Quailfur tilted her head a little and Aspenswiel frowned at her fiercely. "I didn't mean too I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Stupid Beetlepaw, Stupid, Stupid Beetlepaw." Aspenswirl hit Quailfur and gave her a scolding look. "Ah it's ok kit, I overreacted." 'no you didn't' but she just smiled a little at the cat who was looking at his paws. Upon looking up at them it was very apparent that this cat couldn't see out of his right eye. It was quite clouded over compared to his other. "Quailfur we have to take him back." Quailfur felt herself pause and her mind said 'no we don't' but her other half knew what was needed. "I can be real useful I know lots of herbs and their uses." Quailfur turned and started walking away. "Well Ivythistle will be very happy to see you."
Cedarmouse watched Troutleap as he stalked a snake, which actually made Cedarmouse's fur crawl at the thought of eating that. He had caught a vole which was more to his expertise and liking. Copperflame sat beside Cedarmouse very quietly.The red copper coloured tom rippled with muscle, he was lean...which kind of made Cedarmouse jitter with fear. There was so many strong cats in this clan it overwhelmed Cedarmouse. He was more of a swift hunter then anything. With a large *WHACK* Troutleap had himself a fairly large snake, which Cedarmouse knew was full of killing venom in its jaws. "W-why do you hunt such a dangerous animal." Copperflame laughed and shoot his head. "Did you noticed out fresh kill pile? Most of the land animals are small, not enough to feed a clan. So we take what we can get. The fish is our main source but that isn't full and plentiful all the time." Cedarmouse could only stare at the snake in Troutleap's mouth as he approached them.
Ivythistle grinned widely as she met Beetlepaw, a partially blind tom who thought very lowly of himself but he was perfect. He listened to every word she said and she started explained the herbs in in her den and where they go. He seemed to be more at ease in her den and calm. He was a small fluffy cat, who seemed to be still learning how to live with on working eye. She wasn't going to ask any questions yet. He wasn't ready for all that yet, but what he was ready for was going out and finding herbs with her. Which was very exciting.
It was almost dusk when Ivythistle and Beetlepaw came back and Runningsong was sitting in her den rather uncomfortable looking. "Runningsong, what is the matter." Runningsong looked quite frustrated. "I think it's time."
[A pheasant was eaten]
[Hunting ; Troutleap, Cedarmouse, Aspenswirl, Copperflame]
[Patrolling ; Soulstar, Quailfur, Eelpaw ]
[Herbs ; Ivythistle, Beetlepaw ]
[Runningsong goes into labour.]
skystar901 wrote:Smokestar smiled slightly as the warrior Earthpetal had brought back, a she-cat originally named Sun, whom had been renamed as Leopardsun, padded alongside the deputy out towards the land bridge. As soon as they had one more cat, then they would start alternating guarding the land-bridge full time. But till then, they would have to settle for a patrol every now and then until they had enough cats to handle it. As for himself, the leader would be on hunting duty again. He knew that soon there would be hunting patrols every chance they could get, but for now, where there were only three cats in the clan, well...it would be best to do a bit of stocking up. Greenleaf was right around the corner, and with it came rouges, floods, and droughts. They were especially suspectable to floods on their island, but there was a cave system they could retreat to if needed.
●</Earthpetal and Leopardsun go on patrol>●
●</Smokestar goes hunting>●
kaden wrote:It had been two whole moons since Honeypaw and Sparrowpaw escaped the deadly attack on their clan and family. They had returned shortly afterwards to check if anyone had survived, but were horrified at the grave of dead bodies. Sparrowpounce noted mentally that Owlpaw was missing and tried to cling to the hope he had survived, although she knew it was more likely a predator had stole his body. The sisters had set up camp a few miles away from SageClan's old home and they decided to continue SageClan's legacy after their father, Applestar had visited both sisters in a dream. It was decided that day that they should go to the moonpool to share tongues with StarClan. "Why don't we hunt some prey on the way there?" Sparrowpounce suggested. Honeyslip just shrugged before they continued their journey. While they both touched their noses to the Moonpool, it was only Honeyslip who recieved a special dream from StarClan where Applestar announced she was to become leader and recieve her nine lives. After her ceremony, she cleared her throat to make a request, "Thank you so much for sparing my sister and I, StarClan, but we need herbs to keep the cats in our clan healthy and I would like to request a medicine cat," Honeystar purred before her eyes flickered open to see a hurt and betrayed Sparrowpounce glaring down at her.
[ Moonpool: Medicine cat ]
[ Hunting patrol: Honeystar & Sparrowpounce ]
forgetful. wrote:oatcatcher had been assigned to hunt today, but he worried about leaving hillkit. ever since he found her, he felt bonded to her. rising to his paws, he moved to leave the den but ended up nose-to-nose with hopstripe. flushing, he quickly stumbled back. "oh! there you are, oatcatcher. i heard you were on hunting patrol today. i was coming by to offer watching hillkit while you were gone." chirped the female, a bright smile on her face. "r-really? that'd be nice hopstripe. thank you." he spoke, giving her a smile. his tail lifted and stood straight up as the she-cat stepped forward and briefly nuzzled him as she walked passed him to the sleeping kit. he watched her for a moment before hurrying out of the den to catch up to the rest of the hunting patrol. did she just.. flirt with him? no, that had to be a mistake.
bramblestrike was somewhat upset with her mother. the patrol had brought back an apprentice that looked like tigertooth, and she decided to give him the name "tigerpaw" after the recently deceased clan member. the she-cat could barely look his way without tearing up at the thought of her brother.. completely alone with no one to help him as he drowned. she nearly jumped out of her fur when smokestorm brushed up against her to gain her attention before he went on a patrol. "don't worry about it." he had told her, but how could she not worry?[/list]
[center][ patrol: newtcall, smokestorm // herb hunting: ---
hunting: blossomstep, freckleheart, oatcatcher, leopardtalon
training: buzzardpaw, ravenpaw, tigerpaw learn to climb // kitting: ---
the clan consumes 6 servings of small fish ]
purrfect. wrote:littlestep was not happy. not one bit. her plan to take over mapleclan's territory was slowly forming in her mind, but kits were not part of it. briarleap's giggles echoed in camp as she once again laughed at one of foxstar's dumb jokes. the leader and deputy had been becoming closer and closer recently, and were passing a lot of time chatting in foxstar's den. littlestep clenched her jaw and spat on the ground, her fur bristling. her hate for her 'leader' was growing with each passing day. "when the time comes, i'll show you who's the real leader here." the she-cat's thoughts were interrupted by an unexpectedly familiar voice. "whisper?" littlestep turned ans snarled at her brother. "what are you doing here? i told you to stay back with the others!" the she-cat snarled. smoke didn't seem very concerned of his sister's anger. "i was worried, just like any brother would." the warrior's reply was cut short by another cat. "brother? littlestep, is this your litter-mate?" the black cat meowed a small 'yes', trying to regain her calm. smoke stepped towards the ginger tom and nodded respectfully. "i would like to join mapleclan. my name is smoke. i have great knowledge on herbs and i dislike fighting or conflict." foxstar returned the gesture and declared, "welcome to the clan. you will now be known as smokeleaf and be our medicine cat."
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after smokeleaf's ceremony, foxstar took briarleap out to hunt. littlestep had tried to go with them, but had reluctantly stayed behind when her leader told her to help her brother gather herbs. the black she-cat was always trying to keep them apart these days... the leader and deputy had been walking silently when the ginger cat suddenly spoke. "thank you." briarleap stopped marching and turned to look at the tom. "for what?" foxstar first looked down at his paws but then stared into the she-cat's green eyes to continue. "for illuminating my life. you're like a star, spreading the light of happiness everywhere you go and -" foxstar was interrupted by a nuzzle and loud purr. "no need to go all poetic on me, foxy. i love you too." the ginger leader smiled and let out a sigh of relief. "i thought you only liked me as a friend." the tom meowed. briarleap looked up and stared into his hazel gaze. "me too, me too. now don't ruin the moment."
[ please excuse my horrible attempt at romance DX ]
[ tradition : smokeleaf ]
[ hunting : foxstar, briarleap ]
[ mates : foxstar and briarleap - kits ]
[ herb hunting : littlestep, smokeleaf ]
























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Borders
SageClan|north pine forest|Kaden|alliance
TumbleClan|east pine forest|dinolil1|alliance
EchoClan|west forest with gorge|Katrione|enemy
FlurryClan|south forest with clearings|Nyeh Heh Heh!!|unknown
CherryClan|southwest forest with streams|simonpet|unknown
PineClan|northeast pine forest|void gear/solgaleo|enemyMedicine Store
1x Mouse bile| gets rid of ticks
1x Catmint | greencough
1x Poppy seeds| sothes cats
2x Stinging nettles |seeds help poisons, leaves stop swelling
1x Tansy|cures coughs
2x juniper berries|soothes belly-aches
1x chamomile|soothes cats, is a good travelling herb
1x yarrow leaves|made into a poultice for scratches, then put leaves in nest
1x Feverfew| helps a cat with a fever
1x borage| helps a queen
1x sorrel | I'm not really surePrey Pile
Rabbit|2x|2 servings
mouse|0x|1serving
Vole|1x |1 serving
Fish|2x|2 servings
sparrow |2x |1 serving
Squirrel |2x| 2 servingsMentors:
Gingerflash| Amberpaw| 4 training sessions| hunting, battle, climbing, swimming
Spplashfur| Mallowpaw| 4 training sessions| hunting, battle, climbing, swimming
Ripplestar|Featherpaw|4 training lessons|swimming, hunting, fighting , speed
Ravenstrike|Cloverpaw|4 training lessons|swimming, hunting, fighting,
Emberflame|Mosspaw|4 training lessons|battle, speed, stalking, hunting
Mallowsplash|Minnowpaw|speed, stalking hunting, battle
Ambergaze| Pebblepaw|speed, stalking, hunting, battle
Pebblefrost|Honeypaw|1training lessons |battle, climbing, herb recognition
Brighteyes|Softpaw|battle, tracking, hunting, advanced battle
Cloverstep|Chirppaw|battle, climbing, hunting, advanced battle
Gingerflash|Lilypaw|battle, swimming, hunting, advanced battle
Ashflower|Dovepaw|battle, hunting, swimming, tracking
Chirpfang|Stormkit|hunting,battle, advanced hunting
Softslip|Cherrypaw|hunting,fighting, advanced hunting
Aspenfire|Bouncepaw|hunting, fighting, advanced huntingDeceased Cats:
Maplekit|5 moons at death|would be 38 moons now|tom|follower|killed by dog|calico cat with blue eyes|haunts the nursery
Splashfur|55 moons at death|would be 59 moons now|she-cat|kind|blood loss during kitting|plump white cat with ginger splashes|haunts the nursery
Bramblekit|5 moons at death|would be 7 moons now| tom |loyal|kitten fever|fluffy brown tabby with blue eyes|haunts the nursery
Ravenstrike|53 moons at death|would be 54 moons now |tom|strong| scruffy black cat with white dash on chest and a scarred muzzle|haunts the warriors den
Cat Name | Cause of DeathMates:
Ripplestar and Ashflower|\|Flintberry, Mallowsplash and Ambergaze, Minnowkit and Pebblekit
Dapplefeather and Gingerflash|Featherstorm, Maplekit and Cloverstep
Splashfur and Tigerwing
Ambergaze and Brighteyes
Mallowsplash and Appleblossom of FlurryClan|Skykit


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