[Shadowflight13]

Username: Shadowflight13
Cat Name: Fernsplash
Clan: Cometclan
Rank: Warrior

Gender: She-cat
Age: 39 moons
Prompt:

Fernsplash headed towards her secret spot along the river. When she broke out of the trees she stopped, fur spiking. The river had risen and was rushing furiously against its banks, swirling into all the little cracks in the rocks that lined its shores.

"No!" She ran the last few lengths to the river and leaped, landing with a splash in the racing waters. Her paws churned furiously as she battled the current, swimming towards what used to be a little cave. Her little cave, where she kept her secrets. She reached the rock wall and found the entrance completely submerged.

"No, no no no..." she whispered, and dove. The currents buffeted her side, pulling at her fur as water filled her ears. She swam strongly into the cave, refusing to believe what she already knew to be true. Her paws found the ledges on the walls where she'd kept her secret, a relic from her past. But her old purple collar was gone.

Her lungs began to burn for air and she turned, scraped against the rocky sides by the river's current. She kicked off the wall and gasped as her head broke the surface, paws churning. She swam with the current to preserve her energy and made it to shore a little ways downstream. Fernsplash waded from the water and sat down, head drooping. Her collar, the only reminder she had left from her time as a kittypet, was gone.

She'd hidden it when she joined the Clan, not wanting to show weakness. But her old collar was important to her. Her time as a kittypet had been important in developing who she thought she was, and she would never forget the friends she'd had or her housefolk's kindness and care. And now... it was gone. Lost, maybe forever. Starclan knew when it had been washed away.

Fernsplash shook out her wet fur and got to her paws. She wasn't ready to give up yet, she could look for it downstream. Maybe it had gotten caught on the bank somewhere. She padded quickly along the river, head turning. Every time she caught a glimpse of something purple, like her collar, or shiny like the silver bell that hung from it, her heart rose in her chest, and every time she was disappointed. Either it was a flower, or a rock. Never the precious item she was already aching for.

The more she searched, the more desperate she became, jumping more than once into the river to retrieve something that turned out to be nothing. And though she looked for as long as she could, she couldn't find her lost collar. Finally exhausted, she returned to the rocks above her secret cave, still filled with water, and lay with her nose on paws, grieving for that she had lost.

(471 words)

[ki-neko animura]

Username: Ki-neko animura
Cat Name: Lilacmemory
Clan: mountainclan
Rank: warrior

Gender: female
Age: 30 moons
Prompt:
Memories are precious, they teach one so much about themselves and their loved ones.

[este11e]

Username: 1 1 : 1 1
Cat Name: aspendawn
Clan: twilightclan
Rank: medicine cat

Gender: molly
Age: thirty moons
Prompt: she was just a shadow. living in her sister's light, a gorgeous molly with a fair personality. she brought happiness wherever she went, while aspendawn just brought bad luck. their parents always favored her sister, it was obvious why, and she always kept her jealousy to herself. she grew to detest her while all her sister did was love her.

the two happened upon twilightclan after the deaths of their parents. some would say it was fate, others would say it was luck. when aspendawn became their medicine cat, she felt as if she was finally special. like she was getting some of the credit and attention that she'd craved so long and deserved.

her sister was thriving while she struggled to learn herbs; it wasn't fair. she always had the upper-hand. aspendawn was furious and blamed her ancestors for doing this to her.

then she got the news. two warriors came into camp carrying her sister's limp, dead body. aspendawn broke down, screaming at the skies for hours while she cried into her sister's cold fur. she should've returned the unconditional love that she gave her. she should've been there to heal her. she should've just been happy for her.

aspendawn turned cold. she slowly began to drive herself crazy, staying in the medicine den all day to sort and resort herbs, muttering nonsense under her breath. many feared for her sanity, although she was still a good healer.

not only did she lose her sister, the only cat who truly loved her, but she also lost her mind.

[coppercanary]

Username: Canary22
Cat Name: Mistfeather
Clan: Dawnclan
Rank: Warrior

Gender: She-cat
Age: 32 moons
Prompt: Mistfeather woke up, feeling colder than usual. The den also seemed emptier. That was when she knew something was wrong; so badly wrong she worried that she couldn’t fix it. The thing that was most precious to her had gone.

She sprinted out of her den, calling wildly. Her frenzied searching took her into the woods, sometimes over a kilometre away from camp, but she couldn’t find the missing thing. So she controlled herself, and began to search systematically.

She looked in the caves, where the missing had liked to be, but they weren’t there. She combed the training grounds, where they had pretended that they had their own clan, but they weren’t there. The hunting grounds were also empty, and there was no sign of a fresh kill anywhere. She went to the edge of the moor, where cats rarely ventured, but there was still no sign of the missing thing. The foothills of the mountains held no traces. Eventually, she went back down to the training grounds, but kept walking.

The forest was dark, and every sound seemed to be amplified to ten times its actual volume. Mistfeather shuddered, but kept walking. She had to. She scoured the floor, looking for traces; paw prints, broken twigs, anything to show that the missing had been here. But to her despair, she found something. A single pawprint.

Mistfeather sat down and stared at the print. It confirmed all of her fears. The missing was gone, and wasn’t coming back. Her emotionless mask faded away, and she lay next to the print, crushed. She wanted them back. She needed then back.

After all, when your only remaining kit disappears, you don’t give up without a fight.

[Hawky<3]

username hawky<3xname lakestonexclan marshclanxrank warriorxgender malexage 47 m
Prompt: wip

[kaminari.denki]

Username: 1nkk
Cat Name: Seal | Sealspots | Spots of Leopard Seal
Clan: Land of Reflected Sky
Rank: Mother/Midwife
Gender: Molly
Age: 70 moons
Prompt:
The thing that Seal lost wasn't a physical thing, really, it was more of a sense of pride (though she did win a few physical things before finding Reflected Sky).. a title. She was a show cat, one of the best, if she said so herself and the ribbons that had hung proudly in her room proved it. Having 7 Red ribbons and 10 Blue ones was no easy feat, even for an experienced girl like herself. Her mottled fur pattern often wooed the judges, as well as her perfect attitude and posture. Seal had had it all: premium food, doting caretakers and adoration of screaming fans.. but then. Then some newbie.. some giant ruffian male showed up and started winning her titles and her ribbons.

He even had the audacity to think it'd be funny to tease her for not having claws, which was honestly quite rude: Declawing was a fairly common practice in her field and she'd gotten into an honest-to-goodness fight, hissing and spitting clearly being heard from backstage. Of course, the tomcat had won easily, having the somewhat unfair advantage of size and claws and leaving her horribly(honestly, it wasn't that bad) disfigured, the new jagged scar running down her side disqualifying her from all future shows. She had been devastated but her owner was furious: Seal had been an expensive purchase having already been a year and half when she began showing. In her owner's mind, she was now damaged and useless. The woman, having now lost the privilege of being called Seal's twoleg, had shoved her into the car and driven to the nearest wooded area, shoving Seal out of the car and peeling off, uncaring if the cat survived or not.

The tiny she-cat had cried for days, before her pain and fear became burning hot rage and she vowed that she'd find the wretched tom who'd cost her her title, ranking and family and make him pay.
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It'd been three days since Seal was abandoned and she'd only just managed to make her way out of the litter-ridden edge of the road and into the trees, her once prize-winning fur covered in dirt, mud and God know what else. It was another 4 days until she stumbled through the river that led to Reflected Sky's lake, paws cracked and bleeding as her side throbbed from the still fresh wound. Now, even though there are currently no kits in a Clan so young, Seal spends her days in the nursery, bitterly thinking and telling anyone who stayed still long enough about "the good old days" while wandering around her new island home.

Word Count: (439/600 words)

[CertainNorth]

This is now closed for judging. Results will be up sometime today or tomorrow!

[CertainNorth]

Sorry this took me awhile, but I was super torn! I ended up going with Shadowflight! Congrats!

And an HM to 1nkk!

Username: Shadowflight13
Cat Name: Fernsplash
Clan: Cometclan
Rank: Warrior

Gender: She-cat
Age: 39 moons
Prompt:

Fernsplash headed towards her secret spot along the river. When she broke out of the trees she stopped, fur spiking. The river had risen and was rushing furiously against its banks, swirling into all the little cracks in the rocks that lined its shores.

"No!" She ran the last few lengths to the river and leaped, landing with a splash in the racing waters. Her paws churned furiously as she battled the current, swimming towards what used to be a little cave. Her little cave, where she kept her secrets. She reached the rock wall and found the entrance completely submerged.

"No, no no no..." she whispered, and dove. The currents buffeted her side, pulling at her fur as water filled her ears. She swam strongly into the cave, refusing to believe what she already knew to be true. Her paws found the ledges on the walls where she'd kept her secret, a relic from her past. But her old purple collar was gone.

Her lungs began to burn for air and she turned, scraped against the rocky sides by the river's current. She kicked off the wall and gasped as her head broke the surface, paws churning. She swam with the current to preserve her energy and made it to shore a little ways downstream. Fernsplash waded from the water and sat down, head drooping. Her collar, the only reminder she had left from her time as a kittypet, was gone.

She'd hidden it when she joined the Clan, not wanting to show weakness. But her old collar was important to her. Her time as a kittypet had been important in developing who she thought she was, and she would never forget the friends she'd had or her housefolk's kindness and care. And now... it was gone. Lost, maybe forever. Starclan knew when it had been washed away.

Fernsplash shook out her wet fur and got to her paws. She wasn't ready to give up yet, she could look for it downstream. Maybe it had gotten caught on the bank somewhere. She padded quickly along the river, head turning. Every time she caught a glimpse of something purple, like her collar, or shiny like the silver bell that hung from it, her heart rose in her chest, and every time she was disappointed. Either it was a flower, or a rock. Never the precious item she was already aching for.

The more she searched, the more desperate she became, jumping more than once into the river to retrieve something that turned out to be nothing. And though she looked for as long as she could, she couldn't find her lost collar. Finally exhausted, she returned to the rocks above her secret cave, still filled with water, and lay with her nose on paws, grieving for that she had lost.

(471 words)

[Shadowflight13]

Ahh thank you so much!! :0

[kaminari.denki]

Ah, thanks for the HM and congrats Shadow!