[Wet Bread]

Wet Bread ☀ Tempestwhisper ☀ she-cat ☀ Brightclan ☀ 36 moons ☀ Warrior

Tempestwhisper was one of the loners of the lakeside that grew up hearing stories of Starclan, her ancestors being cats from the original Brightclan. However, Tempestwhisper also heard one of the oldest Brightclan tales from her kin, the tale of the Sun Cat.

They say that Brightclan cats who have passed become stars in the sky. There is one cat so great that she became the sun itself, providing light and life for cats everywhere. This cat spent much of her life protecting the life around the lake and helping plants and animals alone. They say that she lived on the lake water alone and just the touch of her paws helped the plants grow and healed any wound.

One day a great darkness came to the forest beside the lake.

Everything this darkness touched was absolutely destroyed. Plants withered, animals died of sickness and famine, even the lake itself became stagnant and the fish and turtles began to die. The cats of the lakeside all hid on a small untouched island on the lake. The island provided them with temporary shelter, but it wasn't big enough for the cats to live on permanently. The cats constantly discussed what to do, never agreeing or finding a viable solution. The darkness grew closer and closer and the cats started to turn on each other, fighting and growing violent.

Then the Sun Cat came.

Enough of your fighting, my friends. You must not let the darkness tear you apart. The Sun Cat told the cats on the island.
The cats cried out in protest, What are we supposed to do? The darkness grows closer and there's nothing we can do!
I will protect you, but I can't protect your spirits if you fight so. The Sun Cat assured the cats, calming them greatly. The cats all nodded in agreement with their protector.
We will all do our best They said and held tight, trying their best to share and help each other survive until the day the darkness finally came.

Then finally,

The Darkness and The Sun Cat Collided

The Sun Cat perched on the tallest rock on the island while all the cats sheltered behind her. As the darkness approached, the Sun Cat began to radiate a strong light. Everytime the light touched the darkness, it dissolved and the light took over.
She's doing it! She's protecting us! The cats cried out with joy.
I can't keep this up forever.The Sun Cat told the cats of the lakeside. I will have to sleep and recover everyday, but I will always come back before the darkness can harm you.

The Sun Cat kept her word. Everyday she would shine brightly so the cats would not be eaten away by the darkness and then hide away to sleep and recover, coming back the next day. There came a day where the darkness itself disappeared and, on that day, the cats gathered around the Sun Cat as she passed peacefully. The cats fretted about their fate but found that their days had changed drastically. Everyday there was a big bright orb in the sky, which the cats called the sun after their savior the Sun Cat. Then every night, the sun went to sleep as the sky grew dark. But the cats never fretted again, they knew the Sun Cat would always protect them from the sky.

Tempestwhisper respects the story of the Sun Cat and shows her respect every full moon, the brightest night, by going to the small island on the lake and sitting on the tallest rock from nightfall to daybreak. She puts her face to the sky and thanks the Sun Cat for her hard work every day.

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[Goner.]

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[Goner.]

Congrats to Yellow. with Nightfury! The story Honeyfern told to this girl when she was a kit was absolutely adoring. I could feel the amazement Nightkit felt when learning about the dragons, and that is why this form stuck out to me~

ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴅʀᴀɢᴏɴ

Yellow. ☾ Nightfury ☾ female ☾ Ridgeclan ☾ 24 moons ☾ warrior

ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛᴏɴᴇ

The battle of Aurora and Avalanche:
As a kit, Nightfury loved to listen to the stories the elders told, about the gods and the ancestors and more importantly about the dragons. Strong warriors that the gods sent down during Earth’s desperate times, warriors so powerful that even the gods themselves had trouble controlling them at times. Warriors the roared fire and that soared through the sky, striking fear into the hearts of there targets. She could still remember Honeyfern telling her about the warriors not so long ago.

“Nightkit what a pleasant surprise.” The older molly chuckled as she watched the young kit scamper from the nursery over to where she laid in front of the elder den, not surprised at all.

“Honeyfern!” The young kit called out, skidding to a stop in front of the molly, claws digging into the soft dirt to keep her body upright.

“What can I do for you this morning Nightkit?” Honeyfern asked while laying down so she would be eye level with the kit.

“Can you tell me a story?” Nightkit asked, trying to hide her excitement but the vibrating of her body gave her away.

Smiling back at the kit the older molly only nodded at first before asking, “And what story would you like to hear?” Although she already had a fairly good idea just what story the fiery kit wanted to be told.

“The dragons!” Nightkit yelled as she jumped up, shame covering her face for a moment at the volume and the turned heads of other clan members. “Sorry, can you tell me a story about the dragons, the god's warriors?”

There it was, the reason Nightkit came to see her, it was always the reason the young kit came to see her. Not like it was a bad thing, at four moons old Honeyfern couldn’t fault the kit for being only concerned with her own search for knowledge. The older molly couldn’t remember the times well herself, but she’d seen it many times over the seasons. “Of course I can tell you about the warriors.” She purred while getting the kit to settled down next to her.

“Now we don’t we talk about a very specific warrior dragon, a pure white one, that’s taller than the ridge you see there and brings light to any who see here. It was long before Ridgeclan lived here that this dragon, Aurora was sent down by the gods to cleanse the land. A monster had rampaged through the lands, destroying everything in its path. The monster was named Avalanche and to this day the descriptions of his change depending on who you ask, but one thing is for certain even the shadows hide at his sight.

Now before the gods decided they needed to use force the warriors of earth tried to stop Avalanche themselves but everything they threw at him just turned to dust, no one ever came back once they were sent to fight him. It was after much destruction that the gods realized that had to do something to stop the monster and so Aurora volunteered herself to fight the beast, flying down from her home and landing here in ours.

For four days the pair fought, a battle heard all around the world as they clashed in roars and claws. At the end, a bright light encompassed the earth and when it faded from sight Avalanche was gone, as was Aurora. No one knows what happened during those four days, unable to get close to see anything. But in the end, both vanished from the land. It is said that the light was Aurora sacrificing herself to destroy the monster and cleanse the land. When those living here were finally able to return they were met with a battle scene for the ages, the mountains you see now and the ridge that protects us were created by the two of them fighting, moving the earth itself in their battle.”

With the story over Nightkit laid eyes wide and frozen, probably as still as the kit had ever sat. “So she died protecting everyone?”

“Yes Nightkit, a dragons fury is a powerful thing and they will do anything to protect those that they believe need it.”

“I want to be like the dragons!”

Smiling at the memory Nightfury moved through the forest with grace, the ridge flanking her right side. The ridge created by the great fight, a flight she believes wholehearted happened, one that changed the earth. And just like the dragon in the fight, Nightfury will fight with the fury of a dragon to protect those she believes need it.

ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀʀɪᴏʀ

[Yellow.]

Aw thank you! I'd come up with the name in another comp and when I saw this prompt it just felt right to use the concept again!