[jellyphants]

AHH...... IT IS DONE.......
my first attempt at a marble/classic tabby... whew
to win this cat, design a scar for them and tell me how they got it!
you can describe the scar or draw it, but i won't be judging the art
quality as the main competition is the writing. max 300 words, min
is 100. common scars only please, nothing super huge :)

ends on the 26th at 00:00 gmt, or at the first post of page 2

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Name: ablazestorm
Gender: tomcat
Rank: held
Clan: ruinclan
Description: shorthair apricot classic tabby with hazel eyes and a scar around his neck
Age: 42 moons
Edits: -
Owner: cloudthehen

[Guest]

username: Nootle
cat name: Amberforest
gender: Tom
rank: Warrior
clan: QuarryClan
age: 21 moons
prompt: His scar is across his face.

Here is the story!

" Amberforest! " The QuarryClan deputy trotted over to him. " Will you go out and catch a bit of prey, I know it's late, but we are running low! " She asked. " Yes ma'am. I'll be back soon. " He rose to his feet, and sprinted to the edge of the quarry, and jumped up the ledges. He started wandering, and he cot a sent of a small squirrel, that was searching for its own food, just like him. When he spotted it, he immediately ducked into a crouching position, and sneaked towards the small creature. He was getting ready to lunge. WHOOOOSH! A large silhouette dive-bombed the squirrel, and it ran off into the bushes. Drat! Amberforest thought to himself. But, what was that creature? It could not have been another cat, it didn't smell like one. He sniffed the air. He realized what it was. He looked up and suddenly a piece of the night flew at him. An owl! He sprinted in the direction of the camp, but it cot up to him, and slashed him across the face. He then kicked it away with his hind-legs, and sprinted off into the night.

192 words.

[skarekrowkid]

username: [fish]
cat name: cinderfire
gender: she-cat
rank: night-fighter
clan: the group of day and night
age: young
prompt: cinderpaw was hit with a sudden boost of confidence as she leapt up onto the fox's back. she dug her hind claws into the thick red fur of the fox, unsheathing the thorn-sharp claws on her front paws. satisfaction fueled cinderpaw as she tore through the skin of the fox's back, scarlet liquid staining the fur on her paws. suddenly, she felt a shift of weight on the fox as it tried to buck her off. it rolled over, crushing cinderpaw as it let out a bark of pride and leapt off, snarling. stunned, cinderpaw stayed where she was, her vision hazy. the fox pinned her down and slashed it's claws across cinderpaw's forelegs.
cinderfire doesn't remember the rest of the story, but the medicine cat, robinsong, says that she passed out as day-fighters came to her rescue. her warrior ceremony was delayed by a moon for being so foolish as to take an adult fox on her own.

"let that be a lesson to young, foolish apprentices who think it'll be fun to go on an adventure!" she says.

{her scar(s) are long, deep scores across her forelegs.}
[190/300]

[CloudtheHen]

username: CloudtheHen
cat name: Flicker Ablazestorm
gender: Tomcat
age: 42 moons
rank: Held
clan: Ruinclan
prompt:

Flicker had always been noticeable. His fiery pelt, personality and
strive for a brighter world... He embraced the responsibility his striking presence demanded.
Heck, he could probably outshine the force he was named after, fire, too.

Oh, how wrong he could be.

"H... Help!"

Everything was ablaze. Foundations surrendered to the tongues of death. The floor
was writhing in flames. There was no roof, but a billowing black hole of smoke smothered the
air. Smothered life. Smothered Flicker.

Hacking up something awful, he dragged himself towards the exit. There were familiar cats
beyond it: his friends, frozen and afraid. He tried again, gritting through it, "Please, any of you! I--"

Suddenly, a tremble; a beam came crashing onto Flicker's crawling world. He tried dodging
but his legs, his lungs--his everything--failed on him. A loop of building wire managed to slip around
his neck, tightening into a thin scar. Still, his friends remained motionless. Watching.

Flicker was sobbing now. He couldn't breath. He didn't understand why his friends
weren't running back for him...

...and then he realised.

Against the blinding inferno, they couldn't see him. Over the roaring heat, they couldn't hear him.
To the merciless fire, his friends thought he was gone.

For the first time in his life, Flicker was going unnoticed.

Fitting, right? He's taunted the flames his entire life; it was about time he was cursed by them. A
fresh scar isn't the only reminder of this humbling; he irrationally fears fire now, too.

But since then, he noticed he had changed for the better. He started noticing his new
clanmates--new friends--and it turns out being being unnoticeable isn't so bad when you're
together. The responsibility to shine doesn't have to be alone.

That is the brighter world Ablazestorm would strive for.

(295 words)

((Note: If it's not clear, the scar is thin and around his neck, like a choker!))

[quirky;]

username: Featherwind3975
cat name: Cypressflame
gender: Male
rank: Warrior
clan: (Please link)
age: 26 moons, 2 yrs. + 2 moons
prompt: Scar is over his left eye, along with a small nick in his ear (It doesn't have to be big, 186 words)

≈≈≈≈≈Every other cat in my clan has a scar, thought Cypressflame. He wanted one, too! Why didn't he have a cool scar across his face? Perhaps a wicked slash on his chest. There were so many interesting places to pick...And uncomfortable ones too, he realized. Shaking his apricot head, Cypressflame decided to sleep on it.

≈≈≈≈≈The next morning, he leaped out of his nest, and off he went to a secretive place. He ducked under some branches, squeezed through brambles, and eventually stumbled into the apprentice's training hollow. "Finally," he sighed. The tom cat had come to an agreement on where his scar should be. Raising his jagged claws, Cypressflame nicked his ear and raked across his left eye. Blood spurted every which way, clouding everything around him.

≈≈≈≈≈I'm gonna need a story to back all this up, he realized. Quickly rushing to the medicine cat's den, Cypressflame decided to say he took on a small badger, and ran it out of their territory. Once the tom told his story to the Clan, he was quite respected and was often brought the juiciest prey by his clanmates.

[jellyphants]

username: CloudtheHen
cat name: Flicker Ablazestorm
gender: Tomcat
age: 42 moons
rank: Held
clan: Ruinclan
prompt:

Flicker had always been noticeable. His fiery pelt, personality and
strive for a brighter world... He embraced the responsibility his striking presence demanded.
Heck, he could probably outshine the force he was named after, fire, too.

Oh, how wrong he could be.

"H... Help!"

Everything was ablaze. Foundations surrendered to the tongues of death. The floor
was writhing in flames. There was no roof, but a billowing black hole of smoke smothered the
air. Smothered life. Smothered Flicker.

Hacking up something awful, he dragged himself towards the exit. There were familiar cats
beyond it: his friends, frozen and afraid. He tried again, gritting through it, "Please, any of you! I--"

Suddenly, a tremble; a beam came crashing onto Flicker's crawling world. He tried dodging
but his legs, his lungs--his everything--failed on him. A loop of building wire managed to slip around
his neck, tightening into a thin scar. Still, his friends remained motionless. Watching.

Flicker was sobbing now. He couldn't breath. He didn't understand why his friends
weren't running back for him...

...and then he realised.

Against the blinding inferno, they couldn't see him. Over the roaring heat, they couldn't hear him.
To the merciless fire, his friends thought he was gone.

For the first time in his life, Flicker was going unnoticed.

Fitting, right? He's taunted the flames his entire life; it was about time he was cursed by them. A
fresh scar isn't the only reminder of this humbling; he irrationally fears fire now, too.

But since then, he noticed he had changed for the better. He started noticing his new
clanmates--new friends--and it turns out being being unnoticeable isn't so bad when you're
together. The responsibility to shine doesn't have to be alone.

That is the brighter world Ablazestorm would strive for.

(295 words)

((Note: If it's not clear, the scar is thin and around his neck, like a choker!))

congrats! i loved every story but this one i liked especially.

[CloudtheHen]

congrats! i loved every story but this one i liked especially.

skjklklwaaaaa thank you for choosing me?? I thought the other stories were brilliant too, so this really made my day...! ^v^