[Infinitygalixy]

It seems this cat has learned a lot in life

Tell me about a time this cat refused to learn a lesson/wouldn't accept the truth (max 500 words)

Ends May 24 at Rollover (24->25) Ends may 31 at RO (31->1)

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Description: black bimetallic classic tabby with low white
Edits: [NR] expression, accessories
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[hugs100]

Username: hugs100
Cat Name: DoveBrook
Gender: Male
Rank: Medicine Cat
Clan: Celestial Protectors
Age: 20 Moons
Prompt:

──►As the Protectors’ resident Medicine Cat, Brook had seen countless injuries, but none as severe as Marble’s. While Star and Seyki were scouting near the forest border, they found a red tabby clawing her way out from beneath the corpse of a massive bear. One ear torn away, a leg missing, one eye gone entirely, her wounds still fresh and bleeding into the dirt beneath her.
──►Yet when she spotted them, she smiled. “Hiya there! Mind if I join y’all?” she asked cheerfully before coughing blood and collapsing.
──►Brook immediately began surgery the moment she was carried into his den. Using heated pine needles and thread, he stitched the stump of her missing leg closed, wrapped her ruined eye socket, and treated what remained of her torn ear. Even after the operation, he barely left her side. Days passed without her waking, and infection soon settled into her wounds. Patiently, Brook changed bandages, cleaned injuries, and made sure she ate and drank whatever little her body could manage. Finally, Marble woke.
──►“Hey, handsome.” Brook nearly dropped the herbs in his paws. Marble was on her belly, hind in the air, her front paw supporting her head, tail flicking back and forth with a grin far too bright for someone half-dead only days prior. “Ah,” she sighed dramatically, “the man of my dreams finally walks into view.”
──►“G-good. Y-you’re awake.” Brook didn't usually stumble over his words, but a pretty queen calling him handsome and smiling a beautiful, bright smile? He figured anyone would falter. "How..." He caught her gaze, but had to look away to finish his sentence."How are you feeling?"
──►“I am so glad you asked, darling~!” Marble sighed dramatically, placing a paw over her chest. “There’s quite the ache in my heart.” Immediately concerned, Brook hurried over with a hollowed nut shell used to amplify sound. He pressed it gently against her chest, lowering his ear to listen for irregular breathing.
──►Marble took full advantage. With a giggle, she wrapped a paw around him and yanked him directly against her fur.
──►“You’ve cured me, doc! Only true love could heal a heart like this!” Her purring rumbled against him. “Or is it true love’s kiss?”
──►“W-what are you doing!?” Brook sputtered, shoving himself free while Marble laughed openly beside him. “Stop messing with me,” he muttered, quickly turning away to fuss with nearby herbs instead. We’ve just met. There’s no way she actually means any of this.
──►Ever since then, they’ve always been like this. Marble calls him “my love,” flirts shamelessly, and insists she adores him. Every single time, Brook only blushes, assumes he’s reading too deeply into it, and brushes her off entirely.
──►Honestly, Seyki is beginning to wonder if he’ll ever figure it out.

[464/500 Words]

[Dragonlover18]

Username: Dragonlover18
Cat Name: Starsong
Gender: Female
Rank: Tutor's Apprentice
Clan: Dragonlover18
Age: 3 years, 2 months
Prompt: Starsong refused to believe her sister was gone forever.

The Beginning:
It was a dark and dreary night. Starsong was just a kitten, barely 3 months old when she awoke to her mother's crying.
"What's wrong, Momma?" She asked with pure kitten innocence.
Her mom just cried harder. And then, Starsong, then Starkit, saw it...the lifeless body of her sister. Her sobs filled the den, mixing with her mother's. After a while, their cries brought the rest of the clan running. Rosefluff and Dragonstar quickly began consoling Starsong's mom, and Marigoldwing began to console Starsong herself.
"Come here, little one," said Marigoldwing.
Stubbornly, Starsong shook her head and said, "No! I won't leave her!"
Marigoldwing sighed. "I'm sorry, little one; she's gone."
Starkit didn't say anything and just snuggled deeper into her sister.
Marigoldwing shook her head and curled around the kitten. The kitten cried into the Tutor's fur, crying herself back into sleep. Once the kitten was once again asleep, the adults buried Starkit's sister.
**Years later**
"Starpaw, come on, sweetheart," called Marigoldwing. "It's time for your next lesson. You do want to become a Tutor someday, right?"
Starpaw sighed. It had been years since her sister had passed of a mysterious illness, but still the apprentice refused to believe her sister was gone.
Marigoldwing entered the clearing where she knew the apprentice would be. The clearing where Starpaw's sister was buried.
"Please," Marigoldwing said. "You're a bright young kitten; you can't still believe she's not gone."
Starpaw looked at Marigoldwing. "She's NOT gone!" she hissed.
Marigoldwing sighed, sitting beside the apprentice. The Tutor knew she couldn’t change the apprentice's mind. "Ok, ok. At least come to your lesson? Please?" the Tutor replied.
Starpaw tore her eyes from the makeshift grave, and trotted back to the Tutor's den.
**A few years later**
"Starsong? Yo! Earth to Starsong!" said one of the other Tutor Apprentice's.
"Huh? Oh, sorry; what's up, Wolfstrike?" replied Starsong.
"You good? You were staring off into space for quite a while," the other cat, gentler than his name suggested, answered.
"Yeah, I'm fine," Starsong said. "Just thinking about my sister."
Wolfstrike exchanged a worried glance with Marigoldwing. He knew that Starsong refused to believe that her sister was dead, and it worried him, especially since it was now impacting her daily life. He'd have to talk with the Tutor privately sometime soon.
"I'm fine, man," Starsong said, catching Wolfstrike's attention. "Don't worry about me; Marigoldwing does enough of that."
The Tutor chuckled. "Hey, someone has to!" she said.
"Yeah, well, you and my mom do enough worrying about me. I don't need even more worrywarts," replied Starsong, laughing. The trio chuckled, then went about with their jobs.

[451/500 words (I believe)]

[Infinitygalixy]

Extending one week :) (RO 31->1)

[Zentropy]

Username: Zentropy
Cat Name: Flickermist
Gender: AFAB
Rank: Warrior | Sorcerer
Clan: SableClan
Age: 1 years, 4 moons
Prompt: 500 words
"Woah, Flickermist! Snap out of it!" Zephyrpad's worried shriek rises above the cracking sounds of tree trunks snapping in half. Their starry eyes wide at the power their companion just exhibited
The young tabby sorcerer blinks his eyes open, completely unaware at first at the scope of the damage. "You told me to channel the energy I felt within, did I do something wrong?"
"Ah no, no you did it right. I just wasn't expecting such a large blast is all. Class is over for today, head on back to camp." Zephyrpad tries to force their fur back into place with a few rough swipes of their tongue.
Flickermist groans with dismay, oblivious to the torti's stiffness, "Awww, but you promised to teach me that new spell you got from the market! Just a little more, please Zephyrpad, please?"
"No!" The bark came out a bit harsher than they wanted, and guilt flooded their chest when they met the shocked and hurt gaze of the younger cat. In a gentler tone, they continue, "No, Flickermist, class is done. Come back tomorrow and I'll see about that spell I promised. Maybe we can even see if Skywatcher wants to learn it too. Alright?"
Flickermist pouts for a moment longer, before bounding up to the wizard and bumping his head into their shoulder in forgiveness. "It's a promise. And you can't break it again or I'll curse you for it!"
The two cats laugh and head back to camp, though Zephyrpad can't help but cast a final glance at the damage to the forest, glimmers of feint light still sparking off from the debris.

The next day, Flickermist pads silently towards the clearing where his lessons with Zephyrpad are held. He wants to sneak up on the torti as a prank, but when he gets closer he stops dead in his tracks. Jaguarstar. Her scent is unmistakable, earthy with a hint of smoke. He's always wondered why she smells like that, but has always had the foresight to hold his tongue.
"Step out of the shadows, Flickermist. It seems it's time for us to talk about your magical abilities." The large stripped leader calls out. Her voice rumbles like a distant thunderstorm.
"Leader, I...I was expecting Zephyrpad. Are they alright?"
"Zephyrpad is away on an important mission. I will be taking over your lessons from here on out, understood?"
"Yes Leader." Flickermist knows better than to argue.
"Good, today I want you to show me what you did to this clearing."
Her piercing gaze sent a shiver up his spine, but he does as he is instructed. Silence fills the glade as the sparks die down. This is the first time Flickermist has really looked at his magical energy as well. It reminds him of the moonlight glittering on the river's ripples.
"Flickermist. I know you arrived to us alone and scared. You don't remember your family, nor can we find them easily. Your magic though...it is definitively Lunar Sorcery"