Murderers in Riverclan V.1

[irae]

the night was calm and cool. blackpaw and otterpaw lay
curled up together in the otherwise empty apprentices'
den.

since they were the only apprentices, they'd developed a
strong bond and were the best of friends, going through
their apprenticeship together with bright hopes and dreams
for the future.

"otterpaw, are you awake?" blackpaw asked, shifting her
position slightly.

otterpaw rose her head. "yes, what do you need?" she asked
somewhat drowsily.

"are you afraid as well? someone killed whiteflower and
stoneheart, who knows who's next?"

the brown colored apprentice thought for a moment. "no..
i'm sure we exiled the right cat."

blackpaw sighed and got to her feet. "i can't sleep. come
with me, let's go get some poppy seeds."

her friend nodded and rose as well. as the pair were walking
out of the apprentices' den, they noticed a small scattering
of what looked like poppy seeds on the ground near the fresh-
kill pile.

"oh, there are some poppy seeds here.." blackpaw observed,
"i wouldn't want to disturb nightpelt. it's been hard since we
exiled her mentor."

"it was for the best," otterpaw reminded her friend. "let's just
take these, they'll never know."

the two apprentices nodded to each other and padded over to
the seeds, where they proceeded to lower their muzzles and
swallow them.

blackpaw flicked her tail. "i hope we'll be able to sleep better
now so we can train well in the morning."

soon after they laid back down to go to sleep, blackpaw felt a
sharp pain in her belly. she tried to push it aside, telling herself
that it wasn't anything, that it would go soon, but she couldn't
help but feel a sense of dread slowly overtake her. "otterpaw..."

the other apprentice winced. "i feel it too," she said, and black-
paw's suspicions were confirmed.

"those were foxglove seeds, weren't they?" she realized,
whimpering slightly as the pain grew more intense. otterpaw
nodded, swallowing to keep herself from crying. but she
couldn't help from letting out a whimper as she felt her best
friend for her whole life convulse beside her, and then the fox-
glove beginning to affect herself as well.

the two apprentices, the best friends, the loving children, the
future of riverclan, would never get to see the morning.

the killer has gotten rid of the last pair: two promising
apprentices who wanted nothing more than to be the
best warriors they could be.

Leader
↬ deerstar//male//crutchie_

Deputy
↬ pondberry//male//empathea ;;

Medicine Cat
↬ pebblesong//female//Gᴀʟʟɪғʀᴇʏ Fᴀʟʟs ❥
↬ nightpelt//female//Fading Dreams

Medicine Cat Apprentice
↬ none

Warriors
↬ whiteflower//male//dove.
↬ nettlesplash//female//Skystorm242
↬ dappleheart//male//Ulysses.

Apprentices
↬ otterpaw//female//nebulas.
↬ blackpaw//female//UltimateKitty

Queens
↬ whiteleaf//female//ƜαтєяƜσƖf600
↬ stoneheart//female//BrightDays

Kits
↬ shrewkit//male//Rose Water

Elders
↬ cloudedsight//male//fairylights. ;

males: 5 // females: 3 // total: 8

x

[Moorray]

Oh my god that's sad

Dappleheart stretched himself awake, trying to not remember what had happened yesterday. Just the thought that the Riverclan medicine cat had been committing murders made hi shutter but that's all behind us, he thought. He walked out to see if Pondberry had happened to send the patrols out yet when he saw the two apprentices laying in the fresh-kill pile. Dappleheart rushed over and shook his head in shock. "But we had exiled the murderer...." he murmered to himself.

[Arid Wyvern]

Nettlesplash tossed and turned all night. As long as I am never alone? I can't be hurt right? She kept telling herself. But what about the other cats? She covered her face with her paws and tried to sleep, but with no luck. After what felt like several hours, the sun peered over the camp, and it started to brighten. With drooping eyes, Nettlesplash stepped out to check on Shrewkit.

(I thought they were in the apprentice den?)

[irae]

[ they are in the apprentices' den, yes. ]

[five.six.seven]

(Darn, missed it. Murderer pm me? Excited for the new thread <3)

[monta,]

Pondberry awoke with a certain spring in his step. The murderer had been exiled and, within a few moons, the clan would have newly promoted warriors. He flicked his tail as he padded over to the Apprentices' Den. He had woken up rather late, and still needed to send out the Patrols. When he looked in the den, his pupils dilated to nearly the size of his iris and he froze, staring. In the den laid the two bodies of the previously mentioned soon-to-be warriors, Otterpaw and Blackpaw.

[[sorry it's so short, I've got other things to work on ^^;]]

[Moorray]

[ they are in the apprentices' den, yes. ]

Pfft, change fresh-kill pile in mine to apprentices den, I must've ski,med over something

Dappleheart turned to Pondberry, "Do you know anything about this?" He asked. There were no claw marks or any scent around them, other then their own. It was hard to tell if this was just some unfortunate accident or not didn't seem like it. That would just be too coincidental.

[monta,]

Pondberry sat, still for a moment before turning to Dappleheart. "I don't, no." He mewled, looking back to the bodies before speaking once again. "I do have my suspicions, but no evidence." He said sanguinely, his green hues closing as he let out a shaky sigh before standing. "I'll go tell Deerstar. Tag along if you'd like." The deputy said as he turned his back to the den, his tail flicking, agitated, before he began padding over to the Leader's Den, walking as quickly and as calmly as possible for someone who had just seen the corpses of their own allies, which, admittedly, was not very fast, nor calm - It was much shakier and careful then he wished it was.

[koushi.]

Deerstar's eyes snapped open as he heard another panicked cry from outside his den. He squeezed his eyes shut as he prayed to Starclan it wasn't about what he thought. The fluffy tom took a shaky breath before getting to his paws and taking a few deep breaths, needing to get calm before going to see what tragedy awaited him. His ear flicked as Pondberry stuck his muzzle into the den. He gave the deputy a solemn look. "What has happened Pondberry?" He tried to say in a calm tone, but the leader's voice shook. He already knew what must've happened. They'd exiled the wrong cat.

[monta,]

Pondberry paused as Deerstar asked him what was wrong, thinking of a way to tell him. "It seems that something happened last night... Both apprentices are... They've joined Starclan." He said shakily, trying to stay composed. "I-If you'd like to see them, they're in the Apprentices' Den." The deputy said, sitting and watching Deerstar to see what his decision would be. "If you'd like, I can gather the clan for another exile." He offered, wanting to keep the superior cat from stressing about the situation, even though it was definitely something any cat would panic about.