female / leader / 50 moons / tagged : clan / word count : /____________________________________________________________
- orchidnose"Oh, Tośka." she meowed. Orchidstar would miss her friend: mother of Tigerpaw. "Our forests are dense and wild. I must pay back for your company. The patrol I have prepared just before will accompany her to the border." Goldenpaw, Quailcloud, Reedpaw, Firestep and Autumnheart. "I suppose our new apprentice, Moonpaw, can also come alongside all of you." Orchidstar turned away, not wanting to see Tigerpaw cry. He was strong, and seeing something so strong break apart before your eyes for the second time in a day.. almost tore at her heartstrings, for her tears were bleaker than mud.
orchidnose"I must.. speak to you, Bumblebee." Orchidstar's face widened, as she stepped down to him. "Bumblebee," she breathes, drawing towards the new deputy. "I need to talk to you about important matters." She points her tail to the outskirts of the Mystic Showers, beckoning for him to come. The pair walk to the slouchy mudslide on the hill connecting the camp road to the Sunny Shore."As my deputy, and hopefully last.." she meowed seriously, breaking the silence as the bushes were thick enough that none would think to follow. "I must tell you what I have told M-" she cut herself off, as if someone had clawed her eyes out. As if she made a huge mistake.. as if she regretted it all. "-my previous deputies," she reassured. "There's a rule, set by Chivestar himself." Orchidstar meowed, pawing the ground as if to say that that leader, the same one who almost killed all of SierraClan.. was her hero. The sleek molly still pushed the both of them forward, down the hill. Her destination was the so-called Valley of Echoes: a valley only in name, but a beautiful stargazing low-cliff, where the bright artificial lights of the city of Twolegs couldn't reach. She didn't speak until she descended fully, on the bottom of the hill. "Do you know why I chose you?" she meowed, eyes bleary. "No, of course not- because you think of him as an evil.." she closed her eyes, sighing deeply as if in pity for her new deputy. "I was afraid, that.." ...! Orchidstar's face whipped around, facing towards the countless starry lights in the sky.





