❝ . every hero has a journey

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xxxxlong ago, a calico she-cat wandered through the wilds of japan. her name was cherry, an affectionate name the hundreds of street cats she lived with. despite being surrounded by hundreds, sometimes even thousands of stray cats, she felt a longing to be surrounded by those she could call... family. one night, while curled up under a blossom tree, something major happened that would change her life.

xxxxshe was visited by a cat with stars in their fur. she stared at them, wide eyed. they smiled warmly at her, and approached her. 'you, you are the future of blossomclan. it was lost, long ago, and they need to be rebuilt.' and with that, they gave her nine lives, and called her by her new name, cherrystar.

xxxxgenerations later, blossomclan still lived in harmony beneath the cherry blossom trees of japan. they had no neighboring clans, no two-legs nearby. however, japanese badgers began making dens around blossomclan. troustar, the current leader, has been dwelling for moons as to what to do about the problem. while patrols often take on badgers, the population is getting too big, and picking off cats one by one. troutstar made a big decision, to send six cats off in search of a new territory. will the journeying cats be able to fulfill their destiny, having to scout out a new territory and then lead their clan to safety? or will they ultimately fail?

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the toms
xxxxfallowleap . 30 m . deputy . white and brown patched tabby . kittycutepaws
xxxxswansong . 30 m . warrior . a jet black, lean, pure oriental cat . vintage
xxxxfrostpaw . 11 m . apprentice . a feathery grey cat w/ green eyes . crowley

the she-cats
xxxxtinyleaf . 30 m . medicine cat . a small, dainty, feathery white cat . lacke
xxxxsoftflower . 32 m . warrior . description . never again
xxxxsedgepaw . 10 m . apprentice . a short haired white and black cat . chasing stars

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( gender . molly ) ( age . thirty moons ) ( location . her den ) ( tags . the journeying cats)

xxxxthe medicine cat hadn't gotten much sleep, it was the day the journey was supposed to begin. she sat in her den, her tail flicking back and forth, as her leader, troutstar, entered the den. she turned her gaze to him, greeted by an anxious look. tinyleaf nodded to him and stood as he approached. they shared a moment of silence before tinyleaf turned to her herb storage. "i'm still sorry you have to go on this quest." troustar said gruffly, sitting down. tinyleaf remained silent, pawing out some sorrel, daisy, chamomile, and burnet to get traveling herbs ready. she angled an ear back towards the leader as he began to speak again, and tinyleaf turned around, purring in amusement. "troutstar, you're sending your own deputy, two fine warriors and their apprentices. we will all be fine." she said gently, sitting down as she began putting the travelling herbs in their own piles for each cat. the two remained silent, before troutstar stood, and made his way over, pressing his nose to her ear, and turning tail, exiting the den. tinyleaf flicked her ear, before gently nudging each herb into a large leaf. satisfied, she stood, and shook out her fur, before she too, exited the den.
xxxxas she stepped out, the gentle rays of sunrise lapped over the camp. her eyes adjusted to the light, before she slowly made her way across the barren camp, towards the warriors den. peeking her head in, she spotted the clans deputy, fallowleap, beginning to stir. "fallowleap," she said quietly, waiting a moment before flicking her tail over the ground. "make sure swansong, softflower and the apprentices are ready to go, and please meet at my den." she then turned, and slid towards the fresh-kill pile, where she picked out a rather large fish for the journeying cats to share. she padded back to her den, set the fish down, and moved to patiently sit infront of all the traveling herbs.
xxxxeventually, the five cats entered her den, and she greeted them all with a dip of her head. "good morning to you all," she purred, wrapping her feathery tail over her paws. she then twitched her whiskers. "i know its early, but we need to cover as much ground as we can." she then motioned to the fish, flicking an ear. "you all can eat before we leave, if you'd like. troutstar was talking about he does not mind what kind of territory we settle in. he knows we'll find a good one, and our hearts will tell us if its right." she murmured, watching them begin to eat. she then sat in silence as they finished, before pushing five traveling herbs to them, one for each cat. "make sure you eat these, they aren't pleasant, but it will give you enough strength and energy for today." she said gently, before reaching down and quickly eating her own. after everyone was done and ready, tinyleaf stood. "i suppose we should be on our way, then." with a few murmurs of agreement, the group made their way out of her den. they were all greeted by kin and friends, and each took their time to say goodbye. tinyleaf herself said goodbye to her brother, sheeptuft, before waiting for the others, and making her way towards the camp entrance. once they were all ready, tinyleaf led the way out of the camp, trying to keep her mind on what lay ahead of them.

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{ rank - deputy } { gender - male } { age - thirty moons } { location - leaving camp } { tags - journeying cats }

waking up in a haze, the deputy narrowed his eyes at tinyleaf's words. he drowsily got to his feet and nodded to her. he looked over his shoulder at the two warriors he needed to wake up, swansong and softflower. he tapped them with his tail and murmured that they were preparing for their departure. he could feel his heart drop as he talked out-loud about their journey. leaving his home would be a difficult task, but if it meant he could find a place where he wouldn't have to watch anymore of his clanmates die, he would endure any task.

walking across the empty camp, he heard the sound of insects chirping and cricketing in the night. glancing into the apprentices' den, he spotted the two apprentices, frostpaw and sedgepaw. silently stalking over to them, he dipped his head down and softly murmured the same waking words he had to the warriors. leaving them once they awoke, he gave everyone their time to wake up and rally together.

with all six cats in tinyleaf's den, he ate some morsels of the fish, savoring the taste. he didn't know when their next meal would be, so he had to make the most of each bite into the soft flesh of the creature. exiting the den with the group of cats, he was greeted by his kin. he touched noses with his mother, russetflame, and with his brother, reedpelt. "you'll do well, my son. you have many others to help you, and protectors in starclan." russetflame dipped her head and sat down, signaling that it was fallowleap's time to go. fallowleap turned to his brother and nodded, "please keep yourself safe, reedpelt. and, keep the clan safe." reedpelt fluffed out his tail and snorted. "if by the 'clan', you mean mom; don't worry. i'll make sure she doesn't go out on her own. but, i'm sure she could kill a badger, just by talking it's ear off." russetflame glared at her son mischievously and brought her head up. "well, since your brother will be gone, and you'll be protecting me, i can talk your ear off." reedpelt gulped, then all three cats laughed and said a final goodbye.

fallowleap also approached troutstar. the leader and deputy wishing each other well. the small talk with his family and leader had fired up fallowleap with a strong determination to find the perfect territory for his clan. he just hopped that he and the others wouldn't come back to the camp with nothing to say, or worse, be too late and come back to no clan.

finally, fallowleap followed tinyleaf out of camp, with the rest of the journeying cats at his side. starclan, please let us find someplace.