SeaClan
Number of Cats: 44 (23 M | 21 F)
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Serving Size: 9
(Last moon)
Honeytuft
The honey-colored tabby tom shook his head as he mewed to Rippleheart, "I'm sorry, but Ashkit is dead. She was too weak at birth." He stepped aside as Ivynose, the gray tabby queen's mate, comforted his grieving mate. The gray tabby she-cat mewed softly, "At least Seakit, Lightkit, and Arrowkit are safe." "Those names fit them perfectly," Ivynose agreed, purring softly, as he gently separated the limp body of his fourth kit away from the others. Turning toward Silkfeather, the brown-and-white tabby tom mewed gently, "I think Silkfeather needs help, she seems too weak." Honeytuft nodded, "Softdawn is helping her, but you are right, Ivynose. The cold must have seeped into even our nursery, she looks so weak after her kits were born." Excusing himself from Rippleheart and Ivynose, the SeaClan medicine cat made his way to where the silver tabby queen was lying on her side, her four kits mewling pitifully as they tried to get to her to suckle. Gently nosing the kits to her other side to suckle, Honeytuft asked quietly, "Silkfeather?" The weakened queen murmured, "Am I going to die?" The honey-colored tom stiffened, "No! I may have lost kits during my career, but I will not lose a queen, or so help me StarClan!" He added gently, "You need some rest, that's all." Turning to Softdawn, who had helped to lick Silkfeather's kits after birth, Honeytuft ordered, "I know this is an odd order coming from me, but please, without a mate, Silkfeather will not last longer. Can you lie down with her for a few nights? I want you to keep her warm." The longhaired calico queen turned her sightless gaze to the medicine cat as she mewed firmly, "Don't worry, Honeytuft, I will keep her as warm as I can." Honeytuft mewed, relief in his voice, "Thank you." Silkfeather then mewed, laying a paw over each of her kits, "Just in case I... I don't make it, I want to name them first." Weakly turning her gaze to the gray kit, she mewed, "This will be Cloudkit." Nodding toward the white tom, she continued, "Icykit for the white tom-kit." To the white she-kit, she mewed, "That's Winterkit." Finally, turning to gaze at the black-and-white she-kit nearest to her, the silver tabby concluded, "And this will be Magpiekit."
(The next day)
Dapplepaw
Far overhead, way to the south, something caught Dapplepaw's eyes. She'd been out to try to collect a few more herbs that this scant leaf bare afforded her, particularly those that healed wounds. The struggle to take back the main camp, and therefore, seizing back control of SeaClan, for Leafstar would be very difficult, and she had to do her duty to heal her Clanmates, after all. Herb-hunting was lonely work on one's own, and she was used to Honeytuft's presence beside her. Without it, she felt helpless. She was a single medicine cat, on her own, with a twisted paw from birth, that she doubted would ever grow better. If something happened while she was out, she dreaded to think what would happen to her.
But in the dark, between the needles on the pine trees, the only trees that had retained any life to them since the start of these cold times, a glimmer of light caught her attention. Up there, miles and miles and miles above, almost due south, and only a little before where the moon was passing, such that its silver rim half-obscured what had caught her eyes - there it was!. If the line from those three bright stars was followed, stretched out, and then one looked just a little higher... There. Where she was sure there had been just one star a few days before, she could see a whole cluster, wobbling in and out of view. One moment she could see them, glittering beautifully, when previously, all that had been there was blackness. And she could see what had drawn her attention. A flash of movement wound its way across the night sky, a star at dazzling speed, flying as fast as a bird. If Dapplepaw had to make an interpretation right now, she'd already know exactly what to say. A cat had entered StarClan, but had been forced back out again. A leader had lost their life.
Her head hung for a few moments, hoping that that had been someone other than Leafstar. She wouldn't wish anything bad on another clan - of course she wouldn't, she wasn't some monster - but SeaClan needed Leafstar, and anything that weakened him was terrible news. But she couldn't think why she'd be the one seeing that if it wasn't meant to be her seeing it. She sighed deeply.
"Please don't be Leafstar."
Mood lower, Dapplepaw continued with her search for herbs, knowing her efforts would be all the more necessary. She was almost at the Pine Grove, when she finally caught sight of something useful. There! A bush of wintergreen, berries out and brightly colored, little leaves beautiful against the omnipresent browns and grays of winter. Dapplepaw drew closer to the bush. She tore off several sticks covered in leaves, and brought them together in a small bundle. There. That looked like a good quantity for now.
But... why settle for just one herb, after all? There were so many leaves around here, at least some of them had to be useful, right? ...Right?
Not far from the wintergreen bush was another bush, bare-looking now, but with a good number of leaves scattered beneath it. If she could find some dried leaves in there, they'd make an excellent antiseptic. Dapplepaw started piling the leaves up together in a big heap, as large as she thought she could manage alongside the wintergreen, and she was just about to pick the pile up in her jaws, when her twisted paw brushed along the top of the pile again, and picked up something... hard.
Dapplepaw stopped, paused, and then, on consideration, rummaged around in the pile, not wanting to bring back anything heavier than she needed to back to the sickness camp, as it was no short distance on a twisted paw. But there, a pale grey color against the leaves, lay a gently curved bone.
Dapplepaw separated out her pile more carefully, a small frown on her brow, and rummaged around again in the leaves. And to her horror, which grew in her chest as she felt bile rising, there were the other ribs. Here was a small line of vertebrae, and over to one side... limb bones...
...and a single feather curled between the remaining bones of the tiny, kitten feet.
"No!"
Tears rolled down her face as Dapplepaw cried, "StarClan, no! It can't be!" She cast aside the herbs she'd picked, and curled up into a tight ball next to the sad remains of her lost brother. 'Probably a crow got him,' Stormfang had told the Clan, 'maybe?' The calico she-cat ran her paw down what looked to be the spine of the remains of Fogkit, her brother, as she murmured, "Why, Fogkit? Why?"
'As if he could hear,' a voice at the back of her head scoffed.
"He can!" Dapplepaw growled, banishing the thoughts, "He's in StarClan, like mama and papa!"
'But are they really in StarClan?' the voice insisted. Dapplepaw had no answer. She had no time to. She stood up on her paws and sprinted back as fast as she could, doing her best to ignore the pain her twisted paw gave as it met hard stone under the snow. It seemed like an eternity before the medicine cat apprentice reached the sickness camp. Panting, the she-cat ignored Goshawkflight and Stormbreeze, who were guarding, offer words of greeting. The calico she-cat rushed past all the chambers until she reached the central chamber, where the healthy warriors and apprentices slept. There, she spotted the distinctive pelts of her brother and sister. Pulling them aside, the medicine cat apprentice uttered three words that chilled Thistletuft and Hollyspots down to the core.
"I found Fogkit."
Thistletuft spoke at last, "We should... we should go bury him properly at least." Hollyspots added, "and find any evidence of foul play." Dapplepaw nodded, mewing, "All right. But Goshawkflight comes with us, he has a right to investigate it, under Leafstar's orders." Hollyspots nodded, while Thistletuft opened his mouth to argue, but decided against it. He mumbled, "All right."
{back at the bush}
Goshawkflight
Hollyspots gasped, "Fogkit!" Goshawkflight breathed, "Who could do such a thing?" The black-and-gray tabby tom began to unearth the rest of the tiny skeleton, until he found something so incriminating. The leaves must have acted as a preservative, for, between the tiny teeth of Fogkit were tufts of coarse, dark gray fur. All four cats, including Goshawkflight, understood.
"Stormfang."
Dapplepaw was the first to break the silence. "This has to be seen by Leafstar." Nodding, Thistletuft mewed, "I'm the fastest here. Let me go back and bring him." "Will he be all right?" the calico medicine cat apprentice fretted, "He should have recently lost a life." Hollyspots insisted, "This is so important though!" Goshawkflight nodded, "She has a point." Dapplepaw sighed, "Be careful." The longhaired gray tom nodded and sprinted away, leaving the three figures of Dapplepaw, Hollyspots, and Goshawkflight behind.
{back at camp}
Leafstar
Leafstar let out a small grunt as he forced his stiff muscles to work, eventually settling into a rather stiff, sitting position. He thanked his mate, Whiterose, for helping him recover. The sandy brown tabby tom had lost another life, due to greencough. He now felt better, but knew that StarClan had taken two warriors from the Clan just a few days ago. Sighing, he dismissed his beloved mate and began to pray to StarClan.
'Cats of StarClan,' he began, 'I beseech thee, please show mercy to those who know not what they do. And may you light SeaClan's path for eternity...'
He had been about to add more to his prayer, to ask for forgiveness for his futility and powerlessness, but then he stopped. The distinctive gray pelt of Thistletuft appeared at the entrance. Leafstar mewed warmly, "Thistletuft." The younger tom dipped his head and mewed urgently, "Leafstar, I'm so glad that you are feeling much better. You'd better come see what Dapplepaw found." The sandy brown tabby tom asked, "What?" Leafstar drew in a sharp gasp as the longhaired gray tom mewed quietly, lowering his eyes to the cave floor, "Fogkit." Taking a deep breath, the SeaClan leader meowed, "Lead me to the area." The warrior nodded and guided his leader away from camp.
{At the bush}
Thistletuft mewed, "This is the place." As Leafstar forced his way into the spacious room within the bush, he saw three cats standing around where tiny bones were exposed in the leaf-littered ground. The three- Goshawkflight, Dapplepaw, and Hollyspots- got up on their paws hastily at their leader's entrance; the sandy brown tabby tom seemed not to notice as he ordered, "Let me see." Hollyspots and Goshawkflight stepped aside as Leafstar drew closer.
Among the scattered bones of the dead kit, the SeaClan leader found a crow feather, nestled perfectly between two small claws, and tufts of dark gray fur between tiny teeth that would never chew again. Leafstar growled, his claws unsheathing in fury, "Stormfang!" He quickly meowed, "We can't leave him here. If Stormfang remembers he left his remains here, and comes back, he could scatter Fogkit's remains far and wide." Turning to Hollyspots and Goshawkflight, he mewed, "Quick, go back to the camp, and find as many able-bodied cats as you can." Nodding, the two warriors raced away.
(A few days later)
{At the camp}
Stormfang looked around the camp. His cats were supervising the daily activities of the Clan. It was as if he had won. But he hadn't. No. He needed more. He couldn't be leader unless Leafstar was taken out of the question. Digging his outstretched claws into the hard earth, Stormfang growled to himself: Neither can live while the other survives. It was time. He called to his cats, the group of loyal cats who would do anything he asked. And when they had assembled, their eyes alight with curiosity and anticipation, Stormfang ordered, "There are too many kits to take care of, we must cull some of the outsider's kits." Carrotfur's fur bristled at the idea, but he forced it to lie flat again as he asked, "Stormfang, why should we kill kits when we can kill grown cats?" The solid gray tom blinked, amusement in his green eyes, "Well, Carrotfur, that is a fair point. However," he added, sweeping his gaze across the camp to where the terrified forms of two tortoiseshell she-cats were huddled together at the entrance to the nursery, "these kits will bring unwanted blood to our Clan." Glancing at Ravenwish, Stormfang commanded, "Go, bring out Silkfeather and her kits." The bushy black tom's mouth twisted into a wicked grin as he replied, "Right, boss." He marched straight toward the nursery, but was forced to halt as the bigger of the tortoiseshells stood up, almost regally. She spat, "You must go through us before you can get to the kits, foxface!" The small she-cat also stood up, unsheathing her claws, "Yes! I won't let you go spill innocent blood!" Ravenwish glanced back at his leader questioningly. Stormfang meowed impassively, flicking a tail toward the black Maine Coon and Carrotfur, "Go, finish them off."
As Carrotfur and Ravenwish posed to strike, Emberwhisker growled, facing the three cats, "Come at me, traitors!" Turning to Carrotfur, she spat, "How could you, Carrotfur? You are going against your father and his Clan!" Carrotfur forced himself to look her squarely in the eyes and growled, "All he caused was grief to the Clan. Stormfang has the right idea." Ravenwish sneered at the tortoiseshell warrior, "And you, having been part of SeaClan since the beginning, you should have seen where Leafstar had gone wrong!" Antfoot narrowed his eyes, "Perhaps she was blind to his deeds because she spent so much time with him as leader." Before Emberwhisker had time to retort, Carrotfur shouted, "Who cares? Attack!"
Carrotfur lunged at Emberwhisker, his claws unsheathed. The tortoiseshell she-cat's lips curled into a snarl as she twisted to land a glancing blow to the younger warrior's soft underbelly as she dodged. The ginger-and-white tom screeched with pain as he landed onto his paws. Glancing at his underside, he saw a thin red trail of blood across it. Pausing to lick at what he could reach, Carrotfur signaled to Antfoot to continue to assault. The small black tom nodded and launched himself against Emberwhisker. As the she-cat turned to fend him off, Carrotfur saw a flash of brown tabby, as Swayingtrees raked at her back. Emberwhisker whipped around and clawed at her other attacker. The ginger-and-white tom's heart seemed to skip a beat as he saw Ravenwish coming at her. He forced himself to turn his attention to Brocadepaw as Emberwhisker let out a screech of pain and shock.
The scene was over in just a few horrible moments. Ravenwish had slashed open the tortoiseshell she-cat's throat in one move. Emberwhisker let out a sound that was a mix between a gurgle and a choked scream, her legs flailing beside her, but it was only a few seconds later that her body lay silent, her unseeing eyes staring into the ceiling of the main camp. Carrotfur closed his eyes as he sent up a quick prayer to StarClan, both an apology and a prayer for forgiveness, directed toward Emberwhisker.
The ginger-and-white tom now turned to the heap of bloodied tortoiseshell fur that was Brocadepaw. He knew it was enough. It didn't matter that Stormfang was watching him. He cried, barreling into Applemist, who had been attacking the apprentice, "That's enough!" The ginger she-cat backed away as Carrotfur growled, his green eyes sweeping across the camp as he dared them to challenge him, "You can see she's as good as dead. Enough." Stormfang, from his lofty perch on the Meeting Ledge, called, "You heard Carrotfur. Enough, Applemist. Ravenwish, take Silkfeather and her kits out here, where we can see for sure." The black Maine Coon tom nodded his bushy head and disappeared into the Cave Path that led to the nursery. Turning to Morningflame, the solid gray tom ordered, "Bring Honeytuft out here. He will help bury these two-" He broke off as a mighty yowl came from the outside, from the direction of the tunnel that led to the Pine Grove.
"Stormfang!"
{Nursery}
Ravenwish
Ravenwish easily knocked away Ivynose, who had been next to his mate, hissing, "Stay back, this is not your fight!" As Ivynose drew back to protectively stand over his mate, the bushy black tom turned his attention to Silkfeather and her kits. Softdawn came at the black tom, yowling as she did, "Feel this, foxheart!" The blind queen's rage was so intense that even Ravenwish had to back off, astonished. Soon, however, Ravenwish knocked aside the calico she-cat as she faced Silkfeather, who had, by then, staggered shakily to her paws. The silver tabby hissed, hackles rising over her thin frame, "You will not hurt my kits!" The bushy black tom mewed dismissively, "That's for Stormfang to judge. Come on, come with me without disturbance, and you and your kits will not be harmed." Silkfeather spat, claws unsheathing in defiance, "Over my dead body!" The weakened queen lunged at the Maine Coon, but he merely batted her away like a toy. The silver tabby's shocked yowl broke off immediately as bone cracked against the hard cave wall. Softdawn, who had by then recovered, let out a thin wail, "Silkfeather!" Ivynose breathed, eyes wide as saucers, "Ravenwish... you... you killed..." Ravenwish turned around and hissed, "It was not my fault that she was so frail!" Turning to the panicking kits, the bushy tom scooped up Cloudkit, his squirming body going limp as he bit too hard into his scruff and breaking his neck. Hissing as he realized what had happened, Ravenwish turned at the sound of Leafstar's voice shouting Stormfang's name, and dashed away, the limp body of the tiny kit still clamped tightly between his teeth.
{Main camp}
The misguided deputy of SeaClan leapt down from the Meeting Ledge as he glimpsed the cats from the Sickness Camp rushing in from the tunnel. Sleetsky, Spiderpath, and Rosefern were not among the cats, as they had succumbed to the greencough; however, all the others were all accounted for, their pelts carrying no traces of the scent of sickness. As Ravenwish walked out of the nursery, a limp kit held tightly in his jaws, Leafstar stepped into the main cam and yowled, "SeaClan, surround them!" Stormfang and his group was quickly surrounded with the cats of the Sickness Camp and the majority of the cats who had stayed back in the Main Camp worked together to tighten the circle.
Leafstar signaled to Carrotfur, to rejoin their group. His son obliged, an expression that was half relief, half guilt on his face. Stormfang hissed, "Traitor!" Leafstar replied coldly, "No. You're the traitor, Stormfang." The gray-furred tom lunged at the sandy brown tabby tom, growling, "You are nothing but a Code-breaking softheart who should have perished alongside Vinescratch and Brightstream!" Before Leafstar could react, a flash of gray appeared in the leader's vision. Thistletuft, son of Vinescratch and Brightstream, screeched, "Murderer!" and intercepted Stormfang, ducking to avoid the bigger tom's claws and raking his own on the tom's softer underbelly. Stormfang let out a screech that was more out of outrage and shock than pain. He spat, "YOU! You and your sisters are the true filth of this Clan! Half-Clan mongrels who do not deserve the hospitality of SeaClan!" Horrified gasps came from the camp as Whisperdust's voice sounded in the air, "How dare you!" Another voice, that of Mintnose, who had been mentor to Brocadepaw, added, hot tears coursing down her cheeks, "Like what Brocadepaw had said a moon ago, we were all rogues, kittypets, loners, or even members of other Clans that may or may not have disbanded since then. There's no point in calling any of us half-Clan or non-Clan!" Thistletuft's sisters, Hollyspots and Dapplepaw, came to aid the gray tom, and the three cats managed to pin the bigger tom onto the ground between the three of them.
Stormfang sneered, "Now you say this, Mintnose? After Leafstar comes in?" Mintnose spat, "Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw's sacrifice gave me the courage I needed so badly! It's true," she admitted, her head lowered briefly in shame, "I was a coward. But I know better than that." Her claws slid out as she growled, "You killed my friend, you killed my apprentice!" Turning to Leafstar, she pleaded, "Leafstar, please execute this murderous traitor for his crimes against SeaClan and StarClan!" Stormfang looked astonished as he stated, "Against StarClan? I was doing them a favor by killing those not fit to live by the Code!" Leafstar spat, hackles rising, "That's where you strayed far from the Code yourself, Stormfang. Remember one of the rules of the code? 'An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win their battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.'" Stormfang laughed and declared, "You yourself said it, Leafstar. 'Unless they are outside the warrior code'. Brightstream and Vinescratch were..." "...definitely inside the code," Leafstar finished, silencing the deputy, "because they were honorable warriors."
Stormfang started to argue, "But they broke the code by becoming mates with each other when they were of two different Clans! Rule one states 'Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.' They went further than that, and was more loyal to their feelings for each other than to their respective Clan." Leafstar looked Stormfang straight in the eyes and meowed coldly, "There is no part in the Code specifically stating the forbidden nature of a relationship that goes beyond the borders." Nodding toward Shorefall and Stormbreeze, he ordered, "Take this cat and his accomplices and confine them to the elders' chamber." The SeaClan warriors nodded and forced Applemist, Swayingtrees, Ravenwish, Fernstrike, Sagefrost, and Antfoot into the elders' chamber, with help from Mintnose, Whisperdust, Whiterose, Claypool, and Ivynose. Thistletuft, Hollyspots, and Dapplepaw roughly forced the disgraced SeaClan deputy onto his paws again. Leafstar meowed coldly, "You are a disgrace to the SeaClan name, Stormfang. From this day forth, you shall no longer be deputy of SeaClan, your title is now null and void in the eyes of our Clan and in the eyes of our ancestors." Stormfang growled, hatred blazing in his green eyes; however, he allowed the three younger cats to escort him toe the elders' den, sighing in defeat.
Leafstar now turned his attention to Honeytuft, who had been trying to get his attention for some time. The honey-colored tabby tom had tears in his eyes as he meowed, "Brocadepaw wants to speak to you and Whiterose." At her mention, the white she-cat came bounding back from the elders' chamber, leaving the other cats on guard, and the two adoptive parents of the dying apprentice sat down next to her to hear her final words.
Brocadepaw croaked, "Leafstar, Whiterose... thank you so much for adopting me as your daughter. I was honored to be your daughter, and I know I made the right decision in coming to SeaClan and joining this Clan. I... I hope I did the right thing," she swallowed, "not backing down from Stormfang..." Whiterose buried her nose into the blood-soaked fur of her adopted daughter and wept, "I'm so sorry that we weren't in time, Brocadepaw!" As the she-cat shook her head weakly, Leafstar finally spoke, having made up his mind up, "Brocadepaw, before you go, I have one final ceremony to perform." As the dying she-cat meowed, "...What?" Leafstar meowed loudly, for all cats to hear, "Cats of SeaClan, today we are gathered to mourn the passing of two fierce cats of SeaClan, Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw. And while Emberwhisker has already crossed the final river, and joined the ranks of StarClan, Brocadepaw has yet gone. And so," he added, taking a deep breath, "I shall perform a little-known ceremony, so that StarClan may receive her as a warrior, and not an apprentice, of SeaClan." He meowed, looking solemnly up to the ceiling, "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has learned the warrior code and given up her life in the service of her Clan. Let StarClan receive her as a warrior. She will be known as Brocadeheart, for it was her determination, courage, and loyalty to SeaClan that gave her the strength to stand up to a tyrannical cat who had oppressed the Clan for many moons."
As Brocadeheart wept silently, the whole of SeaClan chanted her new name, "Brocadeheart! Brocadeheart! Brocadeheart!" He then bent down to press his nose against his dying daughter's fur and whispered, "You are as precious to me as Carrotfur is, Brocadeheart. May StarClan receive you as a proud warrior of SeaClan." The tortoiseshell she-cat's eyes began to cloud over as she rasped, "And I promise to watch over you, Whiterose, Carrotfur, and all of SeaClan for eternity." With these words, the selfless warrior of SeaClan named Brocadeheart let out a soft sigh, closed her eyes, and lay still.
Carrotfur hesitated in joining, in part because he wasn't sure how the other cats would view him as now. He looked away as Whisperdust approached him. The pale-furred warrior murmured, wrapping her tail around the younger tom, "Hey, it's okay. I'm sorry for having been a jerk when I didn't know you were doing all the things you did under your father's orders." The ginger-and-white tom croaked, "But I good as killed them both. I ordered those cats to kill them." "But you were acting," Whisperdust pointed out gently, "and Emberwhisker and Brocadeheart know that now, in StarClan." Carrotfur's whiskers drooped as he murmured, "I still think it's not right to sit vigil for her beside their bodies..." The older she-cat mewed quietly, "You are Brocadeheart's brother. You stopped Applemist from finishing her off, gave her enough time to say goodbye, and for Leafstar to name her a warrior before StarClan claimed her." She murmured, "In the eyes of SeaClan, you are a hero, Carrotfur." "I sure am a lame one then," lamented the ginger-and-white tom, "what a load of good I'd do, having had a paw in the murders of two innocent, law-abiding cats I've known for moons." She gently herded the younger tom toward where his parents were, their faces buried in their adopted daughter's fur, which was rapidly losing heat.
Leafstar looked up, saw Carrotfur, and indicated him to join him and Whiterose, meowing, "You were so brave, son. Loyal to the Clan." He stood up, though a little shakily, as he meowed loudly, "Cats of SeaClan!" Again, the entirety of the crowd turned their attention back to hear their leader, as Leafstar continued, "Seeing as Stormfang has finally been stripped of his position of deputy, we have one remaining question on our paws: who will be the next deputy of SeaClan?" He smiled and meowed, "I believe you all know who it will it be, but the ceremony must be performed, so that the cat will truly be accepted as deputy in the eyes of our ancestors." Taking a deep breath, the sandy brown tabby tom declared, "I say these words in front of the Clan, so that they may hear and approve of my choice. Carrotfur will be the next deputy of SeaClan."
The Clan roared as one, "Carrotfur! Carrotfur! Carrotfur!"
[ The Clan consumes Hare x3. ]
[ Honeytuft and Dapplepaw gather herbs (especially kitting herbs). ]
[ Dapplepaw is renamed Dappledawn, and becomes a full medicine cat, next to Honeytuft. ]
[ All cats return to the main camp. The secondary camp is noted for future use, however. ]
[ Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw are killed by Ravenwish and Applemist, respectively. ]
[ Silkfeather and Cloudkit are killed by Ravenwish when he tries to bring the weakened queen and her kits out. ]
[ Stormfang is ousted as deputy. Carrotfur is named deputy. ]
[ Cardinalpaw is apprenticed to Carrotfur. ]
[ All apprentice training is resumed. ]
[ Brocadepaw is given the warrior name Brocadeheart on her deathbed. ]
[ Whiterose, Mintnose, Birchlight, Thistletuft, Hollyspots, and Morningflame hunt at the Pine Grove. ]
[ Nightwing, Dustflower, Cliffpaw, and Jadepaw hunt at the forest by the river. ]
[ Leafstar, Daisysong, Hawkpath, and Cardinalpaw patrol the northern border. ]
[ Stormfang, Ravenwish, Applemist, Sagefrost, Antfoot, and Swayingtrees are kept prisoner in the elder's chamber until further notice. ]
[ Shorefall, Stormbreeze, Whisperdust, Carrotfur, Bellcloud, and Oakshadow are put in charge of guarding the prisoners. ]
[ Everyone else stays in camp. ]
[ Whisperdust teaches Goldenpaw the Climbing skill. ]
[ Daisysong teaches Boompaw the Hunting skill. ]
[ Stormbreeze teaches Jadepaw the Swimming skill. ]
[ Ivynose teaches Cliffpaw the Swimming skill. ]
[ Carrotfur teaches Cardinalpaw the Stalking skill. }
[ Goosewing will kit in two moons. ]
Number of Cats: 44 (23 M | 21 F)
Next Moonpool Visit: Anytime
Archive Thread: boop
Territory: boop
Serving Size: 9
(Last moon)
Honeytuft
The honey-colored tabby tom shook his head as he mewed to Rippleheart, "I'm sorry, but Ashkit is dead. She was too weak at birth." He stepped aside as Ivynose, the gray tabby queen's mate, comforted his grieving mate. The gray tabby she-cat mewed softly, "At least Seakit, Lightkit, and Arrowkit are safe." "Those names fit them perfectly," Ivynose agreed, purring softly, as he gently separated the limp body of his fourth kit away from the others. Turning toward Silkfeather, the brown-and-white tabby tom mewed gently, "I think Silkfeather needs help, she seems too weak." Honeytuft nodded, "Softdawn is helping her, but you are right, Ivynose. The cold must have seeped into even our nursery, she looks so weak after her kits were born." Excusing himself from Rippleheart and Ivynose, the SeaClan medicine cat made his way to where the silver tabby queen was lying on her side, her four kits mewling pitifully as they tried to get to her to suckle. Gently nosing the kits to her other side to suckle, Honeytuft asked quietly, "Silkfeather?" The weakened queen murmured, "Am I going to die?" The honey-colored tom stiffened, "No! I may have lost kits during my career, but I will not lose a queen, or so help me StarClan!" He added gently, "You need some rest, that's all." Turning to Softdawn, who had helped to lick Silkfeather's kits after birth, Honeytuft ordered, "I know this is an odd order coming from me, but please, without a mate, Silkfeather will not last longer. Can you lie down with her for a few nights? I want you to keep her warm." The longhaired calico queen turned her sightless gaze to the medicine cat as she mewed firmly, "Don't worry, Honeytuft, I will keep her as warm as I can." Honeytuft mewed, relief in his voice, "Thank you." Silkfeather then mewed, laying a paw over each of her kits, "Just in case I... I don't make it, I want to name them first." Weakly turning her gaze to the gray kit, she mewed, "This will be Cloudkit." Nodding toward the white tom, she continued, "Icykit for the white tom-kit." To the white she-kit, she mewed, "That's Winterkit." Finally, turning to gaze at the black-and-white she-kit nearest to her, the silver tabby concluded, "And this will be Magpiekit."
(The next day)
Dapplepaw
Far overhead, way to the south, something caught Dapplepaw's eyes. She'd been out to try to collect a few more herbs that this scant leaf bare afforded her, particularly those that healed wounds. The struggle to take back the main camp, and therefore, seizing back control of SeaClan, for Leafstar would be very difficult, and she had to do her duty to heal her Clanmates, after all. Herb-hunting was lonely work on one's own, and she was used to Honeytuft's presence beside her. Without it, she felt helpless. She was a single medicine cat, on her own, with a twisted paw from birth, that she doubted would ever grow better. If something happened while she was out, she dreaded to think what would happen to her.
But in the dark, between the needles on the pine trees, the only trees that had retained any life to them since the start of these cold times, a glimmer of light caught her attention. Up there, miles and miles and miles above, almost due south, and only a little before where the moon was passing, such that its silver rim half-obscured what had caught her eyes - there it was!. If the line from those three bright stars was followed, stretched out, and then one looked just a little higher... There. Where she was sure there had been just one star a few days before, she could see a whole cluster, wobbling in and out of view. One moment she could see them, glittering beautifully, when previously, all that had been there was blackness. And she could see what had drawn her attention. A flash of movement wound its way across the night sky, a star at dazzling speed, flying as fast as a bird. If Dapplepaw had to make an interpretation right now, she'd already know exactly what to say. A cat had entered StarClan, but had been forced back out again. A leader had lost their life.
Her head hung for a few moments, hoping that that had been someone other than Leafstar. She wouldn't wish anything bad on another clan - of course she wouldn't, she wasn't some monster - but SeaClan needed Leafstar, and anything that weakened him was terrible news. But she couldn't think why she'd be the one seeing that if it wasn't meant to be her seeing it. She sighed deeply.
"Please don't be Leafstar."
Mood lower, Dapplepaw continued with her search for herbs, knowing her efforts would be all the more necessary. She was almost at the Pine Grove, when she finally caught sight of something useful. There! A bush of wintergreen, berries out and brightly colored, little leaves beautiful against the omnipresent browns and grays of winter. Dapplepaw drew closer to the bush. She tore off several sticks covered in leaves, and brought them together in a small bundle. There. That looked like a good quantity for now.
But... why settle for just one herb, after all? There were so many leaves around here, at least some of them had to be useful, right? ...Right?
Not far from the wintergreen bush was another bush, bare-looking now, but with a good number of leaves scattered beneath it. If she could find some dried leaves in there, they'd make an excellent antiseptic. Dapplepaw started piling the leaves up together in a big heap, as large as she thought she could manage alongside the wintergreen, and she was just about to pick the pile up in her jaws, when her twisted paw brushed along the top of the pile again, and picked up something... hard.
Dapplepaw stopped, paused, and then, on consideration, rummaged around in the pile, not wanting to bring back anything heavier than she needed to back to the sickness camp, as it was no short distance on a twisted paw. But there, a pale grey color against the leaves, lay a gently curved bone.
Dapplepaw separated out her pile more carefully, a small frown on her brow, and rummaged around again in the leaves. And to her horror, which grew in her chest as she felt bile rising, there were the other ribs. Here was a small line of vertebrae, and over to one side... limb bones...
...and a single feather curled between the remaining bones of the tiny, kitten feet.
"No!"
Tears rolled down her face as Dapplepaw cried, "StarClan, no! It can't be!" She cast aside the herbs she'd picked, and curled up into a tight ball next to the sad remains of her lost brother. 'Probably a crow got him,' Stormfang had told the Clan, 'maybe?' The calico she-cat ran her paw down what looked to be the spine of the remains of Fogkit, her brother, as she murmured, "Why, Fogkit? Why?"
'As if he could hear,' a voice at the back of her head scoffed.
"He can!" Dapplepaw growled, banishing the thoughts, "He's in StarClan, like mama and papa!"
'But are they really in StarClan?' the voice insisted. Dapplepaw had no answer. She had no time to. She stood up on her paws and sprinted back as fast as she could, doing her best to ignore the pain her twisted paw gave as it met hard stone under the snow. It seemed like an eternity before the medicine cat apprentice reached the sickness camp. Panting, the she-cat ignored Goshawkflight and Stormbreeze, who were guarding, offer words of greeting. The calico she-cat rushed past all the chambers until she reached the central chamber, where the healthy warriors and apprentices slept. There, she spotted the distinctive pelts of her brother and sister. Pulling them aside, the medicine cat apprentice uttered three words that chilled Thistletuft and Hollyspots down to the core.
"I found Fogkit."
Thistletuft spoke at last, "We should... we should go bury him properly at least." Hollyspots added, "and find any evidence of foul play." Dapplepaw nodded, mewing, "All right. But Goshawkflight comes with us, he has a right to investigate it, under Leafstar's orders." Hollyspots nodded, while Thistletuft opened his mouth to argue, but decided against it. He mumbled, "All right."
{back at the bush}
Goshawkflight
Hollyspots gasped, "Fogkit!" Goshawkflight breathed, "Who could do such a thing?" The black-and-gray tabby tom began to unearth the rest of the tiny skeleton, until he found something so incriminating. The leaves must have acted as a preservative, for, between the tiny teeth of Fogkit were tufts of coarse, dark gray fur. All four cats, including Goshawkflight, understood.
"Stormfang."
Dapplepaw was the first to break the silence. "This has to be seen by Leafstar." Nodding, Thistletuft mewed, "I'm the fastest here. Let me go back and bring him." "Will he be all right?" the calico medicine cat apprentice fretted, "He should have recently lost a life." Hollyspots insisted, "This is so important though!" Goshawkflight nodded, "She has a point." Dapplepaw sighed, "Be careful." The longhaired gray tom nodded and sprinted away, leaving the three figures of Dapplepaw, Hollyspots, and Goshawkflight behind.
{back at camp}
Leafstar
Leafstar let out a small grunt as he forced his stiff muscles to work, eventually settling into a rather stiff, sitting position. He thanked his mate, Whiterose, for helping him recover. The sandy brown tabby tom had lost another life, due to greencough. He now felt better, but knew that StarClan had taken two warriors from the Clan just a few days ago. Sighing, he dismissed his beloved mate and began to pray to StarClan.
'Cats of StarClan,' he began, 'I beseech thee, please show mercy to those who know not what they do. And may you light SeaClan's path for eternity...'
He had been about to add more to his prayer, to ask for forgiveness for his futility and powerlessness, but then he stopped. The distinctive gray pelt of Thistletuft appeared at the entrance. Leafstar mewed warmly, "Thistletuft." The younger tom dipped his head and mewed urgently, "Leafstar, I'm so glad that you are feeling much better. You'd better come see what Dapplepaw found." The sandy brown tabby tom asked, "What?" Leafstar drew in a sharp gasp as the longhaired gray tom mewed quietly, lowering his eyes to the cave floor, "Fogkit." Taking a deep breath, the SeaClan leader meowed, "Lead me to the area." The warrior nodded and guided his leader away from camp.
{At the bush}
Thistletuft mewed, "This is the place." As Leafstar forced his way into the spacious room within the bush, he saw three cats standing around where tiny bones were exposed in the leaf-littered ground. The three- Goshawkflight, Dapplepaw, and Hollyspots- got up on their paws hastily at their leader's entrance; the sandy brown tabby tom seemed not to notice as he ordered, "Let me see." Hollyspots and Goshawkflight stepped aside as Leafstar drew closer.
Among the scattered bones of the dead kit, the SeaClan leader found a crow feather, nestled perfectly between two small claws, and tufts of dark gray fur between tiny teeth that would never chew again. Leafstar growled, his claws unsheathing in fury, "Stormfang!" He quickly meowed, "We can't leave him here. If Stormfang remembers he left his remains here, and comes back, he could scatter Fogkit's remains far and wide." Turning to Hollyspots and Goshawkflight, he mewed, "Quick, go back to the camp, and find as many able-bodied cats as you can." Nodding, the two warriors raced away.
(A few days later)
{At the camp}
Stormfang looked around the camp. His cats were supervising the daily activities of the Clan. It was as if he had won. But he hadn't. No. He needed more. He couldn't be leader unless Leafstar was taken out of the question. Digging his outstretched claws into the hard earth, Stormfang growled to himself: Neither can live while the other survives. It was time. He called to his cats, the group of loyal cats who would do anything he asked. And when they had assembled, their eyes alight with curiosity and anticipation, Stormfang ordered, "There are too many kits to take care of, we must cull some of the outsider's kits." Carrotfur's fur bristled at the idea, but he forced it to lie flat again as he asked, "Stormfang, why should we kill kits when we can kill grown cats?" The solid gray tom blinked, amusement in his green eyes, "Well, Carrotfur, that is a fair point. However," he added, sweeping his gaze across the camp to where the terrified forms of two tortoiseshell she-cats were huddled together at the entrance to the nursery, "these kits will bring unwanted blood to our Clan." Glancing at Ravenwish, Stormfang commanded, "Go, bring out Silkfeather and her kits." The bushy black tom's mouth twisted into a wicked grin as he replied, "Right, boss." He marched straight toward the nursery, but was forced to halt as the bigger of the tortoiseshells stood up, almost regally. She spat, "You must go through us before you can get to the kits, foxface!" The small she-cat also stood up, unsheathing her claws, "Yes! I won't let you go spill innocent blood!" Ravenwish glanced back at his leader questioningly. Stormfang meowed impassively, flicking a tail toward the black Maine Coon and Carrotfur, "Go, finish them off."
As Carrotfur and Ravenwish posed to strike, Emberwhisker growled, facing the three cats, "Come at me, traitors!" Turning to Carrotfur, she spat, "How could you, Carrotfur? You are going against your father and his Clan!" Carrotfur forced himself to look her squarely in the eyes and growled, "All he caused was grief to the Clan. Stormfang has the right idea." Ravenwish sneered at the tortoiseshell warrior, "And you, having been part of SeaClan since the beginning, you should have seen where Leafstar had gone wrong!" Antfoot narrowed his eyes, "Perhaps she was blind to his deeds because she spent so much time with him as leader." Before Emberwhisker had time to retort, Carrotfur shouted, "Who cares? Attack!"
Carrotfur lunged at Emberwhisker, his claws unsheathed. The tortoiseshell she-cat's lips curled into a snarl as she twisted to land a glancing blow to the younger warrior's soft underbelly as she dodged. The ginger-and-white tom screeched with pain as he landed onto his paws. Glancing at his underside, he saw a thin red trail of blood across it. Pausing to lick at what he could reach, Carrotfur signaled to Antfoot to continue to assault. The small black tom nodded and launched himself against Emberwhisker. As the she-cat turned to fend him off, Carrotfur saw a flash of brown tabby, as Swayingtrees raked at her back. Emberwhisker whipped around and clawed at her other attacker. The ginger-and-white tom's heart seemed to skip a beat as he saw Ravenwish coming at her. He forced himself to turn his attention to Brocadepaw as Emberwhisker let out a screech of pain and shock.
The scene was over in just a few horrible moments. Ravenwish had slashed open the tortoiseshell she-cat's throat in one move. Emberwhisker let out a sound that was a mix between a gurgle and a choked scream, her legs flailing beside her, but it was only a few seconds later that her body lay silent, her unseeing eyes staring into the ceiling of the main camp. Carrotfur closed his eyes as he sent up a quick prayer to StarClan, both an apology and a prayer for forgiveness, directed toward Emberwhisker.
The ginger-and-white tom now turned to the heap of bloodied tortoiseshell fur that was Brocadepaw. He knew it was enough. It didn't matter that Stormfang was watching him. He cried, barreling into Applemist, who had been attacking the apprentice, "That's enough!" The ginger she-cat backed away as Carrotfur growled, his green eyes sweeping across the camp as he dared them to challenge him, "You can see she's as good as dead. Enough." Stormfang, from his lofty perch on the Meeting Ledge, called, "You heard Carrotfur. Enough, Applemist. Ravenwish, take Silkfeather and her kits out here, where we can see for sure." The black Maine Coon tom nodded his bushy head and disappeared into the Cave Path that led to the nursery. Turning to Morningflame, the solid gray tom ordered, "Bring Honeytuft out here. He will help bury these two-" He broke off as a mighty yowl came from the outside, from the direction of the tunnel that led to the Pine Grove.
"Stormfang!"
{Nursery}
Ravenwish
Ravenwish easily knocked away Ivynose, who had been next to his mate, hissing, "Stay back, this is not your fight!" As Ivynose drew back to protectively stand over his mate, the bushy black tom turned his attention to Silkfeather and her kits. Softdawn came at the black tom, yowling as she did, "Feel this, foxheart!" The blind queen's rage was so intense that even Ravenwish had to back off, astonished. Soon, however, Ravenwish knocked aside the calico she-cat as she faced Silkfeather, who had, by then, staggered shakily to her paws. The silver tabby hissed, hackles rising over her thin frame, "You will not hurt my kits!" The bushy black tom mewed dismissively, "That's for Stormfang to judge. Come on, come with me without disturbance, and you and your kits will not be harmed." Silkfeather spat, claws unsheathing in defiance, "Over my dead body!" The weakened queen lunged at the Maine Coon, but he merely batted her away like a toy. The silver tabby's shocked yowl broke off immediately as bone cracked against the hard cave wall. Softdawn, who had by then recovered, let out a thin wail, "Silkfeather!" Ivynose breathed, eyes wide as saucers, "Ravenwish... you... you killed..." Ravenwish turned around and hissed, "It was not my fault that she was so frail!" Turning to the panicking kits, the bushy tom scooped up Cloudkit, his squirming body going limp as he bit too hard into his scruff and breaking his neck. Hissing as he realized what had happened, Ravenwish turned at the sound of Leafstar's voice shouting Stormfang's name, and dashed away, the limp body of the tiny kit still clamped tightly between his teeth.
{Main camp}
The misguided deputy of SeaClan leapt down from the Meeting Ledge as he glimpsed the cats from the Sickness Camp rushing in from the tunnel. Sleetsky, Spiderpath, and Rosefern were not among the cats, as they had succumbed to the greencough; however, all the others were all accounted for, their pelts carrying no traces of the scent of sickness. As Ravenwish walked out of the nursery, a limp kit held tightly in his jaws, Leafstar stepped into the main cam and yowled, "SeaClan, surround them!" Stormfang and his group was quickly surrounded with the cats of the Sickness Camp and the majority of the cats who had stayed back in the Main Camp worked together to tighten the circle.
Leafstar signaled to Carrotfur, to rejoin their group. His son obliged, an expression that was half relief, half guilt on his face. Stormfang hissed, "Traitor!" Leafstar replied coldly, "No. You're the traitor, Stormfang." The gray-furred tom lunged at the sandy brown tabby tom, growling, "You are nothing but a Code-breaking softheart who should have perished alongside Vinescratch and Brightstream!" Before Leafstar could react, a flash of gray appeared in the leader's vision. Thistletuft, son of Vinescratch and Brightstream, screeched, "Murderer!" and intercepted Stormfang, ducking to avoid the bigger tom's claws and raking his own on the tom's softer underbelly. Stormfang let out a screech that was more out of outrage and shock than pain. He spat, "YOU! You and your sisters are the true filth of this Clan! Half-Clan mongrels who do not deserve the hospitality of SeaClan!" Horrified gasps came from the camp as Whisperdust's voice sounded in the air, "How dare you!" Another voice, that of Mintnose, who had been mentor to Brocadepaw, added, hot tears coursing down her cheeks, "Like what Brocadepaw had said a moon ago, we were all rogues, kittypets, loners, or even members of other Clans that may or may not have disbanded since then. There's no point in calling any of us half-Clan or non-Clan!" Thistletuft's sisters, Hollyspots and Dapplepaw, came to aid the gray tom, and the three cats managed to pin the bigger tom onto the ground between the three of them.
Stormfang sneered, "Now you say this, Mintnose? After Leafstar comes in?" Mintnose spat, "Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw's sacrifice gave me the courage I needed so badly! It's true," she admitted, her head lowered briefly in shame, "I was a coward. But I know better than that." Her claws slid out as she growled, "You killed my friend, you killed my apprentice!" Turning to Leafstar, she pleaded, "Leafstar, please execute this murderous traitor for his crimes against SeaClan and StarClan!" Stormfang looked astonished as he stated, "Against StarClan? I was doing them a favor by killing those not fit to live by the Code!" Leafstar spat, hackles rising, "That's where you strayed far from the Code yourself, Stormfang. Remember one of the rules of the code? 'An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win their battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or if it is necessary for self-defense.'" Stormfang laughed and declared, "You yourself said it, Leafstar. 'Unless they are outside the warrior code'. Brightstream and Vinescratch were..." "...definitely inside the code," Leafstar finished, silencing the deputy, "because they were honorable warriors."
Stormfang started to argue, "But they broke the code by becoming mates with each other when they were of two different Clans! Rule one states 'Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle.' They went further than that, and was more loyal to their feelings for each other than to their respective Clan." Leafstar looked Stormfang straight in the eyes and meowed coldly, "There is no part in the Code specifically stating the forbidden nature of a relationship that goes beyond the borders." Nodding toward Shorefall and Stormbreeze, he ordered, "Take this cat and his accomplices and confine them to the elders' chamber." The SeaClan warriors nodded and forced Applemist, Swayingtrees, Ravenwish, Fernstrike, Sagefrost, and Antfoot into the elders' chamber, with help from Mintnose, Whisperdust, Whiterose, Claypool, and Ivynose. Thistletuft, Hollyspots, and Dapplepaw roughly forced the disgraced SeaClan deputy onto his paws again. Leafstar meowed coldly, "You are a disgrace to the SeaClan name, Stormfang. From this day forth, you shall no longer be deputy of SeaClan, your title is now null and void in the eyes of our Clan and in the eyes of our ancestors." Stormfang growled, hatred blazing in his green eyes; however, he allowed the three younger cats to escort him toe the elders' den, sighing in defeat.
Leafstar now turned his attention to Honeytuft, who had been trying to get his attention for some time. The honey-colored tabby tom had tears in his eyes as he meowed, "Brocadepaw wants to speak to you and Whiterose." At her mention, the white she-cat came bounding back from the elders' chamber, leaving the other cats on guard, and the two adoptive parents of the dying apprentice sat down next to her to hear her final words.
Brocadepaw croaked, "Leafstar, Whiterose... thank you so much for adopting me as your daughter. I was honored to be your daughter, and I know I made the right decision in coming to SeaClan and joining this Clan. I... I hope I did the right thing," she swallowed, "not backing down from Stormfang..." Whiterose buried her nose into the blood-soaked fur of her adopted daughter and wept, "I'm so sorry that we weren't in time, Brocadepaw!" As the she-cat shook her head weakly, Leafstar finally spoke, having made up his mind up, "Brocadepaw, before you go, I have one final ceremony to perform." As the dying she-cat meowed, "...What?" Leafstar meowed loudly, for all cats to hear, "Cats of SeaClan, today we are gathered to mourn the passing of two fierce cats of SeaClan, Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw. And while Emberwhisker has already crossed the final river, and joined the ranks of StarClan, Brocadepaw has yet gone. And so," he added, taking a deep breath, "I shall perform a little-known ceremony, so that StarClan may receive her as a warrior, and not an apprentice, of SeaClan." He meowed, looking solemnly up to the ceiling, "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has learned the warrior code and given up her life in the service of her Clan. Let StarClan receive her as a warrior. She will be known as Brocadeheart, for it was her determination, courage, and loyalty to SeaClan that gave her the strength to stand up to a tyrannical cat who had oppressed the Clan for many moons."
As Brocadeheart wept silently, the whole of SeaClan chanted her new name, "Brocadeheart! Brocadeheart! Brocadeheart!" He then bent down to press his nose against his dying daughter's fur and whispered, "You are as precious to me as Carrotfur is, Brocadeheart. May StarClan receive you as a proud warrior of SeaClan." The tortoiseshell she-cat's eyes began to cloud over as she rasped, "And I promise to watch over you, Whiterose, Carrotfur, and all of SeaClan for eternity." With these words, the selfless warrior of SeaClan named Brocadeheart let out a soft sigh, closed her eyes, and lay still.
Carrotfur hesitated in joining, in part because he wasn't sure how the other cats would view him as now. He looked away as Whisperdust approached him. The pale-furred warrior murmured, wrapping her tail around the younger tom, "Hey, it's okay. I'm sorry for having been a jerk when I didn't know you were doing all the things you did under your father's orders." The ginger-and-white tom croaked, "But I good as killed them both. I ordered those cats to kill them." "But you were acting," Whisperdust pointed out gently, "and Emberwhisker and Brocadeheart know that now, in StarClan." Carrotfur's whiskers drooped as he murmured, "I still think it's not right to sit vigil for her beside their bodies..." The older she-cat mewed quietly, "You are Brocadeheart's brother. You stopped Applemist from finishing her off, gave her enough time to say goodbye, and for Leafstar to name her a warrior before StarClan claimed her." She murmured, "In the eyes of SeaClan, you are a hero, Carrotfur." "I sure am a lame one then," lamented the ginger-and-white tom, "what a load of good I'd do, having had a paw in the murders of two innocent, law-abiding cats I've known for moons." She gently herded the younger tom toward where his parents were, their faces buried in their adopted daughter's fur, which was rapidly losing heat.
Leafstar looked up, saw Carrotfur, and indicated him to join him and Whiterose, meowing, "You were so brave, son. Loyal to the Clan." He stood up, though a little shakily, as he meowed loudly, "Cats of SeaClan!" Again, the entirety of the crowd turned their attention back to hear their leader, as Leafstar continued, "Seeing as Stormfang has finally been stripped of his position of deputy, we have one remaining question on our paws: who will be the next deputy of SeaClan?" He smiled and meowed, "I believe you all know who it will it be, but the ceremony must be performed, so that the cat will truly be accepted as deputy in the eyes of our ancestors." Taking a deep breath, the sandy brown tabby tom declared, "I say these words in front of the Clan, so that they may hear and approve of my choice. Carrotfur will be the next deputy of SeaClan."
The Clan roared as one, "Carrotfur! Carrotfur! Carrotfur!"
[ The Clan consumes Hare x3. ]
[ Honeytuft and Dapplepaw gather herbs (especially kitting herbs). ]
[ Dapplepaw is renamed Dappledawn, and becomes a full medicine cat, next to Honeytuft. ]
[ All cats return to the main camp. The secondary camp is noted for future use, however. ]
[ Emberwhisker and Brocadepaw are killed by Ravenwish and Applemist, respectively. ]
[ Silkfeather and Cloudkit are killed by Ravenwish when he tries to bring the weakened queen and her kits out. ]
[ Stormfang is ousted as deputy. Carrotfur is named deputy. ]
[ Cardinalpaw is apprenticed to Carrotfur. ]
[ All apprentice training is resumed. ]
[ Brocadepaw is given the warrior name Brocadeheart on her deathbed. ]
[ Whiterose, Mintnose, Birchlight, Thistletuft, Hollyspots, and Morningflame hunt at the Pine Grove. ]
[ Nightwing, Dustflower, Cliffpaw, and Jadepaw hunt at the forest by the river. ]
[ Leafstar, Daisysong, Hawkpath, and Cardinalpaw patrol the northern border. ]
[ Stormfang, Ravenwish, Applemist, Sagefrost, Antfoot, and Swayingtrees are kept prisoner in the elder's chamber until further notice. ]
[ Shorefall, Stormbreeze, Whisperdust, Carrotfur, Bellcloud, and Oakshadow are put in charge of guarding the prisoners. ]
[ Everyone else stays in camp. ]
[ Whisperdust teaches Goldenpaw the Climbing skill. ]
[ Daisysong teaches Boompaw the Hunting skill. ]
[ Stormbreeze teaches Jadepaw the Swimming skill. ]
[ Ivynose teaches Cliffpaw the Swimming skill. ]
[ Carrotfur teaches Cardinalpaw the Stalking skill. }
[ Goosewing will kit in two moons. ]
- Leader:
Leafstar | 55 moons | tom | X
Lives: ★★★★★★★☆☆ [7/9]
Deputy:
Carrotfur | 18 moons | tom | X
Medicine Cat:
Honeytuft | 59 moons | Tom | X
Dappledawn | 16 moons | she-cat | X - has a twisted paw
Medicine Cat Apprentice:
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Warriors:
Nightwing | 41 moons | she-cat | X
Shorefall | 58 moons | tom | X
Oakshadow | 43 moons | tom | X
Mintnose | 58 moons | she-cat | X
Claypool | 52 moons | tom | X
Ivynose | 27 moons | tom | X
Whisperdust | 58 moons | she-cat | X
Daisysong | 27 moons | she-cat | X
Whiterose | 67 moons | she-cat | X
Stormbreeze | 59 moons | tom | X
Goosewing | 48 moons | she-cat | X
Goshawkflight | 27 moons | tom | X
Hawkpath | 20 moons | tom | X
Bellcloud | 20 moons | she-cat | X
Dustflower | 54 moons | she-cat | X
Morningflame | 21 moons | tom | X
Breezewhisker | 21 moons | she-cat | X
Birchlight | 48 moons | she-cat | X
Hollyspots | 16 moons | she-cat | X
Thistletuft | 16 moons | tom | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Prisoners
Stormfang | 56 moons | tom | X
Antfoot |40 moons | tom | X
Applemist | 38 moons | she-cat | X
Ravenwish | 36 moons | tom | X
Sagefrost | 22 moons | she-cat | X
Swayingtrees | 60 moons | tom | X
Apprentices:
Goldenpaw | 13 moons | she-cat | X
Boompaw | 10 moons | tom | X
Jadepaw | 10 moons | she-cat | X
Cliffpaw | 10 moons | tom | X
Cardinalpaw | 9 moons | tom | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Queens:
Softdawn | 37 moons | she-cat | X - blind
Rippleheart | 27 moons | she-cat | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Kits:
Icykit | 0 moons | tom | X
Winterkit | 0 moons| she-cat | X
Magpiekit | 0 moons | she-cat | X
Seakit | 0 moons | she-cat | X (Right)
Lightkit | 0 moons | tom | X (Left)
Arrowkit | 0 moons | tom | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Elders:
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
- Ally Clans:
GustClan | Chamrosh
Clan Name | Username
Enemy Clans
Clan Name | Username
Clan Name | Username
Borders
North | Clan Name | Username
East | Clan Name | Username
South | Sea (none)
West | Clan Name | Username
Northeast | PineClan | deimos
Northwest | LakeClan | honey--bee
Southeast | Sea (none)
Southwest | Sea (none)
Medicine Store
Alder Bark: For tooth pain (eases toothache). x2
Beech Leaves: For carrying other herbs. x1
Bindweed: Fastens sticks to broken legs to keep them in place (unknown effect). x0
Blackberry Leaves: These leaves are chewed into a pulp (eases the swelling of bee stings). x3
Borage Leaves: It is chewed and eaten by nursing queens (produces more and better milk, also brings down fevers). x0
Broom: It is used to make poultices for broken legs and wounds (effect unknown). x0
Burdock Root: The root is dug up, the soil is washed off, and then it is chewed into a pulp (lessens and heals the pain of infected rat bites; used to prevent infection of rat bites). x1
Burnet: A traveling herb (Said to help stop minor bleeding on Twolegs; keeps a cat's strength up). x2
Catchweed: The burrs are put on the pelt where poultices are (stops poultices from being rubbed off without hurting the skin). x1
Catmint/Catnip: Eaten (best remedy for the deadly greencough, which kits and elders usually catch in the season of leaf-bare; can also be used for whitecough). x0
Celandine: Juice is trickled into the eye (soothes damaged eyes). x1
Chamomile: Eaten (strengthens the heart and soothes the mind; also given to traveling cats for strength). x1
Chervil: Chewed to extract the juice of the leaves or the root (for infected wounds and bellyache, respectively; can also be used during kitting). x0
Chickweed: Eaten (treats greencough, though catmint is often preferred). x4
Cob Nuts: Made into ointments (effect unknown). x0
Cobwebs: Press over wound (to soak up and stop/slow the bleeding; may also be used to bind broken bones). x1
Coltsfoot: Leaves chewed into a pulp (eases breathing or kitten-cough; eases cracked or sore pads). x1
Comfrey Root: Roots are chewed into a poultice; can also be lined in one's nest (repairs broken bones or soothes wounds; also used for wrenched claws; can be used for itching or inflammation on stiff joints; also eases stiffness on wrenched shoulders when lined in a nest; can be used for burns). x0
Daisy Leaf: Chewed into a paste (eases the pain of aching joints; also a traveling herb). x3
Dandelion: The white liquid is thought to be applied to bee stings; leaves can be chewed (thought to soothe and heal bee stings; its leaves can also be chewed to act like a painkiller). x0
Dock: Chewed up and applied to scratches, similar to sorrel; also can be put in one's nest during sleep (soothes scratches, though can sting when applied; soothes sore pads; if placed in nests, it can ease the pain of wounds). x0
Elder Leaves: Turned into a poultice (Soothes sprains). x0
Fennel: Stalks are broken and juice is squeezed into the receiver's mouth (helps pain in the hips). x0
Feverfew: Eaten (reduces body temperature for cats with fevers or chills; also heals aches and pains; especially good for headaches). x1
Goatweed: Given daily (eases anxiety and grief). x0
Hawkweed: Unknown usage (like catmint, but not as strong).x0
Heather Nectar: Included in herbal mixtures (makes swallowing easier and sweetens mixtures). x1
Honey: Eaten, or given by moss soaked in it (soothes infections; a great remedy for smoke-damaged or sore throats; helps cats swallow other concoctions; helps soothe coughing; gives energy). x2
Horsetail: Chewed to a poultice, and applied to wounds (treats infections; stops bleeding). x0
Ivy Leaf: To store other herbs. x0
Juniper Berries: Chewed and eaten (soothes bellyaches; gives strength; helps troubled breathing; also used to help calm cats). x3
Lamb's Ear: Unknown usage (gives a cat strength). x0
Lavender: Placed under a cat's nose and is to be inhaled constantly, or rubbed/placed on an animal's body to hide the scent of death (cures fevers and chills; also used to hide the scent of death). x2
Lovage: Cures coughs x1
Lungwort: Eaten (cures yellowcough).x0
Mallow Leaves: Eaten (soothes bellyaches). x1
Marigold: Petals or leaves chewed in a poultice; juice can be used as well (stops infections; stops bleeding; used for inflammation in the joints). x0
Mint: Rubbed on a dead body (used to hide the scent of death). x0
Mouse Bile: the liquid is stored in moss and dabbed onto ticks embedded in pelt (the ticks fall off).x0
Dried Oak Leaf: the dried leaves are to be stored in a dry location until the time of usage, when they are chewed into a thick poultice and spread on a wound (stops infection from setting in). x0
Parsley: Eaten (stops a queen from producing milk if her kits die, don't need milk anymore, or are producing too much milk; also used to cure bellyache). x0
Poppy Seeds: Chewed on (helps a cat sleep; soothes shock or distress; eases pain; not recommended for nursing queens).x1
Ragwort Leaves: Crushed and chewed; mixed with juniper leaves, it can help aching joints (treats aching joints; keeps a cat's strength up). x0
Ragweed: Thought to give cats extra strength (like lamb's ear, ragweed gives a cat extra strength and energy). x0
Raspberry Leaves: Could be a painkiller, or helps stop bleeding during kitting (could possibly ease pain, or stop bleeding) x2
Rosemary: Put on the pelt of a dead cat and prepare it for burial (hides the scent of death). x0
Rush: Used to bind broken bones (helps hold a broken limb into place, like casts for Twolegs). x0
Sorrel: Eaten (traveling herb; can also build up appetite). x1
Sticks: Cats in pain bite it when other medicine is either unavailable or not recommended; also used to help broken legs heal (distracts cat from pain; recommended for queens giving birth). x0
Stinging Nettle: The seeds are eaten by a cat who's swallowed poison, or the leaves are chewed into a poultice for a wound; the stems can also be chewed (induces vomiting, or brings down swelling, respectively; can be mixed with comfrey to help heal broken bones; helps with wounds; chewing the stems helps fight against infection). x1
Sweet-Sedge: One must swallow the sap (eases infection). x0
Tansy: To be consumed, but only in small doses (cures coughs; can be also used to cure wounds and poisons; stops cats from getting greencough; soothes throats). x2
Tormentil: Chewed and put on the wound (its root is good for treating all wounds and extracting poisons). x0
Thyme: Leaves can be chewed on (calms nervousness, anxiety, and cats who are in shock). x1
Traveling Herbs: Eaten (used to give a cat more energy and strength, and keeps the cat from getting hungry for a long time). x0
Watermint: It is usually chewed into a pulp, and then eaten (eases the suffering that originates from a bellyache).x0
Wild Garlic: One must roll in it (prevents infection, especially rat bites). x2
Wild Bark: Usage unknown (eases pain). x0
Willow Leaves: Eaten (stops vomiting). x0
Wintergreen: Usage unknown (treats wounds and some poisons). x1
Yarrow: Its leaves are chewed into a poultice that can be given to cats or applied to a wound, depending on the situation (extracts poisons from wounds; will make a cat vomit up toxins; the ointment will soften and help heal cracked pads).x1
Deathberries: Sometimes used to kill other cats by making them eat the berry (kills a cat within minutes when consumed). Also known as yew berries or night seeds. x2
Foxglove Seeds: They are used to treat the heart (can easily cause paralysis and heart failure). x1
Holly Berries: Usage unknown (effect unknown). x0
Deadly Nightshade: To quickly kill a cat who cannot be saved (poisonous). x0
Water Hemlock: Usage unknown (causes writhing, pain, and foaming of the mouth). x0
Fresh-Kill Pile:
Fish | x1 | 2 servings
Squirrel | x3 | 2 servings
Sparrow | x2 | 3 servings
Mouse | x2 | 1 servings
Hare | x2 | 3 servings
Shrew | x3 | 1 servings
Mentors:
Whisperdust | Goldenpaw | 5 | Stalking, Hunting, Combat, Swimming, Fishing
Daisysong | Boompaw | 1 | Stalking
Stormbreeze | Jadepaw | 2 | Stalking, Hunting
Ivynose | Cliffpaw | 2 | Stalking, Hunting
Carrotfur | Cardinalpaw | 0 | Moves
Deceased Cats:
Fogkit | 5 moons | tom| Murdered by Stormfang (Clan believes his death to be murder by crows when he sneaked off)
Snakekit | 0 moons | tom | Stillborn
Brightstream | 45 moons | she-cat | Murdered by Stormfang (Clan believes her death to be accidental)
Mottledsmoke | 33 moons | she-cat | Death by crows
Smallwing | 23 moons | tom | Death by crows
Owlfrost | 49 moons | tom | Death by crows
Rosefern | 68 moons | she-cat | Greencough
Sleetsky | 29 moons | she-cat | Greencough
Fernstrike | 37 moons | tom | Executed by Ravenwish under Stormfang's orders (for refusing to kill Shorefall and allowing him, Whisperdust, Jadepaw, Goldenpaw, and Cliffpaw to leave.)
Spiderpath | 45 moons | tom | Greencough
Ashkit | 0 moons | she-cat | weakness
Silkfeather | 44 moons | she-cat | Killed by Ravenwish
Cloudkit | 0 moons | tom | Killed by Ravenwish
Emberwhisker | 39 moons | she-cat | Murdered by Ravenwish, under Stormfang's orders
Brocadeheart | 12 moons | she-cat | Murdered by Applemist, under Stormfang's orders
Cat Name | Age at Death | Gender | Cause of Death
Family:
Leafstar and Whiterose | Carrotfur, Brocadeheart (adopted)
??? and Dustflower | Daisysong, Lily, Ivynose
Vinescratch (SwiftClan) and Brightstream | Hollyspots, Thistletuft, Fogkit, Dappledawn
Shorefall and Dustflower | Goldenpaw (adopted), Snakekit, Cliffpaw
Adoniscloud (GustClan) and Softdawn | Gullpaw (GustClan), Gannetpaw (GustClan), Boompaw, Jadepaw
Oakshadow and Nightwing | Bellcloud (adopted), none yet
Stormfang and Goosewing | unborn kit(s)
Stormbreeze and Mintnose | none yet
Ivynose and Rippleheart | Lightkit, Seakit, Ashkit, Arrowkit, Icykit (adopted), Winterkit (adopted), Magpiekit (adopted)
??? and Silkfeather | Cloudkit, Icykit, Winterkit, Magpiekit
Name and Name | Kits
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