It's leaf-fall! The air has a slight nip to it, easily finding its way inside dens, so make sure to repair your dens and patch any cracks. The twolegs and their dogs won't come into the Clan territories as often as they do in greenleaf, but you will still see them from time to time. Foxes and badgers are now more commonly found, so be careful
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purrfect. wrote:since littlestep didn't want to deal with an anxious father-to-be, the she-cat decided to go hunting. as the black cat was walking under the maple trees' watching eyes, an angry cry rang across the forest. "foxdung! i almost had it!" littlestep immediately knew that the intruder was quite young, and it was very likely for them to be a she-cat. the small cat was running after a squirrel, who seemed to be the only one having fun in their 'game'. "those little critters don't get caught so easily, my dear." the intruder turned her head around, hissing with all her might and the fur on her back standing up. "who are you? what are you doing on my territory?" the smaller cat meowed furiously. littlestep couldn't help but laugh at the bengal's attempt at intimidating her. "i should be the one asking that question. this forest is the heart of mapleclan's territory." the black she-cat meowed, her piercing pale green gaze staring right through the poor kitten. "mapleclan? never heard of that!" the intruder spat, adding a, "you're probably no better than witherclan! all you're going to do is tell lies!" the small cat trembled in fury, and it was obvious she didn't bear witherclan in her heart. littlestep however remained calm and posed, curling her tail around her paws. "now now, don't judge us so quickly. i'm sure we're better than that witherclan of yours." the bengal remained silent, her eyes observing the older she-cat. "i even have a suggestion for you." a malicious grin crept onto littlestep's face, awakening the kitten's curiosity. "i'm listening." the warrior let silence reign in the forest for a few seconds before answering. "come back with me to mapleclan. you'll be free from your past and off to a new start. who knows, maybe i'll even teach you a few things or two... to give those pesky witherclan cats a lesson." the intruder's gaze glowed, a smile reflecting the older she-cat's expression. "alright."
[ kits : briarleap ] [ training : tigerpaw ] [ hunting : foxstar ] [ herb hunting : smokeleaf ]
[ tigerpaw from witherclan has joined mapleclan! ]
Smokeleaf raised his head, a confused look on his face when he heard a shriek. "What was that?" He mumbled to himself, getting to his paws. The long-haired tom ducked out of his den, his ears pricking up to see if he could catch the sound again. He stiffened when the shriek came again, louder this time. "It's coming from the nursery." He gasped, hurrying to see what was going on.
Briarleap gave birth to three kits
While training, Tigerpaw learned the Hunting skill
While hunting, Foxstar caught two hares
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Heda wrote:After the little group came back from their little meeting with Blazeclan, Soulstar sent the hunting group and patrol out. He decided to go sit with Basileyes, Runningsong and the kits. "So how was that." Basileyes question him with a grin as Kestrelkit leaped over her. "It actually went quite well." Runningsong gave a laugh and shook her head. "Wait so no fights broke out?" Soulstar gave a small chuckle and shook his head. "No surprisingly not. I am going to leave for the moonpool again soon so I will be back before tomorrow night. Which is when we leave for Coastclan, with some of the Blazeclan cats." Basileyes and Runningsong both looked quite surprised. Runningsong would shrug a little after a moment and let out a small laugh. "I'm sure things will be interesting." Basileyes nodded with a grin on her face as well." Well I'm sure Ivythistle is going to be thrilled to hear your busy plans today and tomorrow." Basileyes was right, Ivythistle was going to be "thrilled". In her opinion he had to stay in his den all day for the next six moons, it had already been about a moon and a half and he was feeling much better, a little sore where he bruised his ribs but that was it. And he would admit his eye wasn't bothering him like it once was. They sat there and talked for quite along time until the patrol came back.....
"Is Ivythistle here?" A cat came running into camp calling it out, Soulstar looked over to the entrance as Aspenswirl ran in. Ivythistle poked her head out of the medicine cats dens. "What is it?" Beetlepaw also was at attention now, pausing from storing some of the herbs they were stocking up for. "We found two cats, ones injured. Copperflame and Cedarmouse are helping....well trying to help him now." Aspenswirl called to her and soon enough the group came in. Soulstar's eyes first landed on the huge hulking black tom, who was limping and refusing help, which probably wasn't the best idea when it came to Ivythistle. He was bigger then Flintscreech which was actually sort of saying something. Although his eyes soon landed on the she-cat following the black tom, she had also stopped to stare at Soulstar. The two watched each other for a long moment until her lipped slightly curled and she turned back to following Ivythistle and the black tom into the med-cat den.
"Doesn't she just have the most loveliest of attitude." Cedarmouse mentioned to Copperflame and Aspenswirl. Aspenswirl nodded and Copperflame just laughed a little. "She surely isn't a happy kitty-pet let me tell you." Soulstar was close to the three in seconds, their amusement over this black she-cat stopped as they saw the look on their leaders face. "Who are they?" There was no humble tone in the leaders voice at all. Cedarmouse's ears went flat against his head and he looked to Aspenswirl who shrugged and then looked at Copperflame. Copperflame sighed, he supposed it was up to him. "Not really sure-" Now all the toms ears were flat on their heads as Soulstar interrupted in a tone that was full of frustration and hostility. "What do you mean you're not sure? You bring these cats into our camp and you don't even ask their names or where they are from?" His hissed at the three of them with fire deep in his eyes. "W-we didn't see a problem Soulstar, they were like any of the others. They needed help and we gave it, we thought we still needed warriors...." Aspenswirl spoke hesitantly and politely to their leader. Cedarmouse and Copperflame nodded in unison and Soulstar gave a frustrated sigh. "The big toms name is hard to p-pronouce, the she-cat never gave us hers." Cedarmouse's voice was almost filled with fear, Copperflame looked towards Ivythistle's den. "I think the tom said Rhagnar or something along those lines." Soulstar let out another sigh and shook his head before looking at the three warriors. "Sorry, I was just caught off guard by such a big cat." That of course wasn't the reason why, he wasn't sure what he was feeling. Was that outburst panic? No it couldn't of been. "Go get something to eat, relax, you three did good work."
The three of them walked toward the fresh kill pile, all silent until Soulstar was out of earshot. "What was that about?" Copperflame spoke rather quietly, Cedarmouse shrugged; "He was clearly bothered." Cedarmouse looked behind them at their leader for a moment. "Maybe something was bothering him from earlier and he's on edge. Who knows, if it's serious we will find out later." Copperflame and Cedarmouse both agreed with Aspenswirl on that one.
Soulstar didn't move he just kept watching the den until the black she-cat came out. She started walking towards him and Soulstar felt his hackles rising. A deep growl rose from his throat but he quickly stopped it. "What are you doing here." He snapped coldly towards her, it wasn't a question it was a demand. She flicked her tail and observed him calmly, looking at his eye and his fresh scars."Where's your leader?" She was looking around at the cats in camp as she did so his claws were digging into the dirt trying not to tackle her. "You're looking at him." Soulstar almost spit the words out. Her bright gold eyes snapped towards him, she didn't show the surprise in her face, but he could see it in her eyes mixed with loathing. "So you aren't Soulblade anymore?" Soulstar shook his head at her question. The she-cat sat down, her tail flicking against the ground lightly. It had been moons since they had last seen each other and Soulstar clearly wasn't thrilled. "Why are you here Nightstone?" They were both speaking in hushed tones, which Basileyes took close notice too. "Well I was just passing through, Rhagnar got hurt and we stopped but you know what Soulstar? I think I am going to stay, Cedarmouse said how you guys were looking for more cats and low and behold! You got me now and Rhagnar." Oh of course she was staying. She hated clan life and she hated the rules and the society that came with it, although she would sweep that all under the den just to torture him. He was happy he was leaving for the moonpool because he needed to calm his nerves. "We will finish this conversation when I return." He gave a low growl and she gave a cackle of a laugh that made him flinch as he started to walk away. "Finish later? Finish what? It's already been decided dear brother I'm staying!" Soulstar refused too look back at her as he walked towards Basileyes, "Tell Troutleap and Emberslash to keep an eye on the newcomers." Basileyes didn't dare ask questions she just nodded as Soulstar left the camp. Basileyes looked towards this Nightstone who was grinning at Soulstar but her eyes snapped to Basileyes, the grin leaving the black cats face and sending chills down Basileyes spine.
Soulstar didn't trust his sister one bit and he had no doubts that this Rhagnar cats injuries were from something no good. His sister was a a killer. He had no proof but he knew, Soulstar knew from the day she had returned to their den moons ago before their father died. She was evil and sinister and there was nothing about the she-cat that screamed good.
[A servings of trout was eaten.]
[Hunting ; Copperflame, Cedarmouse, Basileyes, Flintscreech, Quialfur, Blizzardpaw ]
[Patrol; Troutleap, Emberslash, Aspenswirl, Eelswoop ]
[Herbs ; Ivythistle, Beetlepaw ]
[Soulstar asks for a white cat at the moon pool.]
[Ivythistle gave Burntpath some elder leaves to help with the sprain ]
Troutleap, Emberlash, Aspenswirl and Eelswoop walked along the border, stopping every once in a while to remark the scent line. Troutleap paused when he realized he scented another cat nearby. "Hello?" He called out. The bushes on the other side of the border quivered a few times before a white head popped out of them, its blue and hazel eyes surveying the Clan cats carefully before stepping out.
"I received a dream from... Starclan, I believe. They told me to come here and look for a group of cats led by a grey tabby. I'm guessing that's you."
While on patrol, Troutleap, Emberslash, Aspenswirl and Eelswoop found a warrior
While hunting, Copperflame, Cedarmouse, Basileyes, Flintscreech, Quailfur and Blizzardpaw caught a trout, snake and vole
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roses - ! wrote:Waspface watched as the two love birds, Blackscars and Drysun, left for their own little mate-thing. He assumed it was some kind of lovey-dovey that he could never deal with. Only once did Waspface deal with someone wanting to be his mate. After all, he could even admit he was pretty handsome when he would look at his reflection in calm waters.
Shaking out his orange tabby fur, he listened as Rockstar called him and Moosenose into a patrol. Nodding to the newest warrior, Waspface trotted over to join him and the leader. "C'mon, we need to get moving." Ordered the leader dryly, not giving Waspface a second glance as he walked ahead of him with Moosenose. The tom knew that the leader had an obvious distaste for him, the only reason he was able to join Howlingclan being his brother looking up to him so much. To be honest, Waspface didn't like the older tom either, he was a stick in the mud and never had any fun.
"Stop lollygagging back there!" Rockstar called back at him sharply, making a turn around a large pine.
Waspface was about to argue with his rude behaviors, but Moosenose had noticed something. "Hey, Rockstar, is that a bee hive?" The much younger tom asked, staring at a low-laying nest of bugs. Rockstar, however, seemed as if he was in another world.
"Yeah, by the looks of it. Could be wasps or hornets tho, dude." Waspface commented, still keeping his eyes on the distant border, not really caring about the possible bee stings.
"Well, dude, why don't we get some honey from it? Nightcall and Lionpaw could use the help, since she's taking her time with re-teaching Lionpaw." Moosenose mentioned. With the name of Rockstar's previous apprentice brought up, he automatically was brought back into reality. Waspface was actually a little surprised with Moosenose's idea, it was pretty good for a young cat.
"Moosenose, I'll knock it down to you, distract the bees then run like hell. Got it?" Rockstar ordered as he climbed up the back of the tree to get to the low nest. Moosenose seemed a little nervous, but Waspface stood next to him, crouched and ready to run.
Rockstar was up by the nest, ready to knock it over. "Ready? Set..." He didn't say go as he kicked the nest down. As Waspface had said before, it was possible it wasn't bees... Ironic as it is, it was actually wasps.
Moosenose got too scared to remember to distract the insects, so Waspface moved around quickly, a last minute attempt to get them after him. However, the stinging bugs went straight for Rockstar, attacking him one by one with their stingers. "GAH!!" He heard the smokey tom shout as he fell all the way down the tree, the wasps following him to sting him even more.
After painful minutes of clawing at the bugs around Rockstar, hitting the leader himself a few times, the wasps let up. Waspface ran to the leader's side, checking for his breathing. Sadly... Rockstar didn't make all the wasp's sharp stingings. "Poor tom..." He mumbled, his eyes watering. Rockstar wasn't his favorite cat around, but just the thought of such a painful and sudden death made him sympathize with the tom.
Soon, his brother Sootfur, Nighcall, Lionpaw, Covepaw for some reason, and Moosenose were all back with plenty of herbs stuffed in the medicine cat's mouths. They spit them out, rushing over to the smokey tom. "What happen??" Sootfur asked, obviously angry.
"Well, uh..." However, Waspface was cut off by Nightcall. "He's dead-!" The black she-cat exclaimed, her head hung low.
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Sootfur had listened and listened to Waspface's explanation of what happened with Rockstar, but it still didn't make sense to him. How does a cat just die from wasp stings? The deputy had seen the scratch marks on the former leader, his brother explaining them as he tried to get the bugs away from him. The only thing that made Sootfur believe everything Waspface was saying is the fact that he was still standing tall, not looking guilty in anyway, only the bits of sadness for the dead tom.
The deputy, soon to be leader, had always thought that if he were ever to make it to become leader he would obviously choose his brother or Snowcloud for his deputy. Sadly, Snowcloud had denied his offer to being deputy, so Waspface was his choice now.
Leaping up onto Lion's rock, Sootfur addressed the clan. "As everyone sits with Rockstar, who now lays rest, I promote Waspface to the position of deputy. Nightcall and I will make our way to the Falling Voices to speak with Starclan about receiving my lives and serving Howlingclan as leader." Dipping his head to the rest of the clan, he left the clan, Nightcall trailing behind.
[ Sootfur becomes leader - Sootstar chooses Waspface to be his deputy ]
[ Drysun and Blackscars try for kits ]
[ Ferretpaw, Burningpaw, Covepaw, Creamfall, Drysun, and Sootfur go training ]
[ Littledove, Swanpaw, Sheepflower, Troutpaw, Blackscars, and Amberpaw go hunting ]
[ Waspface, Moosenose, and Rockstar go on a border patrol ]
[ The clan eats five servings of birds ]
Drysun waited anxiously in Nightcall's den, her paws kneading at the ground. Nightcall looked over at the hairless she-cat, sighing slightly before returning to the poultice she was putting on Snowcloud's paw after she removed a thorn that had gotten embedded in it.
Once she finished, Nightcall got to her paws, flicking her tail at Drysun as Snowcloud slipped past her. "Come on, Drysun."
Drysun is expecting kits! They are due in two moons
While training, Ferretpaw, Burningpaw, and Covepaw learned the Climbing skill
While hunting, Littledove, Swanpaw, Sheepflower, Troutpaw, Blackscars and Amberpaw caught two small fish and a rabbit
While on patrol, Waspface, Moosenose and Rockstar caught scent of a group of badgers. They can choose to ignore this or search for them and chase them off
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amethyst14 wrote:
This clan is named Briarclan.
The territory consists of a large meadow, the meadow takes up two sides of the border, the northern and the western borders. The northern border is marked by a single tree, this tree has long been dead but still stands. When the wind blows strongly you can hear whistles from the tree, that is why Briarclan named it the whisper tree.
The western border meadow is marked by an old fence line that still holds wild horses. Briarclan calls this place thunder grounds because the ground shakes when the horses gallop.
The other two borders lie in a dense forest that not even two legs venture in. The eastern border is marked at a base of a mountain. The mountain is home to many venomous snakes and poisonous plants, their thorns are long and if a cat gets pricked by one it causes swelling. Of course it is not just one that pricks you it is many, causing a horrid death to any cat.
The southern border is marked by a rapidly flowing river. No cat is mouse brained enough to try and swim across even if the water looks calm on top the current below is strong as ever. Though parts of the river flow into the territory to make a small lake, it is calm and fish make their homes there. The water in the lake can be swam in and the parts of the river are not, they still hold strong currents.
Briarclan has a waterfall at the beginning of the rushing river, behind it is a large cave. Inside the cave is a calm pool of water that is very shallow that never dries up or freeze over. In the center of the pool of water is a perfectly round stone that seems to create a soft glow in the cave, that stone is the moon stone. Only the leaders and medicine cats are allowed to travel to this pool, everyone else is to wait outside or not go. If they do enter they are considered traitors and pushed into the river right there, with very little chance of survival. If they do make it back they are seen as cats that are protected by Starclan and their intentions were pure and they are accepted back.
Briarclan's camp is in an open patch of the dense forest. The cats have two entrances to the camp, the rest is surrounded by a thick wall of briar and thorns. The dens themselves have been dug by the cats of the clan, creating a creator. It is then covered with long grass from the meadow and fallen leaves. Over time it has become a small mound that expands as the clan grows. Den placement here.
The cats of Briarclan are rather hostile towards outsiders and do not take kindly to strangers that are not sent by Starclan. The are stubborn cats that will fight for as long as they can. When a cat is found to be a traitor they are chased to the river and pushed in. If they survive and come back that means that Starclan had saved them and they are accepted back into the clan. If a queen is found to have a forbidden romance and had kits she will be banished immediately with her kits, taken to the thunder grounds. They are to never return, though they are almost always trampled to death because the horses are hostile there. If Briarclan does accept an outsider in their midst they are to go through the apprentice trial to prove themselves to be warriors.
The apprentice trial is the test to become a warrior. A cat that reaches 12 moons must attempt the trial once or they will be chased to the river. The cat's mentor is to take their apprentice to the whisper tree. They are to stay in the tree for two days and two nights, alone. On the morning of the third day they are to travel back to camp with a piece of sacred prey, if they fail they are to try again in one moon. If they fail more than three times they are seen as unworthy and chased to the river and pushed in, if they return from that then they are allowed to become a warrior. A medicine cat must have been a warrior first in order to learn the ways of the herbs, they must be able to protect themselves.
Briarclan predators include: Hawks, badgers, horses in the meadow, foxes and wild dogs. Twolegs are never a problem and there will never be kittypets.
Briarclan prey include: Mice, water vole, rabbits, ermine(sacred prey), quail and small fish.
Briarclan has been founded
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sstormling wrote:xxxxxmy clan is named hickoryclan. their territory lays on the start of a mountain, thick and tall pine trees surrounding the area. there is an oddball tree, made of hickory (of course) that stays close to camp. their territory usually comes with mist and cold weather; making their cats large and muscular to bare the mountains. mentors usually take their apprentices up the mountains to gain strength and to learn how to battle the tough terrain that surrounds them. when an apprentice reaches the age of 12 moons they will face the mountain by themselves and bring back the best prey gained. there is a small river near the camp that consists of few fish but is a usual place to learn how to swim. they also have a small flower field that is usually a spot for clanmates to sunbathe and chat, cats also like to bring favored flowers to their loved ones. their prey consists of mostly birds and rabbits. they do tend to find most rodents, fish and waterfowl here and there. predators include hawks, snakes and even bears. there have been sightings of foxes, badgers and wild dogs before though.
xxxxxeven though most of hickoryclan is built and rather large for a cat's size the clan is very welcoming. they love to take in any stranger to the clan. they have fallen victim to vicious rogue packs, but still seem to enjoy taking outsiders in regularly. they are still very strict with forbidden love. if a queen falls victim to an outsider they are welcome to bring him/her to the clan, if not then they will be pushed to the mountains, forced to stay their until they have realized their wrongs. it is heard that banished cats stay there, ruthless to other clan cats. they also have the choice to leave and never come back, which is the most preferred. hickoryclan consists of forgiving and smiling cats. since most of them come from the outside world they show mystery and cleverness; never open to talk about their past and memories.
Hickoryclan has been founded
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valenciata;; wrote:"I want you to make the journey to the Moonpool to receive your medicine cat name today." Clearpaw stiffened from shock, and whipped around to see his mentor in the entrance of the medicine den. "E-excuse me?!! What?!" Clearpaw stuttered. Leafrush continued on, unfazed by her apprentice's amazement. "You've proven yourself to be a perfectly capable apprentice, and I think you would do extremely well once I've gone to hunt with Starclan. Clearpaw, we set off at sunhigh for the Moonpool." Leafrush padded out, leaving a hurried Clearpaw to rush after her, toting a few traveling herbs in his jaws.
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"I-I'm Silky. At least, that's what my owners called me." Viperthorn, who was at the back of the group, barely held back a snappish remark about owners, and Moonfall shoved him with her shoulder. "I'm Cloudswift,
the deputy of Solarclan. We'll take you back to our camp so our leader can meet you, ok?" The small cream molly nodded,
and the group set off.
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The apprentice received the name of Silkpaw, after her smooth and quiet voice. It was decided that Shinestar herself would mentor her. The day went normally, aside from the newly named Clearsight's excitement at being presented with a shining yellow sapphire.
Leafrush swelled with pride as Clearsight excitedly showed it to her, and the kits looked to Clearsight in awe. "Is that your gemstone?!" Heronkit excitedly squeaked, craning his little head to see the pale yellow stone. "Yeah." Clearsight murmured, still in shock at being accepted as the next medicine cat of Solarclan.
[Clearpaw: Moonpool (Medicine Cat Apprentice Ceremony) - Clearsight | Shinestar, Silkpaw: Training (1) | ]
Upon arriving to the moonpool, Leafrush turned to her apprentice, her chest puffed out in pride. "I, Leafrush, medicine cat of Solarclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of a medicine cat, and with your help he will serve his clan for many moons. Clearpaw, do you promise to uphold the ways of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clans and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your own life?"
"I do."
"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your true name as a medicine cat. Clearpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Clearsight."
Clearsight is now a full medicine cat!
While training, Silkpaw learned the Hunting skill
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