The first rays of morning finally shined down on LambClan's camp. Fadedsong slowly crept outside her den and checked around, making sure she was safe to leave out. She then bounded over to the warriors' den and began waking everyone up. "Rise and shine!" She purred, as if nothing was wrong. "Come on, the early bird gets the worm!"
"But the early worm gets eaten by the bird..." Whiterose muttered sleepily. "So which do you prefer?"
"I prefer to be the late worm who stays alive, so good night!" Luckyfur responded, grabbing a pawful of moss from his nest and plopping it on top of his head like he was trying to hide away from Fadedsong's voice.
"Noooooo, get up!" Fadedsong meowed. "Come on, we need to start on our patrols!"
"UGGGHHHHH!" Flurrytuft groaned, using his forelegs to raise himself up from his nest. "Fadedsong, stop it with all that noise! We're trying to sleep."
"But you're done sleeping," Fadedsong responded. "Look, it's already day!"
Flurrytuft turned his head to see the daytime sky, then sighed. "Fine.... What's making you so jittery, anyways? You're usually in the same pond as me; you hate waking up in the morning." Flurrytuft questioned.
"Hey, you're not the only ones that hate waking up in the morning!" Mistyleaf yawned, getting out of her den. She stretched her legs then added, "Let's not do that again."
"Hahaha, sorry. I just... I dunno. But let's get up now, alright?" The medicine cat meowed, getting a chorus of groans in response.
"Fadedsong, you're the worst!" Sablewhisper moaned jokingly, shaking scraps of moss from his pelt. "Okay, fine. Who's going to wake up Lambstar?" The cats in the den looked around at each other. As much as the white leader didn't want to admit it, everyone knew she was the worst to wake up.
"Weellllll, since Fadedsong seems to have so much energy-"
"But you're her lover so you should wake her up!" Fadedsong interrupted.
"You have bad problem when it comes to interrupting cats." Flurrytuft commented.
"I know, I just always have something to say. But hey, I didn't hear you deny me sooooo...."
"Luckyfur, why don't you wake Lambstar up?" Flurrytuft suggested.
"Why is it always me? Whiterose, you wake Lambstar up." Luckyfur meowed.
"Mmmmmnnnnn.... Well, Mistyleaf and I have been talking and we think you, Luckyfur, are most skilled when it comes to waking Lambstar up." Whiterose slyly answered, sitting beside Mistyleaf.
"That's so unfair! Sablewhisper?"
"Ummm.... I dunno.... They have me convinced." Sablewhisper responded.
"We made some pretty compelling points." Whiterose added.
"Sablewhisper, you're fake!" Luckyfur hissed jokingly. "Wait, hold on, he never wakes up Lambstar! Make him do it!"
"What do you mean?" Sablewhisper asked.
"You never do it! Right, Flurrytuft?" The fluffy white and gray-striped tom responded.
"Sablewhisper, go wake Lambstar up." Flurrytuft ordered.
"What? I thought Lucky was going to wake her up!" Sablewhisper protested.
"Not anymore, now that I've told you to." Flurrytuft responded.
"Wha? I just- but-"
"No 'if', 'ands', 'buts' about it. Now go!" Flurrytuft said, getting a sigh out of Sablewhisper as the black tom left to wake up their feisty leader.
Fadedsong caught herself chuckling at the warriors' arguing. "Is this really what you guys do every morning?" She asked. Whiterose nodded.
"Basically. Sablewhisper even had a ten day streak of not waking Lambstar up." Whiterose said.
"He did? How come I never knew about this?" Flurrytuft asked.
"'Cause we knew you'd just make him wake her up if you did know." Mistyleaf explained. "By the way, that was pretty 'fake' of you to rat him out like that." The white she-cat said to Luckyfur.
"Yeah, but I really didn't want to do it..." Luckyfur complained. "Last time, she almost scratched me!"
"Ouch. She never tries to scratch me, though." Flurrytuft commented.
"That's because she loves you." Fadedsong teased.
"I- Okay, Fadedsong, do you want to go on a patrol or somethin'?" Flurrytuft asked, changing the subject.
"Uh... Not really, but I did want to take Whiterose with me to get some herbs."
"Alright. Go ahead and take her, I'll send out patrols as soon as Lambstar gets up."
* * * * * * *
Fadedsong and Whiterose return to camp with a bundle of poppy seeds and hawkweed. The two she-cats bonded a bit more on their search, realizing they have a bit more similarities than they thought.
"Honestly, I can't believe I'm not the only one who adores Murkyeyes! He's just so old and grumpy!" Whiterose exclaimed around the hawkweed.
"I know! I like to think of him as my grandpa." Fadedsong mewed. The two gossiped about the elderly tom until they entered camp. There, they saw a young, orange tabby tom speaking with Lambstar, Flurrytuft, and Luckyfur.
"What's going on?" Whiterose questioned as she approached the cats.
"I met him on my patrol." Luckyfur explained. "He wants to join."
"Yeah... Apparently Rita knows him? He's her nephew, I think." Flurrytuft added.
The orange tabby nodded. "Yes, I'm her old mate's sister's son." He meowed. "I'm Nugget, by the way. Pleased to meet you two." He greeted, dipping his head to both Whiterose and Fadedsong.
Whiterose's ears perked at the young tom's manner's. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well." She responded. "You look rather young. How old are you, if it's okay that I ask?"
"Seven moons and counting." Nugget responded, politely. "And it's very much fine, thank you."
"I like him. Is he joining?" Whiterose asked Lambstar.
"Maybe? What do you think, Fadedsong?" Lambstar asked.
"Umm..." Fadedsong looked at the young, orange tom. His eyes were bright and round with a slight hint of eagerness in them. The medicine cat didn't know what it was, but she didn't like looking into them. She turned away and eyed the other high ranks for a bit. "Well... Do we have a mentor for him?" Fadedsong asked.
"No, but I can ask StarClan for one." The curly-furred leader responded.
"Even better; I can train him myself." Whiterose offered.
"Well then, I guess?" Fadedsong shrugged.
"Oh, thank you! Thank you!" Nugget purred, bounding up to Fadedsong. He stared right at her eyes. Though his gleam, in reality, was very jovial, she took it as a challenge and unsheathed her claws as she stared at him back through narrowed eyes. The young tom backed away. "M-my apologies, I was just a bit excited." He apologized. The cats there looked over to Fadedsong, making her fur feel hot. Not even she knew why she was acting so strangely near the tom.
"Er, sorry. Its been a long day." Fadedsong muttered. "Let me check on Rita an- Raggedfang and the kits." She stuttered, excusing herself. As she left, Fadedsong heard Luckyfur say,
"Oh, and we met a GustClan patrol on the way! The cats were Shellcloud, Bugleclaw, Martinwhisker, and Clarystorm. They were really friendly and gave us some tips on how to name our cats!"
And Lambstar respond, "Listen up, Flurrytuft."
Fadedsong breathed out a small chuckle, then entered the nursery where she saw Carrotkit trying to crawl out of the nest.
"Get back here." Raggedfang grumbled to the runaway kit.
"Buh I wunna expore!" Carrotkit mewed.
"You may explore once you learn to pronounce your words correctly." The brown she-cat told him. "Now get back over here." Sighing, Carrotkit decided to rejoin his siblings in the nest near Raggedfang's belly.
"Are they treating you well, Raggedfang?" Fadedsong purred as she approached the replacement queen.
"So far? Yes. They're very obedient and are very good kits." Raggedfang answered. "Some are just a bit more adventurous than others."
"Yeah, Carrotkit!" Cauliflowerkit squeaked.
"Hey, se's bein mean!" Carrotkit whined to Raggedfang.
"Stop being so mean, Cauliflowerkit." Fadedsong scolded for the older she-cat.
"Who are you?" Cauliflowerkit asked.
"You don't know me? I'm Fadedsong, the medicine cat! I helped your mother give birth to you." Fadedsong answered.
"She did?" Galakit murmured, taking her face away from Raggedfang's fluffy side so she could look at the brown she-cat.
"Yes, but remember: I'm not your mother. Your mother was a much better she-cat than I." Raggedfang said (and partially lied).
"I know..." Galakit sighed. She had heard the tales of her mother dying whilst birthing her and her siblings.
"Well, I just came to check on you guys. Do you need anything before I go to sleep?" Fadedsong asked.
"Nothing at all. And you kits should sleep to, I believe its about time for you all to take a nap." Raggedfang told the kittens.
"Buh I'm naw sleepy!" Carrotkit said.
"Well you better pretend to before Raggedfang makes you go to sleep!" Coverkit mewled, then turned to the queen. "Right, Raggedfang?" He asked, hoping she'd approve of his words.
"Right. Sleep now, children." The messy-furred she-cat muttered, laying her head down and curling her tail around the kits. Fadedsong purred in amusement before she left the nursery to her den. Before she arrived there, she saw Lambstar leaded Nugget to the apprentices' den with Flurrytuft following behind them.
"And this is where you'll sleep...." Lambstar's voice trailed off.
"Nuggetpaw." Flurrytuft said, completing her sentence.
"I... I know that's his name it's just.... Nuggetpaw?"
"Yeah, Nugget, as in the gold nugget. Y'know?" Flurrytuft said.
"I know but just... We just had a whole conversation on how to name warriors and you name him this?" Fadedsong heard Lambstar say.
"Yeah! Pretty good, right?" Flurrytuft purred, sounding rather proud of himself. "Then when he's a warrior we can name him Nuggetgold."
"Great StarClan, Flurrytuft." Lambstar breathed in disappointment. Nuggetpaw purred at the two.
"Well, goodnight Flurrytuft and Lambstar." Nuggetpaw said, heading inside the apprentices' den.
"G-goodnight, Nuggetpaw." Lambstar meowed.
"Goodnight, Nuggetgold!" Flurrytuft purred.
"Flurrytuft, please." Lambstar breathed, getting a chuckle out of the tom.
"And goodnight to you too, Lambstar." He finally said, nuzzling the white she-cat.
"Goodnight, Flurry..." Lambstar rumbled, nuzzling him back. Fadedsong purred at the sight, then left to her den.
Once inside, she prayed, Dear, StarClan, please don't let Flurrytuft lead this Clan with naming skills like that. At least let him give names that make sense.
[LambClan eats 4 servings (two fish)]
[Nugget becomes Nuggetpaw and joins the Clan as an apprentice!]
[Whiterose becomes Nuggetpaw's mentor!]
[Whiterose trains Nuggetpaw for climbing]
[Lambstar goes to Moonpool and asks for a warrior]
[Fadedsong looks for herbs]
[Sablewhisper, Mistyleaf, Whiterose, and Nuggetpaw go on a border patrol]
[Lambstar, Flurrytuft, and Luckyfur hunt]
Leader:
Lambstar | 29 | Female | X
Lives: ★★★★★★★★★
Deputy:
Flurrytuft | 29 | Male | X
Medicine Cat:
Fadedsong | 26 | Female | X
Warriors:
Luckyfur | 22 | Male | X
Sablewhisper | 21 | Male | X
Mistyleaf | 21 | Female | X
Whiterose | 26 | Female | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Apprentices:
Nuggetpaw | 7 | Male | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Queens:
Raggedfang | 59 | Female | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Kits:
Galakit | 1 | Female | X
Carrotkit | 1 | Male | X
Coverkit | 1 | Male | X
Cauliflowerkit | 1 | Female | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Elders:
Murkyeyes | 96 | Male | X
Name | Age | Gender | [url=link]X[/url]
Ally Clans:
GustClan | Chamrosh
SunClan | Shadowbird12
Enemy Clans
Clan Name | Username
Clan Name | Username
Borders
North | Clan Name | Username
East | Clan Name | Username
South | Clan Name | Username
West | GustClan | Chamrosh
Medicine Store
Poppy | x3
Catmint | x3
Tansy | x1
Cobwebs | x1
Coltsfoot | x1
Goldenrod | x1
Yarrow | x1
Daisy leaves | x1
Willow bark | x1
Hawkweed | x1
Fresh-Kill Pile:
Mice | x0 | 1 servings
Squirrels | x0 | 2 servings
Rabbits | x0 | 2 servings
Small Fish | x0 | 2 servings
Birds | x2 | 3 servings
Hare | x1 | 3 servings
Mentors:
Whiterose | Nuggetpaw | 0 | Moves
Mentor | Apprentice | No. of training sessions | Moves
Deceased Cats:
Maizeflower | Died while birthing kits
Cat Name | Cause of Death
Family:
Maizeflower and Unnamed Tom | Galakit, Carrotkit, Coverkit, Cauliflowerkit
Name and Name | Kits