Murderers in Riverclan V.1

[Rose Water]

Antler was in his den when he heard Poppykit. Going to check it out, he noticed Heatherpaw as well. "Great StarClan," Hurrying to the kit's side, the medicine cat spoke softly, ""Its alright Pooppykit, sh, hush now. Let me get you a poppy seed, you can sleep in if you want."

[Coco Bunny]

'W... will Heatherpaw be okay?' Stammered Poppykit, eyes wide with terror. 'When will he wake up?'

[Rose Water]

"Oh Poppykit, he's gone. They're all gone." Antleaf replied solomly. "It'll be alright. We'll all be alright. We're bound to catch the cat doing this." He reasured, though Antleaf didn't really believe it.

[Tiani~]

Rainfeather

He looked around camp seeing all the horrified cats, and now him as deputy, Oh Starclan he thought worrying if he was going to be a worthy deputy, we can't be any worse than we already are he thought trying to make himself feel better. He walked over to Fawnstar, "How does it feel to be the new leader?" he mewed

[shimmerstream]

Fawnrunner could feel it, the heaviness in the air. She could feel it coming even before she excited the den. She desperately missed Cloversky and Firefeather. Their absense made the the den feel cold, she didn't like the added space to stretch her legs. She remembered when she had gotten the apprentice den to herself for a week or more. That had been a big deal to the young she-cat. As an shy, only child, the short time she had to herself was amazing before the next litter of kits earned their apprentice names. This was different, the warriors' den was made for a large number of cats and the circumstances were so different from then, Fawnrunner had barely slept a wink. Being less than half asleep, she bursted upwards and leaped, although awkwardly, over Rainfeather. Screeching to a halt, leaving shallow skid marks in the dirt.

"No, no, no, no, no..." Fawnrunner whispered to no one but herself. She could quite clearly see Heatherpaw, the young tom laying there, brocken. Knowing exactly who Heatherpaw's mother was, and being deputy, Fawnrunner felt it was her responsibility to alert the leader of the most recent tragedy. Popping very quickly into the leader's den and finding Frostystar not there. Very quickly following the scent trail of the leader, Fawnrunner discovered the body of her drowned leader. Frostystar was an accomplished swimmer, as are all Riverclan cats, this was deliberate. Frostystar must've discovered her son first.

All this was hours ago. Fawnrunner had told Rainfeather he would be the new deputy. Sitting at the very edge of camp she could see both the bodies of Frostystar and her son, that tom-cat approached her. She bristled at his question. "I am not yet leader. As soon as I can, Antleaf and I will travel to the moonstone where I will receive my nine lives. Until then my name continues to be Fawnrunner." Her voice was stern and serious. Yet as she was, Fawnrunner was now the highest power within the clan, and these latest deaths could not go unpunished...

(Don't feel like you have to read all of this)

[Ephemeris]

(marking for later, don't mind me eheh)

[Coco Bunny]

Poppykit backed away from Antleaf. 'Gone? Gone where? What's Rainfeather talking about?'

[Tiani~]

Rainfeather

He flinched when Fawnrunner bristled, "I'm sorry I upset you..." he mumbled looking at the ground

[MADELEINE COOKIE !!]

the small she-kit had been fast asleep in the nursery, comfortably curled up besides poppykit. when the other kit got up and left the nursery, minnowkit had roused from her sleep– getting up to her paws she peered outside the den, noticing a group of cats in the middle of the clearing. whats going on? she thought, walking past the crowd and noticing heatherpaw's body in the middle of the clearing. was he... asleep? some of the other cats from before had fallen asleep, too, but they didn't wake up... but why? did that mean heatherpaw wouldn't wake up, either? she was so very confused.

she looked around until she spotted poppykit and antleaf; approaching the two of them she looked up at the older tom and asked, "what's going on?" in her usual, squeaky voice.

[shimmerstream]

Fawnrunner softed, ashamed. "Look, I-I'm sorry. I, I'm under a lot of stress." she trusted Rainfeather, she really did, but she hadn't quite accepted that she was in fact, almost leader. And she was right about the fact that until she met with Starclan she hadn't yet earned the name. Staring off as the kits talked with Antleaf, "I pray this is the end of the storm." Fawnrunner whispered to her friend, and now, her closest confidant.