Murderers in Riverclan V.3 [welcome back!]

[Tainted~Wings]

Emeraldeye
She ran over to Firefeather. Her eyes widened and she choked back a cry. "Why would they do this? She never did anything wrong," she wailed. Her pelt stood on end. "W-where is frostedstar..... She would have never left skywhisper alone. Why didn't skywhisper ask me to go with her? I could've kept her from this fate!" She sobbed

[22tabby]

FireFeather rested his tail tip on EmeraldEyes shoulder. His brain was in shock as he stared down at the medicine cat. He felt a few tears slip from his face, and he simply began to walk away, toward the river.
“If you don’t think she would’ve left her alone... where is she?”
Once he was a few tail-lengths away from the other cat, he felt his paws tremble. He hadn’t wanted her to see him break down. No cat needed to see that. But all he could think about was that EaglePaw was wrongly accused, and now he was losing his Clan and his son for no reason.

[Tainted~Wings]

Emeraldeye
She looked around and seen blood staining the rocks near the river. "Firefeather...." She whimpered. Her eyes were fixed on the stains.

[22tabby]

FireFeather lifted his head and looked at EmeraldEye. He padded closer to her, following her gaze. Blood. He stepped in front of her, blocking her line of sight from the river.
“EmeraldEye... take SkyWhispers body back to camp, will you? I’ll look for your mother and bring her when I find her. Tell RoseRiver and BrambleStorm what’s happened.”
His tail, while drooped low to the ground, twitched in anxiety. Perhaps that wasn’t FrostedStars blood. Although he had no other explanation, he had to hope silently, despite not really feeling sincere in the hope after all they had been through.

[twistedm0th]

[Votes are closed. Stand by for the exile.]

[twistedm0th]

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Skywhisper and Frostedstar were quickly found next to the lake by WindClan's border by Emeraldeye and Firefeather. Soon after Emeraldeye was instructed to bring her sister home, he had stumbled upon his deceased leader, sitting with a sodden, cold pelt by the shore.

When Firefeather made his way into camp with Frostedstar in his jaws, he saw that everyone was already sitting around the medicine cat and grieving. They didn't seem to notice as he dragged their dead leader to Skywhisper's side. If they did, they didn't show it.

They spent most of the day lying there with their heads held low. When they finally got up to chat and try to ease their pain. Emeraldeye, Firefeather, and Roseriver were all sitting in a circle when they managed to build up enough strength to talk. Bramblestorm was sitting further away, more distant.

"There's hardly anyone here anymore," Roseriver murmured weakly, staring at her small paws. The other two narrowed their eyes, nodding slowly.

There was a long pause. The silence seemed to stretch on for moons, though it only lasted a few heartbeats.

Firefeather was the next to speak up, to everyone's surprise. He was choking on tears as he sputtered out, "We were wrong."

Everyone was quiet again. They all scooted a few mouse-lengths back, finding suspicion in every cat around them. Firefeather and Emeraldeye glanced at each other and then nodded briefly. They both proceeded to back away from the other she-cat.

After a while, Bramblestorm came a bit closer to look on at what was left of her Clan. I'm leader now, she realized as she scanned over the remaining cats. Not like there's anything to lead anyway.

Coughing to get their attention, she called, "We must find out who did this. Everyone, please cast your votes."

It was obvious that the two warriors suspected Roseriver from their shifty eyes and the way they stuck by each other. The accused cat was glaring at the two of them.

Bramblestorm coughed again. "Two votes for Roseriver, then." She then turned to her, ears flat. "I won't be voting, so I'm afraid that's majority. Roseriver, you must leave."

Her brown eyes were as wide as moons. "W-what? It wasn't me! It was- it was you!" She lifted her paw to point at some cat, but she was quivering too much for it to be clear as to who she was referring to. "I've been protecting you all! I was going to save her, but you got there first!"

The 'leader' sighed, shaking her head. "I'm sorry. You need to go. They clearly don't want you here."

Her back arched and her fur bristled. "I'll leave. But you'll regret this when you're all dead." She raced off, pawsteps light. When she was gone, it was like nobody had been there at all.

At that moment, everyone decided to head to their nests and get some sleep. They moved themselves closer to each other to keep warm and slept through the day, haunted by the emptiness of the camp.

Roseriver ran and ran until she got to the horseplace by WindClan, where she found Eaglepaw, who was living with a group of loners in the barn. She joined them, happy to be free from the murderer's claws.

Meanwhile, the killer gazed upon the two other cats left, still not satisfied.

Looks like they've learned... but I have to make sure.

You've exiled your guard, RiverClan! What comes next could be the end for you...

Leader --
↳ Frostedstar // F // The Mouse
↳ Bramblestorm // F // yung gravy

Deputy --
↳ Roseriver // F // honeystorm.wishes

Medicine Cats --
↳ Skywhisper // F // Firefoxx01
↳ Breezefire // F // b r e e z e

Warriors --
↳ Emeraldeye // F // Tainted~Wings
↳ Firefeather // M // 22tabby
↳ Clovermask // M // veritas.

Apprentices --
↳ Eaglepaw // M // ubiquitous.
↳mentor: Emeraldeye

Queens --
↳ None

Kits --
↳ None

Elders
↳ None

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round info: here
chatzy: here

toms: 01
she-cats: 02
total: 03

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families + relationships:
- Frostedstar + ??? = Skywhisper, Emeraldeye
- ??? + Firefeather = Eaglepaw
- ??? + ??? = Roseriver, Firefeather
- Bramblestorm + ??? = Breezefire
- ??? + ??? = Clovermask

[twistedm0th]

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Only a day had passed before the killer decided to strike again.

Emeraldeye padded slowly up to Bramblestorm, seeing her alone. "Hello," she mewed softly, nuzzling her gently. "Are you okay? You looked sad over here."

The fur on Bramblestorm's neck bristled. She stood up, towering over the warrior, and hissed, "No! I'm not okay! All of my Clanmates are either dead, gone, or useless! Why in StarClan do you think I'd be okay?!"

The silver warrior whimpered, backing up a few steps. "Sorry..." she apologized weakly, nosing a bundle of leaves and seeds over. "I, uh... went through Skywhisper's den to see if I could find anything to help. There's a bunch of poppy seeds, and also some thyme, I think. Sorry to bother you again, I'll leave now..."

Bramblestorm sighed and dipped her head, taking in a few large breaths. "Er... sorry for snapping like that. Thanks for these." She gestured to the nearly-empty fresh-kill pile and nodded to her. "Go get something to eat."

"Thank you," Emeraldeye breathed, turning around to go fetch a piece of prey. Bringing it back to Bramblestorm, she offered, "Would you like to share?"

The 'leader' nodded and bit into the vole, swallowing a bite before chewing on the herbs that Emeraldeye had brought her. "A bit bitter, but not too bad," she commented, before freezing.

The silver she-cat's grin was wide as she watched Bramblestorm stop. She stayed stuck for a few heartbeats, at least to Emeraldeye, before falling to the ground. She began gasping for air and writhing around on the ground while the warrior chuckled above her.

"That was almost too easy," she giggled, not caring about what was going on before her. "You know, Bramblestorm, you're just like her. Gullible and idiotic."

A soft voice from behind broke into her thoughts. "Why?" She whipped around with a growl to face him.

Of course. Him and his stupid eyes. His dumb taunts, his crazy ideals. "Why do you need to know?" she spat, tail lashing behind her.

He was staring into her eyes. Green against... she couldn't see his in the dark. Not like this. "Why?" he repeated, standing in his spot. "I was there, you know. I didn't see it, but I was there."

"You were following me like a weird stalker is what you were," she grumbled, kneading her claws into the ground. "So what are you gonna do now? We're the only ones left, and it's me against you. You don't really have much of a chance."

He was silent. For one heartbeat.

One turned to two.

Two turned to three.

Three turned to five. Five to ten, ten to a minute. A minute to ten minutes. They stared at each other, neither willing to let their guard down for even a second.

"Why?"

She stopped. She blinked.

"They didn't love me. They never could."

He stopped. He nodded.

"I'm sure they did. Please, don't get worked up."

She stepped closer. Her gaze softened.

"She was always too busy. She was too busy with her to pay attention to me."

He sighed. His paws moved forward.

"Well... we're the only ones here. We won't be too busy."

She purred. They brushed against one another.

"They didn't understand. You do."

"That doesn't mean you're welcome here," he reminded her, gesturing towards the exit."You'd better leave. I can rebuild this place on my own."

She echoed his sigh. "Fine. But... can I come back?"

He shook his head. "No. At least, not for a while. But, you know... if it's been a while, and I've put this place back together... maybe then you could. But for now, you should go."

Emeraldeye nodded, turning to leave. "Very well, then. Goodbye, Firefeather."

"Goodbye, Emeraldeye."

"Good luck."

Congratulations, RiverClan! The murderer was left alone with a witness, who will now rebuild the Clan.

RiverClan wins!

Leader --
↳ Frostedstar // F // The Mouse
↳ Bramblestorm // F // yung gravy

Deputy --
↳ Roseriver // F // honeystorm.wishes

Medicine Cats --
↳ Skywhisper // F // Firefoxx01
↳ Breezefire // F // b r e e z e

Warriors --
↳ Emeraldeye // F // Tainted~Wings
↳ Firefeather // M // 22tabby
↳ Clovermask // M // veritas.

Apprentices --
↳ Eaglepaw // M // ubiquitous.
↳mentor: Emeraldeye

Queens --
↳ None

Kits --
↳ None

Elders
↳ None

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round info: here
chatzy: here

toms: 01
she-cats: 01
total: 02

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families + relationships:
- Frostedstar + ??? = Skywhisper, Emeraldeye
- ??? + Firefeather = Eaglepaw
- ??? + ??? = Roseriver, Firefeather
- Bramblestorm + ??? = Breezefire
- ??? + ??? = Clovermask

[Tainted~Wings]

I liked that ending. Firefeather seemed so understanding <3 this made me want to ship them. Congrats River clan)

[22tabby]

((Ahh what a bittersweet ending. My good boy. Congrats though ^^
And I agree Tainted~Wings, it was cute

[Tainted~Wings]

Tabby I kinda ship them now lol))