by Cradily » Tue Mar 10, 2020 2:05 pm
PeakClan
"Scared to touch it?" Crowthorn's voice sounded from behind Birdpaw. He had just finished marking the far side of the border, and had returned to see the apprentice cautiously poking the ground near the scorched line with a paw. His eyes glinted with amusement as he added, "Don't worry, you won't catch on fire; I promise."
Hawkeye was curled up tight in her nest, her eyes squeezed shut and her tail draped over her nose. She was awake, but had been trying to fall back to sleep for the past few minutes. Finally, hearing the voices of her denmates as they arose, she gave up, accepting that she had gotten as much sleep as she was going to that morning. Still, she was in no rush to get up. She stretched out her legs as far as they would go, until she felt the tips of her toes touch fur, and craned over to see that she had touched Fogsprint. "Sorry," she apologized quietly as she retracted her legs, unsure if the tom was awake or not.
Gingerleaf pawed gingerly through her collection of herbs, making a mental note of which ones she was running low on. Her stomach growled, but she ignored it; she never felt very hungry in the mornings, despite her stomach's audible disagreement. She stilled as her paw settled on a couple of dried parsley leaves. When was the last time she'd needed parsley? Eight moons ago, she reminded herself quietly. She had always held onto a small supply of them, just in case the need ever arose--but the more she thought about it, it was unlikely she'd ever use them, and they just took up space in her den. Sighing, she collected them and any other old, dried-up herbs she found and padded out of her den with them, blinking against the pale early morning light.
Sunpaw was in a deep sleep, her back rising and falling rhythmically as she breathed. Sunlight was just barely beginning to filter into the den, warming her pale gold-and-white pelt and making it appear brighter than normal.
PineClan
Timberfoot was grooming himself in a quiet edge of camp, waiting for the rest of the clan to wake up and patrols to be sent out, when he spotted Foxcloud out of the corner of his eye. His bright, blue-green eyes lit up at the sight of the pretty dilute calico she-cat, but he made no move towards her right away. Instead, he continued grooming his red-brown fur, making sure he looked presentable before slowly rising to his paws and padding over to her. "Morning, Foxcloud," he greeted her casually.
"Missed a spot," Kestrelclaw's teasing tone came from beside Jaywing as he flicked the tom's shoulder with his tail. The pale spotted tabby had only been lying awake in his nest for a few minutes, but it had been long enough to watch Jaywing's entire process of grooming himself from head to tail. "Honestly, I don't think you could make your pelt any smoother."
Southwind shook out his sleep-ruffled pelt as he rose to his paws, only pausing to give himself a few quick licks to flatten the messiest parts of his fur before weaving his way through the den. His tail gently brushed over Swiftstep's ear on his way to the den exit, and he lifted it quickly, checking back to see if the she-cat had noticed.
Darkflower's gaze was on the slowly lightening sky above as she sat in camp. Her paws were itching to go out and hunt, and although she had initially wanted to wait to be sent out on patrol, she was now contemplating going out by herself after all. She could probably get out and be back with prey before Vixenbite even woke up, or at least she thought so. As she started instinctively heading towards the camp entrance, she nearly ran into Spiderdust, who was on his way back. She eyed his catch a bit enviously, trying to conceal any admiration. "Nice catch," she commented coolly.
