A New Hope ☀ Warriors RP ☀ Not Accepting

[Cradily]

OakClan

(@Animals, aww that's super cute. I can imagine it must be pretty soothing to them as well as to other animals.)

Dustkit couldn't keep her eyes open any longer, and before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep. She snored softly as her chest rose and fell to the rhythm of her breathing.

"They're supposed to be, but it was an emergency," Sunflare pointed out. He looked up when Cedartail returned from talking with Blizzardclaw and nodded. "Sure, I'll come." He rose to his paws, then meowed to Raccoonpaw, "If you want to go anywhere, you'd better come with us now; otherwise, stay at camp. We don't need another missing apprentice," before running after Cedartail. "He was here recently," he murmured, scenting the air. "He couldn't have gone far."

Splashfeather let out a mrrow of laughter as the snow sprayed into her face. "Oh, you're gonna get it now!" she growled playfully, kicking off with her hind paws and launching herself into the air, paws outstretched towards Jackdawpaw.

Tigerblaze narrowed his eyes as he listened to Beestar silently, forcing his tail to lie still on the den floor. "You're right--it hasn't been," he replied at last. But perhaps yours has. "And that was no rash decision of mine. I considered the repercussions--oh, yes, I was sure you'd punish me when you found out--but I figured it was worth the risk to find Bearpaw. And since you asked, yes, there was a chance that she was on their territory. Do you think I would have made the decision I did if there wasn't? You don't see me walking all over EagleClan's borders or telling others to do the same when there's not a missing apprentice that could be in their territory, do you? Her scent trail ended at the stream, so from there, she could have crossed or been swept to either EagleClan territory or Twolegplace, and considering there were six of us, it made no sense for all of us to go search the same place. Bearpaw could have just as easily been on EagleClan territory as well as Twolegplace, so I split us up to increase our chances of finding her faster...But I'm sorry, I'm sure you're not interested in the details." There was an edge to his tone. "Here's my point, Beestar. This was never about authority or leadership, like you seem to think it is. This was about a missing apprentice--an apprentice who shouldn't have even gone missing in the first place, considering your deputy has been training her for two moons by now, but I digress. My focus was on finding her, not on what I had the 'right' to do as 'just a warrior,' and not even on borders. Finding her was more important than any of that, or so I felt. But clearly you don't feel the same way." His tail tip twitched once. "You call what I did foolish, ignorant, a lapse in judgment--but I have to ask, why? Because I did it without your permission? Because I didn't want to run back to camp to ask you and waste more time? Because I put the safety of an apprentice above borders and, yes, above even your authority? You should be glad that I found her, and intent on making sure her mentor learns to control her, but instead you're angry with me because I prioritized an apprentice's safety over my leader's authority. Why? Surely you aren't so insecure in your leadership that you require it to be prioritized above all else, even the lives of your clanmates." The beginning hint of a sneer in his voice was quickly replaced with a more deferential tone as he added, "My intention was not to undermine your authority, though that's clearly how you perceived it. If it was, you'd know. I respect you as my leader--the same way that I respect EagleClan's borders. And just like with clan borders, my respect for you is not paramount to the safety of a clanmate, especially that of an apprentice. Sometimes boundaries have to be crossed, and I believed that this was one of those times. But if you still want to punish me, then go ahead. I'll take full responsibility, considering I acted rationally and was, after all, the one who sent the others to search EagleClan territory in the first place. Besides, senior warriors should be held to a higher standard anyway, don't you think?" His gaze was locked with hers, almost challenging her to punish him.

EagleClan

Littleflower took another bite of the bird after Oatleaf had, then nodded at the elder's question, swiping her tongue over her jaws. "Yeah, everything was fine, mostly. Prey is getting scarcer, but that's to be expected. Swiftbadger got hurt, too, but Daydream's treating him now so he should be fine...I hope."

[Tainted~Wings]

Daydream
He chuckled," Swiftbadger you've always had a way with finding odd objects. Let me grab some herbs and I'll be right back." He padded into his den. He started murmuring to himself on how he had to find a way to confine those who got hurt badly. He grabbed some of the herbs he'd need and stuck cobwebs to his pelt and padded out to the group outside his den.

Goldenrose
She rolled over onto her paws and laughed. "Yea I'll grab the prey and round up the apprentices. We'll meet where we split up? And thanks." She picked up the prey

[bunny boy]

Cedartail | 21 moons | warrior | | app; hazepaw | oakclan | sunflare, racoonpaw(?)

Cedartail nodded. "Off we are then." He muttered. He took off after the scent, it was fresh. After a few moments of quick sprinting, he spotted weaselstripe- and hazepaw He shot a glance over his shoulder to sunflare. "At least he doesnt look like bearpaw... You know, Im took soft on him ! its about time he knows who's in charge." Cedartail proclaimed, pride building up in his chest. He fixed his posture and marched over to the two. "Good morning Weaselstripe," He acknowledged. He whipped his head to the apprentice. He wasnt going to stumble or ask softly. Not this time. "And what exactly are you doing out here, without me?" He hissed,
his eyes like chips of fossilized amber.

Winterpaw - 9 moons - apprentice - mentor: lostnight - oakclan - camp; open

- sleeping -

[stormythecloud]

⩤ Blizzardclaw ⩥ 42 moons | Tom | Deputy of Oakclan | Apprentice: Bearpaw| Crush: Beestar | Tags: Robinwind | Mentions:

Blizzardclaw nods one as he watched the two warriors head off to find another missing apprentice, it just gave him more reason to suggest a camp guard to Beestar when they talked later. He pushed the thought aside before he headed towards the nursery to Robinwind, "there you are. We found Bearpaw and she's asleep now but she's injured and needs some herbs once your done Robinwind." He dipped his head to the queens and Lighttail that was also there.

⩤ Weaselstripe ⩥ 15 moons | Tom | Warrior of Oakclan | Apprentice: none| Crush: Dappleleaf | Tags: Hazepaw, Cedartail | Mentions: Sunflare

Weaselstripe glared at Hazepaw, "So you think it's rational to only go out to hunt by yourself? We already had Bearpaw missing and have two cats fall into the water, we don't need anything else happening." He sighs before he caught the scent of Cedartail and dips his head as he saw the warrior coming closer to them. "Good morning Cedartail, Sunflare," he sighs once, "I was just telling him he shouldn't of been out here by himself after what's happened so far today. I'll leave you with him, see you back at camp." He picked up his fresh kill before heading back towards camp, knowing he didn't want to be around to hear Hazepaw be scolded.

⩤ Falconkit ⩥ | 2 moons | Tom | Kit of Oakclan | Crush: | Tags: Robinwind, Stormkit | Mentions: Creamflower

Falconkit huffed and pawed at Robinwind's tail, playing with it before hearing pawsteps coming into the nursery.

⩤ Mistflower ⩥ 37 moons | She-cat | Warrior of Eagleclan | Apprentice: None | Crush: Open | Tags: Swiftbadger | Mentions:

Mistflower purred while she pressed her muzzle against his shoulder gently, closing her eyes for a moment. "Well I'm sure Daydream will get it out of your paw in no time," she nodded her head and sat down contently beside the warrior before waving her tail at Southstar contently in greeting. "Is Streamspot feeling any better?"

⩤ Foxcloud ⩥ 30 moons | She-cat | Queen of Eagleclan | Apprentice: none| Mate: Deertail | Crush: Southstar| Tags: Blackkit | Mentions:

Foxcloud contently are her food, glancing down at Blackkit. "How do you like it? I know it's different compared to milk," she asked, remembering when she herself started eating actual food.

⩤ Stagleap ⩥ 15 moons | She-cat | Warrior of Eagleclan | Apprentice: None | Crush: Open | Tags: Frostpetal, Streamspot | Mentions:

Stagleap nodded as she listened to Frostpetal, "I don't think any of them do... Or at least Darkpaw doesn't any I don't know about the others since they just became warriors well besides Meadowpaw but I didn't have my nest beside her."

⩤ Russetswirl ⩥ 77 moons | Tom | Former Medicine Cat / Warrior of Eagleclan | Crush: Acornspots | Tags: Blazepaw, Acornspots, Nightwish | Mentions:

Russetswirl sighs and shakes his head some while he listened to Nightwish. "It doesn't concern you at all so I don't see why you would like to know," he sighs out once as he kept a look out for any nearby prey. "I'm not one to share those feelings with anybody, besides I'm sure its not mutual. We're just good friends."

[A m n e s i a]

➼ FrostPetal
Female//35 Moons//Warrior//Bisexual//Single//Clan: EagleClan
Apprentice: MeadowPaw
Tags: StagLeap, StreamSpots
X
"That sounds like a good idea" She responded to StreamSpots and let out a soft chuckle. She then turned her attention over towards StagLeap "Well at least that's one less new warrior to worry about" She responded, another cough escaped her throat this time it felt like it shook her entire body.

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➼ BlazePaw
Male//7 Moons//Apprentice//Straight//Single//Clan: EagleClan
Mentor: Tba
Tags: AcornSpots
X
The apprentice nodded slightly before taking in the scents around him but none seemed to be that of prey and he let out a soft sigh "I don't scent anything" He muttered and turned his attention downwards to the snowy ground, hopefully he would be able to at least find some tracks to follow. He did find small pawprints, most likely from a mouse or another small rodent "What about these?" He questioned.

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➼ WrenKit
Female//0 Moons//Kit//Bisexual//Single
Clan: EagleClan
Tags:
X
Unborn
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➼ DawnTrail
Female//52 Moons//Warrior//Straight//Single//Clan: OakClan
Apprentice: RaccoonPaw
Tags: RaccoonPaw
X
Now that BearPaw was returned, she relaxed and didn't seem very affected by the fact HazePaw was now allegedly missing since she doubted two apprentices could of gone missing around the same time. She rose to her paws, now that she had no more reason to keep watch she could continue on with her duties. She seemed a tad unamused when SunFlare decided to tell her apprentice she could tag along "We'll be going hunting now" She spoke, not giving the apprentice enough time to answer the warrior.

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➼ Artemis
Female//16 Moons//Pansexual//Single
Rank: KittyPet
Tags: Honey, open
X
"oh, okay" She spoke, obvious disappointment in her tone as she didn't get to learn as much as she hoped. She watched Honey leap down from the fence and her gaze traveled back over to the forest. The fact the clans cared so deeply for their own cats made Artemis interested to learn more.

[Queen of flames]

Eagleclan
🦅
Oatleaf
[she | elder | 92 moons | Nobleclaw | tags: Littleflower]
✪
She nodded to the younger she-cat "I see so that what happened" she meowed sighing "jsut good it's nothing bad" she keep meowing.
She took her second bite of the bird, pushing it back to the warrior "you can eat the rest, I will puke if I eat anymore, my belly is way too full now" she meowed.

Messfur
[tom | warrior | 30 moons | open crush | no apprentice | tags: (Springheart), open]
✪
He made a look toward the younger warrior. his eyes turning to his sister "so are we still going to hunt, even if most of the patrols are back? I thought you wanted to get out because the camp was so quiet and boring" he meowed to her with a sight.

Springheart
[she | warrior | 30 moons | open crush | no apprentice | tags: (Messfur), open]
✪
She turned to Quiverheart giving a nod, then turned to her brother " yes that was my plan at the first, but we could do some hunting still" she told to him. Walking over to the camp entrance to leave it.

Oakclan
🌳
Lighttail
[tom | elder | 56 moons | open crush | tags: Robinwind, Stormkit, Falconkit]
✪
He looked after the medicine cat as the tom left the nursery after checking the Snowfur, flicking his ears over at Stormkit with a sight "I see, well then thanks" he meowed eating the prey with two bites.

Raccoonpaw
[she | apprentice | 10 moons | open crush | Dawntrail | tags: Dawntrail, Sunflare, Cedartail ]
✪
She made a confused look over to the tom asking her either to come with them or stay in the camp "...I was waiting for my mentor, so...I don't need to find the Hazepaw" she meowed not really knowing what else to say as the question was little odd to her to understand. She nodded to Dawntrail "Of course" she meowed simply.

Hazepaw
[tom | apprentice | 8 moons | open crush | Cedartail | tags: Weaselstripe, Sunflare, Cedartail]
✪
He looked the cats confusedly "what are you talking about? I am not missing, I know this territory so when I find something to bring back to camp I come back to camp...I am not like Bearpaw...and I am not interested to jump into the water either" he meowed rather disappointed and annoyed.

[Animals65]

Creamflower is sleeping as Dustkit and Poppykit are nursing, feeling relaxed. She dreams of what her kits would be like when they both become apprentices.

[CJClaire]

OakClan

Robinwind - 29 moons - OakClan Medicine Cat - Tags: Lighttail, the nursery, Snowfur, Falconkit
Robinwind purred at Falconkit as he played with his tail. Falconkit was sweet, and reminded Robinwind a lot of himself as a kit. He looked up when Blizzardclaw spoke to him, and frowned. "Bearpaw's hurt?!" He exclaimed, scurrying towards the entrance of the nursery. "What happened?" He asked the deputy, worried. Two apprentices hurt now? This was not a great day.

Elmshade - 29 moons - OakClan Warrior - Crush: Lostnight - Tags: hunting
Elmshade managed to find another bird, it had flown off before she got the chance to catch it. She sighed but went on towards the edge of the lake, carefully manuvering over the uneven ground. Hopefully the lake would have fish and not too much ice.

Poppykit - 0 moons - OakClan Kit - Tags: Creamflower, Dustkit, Stormkit, Falconkit
Poppykit continued to sleep, tucked up against Creamflower and Dustkit, a purr rumbling from his throat as he slept.

[C a s]

⇾ Beestar ✟ 43 moons ✟ Apprentice: ✟ ♀ ✟ Mate/Crush: Streamstar ✟ Condition: Healthy ✟ Tags: Tigerblaze✟ Lives: ★★★★★★★★

"Now son, I'm only telling you this,

A n g e r sparked under Beestar's pelt as Tigerblaze spoke. She wanted to tear the tom's pelt off - it was as if he knew exactly how to get underneath her fur, and it was working. Rationale told her that Tigerblaze wanted her to lash out, but she didn't want to be rational; she wanted to strike her warrior across the muzzle and shut him up. She refrained, though her fur was bristling and her claws were pricking into the dirt below them. She resented the way her usually firm voice cracked angrily as she said, "Do you know why you weren't chosen as my deputy, Tigerblaze? Furthermore, why Streamstar would have chosen me over you? To have authority, you must first learn to bend to it." Her voice eased and the queen straightened up further. "I am leader of this Clan, Tigerblaze. To think you acted without fault is absurd." The tabby jerked her muzzle towards the entrance. "Get out of my den."

because life, can do terrible things."

⇾Stormkit ☣ 2 moons ☣ ♂ ☣ Mentor/Apprentice: ☣ Mate/Crush: ☣ Mentions: ☣ Tags: Kits & Queens, Lighttail.

"Ｃａｎ＇ｔ　ｂｅａｒ　ｔｏ　ｗａｓｈ　ｏｕｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｗａｓｔｅｄ　ｔｉｍｅ

S t o r m k i t settled down as Lighttail finally began to eat, curling into a small lump on the den floor. He glanced over at his brother. "Do you think Beestar is back yet?" The kit whined. He was growing bored with Creamflower and the kits asleep.

Ｂｅｔｗｅｅｎ　ｙｏｕｒ　ｌｉｐｓ　ａｎｄ　ｍｉｎｅ．"

⇾ Dappleleaf ☮ 20 moons ☮ Apprentice: ☮ ♀ ☮ Mate/Crush: Weaselstripe ☮ Condition: Cold, sickly ☮ Tags: (In the Medicine Cat's Den)

"нєу нσηєу уσυ ¢συℓ∂ вє му ∂яυg,

- s l e e p i n g

уσυ ¢συℓ∂ вє му ηєω ρяєѕ¢яιρтιση."

⇾ Jackdawpaw ☠ 9 moons ☠ Mentor: Tigerblaze ☠ ♂ ☠ Mate/Crush: Ivypaw ☠ Condition: Healthy ☠ Tags: Splashfeather

"ᵢ'ₘ wᵣᵢₜᵢₙg ₗₑₜₜₑᵣₛ ₜₒ ₘy fₐₜₕₑᵣ ₕₑ ₐᵢₙ'ₜ ₑᵥₑᵣ fᵢₙₙₐ ᵣₑₐd,

T h e jet-black tom's breath escaped him as they fell back in the snow with a thud, Splashfeather's pounce successful. For a moment Jackdawpaw let himself lie there, gazing up at the tortoiseshell queen that had him pinned. Sunlight filtering through the remaining clouds caught in her pelt, turning the ginger patches golden. Suddenly, Jackdawpaw's pelt felt unbearably hot, and he shifted underneath her uncomfortably until he could roll onto his side and stand to his paws. He gave his chest fur a few licks. "We should head back to camp, you know."

ᵢ'ₘ ₚᵢcₜᵤᵣᵢₙg ₘy ₗᵢfₑ, fₗₒwₑᵣᵢₙg ₐₛ ₐ ₛₑₑd."

⇾ Swiftbadger ☄ 39 moons ☄ Apprentice: ☄ ♂ ☄ Mate/Crush: ☄ Condition: Healthy ☄ Tags: Daydream, Southstar, Mistflower

"ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ sᴛᴜғғ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ,

S w i f t b a d g e r shifted under the touch of Mistflower's muzzle - it was unfamiliar to him, but the queen was still his friend. Of course she'd want to comfort him while he was injured, wouldn't she? He swallowed awkwardly as he waited for Daydream to return. Once the medicine cat did, loaded down with herbs and cobwebs, the tabby's eyes widened. "Oh - this is going to be quite some operation to remove, huh?" The joke was light-hearted, but Swiftbadger still shifted nervously.

ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇ, ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴇʟsᴇ - ɴᴏʙᴏᴅʏ ᴇʟsᴇ."

⇾ Acornspots 🌪 39 moons 🌪 Apprentice: 🌪 ♀ 🌪 Mate/Crush: Russetswirl 🌪 Condition: Healthy 🌪 Tags: Nightwish, Russetswirl, Blazepaw

"ι ℓσνє уσυ тнє ѕαмє,

A c o r n s p o t s nodded approvingly. "Good find," the silver tabby whispered to the apprentice. "All right - let's track it. We'll look for a scent and see if it's scavenging for food." The warrior hung back - she wanted to let Blazepaw do most of the hunting. Letting the apprentices catch more prey would be a big morale booster in such a hard time for the Clan. It made her heart ache, though - she should be doing this with Rustypaw, but instead, her apprentice was dying in Daydream's den.

вυт ωє'яє ѕтяαиgєяѕ иσω."

⇾Quiverheart ◎ 12 moons ◎ Apprentice: ◎ ♀ ◎ Mate/Crush: ◎ Condition: Healthy ◎ Tags: Springheart, Messfur

"'🅒🅐🅤🅢🅔 🅘'🅜 🅞🅝🅛🅨 🅐 🅒🅡🅐🅒🅚, 🅘🅝 🅣🅗🅘🅢 🅒🅐🅢🅣🅛🅔 🅞🅕 🅖🅛🅐🅢🅢 -

Q u i v e r h e a r t ' s face fell after Messfur's impatient, irritated look fell on her. Head down, the young warrior padded towards the sunshine spot she'd found. Settling down in the grass where the snow had melted she quietly began to devour her meal.

🅗🅐🅡🅓🅛🅨 🅐🅝🅨🅣🅗🅘🅝🅖 🅣🅗🅔🅡🅔 🅕🅞🅡 🅨🅞🅤 🅣🅞 🅢🅔🅔, 🅕🅞🅡 🅨🅞🅤 🅣🅞 🅢🅔🅔."

⇾Deertail ϟ 40 moons ϟ Apprentice: Darkpaw ϟ ♂ ϟ Mate/Crush: Foxcloud ϟ Condition: Healthy ϟ Tags: Darkpaw, Wolfpaw, Goldenrose

"𝔏𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔪𝔢, 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔱?

T h e ginger-and-white tabby's paws fell onto the ground with a thud. At the base of the tree he stood by was a squirrel. Skinny, but prey. Picking it up in his jaws, Deertail trotted back the way they'd come. He wasn't eager to meet back up with Darkpaw - even less eager to speak to Southstar when he arrived back at camp.

ℑ 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔞 𝔰𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔱, 𝔡𝔦𝔤𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞 𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔠𝔥."

⇾Honey ♪ 54 moons ♪ Kittypet ♪ ♀ ♪ Mate/Crush: Rockleap ♪ Condition: Healthy ♪ Tags: Fawn, Thunder, Axel

"βµţ ɨ'ʍ ώ€ąЌ, ąɲď ώhąţ'$ ώя๏ɲǥ ώɨţh ţhąţ?

H o n e y slid through the cat-flap, shaking out her pelt which was now stained with the scent of fresh air. Her kits were spread out on the ground, and Honey's whiskers twitched with amusement. She decided not to disturb the kits, simply padding towards them and settling down on the ground, tucking her paws beneath herself.

β๏¥, ๏h β๏¥, ɨ ℓ๏˅€ ɨţ ώh€ɲ ɨ ƒąℓℓ ƒ๏я ţhąţ."

⇾Fawn ♠ 0 moons ♠ ♂ ♠ Kittypet ♠ Mate/Crush: ♠ Mentions: Honey ♠ Tags: Thunder, Axel

"Ⓑⓔ ⓑⓡⓐⓥⓔ, ⓣⓐⓚⓔ ⓐ ⓒⓗⓐⓝⓒⓔ,

F a w n cried out in caution. He did not like that his brothers were eagerly exploring their surroundings and trying to figure out the things around them. He wanted them to return to the nest, to be safe and warm and on something soft.

ⓐⓝⓓ ⓖⓡⓐⓑ ⓣⓗⓔⓜ ⓦⓗⓘⓛⓔ ⓦⓔ ⓒⓐⓝ."

[Cradily]

Just as a quick reminder, Winterpaw and Lostnight should still be out hunting with Elmshade and Riverstripe and Wolfpaw out hunting with Darkpaw. x)

OakClan

Sunflare was relieved when they found Hazepaw relatively quickly. He was proud of Cedartail for taking charge and being assertive, and part of him didn't want to interrupt, since Hazepaw was Cedartail's apprentice. But then again, an older warrior backing up the younger one couldn't hurt. "That's still no excuse to go out by yourself," he added to Hazepaw, fixing him with a stern look. "Apprentices aren't allowed out by themselves and you know that."

It wasn't long before Riverstripe caught a skinny squirrel, more fur than meat. He sighed, feeling tired and defeated despite having not been out very long. The day was still short, but already there had been more drama than he cared for, and all he wanted was to be back at camp after all the excitement. Burying the squirrel, he followed Elmshade's scent and soon met up with her near the lake. "Be careful," he called to her, not wanting a repeat of earlier. "We already had a few cats fall in earlier."

Splashfeather blinked at the tom, slightly confused by his sudden change in attitude, but she didn't argue. He's probably just embarrassed by how kittish we were acting. "Yeah, you're right," she sighed. "Come on, let's get our prey." She went to collect hers, the giddiness she felt a moment ago now faded.

Tigerblaze's eyes narrowed at his leader's words, and while there was still a certain calmness in his gaze, a cold venom had begun to seep into it. He would never admit it, but the leader's words struck as hard as if she'd slashed him across the muzzle, and they only filled him with more anger--an anger that he refused to show, at least to the extent he felt it. No, he would remain the calm, composed cat he always had, if only to remind himself that Beestar was wrong--about everything. "Streamstar chose you because you were his mate," he went on, ignoring the queen's order for him to leave. "He was biased, blinded by lust. Nothing more." His tail flicked once, then again. "The mere fact that you feel the need to state the obvious--that you are leader of the clan--tells me all I need to know. To you, everything is about authority--leaders and deputies, rights and rules, who's in charge and who isn't. Even when an apprentice goes missing, you twist it around and make it all about about yourself and your insecurities. Oh, that's right, don't thank me for tracking down your deputy's missing apprentice when he couldn't even keep her in camp. No, you even go as far as to insult me on a completely unrelated and personal matter in an attempt to tear down my pride--a completely uncalled-for, pathetic, and laughable attempt, mind you, as if you think I would ever want to be your deputy. I couldn't care less about who you picked, or why you picked them. But stick to speaking for yourself, and let the dead testify for themselves." At last, he rose to his paws, albeit slowly, as if to tell the she-cat that he would only leave on his terms, when he was good and ready. "If you were truly confident in your abilities as a leader, you wouldn't feel the need to lash out unnecessarily at others and try to make them as insecure as you are, as you've done today. I will remember this conversation, Beestar." With a single lash of his tail, he turned and stalked out of her den.

EagleClan

Southstar mewed a polite greeting to Mistflower. "She seems to be," he replied regarding Streamspot. "She only slept a little while before waking up and deciding she wanted to go for a walk, and you know how hard it is to change her mind once she's decided she wants to do something." He let out a humorous purr at the thought, neglecting to mention that he may have had something to do with Streamspot waking up so soon.

Nightwish looked away, annoyed and embarrassed. Both Russetswirl and Acornspots had just made her feel bad and nosy for bringing up such things, and it angered her. She only wanted to help them, even though she shouldn't have to. They were two grown cats, for StarClan's sake! And yet here they were, acting like shy, defensive apprentices who had been caught crushing on one another. I'll show them, she thought with a lash of her tail. Taking a deep breath, she went on, "Actually, it does concern me, because...because..." She studied her paws for a moment before looking Russetswirl straight in the eye. "Because I like you, Russetswirl."

"Are you sure?" Littleflower asked Oatleaf uncertainly before taking another bite of the bird. She was hungry, she wouldn't deny that, but she hoped the elder wasn't just saying that to be polite. "Have you already eaten?" she asked when she'd swallowed her mouthful.

Outside the Clans

Thunder's attention was drawn from the strange thing he and Axel were looking at to their mother, who had just returned. He let out an excited cry and began to eagerly crawl towards her, only to stumble over his own paws and fall on his face.