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☯ Medicine Cat Apprentice || Molly || 8 Moons || Location: Medicine Cat Den || Tags: Heavybelly, Dawnpetal, The Clan ☯
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☯ Medicine Cat Apprentice || Molly || 8 Moons || Location: Medicine Cat Den || Tags: Heavybelly, Dawnpetal, The Clan ☯
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Squirrelpaw shifted through the herbs in front of, she had a small pile of daisy leaves in next to her paws. She had separated out a small portion for Dawnpetal. The elderly she-cat had been complaining of aching joints recently and she planned on bringing them to the kind elder after finishing up. She had taken it upon herself to sort through the herbs, there had been a few that needed to removed. Its why she had a few bundles of herbs on the floor of the den now. Shifting slightly nodded to herself, the herbs looked good. There weren't as many as she thought there were that needed to be removed. Reaching out she hooked a pile of herbs with her claw and began to replace the herbs, careful to keep the bad herbs separated from the good. As she worked she took note of the herbs that they were getting low on. Thankfully it looked like they had enough catmint left over, they would have to worry about having to find that herb for now. They were running a bit low on borage leaves and marigold but she wasn't sure if they would be able to find those plants now they were in leafbare. They would just have to hope that they wouldn't need those herbs any time soon. The other herbs were stocked well enough. Aside from herbs she made a mental note to grab some more moss for their stock, they would need more if a cat got sick or injured. Also it couldn't hurt to have a little extra in case the other dens needed more. It didn't take her long before she was done. Pulling back she let her gaze rake over her work, once she was sure that everything was ready she peered into Heavybelly's den. "I am going to bring some daisy leaves to Dawnpetal, I'll be right back" she chirped and backed away from the entrance. Dipping her head she gingerly picked up the leaves and patted towards the den entrance.
Pausing at the den entrance she glanced back. "I'll bring back some fresh kill for you when I am done helping Dawnpetal" she meowed around the leaves in her jaws. Then she slipped out of the den and into the sunlight. With a shiver of appreciation she noticed that the rest of the clan was awake. As she cast her gaze across the clan she couldn't help but notice that the elder wasn't among them. It would make tracking the molly down easier and it also confirmed what she had known. Dawnpetal's joints were really bothering the elder. Padding through the camp she silently slipped past her clanmates that were gathered around the fresh kill pile. Slipping into the elder's den she heard rustling as the elder raised their head to peer at her. "I brought some daisy leaves for your joints" she meowed as the elder rose to their paws and padded over to join her. A rumbled of thanks rose from the molly chest and the lilac tortoiseshell flicked their tail across Squirrelpaw's shoulders. "Thank you Squirrelpaw" the she-cat purred. "I can take it from here, you should join the others. If I need anything I will find you I promise" Dawnpetal added and pushed her towards the entrance. With a dip of her head she slipped back into camp in time to see Adderstar sitting under his den. The leader was part way through giving out orders for patrol and she slipped across camp to sit just outside the medicine cat den. From the sounds of it her brother was headed out out on a hunting patrol.
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⚔ Apprentice || Tom || 8 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Adderstar, Liongaze, Crowpaw, Tallflower, Briarlily ⚔
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⚔ Apprentice || Tom || 8 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Adderstar, Liongaze, Crowpaw, Tallflower, Briarlily ⚔
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Ebonypaw shifted slightly in his nest, drawing his fluffy tail over his nose as he tried to curl up tighter. The night were colder and it was still strange to wake up and not find his sister curled up at his side. Pinning his ears back against his head he curled up even tighter, squeezing his eyes shut as he tried to fall back to sleep. However sleep never came to the young tom and he finally gave up opening his eyes into slits and peered at the den entrance. After a couple heartbeats he pushed himself to his paws and gave himself a quick grooming. His thick dense fur didn't need to much work to keep it neat and tidy but even he had to give himself a grooming each morning. As he carefully removed the moss from his pelt his ears twitched so that he could hear what was happening in the camp. It seemed that his mentor was already awake and from the sounds of it so was Crowpaw. Once he was satisfied that he looked well kept he rose to his paws and slipped out of the den. Slipping to the fresh kill pile he eyes the pitiful pile. He wasn't about to take some for himself but if he wasn't going hunting he would be taking what was left to the elders and queens. Before he could take note of which pieces look the freshest he heard the sound of Adderstar emerging from their den.
Lifting his yellow gaze to fix it on the large tom he watched as they sat down bellow their den. His ears twitched at the sound of his name and felt a wave of relief. He was on the hunting patrol which meant that he wasn't going to have to clean out the elders den. Not that he really disliked the elders, Dawnpetal was very kind to him even when he was being particularly prickly. Shifting he made his way over to join the others on the hunting patrol, the only sign he was pleased was the way the tip of his tail twitched. It was easy to over look with his narrowed eyes and his ears the irritable look on his face. Plopping down beside his mentor he waited for the others to be ready. The sound of someone joining him had him snapping his gaze up and he quickly realized it was Crowpaw who had joined him. Judging from the nervous grin on the calico toms face he assumed they were uneasy with the large hunting patrol. His ears flicked back, pinning themselves to the back of his head and he let out an irritable hiss. If he hadn't pressed his flank against Crowpaw's it might have looked like he was angry with the older apprentice. However his small show of support should show Crowpaw that he was there for them.
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⛨ Warrior || Tom || 23 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Emberflight, Driftsplash || Mentions: Tallflower, Ebonypaw, Adderstar ⛨
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⛨ Warrior || Tom || 23 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Emberflight, Driftsplash || Mentions: Tallflower, Ebonypaw, Adderstar ⛨
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The large silver tabby slipped into camp the limp bodies of two minnows clamped in his jaws. Snowfeather had gone out hunting in the early morning, roused from his sleep by hunger and was unable to fall asleep after. His ears twitched as Emberflight followed him into camp, the smaller senior warrior had joined him on the mini hunting patrol. He recalled them saying something about the clan appreciating some fresh kill in the morning. It had been a good thing the older warrior had come along too, they had executed an impressive leap to capture the wren that was dangling from their jaws. At first glance it might appear as though they had found lots of prey but they had just gotten lucky with the few pieces they had managed to find. Had there been more prey scurrying about then maybe they could have lured a hawk down. Between the two of them Snowfeather was fairly certain they could have managed to catch one. He gave a quick shake of his head, dismissing those thoughts. It was pointless to think about the what ifs, especially during leafbare. His ears perked as he noticed the clan gathering around the fresh kill pile.
Pausing he let his gaze flicker over the cats gathered, his younger brother Tallflower was among them and their apprentice Ebonypaw wasn't to far away. From what he could tell Driftsplash wasn't up yet. Flicking his tail over Emberflights flank he nodded towards the fresh kill pile. Then he bounded off, setting the minnows in the pile before returning to the older warriors side. Emberflight had placed the wren on the ground and was grooming his long fur. They twitched their ears to acknowledged Snowfeathers return but didn't say anything as the silver tom dipped his head and picked up the wren. "I'll take this to the queens, they can use the feathers afterwards to line their nests" he meowed around the wren. Then without waiting for a response he made his way over to the nursery, pausing for a moment as Adderstar emerged from their den before slipping inside. It took a moment for his eyes adjust but as soon as he could make out the lone shape in the den and he made his way over the the blue she-cat. Placing the wren down he leaned down to give the she-cat a friendly lick between her ears. "It's not much but I brought this for you to share with Creamflower, it should hold you two over until the hunting patrol returns" he murmured softly. Driftsplash and her kits would need it more than he did.
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♕ Senior Warrior || Tom || 60 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Snowfeather, Cinderwing || Mentions: Adderstar, Featherdusk ♕
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♕ Senior Warrior || Tom || 60 Moons || Location: Camp || Tags: Snowfeather, Cinderwing || Mentions: Adderstar, Featherdusk ♕
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Emberflight followed behind the huge silver tom as they slipped through the marshes back towards camp. They had a mediocre hunting trip. Even his impressive leap to snatch the wren that had tried to escape by flying away had been shadowed by how little they had caught. Personally he had only managed to find and catch the wren while Snowfeather had two minnows that hadn't been fast enough to swim away from their giant paws. It was a small catch and he felt a bit irritable that they hadn't been able to find more, the clan would need more fresh kill than just this. His gaze flicked up to the sky and noticed had light it had gotten, the morning hunting patrol was bound to be getting ready soon. Picking up place he hurried to catch up with the big silver tom, he could feel the urgency rippling off Snowfeather. He could understand why, they would want to be back in camp before patrols were sent out, if someone had noticed they were gone then they might split their efforts to find them. That wouldn't be good, during leafbare they needed as many warriors hunting as possible. Fresh kill was scarce enough as it was without splitting a patrol to look for two wayward warriors. It didn't take to long for them to get back to camp, the camp was awake already. The majority of the warriors were already sitting around the sad little fresh kill pile.
Pausing at the edge of the group he set down his wren as Snowfeather slipped through the crowd to add their catch to the pile. Emberflight assumed the big tom would want to take the wren to the nursery. Now that their mate Driftsplash was in the nursery the warrior had the queen welfare in their mind all the time. Not that they hadn't prior but he couldn't help but notice how Snowfeather had started paying extra attention to what they brought the queens. Dipping his head he started to groom his chest fur, twitching his ears as Snowfeather returned. Twitching his ears he acknowledged the toms return and then flicked his tail to agree with their decision. As he lifted a paw and began to clean his face he watched as his hunting partner vanished into the nursery. Before he could keep cleaning the sound of Adderstars voice drew his attention to the leader as they addressed the clan. Pushing himself to his paws he made his way to sit beside Cinderwing, flicking his tail across her flank he silently greeted the dark molly. Then he sat beside her, pressing his flank against hers as he listened to Adderstar give out orders fro the patrol. "Good luck on patrol, you'll need it with apprentices" he purred to his mate. Two apprentices could be handful sometimes but between her and Featherdusk he was sure they would be fine.
