[Mythz]

What is their favourite story behind one of their scars?
or at least, their favourite story they tell others about their scars...
[minimum 150 words, max 400. extras allowed]


Ends September 5th at 10am AEST

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[b]Username:[/b]
[b]Cat Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Rank:[/b]
[b]Clan:[/b] (Please link)
[b]Age:[/b] (1 year or above)
[b]Prompt:[/b]

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Name:
Gender:
Rank:
Clan:
Description: Cinnamon Smoke Ghost Classic Tabby
Age:
Edits: [nr] scars [c] ear placement
Owner:

[SilentMelody]

Username: SilentMelody
Cat Name:
Gender:
Rank:
Clan: (Please link)
Age: (1 year or above)
Prompt: Mark!!

[néktar]

Username: néktar
Cat Name: twig that falls from tree
Gender: make, tom
Rank: guardian
Clan: [url]the groves[/url]
Age: 28 moons
Prompt: ress

[Mooshyy]

Username: mooshyy
Cat Name: Cedar --> Cedarscar
Gender: (male) he/him
Rank: warrior
Clan: Hollowclan
Age: 40 moons
Prompt: Hollowstar's favorite story of his scars is the most recent one, the one on his face. It was the day Cedarscar joined Hollowclan. He was chasing a mouse for quite a long time because his favorite type of prey are mice, so he was determined to get that mouse. As he was really concentrated on catching that mouse, he didn't notice the rock in front of his paws and tumbled over it. Hollowstar was in the area, and saw the whole commotion from a far. As the cat laid on the ground, as if dead, Hollowstar went over to see if he was ok. She saw he was completely fine, so she saw it not entirely inappropriate to laugh. So, she did. She, still giggling, asked if he wanted something to put into that wound to help it heal, he didn't even know that was possible. She brought him back to camp and tidied him up. Hollowstar asked if he wanted to stick around, to which, he happily obliged. He's been learning since ever since he joined.

(177 words)

(i also drew this for this because i thought it would be fun 👉👈)

[ladybug5]

Username: ladybug5
Cat Name:
Gender: male
Rank: hunter
Clan: Tribe of Whispering Trees
Age: 38 moons
Prompt:

work in progress

[Chanceuxcat]

Username: Chanceuxcat
Cat Name: Walnutsplash (Walnutpaw)
Gender: ze/zir (nonbinary)
Rank: sar (search and rescue)
Clan: Scorchclan
Age: 13 moons
Prompt:

Zir breath comes quickly, ragged. Ze had been searching for the kit for days now, far past Scorchclan's borders and any other familiar territory. Ze knows what zir leader would advise. Ze should be heading back. The kit is gone.

But Walnutpaw doesn't give up that easily. Ze is a search and rescue trainee. By the very nature of the role, it is zir job to find and save any cat. Even this kit, just made a trainee the previous sunrise. How had they disappeared anyway? It doesn't matter, not now, ze decides, shaking zir head to clear it. Ze continues running along the river, pace staying steady.

A roar, loud and and never-ending, creeps into zir ears. Ahead, the danger comes into view as the river dips below the horizon. A waterfall.

Ze falters then, steps slowing. Walnutpaw stares across the river, unsure of zir next move. And that's when ze sees the small head bobbing along the river. The kit!

Ze makes zir decision almost instantaneously. Crouching back, ze pushes off the ground and dives into the river.

Water drags zir along, filling zir nose and ears and splashing into zir eyes. Ze fights the current, swimming towards the unconscious kit. Ze wraps zir body around the small kit, paw moving along the kit's neck in an attempt to find their pulse. As the water pushes both cats closer to its edge, ze feels it. A small, faint pounding. But they're alive! For now, anyways.

Ze doesn't have time to swim to shore. Walnutpaw sees the inevitable is coming, and coming fast. Ze uses zir last bit of energy to completely twist around the kit's unconscious body, and then they fall.

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Walnutpaw's body softens the blow for the kit. Instead of the kit, the sharp rocks at the bottom of the waterfall slices into zir side. Along zir legs and chest and face. Burning everywhere, water doing little to soothe the pain. Walnutpaw manages to focus just enough to push up to the river's surface. Ze gasps for air, holding the kit up so they can recover some breath too.

Dragging the kit and zirself onto the shore, Walnutpaw collapses, finally letting sweet sleep overtake zir. Ze and the kit were both alive. That's all that matters now. And hey, they survived dropping off a waterfall! And ze sure will have the scars to prove it.

(398/400 words)

[stqrveil]

Username: stqrveil
Cat Name: Robinfeather
Gender: tom
Rank: Warrior
Clan: VerdantClan
Age: 14 moons
Prompt:

The warm summer sun sent beams of light streaming through the tree’s boughs and leaves, forming golden pools, dappling the ground like puddles. Robinfeather was enjoying the hazy, warm afternoon, basking in the sunlight. Something caught the corner of his eye, and he saw two bright blue eyes staring at him from a shrub, both inquisitive and cautious.
“Hi Hawkkit!”
The kit jumped at the sound of his name, and approached the tom, realising that his hiding place had lost its use.
“Those scars are reaally big” he gasped “they must have hurt bad!”
Robinfeather laughed “The pain is long forgotten, I’d prefer to see these as stories of the places that I’ve been, and the memories that I’ve had.”
Hawkkit’s eyes twinkled, “Please, please tell about them!”
“Ok, I’ll tell you one. An injured wolf attacked me on my way across mountains far north of here, it was cold and snowy. The wolf had been separated from its pack thankfully, but a single wolf is bad news for a cat.
Have you every seen a dog?”
“No… Puddlepelt tells me they’re big and scary.”
“Well wolves are bigger, and more hostile. It spotted me, and even with its lame leg chased me down. Its eyes were wild with hunger. It grabbed my leg and slammed me to the snow, I lost my breath and tried to retreat, but it had gained on me, and gave me a hard blow to the chest. It picked me up and carried me to a place away from the harsh wind, it had assumed me dead, I was too weak to react, and I was losing blood. It had settled down to enjoy its meal when I attacked. I gave it a good nose scratch, it was too surprised to react immediately, so I buried my teeth into it’s neck. It whined and tossed me about, but I held on tight and only let go when its attempts weakened. I climbed a tree in case it wanted and more trouble, but it was tired and trotted off. The snow helped stop the bleeding of my wounds, but it took long to heal properly before I could make it over the mountain, and that’s a story for another time.”
Hawkkit’s was wide eyed “That’s…so cool! I wish I was brave enough to do that!” The kit made an attempt at stalking and battering an invisible enemy with his tiny paws.

(406 words oof sry for going over q-q)

[Mythz]

Congrats! a RU will be given to mooshyy

Username: Chanceuxcat
Cat Name: Walnutsplash (Walnutpaw)
Gender: ze/zir (nonbinary)
Rank: sar (search and rescue)
Clan: Scorchclan
Age: 13 moons
Prompt:
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[Chanceuxcat]

Oh my goodness thank you so much!! I'm so excited to develop zir <3

[stqrveil]

congrats!