[riverotter]

tell me about a time this cat has had to face their fears !
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[crexmii]

Username: crexmii
Cat Name: ebony
Gender: she-cat
Rank: warrior
Clan: softclan
Age: 77 moons
Prompt:

[the past, leaf-fall, 12 moons ago.]

"ASPEN! WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S NOT FUNNY!" ebony yowled crossly, searching the forest.
"ASPEN!! I SWEAR, I AM GOING TO KILL THAT-" a shriek sounded the air, causing ebony's blood to freeze.

and then she ran towards the sound. and then she saw it.

it was gigantic. its matted dark brown fur blended in with the shadows. and from those shadows, she saw the mauled body of her best friend. "no. NO! MURDERER!" ebony yowled, jumping on the dog. her claws scratched its face, the dog's warm blood splattering her. it howled in a mixture of anger and pain. half-blinded by rage and tears, she repeatedly swiped at it.

just then, the dog grabbed her in its jaws. she could smell its breath and feel its saliva on her back. ebony froze in fear and waited for those massive, terrifying jaws to clamp down on her and devour her. blackness started closing in from the sides of her eyes, and the last thing she saw was a cat smirking up at her. she felt a tear drip down her cheek, or maybe it was just dog drool, and everything went fuzzy.

she felt pain all over her body. "wh...where am i...it hurts so much...."
"sshh..i'll take you back to the clan now. you can rest." a soothing voice mewed. "who..who are you?" ebony struggled and opened her eyes for several moments, then they fell and closed again. "why are you glowing and blue? am i dead?"

the voice mrrowed in amusement. "well, if you were dead, you certainly wouldn't be talking to me right now. also, i was born blue. don't ask why." "oh..wha-" a jolt of pain shocked ebony into silence. then she remembered. tears started flowing uncontrollably down her face. "ASPEN! NO!"

"what happened to you?"

"d..dog." just saying the word made her start crying again. "killed...my..." she couldn't continue anymore. it hurt so much.

"i said rest. don't talk any more until you get better, okay?" the strange cat mewed sympathetically.

ebony nodded (or, well, she thought she did, it seemed more like she imagined that she did) and sunk into sleep.
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[present. newleaf]
it had been a year since the dog attack. since she lost her best friend aspen, and almost died herself too. if it wasn't for glowpaw, she would joined aspen in death. living in softclan was nice, and she had recovered nicely from her huge injury, somehow recovering without a scar. maybe it was the universe’s blessing, apology for causing ebony so much pain.

but one day, the universe decided to punish her again. she didn't want this. "alright. there have been many sightings of a dog in our territory, so we are going to try and track it down. we hopefully do not get into a fight with it, so we'll send our warriors. apricotsplash, glowpaw, petalpatch, ebony, you'll be on the patrol."

oh no. NOT AGAIN. she didn't want to ever see a single dog again in her whole life. but THE UNIVERSE SOMEHOW DECIDED TO MAKE THE DOG COME TO SOFTCLAN TERRITORY. to make her trauma greater? UGH. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS, UNIVERSE? OR CALYTHEA, IF YOU EVEN EXIST??

ebony slowly trudged out of camp with the others. she was trying very hard not to think about what the dog could do. and her nearly getting ripped apart by it. AND THAT CAT JUST SMIRKING CREEPILY AT HER WHILE SHE WAS CLEARLY DYING. act normal. you want to be brave, not a coward or a huge embarrassment to the others.

"it's here!" petalpatch hissed softly, pricking her ears. "we better follow it." ebony resisted the urge to whimper out loud like a kit. she slowly followed them, staying at the back of the line. "there!" ebony peeked up with the rest of the patrol. she saw it. it was the same dog that nearly killed her. and was that a flash of silver in the bushes? she recalled the memory of being watched while she was getting mauled horribly.

it was a silver cat. it was the same dog. she was sure of it. and here it was, sniffing around the forest, tromping and barking loudly and stinkily. suddenly, the dog whipped its head in the patrol's direction and ran towards it. she thought she saw the silver cat whisper something to it, or her overactive imagination of horrors was acting up again.

"it found us, hide!" glowpaw whispered, his fur all fluffed up and bristling. but there was no time. they were found. either they fight for their lives, or flee and possibly lead the dog back to camp. "then we'll have to fight." growled petalpatch, who immediately leaped at the dog, scratching one of its cheeks. ebony just noticed the scar on the dog's face. she was pretty sure she was the one who gave it that scar.

petalpatch signalled to the patrol to come out and fight. it was too late. ebony knew she had to do this. so with a deep breath, she charged out of the underground and clawed at the dog's flank while the rest were distracting it. a flicker of movement out of the corner of her eye. a flash of silver. and then, ebony was pinned down.

"YOU!" she growled. "ARE YOU FRIENDS WITH THAT DOG? YOU KILLED MY BEST FRIEND." the silver cat did that SAME SMIRK. and then, she felt a paw on her throat, choking her. she wriggled and needed air. she was sure she would die again. and there was nobody to save her. the others were killing the dog. plus she was in a secluded spot. oh well...

but a part of her wanted to fight. she wanted this cat to pay for what they did. and so, so suddenly she didn't know what was going on, she lifted her paw up and claws unsheathed, scratched at her opponent's belly. they let go in shock and slipped. ebony knew this was her chance, so she pinned them down and repeatedly slashed viciously at their belly. she wanted to keep on doing it until she heard a yowl coming from the direction of the dog. she immediately smacked the cat's ear one last time before running back to help her clanmates.

petalpatch was knocked out, breathlessly lying against a tree. the others were struggling. ebony had to get it right. she leaped. she didn’t really know what was happening, but she just clawed and slashed and swiped and scratched until she felt the dog fall to the ground. oh. YES. I KILLED IT! THE THREAT IS NO MORE! she thought.

the patrol was in awe. “wow! ebony, you did it! you killed it!” glowpaw cheered. ebony smiled, eyes shining. “I think you all weakened it, I just kind of finished it off.”

she did it. her fear was no more. in fact, she felt like killing it again. maybe even kill another dog.

oh, wait. she remembered something. she glanced around, looking for the silver cat. all there was left was a trail of blood leading somewhere. must have escaped, never mind. they’re powerless without their dog.

while the battered patrol padded back to camp, ebony walked back, head held high, eyes shining with pride. she had faced her greatest fear.



art lol I got lazy on it tho cuz it was super rushed 😭

OK IM SO SORRY lmao I THINK I WENT KINDA OVERBOARD

[ArithMedic]

Username: ArithMedic
Cat Name: Gingersnap
Gender: Shecat
Rank: Medicine Cat/Healer
Clan: Lotusclan
Age: 24+ moons
Prompt:
She had to fight a sea serpent to protect the ship while the rest of the clan was incapacitated by an illness.
(I think I'm too late but posting on a hope.)

[riverotter]

unfortunately, arithmedic was too late ! i'm sorry
but congratulations; crexmii!! i enjoyed reading all of the lore :3

[crexmii]

tyty !!