[Kazin]

my first kitty as a ga! c: excited to spend the month creating cats for the community!

what is this cat's biggest regret?
no minimum; max of 500 words

Ends 10/10 at 3pm eastern time

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Name: Maplewind
Gender: Male
Rank: Warrior
Clan: CherryClan
Description: cinnamon rosetted tabby with low white spotting
Age: 8 years
Edits: [nr] expression
Owner: Skyweaver

[riverotter]

omggee mark!

[néktar]

Username: néktar
Cat Name: claypelt
Gender: molly
Rank: warrior
Clan: pondclan
Age: 30 moons
Prompt: mark uvu

[crexmii]

Username: crexmii
Cat Name: chestnutsnipe (the bird not the action lmao)
Gender: male
Rank: warrior
Clan: softclan
Age: 55 moons
Prompt: “but it was an accident. nobody caused it. it was just unluckiness.”
“you’re wrong. it was all my fault. i shouldn’t have bumped him!”

chestnutsnipe still has flashbacks. it’s evident that there’s no getting rid of those memories, though he would gladly erase them from his mind if he could.

“shut UP, burrowpaw! i KNOW what to do! the two of us are gonna explore the cliffs and look for treasure, i get it!”
“fine! i guess I’ll take you anyway, even though you’re being unnecessarily RUDE. bleh!”

the two apprentice bounced up and down happily and full of excitement. they didn’t know the fate that aerienn had already laid out for them, set in stone. one would not come back to camp with the other.

“hey, look! i found a lizard! let’s go CATCH IT!”
“hah! I’m much too OLD for those kinds of things! you’re such a baby! softclan doesn’t eat lizards, dummy dummy DUM DUM!!”
“hey! that’s not fair.. just because you’re one moon older than me doesn’t mean you can be rude like that! I’m catching it anyway.”

and with that, burrowpaw was off, chasing after the lizard, which had been frightened from its sleep.
“dummy, hahaha! you’re gonna fall down and DIE, just like your dad! i bet you got your dumbness from him!” chestnutpaw sang mockingly. burrowpaw glowered at him, but he had hurt in his expression.
“don’t say that! just you wait until I catch that lizard!”

chestnutpaw playfully bumped burrowpaw. and he fell over the edge, gripping on with a claw.

“AAH! BURROWPAW, I’LL SAVE YOU! WAIT, JUST GRAB ON!”
it wasn’t enough. burrowpaw was too heavy and losing grip. holding on didn’t help, since chestnutpaw wasn’t strong enough to do anything. and soon the earth coloured apprentice tumbled down into the ravine, helpless,
and chestnutpaw was forced to watch.

“BURROWPAW!” chestnutpaw screamed, one paw still outstretched. his friend was definitely dead now. even a normal warrior wouldn’t be able to survive such a fall… even if they corrected themselves…

too late.
if he hadn’t bumped into burrowpaw, he would still be alive, wouldn’t he? it was obviously his fault.
and those rude words he said. they were meant as a playful joke, but it had really happened.
burrowpaw really had died like his dad.

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[Skyweaver]

Username: Skyweaver
Cat Name: Maplewind
Gender: Male
Rank: Warrior
Clan: https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4887254&p=142631859#p142631859
Age: 8 years
Prompt:
Maplewind has always regretted a horrible decision he made in his younger days, and it haunts him every day from the moment he wakes up to when the sun goes down. Very little cats know about his dark secret that he keeps hidden away inside him, so he is almost never comforted. That is besides his sister, of course. She's always been there for him, even if he feels he doesn't deserve her.
Oh, and his story. It had happened many, many moons ago...

It had been a rainy day. It was the middle of leaf-fall, and Maplewind had just completed his vigil for becoming a warrior. He numbly accepted the words of congratulations, then slipped out without them even realizing he had left. The amber and gold leaves that scattered the muddy ground should've made him feel joyful like they always did, but this time he didn't give a glance at them. It was just sun-up, and if he was late bad things would happen. He pattered down a overgrown path at the edge of the territory, then bounded down a burrow that was hidden by an overhanging boulder.
"You're here, and on time. I wouldn't expect that from a measly mouse-heart like you."
Maplewind yelped as he felt a sharp pain explode against his leg, watching the leaves on the rocky floor be splattered with scarlet. "I'd watch what you say, Impale," Maplewind growled, but he didn't leap at the older tom. He shouldn't waste his breath, for the best day of his life was about to begin.
Or so he thought.
A few moments later Suffocate, the leader of the cats that met in the burrow, called the cats over, which had grown nearly three times the size that it had been just a little bit ago. They organized in their predetermined groups, called out orders, then leapt out of the burrow and into the forest. At sun-high, they marched into an old barn and pounced on the cats that resided there, fiercely fighting any enemy. The cries of sorrow and anguish from the barn-cats could be heard a mile away. It was easy for the cats to regonize who was the enemy and who was not, for the attacking cats' pelts were coated with blood. It was an easy fight, and within minutes all the cats, who just a little while ago had been peacefully sunning themselves, lay dead within the hay. The vicious rogues gave out cries of glory, happily enjoying their victory.
They all ignored the brown tom that lay crying on the floor, his tears soaking the hay beneath him. Within his paws lay a small, golden she-cat, who had been his beloved mate and best friend. He didn't realize that he had fought the cats that were once his family, once his only home.
And now they were all dead, and he had helped kill them all.
This was the deepest regret of his life, and he still, every now and then, looks behind his back, thinking that the spirits are coming to haunt him for what he had done.

[demodog]

Username: seals
Cat Name: tbd
Gender:tbd
Rank: tbd
Clan: Forum/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=4902599
Age: 5 years
Prompt:
mark..

[MouseyLavi]

Mark!

[ArithMedic]

Username: ArithMedic
Cat Name: Loam that is Good for Planting
Gender: Tom
Rank: Farmer
Clan: Celestials
Age: 28 constellations
Prompt:

Loam's biggest regret is letting the love of his life walk away.

He was never a confident cat and although he was able to become close friends with his love, he never gathered the courage to confess to her. When she came to him, asking for his help attracting the cat she'd fallen for, he helped her instead of letting her know about his feelings for her. He was too scared that if she knew, she would not want him in her life anymore. And then it was too late. She had created a wonderful life with her love, getting married and having kits on the way. Loam had to resign himself to loneliness, taking what satisfaction he can in the fact that she is happy.
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[Kazin]

Username: Skyweaver
Cat Name: Maplewind
Gender: Male
Rank: Warrior
Clan: https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=4887254&p=142631859#p142631859
Age: 8 years
Prompt:
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winner!

i'd also like to award HMs to crexmii and ArithMedic!