Sunclan~The clan of the streams and islands.~Semi-lit.~OPEN!

[careless reality]

Tulipblossom lay lounging across the top of a sun-heated small rock, the patches of bright white fur on her chest and muzzle shone like droplets of water on a leaf. The ground sourriunding her was dappled with patches of sunlight that filtered through the canopy of trees over head. She licked her slender paw then ran it over her ear smoothing down the sleep ruffled fur. She had to blink the sleep out of her bright blue eyes as she stretched out lazily on the rock letting the sun soak into her fur. Is this what being an elder felt like? She wondered to herself as she rested her paw on her white forelegs. She liked the feeling but she loved the feel of shadows on her fur as she stalked a mouse in the undergrowth more. Her ears perked when her name was called along with others from across the camp. She leap up and bound forward to hear what her leader had to say. As soon as he was done explaining she pipped in her input with a simple nod of the head and a yes.

Sleepiness still clung tight to his mind as he headed off to gather some warriors and apprentices for the hunting patrol he had been assigned. He called into the warrior den for Brighteyes and Lightningtooth to meet him at the camp entrance while he went to fetch the spare apprentices who had not been assigned anything with their mentors. He woke the apprentices then met the others before heading off into the dense forest.

A flash. That's all Goldenkit saw as he opened his eyes, only to quickly squeezed them shut again, the bright world developing into peaceful darkness once again. He slide a front paw lazily forward as he stretched, he back arching into the shape of a curved claw as he lay on his side in his shared nest. He opened mouth wide in a yawn, exposing the tiny white weapons that hid in his mouth. He brought his paw to his mouth, licking it slowly before he swiped it over his face a few times. Then finally, he attempting opening his eyes again - this time with more success. A cloud covered the sun for only a second allowing for Goldenkit to get his eyes open and adjust to the lighting in the nursery. He looked around the occupied nursery before he struggled up to his tiny white toed paws, arching his back in a lazy stretch before sitting down to stare at his sleeping siblings still forms. Since when was I the first to wake up? The kit thought proudly to himself as he climbed out of the nest, slinking toward the nursery's entrance to check out the morning activities which he rarely got to witness.

[hotaru.]

Sharpclaw gazed at Eveningstar with jealous eyes. He was always thinking before he says something, and it was always smart. Of course, they didn't want it to look like an invading patrol, but Eveningstar would think more. Waiting, he licked his paw and began to wash over his face. As soon as he was finished, he looked at his paw and
sighed. Always brown mud stuck on his fur. The sunshine made his pelt sparkle again, after he had cleaned it.

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Eveningstar

"Alright, I'll go get the apprentices." Eveningstar said, understanding that sometimes apprentices could be tricky. They would obey her though. "Hawkpaw! Plumpaw! Wake up, we're going on a patrol." Eveningstar said loudly into the apprentice's den, moving aside from the entrance only after he saw the two apprentices jump up and streak toward the entrance to their den. "Alright everyone, let's go." He siad to the entire patrol, ignoring the bits of moss that were still stuck to the two apprentices' pelts, it served them right if they couldn't bother to get up when a warrior called upon them to do so.

Lemonkit

Lemonkit woke shortly after his cousin did, and he did so quietly. He snuck carefully up to Goldenkit, not wanting to be noticed. It wasn't very hard to do, since Goldenkit was watching the camp. He let out a yowl, that actually turned to be more of a loud squeal, and pounced very ungracefully onto his cousin and friend, his tiny claws carefully sheathed to avoid scratching him. He loved to play with his cousins, and with his brother, and now he had convienently woken everyone in the nursery up. But he was having fun so what did it matter.

[hotaru.]

Sharpclaw let out an amused laugh, seeing the apprentices jump up, moss still stuck on their pelts. He knew he shouldn't laugh, but it was funny, anyways. He calmed himself down after that, taking deep gulps of air, then following Eveningstar. It wouldn't be right to be giggling with the leader about apprentices. He should be a warrior, not a silly kit. He put his nose in the air and checked for any cats. "The TreeClan border is stale," he reported, sniffing the border.

[Steamturtle]

Twigsnap got to his paws slowly, uncurling his tail thoughtfully from around his paws. He followed slowly, taking up the rear of the patrol. He felt a twinge of jealousy that his sister was the deputy and not him. He was the better warrior, and never forgot his duties. Dawnfire, however, would forget her tail if it wasn't attached to her. He had tried so hard, and his lifelong dream was to be the deputy, and his sister, the one cat in the clan who was least qualified, rose above him. He sighed frustratedly, keeping his eyes on his paws and his ears alert.

Dawnfire nodded. She gave her brother a concerned look, but he ignored her. He had been different lately, ever since she had become deputy. Sighing, she looked around camp. She realized with a jolt that all warriors were going out, and there wouldn't be anyone to take with her until one of the patrols came back. Twitching her ears nervously, she padded over to the freshkill pile and picked a small fish. She then put it back down, not feeling too hungry, and instead picked up a larger fish and brought it to the nursery. "Hello," she said once she had padded over, setting the fish down.

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((Ah! sorry this has taken so long...))

Lemonkit

Lemonkit stopped his attack on Goldenpaw watched with wide eyes as the deputy walked over to them. Them of all the cats in the clan! A pair of fighting kits! "Hi, Dawnfire!" He said, his voice barely a squeek he was so excited. "How's your prey?" He said, trying to think of what else to say to the deputy. He had so many question about being a warrior, would it be alright to ask her? Or should he wait until he was an apprentice? Afterall, he was just a kit now, he didn't want to sound too eager to be a warrior.

Starflight

Starflight padded out of the nursery just after Dawnfire arrived. She had seen that Goldenkit and Lemonkit had been fighting, but they were kits, it was just something they did. Her thoughts couldn't help but think of how soon it would be until the kits became apprentices, what was it now? Right, only one moon left. They were getting quite big, she was proud of them, they would become strong warriors one day. She sat down next to Dawnfire, wondering if the large fish was meant to be shared or not. "I hope those two weren't bothering you." She said with a smile to her kit and her sister's kit.

Eveningstar

"Sharpclaw, why don't you and Twigsnap go towards the Nightclan border and freshen the markers there." Eveningstar instructed when Sharpclaw said that they were stale. They should be freshly marked, especially if they were to ask for a change to the borders. "The rest of us will wait here, just in case a Treeclan patrol arrives while you are gone." Eveningstar knew that if all of the patrol were to wait, one of them would eventually get bored, and that could lead to hostility when the Treeclan patrol did arrive. She thought that perhaps when Sharpclaw and Twigsnap returned they might do a few practice drills with the apprentices.

[aiu]

((Umm. I think I put Viperpaw as med. cat's apprentice...))

[hotaru.]

Sharpclaw gazed at the sky. Why was the cloud so dull and black, only the faintest light shimmering down into his eyes? Perhaps, StarClan was angry. He snapped back to reality, hearing Eveningstar. He didn't hear the most things she said, but he knew to remark the NightClan borders. They must. His tail swooping from side to side, he padded to the border. He freshened it, then picked up a scent of a rabbit. Why a rabbit? He turned around his head as he heard a rustle in the bush. Why haven't I realized it back then? It's so close now! A little panic left in his heart, he pounced, almost like a kit, but managed to kill it with a clumsy bite. It as so horrible, to kill a rabbit like a stupid apprentice. He was so ashamed of his self. He hoped nobody watched.

[Steamturtle]

"Not at all!" Dawnfire meowed lightly. She looked down at the two tussling kits and smiled. "They're going to be fine warriors," she remarked." She looked down at the fish, and then back at Starflight. "I was just taking this fish for you and Larksong." She twitched her ear in mock frustration before continuing, "It didn't look like the apprentices had before they left. Mouse-brains," she added affectionately, shaking her head.

Twigsnap bounded over to Sharpclaw. "That wasn't exactly the correct way to catch a rabbit," he meowed, but not tauntingly. "But you did catch it, and I guess that's all that matters." He padded over, looking at the rabbit, and then up at Sharpclaw. "Is there something on your mind?" he asked. "You look like you're about ready to jump out of your skin." He sat down, his tail twitching from side to side in curiosity. What could have Sharpclaw so startled?

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((@Rainy- sorry, that's completely my fault. I'll get to changing that right now. Though it would be great if you could have Flowertail teach her swimming still... Since it appears you will be doing a lot of your own thing as the medicine cat apprentice where nobody plays the medicine cat.))

Starflight

"Yea thanks, I think they were going on the border patrol with Eveningstar. You can hardly blame them if they didn't have time." She said good naturedly. They were just apprentices after all. "I'll get Larksong, just a moment." She said, dodging back into the nursery for her sister. After just a moment, Starflight returned, closely followed by Larksong. She sat down and started eating the fish.

Larksong

"Thanks Dawnfire." Larksong said, also starting to eat the fish. She wished she could get out of camp for a while, just to do something. She didn't like how helpless it left her feeling when all of the other warriors were assigned patrols, but both she and her sister had to stay here. "Are you going on patrol today?" She asked Dawnfire, it did seem a bit odd that Dawnfire should be left here at camp while everyone else was out, she was the deputy afterall.