Swallowed by the River {Private}

[saige.]

It carries on for miles, the river. Altering its shape and name as it broadens and narrows respectively in a given area, but nevertheless remains connected throughout its journey through the boundless beauty of the forest that incases it. Creatures and species of all kinds reside in here, ranging from the small timid mouse to the mighty grizzly bear. From within, homeostasis is well balanced and the cycle of nature and life continues as it shall. Though they seem a bit out of place, there is a particular group inside the forest, a band of cats who call themselves StreamClan. As their history goes, their original name was RiverClan, named after the first leader Riverstar. For more moons and seasons than they can count, that had always been their name, until someone new came to power. Streamstar, a she-cat with a god-like complex believed that the Clan should be named after herself, as she was a descendent of Riverstar and feels she deserves that type of authority. Though there was much debate and bickering, in the end it ended in bloodshed and Streamstar got her wish. The newly named StreamClan still retains that name to this day, even with Streamstar gone. All fear to change it back to the original, for the potential of her spirit returning and haunting them is too great of a risk, even with StarClan at their side.

[saige.]

. || Leader || .
Crowstar. 47

. [ Warriors ] .
Tornadoflight. 38
Burnpelt. 36
Brooknight. 26
Morninghawk. 15

. | Deputy | .
Sandfern. 40

. : Medicine Cats : .
Stormscatter. 56
Risingpaw. 14

. - Apprentices - .
Chilledpaw. 10
Adderpaw. 8
Jaypaw. 8

, ; Queens/Kits ; ,
Drizzlecloud. 30
-Expecting

, / Elders / ,
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" : Outsiders : "
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Prey;
Fish; Shrews; Lizards; Water Voles

Predators;
Badgers; Snakes; Wolves; Deer; Floods

Season;
New-leaf

Weather;
Partly cloudy, mild temperature, chance of rain in the coming days

[saige.]

. Kinship .
Tornado | Rising [u/n]
Drizzle | Chilled [m/k]
Jay | Adder [b/b]

| Mentorship |
Storm : Rising
Sand : Chilled
Brook : Jay
Tornado : Adder

, Relationship ,
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[Lil'Tiger]

.: Sandfern :.

The bushes that led into StreamClan's camp rustled, and a beige colored tabby appeared from their leafy bodies. The deputy, Sandfern, carried two mice by their tails towards the fresh kill pile before gazing up at the sunrise. It's milky creamish, pinkish colors were bright, meaning the day would be another sunny one. Sandfern had only been the deputy for about ten moons or so, but she was proud of herself for her accomplishment. Crowstar was a bit older than her, so he obviously still had most of his lives left.Time to organize patrols, the green eyed she-cat thought. She looked inside all of the dens, and noticed the small amount of cats overall in the clan. There was only one queen, and she had no idea how many kits the gray queen was expecting.

[saige.]

10 | male | apprentice | mentored by Sandfern
℃ h i l l e d p a w
Why bother with sugarcoating the truth? It only makes the ache more painful.

T a g s; Sandfern
❝Show me how it end it's alright
Show me how defenseless you really are
Satisfy an empty inside
That's alright, let's give this another try

If you find your family, don't you cry
In this land of make-believe, dead and dry❞

Dawn had already risen over the river-dependent land and coated the innumerable shades of forest colors in a warm golden glow, although pale in comparison to how the earth looked when bathed in the light of the afternoon sun. The beauty of nature, however, mattered not to one, although old enough to know of its meaning it was swiftly disregarded, thus he failed to truly grasp the concept of appreciating the land he lived in. But he was still young, only ten moons after all. Approximately the same amount of time the deputy, who also happened to be his mentor, had been in power. Bothering to remember the she-cat existed, the Tom with the pelt as white as frost emerged from his perch on a covered ledge and slowly moved towards the sand-pelted she-cat. Taking his time with each step, covering up his slow and unenthusiastic pace with a simple excuse of stretching, he finally had no choice but to be by her side. "I see you're examining our numbers again. We are indeed considerably small if you consider how large we used to be before the change." Chilledpaw stopped speaking for a moment to take in his surroundings, eyes falling upon the nursery with a glare of dislike and disgust, "But it matters not, am I right? We'll be having some new arrivals within the next sunrise or so," he mewed drawly, clearly uninterested in the affairs of his heavily pregnant mother. He didn't care for her pregnancy, nor did he really care for her or her kits. Why bother considering them kin? They didn't share a father, only a mother who was desperate to have a Tom at her side, which in anyone's eyes is a poor excuse for a she-cat.

"I beg your pardon, Sandfern, but you seem to be thinking. Is it about the patrols? Allow me to join you, after all, only a few more moons until you're free of me as an Apprentice. Anyone in particular you'd like me to fetch? I have no problem telling those fat mice to get up and get a move on like they should've when the sun first rose."

{I changed Chilledpaw's mentor obviously to Sandfern since I thought it would be more interesting x3 Hope you're okay with that}

[Lil'Tiger]

.: Sandfeather :.

"Yes, but those arrivals won't be mentored for another six moons," Sandfern finally turned her head towards Chilledpaw before responding, "Yes, I was thinking about the patrols. The first cat up will lead the hunting patrol. Since I just went out for an early hunt I'll do a border patrol. Would you like to join me, or join the hunting patrol?"

The clan's size was still bothering her, however. Would she have to resort to having her own kits? Sandfern wanted kits, yes, but she wanted to be deputy for awhile before baring a possible deputy. And besides, what tom was meant for her? The pale tan tabby smiled at her apprentice, then bounded off towards the highrock to assign patrols.

[saige.]

10 | male | apprentice | mentored by Sandfern
℃ h i l l e d p a w
Why bother with sugarcoating the truth? It only makes the ache more painful.

T a g s; Sandfern
❝Show me how it end it's alright
Show me how defenseless you really are
Satisfy an empty inside
That's alright, let's give this another try

If you find your family, don't you cry
In this land of make-believe, dead and dry❞

His eyes narrowed to slits as they shifted to the nursery for a final time. Six moons may be a long while for her, but to me it seems far to quickly. Even the thought of them being born within a day's time is far too brisk for my liking. If only two moons lasted longer. Chilledpaw sighed with vexation and followed his mentor with frosted eyes. It was out of the question of what his answer in reply to his mentor's would be, but she already made a hop, skip, and a jump away towards the HighRock, a sacred place within a Clan where not only the leader slept beneath the stone, but also where meetings were held, usually be the leader himself but in rare cases did the Deputy or even the Medicine Cat gain the opportunity to speak out to the rest of the Clan. From tale's past, the HighRock was said to even have been used to hold many ceremonies of execution during Streamstar's bloody reign.

But let the past lie in the past where it belongs and head onwards towards the future, why dwell on old mistakes that shan't be repeated. While lost in thought, however, Chilledpaw seemed to forget himself and regained his thoughts with a shake of his head before heading off to meet up with Sandfern once more. "I shall join you on a border patrol, Sandfern. After all, it makes sense for an Apprentice to be with his mentor, does it not?" He rose a brow in her direction for a moment before he witnessed shadows moving within the depths of the dens. More cats were waking up now, so filling up the border patrol and the Hunting patrol would be a cinch.

{So sorry for a late response ;u; I've been busy}

[Lil'Tiger]

.: Sandfern :.

"It makes plenty of sense," she meowed from the high rock, "but you don't always have to be with me." Sandfern just left her statement at that, but to let him be in a bit of control she pointed her sandy tipped tail to the spot next to her. She was signaling him to come sit next to her to help assign patrols. "Would you like to help organize the patrols with me?" Chilledpaw showed good promise to become deputy one day, so he might as well get a little bit of practice. However, his behavior concerning his mother was a bit...off. Sure, Sandfern agreeded that she was tom dependant, but he didn't need to act rude towards her.

[saige.]

10 | male | apprentice | mentored by Sandfern
℃ h i l l e d p a w
Why bother with sugarcoating the truth? It only makes the ache more painful.

T a g s; Sandfern
❝Show me how it end it's alright
Show me how defenseless you really are
Satisfy an empty inside
That's alright, let's give this another try

If you find your family, don't you cry
In this land of make-believe, dead and dry❞

Chilledpaw gave a curt nod to the she-cat and settled himself beside her. Quietly he was going over yesterday's patrols in his mind, reminding himself who had done which patrol and who had preformed a midnight run and wouldn't be waking so early this morning. "Tornadoflight won't be waking up at dawn today because he was sent on a midnight patrol last night and arrived early this morning, but I can't recall who was with him at the time. I suggest we pick up another Warrior for our patrol and send a pair of cats who are mentor and Apprentice for the hunt. Can't send everyone out, after all." He reminded himself to make sure it was alright with Sandfern before he decided to spit out orders and fetch who was going to be sent out this morning. Quickly he shot his icy irises in the tabby's direction, "Right, Sandfern?" Just stay civil, try not to bite each other's tails off this early in the morning.

[Lil'Tiger]

.: Sandfern :.

"Correct," the pale ginger tabby purred, "Tornadoflight can join the afternoon patrol." She surveyed the apprentices' den, then the warriors' den. "Brooknight and Jaypaw would be a good choice. I know you have good judgement, Chilledpaw. Is this a decent sized patrol or no?" Four was a small number, but for a border patrol more than four wasn't really needed. Her head flipped over to look inside Crowstar's den, but due to her being upside down everything looked weird. Sandfern brought her head slowly back up and looked back at her apprentice with green eyes. "Who should we select for the hunting patrol? Not many cats are up now."