Serpent Sol

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## Resources

**Serpent Sol** is the sixth CCU MAProject and fifth in the timeline. It follows Squirrelflight as she sets out to uncover the cause of the drought, accompanied by a disgruntled Feathertail and a joyful Sol.

## Blurb

*The Clans are suffering from a drought after the lake dries up, so Squirrelflight embarks on a journey to bring back water to the Clan. On her quest, she meets Sol who is playful and naive. They bond over their hardships while Feathertail reluctantly tags along. But tensions rise when they are led to three kits by a colorful figure.*

## Detailed Plot

Squirrelflight tosses a mossball and watches in delight as her two kits, Marigoldkit and Junipierkit, chase it. Squirrelflight's ears perk up when she hears rustling in the bushes, just as she notices snakes sneaking towards her kits, one of them dangerously close to Juniperkit. The snake wraps itself around Juniperkit and strikes down on his neck before Squirrelflight can warn him of the danger.

She screams and stretches her paws at Juniperkit before realizing it was all a nightmare. She hears Ashfur and Feathertail battling over the last spot of water in the region, with Feathertail striking Ashfur in the throat. Squirrelflight lunges at her to defend Ashfur, but before Feathertail can react, the rest of the clan has already rushed to Squirrelflight's rescue and fled.

The shortage of water is noticed by Squirrelflight and the rest of the patrol, and they begin to discuss it. It ended with them traveling to a neighboring cave in the hopes of collecting some to take back home. Squirrelflight takes command, rubbing noses with Brambleclaw before leading the other cats into the tunnels. Their strategy had worked, as they discovered a full lake's worth of water at their disposal, but things turn south when the cave began to collapse in on itself. The rest of the patrol escapes successfully, but Squirrelflight is knocked out by one of the rocks and gets separated from the rest.

She is passing out when she notices a strange cat hovering over her. When she finally regains consciousness and notices the stranger, they both start screaming in terror, with Sol hiding behind a plushie of his snake. This perplexes the she-cat until she realizes that all of her injuries have been healed by him, and that the young cat in front of her has just saved her life. Sol offers to show her a route out of the tunnels, and despite her initial reluctance, she accepts and allows him to show her the way out.

When they arrive at the entrance, she realizes that the lake is still empty and an idea occurs to her. She offers to have Sol join him on her mission, describing what was going on, but is interrupted as Sol is attacked by Feathertail. The gray she-cat begins threatening him before Squirrelflight reveals that they all had a common goal and offers Feathertail a position on the journey, which she accepts gruntingly.

As they go, Squirrelflight begins teaching Sol fundamental survival skills, the most important of which is how to hunt snakes. Feathertail remains in the foreground, merely observing their interactions.

The day after that. While following an empty riverbed, it starts to rain, which Squirrelflight gleefully announces to the rest of the group before witnessing Feathertail conversing with a StarClan cat. The others follow her to an abandoned house, where Squirrelflight begins to cry as she sees three orphaned kittens. She wraps her arms around the three kits and joyfully names them Lionkit, Hollykit, and Jaykit, with Feathertail and Silverstream onlookers. Except for Sol, who looks at the kits with disgust.

The three headed out in the morning to begin their quest. All of them are carrying a kit in their teeth expect for Sol, who is adamant on carrying the plushie with him still. After getting asked for help by Squirrelflight, he drops it to carry Hollykit, leaving the plushie in the house. After stopping, Squirrelflight surveys the area before seeing Sol teaching the kits how to hunt with a live snake. She quickly kills it and shouts at Sol for endangering the kits' lives. He walks away in tears. Feathertail, who had returned from a hunt, who is confused on what was happening.

Squirrelflight finds Sol by a riverbed and asks him what occurred to cause him to respond like that. Sol explains, informing her that his mother was unable to offer the attention he and his brothers required to survive. She begins dropping them at the front doors of houses, saying to Sol, "Be nice to your housefolk, and they'll take care of you." Because I won't." Squirrelflight, upon hearing this, comforts Sol with understanding and the two hug it out.

The three uncover a capsized trajinera and spend the night in it, with Sol attempting to wow her with a captured tarantula. She praises him but is taken off guard as Hollykit and the other kits begin to crave her attention, Sol falls asleep with contempt in his eyes for the kits. And in the next morning, Squirrelflight wakes Sol up as she starts screaming about her kits being missing.

Squirrelflight charges over to Feathertail and accuses her of stealing the kits, which she rejects swiftly. Squirrelflight panics and screams, but is calmed by Sol, who proudly smirks up at the RiverClan she-cat, making Feathertail to glance at him with suspicion. Squirrelflight begins stalking Feathertail to the caves, certain that she was the one who stole them, until she discovers Feathertail fighting Sol after discovering him with them all along.

Squirrelflight charges up and snatches Sol off Feathertail, with the rest of the kits following close behind her. She cries angrily at Sol before storming off without him, prompting Sol to lash out and claw at her tail, earning him a scratch on the cheek as he gets off of her. Squirrelflight catches up with Feathertail before turning around and sees Sol morphing into something horrible and monstrous. As Feathertail begins to ready herself to defend the kits, she becomes increasingly concerned. Sol fully transforms into a massive serpent-like beast, peering down at the other cats with a toothy grin.

Feathertail begs the others to flee while she assaults Sol and distracts the serpent for as long as they need to in order for the others to leave safely. During the battle, Sol throws her into the cave walls and onto the cave ledge, injuring her, but when she notices Sol trying to attack Squirrelflight, she charges up at the stones above his head and knocks it off the ceiling, slamming it onto his head and causing the rest of the cave walls to collapse. Trapping the both of them inside. This causes the rest of the water from the cave to gush out, leaving a distraught Squirrelflight to grieve her friend's death.

Squirrelflight stops to drink from the river on her way home and discovers the same StarClan cat in her reflection, which frightens the ThunderClan she-cat. Squirrelflight jumps back from the water when she notices the same trajinera that they slept in earlier now floating in the river. She gathers the kits and joyously places them on the trajinera as they make a course towards home.

### Post Credits

The rest of the clan rushes to greet them, as they all tearfully cuddle around her and her new kits. Later that night, she is in the nursery with the rest of the kits as the spirits of Feathertail and Silverstream watch on with happiness shining in their eyes. They leave Squrrielflight, as she cuddles up with a happy Hollykit between her paws.

It cuts to it raining as Sol approaches the abandoned house. He takes his plushie before fleeing in rage as he approaches a wall near the nest where the kits were discovered. As he watches, he notices three paintings of stars, each colored in the kit's eyes, appear on the wall. He snarls, hitting the wall and cracking the green one at the bottom before crawling away.

## Trivia

* This is the most extensive MAProject to be entirely dubbed and subbed in Latin American Spanish.
* This MAProject was inspired by México City and Yucatán, México, with cohosts Bolitamurcielago and Cheeteh both aiming for the MAProject to be a suitable depiction for people unfamiliar with the nation.
	+ This is demonstrated through the widlife, flora, and all of the objects/legends of lore being from México itself, as well as Bolitamurcielago's assistance in ensuring that people understand all of these things and more in documentation and designs.
	+ Despite this, the singer that performs the MAP's songs, Kiltro, is from Chile, not México.
* This includes is the second most included songs in a CCU MAProject, with the first one being Serpent and the Stars.
	+ It is also the second longest running MAProject in the CCU.
* There are hints throughout the MAProject that Sol was a hybrid from the start.
	+ His eyes exhibit nictitating membrane when he blinks, his tail shakes like a rattlesnake, he has a forked tongue, and many more characteristics.
* Silverstream was outright forbidden from being completely animated owing to the complexity of her design; yet, numerous animators can be seen animating her in the MAProject.
* This MAProject was not fully scripted per section in the script, but was instead summarized due to the large number of pieces.

## Production History

* Teaser Trailer - June 12, 2022
* MAProject Call - June 15, 2022
* Complete MAProject - August 13, 2022

It took a month and 29 days for the MAP to be complete.

## Gallery

### Thumbnails

Thumbnail for the Complete MAP by mmi\_cool and CheriRumikoThumbnail for the MAP Call by CryptidInTheCloset
### Storyboards/Concept Art

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