Alpinesnow

*❝Even so, I wouldn't recommend going around and responding with 'I just like someone else,' to every cat who confesses to you.❞* - Alpinesnow teasing Spicedark

Template:Template based on @-Eirene-'s because it was awesome and provided a lot of information

## Physical Description

Alpinesnow is a dull brown tabby with a darker brown base with spots and freckles of white and black. She has very long and thick fur, rivaling the length of Blazing's and has heterochromia, a perfect copy of Blazing's amber and Raven's blue. Alpinesnow’s build is on the smaller and bulkier side, but due to her thick fur she seems average. Her pelt surprisingly doesn’t get tangled too often, which is strange because she has very thick fur. It does spike upwards around her tail, chest, and neck though. Alpinesnow’s hind legs are stronger than her front, because of this if you manage to somehow get kicked, it’s probably going to hurt. Her ears are pretty large for a kit which is great for hearing things easier, but isn’t too amazing when you’re trying to sleep and can’t block out the noise. When she sleeps she usually covers her ears with her paws, this will become a habit of hers so that she can get rest quicker. Alpinesnow has large, very fluffy, ear tufts on the top of each of her ears that don’t really benefit her in any way, they just sit there. She has average sized, lemon-shaped eyes and big paws. Because of her big paws and bulky size, she can be clumsy on her feet and or not the best at catching fish, though she’ll learn tricks to make it easier throughout her life. Alpinesnow has a very fluffy, large tail with thick fur, like her pelt. This actually rivals her clumsy-ness and helps with her balance. Her teeth are a bit sharper than a normal cat’s, because of this if she accidentally bites her tongue or lip on occasion it’ll probably hurt a bit more. Her claws are long and hooked in a backwards position.

## Personality

Alpinesnow is socially awkward and short-tempered, with a tendency to allow others' words to shape a low self-image of herself. She occasionally puts on a hard, cold-hearted exterior to disguise the sensitive and insecure molly underneath, though this is fairly unconvincing due to her inclination to fluster easily. Alpinesnow is also bossy, with little to no patience and a desire to be in control of every situation. Being a rather stubborn cat, she will hold her ground against anyone who disagrees with her and is slow to change her opinion of others. Alpinesnow often trusts her intuitiveness above all else and is hesitant to show vulnerability. Aside from that, Alpinesnow is extroverted and refuses to take the place of a bystander, displaying a strong moral compass. She is a warm-hearted and thoughtful feline who would make a good listener. Alpinesnow is quite tolerant and compassionate as well, having matured greatly from her initially whiny and temperamental self.

( written by @-eveninq )

MBTI ➳ ENFJ

Alignment ➳ Chaotic Neutral

Dere ➳ A Tsundere, though she doesn't seem so unless you manage to fluster her.

Enneagram ➳ The Individualist

Temperament ➳ Choleric

Zodiac ➳ Pieces

## Skills and Weaknesses

### **☼~ Skills ~☼**

* **Intuition**

Alpinesnow is a very intuitive cat, as her zodiac sign suggests. She can gather up a conclusion without almost any background information, and fast. Because of this she enjoys solving little made up mysteries and solving them as fast as she can. This also, along with her sense of smell, can really benefit her tracking skills, especially if she knows a cat well enough that she can predict their movements.

* **Back Legs**

Alpinesnow's hind legs are stronger and much bulkier than her front, because of this if you manage to somehow get kicked, it’s probably going to hurt. This can help with fighting and kicking opponents off of her or another warrior.

* **Ears**

Alpinesnow's ears are pretty large, which is great for hearing things easier, but isn’t too amazing when you’re trying to sleep and can’t block out the noise. When she sleeps she usually covers her ears with her paws, this will become a habit of hers so that she can get rest easier and quicker.

* **Teeth & Claws**

Alpinesnow's teeth are a bit sharper than a normal cat’s, because of this if she accidentally bites her tongue or lip on occasion it’ll probably hurt a bit more. But, on the other hand, they benefit her fighting style.

Her claws are long and hooked in a backwards position which can also help with fighting, but they can hurt her so every now and then she has to dull them on something.

### **☼~ Weaknesses ~☼**

* **Big Paws, Clumsiness & Bulky Size**

Because of her big paws and bulky size, she can be clumsy on her feet and pretty bad at hunting, though she’ll learn tricks to make it easier throughout her life.

* **Self-Consciousness**

Alpinesnow, despite her fiery and 'not caring' personality, is actually very self-consciousness on the inside. Because of this if you insult her and she acts like she doesn't care, it's a lie and it probably hurt her a lot. She always tries to fit in and when she seems odd or different, she gets super nervous.

* **Tsundere & Kitikudere-ness**

Because Alpinesnow is a mix between a Tsundere & a Kitikudere, she can unintentionally hurt cats she loves in order to hide her love for them.

## Life

### **☼~ Kithood ~☼**

* **Sum Up**

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* **Rp Comment Chains**

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

A spotted brown tabby she-kit was drifting into sleep on her and her littermate, Lostkit's, nest. Her large tail draped over her paws, burying them beneath her fur. Alpinekit was only born recently so her fur hadn't yet fully grown in, for now it was only a short, thin coat. If anything, her tail was the fluffiest part of her body, so she used it almost like a blanket. The she-kit still hadn't gotten used to the cold air, so she usually relied on her mother's warmth, but this time she couldn't find her mother due to not being able to see. Alpinekit finally completely fell asleep, she even started to lightly snore. Sadly, it didn't last long. Her ears picked up a loud tapping noise and she jolted awake with a small mew. The kit continued to mew, wanting to know what the noise was. Alpinekit couldn't yet walk so all she could really do was cry until someone came to the rescue.

Spicekit was the source of the tapping noise. With his newly open eyes, his lay at the edge of his nest, repeatedly tapping his paw on the ground. Even though he couldn’t really understand what he was doing, it made him giggle a bit, and he found it more interesting than just napping. The small kit glanced around, picking up the shape of a kit nearby with his blurry vision.

Alpinekit, only knowing three emotions so far; happiness, anger, and sadness, cried louder and louder until she hit the loudest note she could. This was /apparently/ her being angry, but sadness and anger were very hard to tell apart since she was only a newborn. The dull brown she-kit eventually stopped crying because her throat started to burn, and instead mimicked the tap. She smacked her paw on the floor but quickly recoiled backwards. She had never really experienced pain yet, so she didn't exactly know what to do.

Spicekit glanced over at the kit that had mimicked his tabby with a confused expression. What was the brown blob doing? Due to the fact that his vision was not great, he didn’t realize that Alpinekit was a kit like him, instead assuming that they were a blob. “Mrrowr?” Spicey called curiously, wondering if he would get an answer from the mystery kit-like animal.

Alpinekit put her tapping on pause when she heard Spicekit's meow. She waited a few moments before mewing back to him and waiting for a response. Her ears flicked back and forth as she wondered who is producing such funny noises.

Spicekit, who didn’t have great hearing, looked at Alpinekit with a funny expression. “Mew!” the chimera kitten repeated, his tail swaying back and forth gently.

Alpinekit, not being able to see him, came to the conclusion that noisy over here was a kit. A smile grew on her face, she was clearly entertained. "Mew!" Alpinekit chirped while at the same time quickly drumming her paws on the floor of the nursery. Surely the other kit wasn't as talented as her and couldn't do both at the same time! Alpinekit was sure that only she had that talent.

Spicekit, looking rather confused, decided that the best reaction would be to imitate the other kit. “Meow!” Spicey exclaimed, batting the ground in an almost random pattern. It didn’t look as nice as Alpinekit’s did, but it was better than failing altogether. After all, Spicekit was /way/ older!

Alpinekit let out a gasp, he could do it too?! Oh no! She couldn't lose to whoever this kit was! She was determined to beat him. The tabby she-kit thought for a few moments and then an idea popped into her head. She attempted to tap the ground with her front and back paws while meowing, but it was way too hard and she ended up messing it all up. Alpinekit still didn't give up though, there was no possible way that Spicekit could do it! That's just impossible! If she couldn't do it then nobody could!

Roleplay with Sparrowpaw ( @Dogpaw111 )

Sparrowpaw was laying down near the nursery. She was an apprentice now, but she was bored. She thought apprentices didn't get bored! She decided to poke her head into the nursery.

A small brown tabby was laying on her back, stomach in the air as she batted whatever was above her. Recently anything amused Alpinekit, whether it be a strange noise or even just the cold feeling of air. Really the only thing Alpinekit could rely on was her hearing, otherwise she was helpless, so when she heard a noise at the entrance of the nursery she let out a squeal.

She was caught off-guard by the sudden noise. She soon noticed Alpinekit, and shuffled a little closer, hoping that she wouldn't disturb any of the other kits. "Hello?" she murmured, wondering if the kit would react or just sit there.

Alpinekit tilted her head at the strange word and replied with another squeak. Her tail wagged back and forth, almost like a dog. The she-kit quickly rolled over back onto her belly and giggled. She didn't exactly know what she was talking to because of not being able to see yet, but Alpinekit /tried/ to move towards where the sound came from.

Sparrowkit purred and sat down to get a closer look at the kit. Was she herself once like this? Inevitably, but she didn't like to think about the fact that she was once a helpless little kitten relying on her mother for everything.

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

A small brown tabby she-kit was lying peacefully, for once. A ray of sunlight seeped through the entrance of the den and onto the floor, the spot Alpinekit was sleeping in to be specific. From a far she looked just like a bundle of brown fur sitting in the sunlight. Her small tail swayed back and forth calmly as the light slightly warmed up her body. Even though she wasn't a lot warmer, it felt nice.

Spicekit lay in the nursery, taking a small break from his attempts at walking. His vision had fully cleared in the past couple days, so he now spent time looking around the now sharply focused nursery. Noticing a kit nearby, and assuming that /everyone/ wanted to play with him, which of course, was correct, the chimera tom-kit stood up shakily, and began to slowly approach.

Alpinekit's large ears woke her up once again, she really was starting to grow to hate them. She lifted her head hazily and turned towards the direction her ears were pointing in, which was where Spicekit was. She hadn't yet developed a strong sense of smell, but she felt like she had a little control over her eyelids. In a few days she would probably be able to see, vaguely at least.

Spicekit, noticing that the kit’s head had turned to face him, grinned. He began to wobble over with more effort, though he fell over onto his side a few feet from Alpinekit’s nest. Grumbling with annoyance, the small kit picked himself upright again, and continued to walk.

Alpinekit, feeling the rumble when Spicekit fell over, jumped upwards in fear. She wasn't expecting that! What was that anyway? The tabby kit had no idea what happened, so she curiously pushed her paw forwards, feeling the ground. Alpinekit let out a curious mew when she felt the hard floor. Now what was this?

Spicekit’s eyes widened when the younger kit jumped. Was she alright? “Meww?” he asked, continuing his journey over. The chimera kitten had gotten used to the floor already, but remembered a time when he didn’t, so he paid no attention to Alpinekit’s meow.

Since Alpinekit wasn't able to interpret speech or even sounds for that matter, she didn't know what he was trying to say. The tabby she-kit titled her head to the side, as if to ask 'What?'.

Spicekit, noticing Alpinekit’s confusion, giggled a bit, sitting down on the edge of the nest, and began to absentmindedly poke at the moss and reeds.

Roleplay with Mintkit ( @Lavender\_Milk )

A female tabby kit was tumbling around on her and her littermate's nest. She continued to roll, onto her stomach, onto her back, onto her stomach, you get the drill. Suddenly, Alpinekit accidentally tripped into another unfamiliar nest. She looked upwards and got a feeling that something was right in front of her. Moss was all over her head, probably from rolling around in the nests, as she let out a sharp mew.

Mintkit was perched in their family's nest observing the kit with wide curious eyes. They let out a chortle of confusion.

Alpinekit, wanting to know what was in front of her, swatted at their paws. When she realized it was another kit she calmed down and wobbly sat upwards. The tabby kit couldn't yet walk, talk, or see, but she could finally sit up. At least for a bit.

Mintkit leaned forward and sniffed Alpinekit's nose. Huh, kitscent lingered on her.

The tabby she-cat ears angled around, trying to 'hear' where the other kit was, since that was the only sense she could rely on.

Mintkit let out a quiet chortle, what a strange kit!

Roleplay with Lostkit ( @SarcoIine )

✧ Nursery, Afternoon, Sunny ✧.·:·. Lostkit was staring out at the rest of the nursery from his nest. His eyes were now kitten blue, and his ears were starting to unfold. The young tom had gotten used to the ringing, and now it was only slightly bothering him. He was far more interested in what was around him, since he could now completely see.

A small tabby she-kit was sunbathing while laying on her stomach. She was sprawled out on the ground towards the entrance of the den, eyes closed. Alpinekit was faintly able to see, she had full control over her eyelids but didn't like opening them. The bright world was too... sudden... and well, bright for her. The tabby kit much preferred the relaxation of the dark. She couldn't yet talk or walk, but could crawl a bit better.

He looked at his sister, his paws resting on the edge of the nest, and he accidentally leaned too far forward. With a tumble, the kit did a flip out of the nest, landing on his back. That had been the first time that he had ever left the nest and had ever gotten hurt. He didn't like it one bit. Was the rest of the world like this? Painful and sudden? He hoped that it wasn't. The kit started to cry, flailing his paws in the air.

Alpinekit, hearing the thud, jumped upwards onto her paws, but due to not being able to walk just yet, she crumbled back down onto the floor. The dull tabby waddled over to her brother, wincing at the crying mews he made. Was she that loud when she cried? She let out a meow, wondering if her brother was okay.

Lostkit stoped flailing his paws when he saw his sister, and his crying lessened into sniffling. He desperately tried flipping over, but he soon realized it was a lot harder to do out of the nest. It was like watching a turtle that was on its back. Eventually, after a few tries, he got it. Rolling over, the kit became dizzy, but he was up.

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

Alpinekit's wide yellow and blue eyes jolted from one side of the nursery to the other. She could now 100% see and the light didn't hurt or bother her eyes anymore! The tabby she-kit was also starting to develop her sassy personality, which wasn't the best thing. The only things left for her to master was talking and walking. Sadly she hadn't really been around any older cats who might be able to help her learn.

Spicekit walked around the nursery with a proud grin, head held high. He had mastered walking after a couple weeks of practicing, so now he was taking advantage of his abilities. Noticing Alpinekit, Spicekit grinned. Maybe his friend would want to be showed how he walked! The little kit trotted over with his newly confident walk, glad that there were other kits awake. “Pinekih!” the kitten squeaked happily. He had only heard Alpinekit’s name a few times, sohe automatically assumed it was Pinekit, though he wasn’t great at saying it.

Pinekih? What was that? Alpinekit blinked her big eyes and, of course, tried to copy him. She opened her mouth, trying to say the same strange noises, but instead only a squeak came out. Upset that she couldn't copy him, Alpinekit puffed her lower lip out as if to sulk. How did he do that?! She was determined to beat him, but how? She didn't know how to make those sounds! Alpinekit thought for a few moments but couldn't come up with a solution.

Spicekit, looking at Alpinekit’s annoyed expression, tilted his head to the side. Was Alpinekit mad? Spicekit didn’t like mad one bit. The small kitten’s short tail swayed back and forth as he pondered this. He didn’t /want/ Alpinekit to be mad, but he was winning, so he wanted to stay ahead. “Pinekih?” he asked again, sitting down immediately afterwards.

Alpinekit was focused on speaking, you could tell by her straight and serious face. The brown she-kit opened her mouth once more and took a deep breath. "Puhuh." She meowed loudly. She was way off but Alpinekit was still proud of herself. She let out a few happy mews and smiled. "Puhuh!" She repeated a few times, getting used to the word.

The little kitten tilted his his in a mild confusion, his blueish eyes widening in shock. What was Alpinekit trying to say? Spicekit just couldn’t figure it out. Was the other kit trying to Spicey? That had to be it. After a few seconds, Spicekit shook his head wildly. That wasn’t how you say Spicekit! “Spikey!” he instructed, sitting down with a slightly mean expression. Of course, he wasn’t actually mad, or being rude on purpose.

Alpinekit curiously tilted her head to the side. Another strange word? She tried to repeat what Spicekit said but ended up messing up again. "Piecee?" The kit tried her hardest to copy the noises. Alpinekit knew that Spicey was Spicekit's name so she pointed to him as she meowed the word. The tabby then smiled, waiting to see if she said it right.

Hearing his name, Spicekit gave the kit a wide grin. “Name!” the chimera tom agreed happily, his short and rather fluffy tail wagging back and forth as he spoke. Spicekit often did that, and it made him look a little like a dog, though he didn’t know what that was. “Pinekih!” he added with a cheerful, though not very accurate meow.

Roleplay with Martenpaw ( @sxnny- )

Early Morning - Foggy || Martenpaw was laying on a rock in the foggy clearing, his brown tail swishing gently back and forth. The cool feeling of the fog brushed his pelt as he listened to the early morning song of the birds. This was the most at peace the apprentice had felt in a while- it felt... calm- but the green-eyed tom spotted a silhouette of a clanmate moving towards him.

Alpinekit's face was sticking right out of the nursery entrance. She was clearly enjoying herself as she closed her eyes. The wind ruffled her back and forth, she liked the fresh air! It was... well... fresh! The tabby kit opened her yellow and blue eyes and glanced over at Martenpaw.

Mar pricked his ears, looking in Alpinekit's direction- it took him a moment to make out her shape against the fog. "O-oh, hello little kit!" he purred, leaping down from his spot on the rock. "You're up pretty early. You must be one of Blazingwing's kits... Alpinekit, right?" he grinned. "M-my name's Martenpaw- I'm the medicine cat apprentice!"

Alpinekit tilted her head sideways, what was this cat saying? Recently she had learned how to say her name, well not really but still. "Puhuh." She let out a muffled meow as she continued to stare at Martenpaw. Her tail flicked back and forth happily when the cat mentioned Blazingwing's name. That was her dad!

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

On a bright, sunny greenleaf day, a kitten that went by the name of Spicekit wandered around inside. After being caught escaping the den by Puddlecloud, he had decided he’d stay inside the den until he was old enough to actually leave it. That just meant- a week. Spicekit could last a week, right? The red and black chimera tom-kit sighed in a rather annoyed manner, sitting down near the wall of the nursery, towards the back. All of his littermates were doing something else, without the little kit. Because of this, Spicekit was very bored. His short tail flicked back and forth as he sat, adding to his slightly impatient look. On week, and counting.

A dull brown tabby was prodding around in a small circle. Recently she had learned how to walk, but she still had a little getting used to. Alpinekit wobbled a few times, almost tripping and falling to the ground, but otherwise she was doing fine. When the she-cat spotted her rival, her eyes lit up and she did her best to walk over to him. "He oh! ( Translation: Hello )" She greeted him, showing off her talking skills even though they weren't the greatest.

Seeing Alpinekit, Spicekit grinned a wide grin. His friend was here! He wasn’t lonely anymore. Sadly enough, for Alpinekit that is, he was a fluent talker at this point. Spicekit fluffed out his fur proudly, preparing for his big show. “Hi!” he answered in a happy,a new rather proud tone. The kit jumped to his feet in a oddly nimble way, mostly to show off to Alpinekit what a great walker he was. “I’m a great walker now!” he boasted, a grin still very wide on his face.

Alpinekit, taken aback, gaped with wide eyes. That wasn't fair! He could do both!! And so well too! "Nat fir! ( Translation: Not fair! )." The she-cat pouted. He must have cheated! That was the only explanation! But how? The tabby was lost in her thoughts for a few moments before returning to reality. Her tail swished back and forth as she tried to come up with something she could do better than him. Alpinekit quickly crouched down before pushing herself upward, in an attempt to jump. She then landed awkwardly on her paws before tripping to the ground from the overload of pressure put onto her legs.

Spicekit, who furrowed his brow in annoyance, shook his head wildly. “Yes fair!” he protested, sitting down once again with a huff. Alpinekit was nice, but it was too fair! Spicekit was a whole week and a half older than her, which in fact, made it completely fair. A week and a half was a long time for the little kit, being an eighth of his life. Seeing Alpinekit fall over, Spicekit began to look more upset, and less made. “Pinekit?” he called out, wondering if his friend was alright. He could be friends with Alpinekit, and still want to win! It worked! Plus, Spicekit was certain he’d win.

"Yeh I ohay. ( Translation: Yeah I'm okay )" Alpinekit meowed, shocked at her fall for a few moments before recovering. She brushed the dust off her head with her fluffy tail. Her fur, now grown in a bit more, was long and thick so the dirt just ended up sticking to her tail fur. Frustrated, the tabby swung her tail around, trying to shake off the dust. Alpinekit ended up swatting herself in the face while shaking it around. She let out a muffled mew before spitting the fur out of her mouth.

Glad that Alpinekit was alright, Spicekit grinned, jumping to his paws a final time. “Race?” he asked with a determined tone, almost certain he’d win. After all, he was so much older than Alpinekit! But still, Alpinekit was nice- but not nice enough where Spicekit would let her win. Winning was for Spicekit!

"Oh hay! ( Translation: Okay! )" The tabby smiled, this time she was going to win no matter what!! She needed to beat Spicekit or he would be more than a few points ahead of her! Alpinekit stretched her leg backwards, getting in a position that would throw her forwards when she took the first step. This time she was ready and very determined.

Spicekit, who was overly confident at this point, hunching in a small ball. “I’m gonna win!” Spicekit boasted happily, a grin still wide on his face. Without warning, the chimera kitten called out a loud, “Go!” With that, he began to run as fast as he could forwards, hoping the surprise start would give him an advantage.

Alpinekit, expecting him to do this, bolted as well. The slight breeze ruffled her fur all in her face, blocking her vision, but she continued to run. Maybe if she had longer legs she would be faster, but she had to deal with what she had. Whenever the tabby ran she felt stabler then when she walked. Running was different, you had to be light on your paws, and since you were going fast, you didn't have to worry about the pressure overwhelming you and knocking you down.

The small kitten loud out an annoyed, and rather alarmed squeak. Alpinekit was gaining on him! That was not okay! Spicekit continued to run, though he slowed down a bit, mostly due to having terrible stamina. Spicekit wasn’t a good runner in the slightest, but he was certain he’d win the competition.

Roleplay with Sagepaw ( @ijustwanapostart )

Alpinekit waddled around the nursery before paused at the entrance. She hadn't been fully outside yet so she naturally felt curious. The dull tabby she-cat quickly twirled her head around, making sure everybody was asleep or away before trotting outside. Her eyes widened at the large and bustling camp and her mouth gaped open. Surely the kit was allowed outside, right? I mean she could talk and walk! Alpinekit shrugged away the thoughts, of course it was fine!

Sagepaw was laying just outside, tired after his night in the Dark Forest. The small tom pulled his head up at the wobbly patter of a kit passing. He never really slept well, as he relied too heavily on his ears to sleep. His ears were always very sensitive, asleep or awake. "Are you supposed to be leaving the nursery?" Sagepaw yawned.

Alpinekit stared at the yellow tom with two, large, different colored eyes. The she-kit was actually pretty good at talking so far, at least that's what she thought. "Yeaph! Pinekit gaahrding nursery! ( Translation: Yeah/Yep! Alpinekit is guarding the nursery!)" The tabby meowed proudly, puffing out her chest. "You downt haff to wohie! ( Translation: You don't have to worry! )." Alpinekit looked up at him nervously, hoping he wouldn't force her to go back into the stuffy den.

The tom gave an amused smile. "Are you so sure?" He gave a long stretch, his paws reaching out far in front of him. Returning to his relaxed position, he responded. "Why don't you show me?"

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

**Still Ongoing**

Roleplay with Waspsnow ( @-Cosmic\_Star- )

A brown bundle of sass was waddling around outside the nursery with her head high in the air. The kit was clearly in the middle of playing a game because she was giggling as she 'patrolled' around. Alpinekit's ears twitched when she picked up the noise of paws and she span around to see who it was. "Intruder!" She then poofed out her fur, which made her look like a chubby puffball.

A lion! Or something close to it. Waspsnow! She came in and repeated “in-trio-Dee”

Alpinekit, not expecting to see the huge lion-like cat, paused for a few moments before continuing her act. "Charge warriors of RiverClan!!" The tabby shouted before stopping to think again. "O-oh, and apprentices, you charge too!" She meowed, a little quieter than the first time. Alpinekit waved her tail forward as if to instruct her invisible clan to attack.

“I-WHERE?!” She screamed. The cat was incredibly paranoid, since her loss ing memory and began to sniff, “don’t hurt me!”

The dull tabby, now visibly confused, lowered her tail and opened her mouth to speak. "Hurt you...?" Alpinekit tilted her head to the side as she questioned the diluted yellow she-cat. She then smiled playfully, thinking that Waspsnow was playing along with her act. "Wait stop clan!" She commanded before turning back to Waspsnow. "Why should we not? You have trespassed on RiverClan territory!"

“I-I’m sorry- I-I-I-I-am-r-r-riverclan.” tears formed in her eyes, and she shut them, before they exploded down her face

Alpinekit now realized that Waspsnow was not actually acting. The kit frowned and scrunched down her eyebrows in confusion. "Is you okay?" She asked, feeling guilty that she didn't realize Waspsnow wasn't acting earlier than she had.

“DONTHURTMEEE-“ she was talking wieirdly, and seemed scared

"I won't!" Alpinekit promised with a nervous smile. "I don't know how to fight so I can't hurt!" The tabby added quickly.

“HALP!”

Worried that she'd get in trouble for scaring a warrior, Alpinekit frenzily looked around. "I'm tiny! I can't hurt!" She insisted, panic growing in her voice.

“DARKFOREST’S DEVIL!”

Alpinekit blinked, she hadn't yet learned about the Dark Forest so the kit had no idea what Waspsnow was rambling on about.

Forgetting this was a child, she swore loudly, and backed away

The tabby kit again didn't understand what Waspsnow was talking about. "Whatzat mean?"

“Oh-oh-it’s (yes I’m doing this)? Right? I’m not surel"

Alpinekit, not knowing this word was a curse, decided that she would say it very loudly.

“ACK!” She forgot of it was a bad word or not?? She waited

She also waited, copying Waspsnow's silence.

“So that again.”

Alpinekit realized that she hadn't asked this cat what her name was. "I Pinekit! What is your name?" The tabby questioned.

“W-W-W-Waspsnow. Snow-sbowwasp”

"Wa wa wa waspsnow??" Alpinekit asked, confused on why there were so many 'wa's.

“Wasp. Snow.”

"Hello Wahpsnow!" She meowed, hoping she got it right this time.

“No”

Alpinekit stuck out her lip as if she was going to cry. Why was this cat being mean?

“Waspsnow.”

"Wasfpsnow?"

“NOI!”

Alpinekit let out a few sniffles before starting to cry. Waspsnow was mean!

Roleplay with Chestnutheart ( @PinkKitty1010 )

Chestnutheart sat sitting outside the warrior den, bored. Not much had happened, she had hunted and ate and now was left with nothing to do. She listened and waited to see if a cat she knew was nearby. Her ears twiched so she could hear what was going on around her better.

A small, chubby kitten was padding in the cat's direction. The kit then lifted a paw and pointed at Chestnutheart. "You over ther-" Alpinekit was cut off as she lost balance and fell onto the ground. Her paws were sprawled out around her and she lifted her head. "I meant to say, 'you over there!'" She repeated, making sure the cat had heard her.

The blind she turned in the direction of Alpinekit. She was slightly confused at whatever this kit was doing, it sounded like they had fallen over. "Yes?" She mewed, standing up and padding closer to the kit.

"What are your name?!" Alpinekit demanded before sitting backwards. The kit hadn't really interacted with too many cats yet, especially warriors, so she really didn't know exactly how to make conversation.

The she sat, still confused by the kit. "I'm Chestnutheart." She mewed, Chestnutheart wondered if she talked like how this kit did when she was a kit. She probaly or well hopefully didn't talk like that.

"Chess-nuht-hart" She repeated quietly a few times before nodding. "Nice to meet Chestnutheart!" Alpinekit meowed with a smile and a flick of her tail. "I'm Pinekit!" The tabby she-cat introduced herself to the warrior.

"Nice to meet you Pinekit." She mewed, smiling, this kit was pretty cute. "Who are your parents?" She asked, she could never remember the queens and their mates, mostly because she didn't know them at all.

Alpinekit smiled when the she-cat mentioned her name. "My parents is Blazewing and Ravenfight!" She answered, pronouncing her parents' name as best as she could which,, wasn't the best.

She was confused for a moment but then realized who the kit was talking about. "So, Pinekit would you like to play a game?" She asked, she didn't know much about kits though she knew most of them liked games.

"A game?! Yes a game!" Alpinekit purred, her eyes glittering with excitement. The kit bounced up and down hyperly a few times before settling down. "Which game?" She asked with a smile while pondering game ideas at the same time.

She smiled, this kit was very amusing. "Hmm, I have a few ideas but I want to know if you have any first." She mewed, wondering if this kit picked a game, what game Pinekit or Alphinekit would chose.

The tabby paused for a few moments to continue thinking. "I can't think of any." Alpinekit frowned, not being able to come up with any ideas. "What are you game ideas?" She questioned, cocking her head to the side.

"Hm, maybe you could be a RiverClan warrior and I could be a invading WindClan warrior?" She mewed, this kit struck her as the kind that would like being a brave warrior, which was why she suggested the game.

Alpinekit's eyes brightened, that was a great idea! Though she tried playing that game with Waspsnow,,, hopefully Chestnutheart wouldn't get upset like the diluted calico did earlier. "Yes! That's great idea!" She nodded in approval before smiling once again.

She smiled. "Allright lets start." She mewed as she stood up and lowered herself to the ground. She didn't say anything, wanting the kit to speak first as her rper's creativity was dead.

The kit pretended as if she was walking peacefully around, she swung her tail back and forth in a content and calm manner before turning around to see Chestnutheart. "You over there!" Alpinekit shouted, starting the game like she started the conversation.

Chestnutheart now a ThunderClan warrior turned again to the kit before speaking. "Hm?" She said, pretending that she was walking further into RiverClan terriory by walking closer.

Alpinekit let out a fake gasp and shook her head in dismay. "Warrior of ThunderClan, you are trespassing RiverClan territory!" She meowed with acted annoyance in her voice. "Did you mentor teach you anything bout boarders?!"

"Borders shmorders, ThunderClan can be wherever they want!" She said, it was sort of fun pretending to be a ThunderClan warrior. Chestnutheart decided that she'd play with kits more often.

Alpinekit gaped and once again shook her head. "You ThunderClan warriors always think you can do wyatt you want!" She meowed before padding closer to the 'ThunderClan warrior'. "You havfa be taught a lesson!"

Chestnutheart hid her smile. "Oh really?" She mewed, her rpers creativity still dead, Chestnutheart liked this game quite a bit. She must of looked hilarious to other warriors but it was still fun.

"Yes wreally!" She meowed, putting on a deep voice as she spoke. The tabby kitten pawed at the air in front of Chestnutheart, pretending as if she attacked her.

She let out a fake gasp and dramaticly fell on her side. "I will never go into RiverClan terriotry again!' She mewed, really enjoying this game.

Alpinekit was trying very hard to stay serious, but couldn't hold the laughter in. She let out a few giggles before continuing the act. "You better nwot!" The kit meowed, trying to put the deep voice on again, but messing it up because of her giggles.

Roleplay with Lostkit ( @SarcoIine )

A dull brown she-cat was sitting at the entrance of the nursery, her nose poking out of the opening. The kit watched as rain dropped from the sky onto the ground below her. She shuttered and pulled herself back into the den as a large raindrop dropped onto her nose. Alpinekit, feeling cold, wiped her wet nose on her shoulder fur. The kit then turned around and trotted slowly back towards her and her littermate's nest.

Lostkit was walking slowly around camp, at the speed of an elder. When the rain started, he sighed, knowing what he had to do. If he stayed out in the rain for too long, he would risk getting sick. Walking over to the nursery, tripping a few times, the kit froze at the entrance. He didn't want to go in there. He didn't like the nursery, which might sound silly for a kit to think, but it was true. Lostkit tried not to be in there much, except for at night and early in the morning. It broughtback bad memories. He sat down, wondering if he would rather get sick or risk someone else dying. But as soon as he thought that, he knew. He would stay out in the rain.

Alpinekit turned around and plopped down into the nest. She lifted an eyebrow curiously when she spotted her brother just standing out in the cold rain. The kit blinked before opening her mouth to speak, "What is you doing?" She called out, clearly messing up her grammar and speech. Alpinekit paused to think of reasons her brother would rather stand in the rain, then be in the cozy nursery, but she couldn't think of any.

Lostkit didn't respond to his littermates question. Though he was able to talk, in fact, he stayed up late into the morning practicing; he still wasn't very good at it. The tiny kit curled his tail around himself, awkwardly staring down at the ground as the rain poured onto his head. He didn't think it was too bad. If there had been lightning, or thunder, then it would've been. But just rain was ok with him. He looked exhausted. But it had become normal for him to look that way over the past few weeks- normal for him to lose some of his personality, becoming even more quiet than he was before knowing how to speak. He thought that his name was a bit ironic.

Roleplay with Spicekit ( @Scrachimations )

Alpinekit was trotting outside the nursery with her head in the air. As of the past moon, she could finally walk properly. If you're wondering why it took so long, it's mostly because of her stubby legs. She paused and sat down on her hind legs. The tabby sniffed the air before she decided that she wanted to play a game. She looked around for someone to play with, but to no avail. All the other kits were already playing with each other or sleeping. Alpinekit let out a stubborn sigh. She wanted to play!!!

Spicekit, who was in fact, very awake, lay underneath his nest, sniffling. He had seen Waspsnow in camp, and due to being a rather young kit, was very sensitive. Suddenly, the chimera kitten let out a loud sneeze, causing his hiding place to fly off of his back. Spicekit was not happy.

Alpinekit, noticing the commotion, glanced over in his direction. When she spotted her friend her ears pricked upwards and she padded over to him. "Piecee!" The dusty brown tabby announced with curious eyes. The kit very well knew that his name was Spicekit, but she preferred to call him Piecee because it was much easier to pronounce. "What is you doing?" She asked him, her head tilting to the side as she spoke.

Glancing up from where he lay, Spicekit smiled a bit. It was Alpinekit! Waspsnow would be alright, right? Spicekit wanted to play. “Uh, thinking!” the kitten meowed in a rather cheerful voice, though there was a distant tone to it. Spicekit shuffled up to a sitting position, a grin growing onto his face. Alpinekit surely wanted to play!

"What thinking about?" Alpinekit questioned before a smirk grew onto her face. "You thinking about how I'll beat you?" She teased and flicked her tail back and forth. "I challenge you to a game!! And dis time I is gonna win!" The she-cat meowed confidently. She paused, trying to think of a game idea that they could play.

Eyes widening, all thoughts of Waspsnow immediately left the chimera tomkit’s brain. “What kind of game?” Spicekit asked, jumping to his black and red paws with a determined grin. Suddenly, an idea struck him. What if they raced to on top of the medicine den? Spicey had climbed up there before! “I’ll race you to the top of the medicine den!” the kit called out in a proud way, certain he’d win. And even if he didn’t, Spicekit had still done it before, so he wouldn’t fall off.

She looked over at the medicine cat den instinctively after he mentioned it. That didn't look... too hard, but Alpinekit had never climbed it before. The brown tabby hesitated before nodding confidently. "Challenge accepted!" She stuck out her tongue after she finished her sentence and turned to Spicekit. Suddenly a wave of fear crept over her. What if she fell?! Or slipped?! No, no. It'll be alright. When Alpinekit finished coaxing herself, she took a deep breath. "Ready!"

“Ready!” The little kit answered with a confident grin, padding to the very entrance of the nursery. Then, without warning, Spicekit dashed outside, his paws making a thumping noise against the dusty ground. “Come on!” Spicey called out in a happy way, sticking his tongue back at Alpinekit, scrunching up his eyes before turning back around.

Alpinekit followed him and crouched down in a ready position. The kit wasn't expecting Spicekit to take off like that, so it took her a couple of seconds to realize what just happened. She looked around quickly before bolting after him. Now that both the kits were a few moons old and knew how to run properly, Alpinekit had the disadvantage due to her short legs, but she wobbled as fast as she could after the chimera tom.

Spicekit grinned, picking up the pace as best he could. Sadly, Spicey was not a fast cat, being only a few hairs ahead of Alpinekit already. Skidding to a halt in front of the den, his pair of green eyes flew upwards, as he brain struggled to remember the path he had taken previously. Luckily for him, he remembered. Spicekit began to climb up a narrow, though very climbable ledge, inching his was upwards.

When Alpinekit reached the den she peered upwards at the top. The tiny kit's eyes widened and she slowly dug her small nails into the side. Alpinekit then tried to haul herself upwards, but failed to do so. Her nails slipped and she slid down the side once again. She then turned around, looking for Spicekit. Maybe she'd be able to figure out how he got up in time. The tabby spotted him climbing and came to the conclusion on how he was up so high.

Spicekit continued to climb, his paws scrabbling on the stone of the cliff face. “Coming?” Spicey asked with a grin. He didn’t mean to sound rude, though he definitely sounded the part. Hauling himself onto the top, Spicey grinned, huffing slightly. He won! Sitting up into a more comfortable position, he began to watch Alpinekit, fur fluffed out proudly.

Alpinekit, now extremely annoyed, scrambled upwards in his direction. Her legs pushed desperately in an attempt to climb upwards. After a few minutes of slipping back downwards towards the ground, the tabby reached the top of the den. She then collapsed and started to pant and huff. When the kit regained her strength, she sat back upwards with a pouty face on. "You won /that/ time because I- uh- let you."

Spicekit, letting out a small laugh, grinned. He shuffled over to give Alpinekit some room, before the kitten’s gaze drifted towards camp. He was so high up compared to how he usually was, and it was rather impressive to him. “Isn’t everything so /huge/?” Spicekit asked with awe spreading through his tone, glancing back towards Alpinekit. “And you did /not/ let me win, I won fair and square!” he added with a more mischievous grin.

Alpinekit's eyes widened as she scanned her surroundings, she'd never seen the camp like this. "Yeah it is huge!" The tabby nodded in agreement as she continued to stare in awe at her home. She snickered at his last comment before replying. "I did let you win, I slowed down so that you could stay in the lead!" Alpinekit protested, trying to come up with excuses. The tabby kit looked down at the ground below them and then back at Spicekit. "SoooO how are we going to get down...?"

Spicey paused, thinking about this. “We wait for Honeydawn to come get us!” he answered in a cheerful way, completely oblivious to the fact that that was a rather flawed plan. “Plus, we’ll be apprentices soon! Then we can jump up all we want, ‘cus we’ll be bigger!” he added with a grin.

Alpinekit hadn't really thought about becoming an apprentice, Spicekit was right! In a few moons they'd have mentors and could leave camp and all! "I wonder who our mentors will be!" She pondered aloud, turning to face Spicekit. "Who do you want to be your mentor?" Alpinekit asked, cocking her head to the side as she spoke.

Grinning, Spicekit’s mind immediately went to his warrior friend. “Ripplewatcher! Or Honeydawn,” he mewed happily, rather obviously not getting the fact that he was not suited for being a medicine cat. Even so, Honeydawn was his friend. “What’da ‘bout you?” he added, green eyes shining.

Ripplewatcher? Honeydawn? Alpinekit hadn't met either of them but she was pretty sure that Honeydawn was the medicine cat or something like that. "I'd probably want my mentor to be Chestnutheart! I played with her earlier and she was weally nice and fun! I don't think I've weally met a lot of warriors." She answered, trying to think of any other nice cats she's met.

Pausing for a second, Spicey racked his brain for an instance where he had met the cat Alpinekit had been talking about. “I don’t think I’ve met them either,” he admitted with a laugh, a grin still on his face. “Can you take me to meet her sometime? I can introduce you to Ripplewatcher! He’s the best,” he added happily.

Alpinekit liked that idea! From what Spicekit was telling her, Ripplewatcher seemed like a fun cat! "Sure I can! Yeah, that'd be great!" The spotted tabby she-cat replied, smiling back at her friend. After a few more moments she realized that they'd been up on the den for a while now and Honeydawn wasn't anywhere she could see.

Spicekit grinned, glancing about for any signs of the medicine cat. “Do you see Honeydawn, or anyone around?” the chimera kitten asked nervously, grin fading. What would happen if no cat ever found them? Would they have to live the rest of their lives ontop of the den? That surely didn’t sound fun.

The tabby kit shook her head, trying to keep herself from going into full panic mode. "Maybe we should cry for help! Someone might be able to hear us!" Alpinekit suggested, looking around camp again to see if anyone was outside. She was out of ideas if this plan didn't work, but hopefully Spicekit might have a few.

Spicekit’ green eyes looked rather worries, as he glanced about. There weren’t many cats around, making him worried. “Yeah!” he agreed, short tail flicking back and forth. “Help!” he called out in a loud voice, extending the e sound as far as it could go.

Roleplay with Blazingwing ( @xXWolfSoulXx )

A brown tabby she-kit was curled up inside the nursery with her tail draped over her head like a mini makeshift den. The kit seemed to be asleep, but in reality she was wide awake. Due to her large ears, Alpinekit couldn't fall asleep or even doze. She picked up every single noise that was made. Whether it be the sound of someone shifting or even just a snore. At this point she wasn't even tired anymore, just irritated.

A large figure slowly padded up to the nursery's entrance, hesitant to enter and the concerned look in their eyes being quite visible. The tabby tom hadn't even met his kits yet since they where born, giving him the paranoia of his clanmates seeing him as a bad father as it had been 2 whole moons since their birth. Due to Ravenflight always being in the nursey, every time he though about coming in, something inside of him made him stick to his stomage. He wasn't ready to see his ex-mate just yet Lucky for him though, the shadowy she-cat was out on a walk so he took this moment while he could. Letting out a shaky breath, he stepped in and glanced around. His eyes landed on a dark bundle of fur, knowing exactly who's kit they where. He gently padded up to them, about to speak when they noticed they seemed to be sleeping. He smiled at the sight and turned to leave, hopefully trying again when they where awake, unaware that the kit was not sleeping and fully awake

Alpinekit's ears twitched at the noise of footsteps, they angled towards the entrance of the den and the little she-kit lifted her head. She let out a quiet meow, wanting to know who was out there, but not wanting to wake anyone. After a few moments she opened her eyes to see a large shadow hovering near the den's entrance. Alarmed, Alpinekit shut her mouth in fear, scared that some cat was going to attack everyone.

Blazingwing heard the faint mew from behind him. At first he though it was in his head but when he saw the glow of mismatched eyes it crossed out that idea. "oh, i though you where asleep- Hey kid" He mumbled. "Your... Los- no, Alpine right?" He asked softly, not wanting to seem threatening to her,

Alpinekit calmed down and cocked her head to the side. Who was this cat? How did they know her name? And their scent smelled familiar in a way. "Heello!" She chirped, a bit louder then she meant to. The kit let out a gasp and covered her mouth with her black paws. Alpinekit quickly threw a few glances around the den, wanting to make sure she didn't wake someone. "Hello." She repeated again, this time much quieter than the first.

The tom snorted at her motion and turned to face her completely. "Heya, Im Blazingwing... This might seem like a strange question but... has anyone spoken about me in here?" He asked, wondering if the kit knew him him as the deputy or as her own father.... Or that chance she didn't know him at all. "If you don't that's fine,, i can just introduce myself a bit better for you" he quickly added

"...Blazewing?" The tabby kit repeated after him, partly messing up his name. Alpinekit paused for a second. Wasn't that her father's name? A few cats had told her about a cat named 'Blazingwing' and that he was her father. Was he this cat? Very confused, she snapped out of her thoughts and waited for the tabby tom to further explain.

"mhm, im uh... I'm both yours and your brother's father. I'm sorry for not meeting you before, i was just a little busy with other things" He stated, bluffing the last bit. He awaited for Alpinekit's reaction, he never had to do this before as he would always try to be at his kit's side when they are born as much as possible so he was curious on how the tiny she-kit would react.

Other things? Alpinekit didn't exactly know what he meant by that, due to not knowing that her father was the deputy. After a long pause, a smile grew on the little she-cat's face. "Dad?" She purred, her voice squeaky and not yet developed. She felt a feeling of joy and relief. She was scared that her father was mad at her and Lostkit for some reason, and that's why he didn't come to meet them.

Blazingwing's face seemed to brighten. "Mhm, Dad" He returned, reaching forward to nuzzle her gently. He was worried his large form would knock her over so he hoped he could restrained himself enough to not smother her in love and mass amounts of fur.

Roleplay with Astersky ( @-eveninq )

A brown ball of fur was padding around outside the nursery, she was sniffing the ground and was probably playing some sort of game again. Alpinekit loved playing games, since she was a kit there wasn't a lot of things that she could do in camp but sleep and play games. Her tiny tail flicked back and forth as she let out a gasp of surprise. "I know!" She let out a squeal and jumped up and down.

➺ The light thud of footsteps became audible to the she-kit as Astersky quietly made his way to the nursery. The young tom had only gotten a few brief glimpses of his latest aunt and uncle, and that had been when they were still only newborns. His mismatched gaze focused slightly as he noticed Alpinekit, not expecting to see her playing outside the nursery. In all honesty, however, he'd been the same way from the moment he was allowed to set foot outside the nursery.

The stubby kit's ears raised into the air and angled towards the sound of the light footsteps. A few moments passed before Alpinekit turned her head to find out the source of the noise. When she spotted the warrior padding towards her she smiled before opening her mouth to speak. "Hello!" She chirped, her voice high pitched and loud. She wondered if this cat was related to her in anyway or perhaps one of her parent's friends!

➺ Bending down to crouch a short distance away from her, he smiled back at the small molly. "Hi there." He murmured, keeping his voice somewhat low to avoid the possibility of scaring her. Even so, she seemed pretty energetic, and so the warrior doubted that would be an issue. "My name's Astersky. My mother is actually one of your older sisters." The tom in question introduced himself, unknowingly answering her ponderings.

Alpinekit decided that this cat seemed friendly and gentle. "Hi Aftersky! My name is Pinekit!" She replied, introducing herself as well, but leaving out the first part of her name and messing up the tom's name. The kit didn't bother to ask which sister due to not knowing most of their existence. She had a ton of siblings, adopted and blood related.

➺ With a slight laugh at her mispronunciation of his name, Astersky was momentarily confused as he didn't recall hearing of a 'Pinekit'. Well, she probably knew her own name better than he did, so he wasn't going to try correcting her. "It's nice to meet you, ..Pinekit," He said cheerfully, his ears angled forwards. "What have you been doing lately?" Astersky continued, his kind gaze drifting over to glance around at their surroundings.

Roleplay with Astersky ( @-eveninq )

A little pudgy kit was sitting outside the nursery with wide eyes, she was thinking about how she would be an apprentice soon! The tabby she-kit imagined herself walking forwards to receive her name and mentor! It's gonna be so cool! Alpinekit was pulled out of her thoughts when a rustle caught her attention. She turned towards were she thought the noise came from, but couldn't pinpoint the exact place.

A young warrior was approaching the nursery, his two-toned pelt brushing against a nearby bush. The plants visible near RiverClan camp were quite lush as a result of the warmer weather, and the buzzing of insects was commonplace. Grasped in Astersky's jaws were a bundle of various feathers, the rainbow of colors standing out against his pelt. As a kit, he had always enjoyed it when his father brought him trinkets, so he figured he'd see if the younger cats would like having the new playthings.

he tabby squinted for a few moments before realizing that this was the cat she talked to a moon or so ago! When Alpinekit caught sight of Astersky's little collection of feathers in his jaws, her eyes grew with interest. Were those feathers? She had never seen such distinct feather colors! The kit raced up to him before he reached the nursery, almost tripping a few cats walking by on the way. "Hi Astersky!" Alpinekit chriped with a large grin. She had gotten better at pronouncing cat's names over the past moon, though she still had some trouble with grammar.

Gaze widening slightly as she ran towards him, he smiled, his expression hidden behind the plumage. "Hey, Alpinekit," He laughed, the sound muffled. Bending down, he released the feathers, allowing them to spill onto the ground in front of her. His ear twitched at the chirp of a squirrel, the bluejay quill tucked behind it adjusting accordingly. "I see you noticed that I brought you a few feathers?"

Her eyes darted back and forth between all the scattered feathers before reaching a paw out to touch one. "They are so many!" She gasped, mesmerized in all of the colors. Alpinekit paused when she recognized a bright red feather. She stared at it for a few moments before picking it up gently with one paw. "This one is really pretty." She purred, being gentle for once in her life. "What bird did this one come from?" The tabby wondered aloud, still gazing at the feather.

"I'm glad that you like them." He purred with a soft smile as he watched her amazement at the intricate objects. As she pointed out the brilliantly vibrant feather, Astersky squinted slightly in an attempt to better make out its details. Red birds weren't as common in the area, though after a moment he recognized it as the covert of a passerine he'd seen recently. "That one's from a Great Spotted Woodpecker." The feline informed her cheerfully, appreciating her delicacy with the dainty prize.

### **☼~ Apprenticeship ~☼**

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Apprentice Ceremony Roleplay

Badgerstar leaped onto the River Ledge. “Let all cats old enough to swim gather here below the River Ledge for a clan meeting!” he called.

Frecklepool sat in front of the River Ledge, excited for the ceremony.

Blazingwing rushed up, excited to see Alpinekit's ceremony. The spunky little kit had a place in his heart even though she did anoy him at times. Blazingwing purred as he saw the crowd, proud of his daughter

Bounding over to join the few cats already there, Astersky's eyes were brimmed with excitement for the she-kit as he jumped the stream running through camp with ease. She reminded him of himself, in a way, and he regarded her rather fondly. Alpinekit would be a wonderful apprentice to whoever received her, and he hoped she wouldn't lose interest in speaking with him upon beginning her training.

The spotted-tabby she-cat burst out of the nursery and into the clearing. Her small legs kicked against the hard ground in an attempt to skid to a halt, but she ended up almost tripping herself. Alpinekit stood up proudly before taking a seat in front of the leader. She was sure this was her ceremony! It /had/ to be!!

Beetlestrike grinned at Alpinekit, excited to see the soon-to-be apprentice.

Ravenflight trotted over to her kit and glanced her over. "Alpinekit! Look at you! You're a mess!" She began licking Alpinekit rapidly, smoothing the tousled fur and tangled tail with her tounge.

Alpinekit tried to shuffle to the side. She felt slightly embarrassed of her mother. "I'm not a mess!-" She let out a muffled meow before just completely giving up.

Alpinekit, from this day forward you will be known as Alpinepaw. Your mentor will be Asterysky."

As the words registered in his mind, Astersky's eyes widened in surprise. Badgerstar had picked him? Walking towards his new apprentice in something resembling a stupor, his shock quickly became joyousness and determination as he met Alpinepaw's similarly heterochromatic gaze. He wasn't sure how, but he would train her into a warrior. Hollywind had been the best mentor he could ask for, and he owed it to her to teach the tabby as best he could in return.

After a few moments of processing the information, Alpinepaw's multicolored eyes lit up! She was sure that Astersky would be a wonderful mentor! She'd talked with him a few times before and overall had a ton of fun with the tom. The tabby she-cat smiled and dipped her head, "I promise, I'll be the best apprentice!" She meowed confidently.

"I'm sure you will." Whiskers twitching in amusement, he smiled as he leaned down to press his nose against her own. It was true; she seemed like she was very resolute and strong-spirited, and both of which were admirable qualities in warriors. Astersky felt fortunate to have received such a driven molly as his apprentice.

"You bet I will!" The short tabby's tail bobbed up and down happily as she assured her new mentor. Alpinepaw couldn't wait to get started her training! most of all though, she couldn't wait to find out who Spicepaw's mentor was and boast to him! Maybe with some training she could finally beat her rival!!

With a soft purr as he returned to his previous posture, he looked down at the new apprentice fondly for a moment. The warrior's own oddly colored gaze then shifted towards the crowd of cats gathered, a feeling of pride forming at the knowledge that Badgerstar and Blazingwing had been impressed enough with his abilities to give him this opportunity.

Alpinepaw followed Astersky's gaze to the crowd and realized that basically the whole clan was watching her. The tabby's pelt pricked upwards and her ears felt hot with embarrassment, what if she looked weird or something! She quickly licked her chest fur, not wanting to look like a messy mouse-brain or something like that.

Roleplay with Astersky ( @-eveninq )

An newfound energy was obvious in Astersky's expression as he searched for his new apprentice, having lost sight of her within the commotion of the aftermath of the ceremonies. The overcast weather was fortunately pleasant, and he knew that Alpinepaw must have been excited to see the territory at last. It still amazed him that he would be training such a wonderful cat, and the tom was intent on being the best mentor he possibly could.

) A spotted tabby was cleansing her fur near the entrance of the apprentices' den. Moss scattered around her feet as she lapped her fur with her tongue. Alpinepaw recently moved into her new den, the apprentices' den! But, due to hauling her nest roughly, she ended up ripping and breaking it. Since the moss was scattered everywhere, she had to make a new one. Unlike the soft one she had as a kit, this one was rough and coarse! Plus this moss clung onto her fur!

His gaze eventually landed on her, and he smiled bemusedly at the mess surrounding the younger feline. Hurrying over to her, he called out in greeting. "Hey, Alpinepaw!" Astersky was glad to see that she didn't seem to be having any trouble moving in, and was honestly curious to see what their first training session would be like. It had been quite an interesting experience for him and had sparked a love of adventure that carried into adulthood.

Her dusty cinnamon-colored ears pricked upwards into the air as the familiar voice of her new mentor floated by her. Alpinepaw's ears were usually the first to react to something, whether that be a some kind of noise, or the voice of a clanmate. In a flash, the she-cat lifted her head up to see Astersky. "Hello, Astersky!" She greeted him with a loud purr. Alpinepaw, wondering if they were going to train today, jumped up onto her feet in a hurry.

The she-cat certainly seemed enthusiastic, which he took as a good sign. Astersky had chosen to take a similar approach to what Hollywind had done with him and decided to simply allow the tabby apprentice to explore. "I thought we might go see the territory today. Does that sound alright to you?" The odd-eyed tom gave a slight tilt of his head as he listened for her response. He wanted this to be an enjoyable lesson; after all, there was no sense in boring her, especially on the first day.

"Territory?!" Alpinepaw's eyes lit up like the sun when he mentioned the territory. "Yeah!! I'd totally be up for that!" The tabby she-cat meowed with a gaping expression planted on her face. She couldn't wait to see what the territory looked like since she only got short explanations from warriors when she was a kit. Alpinepaw, bubbling with excitement, started bobbing up and down.

Smiling warmly, he was pleased to see such an animated reaction at the prospect. "That's great! It'll be like your very first border patrol." Judging by her eagerness and the kit fluff remaining behind Alpinepaw's ears, however, Astersky doubted that much patrolling would be happening. Not that he could blame her, of course; this was what practically every kit dreamed of, and he didn't believe the high-spirited molly would've been any exception to this. "Would you like to lead the way?"

"Lead the way?" Alpinepaw eyes widened even further before pausing to realize that she would probably get lost, or somehow do something mousebrained. Not wanting to look like she was nervous, the young apprentice nodded quickly without another thought. "Just make sure that we don't get lost!" She smiled nervously, but quickly shook the feeling away.

Not the most observant cat, Astersky failed to recognize her uncertainty. "I don't believe we'll get lost - I've been out in the territory many times. I'll be directing you to a few landmarks as well." He reassured her as he stood with a slight stretch, flicking an ear in a gesture towards the camp exit. Having a tail would've been helpful for this in particular, though that had never stopped him before and it certainly wouldn't now.

Alpinepaw shuffled her paws anxiously before looking back up at Astersky. "Okay!" The tabby she-cat meowed confidently and lifted herself off of her haunches. She padded towards the direction her mentor pointed towards. When Alpinepaw reached the exit of camp she waited for Astersky to follow.

Roleplay with Spicepaw ( @Sharkbirb )

A large bundle of fur was bouncing up, down, forwards, and backwards through camp, almost tripping a few cats in the process. Alpinepaw was so excited that she could probably take on any problem that came her way! She was finally an apprentice and her mentor was a really nice and kind cat! The tabby paused when a familiar scent wafted over her nose.

Spicepaw was, in fact, one of the cats Alpinepaw nearly tripped. He now lay on the ground, on his stomach, from Alpinepaw passing by. “Ow!” he huffed, jumping up to his paws.

Alpinepaw, recognizing Spicepaw's meow almost immediately, turned around towards the tom. "Oh hi Spiceki- Spicepaw!" The tabby feline greeted enthusiastically, correcting herself before continuing. Alpinepaw didn't really bother to apologize to her friend, and instead asked "Are you okay?".

Recognizing the other apprentice, Spicepaw grinned. “Oh, hey Alpinekit!” he greeted her happily, looking rather proud. As he was a couple weeks older than her, he automatically assumed that he was an apprentice, but she wasn’t. “Yup, I’m awesome!” he added proudly, obviously proudly of the fact that he was alright.

"Uhhhh where is this sudden narcissism coming from?" Alpinepaw teased her friend with an amused grin. Nudging that aside, she continued with their conversation. "So who's your mentor?" The tabby apprentice asked, cocking her head to the side. She couldn't wait to brag about what a wonderful mentor she got! Astersky was a really fun and nice cat!

“What do you mean?” Spicepaw answered with a slightly oblivious grin. “And I’ve got Camillewish! She’s the best,” Spicey answered proudly, fluffing out his fur to appear larger. Sadly, it didn’t work, as Spicepaw was rather small no matter what he did. Though, the apprentice never let it break his spirits. Plus, he was absolutely certain that when he was older, he’d be just as big as Strikestone.

"Really? I got Astersky and I'm positive that /he/'s the best." She insisted, slightly sticking her tongue out just enough for him to see. Like Spicepaw, the tabby she-cat was also very small, but Alpinepaw has a lot of fur thanks to her father Blazingwing. Due to this, she didn't bother puffing out her pelt as well, mostly because the thickness of it. It would probably take a long time to lick it back down if she did end up doing that.

Spicepaw’s eyes widened, as he thought of Astersky. “Wait, isn’t Astersky Camillewish’s brother?” he asked, feeling pretty certain he was correct. He stuck out his tongue back, despite the fact that he didn’t often do that. If Alpinepaw was doing it, it was probably cool. And plus, he was probably doing it better!

Alpinepaw paused to think for a few moments. "Yeah! You're right! She is!" The tabby feline nodded a few times before opening her mouth again. "Weird coincidence!" She laughed, partly at the happenstance and partly at Spicepaw who also stuck out his tongue.

Roleplay with Spicepaw ( @Sharkbirb )

A short apprentice sat in the main part of his tree nest, a large, every expanding of moss nests spanning the branches on an old maple tree by duck pond. He looked rather surprised, and also very happy. Wrenpatch’s scent was on the new parts of the nest that he hadn’t seen before, so he assumed that his warrior friend had helped him out. It was rather comfortable to be in, and the nests were very thick and soft. Wrenpatch had done an excellent job.

A long-haired tabby feline was sitting on her haunches a few fox-lengths away from the roots of Spicepaw's tree. She hadn't yet noticed her friend and wasn't paying any attention to the tree behind her. Alpinepaw dragged her claw through the dirt beneath her paws, making a small circle. She then formed two miniature ovals inside the bigger circle, before taking a step backwards to look at her drawing so far.

Spicepaw, all of the sudden, leaned backwards, eyes widening. “Ah, ah, ah, CHOO!” the chimera tom sneezed, making a rather loud sound while he was at it. After he had done so, out of curiosity, he leaned out over the branch, wondering if anyone had heard him. Of course, he didn’t care too much, but he wanted to know.

Alpinepaw, petrified out of her mind, let out an alarmed squeak as her fur flew outwards. She now seemed larger than ever, due to the mass amounts of fur that she carried. Irritated, the young apprentice spun around towards the source of the sneeze. She just barely made out the chimera pelt of Spicepaw through the fluff surrounding her face. "Spicepaw?" Alpinepaw questioned out loud.

“Yup!” Spicey answered proudly, before recognizing Alpinepaw. “Oh, hi!” he mewed, jumping down off of the tree to meet the other apprentice. “Do you like my tree?” he asked proudly, puffing out his fur in an attempt to look as big as Alpinepaw looked.

Alpinepaw blinked before saying hello as well. She tried to lick parts of her fur back down, but to no avail. "Your tree?" The tabby she-cat lifted an eyebrow before looking over Spicepaw's shoulder. "Oh that tree?" She asked, pointing towards the large tree trunk behind him. "Uh sure? I mean... it's a tree?" Alpinepaw laughed, despite being in a not-so-great mood.

Spicepaw furrowed his brow, looking mildly insulted, which was odd for him. “It’s the best tree! And it’s got a cool nest in it,” the chimera apprentice answered proudly. Where was Alpinepaw’s tree? That’s right. No where. Of course, he didn’t say that part aloud, as it was rather rude.

Alpinepaw, noticing his facial expression shook her head, "Uh sorry!" She apologized, not really knowing what she did to upset her friend. "Really? Do birds land on it?" The tabby apprentice wondered aloud with a curious look in her eyes.

Roleplay with Astersky ( @-eveninq )

A familiar chubby apprentice rolled out of her nest with a plop. She slowly opened her eyes before letting out a loud yawn. Alpinepaw lifted herself upwards and stretched her limbs forwards. Unlike usual, the tabby feline was full of energy despite just being woken up. She bounded outside and took a deep breath, breathing in the fresh air that filled the camp. "Good morning!" She greeted a few cats who passed by her.

Contrasting her high energy was a young tom, his eyes rimmed with an unusual weariness. His own mentor's passing had led to an undesired restlessness during the nights, and it had certainly been taking a toll on him. Even so, a faint smile traced Astersky's expression, his posture kind, if a bit overexerted. He was regretful about not being more diligent about training Alpinepaw, always being rather ambitious, though he was determined to fix his mistakes in the future. What was a little exhaustion if it led to the creation of a fine warrior of RiverClan? With a half-heartedly stifled yawn, he stood, heterochromatic gaze scanning the clearing with a newfound resolve.

The familiar grey, bicolor pelt of Alpinepaw's mentor came into view as the tabby examined her surroundings. She swiftly span around towards Astersky before gradually nodding her head. Without doubt, that was definitely him. The apprentice bounded over to her mentor, enthusiastic as ever. Her large paws clumsily pounded the ground beneath her as she skid to a stop. "Astersky!" She shouted in a deafening tone, a lot louder then she meant to. "Oops..." She meowed awkwardly, ears slightly burning as she looked around camp in a panic.

Roleplay with Spicepaw ( @Sharkbirb )

Boom! Thunder barreled down outside of the cave that made up the apprentice’s den, the loud sound of rain rather obviously outside. Inside of the den lay a short tom, who had rather damp black and red fur. He didn’t mind the storm, though it was rather loud in his opinion. Whiskers twitching, he felt pawsteps behind him.

A sopping wet she-cat was pacing back and forth with an extremely frustrated look on her face. "Mousebrained rain!" She grumbled under her breath. Alpinepaw's pelt was usually very clean for a fluffy feline, but cleaning it took long periods of time. She hated when it unexpectedly got wet or messy.

Glancing up, Spicepaw blinked his green eyes. “Alpinepaw, what’re you doing?” he called out curiously.

Alpinepaw, who was snapped out of her thoughts, jumped upwards before settling down. Water splashed from her pelt in a few different directions. "I'm trying to figure out how to dry off without soaking the entire den and getting everything wet." She sighed.

Spicepaw nodded, furrowing his brow. That was still something had hadn’t figured out how to do. Luckily for him, he had rather short fur, so it wasn’t too bad.

"I think I'll just have to wait until the rain stops." The spotted tabby meowed before sitting down next to her nest. Her attention focused on the rain as she sighed again.

“Yeah,” Spicepaw answered, trying to think of something more interesting to say. After a couple minutes, he had figured it out. “Wanna play moss ball?” the short tom asked, eyes brightening. As he said that, he voice squeaked a bit, but he didn’t notice.

Alpinepaw paused for a few moments, that sounded fun! "Sure!" She smiled and lifted herself off of her haunches. "I haven't played mossball in a while." She meowed before grinning. "But, I'll still beat you!" The tabby feline added before looking for a mossball.

Spicepaw paused, shaking his head. “No, I’m gonna win!” he protested, padding over to his best, which in fact, had a mossball in it.

Alpinepaw, who spotted her friend's mossball, stopped looking for one and instead got into a ready stance. "You sure?" She teased Spicepaw, still grinning.

Roleplay with Flarepaw ( @\_Flares\_ )

Flarepaw was exiting the apprentice den, having just woken up. Bright rays of sunlight shone in her eyes, causing her to rapidly blink. Shaking out her grey-white-orange fur, she gave a small yawn. Her heart felt heavy, and she didn't feel like doing much of anything. Glancing around, she noted the sun rocks weren't too crowded. Making her way to them, she settled herself down onto the hot rocks.

A few shuffles were enough to break the delicate silence surrounding the stones. A short, chubby apprentice was scrabbling next to the rock Flarepaw was resting on. Alpinepaw wasn't too good at climbing due to her short legs and large paws, but that didn't stop her from trying to shove herself upwards onto the rocks. "Hey you up there!" The tabby she-cat shouted, almost out of breath as she continued to try and get up.

Flarepaw, supprised, peered over the rocks. her eyes instantly fell on the apprentice, Alpinepaw. "Oh, hi," she said, her voice scratch from screaming and not using it. Flarepaw sucked in a breath, her ribs showing with the action.

"He-" The feline paused to breath before attempting to climb the rock once again. "-llo." Alpinepaw finished, completely out of breath once she hauled her body onto the rock. She sat there, just taking deep and raspy breaths, for a few moments.

Flarepaw sent a side-long look at the cat. "Hi. Who are you?" She made an effort to interact so that she wouldn't come off as rude, thus no questions would come her way. Hopefuly.

"I'm Alpinepaw!" She jumped upwards as if her energy somehow just bounced all the way back. "What's your name?" The spotted tabby tilted her head to the side as she spoke. The feline recognized this cat's pelt, she had seen her around the apprentices' den a few times or so.

"I'm Flarepaw," Flarepaw responded, flashing a small, toothy grin. The action felt weird on her, and she quickly stopped, shuffling her paws in hopes to hide her embarrassment. "Nice to meet you, Alpinepaw," Flareapw mumbled.

Roleplay with Otterkit ( @fourdiirtypaws )

A dull-colored tabby steadily trotted towards the nursery's entrance. It was a warmer day but, Alpinepaw could still feel the few stray gusts of wind that sent a chill up her spine. When she reached the entrance of her old den and peered inside, the tabby realized that this was not indeed the apprentices' den. Embarrassed that even though she was already eight moons and still mistook the nursery for her own den, Alpinepaw quickly looked around for any cats who might have saw her.

Otterkit hadn't seen her. No, no. Seeing was stupid. He had /smelt/ her, and he wouldn't let this intruder get by without a warning! "Grrr!" the young tom growled, bouncing up to her like a rabbit. A very, very angry rabbit. "No field mouse allowed!" he squeaked. He knew that this intruder wasn't a field mouse. He wasn't /that/ dumb. He remembered the scent of the field mouse Nettlehaze had brought in one time well, because he often would go over it in his mind, because it was very interesting. No, this was a cat. Not a field mouse. But that didn't stop him from wanting to pretend.

The spotted tabby jumped upwards, she didn't know one of the kits were awake. "Oh h-" Alpinepaw stopped in the middle of her sentence when she head 'field mouse'. The kit clearly wanted to play some sort of game, so it would only be fair if she played around. "Scary warrior, please let me go! I don't want to become food!" The young apprentice put on a small and nervous voice, trying to act almost like a mouse. Of course, mice didn't talk, but that's what she imagined they sounded like. She crouched down to the kit's height and made sure to twitch her nose like the brownish-grey creature.

Otterkit smiled, though he suppressed the amused laugh that bubbled in his throat as to maintain his role as a fierce warrior. He narrowed his eyes, batting Alpinepaw on the nose. "Stwop all tha' yarnin! Chatty mice don' taste no good!" he declared, before shimmying his hind quarters and leaping clumsily onto Alpinepaw's side. He kicked his feet awkwardly, clambering up onto her back and batting her neck. "Ha! Got you femiled mouse! Now I can ewat you!" He cried.

"Eek!" The spotted feline let out a few noisy squeaks, trying her best to preform her mouse role as well. "I beg of you! Spare my soul!" Alpinepaw begged, folding her ears backwards and pressing them against her scalp. Gently, the she-cat fell to the ground, making sure not to hurt Otterkit. "Ahhhhhhhhh!" The molly lightly flailed her front paws back and forth.

Otterkit giggled in amusement, clinging to her pelt as the pair toppled over. "I hawve done it!" he cried with a triumphant stop of his paw, having managed to hold on. "I have dewfeated the miyghty beyast!" Only, Alpinepaw was a /feild mouse/ last time he had a checked. Ah well, Otterkit, the bravest warrior of all of KitClan, had just knocked down /the/ beast, after all. Pretty sure that qualified him to decide whether the beast in question was a monster or a mouse. "Whawt awe youw layst wowrds, bweast!" Otterkit queried, tearing those words from an overheard nursery tale.

Roleplay with Waspsnow ( @-Cosmic\_Star- )

A spotted tabby feline was seated at the edge of Duck Pond. Her eyes seemed concentrated on the reflective liquid. In reality, she was staring at her mirrored image. Alpinepaw shifted her position. She lifted her body off of the floor and pushed her shoulders backwards before self-consciously sitting down once again. Why did she have to be so... short! She was at an awkward height compared to /normal/ apprentices. The molly's eyes darted aside. She felt almost guilty for not liking the way she was. Why did she feel this way? Only until a moon or so ago did she realize that she looked /different/.

Waspsnow moaned, stretching her legs. /oh dear. I hate this/ her ears flicked, a dead weight sinking in her head.

Alpinepaw hadn't noticed Waspsnow yet. Thoughts just kept hurling themselves at her before being whisked away by different ones.

Roleplay with Waspsnow ( @-Cosmic\_Star- )

A brown and white spotted tabby was skipping towards the warriors' den, clearly not paying attention to where she was going. Her large tail brushed the entrance as she galloped in. Alpinepaw paused for a moment. Where was she? The apprentice turned towards the entrance of the unfamiliar den and froze. Oh shoot! She meant to go into the apprentices' den!

Waspsnow was practicing walking again, and failing. She was used to having the leg there, and not just a stump. “Hey honey, apprentice den over there.”

Alpinepaw's fur spiked out in surprise, she didn't realize that someone saw her. Embarrassed that she somehow mistook the warriors' den for the apprentices' den, the tabby she-cat's pelt started to burn. "Oh! Sorry!" She meowed sheepishly and hurried out.

“Oh; it’s okay! I lost my leg, I need some company.”

Feeling awful that she didn't notice the injury, Alpinepaw opened her mouth in shock. "Oh my goodness I'm so sorry!" She exclaimed in a surprised sort of tone. "If you don't mind me asking, how did it happen?" The apprentice questioned, concerned. Even though she didn't know Waspsnow too well, in fact she only met her a few times, she still felt sorry for the she-cat.

“My- the fox that murdered my baby girl.” She looked down, and erupted in tears.

Alpinepaw's face dropped, she probably shouldn't have asked that question. Feeling bad, the tabby apprentice awkwardly dipped her head. "I'm sorry for your loss."

“Now.. my..” she wiggled the stump.” It’s awful”

The she-cat was never great at giving cats her condolences, in fact she usually avoided talking to grieving cats to save herself from the awkward conversation.

“I can’t walk much.”

"Oh..." She nodded, trying to think of something to say.

“Anyway gotta sleep.”

"Okay! I'm... uh sorry again!" She meowed quickly.

Roleplay with Spicepaw ( @Sharkbirb )

Rain poured down. It was colder than it had ever been in Spicepaw’s life, due to the newly chilly air. Due to this, the mottled tom lay in his nest, shivering and damp. He was exhausted from a day of train8ng I; the rain,and his short, dense fur was not dry in the slightest. He sighed, closing his eyes with a shudder due to the cold.

Also inside the den, a familiar tabby she-cat was curled up in her nest. Her muzzle was buried deep inside the dry moss, while her long fabric-like tail was draped over her body. The tabby's ears were folded in a downwards position to prevent any sounds that could wake her up. Alpinepaw, usually full of energy, really only looked peaceful when she was asleep, though she always made sure to bury her head so that nobody could see her. Mostly, incase she looked weird.

Glancing up, Spicepaw blinked open his eyes. He was cold and bored, and hearing another cat in the den gave him an idea. The young tom hopped to his paws, a mischievous smile on his face. Padding towards the edge of the den, he grabbed a wad of moss that happened to be laying outside, before taking it gently over to Alpinepaw. All of the sudden, he bit down on the mossball, sending a stream of water downwards, and onto Alpinepaw’s tail.

Due to the thick layering of her pelt, the water took a few moments to reach Alpinepaw's skin. She slowly lifted her eyelids open, surprisingly not frightened, but confused. "Spicepaw? What are you doing?" She yawned, tired and well... calm for once? It took the she-cat a few seconds to adjust her eyes to the lighting of the dim-lighted den. She curled her tail towards her body, feeling pretty cold. This was probably because of the water that the tom sent down her tail. "Wait...? I feel wet-"

Spicepaw grinned, dropping the mossball. He seemed to be struggling not to fall over laughing, which was absolutely correct. After a couple seconds, he squinted his eyes, in a last ditched attempt to keep his cool.

Alpinepaw blinked a few times before opening her mouth once again. "Spicepaw, what did you do?" The tabby she-cat raised an eyebrow, slightly irritated, but curious as well. She noticed the wet mossball on the floor and eyed it for a few moments before looking back up at the mottled tom.

Spicepaw’s cheeks puffed up as he held in air, giving him a rather ridiculous look. After a couple seconds, he blew outwards in a sharp manner, making a gasping noise in the process. “Nothing,” he answered mischievously, squinting his eyes.

"You sprayed water on me didn't you?" Alpinepaw guessed with a slight smirk. "You used that sopping wet mossball, right?" The tabby added on, playing out the act in her head. At least that was the only solution she could come up with. The apprentice had a knack for figuring out 'mysteries'.

“Yeah,” Spicepaw answered with a mildly proud tone. “It was pretty funny, right?” he added, puffing out his fur proudly. As old as Spicepaw got, he never seemed to mature enough not to bother the other apprentices, though he did find it rather amusing.

"Very funny." The she-cat meowed sarcastically with a flick of her tail. Alpinepaw lifted herself upwards and peered out of the den. “Whoah! It’s pretty-“ The spotted tabby paused, trying to think of a word to describe the rainy weather. “-wet outside.” She trailed off, realizing that she was stating the obvious.

Spicepaw nodded, glancing outside quickly, before drifting his gaze back towards the other apprentice. “And yes, I am hilarious,” he answered proudly, a slight hint of sarcasm on his voice.

"Very hilarious." Alpinepaw responded in agreement, slightly being sarcastic as well. "Anyway, prepare for my revenge." The apprentice grinned. It was hard to tell if she was being serious or just joking around.

Spicepaw’s eyes widened, as he shrank back in a mock-scared way. “Oooh! I’m terrified,” he mewed with a more obvious sarcastic tone, which was a little odd for him. Though, it wasn’t too different. For him, sarcasm was just like telling a funny joke.

Alpinepaw laughed and lifted an eyebrow. "You better be." The tabby smiled, her tail flicking back and forth in a playful kind of way. Her eyes drifted from Spicepaw to the entrance of the den. The rain seemed to be just a slight drizzle now.

Spicepaw glanced out towards the edge of the den as well, having heard the subsiding of the rain. Eyes widening, the mottled tom had an idea. “Wanna go catch a frog?” he asked, eyes shining.

Alpinepaw glimpsed at Spicepaw before turning her head back in the direction of camp. "Sure!" She announced with a confident nod. The tabby apprentice had never actually caught a frog, but from what she heard, they're slimy when you touch them.

“Let’s go!” Spicey exclaimed, jumping up slightly, and dashing out of the den, without hesitation, or waiting for Alpinepaw to even get up. Surely, she’d catch up eventually.

"Wait up!" Alpinepaw breathed and shot out of the den. Her paws pounded on the ground as she ran, she was definitely not as elegant as the average cat. This was mostly thanks to the length of her legs, they were pretty stubby.

Spicepaw paused, laughing. “Fine,” he called out, stopping outside of the den, only for Alpinepaw to surpass him. “Hey!” he added, protesting. Spicepaw wasn’t the fastest cat himself. Dashing forwards, Spicepaw began to pant a bit, as he had awful stamina when it came to running.

The tabby she-cat soon caught up with Spicepaw. Her ears angled towards the exit of camp. "I hope the frog doesn't make my paws goo-y!" Alpinepaw laughed, smiling.

Spicepaw skidded to a hasty halt besides Alpinepaw, nodding. “Yeah,” he laughed. “Frogs are kinda weird though. They only come out when it’s wet or something like that,” he added, though that was most likely incorrect.

"Really? That's strange." The spotted tabby nodded in agreement after a few moments of thinking. Alpinepaw flicked her tail towards the entrance of camp before racing forwards. "Come on! By the time we get out of camp the territory will be dry already!"

“Agreed,” Spicey laughed, nodding. Eyes widening, he realized that Alpinepaw had begun to move again. The mottled tom began to run after her, panting.

The tabby laughed before exiting camp. Alpinepaw bumped her paw into something hard on the floor as she continued to walk forwards. She fixated on the small pinecone that laid at her feet.

Roleplay with Dewumbra ( @RaeOk718 )

A white and brown tabby was seated next to duck pond. Her eyes flashed back and forth as she watched the sky above her in the reflection of the clear blue water. Alpinepaw's gaze slowly drifted from the sky's reflection to her own reflection. The apprentice didn't like how she kept having this strange, reoccurring feeling, like she wanted to hide parts of herself from others. It was almost like she was embarrassed... Well in a way I guess she was?

Dewumbra was walking around camp waiting for the next patrol. She was angry with herself that she’d missed the dawn patrols, because now all the feelings and thoughts she had came swarming in. She had closed her eyes shut and paced around camp, hoping it would help. So far it had made it worse. Her eyes closed, she bumped into another cat who was lost in thought, and her eyes flew open. “Sorry!!” She mewed, jumping back. She then saw that this was Alpinepaw, her kin.

Due to the small size and stubby-ness of the apprentice, Alpinepaw nearly fell into the pond. "Hey!~" The tabby shouted in frustration as she caught her balance. She whipped around to see who the heck just bumped into her. Since she hadn't met Dewumbra before, she had no idea who the female warrior was. "What was that for?!" Alpinepaw's short-temper was really shining through at the moment. The tabby waited impatiently as she curled her lip upwards, almost like she was disgusted.

Dewumbra blinked in surprise at the she-cats hot-headedness. “I said I’m sorry, and it was an accident.” She mewed, getting irritable. “And you don’t have to be so grumpy about it...” she murmured to herself. She sighed. “Do you even recognize me..?” She mewed, trying to calm down.

"Recognize you...?" Alpinepaw mimicked the she-cat quietly, trying to remember if she'd ever met Dewumbra. "Nope! I have no idea who you are." The tabby recalled, blunt as ever. "I'm Alpinepaw!" She introduced herself with a friendly smile, her frustration from before almost immediately fading. "You are....?"

Dewumbra blinked in surprise. She’d guessed he’d know from his parent. But then again, they weren’t super close kin. “Dewumbra. I’m your... father’s granddaughter. “ she mewed, somehow able to recall her kin.

Lostsoul's Burial

The cool Leaf-fall breeze blew through the land as Blazingwing gently carried Lostpaw's body to the center of camp. He had come to terms with his youngest kit's death after a long night, it was the worst he had in a while. He sighed as he he rested the grey chimera on a patch of white scabiosa flowers that had been plucked before hand. Blazingwing glanced up, letting clanmates join in that where already nearby and watching, he didn't

One such clanmate was a young warrior, expression unusually grim and solemn as his gaze fell upon his late uncle. How cruel could StarClan be, to take a cat so young and full of life? Astersky approached him, pawsteps light as he struggled to find something to say. But what could possibly ease the inevitable grief of losing a kit? In the end, the lilac grey tom remained silent, giving only a respectful dip of his head to his grandfather and former deputy.

Dewumbra saw Blazingwing starting the burial, and decided to join. She was glad he’d finally accepted Lostpaw’s death, but he looked so miserable.... She decided to join him. She hesitated on padding over, wondering if he was going to call everyone over or something. But he didn’t, so she just walked up to him. “..Blazingwing?” She mewed softly, keeping her voice low. “Aren’t you...going to tell everyone? Like, officially? As his father?” She mewed, half-hoping he’d say yes. The clan needed to hear about this.

Badgerstar was by Lostpaw's side in an instant. The tom's stature, once large and commanding, was now shrunk with age and a strange, experienced grief. Indeed, the leader had truly been deteriorating physically these past moons. He'd seen many deaths but the fact that this one was so close to his heart and duties, so wrecking to Blazingwing, and so unfair and sudden made his head swim with protests to Starclan. His faith in them was real, but their choices often made him wonder... why? The leader's sadness was genuine but shrouded. The clan needed, like at every funeral, for him to serve as their anchor. His head stayed bowed in respect to his apprentice and family member.

Blazingwing turned towards Astersky, dipping his head to reciprocate the gesture. Even if Blzingwing hadn't talked with Astersky that much, he still thought fondly of the younger tom.

The tom sighed. "i guess, although i want to send him off with a few more things. he didn't deserve such a death" He responded, a faint trace of aggression in his voice. Blazingwing then adjusted a flower that felt out of place to him, anything to keep his mind from wondering why Starclan would do it. They knew what they were doing, right?

Blazingwing didn't notice Badgerstar at first but the moment he saw the dark tom he rested his muzzle on his shoulder. He didn't say anything.

Cinnamondust walked up to Lostpaw. She never knew him, but she was part of the patrol who found him. She set down a few pansies next to him. She felt obliged to do something, and that was what she chose. She cast Blazingwing a sympathetic look and flicked her tail sadly. "I'm sorry." She mewed quietly, then proceeded to pad away slowly.

Falconblaze sat silently off to the side, his heterochromatic eyes rimmed with tears that came from the death of his youngest brother. After a moment of hesitation, he stood and padded over to lostpaw's side with trembling steps and his head held low.

A spotted tabby she-cat padded casually out of the apprentices' den. Her eyes scanned camp for someone to talk to as her tail slowly flowed back and forth behind her. Alpinepaw's expression soon faded into confusion when she fixated on the group of cats surrounding something. She hurried towards the commotion and was shot by a pang in her chest. The sight of her littermate's body sent an overwhelming spasm of shock run through her entire body. What was he doing laying there?! He was sleeping! He was sleeping! She urged herself to calm down, but almost like she swallowed an entire mouse, her throat started to tighten up and she could hardly breathe. Similarly to the feeling when you did something wrong and are embarrassed yet scared, her body started to rapidly heat up. After minutes of sitting in silence, she finally realized what was happening. Tears started to form in her eyes but she held them back by biting the inside of her cheek. Though she wasn't best friends with Lostpaw, he still was her littermate and because of that factor, she loved him a lot.

Goldeneye walked up with a rose in her mouth. She had no idea what was going on, only that someone was dead and it sounded appropriate to bring something. Seeing the small group of cats crowded around a small body, she hurried over, and set her rose next to the small cat.

Blazingwing smiled, gratefull that his clanmates joined in morning the apprentice. Blazingwing then shared tongues with Lostpaw one last time. "I know you have already passed but i know how much you wanted to be a warrior... with this i ask that Starclan take you with your name. Lostpaw, from this moment forward you will be known as Lostsoul. Starclan honors you for your intelligence and loyalty, and let starclan welcome you as a full warrior. may starclan light your path" He ended, trying to hold back his tears as he burred his muzzle in the newly named Lostsoul's fur

"Thank you" Blazingwing muttered before she left.

Blazingwing glanced up. He didn't expect to see Alpinepaw but here she was. Blazingwing trembled as he padded up to her, licking her ear. "I'm sorry you had to see this" he mumbled to her as he stood close to his daughter.

Alpinepaw wanted to leave. She really really wanted to leave. The immense pain that kept jabbing her kept hurting more and more by the second. Her gaze was stuck on her brother's body, it was the only think she was aware of at the moment. "N-No...!~" Was all the tabby she-cat shouted before pushing her father away and scampering out of camp in a hurry.

Badgerstar looked up at this exchange, and stood up before Blazingwing could follow his daughter. “Stay here.” He offered him his spot right at Lostsoul’s flank. “I’ll go make sure she’s okay.” With that, the elderly leader left camp, limping as if the mood of the grieving camp had thrown off his gait all the more.

Dewumbra turned to see Badgerstar and Alpinepaw running away. She felt bad, she’d just started to get to know Alpinepaw and seeing him in so much pain crushed her heart. Though, it was already crushed by Blazingwing being so miserable. She decided to stay and comfort him. I...I’m so sorry you have to go through this...I know this sounds empty but... I really do. Though I didn’t know him well, I used to see him around camp, and after all, he’s my kin. My first kin to find the body of, and the first death of kin since I’ve been an apprentice....” she mewed, whispering the last sentence as her eyes were edged with almost every negative emotion she could feel all at once.

Beechstorm watched Blazingwing from the medicine den, observing with grief shimmering in her green eyes as a small crowd moved over to Blazingwing. She recognized Lostpaw’s mottled pelt and suppressed tears, instead returning into her den and re-emerging moments later, holding a small marigold flower in her jaws. She dragged herself over to Blazingwing and Lostpaw, now named Lostsoul, and delicately placed the flower on the apprentice’s pelt. She bowed her head to the (former?) deputy. “He was a wonderful kit,” she recalled, memories of how Lostkit had stumbled into her den once or twice and had been curious about herbs. “It’s always a shame when StarClan takes one so young.” She pressed her shoulder against the tom’s as comfort, gazing down at Lostsoul’s body mournfully.

Roleplay with Mintpaw ( @Lavender\_Milk )

A long lithe grey apprentice was in the apprentice den in their nest. Next moon they would be a warrior. And out of plain nerves for the quick approaching day, that was something Mintpaw didn't like to think about. A warrior name was a precious thing but what if they didn't like it? They sighed and stretched out in their nest.

A spotted tabby was curled up in a comfortable position. The dry moss that lined her nest was starting to lose it's color but she was in no mood to change it. Alpinepaw's ears were being folded down by her paws, which rested upon her head like usual. Though she looked sound asleep, in reality she was wide awake. Water stains soaked the pieces of moss that laid by her head. These were most likely caused by tears.

Mintpaw struggled to their paws carefully avoiding stepping on their sleeping siblings and headed towards Alpinepaw's less crowded area of the den.

Despite her habit of holding her ears to block out noise, Alpinepaw could still hear shuffling or talking when cats were really close by her. Because of this, Alpinepaw lifted her head up to face Mintpaw when she picked up on the cat.

Mintpaw happened to be staring at Alpinekit at the same time as she lifted her head. Startled they jumped backwards. "Oh my starclan- I thought you were asleep!"

"Oh haha, I'm actually awake." Alpinepaw responded with a half-hearted smile on her face. The tabby wiped the fur underneath her puffy and reddened eyes.

"Oh well I'm glad I didn't wake you!" Mintpaw mewed flicking one of their large ears. "I'm Mintpaw! I don't believe we have met."

"I'm Alpinepaw." The tabby she-cat dipped her head in greeting as she introduced herself to her denmate. "Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too Alpinepaw! I think I met you once when we were kits in the nursery? However you were so little I don't know if you remember." Mintpaw replied loafing down beside the apprentice.

The apprentice paused for a few moments, trying to remember if she'd ever seen Mintpaw before. "Yeah, I'm afraid I don't remember. Your scent is vaguely familiar though." Alpinepaw responded.

Mintpaw nodded. "So what are you doing in the apprentice den?" They asked a little confused as to why the apprentice was in here when they could have been out in camp which is way less crowded than the apprentice den.

### **☼~ Adulthood ~☼**

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Warrior Ceremony

Badgerstar leaped onto the River Ledge. “Let all cats old enough to swim gather here below the River Ledge for a clan meeting!” he called.

A spotted tabby charged out of the apprentice's den with an eager yet wild expression. Her odd-colored eyes snapped from her paws to the ledge sitting in front of her. Large masses of excitement were flowing through her veins, causing the apprentice's paws and ears to heat up rapidly. She couldn't tell if this was her ceremony, or a denmate's ceremony, but she was peppy either way. The thrill that was caused by this experience was almost enough to temporarily clean out the salt from the wound that was the product of Lostsoul's death.

( Alpine's Traits: Alpinepaw is a stubborn she-cat who seems confident in herself, when in reality, her emotions rely heavily on other cat's opinions. Despite her insecurities, she does her best to learn and grow from her mistakes. She's independent, but will push the people she loves away in an attempt to protect herself from getting emotionally scarred. Alpinekit is a dull brown tabby with a darker brown base with spots and freckles of white and black. She has very long/thick fur and larger than average ears. In addition to that, she has heterochromia ( a perfect copy of Blazing's amber and Raven's blue. )

Dewumbra heard the call and was groggily getting up from her nest. What was happening? Realization struck her. /“Oh right, Alpinepaw’s ceremony!”/ she thought to herself, rushing over to attend. She already saw quite a few cats gathering, and decided to sit to the side of the crowd. She smiled happily as she watched Alpinepaw stand up there. Well...soon she would have to remember to call her a different name! She was almost bouncing with excitement.

Blazingwing, resting under the shade of a tree, perked his ears at his leader's call as he awoke abruptly. The tom had actually planned to wait under the tree the moment he woke up, excited to see his daughter become a full warrior of the clan. Although it seemed Blazingwing had accidently turned the 9 minute power nap he had expected to have, into a longer 30 minute one. At least he woke up though, he could sleep through a billowing storm so seeing him jump up was a bit unnatural... He wasn't complaining though.

As disproportionally large ears flickered at the leader's call, Astersky's eyes lit up with recognition. This would be Spicepaw, Alpinepaw, and Mintpaw's ceremonies, right? A warm feeling of pride washed over him as he pushed himself onto tufted paws and lightly padded over to join the cats below. They had all worked so hard to become warriors, and the bicolored longhair was confident that they all would be a wonderful addition to the clan. He had to admit, however, that he was especially enthusiastic to see his own apprentice achieve her goal. Alpinepaw was incredibly driven, and it was undeniable that the molly deserved the title. A soft smile crossed his expression as his heterochromatic eyes flitted away from his great-(great)-grandfather to fix on the tabby she-cat.

"Alpinepaw, step forward."

The chubby she-cat dipped her head downwards before stepping towards her leader. She felt slightly queasy at the fact that almost the entire clan was watching her right now, but she managed to shove the feeling away. It would be so embarrassing if she fainted!

"Alpinepaw, from this day forward you will be known as Alpinetwig/Alpinesnow/Alpinestone (you choose :)) Starclan honors your confidence and determination, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Riverclan."

A smile grew onto the face of the newly made warrior. Alpinesnow paused for a few moments before opening her mouth to speak. "Thank you Badgerstar!" The spotted tabby purred in delight, though she wasn't too sure if she was supposed to thank him or not.

Badgerstar nodded happily back in congratulations as the clan called out the new warrior's name.

Roleplay with Spicedark ( @Sharkbirb )

A female spotted tabby was tugging at her new nest in the warrior's den. She didn't like how tight it was woven together, and was attempting to loosen it. The newly made warrior sighed in defeat before turning back around. She might as well do something else because this was getting her nowhere. Lately she had found herself looking around camp for Spicepaw. For some reason she wanted to avoid conversation with him. This awkwardness towards the tom only started recently.

Spicedark happened to be standing in the warrior’s den, grumbling slightly with frustration. His nest was still a messy pile of moss, white feathers, and reeds, and was nowhere near comfortable. He was still in a bit of shock from his naming ceremony, and very tired. He was basically a full adult now, warrior and all.

Alpinesnow padded towards the fresh kill pile, gently picked up a small fish, and headed back towards the warrior's den. The she-cat bumped into Spicedark on her way into the den and nearly had a heart-attack. "Oh hi, Spice-" The warrior greeted before pausing. Spicepaw?? The queasy feeling in her stomach started acting up again before being swallowed up by a random burst of energy.

Looking up from his mess of a nest, Spicedark smiled warmly. “Spicedark!” he answered proudly. “Alpinepaw? I am older than you by a little bit,” he laughed, remembering when they were kits, and he was so certain that he would’ve been an apprentice well before Alpinesnow.

Truth & Dare Roleplay

A young warrior stepped out of the warriors' den. Due to the light, her pupils immediately shrunk and her eyes scrunched up. Alpinesnow finally could push the death of Lostsoul aside. She would miss him a ton, but she wasn't in a state of shock any longer. Suddenly an idea came to mind. Lately the tabby had been curious on who a few cats' crushes are, so maybe a game of truth and dare would be a good idea! The she-cat couldn't help but be nosy! Speaking of crushes...did she have one?? Alpinesnow paused for a few moments before lifting her head back up. Nah, at least she didn't think so. Shaking away the silly thoughts, the tabby glanced around camp in an attempt to spot any cats close to her age that might be up to play.

Spicedark happened to be sleeping outside of the warriors den, having fallen asleep before he had entered the den. Hearing paw steps, he woke up, noticing Alpinesnow. “Hey!” he mewed, jumping to his paws. He sounded slightly annoyed, but he would get over it pretty quickly.

Finally, Nilepaw's mentor had given him a break! He lapped up water from the river running through camp and headed towards the fresh-kill pile for a fish before hearing something strange. He turned around to where two warriors were squabbling like kits and widened his eyes as another cat went running straight for them. "Look out!"

Spicedark, gaze straying from Alpinesnow, yelped as he was hit by an apprentice. “Who’s that?” he asked, having fully woken up by the impact.

"Oh hey!" The spotted tabby purred as a smirk grew on her face. "Would you be up for a game?" Alpinesnow questioned her friend, slightly tilting her head to the side.

Spicedark, glancing back from Nilepaw back to Alpinepaw, smiled a wide genuine smile. “Sure! What kind?” he asked, green eyes widening like they did when he was a kitten. Spicedark liked games.

Sorrelbreeze was stretching in the dirt, and licking herself.

A speckle-furred tom noticed the cats gathering together, recognizing the majority of them as friends of his. His interest was piqued, tilting his head as Astersky considered what the purpose of it may have been. A patrol, perhaps? Though Ospreyfeather was strangely absent.. The bicolour decided upon settling a short distance away to observe what was happening, feeling a bit sheepish about eavesdropping so shamelessly. In the meantime, Astersky hummed a song his mother used to sing, gaze flickering up to the splendid songbirds gliding above the camp.

Timberpaw, who had been sleeping in the apprentices den, had been awoken by the commotion. What was happening, the young tom wondered. Ears perked with interest, he scrambled towards the gathered cats> "Did somebody say game?" he asked brightly, tail thumping behind him with excitement. This sounded enjoyable - he loved games, after all.

Clearwhisp was half asleep, loafing near the fresh-k!ll pile. Her creamy gray ear flicked gently when she picked up a conversation. Her teal eyes snapping open, she looked towards the group. She almost mistook one of them for Blazingwing, but soon realized that that must have been one of his children. Curious, she stretched, shaking off the afternoon nap. They seemed to be preparing for a game. Clearwhisp padded towards them, mewing: "Mind if I join you?" With a friendly smile.

Spruceberry heard the commotion and wanted to go check it out. Did something really bad happen? She rushed over to see what happened. She was relieved to hear it was just a game. She wanted to join but she knew most of the cats there didn't know her. 'Time to face my fears and meet new cats' she thought to herself. "Mind if I join?" she asked sweetly. The light brown tabby looked at her cream paws expecting a no.

In the commotion, Nilepaw began to step back. The game would likely be fun, but he instinctively shyed away from playing with so many cats he didn't even know personally. So, he began to leave the group.

"Hey Nilepaw!" Otterpaw yelped right into his friend's ear, having spontaneously appeared behind him. He gave his nose a twitch, a little confused as to why he could scent so many cat's at the one time. The steady hum of chatter was thankfully blocked by the moss in his ears. "What's everyone doing?" he whispered, curiously, sticking close to Nilepaw's side.

"Eep!" Nilepaw jumped. "Oh, Otterkit. You know, for one with moss in one's own ears, you seem to have no problem with shouting in others'." He gave a small smile. "A game, of a sort. I am going back to Plumstream."

"Woah! A game?" Otterpaw yelped once more, seemingly having already forgotten Nilepaw's initial statement. "Nuh uh, no way you're going back to Plumstream. C'mon, you should stay! I bet it'll be really fun!" Otterpaw was uncertain how a game could even work between this many cats. What were they playing? Mossball? He wasn't sure, but he did want to find out, and drag his friend along in the process of course.

Nilepaw frowned. "I do not know any of these cats," he mewed, slightly worriedly, beginning to walk again as thoughts raced through his mind. A lot of things could be seen by him and only him, and he could make the whole thing awkward. Really, it was best to just stay out.

"Oh on come back here you!" Otterpaw mewled, reaching out to clamp his jaws around Nilepaw's tail. He swiftly pulled back, drawing his friend close. Nilepaw's tail fell from his mouth when he realised he might be being a bit to rough. "Nilepaw, pleeeease?" he whimpered.

Dewumbra had been observing nearby, pretending to bathe herself. She got a protective rush when Nilepaw commented on the moss in Otterpaw’s ears, doing a jerk of her head. She looked up angrily and glared at Nilepaw before returning to her “bath”.

Nilepaw flinched instinctively, closing his eyes and whisking his tail back, bracing himself. After nothing happened he opened his eyes, looked around a bit doubtfully, then turned back to the pleading Otterpaw. "Why?" He mewed simply.

“Mind if I join?” Lilyshine mewed politely. She had heard about a certain game of truth or dare going about, and of course, the young warrior wanted in, despite being a few moons too old for apprenticeship.

Slightly overwhelmed by the large amount of cats, Alpinesnow's eyes darted from apprentice to warrior. "Well, err- I was wondering if anyone here wanted to play a game of truth and dare?" The tabby she-cat announced, raising her voice so that everyone could hear.

"Eyyyyy! See, look, Nilepaw! Er..." He scented the air. He had no clue who this cat was. "Um...er...Mossheart. Yeah. Mossheart is joining!" he exclaimed, nudging Lilyshine playfully. "You should too!"

"Truth or dare? I guess that sounds fun, I'm in!" The light brown she-cat exclaimed. She sat down next to two unfamiliar cats and prepared for the game to begin. She was amazed to see so many cats all waiting to play the game.

Otterpaw didn't exactly wish to enter the cluster of cats, so he remained situated at the back, next to Nilepaw. But at the same time...he needed to know. So he lifted his head and yelped "What's truth or dare?" over the murmuring crowd of cats.

Spicedark grinned, eyes brightening. “I do!” he exclaimed, a little too late.

"Sure!" She mewed.

Hawkpaw, who was standing far away in the back, immediately turned around and began to sneak off. There was no way in StarClan he would join some dumb game, nor would he allow himself to be dragged in. “Over my dead body,” he muttered, taking brisk steps while he tried to get away.

Dewumbra almost immediately stopped her bath and walked over. No /way/ were her younger siblings playing //TRUTH OT DARE// without her. She needed to make sure nothing stupid happened. And, she was quite interested in the game, thought wouldn’t admit it. All this went through her head as she walked towards Otterpaw. “Truth or dare..?” She mewed, pretending she only heard the one sentence. She turned towards Alpinepaw. “May I join...?” She mewed, sitting down. “Who starts? And don’t we all sit in a circle or something?” She mewed, looking at the many cats around and scorching towards Otterpaw protectively.

"That's probably a good idea." Alpinesnow nodded for a moment before turning to the crowd. "Okay everyone! I would like you guys to form a circle if you would like to play!" The tabby she-cat shouted.

Upon seeing a few more of his friends join the forming circle and hearing the announcement of the game they would be playing, Astersky found a place beside a few of the older members of the group, smiling warmly at his former apprentice. His pride at her warriorship had hardly faded in the moon since her ceremony, as was rather obvious to any onlooker. That was hardly the point now, however. "Would I be able to join you as well?"

"Of course!" Alpinesnow responded, returning the same warm smile.

Breampaw was sitting down nearby and grooming herself when she heard Alpinesnow's announcement about truth or dare. She could already see a crowd of cats, including her friend Otterpaw and her younger brother Nilepaw. //Truth or dare... I wonder what that is,// Breampaw thought, starting to daydream about what truth or dare is about. //Maybe I could join...// Bream nervously padded towards the cat who announced the game. "Hi, I'm Breamk- Breampaw!" she meowed.

Flarepaw sat in the medicine cat den entrance. she had managed to scoot farther out of the den, which was a record for her. In the clearing ahead of her, she saw a gathering of young cats. "Truth or dare!" She squealed, remembering Spicedark telling her about it. The little crippled she-cat frowned, realizing she was probably going to be left out since she simply couldn't /walk/ over there.

Spicedark, hearing Flarepaw’s voice, dashed over. “You can lean on me!” he informed her, trying to steady himself for Flarepaw’s weight.

"Nice to meet you Breampaw!" The fluffy tabby purred, her eyes squinting at the edges as she smiled. "Would you like to join the game?" Alpinesnow asked before noticing that a few more cats had gathered around.

Spicedark padded over towards the crowd, settling on the edge. This was exciting!

"Hey Spicedark, could you get everyone to form a circle for me? I'll keep explaining what we're doing to the cats who just got here." Alpinesnow asked, feeling overwhelmed.

Spicedark nodded, smiling. “Yeah!” he answered happily. Padding out towards the cats, preparing to talk. “Alright everyone, let’s for a circle!” he cried out.

Nilepaw whimpered as he was pushed along against other cats, like an ocean wave. He stumbled as he flopped down on his rear end, tail swishing wildly. /When did I ever say I wanted any part in this?/

Astersky fondly blinked down at his former apprentice before she turned away.

Glancing around for a cat to sit beside whilst complying with their instructions, he considered the cats gathered. Perhaps Clearwhisp would be fine with him joining her? The others seemed to have their separate cliques, and, well.. not to make any presumptions about the LaPerm, though Astersky would hardly consider her to be extroverted. And, of course, the warrior had always enjoyed his conversations with his friend. With a hopeful look, he lightly padded over to the dainty she-cat.

She couldn't see many cats she knew besides Spicedark and Flarpaw so she managed to sit by them after barely getting through all those cats. "This is exciting!" She exclaimed

Clearwhisp sat down, unsure about all of this. She loved games, and needed to get to know more cats her age, but she had never seen most of these cats before. Looking back to where she was loafing, she almost considered going back, when a familiar gray pelt padded towards her. Giving a friendly smile, she mewed: " Oh! Hello, Astersky. Are you playing, too?" She hoped that he would say yes, it would be better to have a sort of partner for a game with so many cats.

Sorrelbreeze sat down in an empty spot.

Breampaw nodded slowly before asking, "Sure I guess... how do you play?"

Dewumbra immediately got up when she saw Flarepaw and rushed over to help her. “Are you ok? Do you think maybe yoh should only do truths, if you play? Have you been feeling well? Getting better?” She mewed all her questions in one go, barely able to breath. But she had to have them answered! She needed to know how Flarepaw was coping. She guided her to the spot near Otterpaw, which was by her siblings aswell. So she could watch both of them while they played.

"So, who starts?" She asked.

“I guess... I guess I can. But since Alpine got the idea, I assumed she would start.” She mewed, shrugging.

"You can start if you'd like." The tabby she-cat smiled.

“Uh-okay...” she mewed, thinking about who to pick. “How about...err...Spicedark? Truth or dare?” She mewed, randomly picking a cat she knew.

Flarepaw nodded, happy to have her brother offer to help. Flarepaw leaned her weight onto Spicedark and slowly limped to the crowd of cats. When she reached it, her friend, Dewumbra, approached. Flarepaw nodded her thanks to Spicedark. "Thank you, Spicey," She meowed, carefully avoiding saying his full name.

Spicey paused, smiling at Flarepaw, then thinking. “Uh, truth,” he mewed confidently, puffing out his fur.

Flarepaw smiled at Dewumbra. "Hello," She meowed in greeting, a supprised look crossing her face at Dewumbra's bombard of questions. The she-cat made her way to where Dewumbra led her, settling down slowly, hissing slightly. "I'm okay. Maybe I'll do dares that don't force me to move. I haven't been feeling well. I have a fever, and my leg is killing me." she laughed slightly.

Flarepaw glanced over Dewumbra's shoulder at another cat she knew, Breampaw. "Hi," She whispered loudly enough for him to hear, waving her tail in greetings.

“Oh no! Well, then I don’t know if you should be playing in that case....” she mewed, nervous.

Dewumbra grunted. Truth was lame. Though it was the semi-safe option. “Hmm...is it true....that you have had a time where you went hunting for a long time and didn’t bring back prey?” She mewed, curious. It wasn’t the juiciest question or anything, but it was a start.

Flarepaw shook her head, amused. "What am I going to do? Walk all the way back?"

Spicedark nodded, chuckling slightly. “Probably,” he admitted, flicking his tail back and forth.

Dewumbra sighed. “No, I guess not.... but you need to be careful, ok?” She mewed gently, and she nuzzled her.

Dewumbra chuckled, amusement filtering in her eyes. “That’s not a fuel answer, but I’ll let you off this time.Anyway, it’s your turn.” She mewed.

Nilepaw's eye was caught by Flarepaw's distinct pelt, and his mind was instantly brought back to the feather. He edged back a little bit, still looking for a possible escape. The amount of pressure on him, even though it wasn't his turn yet, was nearly painful.

Sorrelbreeze looked around.

Breampaw glanced and Flarepaw and grinned. “Hi, are you playing too? How’s your leg?” She asked quietly.

Flarepaw nodded. "Alright," She mewed in agreement, turning eagerly to the group of cats. She hoped she would get picked next!

Flarepaw returned the grin, excitement buzzing through her sharper than her leg pain. "Yeah! my legs getting better. I can sorta feel it now," Flarepaw meowed in a hushed tone as to not distract the other cats who were truth & dareing.

Dewumbra relaxed, not paying attention to the game anymore, and closed her eyes as she leaned against Flarepaw.

Flarepaw blinked, supprised as Dewumbra leaned against her. The little crippled she-cat struggled to keep her weight as well as Dewy, but she managed. Turning, she smiled a bit awkwardly at the cats she was previously talking to, but srugging.

Dewumbra gently moved to where she was on Flarepaw’s shoulder and stomach, not legs, noticing her struggles. She then relaxed, and drank in Flarepaw’s scent as the cool breeze and her fur brushed Dewumbra.

Alpinesnow liked how everyone was spending time with each other. The tabby she-cat usually talked one on one with others, so this was special for her.

Spicedark glanced around, trying to think of who to ask the question to. After a couple seconds of pondering, he looked towards Alpinesnow. “Alpinesnow, truth or dare?” he called out.

The she-cat paused, not expecting to be asked this soon in the game. "Oh, truth I guess!" Alpinesnow responded after a few moments.

Spicedark hummed quietly, trying to think of a good question. “Uh, if you had to chose anyone here to be your mate, who would it be?” he asked, feeling stupid that that was the only question he could think of.

Hearing the question, Alpinesnow froze up. Mate??? The spotted tabby raced the question through her mind. Who would she want to be her mate?? Feeling overwhelmed, she ignored the obvious answer that kept nagged at the edge of her thoughts. Her pelt started to burn up, "I- uh- what if I don't want a mate?! Mouse-brain!" Being the first time Alpinesnow acted like this, it seemed extremely unusual for the peppy she-cat. Though she had a short fuse, it never went off for no reason. She desperately wanted to race off into the territory, but she forced her paws to stay where they were.

Spicedark, that making sense to him, nodded. “Okay!” he answered happily, oblivious as ever.

Feeling slightly embarrassed that she blew up in front of everyone, Alpinesnow's ears angled to the side and her attention suddenly focused on the ground. The tabby didn't like this newfound feeling what-so-ever.

"Hehehe... I mean if you wanna be single that'll be okay but uh, hehehehe..." She snickered.

"What are you suggesting?" Alpinesnow questioned the she-cat, lifting an eyebrow. Aggression lingered slightly at the edge of her curious tone of voice.

Nilepaw, desperate to break up the invisible argument he seemed to be noticing, bounced up to his feet. "I-I'll go!" His words sounded funny, all tripping over each other, slightly slurred, and his nose turned red, though he said nothing more. He sat down, tail tucking neatly around his paws as though to mask the nervous twitching of it.

Noticing that the tom was trying to keep the game going, Alpinesnow nodded. "Okay."

As what he had just done sank in, Nilepaw shrank back. /Does that mean she asks me, or I ask someone else...? Well, Spicedark was asked, and then he went, so... Oh StarClan./ he braced himself for the question. /Truth, or dare. Truth, or... Well... Truth is the safe option, right? But, then, I have to tell a secret. Oh-/

"Truth or dare?" The tabby she-cat asked, her head tilted to the side as she asked the question.

"Dare!" he didn't have time to think, the words just came out of Nilepaw's mouth.

Alpinesnow smiled before searching for a good dare. / This'll be fun / The tabby thought to herself, smiling mischievously. "I dare you to act like you've gone crazy in the middle of camp." She responded. "In front of everyone." The young warrior added. Though it was kind of mean, she couldn't really come up with anything else.

Nilepaw wasn't sure how he could do that without actually being, well, crazy. Crazy? Hallucinatory, sure. His breathing quickened and he could feel eyes on him. He had no choice. Oh, why had he chosen dare?!

Reluctantly, the cat began padding towards the center of camp, thoughts racing through his mind. How could he pull this off?

"Ooh, good luck.."

Breampaw's eyes widened, showing how shocked she was. She didn't expect Nilekit to choose dare- he seemed the kind of cat who would do truth.

ilepaw stood in the middle of camp now, a ways away from the group of young cats in the corner of camp, and took a deep breath, still thinking. /Crazy. That means... Dumb. So, I should do something very dumb. But then every cat will think I'm dumb!/ He flinched at the thought. /But then, if I don't do it, all the cats playing will think I'm dumb./ He had really painted himself into a corner here. It seemed he had no choice. Gulping, Nilepaw imagined the dumbest possible thing he could do, and began to run. The apprentice ran across camp, not seeming to stop and pushing past several cats. He kept running, and running, across the log leading to River Ledge and by some miracle not slipping into the waters. Nilepaw flinched instinctively as he approached the tall ledge, made of hard, hard stone, but didn't stop. And BAM! Yes, Nilepaw had done the dumbest thing he could imagine. he had slammed himself headfirst into a wall and spun around dazedly, but eyes lit with pride.

Breampaw quickly ran over to her littermate worriedly. "Are you okay?" she mewed.

Alpinesnow's eyes widened and she raced over to the apprentice. "You didn't have to hurt yourself!" She said quickly. "Are you alright??"

Nilepaw knew he wouldn't be able to speak, so he nodded dizzily. He was seeing stars, and if it hadn't been for those, he likely would have hallucinated. That was still a possibility-- best to get out of here while he could. Closing his eyes, Nilepaw found his voice, and spoke very slowly. "Er... Beampoww... Breampaww. Um, truth? Dare?"

Timberpaw's eyes widened. Gee, that Nilepaw must be super brave and daring, he thought, impressed. He straighted up, trying to catch a better view of the cat who had done such an awe-inspiring act.

Flarepaw stared as the small group of cats slowly made their way back to the main group. She gulped, hoping she wouldn't have to do something like that.

Flarepaw glanced at Dewumbra uncertinly. Surely the she-cat wouldn't let her do something like that, right? She was a bit worried for the cat who had thrown himself at a rock wall, but was unable to move.

( Cont. https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/3861798/comments/#comments-153651123 )

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Paws thudded on the slightly dampened soil, as a spotted tabby raced across RiverClan territory. She couldn't get a certain cat out of her thoughts and she hated it! Spicedark was the only think she could think about lately. The she-cat even tried avoiding him a few times so that maybe the nagging thoughts would go away. Alpinesnow deep inside knew that feelings were most likely blossoming, but she desperately pushed away the truth. The tabby filled her head daily with lies in an attempt to get rid of this disgusting fondness towards her tom friend. Not paying attention to where she was headed, the young warrior almost ran straight into Adder River! Luckily, the she-cat skidded to a halt just in time. Alpinesnow's eyes drifted from the bubbling river, to Deer Meadow, which stood only a few fox-lengths away from the spot she was standing on.

Softpaw, the young black she-cat apprentice, was walking around by the meadow and river, humming to herself. She was limping, but she didn't care. She looked towards the meadow and smiled, then ran towards it, but stopped dead in her tracks. There was another cat there, by the meadow. /Who's that?/ she thought. /She doesn't smell like a shadowclan cat.../ she cautiously walked towards the other cat

Picking up the overwhelming scent of ShadowClan, Alpinesnow's ears pricked upwards and her whiskers twitched. "Hello?" The short warrior called out, expecting a reply from whoever was there. After waiting a few moments, the she-cat's curiosity seemed to swamp over her, and Spicedark faded from her thoughts.

"H-hello," Softpaw mewed and stepped a little closer. She tilted her head onto the side, curious. "Who are you?" she asked.

"Me? I'm Alpinesnow. I'm from RiverClan." The young warrior introduced herself with a friendly smile. She guessed that the black she-cat was probably an apprentice from ShadowClan, due to the size and scent of her.

"Oh, I'm Softpaw." she smiled. "You're from Riverclan? Woah, I've never met anyone from Riverclan!" she mewed.

"Nice to meet you Softpaw." The she-cat dipped her head politely in greeting. "Yeah, actually to be honest I haven't met anyone from ShadowClan either." Alpinesnow smiled sheepishly, though she was a warrior it was the truth.

"Wait- how'd you get all the way here? Riverclan is /waay/ away from here..." she looked up at the warrior.

"Well it's not too far...-" Alpinesnow paused for a few moments. "Actually camp is pretty far from here, but I'm still technically in RiverClan territory." The tabby responded, realizing that she ran all the way from camp to here.

Softpaw hesitated. "Uh- hate to break it to you, but-" she lowered her voice. "This isn't Riverclan territory anymore, it's Shadowclan's."

Roleplay with Spicedark ( @Sharkbirb )

A dull tabby she-cat sat by the edge of camp, head lowered. The feline seemed to be captivated in something due to the way her eyes fixed on the floor. Alpinesnow never really took the time to take in scenery or things that she found pretty, though lately she found herself changing. To be honest, the young warrior didn't know exactly what to do with herself. It sounded stupid, especially when she could be hunting for her clan, but Alpinesnow felt extremely bored the past few moons. Almost like she was stuck in a rut.

Spicedark padded out of the warrior’s den, humming a pleasant tune. His eyes were shining, and his posture showed his excitement. To be fair, Spicey was almost always excited about something or other. He glanced up, eyes brightening. He padded towards Alpinesnow, a grin growing on his face.

Noticing the chimera tom, Alpinesnow grounded herself. She pushed her paws firmly against the ground. She wasn't going to say anything stupid, she wasn't going to say anything stupid, she wasn't going to say anything stupid. The tabby she-cat continued to remind herself to not lash out at him under any circumstances. It didn't seem normal, and he'd eventually figure out that something's up if she kept getting flustered. "Hello Spicedark." The warrior greeted, eyes still fixed on the ground.

“Hey Alpinesnow!” the chimera tom answered happily. He was an oblivious young cat, and didn’t notice how oddly his friend was acting.

The tabby she-cat took a deep breath before looking up at her friend with a smile. "You seem extra happy today! Did anything good happen?" Alpinesnow purred, slowly slipping back into her average peppiness. Inside her head, the she-cat was having a full blown battle with her emotions. She didn't... no, wouldn't accept these stupid feelings. All they would do to her is break her heart, and she didn't need unrequited love added onto her load.

“Not really,” Spicedark chuckled, shaking his head. “Did you hear about Waspsnow’s kits yet?” he added, eyes brightening. “I’m hoping to maybe mentor one,” he admitted.

Waspsnow's kits?? An apprentice? Alpinesnow paused for a few moments. An apprentice would be the perfect thing to take her problems off her mind! Wait, no. If that was the only reason she wanted one, she surely didn't deserve one. But still, mentoring an apprentice would be fun! "Really? That's awesome! Maybe we'll both get to mentor one!" The tabby she-cat responded despite the low chance. There were a ton of older warriors in the clan with more experience anyways, so she was pretty sure they would be considered before Spicedark and herself.

AU Roleplay with Auburnkit ( @qhosty--- )

A speckled tabby feline padded out of the nursery with a smile on her face. Recently Alpinesnow had adopted four(?) gorgeous kittens. She would have never expected to adopt or even have kittens, especially so soon into her adulthood, but she fell in love with them the day she found them in RiverClan territory. The warrior leaned down and gently sank her teeth into a small fish. She then carried it back into the nursery. Alpinesnow placed the fish down on a moss bed, which seemed pretty new due to the fresh smell to it.

An auburn, tall, handsome kit with a curled tail was snuggled up with a fluffy kit, otherwise known as Vixenkit. He usually would curl up with Peachkit, but Dawnkit said that needed to change.

Alpinesnow angled her paw before prodding the side of their nest. Since the kittens were now old enough to start consuming solid food, the tabby decided it would be better to start sooner than later. "Hey guys, I've got something new for you to try." She purred with a smile, making sure to stay quiet out of respect for the other sleeping kittens.

He looked up, hiccuping. Opening his eyes, he saw Alpinesnow. "OooOO!" he oohed while looking at the food. "Yum!" he said, without even tasting it. He had absolutely no idea what ot was, but he wanted to TRY it

"Now this is called fish, you have to chew when eating it. So make sure you do this when you have it in your mouth-" Alpinesnow explained carefully. The tabby opened her mouth and clenched down her teeth before releasing her jaw, she repeated this a few times. "I'm going to give each of you a small piece, okay?"

"Ok!" he opened his mouth widely, waiting as if he were a greed soul. He was just awfully excited to try something new.

The dappled she-cat tore off a small chunk of the fish and slipped it into Auburnkit's mouth. "Now make sure to chew!" Alpinesnow reminded him, not wanting the kit to choke on his food.

He chewed slowly, his eyes brightened almost immediately. Swallowing it, he looked back at Alpinesnow. "More!" he pleaded.

Chuckling in amusement, Alpinesnow ripped off a second piece. "Open wide!" She smiled.

He opened his mouth again.

Once again, the short feline plopped the sliver of fish into Auburnkit's open mouth. "I'm guessing you like it?" Alpinesnow purred.

He nodded, then turned to his siblings, who were still sleeping.

Roleplay with Dragonflykit ( @Shark\_thecat )

A tiny calico kit batted a feather, before flopping back down on the floor of the nursery, the feather floating gently down and landing on her face. This was STUPID, WHY wasn’t she trying to EXPLORE CAMP! She leaped back up in determination and tried to run outside the nursery, but she tripped over a rock. “I GO OUSIDE!” she declared for all of RiverClan to hear, walking to the entrance with her tiny chest puffed out proudly.

Due to the unusual silence surrounding camp, Alpinesnow decided to poke her head out of the warriors den and perhaps grab something to eat. The dappled tabby ambled slowly towards the fresh kill pile. She picked out a trout before settling back down on her haunches. She almost choked on her food when "I GO OUTSIDE!" pierced the silence and rang across camp. Wondering who the heck decided to let out a screech, Alpinesnow padded towards where the sound came from, which was the nursery.

Thinking she heard something, Dragonflykit turned her head 180° in each direction, before looking directly above her, then directly below her. She eventually turned to face Alpinesnow, her eyes wide and smile spreading across her face, comically wide. “HI DERE!” Dragonflykit exclaimed in her tiny, squeaky, yet loud voice. “I IS DRAGON! YOU IS… CHARCAT!”

When the kitten opened her mouth to speak again, Alpinesnow's gaze landed on her. Whoah this kit was loud! "Charcat?-" The tabby she-cat had no idea what Dragonflykit was trying to tell her. "Uhm.... could you try telling me that again?" She asked politely, even though this was a kit, she didn't want to sound rude.

"WHY did Charcat be CONFUZZLED? I SAYSED, 'HI DERE! I IS DRAGON! YOU IS… CHARCAT!'" she repeated. She narrowed her eyes. Why was she confused? Dragonflykit thought that was veryyy weeeird.

Confession Roleplay with Spicedark ( @Sharkbirb )

A small yet furry she-cat strolled out of the warriors' den with a casual smile. Her tail, which was humongous compared to the size of her body, swept the floor beneath her a few times before resting upwards in the air. Alpinesnow hadn't really socialized with anyone in a while, and because of this, she was starving for social interaction. The tabby warrior's gaze shifted from cat to cat, wondering who she should talk to.

Spicedark, a mottled chimera tom was sitting in the warriors den, fumbling with a cluster of feathers, and some vines. He had picked up the feathers from out in camp, and wanted to make a crown out of them.

Eyes resting on her mottled friend, Alpinesnow flashed a frown. Her eyes drifted to the ground, before curving her mouth upwards into a smile and looking back up. The tabby she-cat's paws didn't make a sound on the dirt as she walked into the den. She watched him for a few moments before opening her mouth to speak. "Hello!" Alpinesnow greeted cheerfully with a smile.

Looking up, Spicey grinned a wide grin. “Oh, hey Alpinesnow!” he greeted the she-cat, looking rather pleased to see her. He paused his project, becoming almost completely still.

"I haven't seen you in a while!" The cedar-colored molly acknowledged before reflecting the tom's grin on her own face. Alpinesnow could feel the scorching feeling caused by her throat tightening up. This was pathetic. She hated the way she had to sit around and act like nothing was wrong. In fact, it wasn't fair. It wasn't fair to her or Spicedark. He deserved to know how she really felt, but Alpinesnow was petrified that it would crush her relationship with him.

“Yeah, it’s been way too long,” Spicedark answered with a warm chuckle, looking happy and very oblivious. The mottled tom didn’t tend to notice other’s emotions, even when almost outright told.

Building up the courage, Alpinesnow took a deep breath and parted her jaws. "Spicedark,, I was wondering if we could talk? I have something I'd like to get off my chest." The tabby feline finally asked confidently. Her heart was racing and pounding, though not loud enough for the tom to hear. "Could we take a walk, I feel it'd be easier to talk outside of camp." Alpinesnow requested, eyes drifting to the corner of her eyes in embarrassment. Hopefully he didn't pick up on anything. No, who was she kidding, this was Spicedark for StarClan's sake. He probably wouldn't pick up on it even if she flat out told him.

Spicedark nodded, looking mildly confused but otherwise unaffected. “Sure! What’s up?” he asked, jumping up, and looking towards the exit of the den. He didn’t know what Alpinesnow was going to say, but he wasn’t worried.

"Well we've been friends for a while now, pretty much since we were kits~" The mottled tabby trailed off as she started padding towards the exit of camp. StarClan, this was difficult. The sharp, needlelike feeling of fear kept jabbing at Alpinesnow's stomach every time she spoke. The she-cat was trying her hardest to keep herself from trembling. What was wrong with her?! She could not wait until this horrible feeling was gone... but would getting this off her chest even help? What if it didn't?!

Spicey, not quite getting where this was going, padded next to her, nodding his head. “That’s true! It’s been a while,” he answered warmly, chuckling with a slightly nervous tone.

After a few minutes of silently walking, Alpinesnow turned to face her friend... no her crush. "I feel like I'm going to destroy our friendship... so please... promise me you'll try to stay my friend after what I'm going to share with you now." She asked, looking down at the ground once again.

Spicedark, feeling slightly nervous, nodded his head. This reminded him too much about the imaginary scene where he confessed to Mouk. He shuffled to his paws, glancing at the ground. “I promise,” he answered.

"I've... I've..." Hesitating, Alpinesnow bit her cheek, trying to keep herself from taking everything back and shrugging it off. "I've l-liked you for a while n-now." The tabby she-cat confessed, looking back up at Spicedark. Instead of smiling or asking if he liked her back, a frown stretched across the molly's face and her eyes seemed dark. This was horrible. He wouldn't want to be her friend now, right? Selfish, selfish, selfish. That's what she was. Selfish to think that he might feel the same. Selfish to want to be more than friends. Selfish to hide it for so long. Selfish to make him promise that he'd try and be her friend. Selfish to expect everything to go back to normal. Alpinesnow could name a thousand other reasons, why, why she was the most selfish cat. She could understand if he wanted to ignore her for the rest of his life, it made a lot of sense. She'd probably want the same if someone she didn't like confessed.

Spicedark flushed, eyes widening. He didn’t know what to say, but he should have known. He liked Mousepaw, sure, but maybe he could like Alpinesnow like that too! Mousepaw didn’t even like him back, so no one would have known. The young tom sat down, too many thoughts flooding into his head. He didn’t know what to do, or what a good response would be. “Uh,” he muttered, feeling very confused. One thing he did know, was that he wasn’t mad, and would hate to have to ignore his friend forever.

"I'm horrible... I know... I'm so sorry." Alpinesnow apologized, feeling awful. "And about the promise thing, you could forget that if you want... That was selfish of me to ask." The she-cat continued to ramble on apologies and other comments that made her seem like a horrible cat. Underneath her fur, Alpinesnow's face was sizzling with shame. All she wanted to do was call him a mousebrain and run away. Why did she always run away from her problems?!

Eyes widening, Spicey shook his head. “Why would you think you’re horrible? You’re a great friend, and I think you’re amazing. Just not in a romantic way,” he answered, feeling terrible about the last part. He couldn’t lie to her though.

What...? He didn't...hate her? Not knowing what to say next, Alpinesnow sat there for a few awkward moments. "You don't hate me...?" The dull-paletted tabby questioned in a relieved yet confused tone. Instead of feeling upset because she was just rejected, Alpinesnow was in a state of shock. How did he not hate her??

Spicedark smiled awkwardly, nodding once again. His short tail flicked back and forth, brushing leaves across the ground. “Why would I? I just like someone else,” he responded, before feeling absolutely stupid. Why did he say the last part? Alpinesnow would be so upset!

A joyful smile formed on the she-cat's dappled face. Honestly she felt more glad than upset. "Thank goodness. I wouldn't of known how to react if you felt the same." Alpinesnow laughed before letting out a relieved sigh, though she could still feel sadness seeping into her heart. "Even so, I wouldn't recommend going around and responding with 'I just like someone else,' to every cat who confesses to you." The tabby warrior joked, mostly as a coping mechanism. This hurt, but not as bad as it did before she told him.

Garden Roleplay

Alpinesnow found it funny how even though it was leaf-fall, no leaves were... well falling in RiverClan territory. Then again, the territory had little to no trees, so it pretty much made sense. The small-sized tabby realized that she hadn't been outside of camp in... let's just say a while. Feeling slightly guilty, the she-cat previously decided to go on a walk, and perhaps hunt a little as well. Her wooly tail draped over her back as she proceeded across the stretch of land she called home. The air was warm, but powerful strikes of cold gusts occasionally flew past her body. Luckily, Blazingwing past down a big furry coat. Even though it wasn't exactly beneficial when swimming, it had its fair share of positives when it came to keeping warm. Alpinesnow finally came to a sudden halt when she felt the urge to set out towards Silver Falls instead of where ever she was originally going... if she even had a place in mind. Her heterochromic gaze glimpsed in the direction of Silver Falls before venturing towards her new destination. The warrior always thought, or maybe just imagined, that the air surrounding bodies of water was so much fresher than the air surrounding camp or the average territory. A few minutes after arriving at the three strands of water, Alpinesnow caught sight of a small patch of plants. Unable to make them out, she padded curiously towards them. As the spotted tabby headed towards the patch, she realized that they were mostly wild flowers, and possibly a herb or two? It was strange how they were are growing fairly close to each other. The she-cat sat down to watch the little plants, soon getting an idea. She hastily scanned the area for rocks, or trees. Knowing that she would not find any trees, Alpinesnow focused on rocks. Moss grew on rocks, right?? She had only ever seen it on trees, but she was pretty sure it grew on stones as well. When she finally got her paws on some moss, the young warrior dipped it gently in oneof the streams before walking back to the little patch. She then raised the clump of moss above each plant, and squished. Even though the little 'garden' was next to Silver Falls, Alpinesnow figured it wouldn't do any harm to water it.

Roleplay with Spicedark ( @suburbanstoat )

A long lush tail brushed the wall of the warriors' den as a tabby she-cat made her way out. Her heterochromic gaze flashed around camp, looking for someone, specifically a friend, to talk to. Alpinesnow had recently took up a hobby of visiting the same wild garden. She'd nurture the plants that grew there. They always seemed to dance in the light breeze, caused by the crashing water from Silver Falls. For some reason, the way they flowed around put her at ease, which was very unusual for the peppy she-cat.

Spicedark happened to be napping atop the stone roof of the warrior’s den, snoring rather loudly. He had been sitting up there the previous night, and had fallen asleep before he was able to go down to his mossy nest. All of the sudden he awoke, as that happened so times. The chimera tom’s mossy green eyes popped open, and he yawned.

Alpinesnow, who was startled by the chimera warrior's sudden yawn, jumped a bit before quickly calming down once again. The tabbico's larger than average ears turned around to face Spicedark, as well as her body following close behind. "Hiya Spicedark!" The she-cat greeted with a grin from ear to ear.

Spicedark, eyes widening, flushed. “Oh, hey Alpinesnow!” he greeted his friend. Though, just thinking it, friend felt a little funny. He jumped up, quickly jumping down to stand by Alpine.

"Now that I think about it, we haven't talked since-" Realizing that if Alpinesnow continued what she was going to say, it would make the conversation awkward. "-in a while. We haven't talked in a while." The spotted tabby corrected herself before finishing her sentence. "How have you been?"

Spicedark felt his fur heat up, and he glanced awkwardly towards the ground. “Yeah,” he answered, chuckling. “Oh, I’ve been alright! Hoping to maybe have an apprentice soon,” he added, glancing up. After his experience with Mousepaw, he knew the signs immediately. He had a crush on Alpinesnow? He didn’t know what to do. Alpine liked him back, right? Best to keep quiet just in case.

Alpinesnow felt that same twist in her stomach, though it wasn't an unpleasant twist. It made her feel like she could run for miles without getting tired. She felt childlike for thinking that this feeling would just mysteriously go away after she confessed. Though, inside her chest didn't feel like it was being stretched wider and wider anymore. "That's good!! I've actually been hoping the same thing, I'd be a learning experience for me!" Alpinesnow quickly remembered why she wanted to talk to her friend. "Oh right! I was wondering if you'd want to check out something I've been working hard on recently? I haven't shared it with anyone yet."

Spicedark, eyes brightening, nodded his head. “Sure! What is it?” he asked curiously, looking rather pleased to be the first one to know. It was a little selfish, but he was glad to know that Alpinesnow told him first, out of all of her friends. He swished his tail back and forth, smiling.

"Well I found this natural-looking garden, and I've been taking care of it!" Alpinesnow purred, feeling proud of herself, despite it being easy to water plants. "It's really close to Silver Falls!" The tabby molly added for no reason in particular.

“That’s super cool,” Spicedark answered with obvious awe in his voice. In his opinion, watering plants must be challenging, because they were unable to carry the water. “Could you show me where it is?” he added hopefully.

"Thank you!~" Alpinesnow thanked the tom, her eyes squinting upwards as another smile formed on her face. "Sure!!" The tabby she-cat flicked her tail towards the exit of camp before taking a few steps forwards.

Spicedark smiled, padding after her. He felt himself blush a little, before internally yelling at himself. You can’t reject someone and /then/ start to like them! That would just be rude.

The spotted molly marched out of camp and into the territory with a smile on her face, perhaps Spicedark would like the garden just as much as she did! Alpinesnow paused to take a deep breath and make sure the chimera tom was still behind her.

Luckily for Alpinesnow, Spicedark was following. He was almost completely lost in thought. He sighed, smiling as he drifted back to reality.

Alpinesnow gave him a silent nod before continuing to push on towards their destination, Silver Falls. The air seemed fresh, unlike the air in the warriors den. The she-cat was glad that she got out of camp, she much fonder of the territory anyways.

Beginning to hum a quiet tune, Spicedark sped up, in attempt to keep up with the she-cat. He swished his tail to and from, excited to see the garden he had heard so much about.

After a few minutes of walking, they had finally reached the small garden. Alpinesnow, in a joking manner, waved her tail towards the garden as if to present a masterpiece. A mix of mostly cool-colored flowers, but a few warm, surrounded each other in almost a circle. Along with the flowers, a small pile of moss was being held down by a rock. "I use the moss to water them." The tabby warrior purred.

Eyes widening, Spicedark blinked, as if believing it would disappear within seconds. “It’s beautiful,” he whispered, stepping forwards.

Not expecting that reaction, Alpinesnow felt a little flustered. "I- I mean I didn't really do anything but water it! It's the plants who decided to all grow together!!" She insisted, but couldn't help but nervously smile a little.

Looking towards Alpine, Spicedark smiled. “Well you’re the best water-er I know,” he mewed partially as a joke, and partially as a compliment. He blushed, realizing he sounded stupid.

Alpinesnow let out a gentle giggle, shutting her eyes as she smiled. "Why thank you!" The molly answered, playing along. "You're the best complementer I know." She added before hastily focusing her attention on the flowers.

Spicedark grinned, looking rather pleased. Trying to keep himself from acting stupid, he padded into the garden, looking all around. “This is amazing,” he whispered.

"Yeah, I'm not really the type to 'garden' or really have any hobby that includes being patient, but this little patch of flowers caught my eye." Alpinesnow chuckled.

“Well I think you’re doing an amazing job,” Spicedark called with a reassuring smile.

"Thank you! Would you like to help water them today?" Alpinesnow asked, gesturing her tail towards the pile of moss before glancing back at Spicedark with a smile.

Spicedark, blushing a little, nodded. “Oh, I’d love that! Could you show me how?” he asked with a warm chuckle, padding towards the moss pile.

"Sure! It's pretty simple! All you have to do is dip the moss in the water coming from Silver Falls, and then clench it in your teeth when it's above the flowers!" Alpinesnow instructed before grabbing a chunk of moss and padding over to the river.

Spicey nodded, grabbing a bit of moss and moving towards the falls. He followed Alpinesnow best he could, smiling .

Alpinesnow, mouth occupied, silently dipped the moss into the water. She stood up and hurried back to the patch of flowers, not wanting the water to drip.

Spicedark did the same, though rather sloppily. Then, he followed her back to the garden, before squeezing the moss knot one of the patches of flowers

Roleplay with Dewumbra ( @RaeOk718 )

Soft footsteps could be heard as a wooly molly made her way into camp with a fish clasped in her jaws. Despite being a RiverClan cat, Alpinesnow majorly disliked the way fresh fish slime felt in her mouth. It seemed unnatural for something to have such a wet, yet sticky film around it's body. Due to not having many trees in RiverClan in general, the light coming from the sun caused a glare in her sight and snapped the warrior out of her thoughts.

Dewumbra was padding over to greet her aunt, remembering how she had promised Spruceberry to socialize with her kin more. “Hello!” She mewed with a warm smile.

Noticing the blue-colored warrior, a grin formed on Alpinesnow's face. She hadn't talked to Dewumbra since the Truth & Dare game that the younger cats took part in. "Oh hello!" The spotted tabby responded, dipping her head politely to the other she-cat. "I don't believe we've talked in a while!"

Dewumbra grinned happily. “No, we haven’t! I was wanting to spend time with you for that same reason, actually.” She mewed. [I also have news…but I’ll get to that later.] she thought, love deepening in her heart as she thought of her new mate, but she shook it off to focus on the cat with her.

"I feel honored!" Alpinesnow teased her lightheartedly with a smile. "How have you been lately?" The spotted tabby questioned, her usual conversation starter. "Anything interesting going on?"

Roleplay with Jayflame ( @Icecubecookie )

Jayflame was sitting in the center of camp, making a flower crown out of blue roses that she found while she was on a walk, Jayflame's crafting supplies consisted of flowers and feathers, she put a jay feather in one of the roses for decoration, Jayflame didn't know what she would do with it as she didn't think it would fit her, the subtle breeze blew on her fur, she also had a few blueberries in storage aswell, they didn't do anything, but they were a tasty treat, she put a few in a rose like a flower was holding them, a sweet treat for whichever cat was going to receive it, she had never thought of making gifts for her fellow clanmates until now. She used to think that it didn't mean anything as she never got any gifts of her own. She had learned however, gifts are a great way to tighten friendships with cats in the clan, however, she wanted to give it to a cat she didn't know, as a sign of a blossoming friendship, she waited eagerly for a cat to come to her.

A tabby warrior, on the shorter side, ducked out of the warriors' den even though her head wouldn't hit the entrance anyways. Bored out of her mind, Alpinesnow looked around for someone to chat with like she always did when bored. Her attention rested on the silver she-cat as she staggered forwards. "Morning." She addressed the warrior in a rather tedious manner. Alpinesnow didn't have a good sleep the previous night.

"Hello!" she mewed, excited to finally talk to somecat. She turned to face the warrior, stopping the task she had been doing, "How are you?" she asked, seeing that the warrior looked tired, she knew how it felt, except, she was always drained from doing nothing, a newfound energy source had motivated her, it was crafting.

"I've been pretty well lately!" Alpinesnow responded before nodding, remembering the little garden that she was taking care of in the territory. "What about you?" The spotted warrior pondered, dipping her head to the side in sync as she spoke. She noticed the flowers that Jayflame was weaving. / Those are pretty! / Alpinesnow thought to herself.

"I'm pretty well myself, I've gone hunting and met a few of the other cats in this clan." she said, noticing that Alpinesnow was looking at her flower crown, It was beautifully done in her opinion, "Do you like it? It's my first flower crown! Besides that, what do you like to do in your free time?" she asked, getting carried away with questions, "Sorry, I'm always told I'm a chatterbox." she said, dipping her head in embarrassment.

"Yeah, it's pretty!" The molly answered with a smile. Alpinesnow was never really into weaving, mostly because she didn't have a ton of patience to begin with, but that didn't mean she couldn't think the finished product looked pretty. "I actually have been taking care of a natural garden recently, and no don't be sorry!" Alpinesnow reassured Jayflame, noticing that the she-cat seemed to feel a little awkward. She was pretty awkward herself after all.

Jayflame looked at the warrior with a warm look, "Thanks!" she said, Jayflame knew that weaving was a pretty hard thing to do. And thank you for not thinking I'm a chatterbox." she said, "You have a garden?" she asked, her eyes glowing, "That sounds cool, I could try to teach you how t-to weave..." she said, "I-If you'd like, you can have it." she said, "I don't think it would fit me." said the young Russian Blues.

"Really? That'd be super cool!" Alpinesnow's eyes widened in excitement, maybe she could learn how to weave despite her lack of patience! "You sure? It's so pretty!" The tabby she-cat glanced down at the beautiful flower crown, she was right though, Alpinesnow was pretty small so it would probably fit her.

"I can teach you soon then!" she said, hoping that enough cats liked flower weaving so they could have a little group, "You can have it, I think it would look nice on you!" she said, handing the crown to the tabby.

"Thank you so much!" The spotted tabby slipped the crown onto her head gently before looking back up at Jayflame. "Does it look good?" Alpinesnow chuckled, wanting to get the she-cat's opinion.

"It looks great on you!" she mewed, "No problem, that's what friends do." she mewed, shuffling her paws, laughing with Alpinesnow.

Alpinesnow let out a purr as her cheeks flushed gleefully. She didn't have many friends, so it meant a lot that Jayflame considered her a friend.

Jayflame looked kindly at the warrior as if she had read Alpinesnow's mind, she didn't have very many friends either. She hoped that Alpinesnow thought she was her friend too, even though they just met.

Roleplay with Shine, Scruffy, Rowanmouse, and Sagethorn ( @Shining-stqrs, @Omallycat123, @Valpixv, and @ijustwanapostart )

2 unfamiliar cats, most likely kittypelts or loners, and escorted into the camp by 2 Riverclan cats. "Ooooo so this is your clan!" Shine started to greet everyone, unaware of the hostile glares from the other Riverclan cats since Shine and Scruffy are strangers.

Scruffy glared back at the cats and nudged her shoulder. "Don't be so optimistic. We're the outcasts here. They don't like us." He tossed his head and followed Rowanmouse.

Shine playfully stick her tongue out at Scruffy. "It's called being NICE, I bet they'd like you more if you be nice to them! Instead of doing that creepy glare you're doing, burrrr~" Shine meowed, her tail swaying back and forth excitedly.

"They could attack us at any time. Be on edge, they have no reason to show us mercy." His tail dragged against the floor and he scratched at his pink collar. Twolegs had put it on him before but he had never been able to get it off. He now was noticing it could be embarrassing or a sign of weakness to look like a kittypet.

A curious warrior made her way out of the crowd. The tabby molly flicked her ears in an attempt to hear what the strange cats were speaking about before padding over to them. “Hello!” Alpinesnow greeted with a nervous smile. Hopefully she wasn’t being awkward! Did they think she seemed awkward?? Was she being awkward???

Scruffy grit his teeth and narrowed his eyes. "Greetings flea-bag," he growled. "This is Shine. I'm Scruffy. I don't plan on staying here for long." His tail flicked and his ears flattened back.

Flea…bag?! The nerve of this cat! “Excuse me?!” Alpinesnow snapped, taking a step back defensively. “Good, I hope you and your mousedung attitude get out of RiverClan as fast as possible.” The tabby she-cat had already decided that she hated this cat’s guts.

His claws unsheathed and he walked past her. "We're not here to talk to you. Shine wanted a tour and that is all we came for." He looked at Shine and beckoned her with his tail.

Sagethorn raised his nose in suspicion as a new, rank stench hit it. He padded forward, ears perked curiously. As he heard Alpinesnow shout, he rushed over faster. He pulled up beside her, claws out. “Hold on, Alpinepaw.” Sagethorn grumbled. “Let’s hear what they have to say.” Sagethorn hadn’t known she became a warrior.

A tour?! Had their camp become some tour site for outsiders?! Alpinesnow’s pelt started to bristle at the thought. How disgraceful of them to barge in! The spotted tabby curled her lip upwards before slightly setting down when Sagethorn interrupted. “Alpinesnow.” She corrected, though loud enough for only the tom to hear.

The crooked-toothed tom sat patiently, waiting for the strangers to respond. His pelt bristled lightly, “Who brought you here, hmm?” He grumbled. His milky, blind eyes would be obvious to the strangers, as well as the light glare emanating from them.

"Hi!! I'm Shine! I'm really sorry for scruffy's attitude, he's just cautious." Shine meowed to Alpinesnow, then whispered to Scruffy. "Quick! Apologize!" She turned her head back to Alpinesnow. "It's nice to meet you! What's your name?" Shine smiled. Her paws tingled as she could barely keep herself from jumping around excitedly like a mouse brain! She was meeting another River clan cat! IN the RIVERCLAN CAMP!

Sagethorn turned his head to face Alpinesnow, urging her to respond politely.

“Cautious? You mean utterly rude…” The warrior mumbled under her breath, too quiet to be heard. Her short-tempered-ness soon faded from the conversation. “Nice to meet you as well Shine, I’m Alpinesnow…!” She dipped her head politely, feeling more at ease. This cat was a hundred times nicer than the other one. This poor cat seemed pretty enthusiastic about the clans, perhaps she even wanted to stay… Alpinesnow swiftly moved towards the she-cat. “You seem like a nice cat! Maybe we could become friends?” She wondered aloud, though pretty quietly. It was a pretty stupid and awkward thing to say, but Alpinesnow didn’t have many friends, and this cat seemed like someone she’s get along with. Plus, she could tell Shine stories about the clans if she wanted, maybe even help her eventually get in, though that was completely up to the leader. Alpinesnow took a step back and sat back down next to Sagethorn.

"YES!" Shine jumped, than realized she got too excited. "Um, I mean, if you want, since you were wondering it aloud, you know?" Shine grinned. She knew she had to go back to the edge of the forest now, but making a new friend! IN A CLAN! Maybe she could sneak into the riverclan border occasionally, and have a chat! WITH A CLAN CAT! Shine thought, having no idea she was hopping up and down again.

Alpinesnow giggled at the mass amounts of energy Shine had. “Of course, I asked.” She chuckled with a smile. “Anyways we should probably escort you back now.”

Rowanmouse nodded. "Agreed. You both seem like nice cats, Shine and..." He turned to Alpinesnow "i-never-learned-your-name, but we're just going to make more trouble if Shine and Scruffy stay. Her and I will escort you out, Shine, though I'd love to see you both again."

The sun fell as the night risen, the brilliantly red and orange light disappearing in the edge of the sky. The silhouettes of three cats padded away from the chattering camp, slowly disappearing into the forest.

Roleplay with Spicedark ( @suburbanstoat )

A fairly short she-cat was resting next to Duck Pond. One of her front paws was dipped in the water, just resting there. Her eyes were clasped shut and she seemed to be taking a nap.

Spicedark had decided to walk laps around duck pond, walking briskly around the rough circle that was the pond. He hummed, smiling.

After a few moments, the soft thuds coming from Spicedark’s paw steps woke Alpinesnow up. Her eyelids slowly drifted upwards along with her head lifting off the ground.

Spicedark, seeing Alpinesnow a ways in front of him, yelped a little. “Oh, hi Alpinesnow!” he mewed quickly, padding over.

“He-hello!” The female warrior responded drowsily, half awake. She scrubbed her eyes with her paw before lifting herself off the hard ground.

Roleplay with Ryuu ( @TheThingInYourCloset )

a dark furred rogue streamed past river clan territory— sloppily chasing after a mouse. ryuu swerved and turned, occasionally having to stop and dig the rodent out of its hiding place. now, he wasn’t really hunting persay. but rather practicing his skills. repeating jasmines words in his head. ‘knock your prey up into a corner and snap its neck.’

Alpinesnow, a warrior on the younger side, had been out for a hunt. She hadn’t found any prey until she caught glimpse of the mouse Ryuu was chasing. Unknown to her that another car was indeed chasing it, she bounded forwards and slammed right into the other feline. “Oww!!”

panicked, ryuu hissed- his now sheathed claws flying through the air, threatening to hit the young shecat. in a flurry of motion, the apprentice-aged tom landed into the trunk of an oak tree. the mouse escaping through a set of narrow bushes.

“Whoah!!!” The tabby she cat yowled, caught off guard. She leaped backwards in an attempt to dodge his flailing paws. After backing away, Alpinesnow finally got a good look at the tom. “Calm down!!”

ryuu backed up against the tree trunk, looking for a possible escape route. jasmine had told him about these clan cats- they were aggressive and highly territorial, willing to spill blood over a unchecked rogue.”stay back!” he growled, attempting to look fierce and.. well, scary.

“You don’t have to be so grumpy.” The tabby warrior huffed in an annoyed tone of voice. Though irritated, sight of a little kitten pressed up in fear seemed cute according to Alpinesnow, not in a sadistic way though.

confusion flickered in the toms gaze, but his defensive posture only stiffened. claws dug into the moistened dirt, and temper only flared. ryuu was a calm cat but.. alpinesnow really gave him a spook! an awkward silence drifted on by between the two cats, threatening to end with tooth and claw. however, driven by fear, ryuu couldn’t help but say something. “who- who are you?” he stammered, eyeing the white warrior with a pinch of distrust.

The molly’s gaze seemed stuck on the tom, she wanted to make sure he didn’t somehow escape. She was going to let him off the hook anyways, but if he fought her she’d have to bring him to Badgerstar. “Me? I’m Alpinesnow, a warrior if you haven’t figured out already.” After all, she figured that a clan cat’s scent would be drastically different to the scents loners are used to.

“alpinesnow?” ryuu frowned, completely and utterly confused by the strange name.”isn’t that.. that doesn’t make sense i-“ he paused, ears growing red. he hated how stupid that comment sounded, he felt stupid for letting his guard down that quickly because of a name. he just.. cringed.

“I mean if it’s so absolutely bizarre to you, you could call me Alpine…?” She replied, covering up her insecurity-prone personality with a tough attitude. “What’s your name anyways?” The spotted feline questioned.

ryuu remained silent. slowly moving to the side as he searched for an escape. he didn’t know this cat, and neither did he know much about this.. riverclan. plus, his previous run-ins with these cats proved of how territorial they could be, and how they wouldn’t hesitate to throw fatal blows to secure their border.

Roleplay with Ravenflight ( @misty-raven )

Ravenflight was dozing beneath a tree after a long and slightly fruitless hunting patrol. From one half-opened eye, she watched her Clanmates going about their lives - the kits playing, Queen talking, apprentices messing around (per usual) and the elder warriors talking with each other in the shade. A fly buzzed lazily in her ear, and she bat it to the ground with a swipe of her paw. For the first time in many, many moons, she felt at peace.

A female warrior trotted towards the tree Ravenflight was under, hoping to be able to talk to her. She had also been out in the territory recently, but instead, Alpinesnow had been on a walk. As she got closer, the she-cat realized that she hadn’t talked to her mother in a while, probably not since her apprentice ceremony! “Hello Ravenflight!!” The spotted tabby chirped at last.

Ravenflight's ears twitched when she heard her name. She sat up, startled, then relaxed when she saw her daughter. "Alpinesnow!" she mewed happily, patting the space next to her with her tail. "How have you been?"

Roleplay with Spicedark ( @suburbanstoat )

A small circle of fur filled one of the nests in the warriors' den. Though you couldn't see the cat's head, her tail was sticking straight up into the air, unintentionally letting everyone know she was awake. To be completely honest, Alpinesnow was not feeling too well. Her head was pulsing like crazy and her nose made breathing a hundred times harder. It was extremely annoying. The fluffy she-cat let out an irritated groan, thinking the den was empty.

Spicedark, who happened to be in the nearly empty den napping, woke up with a start, fern eyes shooting open. “What?” he mewed in confusion, obviously still only slightly awake.

Not expecting anyone to be in the den, Alpinesnow jolted upwards as well, her fur ruffled near her neck and chest due to the sudden harsh movement. The feline's sight was foggy for a few brief moments, from being clasped shut for so long, but her vision cleared up quickly. "Gosh Spicedark, you gave me a pretty bad fright..." She sighed with relief before realizing she must of gave him a fright as well.

Spicey, being barely awake, furrowed his brow in a mildly annoyed way, muttering something along the lines of, “it’s okay, I’m tired,” of course it didn’t make to much sense to anyone who heard it. The chimera tom shifted, trying to shake the sleepiness out of his eyes.

Tilting her head to the side, Alpinesnow furrowed her brow as well, but in more of a confused manner. The tabby shrugged it off, figuring he was still half asleep. She had never actually seen Spicedark asleep before, or payed any attention to it. She wondered if he had to deal with the same noise problem as her... probably not, after all she had pretty large ears.

Spicedark, realizing after he was finally awake that he was talking to Alpinesnow, blushed, eyes widening. “Oh, uh hi Alpinesnow!” he added quickly, shaking off as much sleep as he could from his tone.

"Hiya Spicedark!" The short feline smirked, holding back a little giggle. Usually the 'hellos' came before you started a conversation, but in this case she found it cute. Alpinesnow almost had forgotten about her headache until her brain seemed to slam itself against her skull once again.

Spicey, looking nervous and and rather awkward. “Uh, up to much?” he asked, shifting his paws.

"Not really, I've been feeling pretty sick lately." Alpinesnow admitted with a small sigh. "What about you?"

“That’s not good,” Spicey answered with a grimace. “I haven’t been doing too much, but I’m alright,” he mewed with a small chuckle.

"Yeah, I'm planning on making my way over to the medicine cat den if it gets any worse." Alpinesnow responded with a nod.

Roleplay with Jayflame ( @Icecubecookie )

A feline with a tabby pelt raced out of the warriors' den. Alpinesnow had suddenly gotten a burst of energy and she wanted to get outside to stretch her legs. Perhaps she could find someone to go hunting with, or maybe just take a walk. Her odd-eyed gaze drifted from one side of the camp to the other, looking for a familiar face. When she spotted a silver-colored she-cat, she immediately made her way over.

Jayflame had been sitting, sunning herself. She didn't notice Alpinesnow zooming top speed towards her. /Just sunning myself here, it's quite boring today... Wait. Do I smell Alpinesnow? No, I haven't seen her in a moon? It couldn't be her?/ she thought, opening one of her eyes to a speeding Alpinesnow.

The chubby molly skidded to a halt before picking up a paw to wave at her friend. "Morning Jayflame!" She purred as she greeted the warrior. "We haven't chatted in a while!"

Gossamerkit's Apprentice Ceremony

Blazingwing leaped onto the River Ledge. “Let all cats old enough to swim gather here below the River Ledge for a clan meeting!” he called.

Cascadekit walked over gingerly. She was mad at Gossmerkit for whatever reason, and she was terrible at hiding it. It was obvious the kitten didn’t want to be there.

Russetkit groaned at the mention of Gossamerkit, but still padded on to the ledge. He did, however, make a mental note to arrange his nest farthest away from the she-kit.

Gossamerkit beamed at the thoght of her apprentice ceremony, and walked over to the River Ledge. Her heart pounding at the thoght of the ceremony, and what lay beyond camp.

Dragonflykit trotted up to the River Ledge, as close as she could get without being scolded. "What's happening?" she asked her sister. "Is it something important? Like a new deputy!" She gasped. "Maybe I could be the new deputy! Do you think I could be the new deputy, Gossy?" she didn't wait for her to reply, before answering her own question. "Of course I could!"

Gossamerkit stared at her sister for a moment, she had never gotten used to Dragonflykit's energy.

She gasped again. "Maybe I'll be made the leader right away, and I could make you my deputy!" She thought for a bit. "Or maybe I don't need a deputy!"

Gossamerkit laughed, saying, "No way, I'm going to be deputy, just wait!"

"NOOOO!" she complained. "I NO NEED A DEPUTY I'LL BE LEADER FOREVER," she insisted, stomping her paw on the ground.

" Well, you're going to get one." said Gossamerkit, stubbornly.

"NO. NOT allowed." She thought for a moment, scrunching up her face. "Maybe you can be the most seniorest warrior!" she decided, not realizing that was technically just a deputy.

Wrenpatch stepped over, giving her kit a little lick on the head. "Come on. I need to make you look neater for your ceremony!"

"NO!" Dragonflykit hissed, slithering out of her mother's way. She didn't mind being groomed, just didn't want Wrenpatch to tell her what to do. "I'm ALREADY neat, Mama!" she complained, scratching a worm off a mud-caked spot on her neck.

"No, you're not, little bird!" she protested, biting at the hardened mud and trying to tug it out of her fur.

Dragonflykit yelped and tried to squirm away, but that just made it hurt more, so she sat down angrily and let her mother groom her.

Gossamerkit squirmed out of her mother's grasp, saying, " I look fine."

She sighed. "Come on, Goss. Clean up."

"Fineeee." she said, sitting up, and letting her mother clean her fur.

A wooly-furred feline made her way up to the crowd, curiosity gleaming in her eyes. She wondered which kit would become an apprentice and which cat would be the lucky one to mentor them. Alpinesnow's large ears changed direction at least ten times due to all the chatting that was catching her attention. She dipped her head respectfully to her father, Blazingwing, before sitting down and neatly curling her fluffy tail over her paws.

"Gossamerkit, from this day forward you will be known as Gossamerpaw. Your mentor will be Alpinesnow." He said " I hope they pass down all they know to you. " He said, nodding to both cats.

Gossamerkit looked towards Alpinesnow, looking at her.

It took Alpinesnow a few moments to realize that the name that was called out was her's. Joy and excitement raced through her body. It was crazy that moons ago she had the same feeling, but that time she was in Gossamerpaw's shoes. The young warrior made her way towards her new apprentice with a friendly smile before touching noses with her, like Astersky had done once with her.

Gossamer touched noses with her mentor, exhilarated. This was her apprentice ceremony, and all the people she cared about were there. There was nothing in the world that could make her more happy.

"I hope being your mentor doesn't mean we can't become friends!" Alpinesnow purred, feeling excited for the newly made apprentice. Hopefully she would be as good as a mentor as Astersky was!

"Gossamerpaw! Gossamerpaw!" the calico cheered, eyes glistening with pride.

## Relationships

### **☼~ Family ~☼**

#### Biological Family members ➳

Blazingwing – Father – ( @xXWolfSoulXx ) – Living

Alpinesnow has interacted with her father on a few occasions and overall doesn't have any hard feelings towards him despite meeting him late in her kithood for the first time.

Ravenflight – Mother – ( @misty-raven ) – Living

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Lostsoul – Littermate/Brother – ( @-Eirene- ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow misses her brother a lot despite not being very close with him

Frondglow – Sister – ( @cowy09 ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Frondglow

Falconblaze – Brother – ( @Dinogirl518 ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Falconblaze.

Badgerstreak – Brother – ( @JadeNight ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Badgerstreak.

Greycloud – Brother – ( @needless2say ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Greycloud.

Ivyfall – Sister – ( @-PenguinLover- ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Ivyfall.

Tinyblaze – Brother – ( @Breezies ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Tinyblaze.

Fearlessfang – Sister – ( @SkyShade8982 ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Fearlessfang.

Mosslight – Grandmother – ( @Apples234 ) –  Deceased?

Alpinesnow has never met Mosslight.

Paleheart – Grandfather – ( @Dikoscare ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Paleheart.

Hickoryfrost – Step-Grandmother – ( @Sarah\_Coding\_6 ) – Deceased?

Alpinesnow has never met Hickoryfrost.

Fearless – Great Grandmother – ( @-averagepotato- ) – Deceased?

Alpinesnow has never met Fearless.

Badgerstar – Great Grandfather – ( @Tinyfern ) – Living

Alpinesnow respects her grandfather as the leader, but doesn't have any relationship with him yet.

Dewkit – Pibling ( neutral term for aunt or uncle )  – ( @Lightstorm- ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Dewkit.

Poolheart – Uncle – ( @SpaceyMilk ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Poolheart.

Adderpounce – Uncle – ( @Veniale ) – Deceased

Alpinesbnow has never met Adderpounce.

Coalheart – Adopted Uncle – ( @cowy09 ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Coalheart.

Oakstrike – Adopted Uncle – ( @XxFormalityxX ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Oakstrike.

#### Adoptive Family members ➳

Ripplewatcher – Adopted Brother – ( @GraceOBrien13 ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Ripplewatcher.

Ratwhisker – Adopted Brother – ( @celestial- ) – Deceased

Alpinesnow has never met Ratwhisker.

Suncreek – Adopted Brother – ( @MockingTail ) – Living

Alpinesnow has never met Suncreek.

### **☼~ Friends ~☼**

#### Friends ➳

Spicedark - ( @Scrachimations ) - Alive

Jayflame - ( @Icecubecookie ) - Alive

Shine - ( @Valpixv ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

### **☼~ Acquaintances ~☼**

#### Only Met Once ➳

Sparrowpaw - ( @Dogpaw111 ) - Alive

Martenbloom - ( @sxnny ) - Alive

Chestnutheart - ( @PinkKitty1010 ) - Alive

Flarebounce - ( @\_Flares\_ ) - Alive

Otterpaw - ( @fourdiirtypaws ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

#### Has Met A Few Times ➳

Waspsnow - ( @-Cosmic\_Star- ) - Dead

Mintbubble - ( @Lavender\_Milk ) - Alive

Sagethorn - ( @ijustwanapostart ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

### **☼~ Enemies ~☼**

#### Frenemy(ies)/Rivals ➳

Spicedark - ( @Scrachimations ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

### **☼~ Other ~☼**

#### Crush(es) ➳

Spicedark - ( @Scrachimations ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

#### Apprentice(s) ➳

Gossamerpaw - ( @-LemonMoon- ) - Alive

Name - ( @.roleplayer ) - Alive/Dead

## Important Quotes

* *❝\*I promise, I'll be the best apprentice!❞* - Alpinepaw to Astersky.
* *❝Even so, I wouldn't recommend going around and responding with 'I just like someone else,' to every cat who confesses to you.❞* - Alpinesnow teasing Spicedark

## Trivia & Fun Facts

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Alpinekit Reference ( Drawn by @xXWolfSoulXx )Alpinekit Icon ( Drawn by @Runningstorm\_ )