LakeClan/2

Yasbelle got up and stood next to him, looking at how beautiful the water was. "Wow..." She mumured. She'd never seen anything like it. The moonlight shimmered and rippled in the calm water. "That's so pretty..." - Yasbelle

Raggedapw sighed. “Right.” He meowed. He looked around. “How about we focus on your hunting skills, what a better time than when no one is looking.” he meowed. He didnt like this feeling in his belly. - Ragged

Yasbelle agreed. "Alright. What should I do? Do I use a different crouch? It's hard not being able to see or hear whats happening at my left. What if the foxes come back? Maybe they aren't all in MoonClan." - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw shook his head. “There were only two, they went over the MoonClan border.” He promised. “I’d suggest if you cant hear as well or see as well, try and get as close as possible to the prey, it’ll be easier because you don’t have to chase them and trip.” He meowed. - Ragged

Yasbelle nodded. She tried to smell something, but Raggedpaw's intoxicating scent filled her nose. She moved away a bit, and her head cleared, and she could just barely locate a water vole near the bank. She spotted it soon, and began to stalk forward, and when she was a couple feet away, she pounced and killed it. She was beaming with pride when she picked it up and went over to Raggedpaw. "I did it!" - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw grinned. “See? All cats can hunt.” He meowed. Was this what it was like to train an apprentice? Would Rainstar have t hold him back if he saved cats from foxes? - Ragged

Yasbelle smiled. "I know some cats might think you're rude, but you're really fun to be around. I'm glad I got to meet you." - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw didnt know what to say, though he didn't wanna say anything, awkwardly he looked around. “Sure.” he meowed. “We could go back to camp.” he meowed. - Ragged

Yasbelle raised an eyebrow. "But I didn't ask to... Ya know what, nevermind. Going back to camp sounds good." She picked up her vole, then got an idea. "Race you back to camp?" She asked with a wolfish smile, taking off before he could respond. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw rolled his eyes and pushed past her in a dash, a grin on his face disappearing as he entered camp. - Ragged

Yasbelle arrived in camp, panting heavily. She made a mock pouty face at Raggedpaw. "Not fair. You're more masculine than me." She noticed he seemed fixated on something, then saw what he was looking at. "Oh gosh. Who's that? I don't think I've met them..." She asked, looking at Jaguarclaw yowling for Rainstar. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw grinned. “Hah, you didn’t stand a chance.” he grinned before narrowing his eyes at Jaguarclaw, “Do you ever close your mouth?” He asked with annoyance to be silenced by Badgerfrost, “Jaguarclaw, what is it you must tell Rainstar.” He asked with a touch of his tail. - Ragged

Yasbelle frowned at Raggedpaw's attitude change. "Maybe you help me learn to fight and hunt with my eye and ear missing, and I teach you how to use your manners." She said sarcastically. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw shoved her shoulder. “Alright.” He scoffed. - Ragged

Yasbelle let out a snort and shoved him back. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw looked to her before turning to Badgerfrost, who was waiting for a reply, but why would he care? he padded into the apprentices den to regain his sleep. - Ragged

Jaguarclaw streched and walked out of the warriors den. She went to go hunting as she was stalking a mouse there was a sudden snap, she jumped in fright then she walked over to where she heard the noise she found a fox trap but a mouse got trapped in it instead, she sighed "poor thing" she murmured "Can't even use it as prey" She ran back to camp but brought a thrush and a vole back she droped the prey in the pile, the walked to Rainstar's den to report what she found. -Jaguarclaw

Every cat had their lazy day where they wanted nothing more than to sleep in until the late afternoon. Rainstar? She was having one of those mornings- she wasn't sure why, but she was. The silver tabby twitched her ears when she heard paw steps. "Yes?" -- Rainstar

"I just came back to report something the twolegs put down, It is some sort of trap when you step in the middle the sides clench I saw a mouse in it I think, it was so bloody, but anyway can you warn the clan to be careful when they smell fox and twolegs?" she looked scared for her clan mates. -Jaguarclaw

Lilypaw was pacing around camp, waiting for Darkcloud to finally wake up. The energized apprentice was considering barging into the warrior's den and waking the she-cat personally because she felt so impatient (nothing new there), but she knew that she'd regret it later. Darkcloud wasn't the kindest cat. As Lilypaw's eyes went up towards the creamy sky of dawn, she forgot where she was going, and felt herself stumbling over something small and furry. -- Lilypaw

Darkcloud narrowed her eyes, her gaze lay on her apprentice from a nearby stone she’d decided to lay on. She narrowed her eyes. “Weak, Pathetic, useless-“ SHe muttered. - Darkcloud

"Owie!" Lilypaw jumped backwards in surprise, her patched fur fluffed out before she realized that she had stumbled over Silverkit, who had ironically been sleeping outside. "Oh- I'm so sorry, Silverkit! You blend in with the rocks. She felt someone glaring at her, a gaze filled with hatred and anger. Oh! Good, that meant Darkcloud was finally awake! Lilypaw sent one last apologetic glance at Silverkit before she turned and pranced towards Darkcloud. "You're finally awake! StarClan, you sleep as much as an elder- you're usually angry as one too. Anyways, I'm ready to go training!" She said everything with genuine joy and enthusiasm, as if she didn't actually mean to offend her grouchy mentor. -- Lilypaw & Silverkit

Darkcloud growled. “Splendid.” She spat as she padded outside the camp. “Well lilypaw, What would you like to do today? Since you’re so eager for this.” She grunted. She really wished there were no rules about sheathed claws, she would really like to dhred Lilypaw right about now. - Dark

Mossfeather held in her breath and blinked back tears. Drizzlepaw noticed her and asked, "What is it? How is he?" Mossfeather felt the tears start flowing down her cheeks. She sat back on her haunches and shook her head. Drizzlepaw let out a sob. "He's gone... Echomist is gone..." Mossfeather vainly shook her head to shake off her tears. She walked out of her den and shouted miserably, "Our friend Echomist has departed to StarClan! Let us all honor the warrior!" --Mossfeather and Drizzlepaw

Bloomapw gasped, “M-Mossfeather! Is there anything i could d-do to help you?” She asked suddenly, she wanted to be useful to the mentor who didn’t seem to care for her, she needed to. - Bloom

Lilypaw walked with pep in her step, tail waving high above her head as she trotted after her sour mentor. "Well," she began in a merry tone, refusing to allow the bicolored warrior to damper her spirits, "I was thinking that we could start out with hunting, and then maybe move onto fishing. If we have time, then we could work on some combat skills in the mud- kinda like mud-wrestling!" -- Lilypaw

Darkcloud rolled her eyes. “Sure.” She grumbled as she then decided to watch her apprentice. “I’ll be watching you this time.” - Dark

Mossfeather nodded to Bloompaw. "You and Drizzlepaw will help me bring Echomist into the clearing. We will give him a vigil," --Mossfeather

Yasbelle heard crying, and went inside the medicine den to see Mossfeather, Drizzlepaw, and Bloompaw leaning over Echomist with somber expressions clouding their faces. She didn't need to be told what happened; she knew the tom had passed. Her heart dropped, and she rushed forward. "E-Echomist... He's not h-here anymore... i-is he...?" She bowed her head, tearing up once again. "This is my fault. He went to save me from the foxes. He's dead... because of me." *I killed him. He's dead because of me. I killed him. I...I killed him.* - Yasbelle

*Yeah. you're good at glaring at me for long periods of time.* Lilypaw decided that it was best to not make this comment, for the sake of surviving med-training with Darkcloud later. StarClan forbid the grumpy warrior accidentally "stuff her apprentice's face into mud for a prolonged period of time". "Well alrighty then, see ya later...I guess..." The patched apprentice awkwardly and stiffly turned on her paws, huffing under her breath. Well...time to get hunting. -- Lilypaw

Crowkit watched Yasbelle walk, or rather limp, into the medicine den. "I know it was her," he hissed under his breath. Dovekit shoved past him to Mistydapple, who was leaning out of the den. "Dovekit, make sure Crowkit doesn't leave. I- I have a b-bad feeling ab-about this," she instructed. Mistydapple walked out of the nursery towards the medicine den, quivering with fear. "Please don't tell me," Mistydapple sighed to her sister when she arrived. As she spoke, her eyes filled with tears as she watched her mate being wrapped up, being taken away. --Crowkit, Dovekit, and Mistydapple

"Thank you for the report. I'll make sure Badgerfrost lets the patrols know." Rainstar responded to Jaguarclaw in an even tone. She twitched her ears when calls of sorrow hit them. The silver tabby snaked around the warrior to step out of her den, noticing some commotion by the medicine cat den. "What's going on down there?" -- Rainstar

She nodded and walked out of Rainstar's den and after a long day she went to the warrior den and curled up and fell into a deep sleep -Jaguarclaw

Yasbelle looked at the cats carrying the body away with dull eyes. *I caused this...* - Yasbelle

She woke up to a commotion. She walked out of the warriors den, she saw Tigerstripe "What's going on?" -Jaguarclaw

Mossfeather bowed her head when she saw the leader. She whispered to Bloompaw and Drizzlepaw, "Set him down," Then, to Rainstar, she said, "Echomist has departed from this world," Drizzlepaw nodded and set Echomist down as Mossfeather told Rainstar what had happened. --Mossfeather and Drizzlepaw

Raggedpaw stared in anger. “StarClan can be so heartless sometimes.” He hissed under his breath. He watches as Bloompaw looked to her paws in horro as she was frozen. He padded to her side. “You did all you could” He meowed to her and she slapped him. “No i didn’t! I didn’t do anything to help and now he’s dead! Just because I don’t know anything about herbs!” She dashed out of the den and out of camp, SHewanted to run as far as her legs would allow her, She wanted to glide in the breeze forever. - Bloom

Hollyflight shrugged and walked into camp. She froze when she saw the sight. Echomist was laying on his back, Mossfeather and Drizzlepaw standing over him. Other cats, such as Rainstar and Jaguarclaw and Tigerstripe were gathered around, and Hollyflight feared for her friend. "Is he..." Mistydapple, who was sobbing by her, nodded. Hollyflight bowed her head. --Hollyflight and Mistydapple

Yasbelle was afraid to go out of the medicine den. She could hear the sound of grief and anguish coming from outside, and she couldn't bear it. She curled up in a tight ball in a shadowy corner of the den, hoping to disappear. Why was it all so complicated?! *Everything used to be so simple...* She jumped as Wolfy padded into the den, worry creasing his face. "Yasbelle...? You in here?" - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Bloompaw pricked her ears. Perhaps she could leave the medicine cat stuff behind and go. Maybe StarClan took her as a bad omen instead of a good one, confusion clouded Her mind, making her angry. If she had learned anything, it’s that Mossfeather hadn’t cared about her. She sobbed before she looked back to where she saw a dashing squirrel, she wondered if a warriors life would fit her and decided to chase it, little did she know Raggedpaw decided to follow her. - Bloom

Robinpaw watched with sad eyes as Drizzlepaw, Bloompaw, and Mossfeather laid Echomist down. He then looked to Yasbelle and Wolfy. He shrugged. Something inside him clicked into place, and he imagined what it would be like in her place. *I remember that time Yasbelle tried to teach me to hunt birds. If I were her, I would just leave. If I just joined a clan, but then almost immediately a cat died, I*would *blame myself...*Robinpaw watched Yasbelle to see what she would do next. --Robinpaw

Yasbelle sobbed as Wolfy came closer. "How'd this happen...? I miss when we were younger... Everything was so easy." Wolfy looked awkward; he didn't know how to deal with crying. "Urm, it's fine, Yasbelle. What happened?" Yasbelle sniffled and whimpered. "Echomist is dead cause of me. What if I'm cursed? Mom died giving birth to me, then dad died after you left and he was stuck with me, and now Echomist is dead..." Wolfy felt bad for his younger sister. (yes, I know I said Wolfy was Yasbelle's younger brother, but I realized that's not possible, so Wolfy is now older.) - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Rainstar knew that MoonClan wouldn't be pleased if the foxes wandered into their territory, but she hoped that Wolfstar would have at least an ounce of sense. Try as they might, nobody could control the movement of the foxes. What mattered was that they were out of LakeClan's territory at the moment. -- Rainstar

Shykit looked outside of the brambles. She was good at sneaking around camp. She shuttered, seeing the newbie, Yasbelle. She closed her eyes, but no sleep came. She whished her father, Juan, could comfort her and play with her. Juan was a rouge who dropped Shykit off for her safety. She wondered if she has a sister. Were they sepereated? -Shykit

Robinpaw felt awkward listening in on Yasbelle and Wolfy's conversion. He wandered out of the medicine den and watched the cats mourning for his former mentor. He looked around, and began thinking about who his new mentor might be now. --Robinpaw

Lilypaw tried not to think much of Darkcloud and instead did her best to focus on the task at hand. She wanted to be a great warrior of her clan in order to make her father proud, and in order to do that, she needed to excel at not just combat skills, but hunting as well. The patched tabby apprentice pressed herself against the ground when she spotted an unsuspecting cardinal pecking at the drying earth. *Get ready, Darkcloud, because I'm going to knock your socks off with these sick hunting skills*! -- Lilypaw

Shykit walked to the nursery, fluffing her fur up when the rouge caught her eye. She scurried to the nursery, hoping the rouge didn't see her and forgot her. then, she cuddled near the corner of the nursery. She didn't want to be anywhere. "*Dad, Please come back",* she prayed , "*And take me away from this place, so I can live a happy life." -- S*hykit

Lilypaw took her time, picking her way over fallen leaves and small twigs to avoid alerting her prey. Once she was within a good leaping distance, she went for it with her claws outstretched. She caught the cardinal before the red-feathered bird could fly off, leaving it to squawk in alarm before Lilypaw killed it with a swift bite to the neck. -- Lilypaw

Silverkit still felt sore after Lilypaw had tripped over him at dawn. *Maybe I should go to the medicine cat's den to make sure I'm ok*? He thought about it for a hot second, before the silver rosetted tomkit wrinkled his nose in disgust. *Nah, they'll make me eat yucky herbs.* He decided to resume playing by the pond in camp. -- Silverkit

Shykit sat in the cornner, hoping Silverkit won't see her. She cried and hoped that her dad will come back and take her away and live with him. " *What would make me more happier?",* She thought. The thought bolted on her " *Play!"* She ran over to Silverkit. "Do you wanna play with me?", Shykit asked, shivering a little bit. -- Shykit

Frankly, Silverkit was too scatter-brained to remember the names of most of his clanmates, or even recall that there were other kittens in the nursery. He didn't know why this cat was vibrating when she ran over to him, either- but he supposed he did that when he was excited, too. Rainstar said it was all of his energy trying to get out at once. "Ok!" The rosetted tomkit agreed. "What do you want to play?" -- Silverkit

"I-I duno", Shykit stuttered. She cuffed Silverkit's ear playfully. "Lets play hide and seek! I'm it! Your hiding! I'm going to count!", Shykit squeaked. "I'm counting now! 1, 2,3,4", She counted. "*Father, if you can only see me now*", she thought. -- Shykit

Goldenwing streached her body out in the sun when she saw Shykit and Silverkit playing. "Wow, that's rare", She thought , "She's always hoping her father to take her home." Goldenwing sighed. She might help this cat, but her bones ached. "I'm too old", The elderly queen meowed. --Goldenwing

Streampaw looked around, and headed towards Goldenwing. " Do you want any help?", Streampaw meowed.-- Streampaw

"Theres a tick I can't reach, and my bedding is wet. Can you help me?", Goldenwing meowed--Goldenwing

Streampaw picks the tick with ease and goes out of camp to collect some moss -- Streampaw

She seemed a little bossy, but Silverkit had no right to be picky- it wasn't often that he had playmates anymore. Most of the other kits had been turned into apprentices by now, such as Lilypaw, who had stumbled over him earlier. But soon, he knew that it'd be his turn, and he was very eager to begin his training. He wasn't particular about a mentor, he just asked that they were nice. So...probably not Darkcloud. The mottled tom kit glanced around LakeClan camp briefly, trying to find a good hiding place. He spotted the giant oak that the apprentice's slept under, and he decided to hide there. -- Silverkit

Redfrost watched his apprentice, amused. He wandered out of camp to follow Streampaw. When he caught up, he said, " It's unusual for you to willingly take care of elders. Oh, and I think you can grab some dry moss from the medicine den to avoid having to dry some of your own," He winced as he thought of Echomist. No doubt he was being mourned for. --Redfrost

Mossfeather sighed and began rubbing watermint and some rosemary over Echomist. When she was finished, she called out, "The mourning may start. Let us share one last word with him, and pray that StarClan lets Echomist in," Mistydapple approached her deceased mate first. "I will miss you, Echomist..." She whispered. After crying softly for a short period of time, she continued. "You can watch us from above. Watch your kits grow up, Echomist. Watch your apprentice become a great warrior. Watch your clan continue to grow, and become a mighty clan like it deserves to be," She pressed her nose up against his, then briskly walked away and settled into the nursery. --Mossfeather and Mistydapple

Streampaw sighed and looked at the dead body of Echomist. He went over to the dead body and bent his head. "May you be happy in StarClan", he meowed, geting up and walking to the medicine-den., "Can I have some moss?", He meowed, hoping the medicine-cat would respond -- Streampaw

Shykit meowed, " 58, 59, 60! Ready or not, here I come!" Shykit sniffed for a fresh scent, but she couldn't find Silverkit's scent. She checked the elder's den, but nobody was there. She checked the warriors, but Silverkit wasn't there. She hoped she could find Silverkit soon. "Like life", She thought. -- Shykit

Focus was something Silverkit could never maintain. As a young kit, things went in one ear and out the other with the little tom. He was able to sit tight and hide in the roots of the apprentice's den for some time, until something else caught his attention. A scrawny bird had decided to sit in the brs above, and so Silverkit began to struggle to climb the tree in order to investigate. -- Silverkit

Shykit also saw movement and went to investigate. She saw the kit climbing up a tree trying to get a bird. "Found Ya!", she meowed, "Wanna hang out with Goldenwing and the elders den?"--Shykit

Wolfy awkwardly stroked his sister's back with his plumy tail. "Uh... your not cursed, sis. If you were cursed, then something would have happened to me. You're probably just... unlucky." Yasbelle shuddered. "Is that supposed to make me feel better..?" Wolfy sighed in resignation. "I'm just not good at this whole "sensetive" stuff. I have been on my own for a while now, and I'm not used to being around other cats. You're an awesome cat, you just gotta wait for others to see that." Yasbelle nodded reluctantly. "Yeah... I-I guess...I'm just glad to have you back..." - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Streampaw looked at the rouge in camp and raced in the small apprentices den and slept. He was tired from mourning and sprinting to get Moss in the woods. He flopped down and slept-- Streampaw

Drizzlepaw looked up and heard Streampaw, but he was promptly gone. She sighed and gathered some moss. Drizzlepaw took it to the apprentices' den and dropped the moss off. "There's your moss," she said. She headed out to pay her respects to Echomist. --Drizzlepaw

Streampaw woke up. He needed to sit vigil for Echomist. He walked to the center of the clearing and bent his head low for Echomist. -- Streampaw

"Oh, uh..." Silverkit blinked as he clung to the side of the tree. Him, hang out with elders? Maybe they had some good stories to tell, but he wasn't exactly the type to *hold still*. "Elders are stinky- I don't want to hang out with them." The silver tomkit continued to pull himself up the bark and towards the bird above. -- Silverkit

Robinpaw watched Yasbelle and Wolfy for a moment longer, then went out to see Echomist. His former mentor didn't look good... "You were a good mentor, Echomist. For that I thank you... Have a safe journey to StarClan..." --Robinpaw

Shykit jumped on the tree with Silverkit and eyed the bird. "That looks yummy!", She meowed. She had tottaly forgotten she was scared and nervous and climbed to the nearest branch. -- Shykit

Goldenwing walked over and murmured a few words before going over and walking back to the elders den. --Goldenwing

Yasbelle saw Robinpaw watching her and Wolfy, then when he left, she got up and left the den, leaving Wolfy to do whatever. She limped wearily over to him, and saw him bent over his dead mentor. He looked so peaceful, and with the herbs rubbed on him, it looked almost like he was sleeping. "I... I'm so s-sorry, R-Robinp-paw... D-do y-you... w-w-wannna be l-left a-alone, o-or s-something?" - Yasbelle

When Shykit saw Yasbelle again, she froze in terror, only to fall down the tree and yowl for help. -- Shykit

Yasbelle was waiting for a response when she heard a screech, and saw a kit fall from a tree. She darted forward, and threw herself down below the kit to catch her. - Yasbelle

Shykit hissed, "Get away!" She let off her fear scent and her eyes were in fear. She was in fear and pain mixed.. -- Shykit

Yasbelle gasped slightly. "B-but... I-I was o-only t-t-trying to h-help... I- I s-saw you f-fall... S-Sorry, I g-guess..." She realized the kit could see her torn face, and looked down, trying to hide her scars. "Sorry..." - Yasbelle

Shykit meowed, "Its not like that. . .I'm shy. Sorry. I just want my father to see me and take me away from here!" Shykit starts to cry at the thought of her father, Juan--Shykit

Raggedpaw rolled his eyes with annoyance. “Echomist was killed by foxes, theres nothing even StarClan can changed about his fate.” He grow;Ed under his breath before earring he screech of Bloompaw”s direction, he pricked and dashed, only to see the squirrel dead at her paws. He slowed and sighed with relief. Backing back to the shadows to watch his sister. He wanted to pelt out and help her, though that would only cause her insecurities to come over like a wave. He stay where he was and watched as she dug into the squirrel, annoyance flushed him, Though there was no rule about medicine cats not eating after a hunt. - Ragged

Although his companion fell from the tree, Silverkit was dedicated in catching the bird and showing it off to Rainstar. She'd have to make him an apprentice early if he could catch a bird! The silver rosetted tomkit struggled, legs flailing wildly as she hoisted himself up onto the next branch. He tried to swat at the bird, but it took off with an alarmed squawk. He got nothing but a few feathers out of the attempt, and a scratch on his forehead from the songbird's talons. -- Silverkit

Bloompaw licked her lips and buried her prey, she felt alive, if only StarClan hadn’t chained her to the medicine cats life, she grumbled before she pricked her ears and Darkcloud appeared. She shrank back. “D-Darkcloud-!” he stumbled as Darkcloud growled. “You are going to send a message for me.” She ginned. “Take that.” She looked to the squirrel as she flicked her tail. Bloompaw followed with a gulp. Why was Darkcloud so cruel? - Bloom

Lilypaw hadn't the slightest clue as to where her mentor ran off to. Either Darkcloud was exceptionally stealthy, or she just...er, left. The apprentice was kind of expecting much. *Hey- excuse to get out of camp!* Lilypaw's optimism came through once more, and she decided to continue her hunt to catch something other than just the cardinal. -- Lilypaw

Yasbelle felt her heart break for the tiny kit. She hesitated for a moment, then leaned in and lapped comfortingly across the child's back. - Yasbelle

Robinpaw jumped when he saw Yasbelle. "Yeah... Its just that..." He looked around, then said, "Would you like to go hunting?" --Robinpaw

Yasbelle looked down at the kit, and decided that she would be okay. She looked back at Robinpaw and nodded. She was wary being too far out of camp, and when she heard a rustle in the bush, she jumped, scared the foxes had come back. "R-Robinpaw..? H-How are you h-holding u-p...? You must m-miss your m-mentor..." - Yasbelle

Goldenwing rests in the Elders den. "I wish there was more old cats like me", She thought --Goldenwing

Shykit was struk with fear and pain. Her eyes widen as she saw the rouge walk away. *"I hope thats the end"*, she thought. All she wanted was her family. "Oh please, I don't belong here.", she thought.. Pain filled her as she lay on the ground. -- Shykit

She woke up feeling rousy "I'm gonna go hunting." she went out making sure whre se stepped was not where the traps were and smelled something strange but couldn't quite pin it down "*This is what I get for not leaving camp for so long.*" when she reconised it it was to late *"*Oh great a badger!" and it was on top of her by the time she said that everything ached she couldn't move her back legs right now -Jaguarclaw

Streampaw rose his head from the apprentices den and looked at the small kit lying near the tree. "Wheres the Medicine-cat? A kit is hurt!", He yowled, but more of a mew. --Streampaw

“I want you to see this.” She meowed in a hiss. Bloompaw gulped and suddenly she gasped. “W-wha-!” She couldn’t make out what they were, red berries, “Perhaps you would know what they were?” She asked. Raggedpaw scowled from afar, what was she planning?” he hissed softly. Darkcloud seemed to content with herself. Bloompaw picked the berries up and started away. leaving Darkcloud alone. “ Raggedpaw.” - Raggedpaw

Mossfeather looked up from leaning over Echomist. "Where?" She commanded to Streampaw. "Show me the kit," She left Echomist and ran to Streampaw's side. --Mossfeather

Robinpaw sniffed around. "You're just hearing a mouse. You'll get used to the scents here soon enough," He momentarily forgot about Yasbelle and her wounds, and immediately ducked low to stalk the mouse. Robinpaw leapt forward and got the mouse. "I miss Echomist and all... But that's what clan life here is about. I've learned to get used to it, and..." He trailed off. --Robinpaw

Raggedpaw froze and stared. Darkcloud had venom drip from her lips at every word. “I’m sure you’re wonderingz why I didn’t slice Bloompaw to pieces?” She chuckled. he unsheathed his claws and snarled. “I’m sure you might become leader one day, my deputy.” She made him narrow his eyes in confusion, It didn’t make sense until he realized what she was implying. “Not a chance.” He hissed. “You’ll die at my paws before you touch the clan.” - Ragged

"Over here! ", Streampaw called. He saw the small kit shaking in pain and terrpr. "I think Shhykit fell from the tree" --Streampaw

Mossfeather ran over to Shykit. "Shykit, are you okay?" She felt around the kit for wounds. --Mossfeather

"Me Hurt", She stuttered. "Here hurts", she weakly points to her leg. --Shykit

Lilypaw swiftly caught a small mouse that had been scavenging among the scattered leaves, to add it to her successful catch of a cardinal. It was a little concerning with how scrawny and unhealthy the prey seemed. *I should try to work on my fishing skills!* The pretty patched tabby decided eagerly before turning on her heels and dashing towards one of the nearest streams. -- Lilypaw

Dakrcloud shrugged. “It’s not like anyone in the clan would like you, Bloompaw is as good as dead, Badgerfrost.” She chuckled. “You know. Its your choice.” And with that she turned and padded away, leaving Raggedpaw to himself. - ragged

She saw a cat "H-elp!" She yowled painfully "Help!" and dragged herself to the cat she saw by the stream and when she got close she saw it was Lilypaw "H-help! L-lily-paw!" -Jaguarclaw

Mossfeather put on a straight face as she examined Shykit's leg. "It looks twisted," She said after a while. "but I'm sure it'll heal. Drizzlepaw, can you prepare some herbs?" She picked up Shykit and headed to the medicine den, being careful not to bump the hurt leg. --Mossfeather

Shykit meowed, pain twisting her, "I shouldn't have gone with Silverkit" --Shykit

Drizzlepaw sighed and grabbed some herbs and a small stick when she heard Mossfeather. She laid the stick by Shykit. Mossfeather took the stick, then stopped. "Drizzlepaw, I want you to fix Shykit's leg. Have you paid your respects to Echomist?" Drizzlepaw nodded. "Okay. I have something... Just something, a feeling, that I need to be somewhere..." Mossfeather said and walked away. --Drizzlepaw and Mossfeather

Hollyflight closed her eyes then approached Echomist. "We will all miss you," She said. "You were a great warrior. I hope you will continue to be one in StarClan. And have a safe journey there." --Hollyflight

Shykit twisted in pain as the stick was laid on her leg. --Shykit

Streampaw crouched and saw a bird flutter by. He quickly jumped off the branch andsnached the bird. He clawd the bird and he landed on the ground. The bird was limp. "How did I do, Redfrost?", he meowed.-- Streampaw

Goldenwing yawned and fell asleep-- Goldenwing

Redfrost smiled at his apprentice, remembering the day he had first caught a bird. " Well enough," he said. "I mean, you caught it, that's for sure," He looked around for another bird. Seeing one, he jumped up and grabbed it in the middle, tearing it down from the sky. --Redfrost

Yasbelle heard shrieks, and smelled something, something like.. blood. She started sprinting towards the noise, and saw none other than Jaugarclaw being toppled by a badger. She froze in place, wide eyed at badger. She kept being thrown back into the memory of the foxes, their sharp teeth tearing into her face. She wanted to go and help Jaugarclaw, but she couldn't. She was too afraid... Too *weak.* - Yasbelle

She whipped her head around "Yasbelle! Go.... Get....Help!" -Jaguarclaw

Streampaw priked his ears. "Redfrost, I hear a cat wailing for help.", Streampaw sniffes again, "And a badger!" --Streampaw

Yasbelle just stood, tears pricking her eyes. She stumbled backwards, panting hard. She kept trying to move, but her legs wouldn't go. She didn't have much to live for anyways, other then Wolfy. But he'd do okay. *He's strong... Unlike me.* With this, she took a deep breath and pounced onto the badger, trying to drag the massive beast off Jaguarclaw. - Yasbelle

(I don't know what to do with Yasbelle, so I'm going off the mentality I think she has ;~;) - Fire

Streampaw looked around. "Redfrost! BADGER!" he panicked--Streampaw

"I-I thi-nk a lit-tle help would be use-ful!" she said holding back tears and dragging herself on the ground -Jaguarclaw

Streampaw freaks out, "Bager! Bager! Bager!" He raced towards the bager attack in fear. --Streampaw

Yasbelle leaped down and dragged Jagaurclaw out from under the badger, before whirling around, only to be met with large sharp claws tearing down her scars. She shrieked and stumbled backwards, plunged back into her fear. She hoped he badger was no longer interested in Jagaurclaw, and that the she-cat had enough sense to run off while she could. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw narrowed his eyes as he sat in silence. The sound of yowls rattled birds fro the trees and he pricked his ears in alarm. Seriously!? He raced to the scen and narrowed his eyes. “For starclan’s sake.” He growled, leaping into the fight. - Ragged

"Than-k you." and looked to see who it was "Rainstar will be proud." she smiled and dragged herself back to camp -Jaguarclaw

Now that Jagaurclaw was safe, she was worried about herself. The realization that she was probably gonna die here sunk in, and she shivered. The badger grabbed her scruff and shook her violently, throwing her against a tree. The badger was toying with her. Yasbelle waited for the next attack, but then she realized that the badger was focused on something else. She peered into the trees, and saw.. Wolfy?! He couldn't be here!! "Wolfy! Get out of here!" Wolfy snarled. "*Nothing* huts my litle sister..." He tensed, then sprang at the badger. - Yasbelle

Redfrost's ears pricked in panic. "You're right," he said quickly. He ran towards the scent and found Wolfy attacking a badger. "Streampaw, look around to see if there are any more badgers around. If there are, get help. Don't attack them yourself," He then jumped in to fight the badger side-by-side with Wolfy. --Redfrost

Wolfy looked over at Redfrost. "I have to help Yasbelle! You'll be fine for a couple minutes, right?" He instantly leapt off the badger, not waiting for a response. "Yasbelle!" He rushed over to his sister, who looked almost dead. The grass around her was being dyed red as blood gushed from her face. He frantically began looking for cobwebs. When he found some, he gathered them all in his paw and did his best to stop the bleeding. After the cobwebs were soaked through, he got more and covered the bleeding again. "Don't die, Yas... You're all I have left..." He whimpered. - Wolfy + Yasbelle

"Rain-star." she gasped for breath after the badger attacked her "Mossfeather!" and fainted -Jaguarclaw

Yasbelle was getting weaker, and Wolfy didn't know what to do. He looked desperately over to Redfrost. "Help me! She's dying!" Yasbelle, however, was unaware of the chaos unfolding all around. She felt peaceful, and her wounds didn't hurt anymore. - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Redfrost cards gazed desperately at where Yasbelle and Wolfy were. Then he glanced at the badger he was holding onto. He quickly formed a crazy idea as he climbed up on the badger's back. "Wolfy, take Yasbelle to camp," He then tired vainly to steer the badger away from the pair by covering its right eye to turn left. Redfrost nervously called out, "Move!" As the badger charged at Yasbelle. --Redfrost

Streampaw raced after the badger, jumping on its back and clawing its spine. The badger flipped him over and showed its sharp yellow teeth before bitting into Streampaw's neck, but Streampaw blocked and the badger bit his leg. "Help!", he wailed before the badger grabbed his scruff and threw him into a tree. --Streampaw

Shykit laid in pain. "Whats happening. My leg hurts"--Shykit

Wolfy picked up Yasbelle, and was about to go racing off, then realized one of the apprentices had foun their way into the battle and the badger was cornering them. He looked to Yasbelle painfully, then carefully laid her down on the ground. He whipped around and ran as fast as he could, crashing into the badger and managing to trip it slightly. He looked to the apprentice and hissed. "Get my sister to camp!" - Wolfy

Streampaw was to weak to respond. he just laid there and nodded his head saying 'No'--Streampaw

Wolfy was trapped. If he took his sister to camp, this apprentice would probably die, but if he didn't... Yasbelle would. Wolfy gave one last desperate glance at the apprentice, then jumped off the badger, running over to Yasbelle and picking her up. *Sorry little guy. My sister, my responsibility.* -Wolfy

Raggedpaw narrowed his eyes. “Redfrost, I’m gonna go back to camp to get help!” He yowled as he dashed to the camp, mostly to see if Yasbelle was in good shape, though he pushed to Badgerfrost, knowing in his mentor eyes. “I want Tigerstripe and Darkcloud to come with me to fend the territory off.” he announced. “Raggedpaw, go see to help Bloompaw if Mossfeather is away. There’s badger all over your scent.” He meowed as he raced out of camp to the scene, Raggedpaw narrowed his eyes, itching at his paws annoyed him. He padded to where Bloompaw began to work on poultices as Raggedpaw realized Yasbelle had not been at camp yet, he hissed and raced out of camp. It was bad enough she didnt belong here, her wounds seethed to the surface and bubbled as he saw Wolfy dragging her. He raced to the tom’s side and started to grip her pelt with his powerful jaws to reel her into the medicine cats den. - Ragged

Yasbelle was finally coming around, and as soon as she opened her eyes, a flood of pain rushed all through her body. She let out a gasp as the pain swarmed around her body. But when she saw Raggedpaw next to her, helping Wolfy carry her, she couldn't help but give a small smile. "R-Raggedpaw... Y-You came..." She murmured deliriously. Wolfy was overcome with relief that his sister was alive, but slightly annoyed that she had only noticed Raggedpaw. She looked down and saw a huge trail of blood leading to her, and she was shocked. *Am I gonna die from this...? Well, I guess I don't mind if I live or if I die. I'm just glad Wolfy and Raggedpaw are okay. Wait, what about Jagaurclaw? Did she make it?* Yasbelle winced slightly as her tail caught on some briars. - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Mossfeather winced as she saw Yasbelle. "Make sure she doesn't leave camp anymore until she is as recovered as physically possible," she told Wolfy. She then applied herbs to Yasbelle's wounds and moved back to Shykit. --Mossfeather

Redfrost silently cursed. He had fallen off the badger during Streampaw's valiant attempt to kill the badger. "Streampaw..." He ran over to see Streampaw as the badger lumbered towards them. --Redfrost

Wolfy left Yasbelle in the medicine cats care, then tore off out the barrier towards the weakened apprentice. He would try to save them if he could. He reappeared into the clearing, and saw the other cat that he had been fighting the badger with. He once again rammed into the badger, trying to trip or stumble it. When that didn't work, he pounced onto the badgers back and started clawing at the creatures eyes. - Wolfy

Yasbelle hurt all over, from her head to her tail. She looked over and saw that kit she had tried helping earlier, and Mossfeather. "Ngh... M-Mossf-feather...? How's J-Jagaurcl..." She couldn't even finish her sentence before her exhaustion overwhelemed her, slowly slipping her into sleep. - Yasbelle

She slowly opened her eyes and saw Yasbelle "Moss......Heart? How? Is? Yas-belle?" and looked around "Are the others? Okay?" and winced when she realised gow much pain she was in and she yowled "Oh......." and passed out because of the pain -Jaguarclaw

Raggedpaw rolled his eyes. “Maybe next time get help instead of feeding yourself to the foxes rogue.” Raggedpaw growled as he saw Bloompaw staring awkwardly at her mentor. He send her a glance before exiting the den. - ragged

Wolfy felt a blind rage take over him. This *thing* almost killed Yasbelle. He started scratching harder and harder, and the badger bellowed and threw him off. He landed in a patch of briars, and his long fur got tangled and trapped him in it. *Crud. What do I do?!* - Wolfy

Badgerfrost flicked his tail as he slashed his claws on the cheek of the Badger, as it staggered back he narrowed his eyes. “Badgers always invade.” He muttered. He then pushed himself into the beats and sent it wailing as he’s bit the muzzle. - badger

Wolfy tore himself from the bush, levaing tufts of grey fur behind as another cat attacked the badger. He joined in, and sunk his claws and teeth in where ever he could. *This is for Yasbelle!!!* He got close to the creauture's face, and bit down as hard as he could on one of the eyes. He felt the squishing of the eyeball and the taste of blood filling his mouth. *Ugh... This is so gross...* - Wolfy

Redfrost picked his apprentice up and laid him out of the way. He got back and rejoined the fight. Or, at least tired to. The other warriors looked like they had it under control at least a bit. He turned to go, but saw the badger raising a heavy paw to attack Wolfy's blind side. Crying out, Redfrost leapt into the path of its paw. His thick fur coat blocked most of the claw, but it did nothing to prevent the air come rushing out of his mouth. He wondered if the pop he heard was a figment of his imagination. "Wolfy..." He weakly stuttered. "G-get Streampaw... Get him back to camp..." --Redfrost

Wolfy gasped, then snarled. He raked harder down the badger's back, until it roared, and threw him off. He grabbed the injured warrior and tossed him onto his back. He raced over to Streampaw, and grabbed the cats scruff. He was now carrying two injured cats, and it was weighing him down. He groaned under the weight, but still took off as fast as he could to camp. The run back seemed to last an eternity, but eventually, he made it and collapsed in camp. "Where... Where's your healer?" He panted, exhausted. - Wolfy

Bloompaw gripped his scruff and dragged him to Yasbelles side. - Bloom

Wolfy pulled himself away, stumbling from exhaustion. "Not... Not me.. That guy." He panted, pointing to Redfrost. "He... took a pretty nasty hit. I... I just need some rest. And maybe some water." He dragged himself over to Redfrost, and picked up the injured warrior once more and dragged him into the medicine den. He stuffed him into a nest, then laid down next to Yasbelle. - Wolfy

Bloompaw bristled, “Just lay down ungrateful piece of crowfood!” She burst. Pushing him down and dashing back to Redfrost’ s body to drag him back from where Wolfy left him. “You aren’t a medicine cat, so stop acting like one.” She spat, she was not about to act all shy and cowardly as usual, not after her mentor deliberately ignored her and how starclan foolishly chose her to be a medicine cat, who else was to blame than herself? She tore away some cobwebs with her paw and stuffed it over the layer of blood and oozing marigold and nettles. She gripped a poppyseed roll and dropped it by Wolfy’s side. “Eat one.” She ordered as she turned to tend to Redfrost. She had no time for this. - Bloompaw

Raggedpaw, on the other paw, felt disgusted as he had venom dripping from his mouth, his words. he looked from Wolfy to his sister with a backward glance. Did she notice at all she was doing it? Fulfilling her destiny, AND remembering herbs? and was she mad? If anyone should be mad it should be the clan! Rainstar had been foolish enough to act as if nothing happened! And who was she as a leader to ignore the badgers all over the territory!? He bristled and looked around the cam[ with a glare. He knew he needed to do something. “Rainstar, have you even noticed the amount of badgers invading the territory!?” He hissed up to her den, assuming she was in her domain. - Raggedpaw

Badgerfrost hissed, at least it was one badger, he raised a paw and slashed again over the badger’s injured eye, sending it running towards another border he couldn’t remember. He hissed to himself as his fur was tainted with blood. He looked to the patrol as they headed back, annoyance flooded his Head. They needed to find the source of these badger invasions before the next gathering, the clans would see LakeClan as weak and undefended, and recovering. Not good to have if MoonClan decided to knock on their door and invade. - Badgerfrost

Darkcloud on the other paw decided to just get back to her position where she’d left lilypaw, though the scent under her nostrils made her bristle in annoyance. “Lilypaw!” She called. She wondered if the badgers ate her, she grinned. That would be one less problem if her apprentice did get eaten, and a tool of pity would be on her paws. Though only if lilypaw was dead. - Darkcloud

Wolfy hissed and batted away the poppy seed. "I.. I'm fine..! I need to be awake when Yasbelle wakes up." He curled in closer to his sister, lapping gently on her non-scarred side. *I'm sorry I wasn't here to protect you... Please don't die. I can't live without you...* He felt himself tearing up, and he couldn't help anymore and started silently crying. "I'm begging you... don't die... please." He whimpered shakily.- Wolfy

Hollyflight saw the parade of cats going in and out of the medicine den, and decided to take action. Having finished paying her respects, she got up and stretched her legs. *How foolish I was to let Yasbelle go out and not even think another thought about it!*MIstydappl, seeing what Hollyflight was going to do, said, "I'll come with you," Hollyflight jumped. "You have kits to look after though!" Mistydapple weakly smiled. "Perhaps Echomist ran into the predator out there, but was forced to fight it. I cannot let him die in vain," Hollyflight shook her head. "We will account for that," Mistydapple laid a tail on the warrior's shoulder. "You know I'm going whether you like it or not," Hollyflight suppressed a sigh. Mistydapple was right. The pair went out and followed Wolfy's recent scent trail that would lead them to the predator. --Hollyflight and Mistydapple

bloompaw lashed her claws across the flood. “No You do not!” She hissed spitting another seed to Wolfy. “Don’t expect her to be awake anytime soon.” She growled. Batting his face with sheathed claws. “She can’t rest with you breathing over her and opening her wounds.” She added sourly. - Bloom

Badgerfrost spotted Mistydapple and Hollyflight. He flicked his tail. “If you’re looking for the badger, it’s gone.” He meowed. “But, Why are you out of the nursery Mistydapple, you have kits to tend to.” he meowed questioningly, he admired her bravery, how could Hollyflight take her out? He waited for an answer. - Badger

Mistydapple shrugged when she heard Badgerfrost, but the determined look on her face remained. Hollyflight shot her a look like, *I knew you should be in the nursery because cats are gonna question it* look. "Echomist shouldn't die in vain," Mistydapple said. "I tired to pursuade her to stay with her kits," Hollyflight explained. "She just kept saying that Echomist shouldn't die in vain. She would've gone with or without me," Mistydapple glared at Hollyflight. "He shouldn't die in vain though," "And he didn't. The badger is defeated. Now you must get back to the nursery," Mistydapple sighed but headed into camp. "I'm going to catch some prey I guess," Hollyflight said, wanting to get away from her dead clanmate laying in the center of camp. --Mistydapple and Hollyflight

Badgerfrost shook his head, ”we need our warriors in camp for now, we need to make a plan for looking for the badger’s nest later, we can;t rid anymore lives.” He meowed, then catching up with Mistydapple. “I understand your concern for Echomist’s legacy, and i am truly sorry for his death, but your kittens need you more than ever, without a father they’ll need someone to be there when they need.” He meowed with A sigh. “But please do not take it as turning you down, LakeClan needs mire willing warriors like you.” He meowed as he then looked back to check if Hollyflight followed. - Badgerfrost

Wolfy snarled, smacking the ignorant she-cat with unsheathed claws. "She's all I have left! I'm not taking your stupid seed, so get out of my face, before I make you. And, wouldn't *you* do the same for your brother?" - Wolfy

Mossfeather sighed. She was hoping Bloompaw would be able to sort it out. "Wolfy, either take the seed or just give it up. Bloompaw, if Wolfy doesn't want to, leave it. I know the feeling of having to take care of the only family you have. I was that way with Mistydapple..." She sighed again, remembering the time Mistydapple had first tried to catch a bird but severely injured herself in failing. Mossfeather hung her head for a moment, then continued to heal Jaguarclaw. --Mossfeather

Hollyflight wandered after the deputy, realizing he was right. She listened to Mistydapple and Badgerfrost for a moment. Mistydapple sighed and turned away from Badgerfrost. "They're able to care for themselves now. They're nearly five moons old now," Hollyflight said to Mistydapple, "Didn't Crowkit get in trouble earlier this morning?" Once again Mistydapple didn't respond. Hollyflight laid her tail on her friend and smiled. They walked to the nursery, but Mistydapple stopped. --Hollyflight and Mistydapple

Wolfy glared at the new she-cat. "And who are you?" He knew he was probably being rude or unreasonable, but he was too exhausted to care. He was just worried about Yasbelle, and what would happen if she died. *She can't die...* He curled in a bit closer, hoping this was all a dream, and Yasbelle was okay, and his father was still alive, and he was still off on his own, on an adventure. - Wolfy

Bloompaw snorted. “Just take the seed and you’ll see her when you wake up!” She hissed. - Bloompaw

Badgerfrost sighed as he kept an eye on Mistydapple, before turning to see Raggedpaw accusing Rainstar, “Raggedpaw, back off!” He hissed. “We’ll Sort this out.” He added. - Badger

Lilypaw returned to camp with her catches and casually deposited them on the fresh kill pile, noticing that Silverkit had finally tuckered himself out and decided to take a nap. *Thank StarClan.* The apprentice thought to herself with a twitch of her whiskers in amusement. *I'd hate to accidentally step on him again.* -- Lilypaw

“Rainstar, could we discuss the foxes and badgers issue away from the eyes of the clan.” he meowed quietly as he padded to her side. “We must take care of them before the gathering.” He added. He looked around the camp. More unable warriors and MoonClan was for sure gonna accuse them of weakness. - Badger

Annoyance clawed Darkcloud’s belly, Lilypaw, hadn’t been eaten. She huffed as she padded after her apprentice. Looking to her brother and Rainstar she sneered before taking her place in her nest. - Dark

**((Please ease up on the random badger/fox attacks, guys. Many of these characters realistically would've been dead at this point with how much bloodshed's been occurring in LakeClan. No more random outside attacks from here on out, thank you.))** Rainstar twitched an ear. "It won't be brought up at the Gathering. We've the right to share whatever news as we please. With how the water levels have been looking, it wouldn't be wise to disclose any further weaknesses that LakeClan may be facing." The long-furred leader waved her tail briefly. "Anything brought up before me can be discussed in front of the clan. They're well aware of what threatens them- for what they don't know, they've the right to know." -- Rainstar

Lilypaw dropped the starving dead cardinal on the prey pile, only to find that most of the red feathers had stuck to her nose. Frustrated, she tried to remove them, only to get distracted and quickly make a game out of it. -- Lilypaw

Wolfy growled. This cat had gotten on his last nerve. "Shut up!" He leapt at her and shoved her into the wall. "Don't tell me how to live my life. If I don't wanna take the cruddy seed, I'm not taking the cruddy seed!! Ad don't tell me what to do. I'm gonna be awake when Yasbelle wakes up*, even if it means I never sleep again!!*" He exhaled heavily, and slowly realized what he had done. His heart rate slowed, and he backed up, horrified. "I..I'm sorry." He said flatly. He turned away and went back to Yasbelle. - Wolfy

Badgerfrost dipped his head, “but what are we gonna do of the shortage of our warriors? Redfrost and Streampaw don;t seem in great shape.” He meowed anxiously. He hadn’t noticed the shortage of water. “Perhaps its just a drought, it’ll fill once it rains again.” He meowed, though he kept his mind on the badgers. “I’m gonna take a patrol or two to scout the territory in case there are more, or if there’s a nest or two.” He meowed briefly. “We can’t risk letting the other clans see LakeClan short of it’s finest warriors, especially if the water levels are low.” He added briskly. He wondered if teh beasts were at any point a concern in teh leader’s head. - Badgerfrost

Bloompaw bristled, she gave him a back swipe with her paw and hissed. “If you knew any better you’d listen to reason!” Before he could reply with anything she stormed out of the den and into her brother to her surprise. He raised a brow. Obviously clouded with annoyance too. “H-hi...” She meowed. “Hey.” He looked away before padding into the apprentices den, she wanted to get away from that stupid furball with all the chances she had before spotting Lilypaw. “A-are you okay? You’re putting up a tussle of that bird” She giggled. - Bloompaw

"LakeClan will remain strong, as it always has. You needn't allow negativity to cloud your judgement." Rainstar reminded her deputy in a firm tone, motioning to the warriors den. "We've already gained two new members in less than a moon. Our apprentice's den is overflowing with young warriors filled to the brim with potential. The water levels may be low, but LakeClan still sits its camp on an entire pond." -- Rainstar

Lilypaw paused to suck in a big gulp of air before releasing a ferocious sneeze, which freed her nose from the red feathers that clung to it. Ah...much better. -- Lilypaw

Badgerfrost sighed before he started to think of the water levels. “Perhaps a boulder over one of the falls? Surely it’s too soon for a drought?” He suggested. Surely this should’ve happened late Greenleaf? - Badgerfrost

Rainstar twitched her whiskers in amusement. "Last I checked, boulders don't fall from trees, Badgerfrost. The waterfall is still flowing well- there's nothing blocking its path." The silver tabby mused as she glanced up at the water that showered down on camp from over her personal den. "There's been no rain, so there's less water. I think we'll find that all clans are suffering from a drought at the Gathering." -- Rainstar

Wolfy had been staring at Yasbelle for what seemed like hours, when she finally bolted upright, panting hard. She then immediately cried out and fell back down. Wolfy jumped. "What's wrong? Don't move too much!" Yasbelle panted hard. "I... I had a n-nightmare.. a-about the f-foxes an-and the b-badgers..." - Wolfy + Yasbelle

(Yes, I know Yasbelle would not wake up this early after an attack, but I'm bored UnU) - Fire

Not that they’ll admit it. Badgerfrost wondered. “What should we do about it.” He meowed. “Our territory as the most water compared to the four clans,” He meowed. - Badgerfrost

"Survive, and hope that StarClan will answer our prayers." What else were they to do? There was no available, habitable territory for any of the four clans to move to. -- Rainstar

Badgerfrost nodded, though what was StarClan to do if they were causing it? He sighed. “Alright,” He then peered to the clan. He wondered why Mistydapple was staring, though looked to see Darkcloud entering teh warriors den after seeing Darkcloud glare to her apprentice. He wished he could train her instead. Raggedpaw was hopeless. - Badger

Yasbelle looked around, and saw Redfrost and Streampaw. 'A-are th-they...?" Wolfy shook his head. "Not sure, but I think they're fine. But right now, you're what matters. Don't die on me." - Wolfy + Yasbelle

Raggedpaw was asleep, he was fine, his dreams were calm and Bloompaw was always happy to see her brother at peace. She just watched him and sighed. - Bloom

Yasbelle groaned. "Thirsty..." Wolfy nodded and exited the den, looking for moss to dip into water. He went up to the cat he was arging with earlier. "Hry, I know you probably don't like me, but Yasbelle's awake, and she needs water. Could you tell me where the moss is? Also... sorry for yelling. I was worried about Yasbelle." - Wolfy + Yasbelle

Bloompaw narrowed her eyes. “You can see some in the medicine den next to the sage fronds.” She meowed harshly. Without another word she turned back to her brother and frowned. - Bloom

Wolfy rolled his eyes. "Geez, okay." He went back into the medicine den, and saw a pile of moss next to the sage, like that cat had said. He grabbed a ball of it, and went out to the nearest puddle, which was actually pretty far, and quite small. He ignored it and brought the dripping moss back to Yasbelle, letting her lap from the moss. - Wolfy + Yasbelle

At the moment, Darkcloud wished she could shred her brother on the spot. He thinks he’s so stuck up. She clawed the moss beneath her. - dark

Mossfeather sighed. "Bloompaw, I want you to keep an eye on Redfrost. He's not majorly injured, but it'll definitely leave a bruise. Drizzlepaw, how is Streampaw?" Drizzlepaw answered without looking up, "He could've been better," Mossfeather shook her head and checked on Yasbelle. --Mossfeather and Drizzlepaw

Bloompaw nodded and lay next to the tom she sniffed his fur as it reeked with badger, she gagged before sighing. She wondered what she could really do besides wait for Redfrost to wake up. - Bloom

Robinpaw walked up to Rainstar. "Rainstar? Who will my new mentor be now?" --Robinpaw

Badgerfrost looked around camp though knew this was Rainstar’s choice to make. He kept off the rock to go seek out something to do, and looked around cam for Hollyflight, recalling teh hunting she’d liked to do. - Badger

Yasbelle lapped at the water, and felt a bit better, but everything ached, and her face felt as if it was being burned off of her. She moved in her nest to get a bit more comfortable, and yawned slightly. - Yasbelle

It was difficult, having such a great shortage of warriors in her clan. Rainstar glanced down at Robinpaw briefly with a sorrowful gleam in her eyes before she looked to her warriors. Wolfy and Yasbelle were new to the clan. Badgerfrost and Darkcloud already had apprentices of their own. "Hollyflight?" Rainstar called out softly. "Are you willing to take up Robinpaw as your apprentice?" -- Rainstar

Turkeypaw sat, her fluffy grey tail curled around her neatly. She watched the camp with her light green eyes, a slight smile peaking out of the corner of her mouth. (hi- i finally roleplayed hereafter like 2 months qwq) ~~turkeypaw

badgerfrost hated to intervene but meowed. “Hollyflight has also been selected to mentor Yasbelle, Rainstar.” Though added. “Though it would make sense to have Yasbelle confined to camp until we figure out what to do with her, and since Redfrost is out for now, I agree.” He meowed. “Before we act on the badgers and foxes I need willing warriors step up, We’ll patrol the whole territory in patrols of hopefully three and find out anything about the badgers and foxes.” He announced. - Badger

Hollyflight swallowed quietly. "I am willing, just until Yasbelle.... recovers..." She walked over to Rainstar and Badgerfrost and looked up at them. --Hollyflight

Mistydapple walked into the nursery, only to find Crowkit and Dovekit deep in an argument. "I said that its stuffy in here!" "No you didn't! You said I was annoying and you hated it in here," "Well you are annoying!" "Am not!" "Are too!" Mistydapple groaned, frowning. "Stop it, you two," Dovekit whirled around. Her fur slowly relaxed. Crowkit shook his head and walked into the corner. Mistydapple sighed, wondering how hard it would be for her kits to find friendship if all they do is argue all day. --Mistydapple, Crowkit, and Dovekit

Badgerfrost nodded, “he’s all yours.” He meowed triumphantly. He decided to stop around the nursery to hear exhausted Mistydapple, he wondered what it was like to have kits, was it hard? What did it feel to have your spawn helping the clan grow? he padded to the entrance to see Dovekit and Crowkit, they’;d surely leave their mother at peace if he;d entertained them until she’d be ready for them again? He ruffled his fur, reminding himself of the task at hand, padding back to the highrock, “Alright, Hollyflight, you can lead Darkcloud and Jaguarclaw to patrol the east of the territory, I will lead with Raggedpaw and Tigerstripe.” He was a little alarmed of the shortage of warriors, all there was left were the wounded and that one Kittypet. He sighed before flicking his tail to summon the patrol. “We’ll patrol the west side.” - Badgerfrost

Beaverkit twitched her whiskers with amusement as she watched Badgerfrost call patrols so boldly, how did he do it? Was it natural for bigger cats to have more control over the smaller and even older ones? Was this what most of Clanlife was? Would she even fit in? How could she be given a chance at the life of a clan cat? not even knowing the risks of being found to be a Kittypet, Beaverkit stared in sheer adoring eyes. Maybe she could be like that! Maybe she could fit in? - Beaverkit

Wolfy padded out, wanting to join in a patrol. If he stayed with Yasbelle all day, he might go crazy from worry. He padded up to the cat putting the others in patrols. "Hey, can I go on patrol?" - Wolfy

Badgerfrost turned coldly. “No, You’re one of the wounded and need to stay put in camp.” The tom ordered. “Rest.” He added as he turned back to the walk he’d started with the patrol. - Badger

Wolfy growled, and ran up to the warrior. "I can do it! Just put me on patrol!" - Wolfy

Badgerfrost narrowed his eyes. “Do not make me repeat myself.” Badgerfrost meowed gruffly, if this rogue wanted to be in a clan he’d have to respect orders. “You and the their warriors need rest. Guard camp if you must feel to be of use.” He meowed. - Badger

Streampaw opened his eyes. He felt a little woozy, but he could manage. --Streampaw

Wolfy glared at him, then dipped his head. "...Okay. Where do I go to stand guard then?" - Wolfy

Badgerfrost grumbled. “Wherever you want. Just don’t leave camp and cause anymore trouble.” He hissed. Turning back and going without hesitation. - Badger

*Trouble?!* Wolfy stopped himself from hissing at the arrogant tom. *I saved those two cats, and where was he huh? Safe here in camp, giving orders.* He rolled his eyes. *Whatever. I'm just gonna keep watch.*  He climbed up to a small hill that overlooked most of the surrounding land, and sat down. - Wolfy

Raggedpaw grinned and managed to snag a moment to stick his tongue at Wolfy, of course he would, He got to do something better than the rogue. He grinned as he followed his mentor out of camp. - Ragged

"Robinpaw," Hollyflight said, "I would like you to rest before we go hunting," Robinpaw nodded wearily, then went to his nest in the apprentice s' den. --Hollyflight and Robinpaw

“Mossfeather! Mossfeather!” Bloompaw shrieked, seeing this was not what she wanted after a doze, but she didn’t know what to do about a missing tail. - Bloom

Wolfy caught the kid sticking his tongue out at him, and he couldn't help but laugh. *This kid is so petty, its funny.*  He kept glancing back at the medicine den, however. He couldn't bear the thought of him being away from her, ecspecially at a time like this. What if she died?! He took a deep breath, and forced himself to look away from the den and scan the territory. - Wolfy

Mossfeather immediately dropped her stuff in surprise and rushed over when she heard Bloompaw call. "What is it?" She asked, but didn't expect an answer. She hadn't noticed before, but Redfrost's tail lay hidden in his thick fur - but she hadn't noticed the abrupt stub of it. "Oh dear..." She muttered. She had dealt with this only once before... "Bloompaw, please fetch some moss and cobwebs," She examined the wound once more. As she did, a foul, sour smell caused her to wrinkle her nose. "Grab some marigold too. The wound is infected. Some catchweed would be nice," --Mossfeather

Bloompaw nodded uncertainly. Why didnt she want to have Drizzlepaw do it? *To get me away*... She answered sourly. She padded out of camp to get her moss near the stream, which was lower than usual, as predicted. She managed to grab some cobwebs rolled around her arm, and found some marigold growing in the sun in the area, she smiled, the flowers seemed so warm. She shook her head before she plucked each of the leaves carefully, where was the cat chewed again? She looked around tree stumps before later giving up and returning to camp. She ruffled her fur and entered the medicine den, dropping the moss, leaves, and unrolling the cobwebs ever so slightly. “I couldn’t find any Catchweed.” She murmured. - Bloompaw

Drizzlepaw stared at Bloompaw with a sour look on her face. "Did you actually check," she said, "or did you just wander around?" She walked over to the herb store but found none. She moved to go out, but Mossfeather stopped her. "Bloompaw already checked," she said. "Besides, somebody has to look over Yasbelle," Drizzlepaw snorted. "She's not moving anywhere until her wounds are healed. She's not going anywhere. She also has all the herbs on her she'll need to recover," Mossfeather shook her head. "Go tell Goldenwing and a healthy, healed warrior to bury Echomist," she finally said. "And don't 'do it yourself' just to look for catchweed," Drizzlepaw shook her head, hiding a disgusted look on her face. "Whatever," --Drizzlepaw and Mossfeather

Bloompaw looked to her paws sourly, stupid Drizzlepaw. - Bloom

Yasbelle was half awake, and heard the argument between the two she-cats. She opened her eye slightly and glanced at them. "Ngh..." Her face was burning again, and she coud feel blood starting to drip from the cobwebs on her face. "B-Bloomp-paw...?" She mumbled. - Yasbelle

Drizzlepaw walked drearily out of the medicine den. She trudged over to the elders' den. "Goldenwing, it's time to bury Echomist..." Goldenwing poked her head out of the elders' den and blinked her eyes. "I'm coming," she sadly said. Drizzlepaw walked over to the warriors' den and asked, "Does anybody want to help Goldenwing bury Echomist? Mistydapple heard her from the nursery and came over. "I will," Drizzlepaw frowned. "You have kits to look after," Mistydapple shook her head. "They can look after each other for a tiny bit," Drizzlepaw shrugged, and went back to the medicine den. Goldenwing emerged from the elders' den to see Mistydapple by Echomist's side. "Are you ready?" Goldenwing asked. Mistydapple nodded and the two she-cats picked Echomist up. --Drizzlepaw, Goldenwing, and Mistydapple

Bloompaw whipped around and angrily stripped the cobwebs from Yasbelles face. “Stupid Drizzlepaw, thinks shes way better than I am, she wasnt selected by starclan, I was, that stupid fur ball...” She grumbled as if Yasbelle didnt hear her. - Bloom

Yasbelle cried out when Bloompaw's paw hit her in her wound. "A-agh.... C-Could you d-do i-it a b-b-bit... g-gentler..." She whimpered. Her face started bleeding again more heavily, and she tried not to cry. - Yasbelle

Bloompaw, as angry as she was, couldn’t hear Yasbelle as she started to make some ointment and patched up the torn face of Yasbelle. “Why dont I tell her a piece of my mind, that...” - Bloom

Drizzlepaw heard Bloompaw. As she did, her face burned with rage. She burst into the medicine den and ran up to Bloompaw. Passing Mossfeather, she bumped into her mentor and hissed. Mossfeather narrowed her eyes at Drizzlepaw, who said nothing. Drizzlepaw thrust her face into Bloompaw's. "How dare you call me a stupid furball! And of course I was selected by StarClan, or else I wouldn't be here right now!" Drizzlepaw hissed. Suddenly she felt a weight go on her chest, and suddenly Drizzlepaw was out of Bloompaw's way, staring at the ceiling. Mossfeather dragged Drizzlepaw out into the safety of the forest. "We need to talk," Mossfeather said, holding Drizzlepaw down to a large rock. Drizzlepaw looked left to right and started trying to wriggle out of Mossfeather's grasp. --Drizzlepaw and Mossfeather

Bloompaw hissed before dislodging from yasbelle and lashed her tail. - Bloompaw

Yasbeel saw Mossfeather drag Drizzlepaw away, but she didn't care. She was in too much pain to care. "B-Bloomp-p-paw.... p-please.... Your h-hurting m-me...." She was shaking, and she had a hard time speaking. "I-It's b-b-bleeding m-more..." She couldn't even tell when Bloompaw went away, cause she still felt her paws digging into her face. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw drew in a breath as he had followed his mentor around it was a true warrior who knew his territory so well, if a pack of wolves decided to roll in, they’d dodge every tree. He grinned. No rogue was suited for this life. He wondered how Rosepaw was doing right about now, they did have some brief discussions at gatherings and over the border, though shed been away for a few moons. - Ragged

Mistydapple and Goldenwing carried Echomist over to a grove of trees with plenty of shrubs. A large, flat rock was covered completely with moss. "Here?" Goldenwing asked. Mistydapple nodded. They laid Echomist on the flat rock to rest, then began digging a grave. Mistydapple sadly smiled. This was the place Echomist had asked her to be his mate... When the hole was done, the pair gently lowered Echomist into the hole and began burying him. --Mistydapple and Goldenwing

Bloompaw turned back to Yasbelle to see the hurt on the she-cat, she shrieked. “I’m so sorry!” She looked around the den for something, grabbing poppy seeds and some honey. “Here, take these.” - bloom

Yasbelle felt sick to her stomach, and was trembling. "I-I-It h-hurts..." She felt blood trickling down her chin, and she was thought she was dying. "A-A-Am... I d-dying....?" - Yasbelle

Bloompaw narrowed her Eyes. “Not if you keep whimpering like a disturbed kit.” She meowed smoothly. - bloom

(Sorry if this is bad, i dont have any motivation right now lol) - Fire

Yasbelle nodded, then took a deep breath. She felt her heart rate lower, and she clamed down a bit. She looked at the seeds and lapped them up. "Th-Thank y-y-you..." - Yasbelle

"Drizzlepaw." The look on Mossfeather's face was so serious, Drizzlepaw had to snicker. "Drizzlepaw, I'm serious. Why are you being like this? You used to be better," Drizzlepaw rolled her eyes. "I am better now. I get to do more stuff," Mossfeather narrowed her eyes. "You were getting to do stuff before." There was a long silence. Finally, Mossfeather continued. "So why? What caused you to think like this?" Drizzlepaw looked down, a sneer forming on her lips. "None of your business," Mossfeather heaved a big sigh. "It is too my business. I am your mentor and medicine cat. You can wait to tell me, but I expect to hear it before the next moon begins," Mossfeather turned and walked away. --Mossfeather and Drizzlepaw

Lilypaw was entertaining herself by the pond in the center of camp, mostly by squashing around in the mud. The low water levels did bother her, but not all that much. Water never completely vanished, right? At least it left behind some traces of fun mud to play in. -- Lilypaw

Goldenwing smoothed the last pile of mud over Echomist's grave. "It is done," she whispered. Mistydapple's eyes unfocused. She stared into the distance. "Echomist is gone," she said weakly. "Let's get back to camp," Goldenwing suggested. Mistydapple pulled away from Goldenwing's tail on her shoulder. "I want to stay for the sunset," she said. "Mistydapple, you can't leave your kits alone for that long. They're bound to get in trouble," Goldenwing said softly. Mistydapple abruptly broke away. She cried out, "Why does everyone keep saying that?! I think that they are big kits now. They are my kits, and I would think that I would know what's best for them," Goldenwing sadly sighed. "If you wish. I am going to camp, however. Stay here until you feel what's comfortable, I guess," Mistydapple looked back into the distance. --Goldenwing and Mistydapple

Wolfy understood the morbid mindset smothering the cats around. He knew someone had died, but he didn't know who. He wondered if he could help with anything. He noticed a cat approaching camp, and raised his hackles, before recognizing the elder that had left camp with the body. There was one other cat who had left, but Wolfy couldn't see them anywhere. He leapt down to meet the elder. "Hello. Where's the cat who was with you before? Are they okay?" - Wolfy

Goldenwing sighed. Her ear flicked. "Mistydapple is right now with her mate..." She walked on to the elder's den. --Goldenwing

Wolfy nodded somberly. "RIght, I'm sorry... But, isn't Mistydapple the one with kits? Shouldn't someone watch over them? What if they get in trouble?" - Wolfy

“are you alright?” Badgerfrost meowed as they’d passed the burial, he needed to ensure after the death of her mate, Mistydapple was alright. He had flicked his tail for his apprentice to guard around the area just in case any large creature crashed down. - Badger

Mistydapple turned over to Badgerfrost. She just stared at him, not speaking. Mistydapple turned back to the grave and hunched over the wall of ivy. --Mistydapple

Goldenwing nodded. "Apparently they are alright, says Mistydapple. She got annoyed when I brought it up to her, so I guess she won't want another cat, especially a new cat, telling her what to do..." She lowered herself into her nest and rested her tail over her nose. --Goldenwing

Shykit hid in the corner. her wounds ached. "Nobody cared about me!", she weeped softley- Shykit

Streampaw walked over to the crying kit and softley meowed, "I care" before wrapping his tail around the small she-cat. --Streampaw

Badgerfrost bit back a remark. *I’m the deputy.* He flicked his tail. “A death effects the clan as a whole. It’s our duty to ensure the safety of each cat, physically, and mentally.” He meowed. Casting a glance to Mistydapple. - Badger

Shykit meowed, "Really? Does the entire clan are for me" Her eyes were still wet with tears--Shykit

Wolfy nodded awkwardly. He wasn't good with compassion. "Uhm, okay. F-Feel better...?" He groaned, exasperated. *Gosh, I'm so freaking awkward.* He jumped back up to his post, wanting to forget about the conversation. - Wolfy

Streampaw smiled, "Were a clan! We care about all cats!"--Streampaw

Lilypaw found herself covered in the pond's mud, from head to tail, although she appeared rather unbothered by it. Instead, she looked somewhat inspired- maybe this new camouflage would help her sneak up on prey? -- Lilypaw

Shykit looked at Streampaw. "I don't think so...."--Shykit

Crowkit overheard Streampaw and Shykit's conversation. Curling his lip up to mock Shykit, he taunted, "I don't care about you," Dovekit shrieked at Crowkit. "Be nice! Just because she's younger than you doesn't mean she is okay to be a target of bullying," Crowkit rolled his eyes. "That is exactly what it means," Dovekit frowned sadly at her brother. "You should stay in the nursery though..." "I AM in the nursery!" He glared pointedly at his paws less than a millimeter away from exiting the nursery. --Crowkit and Dovekit

Beaverkit cocked her head to the commotion, Why was Crowkit being mean? Probably because his father just died.... she shivered. “What’s happening over here?” She mewed to the group In hopes of being included. - Beaverkit

Dovekit glanced apologetically at Beaverkit. "He's always been this way from the moment he opened his eyes," she whispered. Crowkit heard, but ignored it. Dovekit was always getting on his nerves. He flicked his ear and strode to his nest. --Dovekit and Crowkit

Beaverkit cocked her head, “Well, it’s only natural, right? How are you gonna be in a positive attitude of you just lost your father?” She reasoned, “It won’t be hard to get back from that.” - Beaver

Shykit winced at the taunt. " I don't like it here, Streampaw.", She whispered--Shykit

"Don't worry. When your an apprentice, you can train with me and defeat Beaverkit"-- Streampaw

"But I'm not! Im only just a 3 moon old kit!" Shykit proteted--Shykit

Silverkit gave the clan's central pond a curious sniff. Nearly a moon ago, it was normal and filled with its typical turquoise waters, but now, it looked icky and muddy. The elders insisted that it was still safe to drink from, but...Silverkit was a little more skeptical. He was perfectly fine with still splashing around in the waters, however. He entertained himself by chasing a bull frog across camp. -- Silverkit

Streampaw meowed, "Your more than a kit......"--Streampaw

Shykit protested, "But I'm a rouge and all clans hate roges!"

Streampaw meowed, "Not all clans do....."-- Streampaw and Shykit

Beaverkit, being the airhead she is, decided to do something else, forgetting what she was just doing, spotting the frog-chase. “Ooooo!” She watched Silverkit chase the frog. - Beaver

Shykit weeped. "I don't belong!"-- Shykit

He never imagined it being so *difficult* to catch a frog- it felt as if it constantly slipped between his paws and fled back into the water. Patience wasn't his game, but he was dedicated towards catching the green beast. Once the bull frog wandered back onto the shore, Silverkit pursued it. Rainstar always warned him to not lick the frogs or toads. He never understood why. -- Silverkit

”That was so cool!” Beaverkit commented. “I wish I could hunt like that.” She muttered off to the side. - Beaver

Shykit saw a bird flutter into the clearing. "I'll show myself!". She thought before chasing after the bird and pouncing, but faceplanted and the bird flutter away.--Shykit

Wolfy saw the kit faceplant, and winced. He jumped down and padded over to the kit. "Hey, you ok? That looked like a pretty nasty fall." - Wolfy

"She's probably fine," Crowkit said to Wolfy. "I mean, unless she *isn't*a strong kit like me," Dovekit winced and felt like clawing her eyes out. "That is enough Crowkit!" She cried, leaping on her brother. "Stop being mean to other kits!" Crowkit shook her off, but Dovekit popped right back up on him. The pair began wrestling and fighting, Shykit forgotten for the moment. --Crowkit and Dovekit

Wolfy growled and pulled the two apart. He glared at Crowkit. "Now, that's not very nice to insult that kit over there, now is it...? If you want others to respect you, maybe try treating them with respect. But don't be a bully. That gets you *nowhere.* And you might think it makes you "tough", or whatever, but it doesn't. Now, I know your dad just... died... but again, thats no excuse. I just found out my dad died too, bu you don't see me waltzing around shoving around others, do you?" - Wolfy

"I can do what I want to," Crowkit growled. He tried to tear free from Wolfy's grasp. --Crowkit

The rogue distracted the golden kitten, Beaverkit growled and kept at his tail, “Leave him alone!” She mewed defensively. Leaping back, though without the realization if what used to be where water had been, the kitten shrieked as she slipped into the mud, realizing how deep it seemed when she was just small. - Beaver

Wolfy groaned. Kits were such a pain. He crouched down next to Crowkit. "Listen kid. You're not gonna get to be a warrior or whatever if you don't get your act straight. Now, say sorry to Shykit. I could stay here all day, and we're not leaving until you apologize." - Wolfy

Beaverkit narrowed her eyes, being ignored was very annoying! She couldn’t change that she was a kit! Though she groaned as she realized she was still in the hole where water should’ve been. She growled. Looking around, Beaverkit dug her way back to normal land, though she was now all muddy and wet. - Beaverkit

The silver rosetted tomkit finally managed to get the frog pinned underneath his paws, despite its slippery green skin. Silverkit sniffed the creature curiously as he opened up his paws, only to find the frog leaping out of his grasp and disappearing into the pond once more. *Rats!* -- Silverkit

Mistydapple sighed and stared off into the fluffy clouds in the distance. They took the shape of a cat's face staring down at her, seemingly worried. As soon as it had appeared, the clouds arranged themselves back the way they had been. "I will always love you Echomist," She turned away and began strolling back to the general direction of camp. --Mistydapple

Wolfy glared at Crowkit. "Well? Say it." He then caught sight of a muddy kit stumbling out of a mud puddle, and he groaned. Kits were so annoying. "Stay here for a second." He went over to the sticky kit and asked, "You need some help?" - Wolfy

“Not from you.” Beaverkit meowed, “I can take care Of myself, all warriors do it.” She raised her chin knowingly as she tried once more and managed to latch a paw on the higher ground, pulling herself up, she turned back to Silverkit and grinned. “Well, there’s always next time.” She meowed. - Beaverkit

Wolfy sighed and went back to Crowkit. - Wolfy

"Say what?" Crowkit asked crossly. "That I *can*do whatever I what?" Dovekit couldn't resist. "Oh can you? Is that why you are stuck in the nursery?" --Crowkit and Dovekit

Wolfy let out a huge groan. "Know what? I give up! You can be rude and a bully for all I care. All you do is bicker." It took as much willpower as he could muster not to give the ignorant kit a cuff on the ears. He went over to Shykit and used his tail to pick her up off the ground, before turning around and storming back to his gaurd post. - Wolfy

Mistydapple was about to enter the camp when a white and black cat stepped hesitantly out. "I - I'm looking for Harold..." The cat said. Mistydapple was confused at first; this cat smelled like a loner, and surely he wouldn't trespass looking for his friend. Then it hit her. Echomist's loner name was Harold. "You must be Carlo..." Mistydapple said thoughtfully. Carlo stepped back, surprised. "Do you know where Harold is?" Carlo asked again. Mistydapple's breath caught up in her throat. "He - he.... He passed away..." Carlo looked to the skies for a moment. "Then may his journey be forever enlightened with hope and peace," Mistydapple was surprised at the loner's good sport. "Well, we'd better get inside the camp then," Mistydapple said after a bit of awkward silence. Carlo agreed and they swept past the brush into LakeClan's camp. --Mistydapple and Carlo

Wolfy lapt down from his guard post as the mother and a new cat entered camp. He walked up to the mother and asked, "Hey, uh.... What's your name? I never got it. But anyways, where were you?" - Wolfy

"You could've asked somebody like Goldenwing or Badgerfrost where I was," Mistydapple grumbled. Carlo shook his head at the new cat. "She's a bit grumpy I guess... Anyway, I'm Carlo. This must be a clan camp," Mistydapple twitched her ear. "I'm Mistydapple. And you, Carlo, better see Rainstar or else you'll be ignored or chased out," Mistydapple was just glad that Carlo didn't know she had kits, and she was eager to get away before Wolfy asked about it. --Mistydapple and Carlo

Wolfy nodded. "Well, Mistydapple, your kits got into trouble. Well, just the tom actually. He was bullying one of the younger kits, and I had to intervene. He also refused to apologize and was pretty rude. I'm not criticizing your parenting skills or your kits, but could you talk to him about it?" - Wolfy

Carlo walked up to the cat Mistydapple flicked her tail at. "Um, is one of you Rainstar?" He said to the group of cats there. Hollyflight lifted her head up from where she had been resting. She got up and licked her pelt clean. "Another loner or rogue, I presume," Hollyflight flicked her whiskers in amusement. "Rainstar is that silver and white she-cat that way," She pointed directly to Rainstar. Carlo nodded and walked over to the cat. --Carlo and Hollyflight

Wolfy didn't wait for the grieving queen to respond, because he was bounding off to the medicine den to check on Yasbelle. He walked in and saw her eyes flicker open. "Hey Yas... You feeling better?" Yasbelle could barely keep her eye open, and she looked up at him wearily. "Not really... But not much I can do about it, huh..." Wolfy sighed and laid down next to her. - Wolfy and Yasbelle

Rainstar twitched her ears. With all the young apprentices and kits, LakeClan really could use all the mature cats that it could. "Can I help you?" -- Rainstar

Carlo looked up at Rainstar. She looked intimidating. "You're a clan, right? I was thinking, maybe I could... Well I was here for Harold... Um... Maybe I could join?" --Carlo

Mossfeather sighed as she saw Wolfy yet again with Yasbelle. "Here, Yasbelle, take this. I'll let you have some alone time with your brother. I might as well spend some time with my sister... Bloompaw, finish Redfrost's tail; I'm sure he'll be fine. Then come on out," Mossfeather walked away from the medicine den. --Mossfeather

Yasbelle nodded gratefully to Mossfeather, swallowing the bitter herbs. She smiled slightly as her aches ceased a bit. She waved goodbye to Mossfeather with her tail and turned back to Wolfy. "So, what did you do today?" - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Hollyflight twitched her whiskers in amusement. This cat knew practically nothing about talking in front of cats he didn't know. She decided to check how her friend Mistydapple was doing. To her surprise, she saw Mossfeather heading that way. "How are you doing, Mossfeather?" She asked cheerily. Mossfeather smiled. "It's certainly been a long day," Hollyflight nodded. --Hollyflight and Mossfeather

Goldenwing rested down in her nest, and put her tail over her nose. --Goldenwing

Wolfy settled down a bit. "I was standing guard. I also had to sort out some kits that were rough-housing." Yasbelle gave him a sympathatic glance. "Kits seem like a pawful. but I think I might wanna have some in the future." Wolfy snorted. "Not while I'm here, lil' sis." She giggled. She noticed her face felt a bit better, and she started feeling restless. Wolfy seemed to have noticed too, because he got up. "You wanna take a walk around camp?" Yasbelle nodded, standing up and wincing at her stiff joints. She limped out of the den, then froze as she caught sight of someone she thought she would never see again. - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Raggedpaw had entered camp with Badgerfrost, “No critters as far as i can see.” the deputy meowed. Raggedpaw rolled his eyes, a bit annoyed they didn't find anything, he Narrowed his eyes. “More rogues..” he grumbled. - Ragged

Yasbelle snarled, glaring at Carlo. "Why the heck are you here, Carlo?! Are you here to finish the job? Was killing him not enough?!!" Wolfy was confused. "Uhh... Yas, whats going on?" Yasbelle turned to him. "That piece of fox-dung helped kill dad!!" - Yasbelle + Wolfy

"Harold?" Rainstar echoed when the stranger mentioned the name, trying to search her memory. "You're certain this cat joined LakeClan, specifically?" -- Rainstar

“Whoa there, Back off ‘Halfcat’.” Raggedpaw stepped between the Rogues. “I don’t think anyone really cares about the past here, As mentioned lots has happened and the clans still get over it, just because he killed your dad like a million moons ago, doesn’t mean he hasn’t changed from it, unless this tom looks like the one you mentioned. Plus, who in the stars is Harold?” He send the newcomer a glare. - Raggedpaw

Carlo's gaze flicked from cat to cat. He thought he recognized the mauled she-cat, but he couldn't place it. And how did she know his name? "I - I remember seeing him after he said he joined... Said his name was - was... Echopaw or something weird like that," Hollyflight, who was about to enter the nursery, stopped. It all made sense now! Harold must have been Echomist's loner name! It was so long ago... --Carlo and Hollyflight

“Breaking news, he ain’t an apprentice no more, and he’s dead.” Raggedpaw sneered. He turned and decided he needed to clear his head from having another rage, not like he wasn't raging. Raggedpaw padded out of camp, he did sorta wanna check the CliffClan border. Usually nights like that were the ones to make his day. - Raggedpaw

Yasbelle bared her teeth. "Don't say you don't know me you fox heart! You helped murder him!! You spied on us, gave them information. Seriously, what the heck is *wrong* with you?! Tell me murderer, does Yasbelle strike a memory?" - Yasbelle

Carlo stared at Yasbelle. Yes, this was definitely the cat he had spied on all those days ago. But when he tried to look away, all his eyes would do was stare with hatred. *No! They'll for sure kick you out!*Carlo's heart was beating crazy fast now. *And if I do stay... Will I be able to be forgiven? With Yasbelle keeping a close eye on me and finding everything I do and have done as faulty?*"I - That was long ago. Surely you can forgive me - now. I was young and foolish," Carlo croaked. A lump formed in his throat, but nothing Carlo could do would get rid of it. He backed slowly away from the group without thinking. --Carlo

Raggedpaw entered camp yet again, and sighed. “Back off Yas, Surely this wasnt the specific cat that killed your father, you might as well strangle Echomist for being his friend.” Raggedpaw meowed brashly to the smaller half-faced she-cat. - Raggedpaw

Yasbelle hissed at Raggedpaw. "Don't tell me to *CALM DOWN!* Echomist had *nothing* to do with this." She sent a hateful glare towards Carlo. "Stay away from me. Unless you wanna finish the job?" She spat. - Yasbelle

Raggedpaw huffed. “I’m sure he did for being the reason this guy is here.” He sneered. Ragged

Wolfy was confused. "Wait, dad was killed?! And that guy had something to do with it?" He looked at the guy. He looked pretty nice, but also extremely guilty. "Yas, maybe he's changed." - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Raggedpaw flicked his tail. “See? I’m sure if he tries to murder anyone I’d feed his throat to the fish before further notice.” Raggedpaw grinned. - Ragged

"I - I swear I didn't come to finish you off, Y - Yasbelle..." Carlo stuttered. "I only thought - thought..." He trailed off. "Oh, Harold..." he backed off further to where he had came from. "Well, if there are cats who want to murder me, others accusing me of murdering, and cats being murdered, then maybe this isn't the place for me..." He turned to leave. --Carlo

Petuniaheart yawned,she looked into a empty and dry puddle-*Im sure this had water in it not to long ago...*Petunia told herself *Im sure Rainstar has already been told--The lake..Looks dryer.*- Petuniaheart

Beaverkit padded over to Silverkit. She felt a little embarrassed of her extremely muddied pelt. “Are you thirsty or what?” She asked, trying to take the focus off of herself and talk to some new cat she never really met. ”I saw you try to catch that frog, maybe if we both got muddy it wouldn’t have seen us.” She grinned her tiny kitten teeth. - Beaverkit

Wolfy called to Carlo. "Wait! You don't gotta leave, lemme talk with Yasbelle for a bit. I believe you changed." He turned to Yasbelle, who still looked hateful. "Yas, you need to calm down. I'm sure he changed." - Wolfy

Darkcloud narrowed her eyes after the SteppeClanner, how dare they steal the water! Even if that was gathering territory, it was unexceptional and belonged to LakeClan at heart. She spat out tufts of golden fur before padding back to camp, returning with bloody lips and some nasty scars. “A SteppeClanner just tried to take out water!” She called. - Darkclout

Mossfeather looked troubled. "There are too many enemies these days," she sighed. Louder, she asked Darkcloud, "Did you see the cat or scent the smell? And where was it?" She ushered the she-cat to the medicine den. --Mossfeather

Carlo looked to the floor. Yes, younger siblings tended to think things the way they want to see them. "I - I guess I'll try a few days..." Carlo mused. He turned to Rainstar. "Well then, may I stay?" --Carlo

Petuniaheart looked to the almost dried up lake *"Lakeclan will never survive with this mess at are paws!"* Petuniaheart told herself before jumping down to the empty lake her paws barely covered in water, She sighed "I Hope Rainstar knows what to do with this..." Petuniaheart said with a sigh- Petuniaheart

Yasbelle growled. "What the heck, Wolfy?! Why would you do that?!" Wolfy clenched his teeth. "You need to stop, Yasbelle. You're making a scene. Plus, I'm willing to bet he's changed." Yasbelle wanted to claw him, but instead, she just turned around and stalked back into the medicine den. "Keep him away from me." Wolfy watched her go in the den, then went over to Carlo. "I'm... really sorry about that. I do think you've changed, and after all, none of us know the full story." - Yasbelle + Wolfy

Darkcloud narrowed her eyes. ”Bengal she-cat, amber eyes, thin as a twig, deciding to wander towards our territory for our last drops of water.” She sneered. “I bet we can teach them a lesson.” She glanced to where Rainstar sat. *Or I will*. - Darkcloud

Raggedpaw rolled his eyes as he followed Yasbelle. “Why don’t we do something about this?” He hissed. looking back towards Carlo. He grinned. “I have an idea.“ - Raggy

((**Remember per our Rules that cats should keep to clan aesthetics, and that LakeClan cats are welcoming and generally friendly. Otherwise, there's no point in having the aesthetics. Thanks!)**) After accepting Carlo into the clan, Rainstar went to work on figuring out who she'd take to the Gathering, as well as considering how she'd break the news to the other clans. If LakeClan was losing water, surely SteppeClan and CliffClan were as well. MoonClan...their water supply seemed to be separate. Stepping forward, she called out to select her cats for the mass-clan meeting. "Lilypaw, Raggedpaw, Bloompaw, Wolfy, Hollyflight, Robinpaw, Petuniaheart, Stormtail, and Snowtuft will be attending the Gathering tonight." -- Rainstar

Mistydapple raised her head when she caught scent of the returning cats. Dovekit and Crowkit were asleep - sort of. They weren't making noise at least. "How was the gathering?" she asked when the cats came into view. -Mistydapple