Nursery Tales

Nursery Tales are a collection of stories queens, fathers, or even elders may tell the youngest members of the clans to keep them occupied. Nursery Tales are usually used to help warrant kits away from misbehaving, teaching them the lore of the clans, and even helping them gain faith in Starclan. Kits are usually very excited about these stories while younger, though less likely to listen as they become restless being stuck in camp. Many tales can be considered nursery tales, though listed here are the most commonly retold, and are considered the "most important" that every cat must know before serving their clan. Some of these stories have been shifted to what the cats of Sunlit Prairies knows them as now, as word of mouth is not the most reliable source. Lots of information has been lost to time.

### Ravenstar's Revival, and Starclan's willingness to sacrifice their own to bring back Rippling Streams

Long, long ago in the old territories, the river that once supplied their clan with everlasting life, prey, and shelter was posioned by two-legs, killing cats who ate, drank, or swam in it and cleaned their pelts afterwards. The lake was turned black, dirty and yucky, leaving the Rippling Streams cats to starve. Ravenstar desperately tried time and time again to clear the river, find new territory they could hunt in while still thriving in their camp, and to save her clanmates. However, her attempts were futile. Her clanmates watched as Ravenstar hunted day until night, draining each strain of energy left in her pelt in her last futile attempts to save her clan. Her courage was spoken of among her clanmates and may cats attempted to follow in her pawprints, supporting their clanmates until they too were too tired and weak to hunt. Ravenstar died in her den after giving every morsel of prey to her clan, starving to death over and over until her body was left. She was buried among the other cats who passed, and without their leader, heir, or deputy left, the clan disbanded, becoming kittypets, rogues, and loners.

Moons later, Ravenstar was granted a second chance by Starclan, who generously offered her the chance to return to Earth, under the condition she found the cats who remained of Rippling Streams and brought them to a new home. Ravenstar agreed and by the power of Starclan, she returned. Weakened by her time spent dead and becoming used to her new body, Ravenstar returned to her old territory and began to rescue her former clanmates. She led them into the mountains where the remaining cats of Rippling Streams merged with a Tribe under a joint-leadership of Ravenstar and their Moon Preacher, saving Rippling Streams and by extension, Sunlit Prairies, from being lost to time.

### Silkstar's Pelt

Silkstar was the most unique cat anyone had ever seen. She had the palest fur that seemed to be the same shade as moon-dust, and eyes the shade of freshly bloomed roses. She was beautiful, the most majestic cat anyone had ever seen. Due to Icestar's jealousy over the molly, she attacked her, staining her beautiful fur pink with both their blood. When she moved her clanmates to their new territory here on the moors, Silkstar was required to stay behind in the forest territory, finding the direct sunlight of the fields to be greatly painful to her, making it difficult for her to see. Her clanmates did not seem to dislike this arrangement, as they were given much freetime out of the sights of their leader. The cats of her clan thanked her for saving them by bringing her heaps and heaps of prey, and protecting the home she'd never be welcome to call her own. It's believed that kits born albino, similar to Silkstar are blessed by her spirit and are guided by her paws in life, protected under her gentle wing.

### Icestar's Jealousy and her Tyrannical rule.

Once, long ago in ancient territories, a young leader name Icestar, fueled by jealousy and hatred struck down the leader of The Clan of Desolate Tundras within her first few moons as leader, claiming the title for her own. Naughty kits that disobeyed her were buried in the snow by the vicious leader herself, making examples of many cats who spoke out against her. Only one cat had the courage to stand up to her, Silkstar. Icestar had been jealous of Silkstar since her birth, so jealous that she allowed it to consume her. Icestar made may attempts on Silkstar's life, and after a long battle that took place over many days Silkstar finally killed Icestar, ending the tyrannical leader's treachery and forging a new path on pink paws, leading her surviving clanmates out of the horrible blood-stained mountains. It's believed that Icestar haunts naughty kits and snatches them out of their nest if they do not listen to their mothers, where she buries them alive outside camp, their screams and cries for help forever silenced.