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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 13:26:29 GMT -5
Eagleheart sighed softly, shaking his head, "unfortunately...That does not surprise me, it's been getting harder to see Dustswirl too."
Maplekit snickered softly as she watched Solarkit, "cute."
Owlkit blinked and looked at Eveningkit, getting to his paws and looking around, but he ended up distracted trying to tackle a leaf.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 13:27:43 GMT -5
"Don't let Jaggedclaw get to you. He's like that with everyone." From behind Grizzleyheart, a night black she-cat with a moon print around her blue eyes padded up to him. Moonstar gave him a kind smile. "No one doubts the service you've done for ShadowClan, Grizzleyheart."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 13:38:26 GMT -5
"Gah! Owlkit!" Eveningkit complained loudly, only to squeak as Wildkit leaped at her. They tussled together, before Stormkit easily came in and sprang at Wildkit.
"I'm gonna beat you!" Solarkit's bravado was incredibly determined, and he kicked at Maplekit.
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Grizzleyheart whipped around quickly, eyes wide as he was approached by...oh, yes. Moonstar. Apparently one of the leaders before Northstar. He felt better at her words though, though his eyes were still conflicted. "Oh...thank you, Moonstar. I'm still getting used to clan ways I guess. Back where I lived, arguments led to pretty brutal fights...especially with my old life." He sighed deeply. "And now I only worry that my sons will suffer."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 13:44:31 GMT -5
Eagleheart sighed softly, shaking his head, "unfortunately...That does not surprise me, it's been getting harder to see Dustswirl too." Maplekit snickered softly as she watched Solarkit, "cute." Owlkit blinked and looked at Eveningkit, getting to his paws and looking around, but he ended up distracted trying to tackle a leaf. Hawkfury was surprised at that. "Dustswirl too?...Eagleheart, what is happening?" He demanded, as sharp and dedicated as ever. He worried every second for the clan he loved so much.
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 13:47:18 GMT -5
Owlkit landed on the leaf and bounced happily before looking around in confusion that everyone was gone. He sniffed and ran back over to land on Wildkit. (Ironically he lived longer than Eveningkit, Wildkit, and Solarkit, but that sorta stunted his development coming to Starclan)
Maplekit snickered softly, "are you now little Solarflame? You think you can beat the great deputy, Mapleheart?"
"I feared when Redpetal and Duskwhisper died this would happen, but Dustswirl is incredibly withdrawn now. I do not know what is happening, I only believed her relation with Starclan was strained after the storm." Eagleheart meowed, shaking his head slightly.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 13:49:02 GMT -5
Moonstar sat down next to him, curling her tail around her paws--an action Northstar copied in life. "Every parent worries, even Jaggedclaw, the hard part is believing that you've left your kits strong enough to stand on their own, strong enough to face whatever comes their way." She looked at Grizzleyheart. "I taught Jaggedclaw everything I knew and he, in turn, taught his own sons, who then taught their own. I have faith that in the long run, Goldberry has nothing to fear should Cedarstorm rise to ShadowClan's leadership."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 13:58:27 GMT -5
"Oh, I have faith in Cedarstorm too. I know he'll be fine, but it's not him that worries me...All these clans. Rubycloud always told me how much she hated fighting when it wasn't needed. I know fighting is needed, every rouge is raised on that, but...I just feel like something is wrong." Grizzleyheart mewed stressfully.
"Yes!" Solarkit finally wriggled out and away from Maplekit, backing up and preparing another leap.
Hawkfury began pacing heavily, and Sandrose moved to press close to him. The lean tom gave an aggrivated hiss. "How many more cats are going to turn away? Did our sacrafices mean nothing to Windclan?!"
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 14:03:02 GMT -5
Moonstar twitched her whiskers in amusement. "Grizzleyheart, there's always something wrong. The Dark Forest, clan tensions, forbidden romances, illness and disease, the list goes on. If we gave into the stress and fear that the Clans are in danger--which they constantly are--then StarClan wouldn't exist. This is a land where Clan cats can come and find rest, find peace. I'm not saying we should ignore the constant dangers, I'm saying we shouldn't give into them. I know the threat of losing the Clans all too well, if and the Clans endured what I did, they will continue on even long after the forest no longer holds them."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 14:08:08 GMT -5
Maplekit bolted towards Solarkit before she could leap, swiping at her with a paw.
"Sometimes time is the best medicine Hawkfury. We can do nothing now, but give them time to decide for themselves whether they may stay loyal or not." Eagleheart meowed simply.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 14:16:31 GMT -5
"I guess I should at least be grateful the clans have enough honor to not throw cats into fenced in dog pens and into monsters." Grizzleyheart shuddered at the common deaths in twolegplace. "Violence and death don't scare me one bit. But those dark cats, those creatures. That isn't natural, what they can do." He glowered.
"Oh rabbit-tails to that. Time this, time that, we sit and wait until our kits die or kill other cats. Then what? Of course they don't believe in us!" Hawkfury realized bitterly.
Solarkit gave a gasp of surprise, rolling backwards with an "oof!". He tried again, moving to leap at Maplekit.
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 14:21:01 GMT -5
Eagleheart sighed softly, "you know as well as I that we cannot do anything. We're already dead, we are limited to what we can do."
Maplekit just darted towards Solarkit again in the same motion.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 14:22:46 GMT -5
Eagleheart sighed softly, "you know as well as I that we cannot do anything. We're already dead, we are limited to what we can do." Maplekit just darted towards Solarkit again in the same motion. "That's the worst part. How utterly useless we are now." Hawkfury hissed in annoyance, lashing his tail. He glared at Eagleheart with deep amber eyes. This time, Solarkit ducked low, moving under Maplekit's paw and leaping up in a tiny headbutt.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 14:30:15 GMT -5
"They only have that power if someone gives it to them." Moonstar mewed calmly, though her ear flicked at his first remark. "They trick cats into believing them and that's how they plant their hold. As long a warrior remembers who they are and what they fight for, the Dark Forest cannot touch them."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 14:30:58 GMT -5
Duskwhisper padded over in hearing the commotion, shaking his fur out of dirt and dust from tunneling nearby. "All useless...Until decided to be...useful." He meowed simply, head tilted to the side.
Eagleheart sighed softly, "have you tried speaking with Dustswirl?" He asked, only to get a shake of the head as an answer.
Maplekit giggled softly from the headbutt, so small and adorable that she decided to just flop to her side as if it had done something.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 14:42:56 GMT -5
"I just can't understand how they did that to my son. Goldberry would have never let himself be tricked, would have never chosen to hurt anyone." Grizzleyheart shook his head in disbelief. "And what of Cliffheart?"
"So we're back to square one with nothing figured out." Hawkfury growled grumpily.
Solarkit beamed with delight. "Haha! I'm the best of the best!"
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 14:45:41 GMT -5
Moonstar's ears fell back at the mention of the former SkyClan warrior. "Cliffheart let himself be tricked. He believed their lies that he could never be redeemed after everything he did for the Dark Forest, that he didn't deserve StarClan. By doing so, he condemned himself to the Dark Forest."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 14:50:40 GMT -5
Duskwhisper nudged Hawkfury, watching him curiously, "have...hope..." Eagleheart sighed softly and looked at Duskwhisper, "sometimes I wish you had been able to speak before."
Maplekit jumped back to her paws, rolling her head, "I suppose you are kit."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 14:52:00 GMT -5
Moonstar's ears fell back at the mention of the former SkyClan warrior. "Cliffheart let himself be tricked. He believed their lies that he could never be redeemed after everything he did for the Dark Forest, that he didn't deserve StarClan. By doing so, he condemned himself to the Dark Forest." "And now?...I can only hope Northstar's sacrafice has snapped sense into Cliffhear...and that Goldberry won't think the same. That was his biggest fear, he always told me. That he'd never see us again, back when he first came to Twolegplace. That he'd done something awful and that he'd join the cats who'd killed before him." Grizzleyheart looked quite anxious. "They're both good. I know bad cats, Moonstar, but neither of them are bad."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 14:53:53 GMT -5
Duskwhisper nudged Hawkfury, watching him curiously, "have...hope..." Eagleheart sighed softly and looked at Duskwhisper, "sometimes I wish you had been able to speak before." Maplekit jumped back to her paws, rolling her head, "I suppose you are kit." Hawkfury seemed to take many deep breaths, and once again Duskwhisper's grounding presence calmed the tom down. He sighed lightly, looking at Duskwhisper. "I always had hope, mousebrain." He meant no ill will in his words. Solarkit stuck his tongue out. "You're a kit too!"
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 14:58:27 GMT -5
"Don't think I don't know that, Grizzleyheart." Moonstar mewed calmly. "Cliffheart saw that StarClan came to his rescue, that Eaglecry--the cat he most wronged--came to his rescue. Goldberry has seen that StarClan came to his aid. The only reason they would end up in the Dark Forest is if that is where they believe they belong. If they choose to go there."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 15:00:22 GMT -5
Duskwhisper snorted softly and shook his head, "bad temper...hope easy lost." Eagleheart chuckled softly, watching the formally mute tom, "he's seen to much."
"But I've been here for more moons than I can count!" Maplekit meowed with a twitch of her tail, being around the same age as Scarstar.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 15:01:18 GMT -5
"I'm sorry. It's rude of me to speak to you like that." Grizzleyheart apologized, knowing she knew all of this. It was all strange, and overwhelming, how much more there was to clan life that he didn't think of when he started believing in it. He shook his head. "Why have you come to talk to me?" He asked curiously.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 15:04:54 GMT -5
Duskwhisper snorted softly and shook his head, "bad temper...hope easy lost." Eagleheart chuckled softly, watching the formally mute tom, "he's seen to much." "But I've been here for more moons than I can count!" Maplekit meowed with a twitch of her tail, being around the same age as Scarstar. "Oh pish posh! My whole family and my mentor were all bad-tempered." Hawkfury rolled his eyes, giving a rusty purr when Sandrose returned to their side, pressing close to him. Solarkit blinked owlishly. "Woah! You're that old? How many moons?" He gasped, only being a moon or so old himself.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 15:04:55 GMT -5
Moonstar looked off in the direction Jaggedclaw had gone. "My son has a way of riling up cats, I wanted to make sure you were alright." She looked back at Grizzleyheart. "Besides, we have not had the chance. I know that Northstar grew fond of you when you joined the Clan, I'm curious as to why."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 15:08:36 GMT -5
"I see. I always forget everyone's kin here." Grizzleyheart hummed, guessing she'd also put her faith in Cedarstorm, her kin. Even so, he blinked lightly. "Northstar? Fond of me? I never knew that. I only guessed she was glad I helped her warriors in Twolegplace or something. To be honest, I always thought I was a bit too...not-Shadowclan." It was all he could describe it as.
"I did respect her greatly though. At first I was angry she banished my kit...and certainly when she did it a second time, but I realized she was just like the ancient kittypets around twolegplace. She just...she started forgetting, I suppose."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 15:09:30 GMT -5
"I'm well aware." Eagleheart purred softly with a shake of his head. Duskwhisper huffed softly, glancing at Sandrose, "how?"
"I was born at the same time as Scarstar! And Moonstar was still alive." Maplekit meowed proudly, despite the idea that it was depressing that she had died as a four moon old kit. She gestured with her tail to where Scarstar and Hawkfur were sharing tongues, "they both kits to me."
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 15:12:27 GMT -5
"He's my best friend." Was all Sandrose said, as simple and as meaningful as that, as she looked at Hawkfury, who looked back with just as much meaning.
Solarkit's eyes bugged. "But they're so old!! Woah! Why are you still so small then?" He tipped his head.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Apr 21, 2018 15:14:53 GMT -5
Moonstar nodded. "Oh yes, she was fond of you." Her blue eyes scanned him over. "Perhaps it was that 'not-ShadowClan' trait about you that she approved of. My medicine cats always had a habit of telling me that the different perspectives of others could offer better advice to leaders wise enough to hear them." At the mention of Northstar's ailment, Moonstar looked away, her eyes appearing sorrowful. "I wish their had been a way to help Northstar out of that state in place of taking one of her lives."
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Post by Scarfur on Apr 21, 2018 15:15:20 GMT -5
Duskwhisper shook his head, "no sense..." "You never had a mate Duskwhisper, of course it doesn't make sense." Eagleheart meowed with a small chuckle.
"Because I can't get any bigger. I was four moons old when I came here." Maplekit meowed with a tilt of her head, seeming unbothered by that fact.
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Post by Moonblazer on Apr 21, 2018 15:18:45 GMT -5
Grizzleyheart listened quietly, his eyes glowing with faint understanding. He looked at Moonstar, noticing her sadness, and he gently pressed a paw to her shoulder.
"A wise leader told me recently that illness, and darkness, and troubles are always going to affect their clan. And that we should not fear or doubt the living, because it's up to them to keep going, even if we can't do it ourselves anymore." He gave a knowing smile, offering out.
"She still has fight in her, one last time."
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