[vibrance&feather, 1x1]

hm, that seems good. i was lazing around in classes the other day and made characters for canopyclan, lol

and perhaps snowstar and that leader have an agreement to perhaps take over the other two clans and make the valley one huge clan? maybe thinking that they'd all be better under their rule?

it would also be pretty interesting if the rebellion fails, they unite, and darkfern, bird, & some other cats flee to copseclan or peakclan.

i was just absentmindedly making a clan list- i used to do that before i found the original wcf and i only read the books- but here are some names and powers for canopyclan cats, but i can put them in any clan (edit: whoops forgot to add powers)

brightstar / brightwolf / brightfeather - wings that let them fly for short amount of time / slows falls / speeds them up while running
owlheart - silent movement no matter what while not touching ground
riverclaw - can reinforce and create structures with plants
leafwhisper - can fall at any speed and even hover
smallwing - sees through the eyes of birds and squirrels in a huge radius
rosepelt - invisibility and minor empathy

mhm. and we could possibly have copseclan & peakclan unite for a bit with discontent canopyclan and soilclan cats joining them, especially pretty much all of the tunnelers- a great advantage because soilclan loses most of its cats that can spy and ambush
meanwhile - bird, extremely out of her depth & treated almost like a leader as well as darkfern by the copseclan and peakclan leaders

yeah! i don't have any from back then, but i would make whole clans during classes when i was younger.
thanks <3

yup. were they actually called lionclan, by the way? i thought they just went "hey windclan and thunderclan and tigerclan and those weird bloodclan cats with teeth and collars and wait tigerstar died"

bird would have no idea what to do and defer to dark on a lot of things, almost like she was dark's deputy, but has great ideas because of her tribe upbringing. she'd also definitely get a lot of use as a messenger, and others with useful gifts could be used to communicate at points.

snowstar could return her feelings and declare the warrior code for that gone when canopyclan and soilclan combine. he could really turn her against dark and use night as a weapon against her. batstep would also be really torn on who to follow, too, and something could be done with that.

same. i spent most of when i was young doing that. i remember really being disgruntled if i had a leader name that started with s or the prefix ended with s

i don't ever remember lionclan happening, or anything other than a loose alliance, but idk,, i thought the lion was just "u gotta have the courage to murder them all, fire"

bird is excellent at eavesdropping just because of how powerful her senses are. i don't doubt that she can scale it- and its range could be much more than most would ever think, even knowing her power- perhaps a radius that could take up a quarter of the valley? or a tiny bit less.
and she'd just have great ideas tbh

yeah. i don't know where hound would be on this, but bat would definitely be torn.

definitely. it made me so uncomfortable. lotusstar, grassstar? just. that would make me scream. silentstar is better, though, even though it starts with s.

idk me either ><

bird definitely thought that she had no right to be a kind of wavecaller, especially because she never had fate-telling gifts- even though the clan leaders didn't have that either and left it to the medicine cats.
maybe they bring her to their version of the moonrock/moonpool and she ends up meeting both the tribe of endless waves and starclan? and they deem her good enough to be a leader? not with nine lives, though, because the tribe never did that. maybe an extra life because she was the last of her tribe.

yep. bat is prob pulled back and forth and stays with night for a while at the very least.

yup. doesn't flow right. i have a thing with flow in sentences or names- if it doesn't feel right, i do something else. i've made bizarre sentences that nobody really understands because nothing else sounded correct.

and especially because she didn't get eight extra lives. she most likely just. refuses any leader position except maybe co-leader to duskfern

bat is a sad child.

save us.

the peakclan and copseclan leaders would be so utterly confused at bird. bird is ?????
and what if it's wavecaller that gifts her with a life and starclan gifts her with another power that's not just senses and speed? what if all clan leaders had two powers? that would be very interesting, too, and confusing the leaders even more.

bat would prob stay with night, even if he believes in dark's cause, to make sure that night stays safe. EDIT: I MEANT DARK. EDIT 2: WAIT I CAN EDIT WHAT I PUT WRONG

"birdstar what clan will you lead"
"birdstar what's your opinion on this"
bird wants to scream because this is not her world but suddenly it is her life

I JUST PANIC I'M SORRY

i'll try and reply now though. either now or after i finish this animal documentary.

"i'm not birdstar and i w on't be leading a clan"
"but you got an extra life and power!"
"so whAT"

ALRIGHT

okay! i'll keep watching this then lol

[ im laughing omg then darkfern comes in and is like, "leAVE MY GIRLFRIEND ALOne" ]

Clan cats were early risers, but certainly not all of them. Darkfern was more of a nighttime cat, not a morning cat. There were a number of cats who liked to wake up with the birds - Hickoryburn and Houndshadow were just some of those cats. Looking around the den Darkfern noted that they were already gone. Probably on the dawn patrol, the tortoiseshell thought with a flick of her tail. The tunneler was glad that she didn't have to go on the dawn patrol; she hated getting up that early. 

This was early enough, but Darkfern knew she had a lot to do today. While she would have been a terrible mood seeing Snowstar as soon as she woke up, seeing Bird really helped with that. The foreign she-cat made Darkfern feel a little calmer about speaking to the white-furred leader. She sighed as she noticed the leader and deputy sitting not too far from her den. Even worse was the fact that Mapleleap was out there as well, another cat that didn't fancy Darkfern all that much. Not like Darkfern liked her anymore.

Ugh. So she was to go on a patrol with Mapleleap? She would rather be a PeakClan cat than go on patrol with Mapleleap. But right now Darkfern wasn't going to disagree with Snowstar's decisions; later on when she had a bigger following she would start defying the leader even to the point of drawing claws out. Maybe the other cats on patrol would be Echopelt or even Rainwhisper. They were both tunnelers and a lot easier to get along with than Mapleleap.

Darkfern flicked her tail in a quick goodbye to Bird in Shallow Waters. Before even acknowledging Mapleleap, Darkfern watched Snowstar, Duskbite, and Bird pad off. She sighed, ears swiveling in the direction of Mapleleap. "I suppose so," she muttered before adding with a slight sly smirk, "I think I saw Echopelt waking up earlier." Darkfern wasn't even sure if the tomcat was waking up or not, she was just saying something to irk Mapleleap. I have to get along with her for now, but that doesn't mean I can't get under her skin.

[ we can do a few day time-skip. like you said, dark could have a few sympathizers by then and get the plot really rolling along ;D ] 

[ poor bird </3 but ohh yeah the new power could be anything really im cool with anything uwu ]


Bird had a right to ask questions. After all, she was being lead down a long tunnel that not every Clan cat got to see. Even with it being a pretty commonly used passageway by tunnelers, the warriors above ground would never get to see this tunnel unless it was needed for some sort of ambush or extra shelter. Darkfern remained silent as Echopelt went on to explain the tunnel to Bird. He was a kind cat and a wonderful storyteller. If Bird wanted information about this tunnel then Echopelt was certainly the cat to turn to. He could make even the most boring of tasks seem mystical and awe-inspiring with one of his many tales. 

The tortoiseshell stayed silent for as long as she could until her name was brought up. She perked her ears up and turned to eye Rainwhisper. She was a pretty gray cat, a Clanmate that Darkfern had once, secretly, crushed on. That had been back when the tortoiseshell was much younger, too naive to properly understand her feelings. Now Darkfern merely respected the other she-cat and was more than grateful to have her at her side. 

Darkfern felt her ears flatten slightly against her head at the mention of Snowstar. "He's the reason why I asked for us to gather here," the tunneler muttered with distaste in her words. By now she was standing straight and tall, addressing each and every cat with a firm look. She looked from each and every cat that had gathered, from Bird to Houndshadow, she named each and every cat gathered in the tunnel silently in her head. Only when she was sure every cat had made it, she began in detail. "As we all know tunneling is a big part of what makes us SoilClan. If not for our tunnels we'd simply be CopseClan, cats who live only among the trees. If we aren't already all aware, Snowstar wants to throw away SoilClan's way of life - tunneling. He's got agreement from quite a few cats. Duskbite, Mapleleap, even Nightstream. If we just stand by and let Snowstar do whatever he pleases, we'll no longer have tunnelers, and where will that leave us? I'm sure every cat here will agree with me when I say these tunnels are part of who we are." The tortoiseshell stopped her little spill after some time, allowing the gathered cats to take in her words and to give any comments should they have any. After a moment Houndshadow stood up.

The long-legged tom dipped his head to his daughter, silently saying he wanted to speak. His pale green gaze swept around the gathered cats. "I'm not the only cat that has lost loved ones to these tunnels." Pain flashed in his eyes as he thought about his mate for a moment. "The tunnels are dangerous, but they are no more dangerous than what's above. We need to keep this part of our Clan alive, and if we run from dangerous tasks, how long before the Clan begins to think that being warriors in itself is too dangerous? Our life isn't meant to be easy, we aren't kittypets." With his words spoken the long-furred tom stepped back. He looked back to his daughter in silence.

"Houndshadow's right. Are there any other comments? I'd like to hear what every cat has to say." Darkfern turned her gaze to Bird after a moment. Even if the Tribe cat had something to say, Darkfern wanted to hear it. She wanted to give each and every cat here a chance to speak and a chance to speak their mind.

[ dark will add a new code - let bird chill ]


There weren't many cats gathered here. That unsettled Darkfern somewhat, but she wasn't too afraid. She hadn't invited every single tunneler to come out due to them on patrols and whatnot, and she hadn't invited but only a warrior or two. For all she knew there would be other warriors that would stand up for her cause. It was something she would have to look into soon, especially since she was gathering her forces now. 

Her thoughts broke apart when Bird began to speak. Darkfern turned to look at the beautiful she-cat, listening intently. It was astounding, really, how this cat, this Tribe cat that barely knew anything of SoilClan life, was prepared to stand up for the tunnelers. She was prepared to do what was right for the Clan as if she had been a true bred SoilClan cat. Darkfern admired Bird deeply for this. The tortoiseshell listened to what Bird had to say, nodding as she repeated the story of the messengers. Once Bird was finished Darkfern smiled at the she-cat and dipped her head. "Thank you, Bird in Shallow Waters." Her attention then turned to Echopelt as the brown tomcat began to speak. It was of no surprise that he had peace on the mind.

Just before Darkfern could speak up and say what was on her mind, a young and nervous voice piped up. It came from the back where an exceedingly young apprentice - a cat fresh out of the nursery - slowly stood up. His dark brown tabby pelt ruffled nervously. "I...I want to keep tunneling. I just started to tunnel, but would we really go against Snowstar...? The code says the leader's word is law, doesn't it...?"

Something like a sympathetic smile crawled over Darkfern's muzzle for a split second. She looked the young tom over. Spiderpaw, she thought in the back of her mind as his name came to her. He seemed like a smart enough cat and was willing to keep the rank of tunnelers alive, but he was nervous, that much was obvious. And he was being thrown into something big at such a young age. It was no wonder he was questioning the morality of it all.

Spiderpaw had brought up an issue that Darkfern herself hadn't really thought too much about. From the beginning she had been beyond the point of listening to the code that said a leader's word was the law. In her mind Snowstar was no longer a leader, or at least her leader. Even though she was going to answer the tabby, she already knew her answer wouldn't be as eloquent as it should be. "Begin to think that Snowstar is no longer your leader. You are a tunneler, you want to tunnel, and he is against what you want to do. A leader should not put down any cat's dream. From now on the all of you should see me as your leader, or if it helps, see yourself as your own leader. We're beyond the boundaries of the code now." Maybe her words would get across to the others well enough. Darkfern could only hope so.

they'll all flee when bird is disturbed

Awwwwyeah ;D I have faith in you, you can do this