Warrior Clan Cats

The future's in your paws. Shape it well.

Roleplay in a cat Clan of warriors. Based off the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Takes place in an AU before the cats in the books existed.
 
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 Blossoms After the Fall (OPEN Red x Poppy birth topic)

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Characters : Living: Perchstar [P], Bubblebeam [B], Dovetail [D], Hedgepaw [H], Larchpaw [L]. Deceased/Missing: Tansyfoot, Turtlepelt, Morning, Longwhisker, Ryestep, Poolmist, Nettletail, Halfmoon, Freckleface, Lionfur, Shimmerheart, Breezewhisker, Honeydrop, Ashstar, Snowpaw, Brushgaze (NPC), Shellwater, Snowblossom, Quailfeather, Gingerstripe, Carat, Redwing, Graybriar, Pricklebush, Appledapple, Flutterpetal, Felix.
Clan/Rank : [P]: RiverClan Leader. [B]: SkyClan T3 Warrior. [D]: RiverClan T3 Warrior. [H]: ShadowClan Apprentice. [L]: WindClan Apprentice.
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PostSubject: Blossoms After the Fall (OPEN Red x Poppy birth topic)   Blossoms After the Fall (OPEN Red x Poppy birth topic) EmptySat 3 Aug 2019 - 0:12

It was strangely quiet in ShadowClan camp. Few crickets chirped, the wind made no noise rustling through the pine needles. The full moon shone down, bright and gleaming white amongst the smaller but more certain stars. The quiet seemed unfamiliar, empty, not the life-filled night that usually bustled through camp at this hour. Unnatural, even. However, even as the almost sleepy silence seemed to settle like silt on an unmoving riverbed, tiny cries split the night- high, soft mewls that echoed with familiarity to any who had heard a similar sound before. Kits. The hope of the Clan.

While most of the rest of ShadowClan was at the Gathering, Redwing had finally given birth to her litter of kits- unsupported by medicine cat, mother or mate. Thankfully she had been through the ordeal before, so she knew what to expect, but it was still nearly jarring to go through that much pain almost entirely alone. Knowing that the other cats wouldn't return for hours, perhaps even longer. Struggling with the nagging fear that the excruciating agony might result in her death, with no one even around to witness it... But thankfully, she carried through. No herbs or words of comfort, but with the thought of her mate's return, held out and finished delivering her kits. A second litter. All her first had died... Two stillborn, one dead immediately after birth, two more who had gone to oblivion after the flood. All the loss had been so hard to bear. And here she was, with a second litter. What would happen to her if these died? If they left her, too? Like Poppyheart, like Asterspark, like her father.

It wasn't like she hadn't experienced loss recently, either... the similarities to her previous pregnancy were staggering. However, so were the differences. Last time, she hadn't had Poppyheart either... he had been missing, presumed dead, though she had still held out hope. It had been Asterspark who had come in and asked for her kits' names. Now, Asterspark was gone- exiled from the Clan due to abandoning it for StagClan a moon or so earlier. Why couldn't he have stayed loyal? Or even accepted retirement? He had never truly been the same since Sparkfeather, and only drifted away since then. And now, he was continuing to drift, out in the world somewhere. Alone. But StarClan knew she could have used a friend right now. She at least had her mate... or did she? He was off at the Gathering, and was often off doing duties. The foolish love of their young warriorhood, patrolling alone together and sharing every piece of fresh-kill, seemed to have dissipated, and a slow burning passion remained in its place. If he left, Redwing would be utterly alone. Except for these kits.

Again, she had lost kits right after they had arrived in the world. One stillborn, this time, and one who had taken a few struggling breaths and then slowly faded away while she desperately did everything she could to try and save its life. However, again, two kits survived the ordeal along with her. Two perfect tiny cats, with eyes sealed shut and faint mews that echoed in the almost-empty nursery. Even along with the immeasurable grief at the loss of life, an immediate joy and wonder overtook both sorrow and exhaustion as she looked at the result of her pregnancy. She had brought life into the world. However, it became harder to feel the happiness she was supposed to when she remembered all five of her other kits, cold and without life. Sparkkit, Violetkit, Poppykit. Cedarpaw. Sorrelpaw. Gone forever. What was even the point of naming her kits if they were just going to die on her? If everyone she loved was going to die?

The dark red-furred queen shook her head silently at herself, willing the self-pity to go away. She had a duty- to these living kits. To her mate. To her Clan. To get these kits to warriorhood, to love them as a mother should, to get over her pain and grief and live like the loyal warrior she had to be. So, despite the tears of mixed emotions that streamed unnoticed down her face, Redwing made herself move on. She would have named them with Poppyheart, but he was gone, and she saw no sense in waiting an uncertain amount of time to give her offspring names. Even the ones who seemingly had no need of them. Were there spirits in StarClan, awaiting the names they would be given? Mourning the lives they would have had?...

She stared down at her kits in a reverie, taking in every detail. First, the two who had died... a tiny red tom, lookalike in every way to her father, and a soft gray tom who brought to mind a certain former friend of hers. What would their personalities have been like, had they lived? Her paw trembled as she moved the unmoving forms, feeling the limp and lifeless limbs that should have kneaded at her belly like those of the surviving kits. Names popped unbidden into her head- Firekit, for her father. And Orchidkit, for a tom she had once loved like a brother. Maybe they would get to grow up in StarClan. The living two kits were both shes- a brown tabby and a ginger tabby. She felt like if she gave any more symbolic names, she wouldn't be able to function anymore. Naming her living kits after dead ones seemed wrong somehow. As if it would curse them to die and leave her too. Instead, she cast her eyes to outside the nursery for inspiration, at the formerly empty and silent night. A tall rowan tree stood strong near the camp entrance, unruffled by the wind that blew past it. From its branches, a lonely owl hooted into the soundless air. Redwing's eyes returned to her kits. Rowankit, the ginger tabby with patches of white. Owlkit, the small brown tabby whose personality was already apparent in the way she moved. These kits would be her legacy... as long as they survived.

If only they would survive.

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⸙ Larchpaw ⸙ ~ ☆ Perchstar ☆ ~ ♡ Hedgepaw ♡ ~ ◈ Dovetail ◈ ~ ○ Bubblebeam ○
⸙ WindClan ⸙ ~ ☆ RiverClan ☆ ~ ♡ ShadowClan ♡ ~ ◈ RiverClan ◈ ~ ○ SkyClan ○
⸙ Apprentice ⸙ ~ ☆ Tier 5 Leader ☆ ~ ♡ Apprentice ♡ ~ ◈ Tier 3 Warrior ◈ ~ ○ Tier 3 Warrior ○



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Characters : (a) Sparkfire, (b) Honeysong, (c) Bubblepaw
Clan/Rank : (a) ShadowClan - Tier 4 Warrior, (b) ShadowClan - Tier 1 Medicine Cat, (c) RiverClan - Apprentice
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PostSubject: Re: Blossoms After the Fall (OPEN Red x Poppy birth topic)   Blossoms After the Fall (OPEN Red x Poppy birth topic) EmptySat 3 Aug 2019 - 19:44

"Redwing!"

Poppyheart panted heavily as he slipped through the thorn barrier at the entrance of camp, feeling almost ready to collapse with exhaustion. The sprint from Fourtrees back to ShadowClan territory was much longer than he had originally thought -- he supposed conversation with his Clanmates to and from the Gathering meeting place made time go by quicker. He shook out his fur and took a few deep breaths to try and regulate his breathing before trotting across the camp to the nursery and slipping inside. "Redwing, Redwing, I'm here, I'm--"

Just like at the Gathering, his train of thought had once again derailed itself. However, this time it was at the sight of the two little bundles of fur nuzzling into the red queen's belly. He hadn't been there to see his first litter of kits thanks to that troublesome Twoleg, so actually being able to see his second litter minutes after being born was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen in his life. "Oh, Redwing.... They're beautiful." He slowly approached his two new kits, giving them each a quick sniff to make sure they had been delivered healthily without the aid of a medicine cat. Nothing smelled off about them, thank StarClan.

He rasped his tongue over their tiny little ears, then over his mate's, a deep purr beginning to thrum in his chest. "I'm sorry I hadn't been here to help you deliver, Redwing," he mewed softly, "but I promise never to leave your side again, no matter what."

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Honeysong the ShadowClan Queen ~ #3bbb9d
Bubblekit the RiverClan Apprentice ~ #8ebb7b


Current Events
Sparkfire has returned to ShadowClan with her mate Honeysong and her adopted son Softkit.
Honeysong has followed Sparkfire back to ShadowClan and has given up her medicine cat title.
Bubblepaw has begun her training under her mother and mentor Flashlight.

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Umaware of the inner turmoil faced by those around her, Rowankit buried herself into the warm belly of her mother. Blind and deaf, she didn't noticed her father enter but when his rumbling was close enough to feel, she turned her head towards the familiar vibrations. A soft mewl escaped her still forming jaws, calling for him to keep grooming her.
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