Oh, Hey There! [Closed - Ask to Join]

OOC: Mainly for me and Echo, but ask and we'll let you join, maybe.

IC:

Ivyfur placed a scrawny rabbit on the fresh-kill pile, as it was part of the results of her hunting trips. Despite bringing back as much prey as she could, Ivyfur didn't seem to want anything. She looked bigger then a cat who ate like she did would, but it was just how she was. Turning towards the warriors den, her blue eyes scanned the den for a trace of Lavenderheart. She waned to talk to her friend desperately, but the constant hunting trips she took gave no time. Finally though; Ivyfur had decided to set aside some time to chat. But without knowing where the she-cat was didn't help, and with high hopes Ivyfur wanted to find her quickly. Leaving the pile, she looked to see that it was pretty well-stocked with scrawny animals for this time of leaf-bare, and knew that new-leaf was on it's way, so the prey would be appearing again. It was funny though; WindClan, being so large, ate a lot of prey, yet there was always a lot out in the moorland. Yet no one could complain, it was nice to have a good stock of prey year round, even in the harsh weather that came with leaf-bare. Going towards the warriors den, the small warrior sat down. "L-Lavenderheart? You in there?" The grey tabby called softly, hoping that she wouldn't wake any other warriors.

Taking a seat beside the entrance, all she could do was wait to see if her friend was in there or not. Yet if she was, Ivyfur would be greatful she didn't call into the den for nothing, she didn't want to seem awkward in this situation. If she wasn't, well, the next place she'd check was the medicine den. The tabby warrior knew how much Lavenderheart wanted to keep an eye on her daughter, ever since the death of Shadeheart, Ravenwing had to take on full responsibility. But Ivyfur could always see the pain in Lavenderhearts' eyes at the mention of Twistedfoot, as he had disappeared, and she knew how much it hurt to loose a mate, it had happened to her. Her thoughts still trailed to Mudfoot, the day he went missing as it still tore at her heart to think of how their disappearances kept happening. Apprentices and kits were also gone; and it only left the warrior to wonder where they were.

As elderly as she was getting, Lavenderheart had looked moons older and happened to be even scrawnier. Hearing Ivyfur's voice, the blue she-cat looked up drowsily, taking a bit of time to recollect her vision before making out the WindClan warrior's shape. Since the last time the queen had seen her, her silver friend happened to look a bit... larger. That was a bit unusual, considering the amount of prey that Ivyfur happened to eat. Her blue gaze followed and then she immediately understood the situation. It didn't take a medicine cat to realize something like this at all, especially if they were a mother beforehand. While the two she-cats were close in age, the former SkyClan warrior already gave life to two litters while the other had no kits to call her own quite yet. A soft, weary smile on her, she mewed, "Congratulations." It was obvious on how tired she was, half-asleep and barely able to keep her eyes open at this point. Nine kits was quite a bit, right? Adding onto the fact that most of them disappeared somewhere, and with Shadeheart's mysterious apology and Twistedfoot's sudden disappearance wasn't exactly helping her either.

Turning to glance at the sky a bit before gazing back at Ivyfur, the warrior only took a quick guess. "You need advice on tending to kits, correct?"

Snapping from her thoughts; she couldn't help but look worried from her friends appearance. Hopefully when Newleaf came they would fatten up; as Ivyfur hadn't been able to see how her friend was doing. She briefly looked down at her paws at the compliment, but it still bothered her how the blue she-cat sounded. "Y-Yeah, I figured you could help. Longtail doesn't even know yet." Ivyfur said, her voice was still young-sounding compared to her friend; but they were of completely different lineage. It still fascinated Ivyfur on how she was the last remnant of SkyClan; of she knew, anyway. But rising to her paws, the tabby finally realized on how old they had gotten, the moons had passed by quickly. Ivyfur's mate was much younger than her; yet he was the son of her mentor. It was an interesting fact about the tom, but she had taken interest in him for different reasons.

But yet again lost in her thoughts, her gaze wandered back to her paws, hoping that she wasn't causing too much trouble for her friend by waking her. "But if it's hard for you to stay awake, you should go get some rest."

Shaking her head at the thought of heading back to rest while the rest of the clan was working so hard, Lavenderheart mewed with disapproval, "No, I should stay up. Get a stretch or so. I shouldn't be staying here all day." Hopefully, her explanation was decent enough, considering that she could barely even think of what to say. A small yawn escaping from her mouth before she stretched forward, her fluffy blue tail waving with movement {obviously *shot*} from the simple gesture. After a quick bit, the blue warrior mewed, "With kits... You need to understand them. Act kind to them and scold them when too mischievous or bothering elders, warriors, etc. Since all of us were like them before, it shouldn't be too hard. Sympathize with them and do the best to your abilities to help them. They're your kits - they should take after you and/or Longtail, and you two get together fine, correct?"

OOC;; So... much, dialogue.