Words Sharp as Claws [O]

Daisybreeze had slept very poorly ever since Mallardduck's death.  Yet another time someone all to close to her was taken too soon. She felt bitter and cold.  Hearing pawsteps she glanced out of the corner of her eyes clearly already fed up. She was not in the mood for this at all. She just wanted a day to herself where she could process it all and be mad at the world and starclan for what they had done.

Flicking her tail annoyed as Whisperear lectured her about all her "misdeeds" she couldn't help letting out an annoyed hiss of disagreement.

"Good morning to you too Scarthroat" she addressed them in a mocking tone and nickname that indicated she was so done with everything, she was tired of losing clanmates she cared about.  What right did Whisperear have to tell her how or what to feel? NONE!

"You and I both know that what I said yesterday, although blunt, is correct.  Batsong has never saved anyone from anything she has proven to be an ineffective medicine cat at best. she sneered.  Daisybreeze was very angry at the tone Whisperear had chosen in the scolding voice that they had on.  

Standing up to her full height she stared them down eye to eye.  Younger than them yes, but almost as tall from her late fathers size she had inherited.   Are you really gonna tell me how I can and cannot feel after someone I cared about died? she questioned stepping towards them. Shaking her head Maybe if you didnt spend all your energy growing your ears to be the size of rabbits you could get through a patrol without needing that burn plant of yours"



She gave Whisper a pretty aggressive shoulder as she pushed past them.  Then spinning suddenly she turned to face them once more, she had enough of their parenting tone and condescending lectures! She had been pushed so much with the loss of Goldenpaw, Hawkheart and now Mallardduck, Whisperear giving her this was the breaking point.

Launching at them she knocked into him in an attempt to pin them.  Not to really hurt them but enough to make them think twice about ever lecturing her again.  She was a greater warrior then they would ever be! She would be the greatest warrior Windclan had ever seen! If that meant showing her fighting skills in a spar of sorts that was fine by her, she had won the apprentice games and that had gone to her competitive head alot driving her to be even more competitive, she already knew she had been the best apprentice now was time for proving she was better than her elder warriors,

Daisybreeze used leap and hold rolling dice for effect...

Whisperear was alot sturdier than she had imagined and they were close in size so the pin was not nearly as good as she had hoped to get on them.

Still, it worked as she pressed them down under her paws.  She didnt scratch or claw at them but she was pinning them to the ground.


Daisybreeze
40 / 40 hp
85 / 100 sp

Whisperear
27 / 35 (-8) hp
70 / 70 sp

The member 'speedy' has done the following action : Dice roll

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'Effect Dice' : 2

The member 'xaandiir' has done the following action : Dice roll

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'Effect Dice' : 5

Daisybreeze fell off Whisperear no longer able to pin them as sharp claws scratched at her, she wasn't originally gonna use claws but if thats how Whisperear wanted to play...

Hissing she faced them again. "Im out of line? For being angry about a clanmates death? Was it not clear I wanted to be left alone? You stick your nose where it doesnt belong" she had learned that others grieved differently than her, they got all sad and liked to curl up into little balls and sobfest with each other,  she used to do that too but she had gotten harder and colder as more and more of those close to her died.  Now in mourning, she felt anger where sorrow had once been.  The problem? Deep down she knew there was nothing to be angry at with Mallardduck's death.  If it had been a fox she would have hunted it down to the ends of the earth and shredded it to pieces like she had to the fox that killed her brother.

(She was still searching for the fox that took her father but starclan and the dark forest combined wouldnt be able to save it once she found it and got her claws into it)

There was nothing to enact her sense of justice and revenge on, just a collapsed tunnel and dirt and earth where Mallardduck had been.  No evil force or predator that could bleed beneath her claws to have some sense of closure for what they had taken from her.  Sure, she could blame Batsong and Whisperear for it all but she knew that it was an accident that no one could have prevented...

But for right now she was not thinking of any of that, she was focused on her opponent who had just thrown her off and clawed at her.  If she was angry before, she was furious now.

She could feel a little blood from where they had gotten her.  Leaping at them they grabbed hold of their scruff and with great effort held them by it.  

Daisybreeze uses snap and bit at Whisperear's scruff

Daisybreeze
33 / 40 hp
78 / 100 sp (-7)

Whisperear
29 / 45 hp (-8)
85 / 90 sp

The time Adderpaw spent sulking had diminished considerably. He'd gradually gotten more lively, though only somewhat, until Mallardduck's death had been announced. He hadn't been close to the cat, except for the vague acknowledgement of their station as Whisperear's apprentice. Still, he felt for Whisperear, and for his brother, who had trained beside them. And a death was a death; it burned him regardless. So he had taken to spending an extra day sulking– just one more day.

What rest he was supposed to be getting was disturbed quickly by commotion. Daisybreeze's screeching voice made his tail stiffen, and the apprentice immediately lifted his head to find the source of the problem. He'd heard her shout out Scarthroat, and that sparked his interest more than the screaming itself. But then his eyes found her– just as she flipped Whisperear onto the earth. Dark eyes flicked between both cats, and sudden heat rose to his throat. That was cruel of her, to talk to Whisperear like that. In an instant, his brooding was forgotten, and Adderpaw leapt to his paws.

"Daisybreeze!" He barked, charging towards the pair. Whisperear had recovered from the ground, but the calico just as quickly found her teeth in their scruff. A low growl rumbled out of his throat, and, recklessly, he threw himself headfirst into her flank, dislodging her from the older warrior's scruff. Situating between the pair, he hissed, "Daisybreeze, have you gone mad? Are you so self-righteous you think grieving earns you the right to attack a Clanmate?"[/i]

Adderpaw used Headbutt on Daisybreeze, dealing 4 damage and costing 5 SP.

Adderpaw
20/20 HP
55/60 (-5) SP

Daisybreeze
29/40(-4) HP
78/100 SP

Whisperear
29/45 HP
85/90 SP

Flutterpetal was still feeling strange. Some kind of off, sick feeling was following him wherever he went... even to the flower field, his favorite place. Sitting there for an hour had no kind of positive effect on him whatsoever. All he could do was stare at the colors and think. What could he do? What should he do? Having found no answer, he simply took a few small blue flowers to give to Whisperear and returned to camp, walking slower than usual. However, the sight that greeted him made the tiny blue blossoms fall to the winds, forgotten, when his jaw dropped in disbelief. Daisybreeze was halfway on top of Whisperear, her teeth buried in his scruff, obviously sharp enough to draw blood. What?!

The sight in front of him was so alien, so impossible to understand, that he simply stood there for a few moments before he could even start to drive himself to action. It was the wince of pain on Whisperear's face that shook him out of his terrified shock. With a few quick movements, Flutterpetal ran forward and bowled Daisybreeze over, claws sheathed, separating her sharp fangs from his friend's neck. It was like the time they had sparred... except now, there was a hint of red on Daisybreeze's fangs, and a look of absolute horror shining in his green eyes. His voice was harsh, not from anger, but from a hoarse kind of confusion and fear. "Daisybreeze... how could you?" In his shock, he completely missed Adderpaw's actions and words. He did not see his brother. He hardly saw anything. Only Daisybreeze before him... his friend. His friend? How could she do such a thing?

Flutterpetal used Jumping Strike on Daisybreeze, dealing 7 damage and costing 7 stamina.

Flutterpetal:
30/30 HP
73/80 SP

Daisybreeze:
22/40 HP
78/100 SP

Whisperear:
29/45 HP
85/90 SP

Adderpaw
20/20 HP
55/60  SP

It felt surreal. It was easy to notice Mallardduck's absence. Even though she had not known them particularly well, the loss of a clanmate was always disheartening. With no one to turn to for comfort, she had decided to hunt her sorrows away.

As she entered the camp, a hare dangling from her jaws, she saw the unfortunate events unfolding. Panic gripped her as she saw the three cats attacking Daisybreeze. Dropping the prey, Silverpaw bolted towards Flutterpetal, ramming her head into the cat's flank. "What are you all doing?" The apprentice asked frantically, turning her gaze on Daizybreeze's attackers. Why were they all ganging up on her? Silverpaw had clearly missed something, but it didn't matter, not when the fight was three against one.

Silverpaw used Headbutt on Flutterpetal, Dealing 4 HP and costing 5 SP

Flutterpetal:
26/30 HP (-4)
73/80 SP

Daisybreeze:
22/40 HP
78/100 SP

Whisperear:
29/45 HP
85/90 SP

Adderpaw
20/20 HP
55/60 SP

Silverpaw:
20/20 HP
55/60 SP (-5)

Coyotegrin had entered the camp just in time to see her daughter pin her adopted child, and said adopted child getting out and clawing her. Her daughter and her apprentice/adopted child... Fighting each other? In camp? The shock only lasted a few seconds before a wave of cats started attacking Daisybreeze in turn. Panic surged in her throat and she sprinted to the scene and skidding to a hault. "Enough! Stop! All of you! Seperate at once and claws away!" Her voice was harsh and loud, nothing more of a shriek. She cursed Shrikestar once more for not making her deputy, terrified none of these cats would actually respect her request due to lack of authority despite being the most senior warrior. She dove into the fray and began shoving cats blindly away from each other and skidding back, practically panting from anger, bewilderment, and the sprinting and shoving. "What in StarClan's great skies happened here?" She glanced around at the crowd. Bloody Dark forest, her current apprentice was involved too.

"What in the name of Starclan is going on!?"

The stench of blood was sour in Smallbean's nose as he dashed across camp, ridden with panic.

It had taken embarrassingly long to recognize that there was a fight, considering how he was just across camp, but now that he was here he would do his best to resolve it. This was his duty after all, right? He had this authority? Still, he looked around for Shrikestar, hoping he could pass the responsibility when he arrived. Until then, it was up to him.

Although he'd seen a part of the fight before it ended, there was very little he actually knew about the situation upon arrival, besides the fact that it was between Daisybreeze and Whisperear- the other cats had only fought in order to apprehend Daisybreeze [besides Silverpaw, but that could be dealt with later]. And even though he was certain that Daisybreeze had initiated the fight, he wanted to make sure. It was unfair to punish someone if they'd done nothing wrong, after all. Thankfully, though neither seemed to be very hurt- that didn't excuse the fact that there was a fight at all, though.

Just after Coyotegrin had arrived and stopped the fight for certain, he stepped forward, gratefully nodding at her, along with Flutterpetal and Adderpaw. "This is unacceptable, what are you both thinking!? I want both of you to tell me what happened, one at a time." He tried to sound angry, but it ended up just sounding surprised- not to say that he wasn't. At least he was loud. "If you're done, Daisybreeze.... you tell me what happened first."

Daisybreeze and Whisperear were fighting back and forth, she was so focused on her opponent that she was literally blindsided by a weight that crashed into her and then soon following another.

The sound of Flutterpetal and Adderpaw yelling at her were clear as she was attacked by both of them physically and verbally.

UGH she was so annoyed and angry right now but she couldn't even move with all three of them basically holding her down.

Adder's words hit hard, she wasn't trying to be self righteous she was just mad that mallard was gone and whisper had sent her over the edge to the point where she lost control, that wasnt fair of him to say that!

Regret filled her hearing Flutter's words.  He was surprised from the sound of it, was it really that surprising that she had lost her temper to him? He really was naïve and wholesome wasn't he? He believed in her... well he DID.

The regret didn't last long as silverpaw came to help her, at least someone wasn't going to attack her.

Then the loudest yowl she had ever heard echoed nearby as Birchpaw was screaming for them to stop, her ears rang. The yowl could have awoken the dead.

The voice of her mother called as she shoved them all to separate.  Daisybreeze pushed Adder and Flutter off her with alot of effort they couldn't mind their own business? That scuffle was between her and Whisper, she woulda won too if they hadn't intervened.  They were probably just jealous that she had won the apprentice games and shown them she was the best she figured to herself.  Her competitive side reassuring herself that she was the best indeed and that it was only due to it being a 3 vs 1 for a bit that she was in a worse position by the time it was over.  Silver had tried to help but got there right before it got broken up.

She could take Flutter and Adder any day and maybe both of them at the same time she thought confidently to herself but a 3 v 1 was just dirty.  That's the sort of tactics loners use.

Smallbean came over sounding very surprised at what had happened.  Daisy had been so busy thinking about the fight and how she could have done better that she was snapped back to the present at his question.

Great... another lecture about how terrible she was as if she hadnt heard that from literally everyone here.  Wait what was this??? Smallbean was nodding gratefully to adder and flutter? ugh those furballs! they were just as involved in this as she was, they had no right getting involved in any of this.

He was asking her what happened from her point of view? She wasn't a liar she had attacked Whisper in plain daylight so that was gonna be her answer but she wasn't gonna just be trampled over either, Whisper had done their fair share of instigation in her eyes, so she was gonna share things from her point of view.

She took a minute to calm down and try to compose herself which was difficult

Whisperear confronted me about how I reacted at Mallardduck's funeral.  Said I was too hard on Batsong, I got angry because I didn't like that they were trying to control how I could or could not feel about a clanmate and good friend's death. I didn't feel respected when they tried to lecture at me even though we are both the same rank so I shoved them and pinned them down to show them that I can fight just as well or better than they could. Then it sorta got outa control when they used their claws first.  she glanced at whisperear. They had been the one to use claws first she was just gonna pin them and show they shouldnt boss her around.

Anyways.  Then everyone else just had to jump in and go against me because apparently that is always how it is, everyone against Daisy. And they just couldnt resist letting Whisper and I solve it between ourselves she said glancing at her "friends" Adder and Flutter.  "That's fine though, it's the only way to keep it fair I suppose"

Glancing back to her deputy she shrugged So .. yeah I started it, but Whisper started the claws first and just couldnt leave me alone when they knew I was in a bad spot mentally having lost my friend and Dad recently and couldnt let it go she countered.

That's my point of view...  looking to Whisper she stepped back letting them have their fair share to get across how they saw things. She thought she did a pretty good job summarizing what had happened.



Angry at times, Fiesty, overconfident, and a bit self centered? yes Daisy is all these things,
but she would let Whisper say what they saw and their piece as well without interrupting them.