sticks and stones

[Kite]

OOC: This thread is open for any ShadowClan cats to join. I am hoping for Sparrowflight to get to know her Clanmates more, but for time's sake, I am going to assume that she knows everyone's name in the Clan, but nothing more. The time of day is early morning in this thread. (By the way, please don't quote my post when you reply. |: Just reply.)


The shafts of light that bleakly shined into the cavern was a welcoming sight to Sparrowflight as she slipped out of the warriors den. Again, it was a cold night for the she-cat; she refused to sleep near the other warriors once again, though it costed the comfort of warmth. She had another horrible day yesterday, being assigned a hunting patrol near the Black Stream. Though she did not complain against her duty, her mind recoiled at the sight of the cold water, as if it again felt the icy sting of its liquid claws. She was determined not to end up like a stone-brain like her mother, but it was still hard for Sparrowflight to move on from Poppypaw.
With her mixed pelt fluffed against the leafbare air, the she settled into a patch of sunlight, staring with content at the other side of the cave. Though the light was weak, it provided some warmth to her. It also seemed to be a little early still, so she did not feel rushed, knowing that patrols and other duties will come later than sooner. With that in mind, she began to relax, though alert. Never would she let her guard down, never would she trust herself within the paws of cats she had still yet to know of.

[xxdeadxmetalxx]

Ravenheart walk down the long tunnel that led out of the warriors den, stopping once near the end of the tunnel to starch at an itch behind here ear before walking out into the main part of camp. The camp was still quite. The only other cat in the main cave was Sparrowflight who was sunning herself in a patch of sunlight across the cave. Ravenheat felt hunger gnaw at her belly and turned her attention away from the she-cat to the fresh kill pile. She had not gone on hunting last night as she had been assigned guard duty until moon-high at witch time she was far to tired to go out for her evening hunt.
To her disappointment the fresh kill pile was empty, she would have to go hunting. Her gave driffed back to Sparrowflight. Sparrowflight was known as one of the best hunters in the clan, if she would come hunting Ravenheart knew that the two of them would be abel to catch plenty off food before sun-high. Ravenheart walked over to where the smaller she-cat was sunning herself and sat in a patch of sun next to her.
“Morning Sparrowflight. Would you care to join me hunting by the Lone Oak this morning?”

[Mystery]

After Onyxpaw had recovered from the spider bite he made such a bit deal about, he sat by the medicine cat den in order to let the poultices on his paw dry. His golden gace spread across camp until it settled on two warriors he recognized, but weren't too familiar with. He twitched his ears and flicked his whiskers, impatiently swishing his long tail back and forth. His curiosity got the best of him. He cast his gaze into the medicine cat den, making sure Auroraflight wasn't looking, then bounded silently toward the two she-cat warriors. "Hello!" He mewed in greeting, waving his tail back and forth. "What are ya guys up to?" He purred, eyes wide and cheerful. Even though his paw burned from the fangs of a spider. "You guys gonna go on a border patrol? Hunting?" He questioned tilting his head back and forth, wanting to get out of camp.

[xxdeadxmetalxx]

Ravenheart quickly stood up, as the apprentice's sudden appearance had startled her.
Had know one ever taught this apprentice any kind of respect; she though.
Ravenheart gave the small apprentice a cold stare. This was the first time she had ever really looked at Onyxpaw, he was still a kit in her eyes. Ravenheart began to feel a familiar fear and could no longer look at the apprentice, she quickly tore her gaze away.
“Hunting at the Lone Oak”. Was all she gave as a response to Onyxpaw's questions as she turned and began to make her way out of camp not looking back to see if the others would follower or not.

[Mystery]

Onyxpaw blinked, a smile crossing his face. "Oh boy, can I come with?" He stood up, kneading the ground in excitement, a rough purr rumbling in his throat. He looked around, knowing that the hunting would be rather well today because of the cool weather. Beams of bright sunlight shone through the breaks in the lush overgrowth, creating glowing dots that speckled the ground here and there. Onyxpaw looked at a small beam of light, waving his tail and crouching down. He smirked. Example A of his short attention span. He leapt at the beam of light, looking at it carefully in his paws. "Hi there little buddy." He whispered, "Your mine now." He giggled to himself, perking up as he remembered what he was doing. "Yeah, so can I?"

[Kite]

OOC: Thanks for responding guys, but can we keep it in an order? ; u ; I have yet to reply yet... Can we keep it as me, Deadmetal, then Mystery? It makes me uncomfortable for my cat to just be sitting there without responding yet.

Sparrowflight ignored Ravenheart's presence at first, trying to soak up as much sun as she could. She was never really a social cat, and that fact may never change, but she had a sense of respect; when the other she approached her, obviously seeking for her attention, she turned her gaze away from the cave's wall and to her. "I don't mind; just was a cold night for me. I might warm up with a little bit of hunting." She highly doubt this--with the winds that slammed against the territory from dawn to dusk, there was barely any chance to warm up during leafbare when the winds were at their worst. But again, Sparrowflight did not want to disrespect the older warrior, and stepped up to her paws.
With a twitch of a ear, she heard a cat walk out of the apprentices' den, and by scent she realized it was Onyxpaw. She was uncomfortable around young cats, since they reminded her so much of Poppypaw, so she remained silent while Ravenheart explained their situation as she headed for the exit. As she started to follow, she noticed that, after talking to a beam of light--which she found mousebrain, though she held her tongue--the apprentice asked if he could come along as well.
The dappled warrior shifted her paws nervously, not really wanting to hunt with a big patrol, nonetheless with another that reminded her of her sister (The latter was harder to avoid; nearly everything reminded her of Poppypaw), but, she looked back to Ravenheart, knowing it was her call. Being the older warrior and the head figure of this patrol, it was her choice to make.

[xxdeadxmetalxx]

Ravenheart could not ignore the apprentice and gave a wave of her tail signalling Onyxpaw to follow, as she continued towards the cave entrance.

[Mystery]

Onyxpaw purred in excitement, "Eeek!" He shrieked, following the older warriors. He began rocking and stomping to his own tune, beginning to hum. After a few seconds of quiet humming, he broke out into song, "We're walking... through a cave... to go hunting... like we're going to a rave... a rave party... la lala la la la lalala la la lalala la la lalala la!" He grinned widely, until his eyes widened at the sight of a three-leaved furry leaf. "Sweet StarClan! Look at this! It's furry!" He rubbed his face against the soft leaf, purring. "Its so softttt..." He smiled in happiness, when he suddenly realized the two warriors had gone farther than expected. He sprinted up to their sides, trying to meet their pace.

[Kite]

OOC: Sparr is definitely not amused. xD Sorry if she seems a bit cranky.

Sparrowflight, though still not all to comfortable with the situation, was glad that the apprentice was at least pleased. His tune though played along her nerves, as if each note plucked at her restraint; being a practical she-cat, she never was amused with some of the songs the Clan came up with. Her annoyance got more inflamed as he decided to add words to it. With a small, barely audible sigh, the warrior tried to keep the sounds out of mind, and focused on the pines before her.
She was beginning to part her jaws to see if she could scent any nearby prey when Onxypaw began doting on a leaf. When the tom caught up with the she-cats, Sparrowflight mewed softly, as if to prove the point she was explaining, "If you keep singing about every paw step we take and glorify all the plant life we pass, you are going to scare all the prey away." The she sighed again, and began to step a little away from the two without another word, hoping to space herself from the group to search for some breakfast for the Clan.

[Dee Dee]

Silentstreak padded not far behind the group, breaking into a light trot to catch up with them all. He had just emerged from his nest, ready to organise so patrols and hunting parties and such, to find the cats already on their way. This had ruffled the tom's fur slightly. 'I'm the deputy! They should ask for my permission before running off by themselves!' he thought bitterly.
Once he finally did catch up with the group, easy to locate thanks to Onyxpaw's singing, he attempted to stand as tall as he could, puffing his chest out and trying to look as big and important to the others as possible.
He happended to catch Sparrowflight's (who appeared to be in a bit of a bad mood) comment to the young apprentice, who was doting over...a leaf? He shot the young cat a puzzled look, before turning to the she-cat. "You'll scare all the prey away with your angry stomping. Give the kid a break." he half-sneered half-joked. "Where are you all off anyway?" he sniffed, raising an eyebrow as though the group were doing something suspicious.


OOC: Aah D: Sorry for this post, It's not very good since I just wanted him to catch up. It'll be better next time xD'

[xxdeadxmetalxx]

Ravenheart was beginning to wish she had just left to go hunting alone. Sparrowflight was quite and distant, well Onyxpaw was acting kit, sing and running around like a fool, it was beginning to get on her nerves. But before she could open her mouth to speak Sparrowflight beet her to it scolding the young apprentice for his behaviour before distancing her self slightly from the group.

The sound of approaching paw steps tore Ravenheart's attention away from the younger warrior and to where Silentstreak had just emerged from the trees. The Shadow Clan deputy questioned the group's reason for being out of camp. Ravenheart knew as the senior warrior of the patrol she would be expected to answerer his questions, she also by taking off with a hunting patrol with permission, Silentstreak might feel as if she had deliberately stepped over his authority. “I was going to go out hunting by the Lone Oak and I asked Sparrowflight if she would join me. Onyxpaw overheard us talking and asked if he could join” she enplaned calmly.

At the same time she began to think that Silentstreak's sudden appearance might be her way out of this seemingly lost cause of a hunting trip. Onxypaw would scare off more pray then he would find and Sparrowflight didn’t seen like much company, she seemed almost more anxious to get away from this inter situation then Ravenheart was. “I 'm sorry if you felt I was being disrespectful by putting together a hunting patrol without permission,” she continued. “If there is anything you rather have me do I would gladly return to camp and join a bored patrol or any other work you might need of me.”

[noodle]

_{[ooc: wow i don't want to be like a huge butt and barge in here, but it happens to be the most active thread. xD Feel free to kick Bearpelt's fat, furry rump outta here if he overcrowds the area! Sorry that it's weird. Trying to catch up a bit. x)]}

Nails on wood rustled nearby and a squirrel burst from a pine tree and skittered down the side before landing neatly on the ground. It's tiny paws began to churn up the earth before uncovering a nut and shoving it between its teeth. It poised to shoot back up the tree until a very soft, audible snap echoed. It froze and a bulky cat flew through the air, slamming his front paws down on the rodent as it began to claw its way back up the tree. It thrashed and squirmed as it was dragged back, trying with all its might to pull away from the predator. However, it was futile, and the feline quickly ended the struggle with a bite to the neck.

"Dumb twig," Bearpelt spat through a mouthful of fur, laying the squirrel before his paws. "Would've been an easier kill without it," he murmured, scooping the prey back up in his jaws. He'd been out for some time and hadn't much luck with the prey. It was if his paws were so heavy he was alerting every prey piece in Shadowclan territory! The thought made him shrug a bit, before turning to head back to camp. He wasn't a very good hunter anyhow - so it wasn't too big of a deal. As he headed back, his ears perked at the sound of a conversation going on as he passed on by. Sounds like clanmates, he thought, swerving towards the voices with curiosity tipping his tongue.

As they came into view, the names of them all fluttered through his mind. Silentstreak, Sparrowpaw, Ravenheart, annnnnd... Onyxpaw? Yes, he thought with content, setting the rodent back to the ground. "Whatch'all doing out and about?" he called in a friendly tone. Bearpelt couldn't recall any patrols being set that morning, so this must have been one Silentstreak had recently organized.

[nepimpta]

A young she-cat awoke suddenly, breathing hard from a harmless nightmare. Something about a rat going to eat her? It was slipping away from her, so she decided not to dwell to long on it. Shaking her head, she got up from her small nest and slowly walked out to get a better view of the sun.
Geez!
Why had no one woken her up?? Lilypaw growled looking around, seeing only a few cats in camp, all busy. The medicine cat apprentice huffed, sitting down with a loud thump. Why had her mentor not woken her up to help? Maybe they didn't need help or maybe everyone was hiding from her. She shook her head, clearing the thoughts from her mind and grooming herself, waiting for others to come back.

[Dee Dee]

Silentstreak sat down on the earthy floor with a bump. He narrowed his eyes with suspicion at Ravenheart's words. She seemed very eager to leave the patrol and do something else.
He licked one of his red-brown paws and drew it over one of his ears. "That's fine. just make sure-"
The deputy was interupted by the sudden appearance of Bearpelt, who placed a furry squirrel on the ground and questioned them about what they were doing. Silentstreak flicked his ears in slight annoyance. He didn't like to be interupted.
"Hunting patrol." he grunted to the bulky tom, nodding a small hello despite his irritation. "As I was saying, that's fine. Just make sure you wait for me to give the orders in the future. I need to know whose doing what and who isn't."
He got to his paws, flicking his tail at the patrol as he did so. "I suggest you seperate a little, a big group of you stomping through the territory is enough to scare all the prey away." he meowed, remembering Ravenheart's 'request' to get away.

[Kite]

OOC: Sparr: >:v /flips table Oh well for her peaceful morning. xD btw, can we keep a post order so everyone can reply equally?

The tortoiseshell she-cat was barely two tai-lengths from the group when the deputy suddenly appeared. With an indifferent twitch with her ear, she stepped back to Ravenheart and Onxypaw. Her eyes widen at his words, clearly surprised that he was chiding her about scaring prey with her angry romping. Surprise quickly turned into heated annoyance; why did she have to be made a fool of for no reason? Sparrowflight looked away from the cats with ears pinned against her head, staring off over her shoulder without quite looking.
She half-listened as Ravenheart explained the situation, not really caring if the three got in trouble, much less for herself; sure, she'll be a little upset, but whatever Silentstreak had in mind for a punishment, she would do it without complaint, as usually. Sparrowflight ingored Bearpelt as well, but did notice that the deputy found his appearance as an interruption.
Softly, as if she could hide her negetive feelings with a docile mask, she mewed, "I'll probably will have a better chance to catch prey then, if I hunt by myself. I could probably mimic a whole patrol with my angry stomping..." With that she began to stalk away from the group, only caring when she wondered if her words stung Silentstreak.