And life goes on...

[Shadow Spirit]

OOC: Anyone who was posting in "I'm done with Gatherings!!!" please post here, that one was too long XD

[Dodgestrike]

Three forms emerged from the waterfall, not really any worse for wear. After all, it was merely water. Hawkeye scanned the camp watchfully, leaning slightly to the side so that he could brush his flank against his mate’s.

Oddeye smiled, slightly, at the touch of her mate’s pelt. Although she couldn’t see the camp itself, it scented of life! Pure, vibrant life.

Dodgepaw stared in silent wonder. He wasn’t always the most vocal youngster; however, even he was stunned. After all, he had been born after his father had left his previous clan, and had never seen such a sight.

“Da, we live here now?”

“Yes Dodgepaw, we do. This is our home, and we shall defend it until the breath leaves our body.”

The noble tom blinked, looking to see if Lillystar was close by.

[Bristleclaw]

Bristlepaw noticed more cats entering the camp through the waterfall. More trouble? Had Lilystar invited them to stay? The large apprentice's tail wagged like a dog's - she was happy, not angry. She turned to her mentor - who, ironically, was only slightly smaller than Bristlepaw.

"Who are they, Wishclaw?"

The young she-cat was not angry as she had been when Giddykit and Streamkit - yes, of course, she still called them by their kit names - arrived. Now she was curious. Her gray eyes narrowed in her curiosity.

[nymara]

Nymara both glanced at each other. They were tired from the journey here, so they followed the scent of other apprentices to the sleeping den for them.

"Shall we train tomorrow?"

Both said the same words to their mentors at the exact same time, and then headed off to a nice, warm nest to dream of wonderful Clan things.

OOC: To somewhere in the apprentices' den XD

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar had been headed in the direction of the medicine cat's hollow, when the group of 3 cats she had escorted, turned up inside the clearing. She turned around and padded over to them, nodding in acknowledgement to Hawkeye. She noticed Bristlepaw's fascination with the newcomers and smiled despite the dire circumstances that caused them to join their clan.

"Hawkeye, Oddeye and Dodgepaw are new members of our clan Bristlepaw," she explained. "I found them sitting on the borders and allowed them to come into the camp...Hawkeye you can let Dodgepaw rest in the apprentice's den if he likes, I'd like to speak with you and Oddeye in my den..." She flicked her tail to Bristlepaw and then led them off to her den.

[Shadow Spirit]

OOC: Sorry Bristle, she was flicking her tail to excuse herself from Bristle...so she could go and speak with Dodgepaw's parents privately. If bristlepaw could show Dodgepaw to the apprentice's den tho, it would be very appreciated ^^;

[Wishclaw]

"Chu... I don't know, George."

She had watched the newcomers arrival also, but then got bored of them and wandered off into her own little world. Hum hum hum... Then her prancing in a world full of bouncy jello like rivers was cut short by a sudden thought, and then she just looked around, almost sad.

Bouncy rivers were fun.

"HAAAY BRISTLEPAWWWW. Wanna go out training afterrrrrr? We can go to candy mountainnnnn!"

Then she promply noticed a beetle-bug on the floor, skittering around in paranoid confusion. She put her face down towards it, but she did not crouch, giving her back the shape of a semi-cricle.

"Ssshuunnnn the beetle... Shunnnnnnnnnn....nnaaahhhh."

.... And then she squished it.
Splat.

[Dodgestrike]

“Dodgepaw?”

Hawkeye needn’t say more, his son nodded obediently and looked around, seeking the apprentice den. He attempted to make himself look inconspicuous, unnoticeable. After all, he was the new one out of all the apprentices, and the young tom felt a bit shy. Quietly, he moved, padding away from his parents.

Dodgepaw trusted the clan leader. He felt like Lillystar was one he could trust. To serve with his life as his father had said.

“My leaderess, we are ready.”

The long-pelted orange tom turned his piercing gaze upon the leader, but it was not cold. Not unspeakable. There was untouched depths behind the shell, the mortal body tht stood before Lillystar, the block of strength that had served and protected his family until they had reached her borders.

Oddeye flicked her tail slightly; the only outward sign the gentle sick she-cat showed that she may possible feel a bit out of place here in the camp. A soft purr escaped her mouth as she finally twitched her ears, stepping forward without Hawkeye’s guidance towards Lillystar, whose presence she finally managed to pinpoint.

Maybe things might be easier on the weakened queen if she had been born blind instead of being seized by the illness which had struck her once stunning form, turning her lean and weak.

[ringtail]

Ringkit came padding out of the nursing den with her nose to the ground."i smell different cats."she informed with her nose still to the ground."who are they?"she made her way to the fresh kill pile by smelling it."yum! a thrush again but oh! a vole... voles are good!"she grabbed the vole and sat down to eat but her head was swimming with all the smells she just took in.

[Bristleclaw]

OOC: OH. Sorry Lilystar XD Let's pretend I neevveer posted that XD

Bristlepaw watched her mentor wander off into her own, imaginary world, then squish a bug. She smiled confusedly at Wishclaw's actions, but - it was Wishclaw. It was really quite normal for her, and the large apprentice didn't question. Listening to her mentor's proposition, she grinned.

"HOMG YEAH."

She padded out to the waterfall and as she prepared to spring through it, Bristlepaw glanced back, beckoning for Wishclaw to follow.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar smiled fondly at Bristlepaw and Dodgepaw, happy that at least the apprentices seemed totally happy here. She watched Ringkit bound out of the nursery for the second time today and run over to the fresh kill pile.

"Ringkit, I have no mother to look after you and the other kits, but that doesn't mean that you can do what you please!" she said, sternly, but there was no harshness to her voice. "You've had enough to eat for 3 cats today, go take Hollykit and see if Murderkit is doing alright!

"Bristlepaw, you are more than welcome to go training with Wishclaw, but please bring back some fresh kill when you're done!" "We've so many mouths to feed now!"

She turned back to her new friends. "I'm sorry...it's so difficult to look after these rambunctious youngsters when they've no mother to keep them in line..." she said, twitching her ears in embarssment. "Please, follow me this way and we can speak privately." She flicked her tail across Oddeye's shoulders to alert her that they were moving on and then padded off to her den.

OOC: Post in the leader's den now.

[ringtail]

As she bent down to strat eating the vole she heard the voice of lilystar."oops!"she grabed the vole and put it back in the pile and went to look for Hollykit.

[Dodgestrike]

Left by the she-apprentice, his parents, and the clan leader, poor Dodgepaw looked quite lost and alone in the unfamiliar camp. Oceanic hues blinked, orange tipped ears flicking and swiveling as he looked around.

Would he get a new mentor? After all, now that they were in a clan, was it right for his own father to train him? Hawkeye had mentioned it before – how Dodgepaw could learn more from other teachers.

The tom shifted his weight as his gaze took another round. Now where was this apprentice den?

[hollykit]

Holly kit bounded out of the nursing den completely energetic from the nap she had taken. She skidded to a hault right in front of Ring kit. " Hi Ring kit,hi Lillystar!" She mewed.Then she ran around in circles.

[Onyxdart]

Andromeda has seen the three new cats enter the camp. She didn't pay much notice until she realized the parents had gone to talk with Lillystar, leaving the youngster. She tilted her head to the side. He looked a little confused. She wasn't sure she could help, being new also, but she felt sorry to see him just sitting there alone.

She padded over slowly, not wanting to startle him or intrude where she wasn't really wanted.

"You look every bit as confused as I feel," she said to him. Well, maybe he didn't. But she didn't want to go bounding over with a chirpy hello... that just wasn't like her. And there was enough racing around going on around this camp anyway, what with some of the kits.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar padded out of her den and into the main clearing. Gazing around at the cool, rocky dens, she sighed in sadness. She hated the thought of losing cats, especially one so new to her as Oddeye, but alas there was nothing she could do. With weary pawsteps, she came up to Andromeda and flicker her tail in a greeting to the she-cat. The mottled leader gathered her paws and sat down next to the pale-colored warrior.

"Keeping an eye on Dodgepaw for me are you?" she asked kindly.

[ringtail]

"Hi Hollykit. How are you."For just walking up Ringkit felt calm and relaxed

[Onyxdart]

Andromeda smiled at Lillystar as the leader came over and sat with her and Dodgepaw.

"Yes'm, though truth to tell, I simply thought it better if us confused ones kept together. You know... confusion loves company. Or maybe it was misery..." she trailed off for a moment and went a little vague in the eyes as if she was thinking and had forgotten the presence of everyone else. Then she perke back up and her eyes refocused.

"Anyway, it's confusion now!" she purred good naturedly.

[Dodgestrike]

“I probably am as confused as you feel.”

The young tom answered automatically, and then froze when he realized that he had just spoken to a she-cat! His ears flattened quickly, and he stammered.

“I…I…I’m…sorr…sorry.”

But then the clan leader, Lillystar, returned from her den to join them. He instinctively looked around, seeking his parents.

[medium]

((We are)) peices of a falling star --

Medium padded into camp, his head low and tilted curiously. He looked left, right, his muddy amber eyes taking in the delightful hustle and bustle of camp.
His sister Contrast leaped forward immediatly, of course, and he was not at all suprised to see her strike up a conversation with another cat in five seconds flat.
He frowned, but it was not a sad or angry frown. It was one of the nameless emotions; the ones that fell between the cracks.

Medium, with his dull dusky brown fur (with darker flecks) and muddy-colored eyes, was not particularly striking. He was not ugly, but he was not handsome. He was not particularly large nor small. Eyes seem to pass right over him without seeing him.
When his sister appeared, all eyes seemed drawn to her. Medium repelled eyes.

All these cats. It was fascinating.
He backed up and took a running leap at the waterfalls. He landed on a high outcropping and viewed the camp from on high.
It's not like anyone would notice.

One is flashing brightly in the sky // the other falls darkly through the atmopshere

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