Clan's return

[sapho]

Icepaw walked into camp. Figuring Lilystar would like to speak Icepaw settled herself beneath The ledge which Lilystar addresses the clan. She watched the other cats poor into the clearing.

"What are we going to do tomorrow?" She yawned to Shadowstreak.

[Trillium]

Trillium sat down in the clearing, listening to the pouring, thundering, and yet comforting sound of the waterfall that was not ten tail-lengths away. While she, too, waited for Lilystar to speak, she recalled her apprentice's flirting and chuckled. Perhaps in the near future she could take Ripplepaw hunting and poke fun at her about the young Treeclan tom.

[Ripplemist]

OoC: D: Ripplepaw's going to be teeeaased.
Ripplepaw scampered after her mentor and pounced through the waterfall. Glad to be back at home, she shook the remainder of water from her fur and walked over to the medicine cat's den.
"Hiya, Umberpaw! We're back!" she called, sticking her head into the slight gloom. Satisfied, she went over to below the High Rock and seated herself next to Icepaw.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar padded solemnly after her cats. She was drenched from the rain and the waterfall and her spirits were low. Her first Gathering ever and it had not gone well. She was worried.

"All those cats old enough to catch their own prey please gather for a clan meeting!" she yowled suddenly, deciding she needed to speak to her clan. Once she had gotten their attention, she leapt up to her place on the ledge and waited for them to gather.

Shadowstreak nuzzled her apprentice affectionately as she yawned.

"Perhaps I'll take you hunting tomor..." she started, then paused when Lillystar called the meeting. "Well I guess we'll see what Lillystar expects of us first! Shadowstreak nudged Icepaw and loped over to sit in front of the ledge.

[sapho]

Icepaw was full of joy.

"I'm going hunting tomorrow!" she said to Ripplepaw, "It's my first lesson! What are you going to do? Maybe we could have some of our lessons together!"

Icepaw looked at Ripplepaw with excitement in her eyes, "What was going on at the gathering with that Treeclan apprentice, are you friends?"

[Ripplemist]

"Trillium's probably going to take me hunting too!" Ripplepaw mewed happily to her first friend. "I'll ask her if I can go with you and Shadowstreak as well!" She glanced back at her mentor, who was sitting nearby with a slightly amused expression on her face. She mused over it for a moment, then shrugged and gave up.
"And as for the TreeClan cat, he was just looking over at you, and I was laughing at him, and we became friends. He told me to tell you that he said hi." Ripplepaw wondered when she would see Giddykit again. Hopefully he'd be allowed to go to the next Gathering.

[Lucky]

ooc: Sorry to interupt, but I was already at another board in the camp that I made, but since every MistClan cat is here, that is where I came.

"Allow me to speak if I may?" Giddykit bellowed low but loudly. It was too late to turn around and run now. Luckily, even after their dispute, Sunray came to join his son, leaving his adopted baby sis and friend Tukami outside the camp.

Sunray growled and looked around. He trusted no cat that was outside his friendship circle. That ment besides Giddykit, Streamkit, and Tukami, he trusted no one!

Giddykit looked around the clearing. He couldn't spot Ripplepaw right away, so he looked for the whitest cat. Hopefully Icepaw would be with her best friend!

[Ripplemist]

Ripplepaw briefly caught the scent of several outsiders, and also..... Giddykit's? She sprang up and whipped around and spotted him and an older tom.
"Giddykit?" she exclaimed in a whisper, shocked. Why was he here? Had he run off from TreeClan? She glanced around wildly, expecting to see a gang of TreeClanners come bursting through the waterfall, but they didn't. He had come into MistClan camp for no real purpose, she thought, and he would be vulnerable to her clanmates' hostility as an intruder. And who was that tom behind him? She sat down again, confused and worried.

[loutuskit]

Streamkit had gotten to curious and wandered off into MistClan camp to see what her new brother was doiung. Streamkit padded after her brother and quietly came up beside him. "Who's that?" she asked him quietly, glancing over at Ripplepaw. "Hello!" she said to her. "My name is Streamkit! What's yours?" she blabed out, ingnoring that she was from a different clan.

[Doubleheart]

[ if i should die within this hour ]

The noble tom was never too far behind; after leaving the gathering at its precarious edge, he had indeed followed his Clan members back home. Home.. it felt reasonably good to say that. As he moved silently through the waterfall that led to the camp, he shook his body lightly and gazed over the scene before him. He sought some familiar faces, and certainly found them - recalling certainly, the young she-cat Trillium and thowing her another kindly smile.

A look of surprise was placed upon his maw, but mostly it was only there to disguise the annoyance and sinking feeling he got when his eyes landed upon the back of the small, arrogant kit that had been nothing but loud-mouthed and out of order at the sacred meting of the clans. Double raised an eyebrow at the creature, also throwing exasperated glances at it's two companions, wondering faintly why all these strangers had suddenly decided to invade MistClan territory. Hunching his back and extracting his claws, he stood defenseively but made no further movements - glancing at Lillystar for guidance.

[ i have lived to die when i desire ]

[Lucky]

Giddykit shook his head. Boy was he dumb. He was going to speak in front of the whole of MistClan. "I'm leaving the Clans, and before I left, I wanted to say goodbye. I have some friends in this Clan, the only friends I've ever had in the Clans." He sniffed, getting emotional.

Giddykit padded up to Ripplepaw and nudged her shoulder. "I'm venturing to Rouge Meadow, and I'm never coming back! I'll never see you again! Well, I won't say that I'm never coming back. I might once the cats forget about me and the scar I've left in the Clans. This might sound crazy but...the only way I could see you, is if you came with me!" he said in a low whisper.

Sunray growled. The Clanners were getting on his nerves. They were sooo self confident. He walked over and picked up his daughter by the scruff. He carried her over to the entrace of the camp just in case they needed to make a mad dash. "Leave him be," Sunray said calmy, "Can't you see your big brother is talking?

[sapho]

Icepaw turned toward Ripplepaw as Giddykit spoke,

"Please don't go, you were my first friend in Mistclan. We were made apprentices together. Nothing would ever be the same if you leave. Please stay..." Icepaw's voice trailed off. Blue hues full of worry.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar's fur rose on end at being interrupted and by intruders no less! She couldn't believe these arrogant rogues had just strode into her camp and started talking as though they had the highest authority. She rose to her full height on the ledge and gathered her legs to spring down. When she touched down, hackles raised she let loose a piercing caterwaul to silence everyone and then faced the intruders.

"How dare you trespass right into our camp and interrupt a clan meeting?!" Lillystar demanded. She bared her teeth and signaled for her warriors to come forward, knowing that violence was not necessary yet, but wanting the assurance that Shadowstreak, Doubleheart, Wishclaw, October and Trillium would be there for her.

Shadowstreak was appalled that this arrogant kit that had put on such a show at the Gathering was still causing trouble. She touched her apprentice's shoulder with her tail to reassure her.

"No worries Icepaw, she'll not break the warrior code if she is the great warrior we expect her to become..." she said quietly, walking up to stand at her leader's side. She growled low in her throat and bunched her muscles in preparation to chase these cats off. Noticing that Double was already on edge, she hoped they could tell these cats off without conflict.

[sapho]

Seeing her mentor stiffen Icepaw too hissed at the intruders. She arched her back and spat at the intruders.

occ:bleh, bad post.

[Lucky]

Seeing the Warriors act like this made him angry! He ran up and slashed at Shadowstreak's tail. Seeing Tukami coming he shouted: "Nevermind! Let's go!" Sunray ran out of camp grabbing Streamkit on the way.

Giddykit was scared now, he spun around and sped out of the camp after his father, pulling Tukami's ear to say "Let's go!" He didn't even say goodbye to Ripplepaw.

Ooc: To my friends: I'm in Rouges Wail at the Rouge Meadow.

[Ripplemist]

The silver apprentice's ears flattened against her head and she gazed after the disappearing figure of the ex-TreeClan kit.
"Giddykit..." she said quietly again, and longed to go after him. But she couldn't, for this was her clan and her home, and that fact would stay the same for the rest of her life and she would never leave until her spirit soared to StarClan. Her tail gave a slight flick at the sound of Shadowstreak's remark, and she simply asked the warrior ancestors to watch over Giddykit.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar yowled in anger when the orange cat lashed out at her warrior. She dashed over to check on Shadowstreak once they had left.

"Are you hale Shadowstreak?" she asked, concerned for her warrior.

Shadowstreak winced at the cut that stung her tail. The rogue had left a long, but thankfully shallow cut in her chestnut fur.

"I'll live, but honestly...what a hostile tom...did he expect us to just invite them in?!" she asked, exasperated.

[Mapleheart]

(Ack. Sorry, guys, I missed a lot! 8C And: This is Trillium. I just forgot to log out. Dx )

During the whole bit of drama, any thoughts of teasing her apprentice about the Treeclan tom vanished from Trillium's mind. Surely this was not something to joke about? Thoughts rushed about as she tried to think of what to say to Ripplepaw after all of this was resolved.

Her ears flicked forward when the two toms left, and she was disgusted at their displays of hostility. She glanced quickly at Lilystar, in case there were to be any orders to pursue. Double seemed ready to do so at any word, and Trillium followed suit.

[Bristleclaw]

Bristlekit stepped warily out of the nursery tunnel and looked around. Two weird-smelling kits and what looked like two able-bodied warriors stood near the thundering waterfall. Lilystar was standing, neck fur on end, on the highest ledge. Shadowstreak, Doubleheart, Wishclaw, October and Trillium were slowly making their way towards the newcomers. Bristlekit looked back at her leader. She looked angry as hell. The big kit had never seen Lilystar so angry!

What's going on?

Her mew was barely audible; Lilystar was talking to her warriors, in addition to the booming waterfall that sheltered the camp. Of course, no other cat heard her. She padded up to stand behind the nearest cats, near the back of the crowd. The big tom lashed out at Shadowstreak, then turned tail and fled, picking up the little she-kit on the way. The other kit, a tom, also ran away, biting the fourth cat's ear to get away from the camp, too.

[Ripplemist]

Ripplepaw continued to stare blankly at the waterfall. As the kit that she had talked to before the Gathering came over, she rose to her paws and quietly moved away from her clanmates and sat facing the wall on the inside of the medicine cat's den. She had no idea what she was doing, sitting at the mouth of the den, gazing inside as if she expected StarClan to talk to her, but she felt like getting away from the crowd of cats to have some time alone away from her friends. Friends! She blinked, and peered inside the den. How was Umberpaw doing?