Heading Toward a New Destiny On Determined Paws

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Lucy padded cautiously into Treeclan camp, having been lead by the powerful black tom Blackheart along with the loner tom Slumber. She was amazed at her first site of the camp. It was set in the middle of a large oak tree, with various paths leading off to places she didn't know. She now knew where this clan got their name.

She looked around cautiously, watching as many other Treeclan cats emerged from above, poking their heads out from what Lucy guessed were their dens at the smell of a new scent in their camp. Lucy was tense. Would they clans leader accept her, a mere kittypet, as Blackheart did? And what would these other cats think of her? Lucy decided she could only hope for the best as she tried to look each cat in the eye with a look she hoped portrayed none of the nervousness she was feeling so strongly. She wondered if Slumber was as nervous as she was, though was much to preoccupied with looking around this strange and foreign land she had entered into to glance toward him and see.

[Deus Ex Machina]

Nodding at Blackheart, not sure if the deputy saw him, but he shrugged and looked around with his mouth partly open.

Soon Slumber padded closer to Lucy; he really didn't know anyone, and hoped for comfort in some manner from her, hopefully.
Slowly padded over, it didn't take to long to realize how the name came about there was all sorts of huge trees in the camp it was gorgeous; almost jaw dropping.

Eye-balling Lucy he went on;

"Erm.. Hey, I know we didn't get to be introduced properly, but I'm , once again, Slumber, and quite frankly, I'm a bit, well, nervous almost scared. "


Slumber was still only 8moons old, and not fully grown, wise for his age, but he still didn't like new places with different cats that were bigger then he.

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[Onyxdart]

Onyx was up a tree when the others showed up. She was out on the end of a limb, watching camp from above like a vulture. It was a much different point of view from up above everything, and she'd taken to hanging out up in the trees.

But she came down to see the newcomers, and to say howdy to Blackheart. She trotted over to them from across camp, eying the she-cat who smelled like kittypet, and the tom, who smelled like neither clan nor kittypet. Onyx wasn't, though, one of those who'd hold kittypet status against another cat.

"Howdy," she chirped, glancing up at Blackheart. Then she looked over at the new tom and at the she-cat, although it was polite. She didn't stare, exactly, but she was definitely trying to figure them out without speaking a single word. Onyx wasn't very good at speaking to strangers. Heck, she wasn't even fantastic at speaking to her own clanmates- part of the reason she chilled up in the trees.

But finally she tilted her head to the side and spoke up.

"Hiiii. You're new," she said, making an observation. She wasn't asking, because she already knew.

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"Its nice to formally meet you, Slumber. Like you heard from me before, I'm Lucy." Lucy replied, flicking her tail in a friendly gesture, "And don't worry, I'm scared to, probably even more then you are. At least you're used to living in the woods!"
Lucy was older then Slumber, being around 11 moons old, but she still wasn't at her full size.

Lucy tensed, suddenly nervous, when a cat climbed down from a tree and approached them. She listened when the new wild cat spoke, and decided that she sounded friendly enough.
"Yeah, we are. I'm Lucy, and this is Slumber. It's nice to meet you." Lucy replied, using her friendliest tone. She definitely didn't want to start off on the wrong paw with any of these cats.

OoC: I'm not sure about that age. I think of her as however many moons would make her the same age as a 14 year old person. So she's an teenager.

[Blackheart]

As soon as the two entered the camp; Blackheart hung back. This wasn’t in any nervousness at bringing new members into the clan, oh dear lord not at all, there were just some things that Slumber and Lucy would have to do on their own. This was their chance, without the deputy there, to make their own first impression to everyone else – but really, what did they think the other clan cats expected? Kittypet and rogue, or not, they were both still young cats – both with still so much to learn even if they had been born into proper clan life.

Blackheart was actually pleased that it happened to be Onyxdart to be the one to come forward to inspect the newcomers, knowing that she – who he considered amongst the clan’s elite – would be kind and help the two youngsters settle in more then a gruff old tom like him could. At her greeting, the tom nodded his head and said, “Onyxdart.” in a way of greeting before falling quiet and, with perhaps of touch of amusement, watched her and the young two. Yellow eyes eventually moved, scanning the camp for Amberstar…where had their leader gotten to? He hadn’t seen her much at all lately...and it did bother him; as attached as he was to her, for the she-cat to go missing on him.

What if this time she doesn’t come back? What if… Thoughts stilled immediately, the old tom knew that not hell nor high water could get in the way of Amberstar and her clan. Tail waving for a second, just a flicker of motion, he attempted to wave in the other clan cats to say hello – quietly, so not to alarm the newcomers.

Speaking of which, Onyxdart was certainly ready for an apprentice, hm…he would have to speak to Amberstar concerning that.

[Onyxdart]

Onyx stood there for perhaps another few seconds pretending she was very serious and all, but stature and personality were not on her side. She was suited to being shy, but not so much to being serious. Not like Blackheart and Amberstar, oh no. They both had some seriously regal bearing when they wanted to. Onyx, despite her most honest efforts, tended to dissolve into giggles if she had to pretend to be regal or serious for too long. And her old habit of jumping at shadows and loud noises had never quite worn off, although now when she jumped she didn't trip or fall on her face- usually.

She smiled, just very slightly, at Blackheart as he backed off to let the two newcomers face the situation without him, and then smiled genuinely at the she-cat and the tom. Shy, yes. Welcoming, she would manage since no one else had showed up yet and she didn't want to seem unfriendly.

"Relax, none of us is much in the habit of biting newcomers," she joked, noting the nervousness with which the two were holding themselves. She'd been like that once, but slightly more obvious about it.

"I'm Onyx. Well, Onyxdart, if we're giving full names, but I'll answer to either," she said by way of introduction. She noted Blackheart looking around.

"I don't know where she's gotten to, Blackheart," the she-cat said to the other warrior, referring quite clearly to Amberstar. Oh, she had to be somewhere about. Onyx just wasn't sure where, for all she'd been vulturing up in her tree the better part of the hours since she'd awakened.

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Lucy smiled at the she-cat's slight joke and was reassured by her words. But there was still one question on her mind she didn't want to wait and find out the answer to for herself.
" How do you and your clan feel about house cats?" Lucy asked hesitantly, not knowing if it was something that shouldn't be asked.
In the back of her mind she wondered who was missing from the clan, as well as if any of the other Treeclan cats would be as friendly as Onyxdart was being.

[Deus Ex Machina]

Slumber eye'd the cat climbing down the tree thinking about how amazing it was, he'd be around trees almost his whole life, but never tried to really climb one. Making a note in the back of his head as the she-cat approached; I've got to ask her how she does it! It'd be a good skill to know to relax and think away from others.

Slumber thought what Onyx said was a bit, odd. He was thinking he'd get a hello and a who are you.. but instead he got a 'Your new'. Turning his head almost to the left, a bit puzzled as Lucy talked, and Onyx made her comment. It was almost obvious that they weren't going to bite, why would they? He wasn't a threat, and Blackheart, the deputy escorted Lucy and him here.

Finally Slumber figured he should say something to Onyx, because he didn't want to be known as the quite one of the bunch; he was far from that some days. He had no idea what to say really, he shuffled his paws some, and then stammered something.

"Uh, erm, Hiya. I'm Slumber, as Lucy said. It's a pleasure to meet you Onyx."

He really liked Onyx's name, but for some reason couldn't get himself to complement her instead he just eye'd Onyx some more. It was weird being around more cats, he couldn't remember the last time he'd be around civil cats.

Slumber watched Blackheart look around, he must have been looking for Amberstar to come meet us he thought. After a moment thinking of that, his stomch growled. Hoping it wasn't too loud, he looked at Lucy and Onyx with his ears hot, hoping they didn't think he was some starving kit.

[Onyxdart]

Onyx was aware she was being eyed, and for the moment tried to ignore it. She hated being the center of anyone's attention, so it made he squirm a little to be eyed for long by anyone. So she looked at Lucy instead, letting Slumber watch her.

"I won't speak for my clan mates, but I couldn't care less where you're from. Amberstar'd be able to tell you, probably, being the leader and all. I mean, I assume she knows such things. Arcane leader-ly knowledge and all that," she commented dryly. Then she turned and looked at Slumber as he spoke up and introduced himself and then continued staring.

"Nice to meet you! If you don't blink soon, your eyes are going to dry out," she said with another slight smile. You had to watch her to catch the expressions that flitted across her face, sometimes. She wasn't always very demonstrative.

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[Deus Ex Machina]

Slumber blinked once or twice while he eye'd Onyx; and he didn't realize it was bothering Onyx; he couldn't help but stare sometimes..

"Yeah.. I tend to forget that part."
Almost sarcastically in a friendly way, he was trying to lighten the moment because it was really award for Slumber to meet someone new.

Turning his head up looking at the top of some of the trees, he was hot from embarrassment already! Not really the best start, but it would have to do. Looking back at Onyx making sure to blink normally of course.

"So.. "

He slid his paw across the dirt trying to think of something to say, his mind was so darn blank it started to irritate Slumber, but maybe Onyx or Lucy would think of something.

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Lucy watched Slumber and Onyx's actions, making a mental note to ask this clans leader her question. At a pause in the conversation, she decided to ask about something she had been curious about.
"What's it like to live in Treeclan?" she asked Onyx, very curious to know what her day to day life would be like, should she be accepted.

[Deus Ex Machina]

Slumber also wanted to know how life as an actual clan was like, he'd been alone too long.

Sitting down and laying his tail over his paws, he waited for Onyx to tell them what it was like.