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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 3, 2021 20:07:40 GMT -5
"Viperpool..." Hiddendream's voice was tender as much as it was exhausted. He was here. He was truly here. Yet, she realized what he meant. He was here for her. She wasn't going to be able to stay...but their kits! Grief choked Hiddendream's throat. She turned her head as much as she could to look at her kits. The tom at Songbreeze's paws and the she-kit curled in Eaglesight's tail. They would be alright, she realized in that moment. Her siblings would look after them. Eaglesight had promised her that much from the moment she realized she was expecting. Hiddendream blinked lovingly at the little lives she birthed into the world. They were beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
"Flower...kit..." She mewed in the direction of the tom. She wanted that name for him. It would make him strong. "Gr...Grovekit," she mewed toward the she-kit. Hiddendream closed her eyes, a soft, rumbling purr smoothing her throat. She had kits. Viperpool's kits. She was officially a mother. As sad it was that she would've live to see her kit's grow, she was content knowing that her siblings would be there for them. Cliffheart would be there for them. He would make sure they'd see her someday in StarClan, she knew it. "I'm...ready...my love."
Eaglesight trembled lightly in his grief. He watched his sister close her eyes. Watched her breathe her final breath and his heart shattered. He bent down toward Grovekit, pressing his nose against the little she-kit. I swear, he silently vowed. I swear I'll look after them, Hiddendream.
Songbreeze hung her head, tears falling from her closed eyes. Her sister was gone. How cruel! How could StarClan be so cruel as to take Viperpool and now Hiddendream and leave these kits with no one?! She blinked blurry eyes at Flowerkit, keeping the young tom close to her stomach in hopes that she had any milk left for him to nurse on. Songbreeze looked sadly up at her mate.
Smokestorm flicked his tail as he waited outside the nursery. It was quiet. Was it supposed to be that quiet?
Cliffheart took a step back, his mouth parted with the hollow grief that rung through him. She was gone. Somehow, he felt it. Hiddendream's spirit had left this world. His daughter was dead. And I'll never see her again...
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 3, 2021 20:10:56 GMT -5
Snowdance sat back at Hiddendream’s words, eyes sad as she shook her head. She lightly tapped Opalmist on the shoulder with her tail tip, “She’s gone. There’s nothing we can do for her now.” She murmured.
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 3, 2021 20:22:41 GMT -5
Opalmist sat back on her haunches, her heart aching as she stared at the blood around her. It stained her fur, and she suddenly felt like she needed to plunge herself into a river. She looked down at Hiddendream's body, taking in a shaking breath before she nodded to Snowdance. "I know...I know...I..." Turning to Songbreeze and Eaglesight, she rasped. "I am so sorry..."
Lionscorch turned his head away, closing his eyes as he pressed his muzzle comfortingly to Songbreeze. First their own kits, and now Songbreeze had lost her sister too. A coil of raw anger filled him, that Starclan could just take away so much from her. Hadn't she proven herself by now? And now the kits had no mother or father. He swore then that if Songbreeze chose to take them in, he would help raise them alongside Pearlkit as if they were his own kits. They deserved that.
"Flowerkit and Grovekit." He mewed out, having heard Hiddendream's last words. "Those are wonderful names...I'm so sorry, Songbreeze..."
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 3, 2021 21:36:27 GMT -5
"You did all you could," Eaglesight did his best to reassure Opalmist, but his grief hung heavy. "Thank you for trying. You at least saved the kits." He looked down at Grovekit. "In them, Hiddendream lives on."
"It's not fair..." Songbreeze barely whispered. She pressed into Lionscorch's pelt, tears rolling down her cheeks. "It just...not fair."
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 3, 2021 21:54:54 GMT -5
"You did all you could," Eaglesight did his best to reassure Opalmist, but his grief hung heavy. "Thank you for trying. You at least saved the kits." He looked down at Grovekit. "In them, Hiddendream lives on." "It's not fair..." Songbreeze barely whispered. She pressed into Lionscorch's pelt, tears rolling down her cheeks. "It just...not fair." Opalmist opened her jaws, only to close them again as she couldn’t gather the words. Instead, she looked at the kits and mewed softly. “They’ll need constant monitoring. If Songbreeze or Cherryvine can nurse them, then they should be fine…I only worry about what we’ll have to tell them as they grow older. I know Hiddendream would have wanted the best for her kits.” She looked at him. “They’ll need you and your other siblings…Kits need that kind of support.” She thought of her own kits for a moment, her deepest secret, the kits she never raised. She knew Frostyfoot was keeping them safe in Skyclan. She had chosen her job over her relationship, even if the love she felt for him could never fade away. “I know…” Lionscorch mewed softly, digging his claws into the ground as he watched Grovekit squeal loudly at Eaglesight’s paws, squirming around in search of milk. Flowerkit had latched on quickly as soon as he nestled into Songbreeze’s pelt, quieting down as he filled his belly.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 4, 2021 11:07:46 GMT -5
"I'll think of something to tell them," Eaglesight mewed softly. He blinked gratefully at Opalmist for her words, but then he looked over at Cherryvine. Cherryvine was the newest queen. She would have more milk in her than Songbreeze. "Cherryvine, would you be willing to nursery Grovekit?"
Songbreeze wrapped her tail gently around Flowerkit as she leaned into Lionscorch. She didn't want this to be happening. She didn't want her sister to be gone...
"Do you think we could go in--" "She's gone, Smokestorm." Cliffheart cut his son off, his tone hollow. When Smokestorm looked at him in confusion, Cliffheart shook his head. "Hiddendream is gone." "You can't mean--" "I do." Cliffheart stepped past his son and gingerly stepped his way into the nursery. He only stood at the entrance, keeping out of the way for the most part, but when his eyes adjusted and he saw the lifeless body of his eldest daughter, his heart broke. He gave no expression on his face except a dead hollow one. Eaglesight was the first to notice him and the young tom actually winced at his father's appearance.
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Post by Foxstar26 on Oct 4, 2021 11:16:12 GMT -5
(*cries from the shadows*)
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 4, 2021 11:17:19 GMT -5
Snakesong gingerly padded up to Smokestorm’s side, eyes widening before drooping with sadness as she realized what had happened. She looked at her mate, voice frail as she mewed. “Oh, Smokestorm…”
Opalmist nodded to Eaglesight, before she turned and looked at Cliffheart. Her ears fell at the tom’s expression, and she found herself compelled to turn and gather the herbs for preparing a burial. This was always her least favorite part of the job.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 4, 2021 11:29:21 GMT -5
Smokestorm was still registering Cliffheart's words. Hiddendream was...dead? That couldn't be right, they had already lost so many...why would... He slowly turned his gaze to his mate and his ears fell back in sorrow. Was she really dead?
Cliffheart stepped forward. He pressed his nose to Hiddendream's cheek, ears pinning back in his grief. He'd never see her again. She moved on to StarClan and he...Did she know how much he loved her? Did she know how much he was proud of her? Cliffheart let out a sigh and deflated right before Eaglesight's eyes. Here he was, trying to give all he could to StarClan, trying to right the wrongs of his past and...and StarClan kept taking his loved ones from him. Cliffheart blinked the pain away. He grabbed Hiddendream by the scruff of her neck, the way he used to carry her as a precious little kit. Without a word to anyone, he began pulling her body out of the nursery. The kits didn't need to see this. Didn't need to smell this much blood. They had to get it cleaned up.
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 4, 2021 11:34:37 GMT -5
Snowdance stayed quiet, letting Hiddendream’s family grieve for her. She turned to Opalmist as Cliffheart started to drag Hiddendream out of the nursery, “You go and start preparing her for her vigil. I’ll clean up here.” She murmured, wanting to try and get the scent of blood out of the nursery.
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Post by Willow on Oct 6, 2021 12:15:13 GMT -5
Cherryvine nodded, "Of course I will Eaglesight, I would be honored to." she mewed softly, her gaze soft as she looked at the newborn kit. Lying back further in her nest, she motioned Eaglesight forward with the kit, using her tail to gently move a half-asleep Featherkit over.
Mistkit looked at the new kits with wide owlish eyes, wondering if she looked like that.
Hailkit grumbled as he was jostled at his mother's stomach, latching on to feed.
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 7, 2021 17:06:29 GMT -5
Eaglesight looked gratefully at Cherryvine, he carefully moved Grovekit to the queen's side so she could nurse.
Cliffheart didn't look at anyone as he dragged his daughter's body out of the nursery. Smokestorm gasped in surprise.
(Did I miss replies? For Rustle, Burning, Starry, and the apprentices?)
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Post by VIXENCLAW on Oct 7, 2021 19:59:36 GMT -5
(ahhh sorry for suddenly disappearing! i was overwhelmed with homework and then i had some personal stuff i had to work through. is it okay if i just reply where we left off?)
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Post by 🌙Moonpower🌙 on Oct 7, 2021 20:30:28 GMT -5
(sure Vixen! Go for it!)
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 11, 2021 18:05:59 GMT -5
Snakesong watched Cliffheart carry Hiddendream out of the nursery, her eyes going wide and round with grief as she pressed close to Smokestorm. "Oh, Starclan..." She sniffled, closing her eyes for a few seconds before she choked out. "Why her?..."
Honeypaw's curled ears fell as he saw Hiddendream be dragged from the Nursery, and Crystalpaw gasped and whimpered at his side, her tail drooping as she watched the Queen be carried away. Coalpaw's eyes were saddened as he thumped down on his haunches to sit down.
"What's going on out there?" Lightkit tipped her head, noticing how the Clan was starting to go silent and sad. The kit shifted her paws to try and take a look outside of the elder's den.
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 11, 2021 18:51:04 GMT -5
Heyo)
Snowdance stayed behind, her paws already cleaning up the soaked moss and rolling it away from the other queens and kits. She looked out of the nursery with a sad look and shook her head, moving to clean the nursery up.
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 11, 2021 19:11:53 GMT -5
Opalmist silently followed after Cliffheart with burial herbs in her jaws, ignoring the sharp scent of Mint and Sage as she stared sadly towards the Queen's body.
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Post by Pearl on Oct 12, 2021 5:01:26 GMT -5
(hi)
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 14:23:12 GMT -5
Cherryvine curled her tail around the five kits protectively, noticing how big her kits looked beside Grovekit even though they were barely any older.
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 14:24:11 GMT -5
Starrylight purred, giving Palepaw a nod. "Of course he would. I think he would be thrilled that you asked him for special training even. I know he's seems even busier now that he's training Rustlepaw, but I don't doubt for a second that he wouldn't set aside some of his time for you if you asked him." Duskpaw tapped her sister's shoulder with her tail unphased as ever, "That's okay, you can just come with me to see them the next time then! Cherryvine doesn't mind visitors." Here ya go Moon ^.^ )
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 16:54:06 GMT -5
Thistlestalk shook his fur out as he entered the rapidly cooling air from the warmth of the warriors den, searching the camp he looked for a familiar calico pelt to catch his eyes.
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 25, 2021 17:00:08 GMT -5
Opalmist sat silently near the Medicine den, still inwardly distraught over Hiddendream’s death. She had deserved to live, and to die in such a way…Her eyes trailed to the nursery, knowing she needed to make sure Cherryvine had extra milk if she was to nurse even more kits.
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 25, 2021 17:10:15 GMT -5
Poppyflame sat by herself, grooming her pelt after a border patrol. She glanced over at the fresh-kill pile and gave a light frown, not liking how low it is. Maybe she could go out for a bit of hunting later.
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 17:14:48 GMT -5
Thistlestalk stifled the pleased purr that rumbled in his throat as he spotted Poppyflame. Composing himself, he padded over to her, plopping down beside her. "Hello." he mewed warmly, a contrast to the way he shivered as his belly touched the cool ground below.
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 17:16:17 GMT -5
Opalmist sat silently near the Medicine den, still inwardly distraught over Hiddendream’s death. She had deserved to live, and to die in such a way…Her eyes trailed to the nursery, knowing she needed to make sure Cherryvine had extra milk if she was to nurse even more kits. Bumbleskip padded over to Opalmist, eyeing the she-cat he had grown to call his sister warily. "What went wrong." he mewed, voice rough from disuse.
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 25, 2021 17:17:33 GMT -5
Poppyflame gave Thistlestalk a warm smile as he came over, “Hey. Just wake up?” She mewed, giving a light nudge as he settled down, “You were still asleep when I left for patrol this morning.”
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 17:29:23 GMT -5
Thistlestalk let out a small laugh, trying to hide his slight embarrassment, "Maybe, I went on a late patrol last night, I was really tired afterward. I don't usually sleep this long, but the colder weather makes it harder to get up too. Nests are just so warm."
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Post by Moonblazer on Oct 25, 2021 17:35:43 GMT -5
Opalmist sat silently near the Medicine den, still inwardly distraught over Hiddendream’s death. She had deserved to live, and to die in such a way…Her eyes trailed to the nursery, knowing she needed to make sure Cherryvine had extra milk if she was to nurse even more kits. Bumbleskip padded over to Opalmist, eyeing the she-cat he had grown to call his sister warily. "What went wrong." he mewed, voice rough from disuse. “What didn’t go wrong?” Opalmist muttered lightly, her multi-colored eyes averting as she stared at her paws. “It was going fine and then just…there was nothing we could do.” She sighed heavily. “Thus is the way of a Medicine Cat.” She recited.
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Post by Willow on Oct 25, 2021 17:38:14 GMT -5
Bumbleskip snorted, sitting down beside her but leaving plenty of space between them. "Why do you think I gave up? Too much blame and death for me. Did the kits survive?"
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Post by Icefire15 on Oct 25, 2021 17:43:34 GMT -5
Thistlestalk let out a small laugh, trying to hide his slight embarrassment, "Maybe, I went on a late patrol last night, I was really tired afterward. I don't usually sleep this long, but the colder weather makes it harder to get up too. Nests are just so warm." ”Tell me about it.” Poppyflame chuckled, shaking her out, “I’m not looking forward to the cold, that’s for sure.” She mewed
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