☼WindClan: Home of the Swift and Loyal |☾ ☼ ϟ ≈ ☁| ☼

"You've done more than enough to deserve it. I wish that you would see that." Grasslight ushered, shaking her head lightly. She looked at him with love in her eyes. "You love them unconditionally. You don't force them to be things they don't want to. You're proud of their accomplishments and help them when they feel stuck. That's what good parents do." She flicked her eyes to the side as she nodded quickly. "Well...yeah, I guess so. I loved seeing our kits grow up, and I love knowing that I can give that kind of happiness to you. To me too. Only if you want them, though. I would never force you." She mewed.

"Woohoo! Look how fast I can go!" Bouncekit's energy was limitless as he scrabbled through the sand as fast as he could. Sand began to cling to his pelt, though he easily ignored it in favor of his new mission. "I bet we could dig all the way out of camp!"

Grasslight gave a noise of delight, her laughter filling the air as she pressed her muzzle to Dashclaw's cheek in return. "Oh, truly? That's great! I love you so much!" She purred, grateful that at the moment, she did not have an apprentice and could take the time to think about this choice. "We can wait until Antpaw, Weaselpaw and Soarpaw get their Warrior names. Give the clan something hopeful to look forward to."

Bouncekit squeaked with delight as they made a mess of the nursery. He did not seem to hear the cries of disdain from Roostkit and the growl of annoyance from Ravenkit. What he did hear, was the gentle but scolding tone from Mottledsong as she padded towards the toms. "Hey now, little ones. You're making a mess of the nursery with your digging!" 

"Speaking of paws!" Grasslight gasped. "How's your mentoring going? I haven't asked you enough about that! They've got to be having a great experience with all your wisdom."

"Hello, Beankit. Bouncekit." Mottledsong sighed, before her kind voice returned and her eyes glimmered with warmth. "I know you want to be the best tunneler around, but tunnelers make sure not to leave messes behind them. Digging too quickly is dangerous, little one. That's what all the tunnelers tell me. Maybe we can slow it down." She leaned over to inspect both kits. "Oh, look at all that sand in your fur."

Stonepath slipped into the Warrior's den, giving a small rumble of humor as he spotted Sagefoot trying to take a nap. With gentle paws, he padded towards their nest, slipping next to her and ruffling his pelt to give her extra warmth. "You deserve the rest, Sagefoot. No deputy is as hardworking as you." He praised softly. 

No warriors den in Wind Blazer )

Sagefoot gave a sleepy purr as he snuggled into Stonepath's fur. "I think I'm getting the hang of it, it just takes so much time. Blacktail made it look easy."

"Well, I heard from Fernheart that Breezepaw's a hoot when he goes running. He's still a young tom wanting to prove himself. Your experience works best to get him on track. I bet he'll be one of the fastest cats in the clan with the right push." Grasslight chattered, a bit of a gossip when she found time. "I'll go out with you both too anytime you need a sparring partner."

"We're really sorry! Beankit let me help him dig, and I dug too fast..." Bouncekit shuffled his little paws, guilt in his eyes. Mottledsong leaned down to press her muzzle to Beankit and Bouncekit's heads. "That's alright, little ones. So long as nobody is hurt and everybody learns to be considerate, then your apologies are more than enough. I have a fun idea. Let's get this sand right back into the hole, and we can see if you can make a big sandpile in that corner! Tunnelers keep piles of leftover dirt and sand to make the tunnels stronger. Want to help me do that?" The former loner asked kindly.

Dashclaw nodded thoughtfully. "Have you as a partner would be helpful in teaching him some moves. You know as well as I do that some only work right if you have an opponent."

"Yeah!" Beankit immediately bounced up. "I'd love to help do that"!

"I'm also smaller than most, so I'm a good partner for apprentices too." Grasslight chuckled. "Stonepath used to threaten to sit on me if I kept putting beetles next to his nest. He would have squished me." She teased, before she nudged her mate again. "Weaselpaw's been spending alot of time with Larkpaw, lately. I think that they're becoming fast friends."

"Brave tom." Mottledsong purred. "Alright, Beankit, Bouncekit, you need to work together to get as much sand as you can to the corner. See this?" She instruced, sweeping a fluffy paw against the sand and scraping a small pile towards the edge of the nursery. "We have to do it quietly though, or Ravenkit will wake up and pluck your whiskers out." She gasped gently.

"I just do what I do all the time. Loving you is the most rewarding job I can have. I don't need to be deputy or leader to support our deserving one. Windclan's starting to return to peace, and that's all I ask for for your start as deputy." Stonepath purred, a rumbling noise in his chest as he wrapped his tail around his mate's side. "Our daughters are so proud to be the deputy's kits." He teased.

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Ashsong pushed out of the medicine den, a light frown on her muzzle as she did. She looked around camp for a second before turning and heading out of camp, lost in thought.

Ashsong paused briefly at Thorndash’s call, letting the tom catch up a little before continuing her brisk walk. “What?” She asked, trying not to sound brisk. The news the medicine cats had given her had shocked her, it definitely wasn’t what she had been expecting.

Sagefoot liked the sound of returning to peace. She could only hope that it would continue to last. "Now that leaffall is almost here, I really hope we do have several moons of peace. Prey is going to start disappearing again and I feel like we just got it back."

"It's going to be a hard one..." Stonepath murmured, his voice rich with thought and concern as well at the prospect of his daughters going hungry. "We'll just have to hunt smarter and harder if needed. If pushed to it, we can spread out to Highstones for prey again."

Sagefoot nodded in agreement, "We're almost done with reconstructing the tunnel to highstones so at least we'll have a quicker route there again soon. I can only hope that it doesn't snow much this season either. Our tunnels are still weak and with enough weight from above I'm sure they would collapse again."