Starclan |☾ ☼ ϟ ≈ ☁|

"And yet to many of them, Starclan has abandoned them." Redpetal meowed as well, having always been the one to look right into the background of everything. "I hate it as much as you do, but put yourself in their paws."

Eagleheart sighed softly, "There are always dark times that well come, but brighter times always shine through the darkness in the end." Said the rational optimistic.

Duskwhisper remained silent, he didn't really leave anyone in the clans, so he didn't know what to say.

Eagleheart grunted softly, "Did you have to bring my death into that?" He asked with narrowed eyes, "I managed to make it to the medicine den and survive for a moon and sunrise before I died thank you." He snorted.

Redpetal rested her head on her paws, thinking about it. She was going to say something to Hawkfury to shut down his argument, but hearing him shut down by Sandrose quieted her as well.

(And to semi-sorta lighten the mood)

Two kits barreled in-between the group. One was Maplekit, Scarstar and Hawkfur's kithood friend who had died of Greencough. The other was Owlkit, Rockfall and Pidgeonsong's bother, Rosefeather's son who had been born ill. They were play fighting, Maplekit bigger than Owlkit as she had been about four moons old when she had died, and Owlkit had been two and a half moons old.

Redpetal purred softly, Owlkit being her grandson.

Maplekit giggled softly as she looked up at Hawkfury, "Then stop sweeping your tail around so much!" She squeaked.

Owlkit looked up at Sandrose, his eyes wide, though he said nothing. He had never really spoken before, born sick had prevented him from ever learning to speak, and because of his age, no one was sure if he ever would speak, even in starclan.

(Bye bye!)

Maplekit squeaked as his tail hit her nose, causing her to sneeze and knocking her back. Shaking her head in confusion, she jumped back to her paws and tried to catch his tail.

Owlkit gave a soft little squeak, darting forward and hiding between Redpetal's front paws, trying to hide in her fur.

Redpetal purred softly, "He's been in Starclan for a long time, but he's still very shy it seems."

Maplekit watched his tail with wide eyes, her head twitching from side to side as she watched it. After a moment, she darted towards it, trying to trap it under her paws.

Redpetal nodded slightly, tilting her head down and nudging Owlkit until she scooted him out from between her paws. "Go play Owlkit." She purred softly, and the tiny tom scampered back over to Maplekit and Hawkfury, though he mostly watched.

Maplekit wrinkled her nose up when he said moor-runner, her whiskers twitched, "I wanted to be a tunneler!" She squeaked.

Owlkit was trying to climb up Eagleheart's back now, who was near Hawkfury and Maplekit. Eagleheart didn't try to stop the young kit, rather had his tail under him instead.

Redpetal purred softly, "I remember when Rosefeather had always tried to catch someone's tail when she was kit, I don't remember, was it Hawkfury or Eagleheart who she accidentally clawed up their tail?"

Maplekit giggled softly, "Stealthkit funny! Us and Hawkkit grew up together!" She squeaked, always referring to Scarstar by Stealthkit and Hawkfur as Hawkkit, because to her, despite being fully grown, they were both kits still. "We were all going to be tunnelers, but those two were scared!"

Hawkfur grunted softly, "No all of us are meant for those tight spaces." He rumbled from his place by Scarstar.

Redpetal purred softly, "It probably was, she was never good at remembering to sheath her claws."

(I don't think he expected to be named THAT close though XD)

Scarstar snorted softly, having decided to take up tunneling when she had become leader, so she could understand the jobs she sent her tunnelers on.

Maplekit tilted her head to the side before nodding, "I do!"

Redpetal laughed happily at that, "I felt old when I was still alive!"

(That'll be amusing!)

Maplekit looked up at him, as if she was thinking. She didn't know many fighting techniques, only what she had seen of the cats while she watched from Starclan. After a moment, she seemed to have decided and suddenly darted forward, right under Hawkfury's paws. Being that she was a kit, she had extreme tiny size to both her advantage, and her disadvantage.

"I didn't do much fighting." Redpetal reminded Sandrose, her ear flicked slightly, "I joined the nursery the day I received my warrior name, so the only fighting I really saw, was when someone was mousebrained enough to enter the nursery."

Redpetal shrugged her shoulders, "I only did what I knew how to do."

"Gotta be fast!" Maplekit squeaked, hiding underneath Hawkfury and attempting to match her pawsteps with his so she would stay under him.

Maplekit giggled softly from under him. "But tiny beats big!" She squeaked, before kicking at one of his back legs.

Redpetal purred softly, looking at the toms play with the two kits. Eagleheart was currently laying on his back, Owlkit standing on his belly.

Maplekit huffed before she started scrambling around, weaving in and out of Hawkfury's legs before she crouched down. Wiggling her back end around, she tried to jump to land on his back, but she smacked straight into his side instead.

Redpetal shrugged lightly, "Don't know. It depends on those that were alive when we were, to pass down our legacies."

Maplekit huffed softly, shaking her head from the headbutt, "I-I was trying to jump on your back!"

Redpetal snickered lightly, "You did have them quite young. Rosefeather had just become an apprentice when Scarstar became leader."