Thymeclan New members needed

Icewhisper froze at Irisheart's words and quickly closed her eyes in sadness. After a few seconds she looked over at Irisheart and Elmsong then she went over to Thymestar again, hoping that he wouldn't lose another live. She gently but still firmly placed a paw on him to indicate that he should just lay down and not move too much. While it looked like the bleeding had slowed Thymestar didn't seem to be any better and Icewhisper began to suspect that he had more than just external wounds and a broken rib.

Darkclaw finally stepped back from the fox when he saw that Sakura was actually feeling sorry for it. He looked down for a moment, not wanting to feel bad for it too. Once more he thought of Thymestar and the rest of his patrol and after some hestitation he lifted his paw to deal the killing blow to the fox.

Rapid’s eyes widened as both strikes connected with her body. She gasped for a few more breaths before calmly lying her head down and exhaling her last breath.

(I might have just shed a tear 😭 This isn’t helping my grief. (My pet, Dusty the praying mantis, died today so yeah.)

Sakura bowed her head as the fox’s spirit left its body. She could feel it near and she let out a whimper. Then, looking at Nightwhisker, she mewed, “I think we’re all ok. Let’s head back.” She glanced at the fox again. “We should bury it first. It was just another living creature like us, trying to survive.” Sakura hoped the others would agree, she didn’t want the fox’s body to go to the crows.

(I'm sorry about your mantis Robin 😢)

Irisheart beckoned Flowerbreeze over with her tail, Flowerbreeze was too far to hear but she understood. She walked over and settled down next to her sister. "Thank you." Irisheart murmured back at Spottedbreeze's words. Mothstripe moved to sit by the edge of camp, watching Icewhisper work on Thymestar with worry.

(Fudgeeee the notifications notification bburied in my notification, can someone fill me in real quick please?!)

(Also thanks phone for being dumb. 🤦‍♀️ okay, thanks morior)

DuskPelt paced outside the camp, before finally slipping into the entrance and padding towards the edge of camp near the nursery, watching the going ons. It was a hard day for the clan... She wondered what would happen now. It didn't look like ThymeStar would pull through, and the warrior sighed heavily.

DuskPelt purred her appreciation softly and leaned into YarrowFurs touch. "I hope so. I just fear what this will bring for the clan" She meowed softly as she stopped by the camp edge and turns to sit, gazing out at the clan. It was somber and quiet, and the molly wrapped her tail around her paws protectively. Leaning into her mate, she licked his cheek, letting his presence comfort her

Adderheart looked back and forth between Nightwhisker and Sakura. The former loner had agreed to fight the fox, knowing that they might have to kill it, and now she wanted to bury it? But then again maybe it wasn't such a terrible idea. She wouldn't mind it if some crows found the fox but it could also attract other creatures. Adderheart turned to Nightwhisker. "It won't take too long. Maybe you can go back now and we'll come once we're done? We don't need even more dangerous creatures here. It would be better if they don't find the fox." She respectfully dipped her head to the deputy before she continued. "Please go see Thymestar. The three of us can handle this."

Heronflight silently watched from her spot in front of the elders' den. While she sat too far from the group to make out what they were saying she could guess well enough what was going on. She slowly got up and padded over to them, sitting down next to Flowerbreeze and Irisheart but kept a bit of distance to give them space.

Silverpaw glanced at Honeypaw out of the corner of his eyes. He knew she had no way of knowing for certain but he still felt grateful for her reasuring words. "You're right. I just wish they were back already," he said.

Icewhisper went to check on Wovensight for a moment while Spottedbreeze tended to Thymestar. She nodded to Palepaw who was already cleaning Wovensight's wounds and brought some more cobwebs and herbs, chewing the latter into a poultice. Once she was done she applied the cobwebs and poultice to Wovensight's wounds, making sure it would stop the bleeding. She instructed Snowdapple and Palepaw to press the cobwebs to Wovensight for a while, until the bleeding slowed enough or stopped, and hurried back to Thymestar.

Foxkit followed his mother into the nursery, not daring to look back at the other cats. He padded over to his nest and tried to sleep.

Weaselkit wanted to protest as Ferrettail led her and her brothers to the nursery but thought better of it. She sat down by the entrance and tried to glimpse outside.

Wolfkit nodded and followed the others. Once inside he sat down near Ferrettail.

Nightwhisker eyed Sakura, his ears flattening a bit. He couldn't agree with her. While the fox may be surviving just like any other creature he couldn't look past the damage it had done, thinking about Wovensight, Thymestar, and Elmsong who all had to literally be dragged back to camp. "Do what you want with the body." He responded, though there was a bit of irritation in his voice. He glanced between Darkclaw and Adderheart and nodded his head towards them. "I'll meet you back at camp." He said before he turned and took off running through the territory back to camp to check on Thymestar and the others.

Honeypaw shifted uncomfortably. She didn't want to look at the injured cats anymore. It made her heart ache. And poor Asterpaw, now he had to put his training on hold.

Palepaw did as Icewhisper instructed, pressing cobwebs to Wovensight's wounds. His eyes were narrowed with concentration and worry but he remained silent, trying to keep calm and not freak out about it. Good warriors adapted to whatever was thrown at them without panicking, right?

Spottedbreeze took a small step back, looking carefully over Thymestar's body. He still looked like he was in so much pain but his wounds had been covered in cobwebs and marigold. She glanced towards the medicine cat who had left her to tend to Wovensight next. "Icewhisper, I think I've done all I can for Thymestar." She said quietly. Now they must wait to see if he would pull through.

Robinbreeze Mothstripe watched as Nightwhisker returned to camp alone. That seemed to worry her a bit, and she left camp to go find the second patrol. She saw Sakura, Adderheart, and Darkclaw burying the fox. "So you killed it." She said, looking relieved though her voice was still edged with sadness for the injured cats. "At least the Clan won't have to worry about it again." she said, stepping in beside Sakura to help bury the fox.

"You think it was going to eat our warriors if it could?" Mothstripe shivered. "I'm glad we managed to get Thymestar and Wovensight back to camp in time then." She stared down at her paws somberly as she continued to shove more earth over the fox's body. "Things are not so good back at camp. We've lost one warrior already and we're worried Thymestar might also lose his final life. I believe he has lost two already. They can't do much for his wounds." she sighed.

"Thymestar received nine lives when he became leader. Over the course of his time as leader he has lost most of his lives, now he has only one or two left I would guess." Mothstripe explained. "If Nightwhisker has to make the journey soon to become leader, as he is the deputy he will be leader next, he will receive nine lives and be called Nightstar afterwards." she explained. "Asterpaw is okay, he may have a rough recovery ahead of him for his leg, but he will live. It was Elmsong, the warrior who brought Asterpaw back and told you where the fox attack was."

Mothstripe bit onto the fox's back and helped Sakura drag it into the hole. Part of her bristled at how casually Sakura seemed to be taking the news, but she tried to suppress it. She's new to the Clan and barely knows anyone well enough to care, She thought.

As the four cats dropped the fox into the hole, Sakura stepped back a moment before beginning to kick dirt over the body. When that was finished, Sakura turned and headed out of the clearing.

Once the fox was buried the two tabbies made their way back to camp, following Mothstripe and Sakura. Darkclaw stopped for a second to look back at where they had buried the fox, then he continued padding after his clanmates. Meanwhile Adderheart had passed the other two she-cats, wanting to get back to camp as soon as possible. She slowed down a little when Mothstripe began to talk to Sakura.