Thymeclan New members needed

"Tired. It's probably nothing." Yarrowfur shrugged and sat up, shying away from her sniffing his pelt. He curled his tail around his paws again. "Maybe you'll be mentor to either Marshkit or Maplekit when they are old enough." he said, changing the subject.

"It would be about the right time for you to have a first apprentice, you've spend a few seasons as a warrior, but not so many that your training is still fresh in your mind." Yarrowfur said.

Yarrowfur watched the two kits crawl under some roots, mewing to each other excitedly. "I think they're well entertained by themselves. It looks like they're on to something. I don't think I'd want to intrude on their adventure."

"Oh, come on you lazy furball. I'm sure they wouldn't mind." Tuliptail purred, giving him a gentle nudge before trotting over to where the kits were. 

Once Tuliptail reached the kits, she mrrowed in amusement. "StoneClan Rock eh? That's quite an interesting choice of name." She sat down beside them, wrapping her tail over her paws. "What's the meaning behind each of those names?" She asked, tilting her head to the side curiously.

Marshkit started as Tuliptail spoke. "I don't know what to call it. I don't know what the real one is called." He said he stood tall and made a face at her playfully. He bumped into his brother the said "This is Maplestar of Stoneclan he's going to get his 9 lives. And I'm his deputy."

Snowdapple and Coalkit-Open

Snowdapple looked up from her lounging to hear the clan meeting. She cheered with the rest for Willowfrost and then layed back down. She wondered what Wovensight was doing but then dozed off.

Coalkit listened to the clan meeting with
her eyes closed and she didn't cheer for Willowfrost since that would break her silence. She then curled up and watched the clan as they went about life after the meeting.


Ivysplash- Open

The tom listened to the meeting and then picked his way out of camp. He wondered at what it would be like to have neighbors that followed the same guidelines as you. He sighed and started following a scent trail for a mouse.

Basilwhisker with Willowfrost

Basilwhisker chuckled and followed Willowfrost out into the forest. He kept pace with her but hoped she would slow down. "Don't worry about being Willowstar quite yet. Elmstar has been leader for like a moon. And I don't think he's lost a life yet." He soothed his friend.

Frostfeather with Bingo

(He should probably miss it. Being as he hasn't had the practice apprentices have from playing warrior games as kits. Bit its up to you)

Frostfeather watched Bingo take off toward the scent of a mouse. He crouched down and she tried to think of things to tell him to change when he got back. She sat silently though awaiting his return.

Wishkit with Weaselkit

(Awwww these two are too cute.)

Wishkit reached out to touch noses with Weaselkit then faked out and jumped on top of her. She growled and waited for her to fall to the ground. "Hahaha gotcha." She said laughing quietly.

Gazekit and Poppypaw with Silverpaw

Gazekit's eyes widened in wonder when Silverpaw mentioned new and different herbs. "Now I really hope we get to have special gatherings as Medicine cats.

Poppypaw nodded. She was interested in what the toms were talking about but she was thinking of anothet idea. "what if they have different traditions than us? Nothing drastic but some simple thing they do a little different."

Turtlepool with Icewhisper, Wolfkit and Heronflight

Turtlepool waited til the medicine cat and kit were close to her then she repeated herself. "The tick is at the base of my tail." She said turning so they had access to it.

Marshkit with Maplekit, Yarrowfur, and Tuliptail

Marshkit started as Tuliptail spoke. "I don't know what to call it. I don't know what the real one is called." He said he stood tall and made a face at her playfully. He bumped into his brother the said "This is Maplestar of Stoneclan he's going to get his 9 lives. And I'm his deputy."

"Or the Skyroots." Maplekit suggested. "Because the roots are above us, it's like a sky." He looked at Tuliptail. "You can be medicine cat if you want, or a warrior."

Yarrowfur didn't follow after Tuliptail. He glanced around the camp, suddenly feeling a little antsy with so many others around. He pushed himself to his paws and walked to a bush at the edge of camp, crawling underneath it and curling up in the shadows. It was hard to curl up, he felt stiff everywhere and he winced as he finally settled down. I wonder if this is how elders feel, I don't envy them.

Weaselkit - with Wishkit

(They sure are. Wonder what they'll be up to once they're apprentices.)

Weaselkit let out a surprised hiss and with an indignant yowl she tumbled over. "Hey, no fair!" she laughed. "I'll get you for this!" She tried to roll onto her back and batted at Wishkit to force her off of her.

Silverpaw - with Gazekit and Poppypaw

"Oh, I'm sure you will," he purred. It did make sense for the medicine cats to meet up, after all. At Poppypaw's suggestion he nodded eagerly. "You're right, they really could have some traditions of their own," he said. "Now I wished I had asked some of them. Oh well, that will make the gatherings even more interesting!"

Wolfkit - with Turtlepool, Heronflight and Icewhisper

Trying to ignore Icewhisper's gaze on him Wolfkit nodded and got to work, remembering what the apprentices have said about how to remove ticks. Not long after he had dabbed the mouse bile onto the little menace it fell off. Wolfkit glanced at Icewhisper who nodded her approval. Then he looked at the two elders. "Any more ticks or was that the only one?" he asked, still showing no indication to complain about having to work with mouse bile.

Heronflight glanced at the kit but so that it wouldn't be too obvious that she was watching him. At his question she shook her head. "No ticks here, thankfully," she told him cheerfully. "But if Icewhisper or Gazekit find a way to ban them from our camp be sure to tell us."

Icewhisper watched as Wolfkit removed Turtlepool's tick, both to see if he needed her to tell him what to do and to see if he reacted in any way to the foul smelling liquid he had to use. Once the kit was done she nodded. "Now you know the worst part of being an apprentice," she told him with a slight grin but she was still watching him closely. "If they don't have any more ticks I'll show you where you can get the mouse bile off your paws. Trust me, you don't want to lick anything with that stuff on it."

Wishkit backed off of Weaselkit as she batted at her. She tried to figure out her next move and darted in jabbing at her underbelly before darting away again.

Gazekit sounded his agreement to the other clans possibly having special traditions. "That would be cool. Maybe we could adopt some new traditions. I can't think of anything now but we could change some stuff up." He said.

Turtlepool shook her head. "That's all I had. Thanks for getting it." She didn't mention the fact that he didn't complain because somehow she didn't notice it. "Man that stuff stinks. And now its on my fur." She said.

Tuliptail chuckled. “I wouldn’t sleep under there the whole night. It wouldn’t be safe, but we could always continue it the next day if it ever gets too late….hm, I think I’ll be your deputy then.” She meowed triumphantly.

“Oh, sorry young sir. Then, medicine cat it is.” Tuliptail gave a mrrow of amusement. She shook out her pelt to clear up the embarrassment.

Weaselkit - with Wishkit

As Wishkit backed off Weaselkit quickly rolled over and leapt to her paws, but not before Wishkit jabbed at her once. She crouched and shot forward, trying to knock her over or at least throw her off balance.

Silverpaw - with Gazekit and Poppypaw

"I... guess we could," Silverpaw said, surprised that Gazekit would suggest such a thing. He had never really considered it, mostly because he saw nothing wrong with their current traditions and that the older cats probably weren't really open to change. "A new tradition or two wouldn't be too bad. I'm sure there are some things most cats will agree with."

Heronflight, Wolfkit and Icewhisper - with Turtlepool

Heronflight gave an amused snort. "That's just something us elders have to deal with," she said. She would never get used to the stench of mouse bile but better to deal with that than having to put up with ticks. "Remember that whenever you envy us for just lying around all day," she joked. If she found it strange how Wolfkit hadn't shown any disgust she didn't show it. She didn't want to draw attention to it, especially not right in front of him.

Wolfkit dipped his head and was ready to go and let Icewhisper show him how to get the stuff out of his paws. When Turtlepool spoke up again though he froze up. So that's what this was all about. How had he failed to realize that? He knew that mouse bile was supposed to smell awful! Just this morning he and the other kits had briefly brought it up when they discussed what being an apprentice would be like! Now he had completely forgotten to at least pretend to be grossed out by it. "Uh... yeah," he said quickly. "It... it's awful. It's so bad, I can't even express myself properly, haha...!" He nudged Icewhisper. "L-let's go, I can't play with the others like that, they'll mistake me for some smelly evil creature!" Wolfkit turned to the elders once more. "Well, enjoy the afternoon!" With that he picked up the moss and raced towards the medicine den, waiting for Icewhisper to follow.

Icewhisper let out a barely audible sigh and shook her head. She wasn't surprised in the least but she really needed to get Wolfkit to stop trying to hide it. To the elders she meowed "Well, if anything else comes up go send for me. And wait a bit before you go into your den" she added with a good natured smile. She briefly glanced at Wolfkit who was waiting for her near her den. "Guess it's thyme for him, me and Elmstar to talk," she said quietly. Now that there no longer was a way for Wolfkit to deny it she could finally bring it up with him. She turned to the elders again. "Would you two please not share this with anyone, at least until I spoke with Elmstar?" she asked. Even if they hadn't figured it out they had seen Wolfkit's nervousness. She didn't want the whole clan to gossip about it and what it could mean.

(Mother Dark Since we have a StarClan category I decided to write a short reference for Stoatkit. Hope that's okay. Yes, we don't play Starclan cats but having a short description of her won't hurt ^^)

Stoatkit: 0 moons. Stoatkit was a brown-and-white she-cat with amber eyes. Died when she was a few days old, mostly due to her difficulty getting enough milk, barely being able to drink it. Was frail and weak. Pineclaw

(I like to think that she would have been stubborn and imaginative, had she lived, and very close to her littermates. She would also have avoided most clanmates, not wanting to be coddled or pitied by them.)