Post by Tilu on Jul 30, 2022 15:01:19 GMT -5
Context:
In these Clans, Medicine Cats can have kits, half-clan kits are not, and StarClan lives in the sea; the further down you go the worse the spirits. There are 4 Main layers of StarClan and just let your brain fill in the rest before I start a 3 paragraph explanation.
Murkpaw laid in the sun, overheating. The trees had been burnt in a raging fire that had sparked the prior moon, but the Great Drought wouldn't release the clan from it's grasp, leaving all the shriveled plants without any water. The hunting patrols were bringing back less and less and his mentor Poppyleaf refused to give him his warrior assessment until there was an assessment to be had. He moved over to the pile of charred ticks that used to be the apprentice den and sighed.
Suddenly he could here skidding paws flying at him, but before he could turn around, Heatherkit, Spiderkit, and Blackkit ran into him, toppling him over.
"Sorry Murkpaw" The kits muttered looking ashamed of themselves.
He got to his paws slightly annoyed, the queens and his clanmates as a whole had drilled 'Murkpaw is quite easy to hurt' into everyone's heads, he may not have fur, but he wasn't made of feathers!
"It's fine," He meowed, "I'm guessing you want a story if you came to me of all cats."
"Is it true that StarClan changed us to BarrenClan?"
"I prefer StormClan."
"Does that mean we're stuck with the drought?"
He stood stunned at the questions but answered, "Yes, unfortunately BarrenClan is our new name." He sighed and turned to the kits again, "I'll tell you the story of how we got stuck in this mess if you want."
"Yes please" Spiderkit mewed eagerly, pushing Heatherkit and her brother Blackkit out the way.
He stared up at the sky, the stars invisible in the daylight. Why would you do this StarClan? He took a breath in before starting.
Over 70 moons ago
Roseleaf and Nettlenose had looked on as their Grandkits became apprentices, they weren't that old but he felt it at that point. Their son Jayfoot was a great warrior and respected and his kits; Briarkit, Daffodilkit, and Lionkit, were also shaping up to be. He had been given Lionpaw as the Medicine Apprentice and had decided to take him out of camp.
"Do you want to go see the territory?" He asked him. Lionpaw had excitedly said yes, they had set off on their tour when the largest storm Roseleaf had ever seen began battering down on the valley.
He ran back up the side of the valley into camp where Hornetstar was frantically counting her clanmates, ordering them into the highest dens and move the fresh kill to safe places before camp flooded.
He had been sat in the very small nursery with only the a few elders, his parents, Ravenstripe and Starlingbriar.
The air in the den was thick with tension as if his parents were fearing for their life in this storm and they wanted to tell him something.
"This is the worst storm we've ever seen, StarClan must be angry." Ravenstripe muttered frightened.
"What about?" Roseleaf replied, not expecting an answer. Yet to his surprise his parents stared in an anxious silence at each other, seemingly communicating in nods and worried looks.
"There's something we need to tell you." Starlingbriar whispered. Roseleaf's heart dropped, he knew that tone, something serious had happened.
"Starlingbriar is not your mother." His Father confessed. His Mother, no, clanmate, nodded guiltily. But the real look of guilt came from Ravenstripe, he looked as if he was begging for his life, and if he was correct about the storm he might as well be.
"Your actual mother died at your kitting, she was a CirrusClan she-cat with the prettiest tortoiseshell pelt I ever saw, though she could never beat your mother- erm Starlingbriar." He corrected himself.
Roseleaf couldn't find his words and, he wasn't sure why, maybe in an act of sheer anger, he ran straight into the flooding camp.
He woke up in the sea, the spirits of StarClan shining in the Half-moon's light.
"No, you are not dead." A cat said. "But refrain from talking too much or you may drown before we can take you to the surface. If you have anything to say, it can not be for long."
Roseleaf stared, scared, and blurted everything out, "My mother isn't my mother and I'm apparently a half CirrusClan cat, please forgive my parents"
The spirit stopped and called over another, "This is not supposed to have happened. You, are not supposed to have happened."
The other spirit spoke, "I am your mother, Rosefeather, we were young and I paid the price. We are going to have to remove all unnecessary cats from the clan, they shall join our ranks."
He stopped, what did they mean- how were they going to 'remove unnecessary cats', what did it mean?
(To be continued when I can be bothered)