Horizonclan-The cats that rule the desert(2-clan rp){Open}

1.Owl Tree- A desert willow tree that is covered in numerous claw marks set into the bark. It used to be home to the first medicine cat of Horizonclan, Owlstream, before she had joined the clan.

2.Glimmering Oasis- An oasis that often the source for water for the clan. It is a popular spot for the cats of Horizonclan, and with it not being located far from camp.

3.Snake Pit- A dangerous pit located on the north most point of the territory, it is a steep drop down into a small cavern infested with deadly snakes. Going here is strictly forbidden, as the snakes are able to get out, so even being on the edge isn't safe.

4.Dangerous Sands - quick sand that resides throughout various places of the territory. It traps any cat that gets in it, while occasionally easy to spot if one pays close enough attention, but even the most trained warrior can often miss it. Very rarely is one able to escape it on their own.

5.Jumping Platforms- A series of rocks located in the northwest, of the territory. While multiple rocks are scattered about the desert, this area is one that is special due to the distance between the rocks being the best for training.

6.Ancient Eolian- A cave that is in one of the mountains that reside in the desert, it isn’t far from camp, the cave is a popular resting point for patrols, deeper inside it is a small series of caves, that the clan often makes sure is empty of any predators or intruders, as this is where they lay their deceased clanmates to rest, due to the secluded nature of it.

1.Festival of the Sparrow- A festival held on the Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice. In greenleaf they hold various tournaments for both warriors and apprentices to compete in and have fun. Winners usually receive some kind of reward.

2.Rite of Passage- When it is time for a warrior to retire, they travel back to the Owl Tree, where they will find the marks they made at the start of their warriorship, and remark the place at an angle, to symbolize that chapter now closed of their life.

3.Day of Remembrance- Held at the end of leafbare. The clan holds a week long feast, where they are free to socialize as much as they want. It is a peaceful time for the clan, as they just take the time to acknowledge everything they have gone through, and give thanks for making it through any hardships, but also remembering those they lost.

4.Courting- Horizonclan when a cat wishes to be mates with another will begin to court that cat. This is started by getting a blessing from the cat's parents, or in cases they are dead or are estranged, a medicine cat. The courter will present the courtee with various gifts, only one per day, from feathers to stones to whatever the cat desires that they feel the courtee might like. There is no limit to how long a courtship might take, it will end when either the courtee accepts or rejects the courter.

5.Tattoos- When a cat dies, a tattoo is dyed into their fur, using a berry like poultice. Depending on the cats rank, the more elaborate. It is to show respect to the dead cat and acknowledge their work towards the clan.

6.Brave the Journey- When apprentices are made warriors, instead of a vigil over night, they instead go on a quest to the edge of the territory, where the Owl Tree resides. Where they mark the tree alongside the numerous other marks from warriors before them. It is just done to help them use their various skills they gained as an apprentice, and get to leave their mark in the clan’s history alongside the other claw marks of the cats that done it before them.

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Warriors(no limit)

Flamegust | 52 Moons | Tom | Horizonclan Warrior; Barrenclan Deputy | Homosexual | Flamegust is a thin white tom with large orange tabby patches on his head and back. His ears and tail are also orange. He has yellow eyes. | Flamegust is often reserved and contemplative nowadays, though he does like to strike up a conversation every now and again with Horizonclan members. He is VERY protective of the Barrenclan survivors. | Flamegust was a newly appointed deputy in the prime of his life when Barrenclan fell. He was always a charismatic tom, making a point to get to know everyone in his clan, from elder to kit. It was one of the reasons Dovestar had appointed him as deputy. They knew they could count on him to check in on everyone in the clan, and to be in the know on everything. And while he was quite proud of himself and his new role, he was woefully unprepared for what came. When Rivuletclan attacked, he was cozy and asleep in the warrior's den, blissfully unaware of the tragedies that struck outside. It was a great flaw of his, he was a heavy sleeper. He was woken up in a start by his mate Hawkshadow. As he arrived to the chaos outside, he saw Dovestar cornered outside her den, but was cut off in his approach by a much larger she cat. He used wit and guile to escape her claws, and a lot of help from Hawkshadow. As his mate covered for him he tried to find Dovestar, but alas arrived to a crumpled body pooled in blood. As he saw the tide of battle turn for the worst around him, he spotted Brokenpetal hurrying by in the shadows with two injured warriors. Flamegust rushed over to meet them. As he ran, he caught sight of Hawkshadow being piled by multiple warriors. He so desperately wanted to call out to his mate, but knew that would only danger the cats quietly slinking away. Instead, he turned tail and ran, coming back only when it was too late.

Flamegust has since spent many sleepless nights reliving the night of the attack. He often wakes up in the middle of the night and will even spend time with the Night Dwellers. He still does like to try to get to know those in the new clan, but it is hard for him to focus nowadays. He has become rather disheveled and thin, struggling to do basic tasks on most days. He makes it a daily routine to check in with his brethren, the survivors of Barrenclan, forever worried that he will lose them like he lost the rest. Flamegust spends most of his time doing warrior tasks solo or with the other survivors of Barrenclan, or staring into the oasis contemplating the horrors of his past. | None | Mate: Hawkshadow | Other | Plasmaquake

Sandbrush | 54 Moons | She Cat | Warrior | Homoexual
Sandbrush is a tall dilute torby and white she-cat with a plumed tail and orange eyes | Sandbrush is an adventurous and outgoing she cat. She is always out looking for the next adventure to go on, even at her age. She isn’t too serious and tends to not take things as serious as they need to be, instead looking at the lighter side of things. She is hot-headed, quick to get riled up or angry. She is vocal about her opinions. While she doesn’t understand every aspect of clan politics, she is vocal when she does.
Sandbrush was an outsider, originally traveling with her rogue family. The family stayed with the clan for a while, when Sandbrush’s mother fell ill. She choose to stay behind after growing to enjoy the life of the clan. She often doubted her decision for a few days after her family left the clan, and had attempted once to go out and find them, but she eventually found that she did feel at home with the clan more then the life her family lived, and returned once more. | Open | Crush/Mate Open | Other |Ember34

Cedarfrost | 48 Moons | Tom | Warrior | Demisexual

A light brown tom with dark brown patches and icy blue eyes. | He is a serious cat who detests laziness and weakness. He also doesn't think too highly of cats who aren't clanborn, at least until he thinks they've proven themselves to be trustworthy and reliable. While he can be very harsh to those he sees as useless, not serious enough, weak or stupid and will also criticise others for tiny mistakes he cares a lot about Horizonclan and wants everyone to reach their full potential, as any of his former apprentices will know all too well. He might even give some advice to any young cat who's brave enough to approach him and will try to be patient with them. Despite his dislike for weakness he can be surprisingly kind to clanmates who are old, sick or injured and will always make sure that they get enough food. | Cedarfrost was born and raised in Horizonclan. As a kit he was a very fearful cat who hated to leave the nursery. The clan would jokingly say that he was even afraid of his own shadow. When he became an apprentice however he lost that fearful side of his, instead turning into an eager and cheerful apprentice who loved to compete with others but also knew how to encourage them. He stayed that way for his entire training but after he became a warrior Cedarfrost slowly became more serious and more strict with himself and his clanmates. He already got to mentor quite a few cats, each having turned into a respectable warrior. Cedarfrost became even more harsh towards others after Rivuletclan destroyed Barrenclan, not wanting the same thing to happen to Horizonclan. He is smypathetic towards the former Barrenclan cats and has accepted them as his clanmates which also means that he treats them the same as he does everyone else. | Open | Open | Other |Pineclaw

Aspenwing | 39 Moons | She Cat | Warrior | Bisexual
A light brown tabby she cat with a white underbelly. She has green eyes. | Aspenwing is a gentle she cat, who loves those she is close with dearly. She often struggles though to make meaningful relationships, due to the way things were with her parents. Aspenwing is often quick to scold young cats over small things, especially when things they do could have been dangerous. She worries about her kits often and fears losing them as well.
Born in Barrenclan, she had two other littermates with her. Her father was never around, as he had no interest being apart of his kits lives, and had instead already moved on to being with a new she cat. As a result her mother started to develop resentment towards her and her littermates. She was excited for her apprentice ceremony and had chosen to go the path of a Digger, cats that were training to become Charters, wanting to explore the other caves that made up the territory. She soon grew close with another Digger, Dapplepaw, and eventually when the two became warriors, became mates. She was expecting their first litter when the attack happened. She sadly lost her mate during the attack, the other cat attacking a Rivuletclan cat, but sadly they lost their life in the fight. She has chosen to not take on a new mate due to wanting to remain loyal to Dapplefrost. | Spirepaw, Smolderpaw, Antlerpaw, Tumblepaw | None | Other | Ember34

Quicksand | 34 | She-cat | warrior | straight

A cream siamese, with a brown legs, tail and face mask. They have a round face, and round gold eyes. | A warm and friendly She-cat. Quicksand is fiercely energetic and though means well she tends to stick her nose in everyones business. Quicksand moves with incredible speed and accuracy, and is a great fighter. | Quicksand was born and raised in Horizonclan. Her parents were not on great terms. The two refused to leave each other but didn't get along very well. Her father was very often pushed her concerns and worries onto Quicksand and her mother always stuck her nose int Quicksand’s business. She did her best to be a good daughter but felt like she was walking on eggshells for most of her kithood.

| Open | Open | Other |QUACK

Swanflight | 34 moons | male | warrior | bisexual
a large, long-furred gray and white tabby maine coon with narrowed green eyes. | despite his large size and imposing stature, swanflight is an extremely soft-hearted feline. he is an intelligent individual with an impressive memory. he rarely boasts about his intelligence, though he does get easily frustrated when other around him struggle to grasp concepts that he may find easy. despite this, he never believes anyone is below him and treats everyone with immense respect, especially cats that are older than him. he can often be snippety and short with others, mostly whenever he feels overwhelmed or anxious, whenever he feels too busy or he is pulled in multiple directions. swanflight isn't the best when it comes to multi-tasking, when he is working on something, he struggles to hold a conversation with another unless it is about the activity in which he is working on. he doesn't like to argue, and even when the other cat may be in the wrong, sawnflight will concede and say they are correct in order to quickly dispel the argument at paw. while he tries to look on the positive side of things, swanflight can't help but peek at the pessimistic aspects of every situation, warning other of the potentials. he has a large heart for everyone, and he cares just a little too much, even for those who don't deserve his adoration.
swanflight was born to a loner mother outside of the clan and spent the first three moons of his life wandering until she brought him and his siblings to horizonclan to be with their very well respected warrior for a father. he was born in a litter of three, consisting of one brother and one sister. growing up, swanflight rarely got along with his brother, though he and his sisters were as thick as thieves. their mother was very lenient, she wasn't ready to become a mother when she did and therefore she rarely kept a close eye on the three kittens. she was more of a friend than a mother to them and even insisted on them calling her by her name rather than 'mother'. their father, on the other paw, was much older than their mother and much more strict in his parenting. he expected nothing but excellence from the three of them. despite the strict upbringing their father forced upon them, swanflight and his sister managed to get into a lot of trouble, recking havoc amongst those in the nursery. they managed to get into so much trouble that their father made it so that their apprentice ceremony was delayed by a whole moon. despite his rebellious kithood and his rocky apprenticeship, swanflight managed to grow to be a fine warrior.
mother - open, father - open, ferncreek - brother, honeystorm - sister | open | brethren | daydreams

coyoteflame | 29 moons | molly | warrior | bisexual
a beautiful, long-furred brown molly with slightly lighter brown patches and green eyes. | despite being half outsider, coyoteflame is a respectable warrior who is highly guided by her heart, meaning she often forgets to look on the logical side of things. she is reliable and often the source of advice for those close to her, or simply those who need to hear a wise word of advice. she is open-minded and always willing to try out new things or see from someone else's perspective, as long as said perspective doesn't harm her family or friends. she is highly protective of those close to her, almost too much to the point that she forgets that they are more than independent from her.
coyoteflame was born to the third litter belonging to antblaze, and the first litter born to an outsider mother. her mother wasn't very fond of kittens, so she dumped her litter inside of horizonclan's territory, where they were promptly found and taken back to camp and raised by a nursing queen. | antblaze [father] jackalleap [half-brother] forsythiabreeze [half-sister] albatrosspaw [half-brother] alligatorpaw [half-brother] honeysucklepaw [half-sister] wolfpaw[half-brother] hyraxkit [half-brother] other siblings are more than welcome! her mother is an outsider, and is open to be played. | open | daydreams

sunfrost | 25 moons | molly | warrior | heterosexual
a fluffy, long-furred white and ginger molly with blue-green eyes. | sunfrost is a very loving and supportive cat, she's always there for someone who needs a friend to listen or a shoulder to cry on. the molly is a very compassionate cat who is always more than willing to help out. she has a deep love for kits and can always be found playing around with them in her spare time. she trusts a little too deeply which can make her naive and gullible as well as easily tricked, however trick her once and her trust will forever be broken. sunfrost has a sharp tongue, which has gotten her into more trouble than she would like to admit. she doesn't hold back and is known for being quick witted and rather insensitive when she gets going.
sunfrost's history begins with her mother, yellowpetal. in her youth, yellowpetal was wild and troublesome, rarely listening to others. so, it came as no shock when she got involved with a loner named rocky. originally, her involvement with the loner had simply been her defying her mother, smallfoot. however, yellowpetal did end up falling pregnant with rocky's kits. rocky was unreliable, he never stayed in one place for long, so he said, and he wasn't interested in the clan life, no matter how much yellowpetal begged. as her pregnancy progressed, her mother banned her from leaving horizonclan's camp, and the pregnant queen was in no condition to fight her mother.
yellowpetal gave birth to two kits; sunkit and cloudkit. the queen was very weak after the birth of her kits, and couldn't leave camp for another moon. when she was finally well enough that she could sneak away, keeping her kits safe with another nursing queen, yellowpetal left in search of rocky. however, she could not find him at any of his hiding places in horizonclan's territory, or right outside it. the queen was saddened, for her lover would never know that he was a father.
the queen raised her kittens as a single mother, showering sunkit and cloudkit in enough love to make up for their missing father. the two kits knew not to question their mother about their father's whereabouts, they had been awaken many nights to hear their mother weeping over the lost tom to know that it was a subject best left tucked away. however, this opened up plenty of teasing opportunities with other kittens. sunkit and cloudkit were often mocked for having an outsider as a father, one that ran away at that. while cloudkit did nothing to defend his mother, father, himself, or his sister, sunkit had no problem striking at them, verbally and physically. this left sunkit in a lot of trouble during their youth.
sunkit and cloudkit were both very close with their mother, even as apprentices. whenever they weren't training, sunpaw and cloudpaw could always be found at their mother's side. it was at this age that yellowpetal started opening up about her former lover. she told her kits stories about the passionate love she once shared with rocky. like her mother, these stories inspired sunpaw's love life. since she was a kit, sunpaw had had a crush on her best friend, gannetpaw. her mother's stories inspired her to confess her love to him, and she was well and truly shocked to find that he felt the same way. they promised each other that they would become mates as warriors, and they did. at their naming ceremony, they came out as lovers and mates.
the couple became parents young, sunfrost fell pregnant at only fifteen moons. it was unplanned, the two warriors had wanted to build off enough respect within the clan before starting a family. however, their plans didn't work out as sunfrost found out she was expecting. with her mother's help, the young queen got through her pregnancy and the birth of her three kits, which she named deerkit, tumblekit, and sweetkit. like her mother had been, sunfrost promised herself to be heavily involved in the lives of her kits, building a friendship with all three of them, being the parent they could talk to without hesitation. however, since she was still very young, yellowpetal also helped the young couple raise their kits. though, being as young as they are and raising their kits together, gannetwing distanced himself from his mate unintentionally, causing a rift between the two of them. | yellowpetal [mother, open] rocky [father, unknown whereabouts, open] cloudstep [brother, open] deerpaw [son] tumblepaw [daughter, open] sweetpaw [daughter, open] | gannetwing [distant mate, open] | daydreams

wisteriaflower | 23 moons | molly | warrior | heterosexual
a tall, strongly built molly with long ginger fur, a white muzzle, chest and underbelly and leaf green eyes. | wisteriaflower has a rather calm disposition, it takes quiet a lot to get her riled up or upset. she is often seen alone due to her rather antisocial and introverted nature. she has very few close friends. she doesn't like when others pry into her personal life. she is an observant feline, and due to being rather quiet, very few tend to know she is around whenever they are talking, meaning she learns things she often shouldn't know. she has a big heart and can't help but care for those around her. she tends to wear her emotions on her face, and it doesn't take a lot to guess what she may be thinking or feeling. she has a sharp tongue, which has gotten her into her fair share of trouble.
wisteriaflower was a young warrior when the attack on barrenclan occurred. most of it still feels like a fever dream to her, and she often finds herself suppressing the memories. | open to family members | open | daydreams

Missingclaw | 18 Moons | Tom | Warrior | AroAce
Missingclaw is a small, muscular tom. His fur is black and lilac, with a white stripe down his back and white legs. He has large bright blue eyes. His claws are shorter than most cats, making it seem like he doesn’t have any. | Missingclaw is a hardworking and fearless cat, and never is one to back down from any challenge that is issues towards him. He is known for being incredibly stubborn, and doesn’t help his competitive nature, as he will never know when to quit. He is accident prone, and due to his stubborn nature, he always ends up with some kind of injury.
Missingclaw was born in Barrenclan. He had only been an apprentice when the attack and downfall of his clan occurred. During it he had tried his best to ensure the safety of a kit, Beekit, that he had stumbled across after the nursery was destoryed. He joined Horizonclan like the rest of his surviving clanmates.  | None | None | Other | Ember34


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Night Dwellers(no limit)

Bristleflight | 58 Moons | Non Binary | Night Dweller | Aroace
Bristleflight is a disheveled cream tabby cat with a bushy tail and dark blue eyes | Bristleflifht is a cat that often keeps to themself, never one to really build relationships with other cats. They prefer to keep their head down and just get their work done, which has caused for them to have no real opinion when it comes to clan politics, as long as the leader is competent they have no care for what orders are given out. They hate working with younger cats finding them to be to care free.
Born in Horizonclan, both of their parents were warriors of the clan. When they were ready to become an apprentice, they chose the path of being a twilight. They had two different mentors in their training, due to one night out on a patrol, their first mentor, Lionsoul, died in a fight with a pack of coyotes. Their second mentor was a she cat named, Lilacfrost, was excited to finish their training, though Bristleflight wasn’t interested in her being their mentor, which often caused fights between the two cats.. | Littermates Open, Brightsky | None | Other | Ember34

erilyshaze | 28 moons | molly | night dweller | bisexual
a stunning, white molly with soft gray patches and one blue eye and one green eye | erilyshaze holds an air of mystery around her. she is a closed off cat with few close friends, though her love and devotion to both them and her clan is unmatched. she is secretive and doesn't tend to share person emotions and thoughts with many. neither an introvert or an extrovert, erilyshaze isn't one to join in clan frivolous activities, but she will gladly sit on the side lines, watch, and add her inputs from time to time. an active participant in clan life, erilyshaze isn't one to sit around camp all day, and would much rather be out in the middle of a patrol or a hunting party. while she is not necessarily a pessimist, she does have her fair share of worries about the world around her. always the rational one, erilyshaze likes to think things through and doesn't take kindly to impulsivity. she is intuitive and a good judge of character with an analytical mind and a real eye for detail, which makes her an expert at recognizing lies and deceit. she is quite witty but equally critical and scathing, erilyshaze won't hesitate to give you a piece of her mind if you get on her bad side.
born and raised in horizonclan. erilyshaze was one of the unfortunate mollies to fall for the charm of antblaze. their union together produced her daughter, honeysucklepaw. during her pregnancy, erilyshaze refused to be alone and her sister, fritillarystorm, always slept in the nursery with her while she cried to her about antblaze. when her sister fell pregnant to the same tom she would cry to her about, erilyshaze cut off her sister with immediate haste. the feud between the two sisters is well known. | mother [open] father [open] fritillarstorm [sister] honeysucklepaw [ daughter] wolfpaw[son] hyraxkit [nephew] | open | daydreams

Rainsong | 36 Moons | Tom | Night Dweller | Demisexual

A white-and-black mottled tom with green eyes. | He can be a little withdrawn at times and usually doesn't like spending time with multiple cats at once unless its for hunting or border patrols. Whenever he's not hunting or patrolling he's wandering around the clan's territory, just enjoying the scenery. Can be a bit of a dreamer and a mystic. He enjoys giving meaning to the most mundane things.

Rainsong was born and raised in Horizonclan. As a Twilight he loved to wander off and find somewhere to retreat to but despite that he still did really well in his training and has grown into a dependable cat. He still loves to just walk around by himself but will only do so after he's done with his duties. Rainsong was part of the patrol lead by Alertstar to aid Barrenclan when they were attacked by Rivuletclan and having see the aftermath himself he's grown to despise Webstar and any Rivuletclan cat who thinks like him but he doesn't hate the clan as a whole because he knows that not everyone there can be blamed. | Open | Open | Other | Pineclaw

Rattlefang | 35 Moons | Non Binary | Night Dweller | Pansexual
A black tom with amber eyes. They have long legs, and curled ears. | Rattlefang comes off as an intimidating cat, without meaning to, it is just due to their tendency of keeping to themselves, and the demeanor they carry themselves with. Rattlefang is very dependable, always working to get things done that are expected of them. They are short tempered and tend to lash out when others don’t take situations as serious as they should. They are stubborn and tend to not back down, and often takes them a while to apologize when they hurt someone.
Rattlefang used to be a rogue, known as Corvus, that resided in the desert. They at first had no intention on joining any of the clans that resided in the area, as they found it strange. But after a rough leafbare that was affecting even the desert prey, they struggled with having to compete with Horizonclan for food, and they ended up getting into a fight with a patrol over a jackrabbit. They ended up losing the fight, and grew to catch white cough as a result of them trying to recover from the injuries. Horizonclan’s medicine cat ended up helping them out, and it was a cause for them to decide to join the clan. They were given their name of Rattlefang, and they choose to become a night dweller. | Open | Crush/Mate Open | Other | Ember34

ferncreek | 34 moons | male | night dweller | bisexual - heavy male lean
a feminine, long-furred white maine coon with gray patches on his head and a gray tail, with pale green eyes. | ferncreek is a feline of few words. he is careful about what he says and when he says it. he has heard more than his fair share of an earful about what others think about his former upbringing before coming to horizonclan. while his faith in starclan lacks, he rarely speaks on it for fear of backlash. don't get him wrong, however, because he is elusive and attractive, a skilled warrior with a silver tongue to match, and he has no problem manipulating others as long as it's for the benefit of his clan or those he deeply admires. he has a tendency to be extremely distrustful towards others. he finds it easy to show compassion towards others, however when the roles are reversed, he is more than willing to tell them to take their compassion and shove it.
history is the same as swanflight | mother - open, father - open, swanflight - brother, honeystorm - sister | open | daydreams

Batflight | 30 moons | She-cat |Horizonclan Night dweller| Straight |

Batflight is an almost pure black, smooth furred She-cat with narrow, striking amber eyes that seem to pierce into the soul. The only hint of color she has are thin, white, horizontal, stripes on her eyelids. She has a slim but muscular build. Unfortunately, her pelt color makes her stand out like a thorn in the daytime.| Batflight is a rather prickly cat due to her father being harsh about her needing to train and become strong. This made her not respect cats that don't have a lot of fighting abilities. That being said, she strives to make others around her stronger and offers a lot of encouragement when it comes to improvement. She isn't about perfection in others but progress, although she can be very tough on herself and tries to hide her insecurities|

Batflight was born and raised in the clan with her father. Her mother had passed away when she was born and is an only child| to be determined later| N/A crush or mate, but open to it |brethren|Ghost Writer

Scorpionstalk | 29 moons | Tom | Night dweller | bisexual |

A tall, lanky, dappled chocolate tortie-tabby. His tortoiseshell markings are subtle, giving his pelt a mottled appearance. | A quiet and very hardworking tom, It's rare to find him not working, as the tom is incapable of sitting still, which often affects relationships and it makes him come off across as never wanting to spend time with cats he cares about. Scorpionstalk tends to overwork himself and he often collapses from exhaustion. | Born a loner, Scorpionstalk joined Horizonclan as an kit. His mother, who had already lost one of her kits to Rivuletclan, decided to leave them with the Horizonclan cats. They do not know their father and would prefer to keep it that way.

| Open | Crush/Mate open | if anyone in Rivuletclan wants to claim Scorpionstalk's lost siblings please do! | QUACK

Foxkit was running through camp, dodging warriors who were in his way and passing some of the dens, and carefully glanced behind him. His eyes widened when he saw how close Weaselkit had gotten already and he forced himself to run even faster. He leaped to the side and immediately went back to running. With a satisfied smile he heard Weaselkit's indignant yowl as she skidded to a halt, her attempt to leap at him to bring him down ending in failure, and another yowl as Wolfkit and Stoatkit bumped into her. "Don't let him get away!" she ordered and soon the three were coming after Foxkit again. "That stinky coyote won't leave our camp alive!" Wolfkit and Stoatkit shouted their agreement. 

It didn't take them long this time to catch up and soon he saw Wolfkit and Weaselkit closing in from behind on both sides. Foxkit glanced over his shoulder again and saw Stoatkit also not being too far behind. She shot him a victorious grin and with a yowl she suddenly pushed herself off the ground, leaping at him. At almost the same time Wolfkit butted him in the side with his head and Weaselkit, now ahead of him, stepped in his way and dropped down. Wolfkit had already made him stumble but Weaselkit suddenly making herself an obstacle was what finally tripped him up. His paws caught on Weaselkit and he couldn't stop himself from falling over her. He let out a mew of dismay and tried to climb to his paws but he had barely moved as Stoatkit was landing square on top of him, knocking him to the ground again. With a soft meow of defeat he laid still for a second before slowly pushing Stoatkit off of him while Weaselkit let out a triumphant yowl and Wolfkit an amused purr.

Cedarfrost let out a small snort as the kits ran by and briefly followed them with his gaze. They really needed to be more mindful of their clanmates. But it also felt good seeing them play like this. These weren't easy times for Horizonclan but at least the kits still were able to find enjoyment. A small thing that would keep everyone's spirits up, at least a little bit. And every kit should be able to grow up on a clan that made them feel safe. As for their future, Cedarfrost saw a couple things in each of those kits that would get in their way once they were apprentices but while he would criticise a lot of cats, kits and elders were off limits. So for now he had to keep those thoughts to himself, or at least wouldn't voice them in front of the kits or their parents. Besides, they weren't doing anything too bad by running around the camp and making the warriors trip over them. With that thought his gaze wandered back to Alertstar. Now this was a cat who was more deserving of some stern words. As much as Cedarfrost respected his leader he still couldn't tolerate how he was behaving right now. If he wasn't outside his den to see Brokenpetal or grab some food then he shouldn't be out here at all. 

With a grunt Cedarfrost picked up a plump mouse and padded over to Alerstar. He dipped his head, just enough to acknowledge his authority, and sat down the mouse. He pushed it towards the leader but was careful to not get too close to him and not just out of respect. Enough cats were sick already and he didn't want to catch it too. "If you're out here when you're clearly not looking for Brokenpetal and Spirepaw then you could at least eat something, you know," he meowed. "You're not going to get better when you're leaving your den all the time."