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

Tumblepaw - Gimmering Oasis - Flamegust

“Oh well, we could find most anything since the prey needs to drink eventually” Tumblepaw informed his mentor “but we’d most likely find Shrew’s, hares, and lizards since there some of the most common prey!” Tumblepaw mewed excitedly, sniffing the air “I don’t think I smell any prey right now “ Tumblepaw mumbled to himself “but” The young tom paused an idea forming in his mind. He quickly turned looking for something, he then pointed to a mound of sand a bit further away from the oasis “We could go up there it’s high enough to see all of the oasis and it’s upwind so we can sneak up on any prey that comes looking for a drink”

Tumblepaw - Gimmering Oasis - Flamegust

Eyes shining Tumblepaw trotted after his mentor. The tom was excited to try it out his plan, in full honesty he had no idea if they'd actually find anything. Tumblepaw tended to be a bit naive regarding innate ability to find the oddest solutions to his problem. Tumblepaw turned stumbling up the snow covered ridge he stopped just bellow the top of the mound and crouched. It was a bit hard to see with the snow but Tumblepaw could manage. Every once in awhile Tumblepaw lifted his head and stopped to listen and smell, turning his ears this way and that. Hoping for some unlucky prey to need a drink.

It was about his third of forth time sniffing the air hopping something would come when his ears twitched in the direction of light foot steps made quieter by the snow. It was far to light to be a cat and much to loud to be a lizzard, possibly a shrew? he'd have to let it wander a bit closer before he could tell. Tumblepaw nudged Flamegust with his nose "I hear something!"

Flamegust sat amused, watching his apprentice check the surroundings. When the young tom mentioned a noise, Flamegust tuned his ears towards the oasis. "Ah yes very good. there is something small scurrying about cautiously down there. Now remember, the snow crunches underfoot and could give away your position, so you must tread very lightly. Don't be afraid to take some time with the approach" he quietly coached his apprentice. They were a decent ways away, so if his apprentice moved too quickly the noise would give him away.


"Quite correct" Brightsky praised. "I am impressed you remembered the Ancient Eolian, many apprentices forget since it is not along a distinct boarder. But it is of course very important we ensure there are no unwanted guests moving in there." They began leading the patrol towards the wooded border with Rivuletclan. "We'll start along the traditional border since there are frequently more cats present there, and is therefore more likely to be moved."

(Are the borders between the clans all rivers? If so, how would they move the borders?)


"Oh yeah that's a great idea!" Spirepaw ran back up towards her mentor and sat down in front of him, giving her shoulder a few licks before turning back to her mentor with her toungue out. "Isth there..." she took a second to adjust her tongue in her mouth with a head shake and by licking her jaws "Is there anything we need to bring with us to collect herbs?" the apprentice inquired. She was starting to get a nervous excitement worked up in her belly. She could not wait to cross the border!

(I am just basing this on things I have seen my dumb 2 year old cat do now xD)

how i am thinking it would work in terms of borders moving, would be akin to sunnyrocks, rivulet would have to cross the river to move the border like how riverclan would cross the river to move it when they had control of sunny rocks, i'll get the border page up in a few)

Copperpaw smiled she had only managed to remember the cave, due to the last time they had been out, and the place had completely left her mind. So she wanted to ensure that she remembered it. She nodded her head to their words. "Sounds good, Brightsky," she said to them. Sandbrush looked to Quicksand, her tail flicking out to the side. "How did you sleep," she asked the other warrior. She had talked to Quicksand much, so she planned to make use of the patrol to get to know her clanmate better.

Brokenpetal-Camp-Spirepaw

"Yes, I believe we still have some leaves in the den we could use to make bundles to carry the herbs," he said to her. He smiled to her. "I'll go fetch them and meet you by the entrance, I should at least let Honeystorm know what we are going to be doing so she doesn't worry." He didn't want to cause any stress to the other medicine cat, and letting another cat know where they would be would be useful should any trouble arise, though he truly wasn't going to think of that fact right now.


"I do, but you are right, I won't be helping matters constantly getting up and not resting," he said. He didn't want to risk losing a life, he would have only one left after this one. With the way things were, he would feel guilty to leave such a mess for Brightsky to right away have to be dealing with. "I'll do my best that I stick around for a little while more." His gaze moved watching the kits go to sneak up on a warrior, but soon his attention. "Thank you for looking out for me Cedarfrost."

Brightsky was happy to hear that their warriors were sleeping well despite the sickness. Lack of sleep would only cause the sickness to spread further, or so the medicine cats have told them. I shall have to inquire to the medicine cats about designating a sick den for greencough if this has been an issue. They thought as the patrol pushed forward.


Flamegust followed a good distance behind his apprentice. He was less concerned about his coat sticking out against the snowy sands with it's predominantly white color. Of course he also didn't want to interfere with Tumblepaw's hunt. When the shrew and apprentice made eye contact, his heart dropped for a moment. When his apprentice made the kill, he was very relieved. As the young tabby tom brought his kill back over, he had pride in his eyes. "Very well done. You had me worried for a moment there, but it was a smooth recovery. I'm sure you see now how the snow can make hunting a bit difficult. " He turned his attention to the shrew, who looked quite fluffy, but Flamegust suspected it would be mostly fur. "You can bury that somewhere close by. I'd like to acquire a few more before we head back. There are quite a few sick cats to feed" the tom paused to let his apprentice burry the shrew.
"Now, how would you like to try your paws at fishing?" he inquired.

Tumblepaw - Oasis - Flamegust

"Oh yea! Good idea" Tumblepaw followed his mentor to the oasis it was only a few pawsteps away he crouched peering at the water. The tom disliked fishing he understood that in the colder times of leaf-fall and leaf-bare it be usefull for him to be skilled at fishing, but he hated getting wet and it was already cold enough without icy water clinging to his pelt. "I don't really see any fish flamegust" tumblepaw glanced at his mentor then looked back towards the water twitching his tail with impatience

Cedarfrost - Camp - Alertstar

"I hope you will," he meowed earnestly and for a brief moment allowed himself to smile before his expression turned more stoic again. "Horizonclan wouldn't be the same without you and I think there are some kits and apprentices who can't wait to get their new names from you." He briefly followed Alertstar's gaze and let out a snort of disbelief and amusement when he saw the kits ganging up on Swanfeather. Then, with a slightly louder "hmpf" he shook his head, almost seeming like he was trying to cover up his almost-laugh. He turned back to Alertstar and dipped his head. "Anytime, Alertstar," he meowed. Someone had to make sure their leader got enough food or looked after himself properly after all and Cedarfrost often found himself to be the cat who would do that. Not just for Alertstar but for his other clanmates too when they needed it. His expression was almost friendly when he added a "Take care of yourself, will you?"

The kits - Camp - Swanflight

Weaselkit let out a small hiss as Swanflight tried to flee. Just as she was about to slam into him he had already leaped over Stoatkit, causing Weaselkit to land on the ground and forcing her to veer to the side so she wouldn't crash into her sister. As soon as she had skidded to a halt she spun around to face Swanflight and with a playful snarl she stood up on her hindlegs and batted at him. Or tried to as she couldn't hold her balance for long. With an undiginfied mewl she tumbled over and did her best to get back on her paws as quickly as possible, the dust her fall had thrown up making her sneeze. Despite all this Weaselkit tried still tried to look fierce, not about to just give up over some minor embarrasement.

Stoatkit bared her teeth as Swanflight moved towards her and raised a paw to strike him but to her surprise he just leaped over her. She quickly turned around but not quick enough as the warrior had already turned back and nudged her mid-turn, making her stumble. Instead of trying to push back or otherwise regain her balance she simply let herself fall over and glared up at him. Stoatkit twisted her body so she could swipe at him with her front paws and kept glaring at the tom but could no longer keep herself from grinning.

Wolfkit jumped back in surprise as Weaselkit suddenly veered to the right, cutting off his path, and for a moment he just stood there while his sisters were already beginning to "fight" the warrior. Then he was moving again, watching his littermates as they were attacking him, or tried to in Weaselkit's case, from the side and the front. Hoping that they would keep Swanflight's attention for long enough Wolfkit swiftly moved around them so he was behind the warrior now. He narrowed his eyes and then ran towards him, trying to tread lightly enough to not make too much noise. He jumped onto a small rock and then leaped again, this time at Swanflight. Wolfkit was aiming to land on his back and by leaping from the small rock that was almost the same height as the warrior he hoped to have a higher chance of success.

Foxkit still remained where he was but when he saw Swanflight play along with Weaselkit's game he smiled. He slowly stood up and made a step towards them, wondering if he could still join or if he had missed his chance. He let out a small laugh at his littermates' different approaches and especially at Weaselkit's failed attempt of fighting Swanflight by standing on just two paws. Slowly he made his way towards the playing cats but stopped before reaching them, standing off to the side instead with an uncertain look.

Heronflight - Camp - Open

Copperpaw beamed at her mentor's praise. The she cat was often always looking out for the surroundings, always the more cautious compared to her littermates, she often was the one having to keep them out of trouble when they were kits. Sandbrush looked away from Quicksand when Brightsky stopped the warrior pausing, as she opened her mouth to ask what was wrong. But soon she heard the rattling as well, shaking out her pelt she quickly picked up the pace once the patrol was moving again eager to be away from the snake.

Alertstar-Camp-Cedarfrost(briefly)

Alertstar gave another smile to the warrior. "Im sure you all will manage quite well without me, but i appreciateit none the less." He truly did appreciatethe words, while he still beleived in what he said, the clan would be able to survive without him, just like it could without the previous leaders. He at least hoped to see the young cats grow up in time, though he didnt kind even if it would have to be from the Sublime Fields. "I feel I have taken up enough of your time," he said. He dipped his head towards the warrior, picking up the mouse he headed off back for his den.

(I adore Tumblepaw so much. He is adorable and hilarious)


The tom was a bit sheepish about his apprentice's praise. "Oh, well, you know, after you've done it for so many years, you get pretty good I guess" he looked off towards the water as he said this and flicked his ear. Flamegust hadn't thought too much of himself, especially after the fall of his clan. It was nice to get praise from someone. He shook his head and refocused onto his apprentice. "Well go on ahead" he couldn't even finish his words before the apprentice got right to waiting for fish to approach. Flamegust sat in quiet amusement as his apprentice batted at the water's surface. It was common for new fishers to have a quick, unfocused approach with their paw into the water. What he was not prepared for was the fish flying out of the water towards his apprentice's face. He could barely contain his laughter with twitching whiskers as Tumblepaw's catch flopped around in the sand. He looked at his apprentice stifling his laughter as the tom sat with a streak of wet fur across his face. "Alright, that was... successful I think we can say. You will want to have more focus on your approach with your paw in the future, that will come with time. As will the scoop. That can be the most tricky part to master." The tom let out a yam and looked at the sky. "I think maybe we can have a bit of a nap before heading to the jumping stones. What do you think?"
(I'm hoping to line up them arriving to the jumping stones with Brightsky and Copperpaw if you ware cool with that. Not that the characters will know, it'll be a fun coincidence)


As they arrived at the border, Brightsky invited their apprentice to investigate the scents at the edge of the river. So, what do you smell?" they inquired, walking the patrol along the edge of the river.

Tumblepaw - Oasis - Flamegust

Tumblepaw felt his cheeks flush with embarrassment though he felt better once the subject was changed “Yeah a nap sounds good ” Tom followed Flamegust gaze and looked towards the sky, It was around sunhigh but both Him and flamegust had a late night. Tumblepaw turned and buried his fish in the sand next to his mentor’s before leaving his prey to take a nap

(I adore tumblepaw too ^^, and we can wait and meet up with Brightsky and Copperpaw)

The tom turned to leave for the camp, and then caught his apprentice burying the fish he just caught out of the corner of his eye. "You know, I was thinking we could bring those back with us to add to the fresh kill pile" his whiskers twitched with amusement once again." he turned to pick up his own fish off the ground. "But, if you want to come back for it later we can" There was a bit of a sparkle in his eye.


The grey she cat had settled by one of the old stone walls by the warrior's den in the middle of the camp, watching the kits play with Swanflight. She was very amused by the four kits swarming the one large warrior. It was clear that he was able to handle the swarm well. Her whiskers twitched with amusement as she watched the warrior feign injury.


"That's what I smell as well. Let's remark and continue on." they flicked their cream stripey tail in signal to the warriors and continued padding along the border. "We'll just proceed along the border and smell and mark as we go." the cat began to move further along the river, trusting their warriors to remake the edges of the territory. "So how have you been feeling about training thus far?" they inquired to Copperpaw as they padded along the river.

(My rp is gonna be rough this month. We are in finals season)

The tom turned back to look at his apprentice where he sat by the buried fish. He thought long and hard about it. Flamegust thought he may have recalled this being a similar issue when the apprentice had his first catch. The tom weighed whether allowing this would spiral into any future issues. However, thus far the apprentice had been very good about bringing his catch back to the fresh-kill pile. Flamegust saw at this moment two ways to proceed. He could tell his apprentice to bring the fish they had caught and see if it lasted until after their nap, which could lead to some resentment, and he did not want that. Or he could allow Tumblepaw to leave the fish here and have it after his nap, but he feared that may lead to issues with the apprentice keeping prey for himself. The tom looked over at the young tabby, set his fish down, and sighed. "I will allow you this one fish, since it is your first and you are so proud. It's good to celebrate the little victories in life. But if anyone in camp asks, you caught this one too" he put his paw on the fish below him and winked. "Now make sure you buried that fish well enough a predator won't come eat it. You would be far more disappointed if your first fish went to mountain lion instead of a clanmate."

Flamegust picked his fish back up and waited for his apprentice to follow. What's the worst that could happen? It's just one fish he thought to himself.

Save for replies, will edit once I'm out of this class)
If you still want them to do the jumping Platforms together, and since it's the three of us that have characters on the patrol, we could always speed up/times kipper the patrol having it return to camp to have the two mentors and the two apprentices head off to the platforms)

Is it too late to join?