#burrowpaw

Based on this image!

This was rotting away for so long I thought I’d just post it now… erm. There’s still some pages to post and I’ll GET TO IT I SWEAR!!!! But. You can have this for now sorry 💔💔 uhh NEW FONT NEW FONT!!!!

Burrowpaw (11) was excited to get back to training.  Her joint had healed and she was starting to feel better.  But then her yellowcough took a turn for the worse and she passed away.  When Chasingskip (57) hears the news of Burrowpaw’s death, she collapses and wails as though her own life were ending.  How did her mother survive the loss of Chasingskip’s two siblings?  Chasingskip can’t handle the vigil’s entirety, despite her best efforts.  Burrowpaw’s death has drained her.  She settles into her nest in a tight ball, hoping Burrowpaw might visit in a dream.  In a bittersweet ceremony, Cypresspaw (11) is made a warrior, given the name of Cypressbadger in honor of her adaptability.  She’s just glad the ceremony is over and that she won’t have to have any more.  She wishes her sister was there beside her.  Rustpaw (14) has also (finally) been made a warrior with the name of Rustsong in honor of her generosity.  Even after being tired from her vigil, she makes sure to offer a helping paw.  Being powerless means that she always has to be proving herself to her clanmates.  Speaking of cats who like to help out, Peakspots (114) is very proud of Mothecho (24).  His former apprentice has grown into a helpful young cat.  She’s been assisting with the newleaf task of burning the pineneedles that accumulated last leaf-fall.  It’s nice to have extra fire-powered cats to help with the tasks.  But his pride is tempered when she gets captured by twolegs.  He’ll miss her and hopes that she’ll find her way back to the Clan.  Both being the newer cats in the healer's den, Gladepatch (21) and Sleepypaw (11) enjoy spending time together.  They joke around about how bad the other Clans smell.  The three new kits are settling in well.  Featherkit (1) has proven to have a very strong wind-blessing and has already shown that she can throw her siblings (and Amethystdapple-72) into the air.  Cressfreckle has taken to spending time with the kits, which Rabbitkit (1) finds annoying.  She thinks she can do just fine on her own, thank you very much.  Wormkit (1), the only tom in the litter, enjoys spending time with Moorleg (57).  He finds her ferocity impressive. 

Cressfreckle (60) decided to talk with Yuccastar (123) and see if he could get her to confess to anything.  He couldn’t, although he could tell that she was nervous.  Her power kept slipping and causing little gusts of wind around them.  They both ended up resentful of each other.  Seeing as Cressfreckle is one of the more senior warriors in the Clan, Peakspots (113) asks if he could organize patrols for a day.  Cressfreckle refuses, still frustrated with Yuccastar and, by extension, her mate, leading to resentment between the two.  This moon, Cressfreckle seems to be annoying everyone. He feels like Burrowpaw (10) has been too invested in his training of Cypresspaw (10) and they get in a fight.  At least Gladepatch (20) still likes him and thinks that he’s always reliable.  Burrowpaw is impatient to get back to training, but she’s still sick and injured.  She just wants to show her mentor how smart, talented, and skilled she is.  While on a patrol, Conegoat (27) finds the dead body of a tom and his (still-living) kits.  She brings the kits back to camp and names them Featherkit (0), Rabbitkit (0), and Wormkit (0).  All three have powerful wind magic.  

Burrowpaw (9) is having a rough leaf-bare.  First she got cracked pads, then she slipped on some icy rocks and dislocated her leg, and now she’s caught yellowcough.  At this rate, her sisters will both have their full names before she does-and Sleepypaw’s (9) going to become a Healer!  She’s frustrated with how much cats have been babying her and insists that she doesn’t need anyone.  She’s just fine!  As some observers had guessed, Amethystdapple (70) and Fry (50) have become mates.  Even almost two years since the death of his kit, Cressfreckle (59) is still determined to bring Yuccastar (122) down.  He doesn’t feel like they even do anything useful.  Meanwhile, Moorleg (55) has been spending more time with Chiku (77).  The two of them were treed by a dog and, after spending a lot of time with together, realized how much they have in common.  In the medicine den, Steppemimic (26) has made up with Gladepatch (19).  She realized that she was too harsh in her judgment of him and that he really is a good Healer.

Mentor: Steppemimic

Chasingskip (52) and Caterpillarmallow’s (90) kits have been made apprentices!  When it’s time for her ceremony, Burrowkit (6) runs up to the front of the crowd in excitement, eager to get her name.  She’s apprenticed to Amethystdapple (67), as it’s long past time for the senior warrior to get her first apprentice.  Cypresspaw (6), despite having a medium powerful wind blessing, has been apprenticed to the powerless Cressfreckle (56).  She’s not sure how she feels about that.  Does he even know how to train her to use her powers to fight?  Cressfreckle assures her that he does.  He has experience working with wind-blessed cats.  Sleepypaw (6) is given to Steppemimic (23) as an apprentice and is excited to learn how to be a Healer and fill out ElementClan’s complement of them.  Caterpillarmallow is a little nervous about having one of her kits in the healer's den with her, and she confesses as much to her sister-in-law, Frostheart (43).  The other she-cat reassures her that she’ll do great.  Moorleg (52) is a little frustrated to be stuck in camp again after getting injured.  She’s been telling jokes about Burrowpaw and wonders how easy it would be to attack Yuccastar from where she’s laying. . .not that she would ever do that.  Strawberrytrail (128) notices that Gladepatch (16) has been a little distracted lately and convinces him to play a game.  Cressfreckle watches and thinks about how Yellowcreek used to love hanging out with the elders.  There’s so much of the father in the son.  It helps ease the ever present ache in Cressfreckle’s heart.