Crocusstar 7 (one of my favourites so far)
Moon 160
Webbeetle recovered!
Oaklight gives Brushkit to Webbeetle to watch while the parents rest, despite Webbeetle's protests--it's about time Web does something productive.
Saffroncreek lashes her tail in anger after noticing Flyslip looking at Oaklight funny.
Antlergaze confesses to Crocusstar that he has a mate outside the Clan who he misses. Crocusstar decides to find Voleneedle herself with Antlergaze. They succeed, and Antlergaze pours his heart out. Voleneedle has decided to join the Clan!
On the way back, lightning strikes the ground and they are blocked by fire. Antlergaze pushes through to save Crocusstar, but gets badly burned in the process, and Crocusstar lost a life. Once Crocusstar wakes up, she and Voleneedle work together to carry Antlergaze back to camp.
Antlergaze is curled up asleep. Oaklight sleeps beside him, swearing not to leave his side until he's better.
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Moon 161
Oaklight catches Webbeetle taking more than his share of food--much more.
Antlergaze wanted to catch Voleneedle's favourite food, but he's still a bit sick and isn't able to catch anything. Oaklight reassures him that he will get better.
Tansyfog seeks out Oaklight after having a nightmare.
Tansyfog patrols with Whirlash and Violetsnow, and the patrol talks about ghost stories.
Oaklight shares a piece of fresh-kill with Voleneedle.
Oaklight was convinced a Clanmate was lying about something, though they weren't.
Iceweb accidentally hurt Webbeetle during a fight between them.
Antlergaze overthinks something he said to a Clanmate.
Flyslip is baffled by something Saffroncreek said about religion.
Saffroncreek has a lot of fun with Tansyfog!
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Moon 162
Oaklight sends Saffroncreek and Flyslip on a patrol together, hoping to get them to get along. It goes wrong when a dog attacks and Saffroncreek is injured, causing her to hate Flyslip--who was unscathed--more.
Antlergaze recovered from his burns, but his weakened immune system caused him to catch greencough.
Oaklight had a very cross conversation with Tansyfog.
Webbeetle hears Rook crying over something everyone downplayed the severity of and offers to hear him out.
Grayburr keeps asking Webbeetle if he trusts him.
A Clanmate tells Cloud that Webbeetle's stories are better.
Recently, Nook seems like the only cat that can make Webbeetle wheeze with laughter.
Waterstripe and Saffroncreek snuck out of camp together.
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Moon 163
Lightning struck the camp, killing a kit. It causes everyone to either lose faith in their ancestors or question their motives.
Webbeetle is hoping for an opportunity to slip back to his nest.
Antlergaze stood up for a second and felt light-headed.
With the sky cloudy, Antlergaze wonders if StarClan is watching over them. He thinks of Pinekit...
Tansyfog has dreams about Whirlash getting hurt, and promises that he'll keep her safe.
Crocusstar spends time with the Clan's kits, making sure to get to know their personalities for when they become apprentices.
Rook can hear the truth in Oaklight's words when he talks about protecting others.
Antlergaze won't tell the Clan what has him so upset with Deepcall.
Saffroncreek's leg has become infected.
Saffroncreek talks to the kits, doing her best to distract them from what they saw.
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Moon 164
Another kit was killed, this time by sickness.
Beechsplash flirts with Oaklight, who is flustered.
Oaklight goes on a patrol with Beechsplash and Beechsplash's mate, Squirrelfreckle. Squirrel finds a rock that matches Oaklight's eyes, and the patrol then goes on to find rocks to match everyone.
Oaklight realizes how unproductive he had been, but he doesn't feel bad. In fact, he feels...good. He curls in his nest that night, holding onto the pebble that was given to him.
Oaklight likes the way Whirlash laughs.
Nook ensnares Webbeetle with a charming smile.
Nook and Webbeetle became mates!
Antlergaze recovered!
The infection in Saffroncreek's wound has abated!
For once, the world doesn't seem so bleek.
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Moon 165
Oaklight compliments Squirrelfleck's pelt. Squirrelfleck becomes flustered, and Oaklight is surprised he managed to affect the unshakeable Squirrelfleck.
Beechsplash has gotten greencough. Oaklight feels his heart shatter. He knew he shouldn't have trusted that things would get better!
Saffroncreek doesn't want to get her Clanmates sick too.
Webbeetle is afraid of losing Oaklight, who has become like a father to him.
Oaklight's bad leg is particularly sore this moon. How lucky...
Fennelnewt's friend doesn't trust Saffroncreek.
Saffroncreek confronted Aphid about his bad attitude, but that only caused Aphid to act up more.
Cloud thinsk she can tell Saffroncreek something important.
Whirlash accidentally hurt Ketsl during a training session that turned into a real fight.
Tansyfog gives Deepcall a gift.
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Moon 166
Beechsplash died of greencough. Oaklight curses the Stars. For so long, he held onto his feelings, refusing to get hurt again after losing so many dear to him. Now once he finally opened up, the cat he cared for died.
Oaklight doesn't let himself grieve, instead continues work as usual, checking on Clanmates--including Squirrelfreckle.
Crocusstar has gotten an infection.
Crocusstar is talking to herself.
Antlergaze worries about the snow, worried he'll get lost in the territory if it blocks everything.
Whirlash effortlessly finds the softest patches of snow. Even when she walks on the crunchier parts, she somehow manages to walk effortlessly.
Saffroncreek wants to change things for the better.
Oaklight chases a loner off the territory. He gets a bit rough, chasing them over the border and tackling them, about to slash down when the loner begs for forgiveness....
On patrol, Antlergaze finds a loner's corpse. He assumed it died from the cold, but when he moves it to bury, he notices blood.
