#duskheather

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Moon 13:

Duskheather is proud of her family.

While searching for herbs, Duskheather hears strange noises that die and start up again. Investigating, she comes nose-to-nose with a bleeding queen desperately trying to keep her kits quiet. She hisses at Duskheather until Duskheather manages to convince her to find protection in their Clan.

Kisha joined the Clan with her kits: Cavern, Strike, and Clover. She accepts the ways of the Clan and allows 'kit' to be added to their names.

Moon 14:

Strikekit has become good at not letting things on their bad side startle them...soon they find out that that is not a universal thing for kits to have.

Strikekit has gotten heat exhaustion, leading Bearstar to order (and help with) the construction of a proper nursery. This leads them to construct a Warriors den as well, and an apprentice's den. Duskheather will miss them all sleeping in the same place, but their proud of the progress.

Goldkit tells Strikekit that nobody likes them (bro??)

Bearstar catches Strikekit climbing too high. While they're scolded, she can't help but admire the kit's bravery.

Cloverkit is scarred after having a nightmare due to the scary story Goldkit told.

Moon 15:

Bearstar is trusting Silversmoke with something important.

Goldpaw is apprenticed to Silversmoke.

Bearstar has gotten a stomachache.

Goldpaw is having a hard time keeping up with their training. (Note: their personality was bully. It is now lonesome).

Cavernkit plays mossball by themself.

Moon 16:

Everyone is healed!

Silversmoke wonders how Kisha is doing.

Goldpaw daydreams of making their Clan proud.

Cavernkit is reciting facts about different types of beetles in the middle of camp.

Cloverkit wants to be everyone's friend.

Kisha and Duskheather gather herbs together. Kisha asks her about the nature of StarClan.

Moon 17:

Duskheather and Kisha became mates!

Goldpaw feels like their not performing up to Silversmoke's expectations lately.

Strikekit refuses to eat herbs.

Moon 19:

Strikekit is named Strikepaw, and is apprenticed to Bearstar. He's excited, though it took coaxing from Kisha to get him to touch noses with his new mentor.

Cavernkit is named Cavernpaw and is apprenticed to Kisha. Cloverkit is named Cloverpaw and is also apprenticed to Kisha. They're a bit too excited and bump their nose a little too hard into Kisha. They both laugh about it.

Strikepaw woke up with a mild headache, but decides to ignore it.

Cavernpaw wishes to be made a warrior early. Duskheather gives some advice to Cavernpaw, most likely about how life is short and to enjoy every day as it comes.

Goldpaw lets Cloverkit see the apprentice's den.

Strikepaw makes Bearstar laugh.

Cloverpaw annoyed Kisha on accident.

Moon 20:

Goldpaw feels a sense of dread.

Tangent: Goldpaw became a bully due to their backstory of being abandoned. They loved their new family, but the fear of being left alone again was too strong, so they decided to push everyone away first. You can't hurt someone that doesn't care. But as the moons went on and they realized their new home was a permanent one, they realized they had pushed so many away. They didn't hate them, but Goldpaw was never someone's first choice to share food with, leaving them lonely.

Strikepaw and Cloverpaw learn how to hunt together.

Moon 21:

Duskheather gives advice to Cavernpaw.

Goldpaw feels worn-out from training.

Cavernpaw is playing a prank on Cloverpaw.

Cloverpaw sneaks up on Strikepaw's bad side, startling them.

Kisha and Duskheather search for herbs together. When Kisha is unusually quiet, Duskheather asks them what's wrong, but Kisha doesn't answer, leaving them to collect herbs on their own (possible link to Kisha's origin?).

Moon 22:

Strikepaw and Cloverpaw dream of making their Clan proud.

Moon 23:

A loner named Light joins the Clan. Everyone accepts them but Kisha, who seems suspicious.

Strikepaw has gotten greencough.

Bearstar had a nightmare involving a Twoleg trap.

Strikepaw and Goldpaw play a prank on Silversmoke together.

Moon 24:

Silversmoke's tail was badly injured by a fox when Light cowardly left them to fend for themself. He was only able to survive because Goldpaw, who had been hunting close by, came to his rescue.

Angry, Bearstar exiles the loner.

Goldpaw is named Goldfox, in honour of their bravery.

Kisha is in the medicine den. She admits to Duskheather that she knew Light, as they had been kittypets together. Light was a bully, pushing her weight around. When Kisha's mate turned out to be abusive, she kept her kits away from him...but Light decide to tell him about their existence anyways, which lead to Kisha's injury and running away from her home.

Goldfox wonders how Cavernpaw is doing.

With the fox incident, Kisha worries about Strikepaw. She talks to Bearstar, who gives her apprentice particularly rough training sessions.

Moon 25:

(If you're like me, colour helps you focus on a bunch of text, so here)

Silverkit: blue

Bearkit: yellow

Duskheather: green

Duskheather and Bearkit: orange

Duskheather and Silverkit: red

Silverkit and Bearkit: pink

All three: purple

Other: white

Moon 1:

Silverkit talks to Duskheather about being a medicine cat.

Bearkit is in shock.

Moon 2:

Duskheather gives advice to Bearkit.

Bearkit is no longer in shock.

Silverkit knows that Bearkit will make a great Clanmate someday (possibly tells her this).

Moon 3:

Duskheather wishes Silverkit or Bearkit will want to learn herbs so that she can pass on her knowledge, but doesn't want to force their paths.

Silverkit talks with Duskheather about something.

Bearkit asks Duskheather why all the herbs have to be stinky and gross.

Duskheather is delighted at all the herbs they are surrounded by.

Moon 4:

Bearpaw names herself. Even though she doesn't have a mentor to train her, she's confident that she can do it herself!

....Then Bearpaw fell of some rocks while practising battle moves, and is tender for the next few days.

Bearpaw won't stop asking "why?"--probably asking Duskheather over and over why she can't leave the medicine den yet.

Silverpaw is finding Bearpaw annoying.

Moon 5:

Silverpaw and Bearpaw sneak away while Duskheather is sorting herbs. They found a set of tunnels and explore it, almost getting trapped as it began to collapse. Duskheather came to the rescue in the nick of time.

Duskheather gathers as much herbs as the three can carry, and they continue on. Though the territory is rich with prey and herbs, it's still too close for comfort to the sickness, and with the tunnel incident, she doesn't want to hang around here any longer.

Moon 6:

Bearpaw plays a prank on Duskheather in the hopes of lighting her mood.

Silverpaw saw Bearpaw sneak a bite of fresh-kill.

Moon 7:

Silverpaw daydreams about having a mate and kits someday.

Bearpaw wonders if StarClan--more specifically, their mother--has spoken to Duskheather recently. She decides not to pry.

Bearpaw asks Duskheather if they can gather herbs together. She uses the opportunity to tell her aunt about a dream she had, believing it to be a vision from her mother. Duskheather sadly tells her that it was just a dream, but that doesn't mean Rocksmoke isn't watching over them.

Moon 8:

Silverpaw and Bearpaw tried to hunt fish in a nearby creek. Silverpaw fell in, while Bearpaw was swept away a few tail-lengths before clawing onto the bank. They decide not to tell Duskheather about their close call.

Moon 9:

Bearpaw has caught yellowcough.

With the sickness and other close calls, Duskheather decides that she needs to push Silverpaw and Bearpaw harder. It ends with her going too hard on Silverpaw, who is bruised after a particularly rough training session. Duskheather apologizes and promises to be more careful, but Silverpaw blames himself. If he gets hurt in a training session, how can he protect himself when the real deal happens?

Moon 10:

Bearpaw recovered from yellowcough!

Silverpaw is proud of Bearpaw's progress. With them both healthy, they train together, pushing harder than they did before.

The littermates patrol together when they find a single abandoned kitten. After failing to find the mother, they rush the kitten back to the camp where Duskheather can watch over it. They name him Goldkit.

Moon 11:

Bearpaw has a sprain.

Moon 12:

Bearpaw and Silverpaw decide to give each other their warrior names. Bearpaw is named Bearleaf, after the shape of her stripes, while Silverpaw is named Silversmoke, after his strong resemblance to their mother.

The dream is unmistakeable. The leaves, so high in number that was impossible to see the sky, keeping the cats sheltered from any and all dangers. Duskheather couldn't be their healer and leader for much longer, not if their family was to grow. Someone had to be leader, and it seemed StarClan made its choice.

Bearleaf is named leader of their group.

Their mother's group did not have a leader with nine lives, but if they had...could the group have survived? Bearleaf doesn't want to risk it. In the night, she travels far from the group. She doesn't know where he's going, but she follows whatever it is that leads him forward--her gut? Her instinct?...Her mother? When her paws are so tired they're about to fall off, he sees the glowing light coming from a cave above.

It's a struggle to climb up, but the sight is worth it--a cavern filled with glowing blue rocks. It awed her, and the water puddled here and there in deep crevices called to her. She drank from it, was lulled to sleep--and met the nine cats that would grant her her nine lives.

She returned to camp the next day with the great news, and the family moved closer to the special place--Cavern of Stars?--they were still working on the name, settling at the bottom of the mountain, where there was still plenty of plants to shelter in.

And of course, Silversmoke would be her deputy.