#flurrypelt

Despite being an old lady, Judaschaser (128) is still an agile cat.  She manages to land on her feet nimbly after slipping on an icy rock.  The other cats account her dexterity to her star-blessed status.  Yuccastar (86) is jealous.  Bushmask (117) and Brightfalcon (150) have developed the kind of relationship that Brightfalcon didn’t have time to develop with Stormrush.  They go on walks, admire each other, and dote on their family.  Brightfalcon’s happy to have achieved this life for herself, in spite of everything she’s been through.  She does miss Rosemaryquake and Stormrush, but she still has the rest of her loved ones.  Speaking of whom, Graysong (20) has not been thrilled with how Yuccastar has been running things.  He’s even been complaining about her behind her back.  And she overheard.  Flurrypelt (20)  however, is a fan of Yuccastar.  He glares at Graysong, but his brother doesn't notice.  Pythonkit (4), who is stuck in the healer's den after he got frostbite from sneaking out of camp, has been watching Flintpaw’s (8) training.  He’s a little worried that his own training, as a powerless cat, will be difficult, and asks Flintpaw for advice.  She doesn’t have much for him.  It’s just hard.

I have a couple more short stories in the works about some of these characters, so that will probably be the next non moon/sprite related thing you see.

Brightfalcon (163) is really struggling with her children’s deaths.  She won’t get up from her nest and just wants to lay around all day.  She’s old.  Maybe it would just be better if she went to sleep one day and didn’t wake up.  Why live when half her kits are dead?  Caterpillarmallow (70) is also struggling.  The combined stress of the war and the loss of her mate have left her with constant nightmares.  She can’t work, leaving the young Healers to fend for themselves, even though they, too, are grieving and  have lost siblings.  Graysong (33) feels like he should be more torn up over Flurrypelt and Antlersky’s deaths, but he just wasn’t that close to either of them.  And now he has Yellowcreek (47) as a mate and he’s busy replenishing the herb stores and healing injured cats.  He doesn’t really have time to grieve his littermate or older sister. There are also some tensions between Needlepelt (23) and Frostheart (23).  Frostheart is jealous that her sister gets to go on more patrols than her, since, as a Healer, she is less likely to be attacked by FurledClan.  Needlepelt notices that Frostheart is jealous, but, instead of talking to her sister, she gives bitter herbs to her father, who she knows Frostheart is close with. Meanwhile, Yuccastar (99) feels conflicted over the new Star-blessed cat in the Clan.  They enjoy spending time with Faiththrift (41), but feel like she doesn’t do anything useful on the battlefield and her powers are weaker than Yuccastar’s.  Chasingskip (32) is feeling a little closed in by the camp and his parents’ continued attention.  She just wants to have some time alone and ends up taking that out on Midgepurr (17).  

Leaf-bare is off to a rough start for ElementClan.  Their most senior Healer, Rosemaryquake (63), perished from whitecough.  That is not a good omen for the coming moons.  Brightfalcon (148) wails when she sees the body of her daughter, still and cold in the clearing.  She sits vigil as grief fills her heart.  She keeps searching for tasks to do, cats to comfort, distractions against the hole in her heart, as she tries to keep the grief from consuming her.  She’s too old to outlive her kit.  When Bushmask (115) hears the news of Rosemaryquake’s death, he collapses to the ground with a gust of wind and wails as though his own life were ending.  As the vigil draws to a close, Flurrypelt (18) suggests that Bushmask should eat.  He refuses, not so much as shifting his vacant gaze.  He had come to love his adoptive daughter as his own.  He doesn’t know what he’ll do without her.  Caterpillarmallow (55) wails when she sees Rosemaryquake’s body.  She can’t believe that the cat she trained alongside is dead.  How can this be?  Antlersky (63) mourns the loss of the sister that was always by her side, even when her mothers weren’t. But there is a bright spot in both of their lives:  amidst their grief, Caterpillarmallow and Antlersky decide that they don’t want to risk losing each other without letting each other know how the feel. They confess their love for each other and become mates.  Flintpaw (6) has also become an apprentice.  To Cressfreckle (21), as expected.  They’re both powerless, so it seems like a good fit to Yuccastar (84).  Stonefreckle (88) is a little unsure over Yuccastar’s leadership.  He doesn’t think that her leadership style is what his mothers would have wanted.  He wonders what Peakspots (74) thinks.  Peakspots is too busy staring at said leader.  There is also new life in the Clan.  A former kittypet named Gentle (82) has joined with his three kits.  He is powerless, like his kit Pythonkit (2), but his oher two kits, Midgekit (2) and Timberkit (2), have weak wind-blessings.

Flintkit; Age 0 moons; Powerless she-kit; Troublesome

After moons of stress and turmoil, the war with TulipClan has ended.  In theory it ended in a truce.  In reality, it ended with ElementClan ceding some contested territory.  They just didn’t have the strength to hold onto it.  Yuccastar (78) worries that other Clans will be more aggressive now and has told her warriors to make shows of strength on border patrols.  She also decided that Flurrypaw (12) is ready to be a warrior, naming him Flurrypelt in honor of his initiative.  A kittypet also dropped their kit off at the Clan. She is a charming little girl named Flintkit (0), although she is powerless. In the nursery, Brightfalcon (142) is feeling pretty content with her life.  She’s gotten to raise six beautiful children and can’t imagine her life without them, or either of her mates.  Her former nursery-mate, Chervilcry (78) is less happy. She confronts Yellowcreek  (26) about how much time he’s been spending around her daughter, and he explains that he means no harm to them.  She feels like she understands him better, but still doesn’t trust him.  Darkpetal (138) also had a chat with Yellowcreek that. . .did not go as well.  Yellowcreek likes the elder, but he's been pulling away from him lately.  The whole Clan is being very judgmental of him.  Airclaw (41) saw him miss an easy catch and has been teasing him about it ever since. Yellowcreek thinks this is her judging him, but she actually just enjoys seeing the faces he makes when she teases. Chasingpaw (11), as the only surviving member of Chervilcry and Stonefreckle’s (82) litter, is starting to feel cramped and uncomfortable in the apprentice’s den.  She misses her siblings and being in the den that Sandypaw also lived in is starting to wear on her.