#peatfeather

Minnowpaw (14) has finally been made a warrior!  She is given the name of Minnownudge in honor of her intelligence.  Hopcurl (40) is proud of xer last kit to become a warrior, but worries that she’s grown too cold and distant from her siblings.  What happened to xer sweet little girl?  Dawnstar (106) seems to be encouraging the pranksters in the Clan and heckles ChaffinchClan with Burdockbeam (38) at a gathering.  He’s. . .not very mature for a leader, is he?  At least he seeks out wisdom from Cherviljumble (127).  She’s survived a few more harsh leaf-bares than he has.  Anyways, Burdockbeam’s latest pranks include: not telling Croucheye (33) about the feather stuck to her face and taking Tanglechirp’s (69) favorite nesting materials for herself.  Embershell (40) is out of the healer’s den, although she does take some time to chat with Pebbletuft and Flailvalley.  The two older cats really appreciate how hard Flailvalley’s been working lately.  Flailvalley (14) still enjoys going to visit the elder and curls up against Cherviljumble to help her combat the leaf-bare chill.  Meanwhile, Croucheye is a little wary of Pebbletuft (55).  She thinks the healer has been acting strangely lately.  That whole deathberry thing is still concerning. Peatfeather (34) is worried about Petalfrost (34).  He’s just not trying very hard to make friends in the Clan.  Aries (88) gives her advice and tells her to just be there for Petalfrost.  Being consistent is the best thing she can do.  Meanwhile, Petalfrost is developing a small crush on Mitemask (23).  And it looks like she reciprocates.  So, he’s not doing all that badly.  Croucheye watches as her younger sibling seem to constantly fight with each other.  She wishes that they would treasure what they have with each other.  She misses Rimepaw and wishes she were still there.  Along with Almondback and Brightmouse and Troutpaw.

Healer’s den: Dawnstar (whitecough), Bumble (broken bone), Tanglechirp (yellowcough), Dapplemuzzle (bite wound)

With the lack of herbs and the severity of his wounds, the healers couldn’t do much for Cavecatcher (77).  Not even their earth magic could help him and he died from his mangled tail.  The Clan blames StumpyClan and negotiations go poorly at the Gathering.  Hopcurl (37) and Peatfeather (31) help bury Cavecatcher, as Cherviljumble’s (124) joints have been too sore to do much lately. As the war continues, Flailpaw (11) worries that he and his siblings are growing up too fast.  He’s been on the front lines pretty much his whole apprenticeship and he’s feeling worn down.  Meanwhile, his brother, Mistypaw (11) has been made a warrior with the name of Mistytooth in honor of his observance.  Hopcurl is proud of xer kit and knows that he’ll be able to make it through anything.  Mistytooth is less confident in himself.  Dawnstar (103) is proud of him, though, and wants to spend more time with him.  Nettlestripe (88) tried talking with Hopcurl about the war and was disappointed when all xey wanted to do was talk about how proud xey are of xer kits.  Boring.  Copperheart (35) and Hollowminnow (20) spend some time together, coming up with pranks.  Boulderflood (35) wishes the two of them would focus on using their minds for the war instead of silly antics.  Mitemask (20) agrees and the two of them bond over their annoying siblings. Aphidwhisker (16) and Hollowminnow spend some time talking with each other about how their apprentices are doing and find out that they have a lot in common.  Aphidwhisker shows off a bit of dark-cursed magic, draining a small plant and then regrowing it with her earth powers.  Hollowminnow is impressed.  Flailpaw tries to ask Aphidwhisker for some help, but she turns him away.  She’s far too busy showing off her magic.  Oh, and training Scorchpaw (11).  While Boulderflood might disagree, Burdockbeam (35) feels like her shenanigans lighten the mood in camp.  Dapplemuzzle can’t help but feel like the worst of the war is yet to come.  In the Dark Forest, Yuccawillow lashes her tail while thinking about Dawnstar.  He’s Primcrest’s son.  If he suffers, she may suffer in StarClan.

Healer’s den: Cherviljumble (joint pain)

It turns out that Petalfrost was right.  No one in the Clan truly cared about him or his siblings.  Because, although Peatfeather was kind and brilliant, no one in the Clan truly mourns her loss.  They didn’t really know her.  Life continues as normal.  Kestrelcreek (121) is really enjoying being the Clan’s grandma.  She checks in on Ryekit (2) about how he’s doing since his dark-curse was discovered.  He’s doing alright.  The Clan has come a long ways since Creekstar was born.  Kestrelcreek also takes some time to help her daughter work through the loss of her younger siblings.  Croucheye (43) wishes that they had worked out their differences, and Kestrelcreek does too.  She promises that she will always take care of her daughter.  While cats accept Ryekit, Dawnstar (116) is making jokes about how weak Gravelkit (2) is for not having powers.  Bluestripe (107) doesn’t notice this, and just purrs as Dawnstar jokes around with her.  Sofanthiel (121) is feeling better after kitting and is spending some more time with her and Aries’ (98) kits.  Tansykit (2) is amused by how grumpy she always looks.  Flailvalley (24) just cannot catch a break.  Bumble (109) was unable to save his tail and amputated it.  Losing a limb is hard.  It reminds him of losing his siblings.  Bumble helps him bury his tail, hoping that the ritual brings him closure to the trauma of losing it.  Flailvalley really looks up to Longpelt (46).  He admires how the older cat maintains such control over his fire-blessing and is excited to go on patrol with him.  Maybe he can give him some tips!  Interestingly, both Dawnstar and Dapplemuzzle (29) had a nightmare about the rushing river nearby.  With the cavern’s history of floods, that can’t be a good sign.  Hopcurl (50) and Aries are exhausted from mediating so many arguments.  The two of them team up to try and develop new conflict resolution strategies.  Flailvalley also wonders if he would be better suited as a mediator and is talking with Aries.  He doesn’t think Dawnstar would be thrilled with his ‘strongest’ warrior getting out of action, but a cat can dream.

Healer’s den: Bluestripe (greencough), Longpelt (mangled tail), Aries (recovering from birth), Sofanthiel (recovering from birth), Dawnstar (stomachache)

Bluestripe (88) takes some time to get to know her younger Clanmates better.  She’s always been a bit of a loner so she doesn’t know them very well.  She wants to get out of her shell more now that she’s deputy.  She has a deep discussion with Peatfeather (25) and finds that they have a lot in common.  Both of them are used to being ignored in favor of their siblings, and they’ve both lost most (if not all) of those siblings. Bluestripe doesn’t like Longpelt (27) though.  She doesn’t feel like Longpelt ever does anything useful.  Or anything at all, for that matter. Longpelt does, in fact, do stuff on occasion.  This moon, she grooms a hard-to-reach place for Cavecatcher (71).  See-useful! Being an elder now, Cherviljumble (118) spends some time watching over the kits and is impressed with Flailkit’s (5) understanding of what his powers mean, especially considering the tensions the Clan has been having with FurledClan lately.  He’s worried that he’s going to let the Clan down by not fighting hard enough.  Flailkit also overhears Tanglechirp (60) talking about how hard he works to take care of his and Bluestripe’s kits.  Flailkit knows he’s lying.  Dapplepaw (10) has complained to him about how she doesn’t feel like her father understands her very well.  Aphidpaw (10) is continuing to prank other cats, and this time, pranks Copperheart (29) using some of the advice she overheard her giving to Dapplepaw.  She respects that and laughs off the prank.