#r2-y1

frostfur and swiftpaw die in a battle with shadowclan, and goldenflower loses one eye in the fight.

(for lack of opportunity, tigerclaw has begun to collude with shadowclan.)

after the battle, chestnutfur and lynxtail are made warriors. cherrypaw didn't fight in it, so she's left behind for the moment.

brindleface's kits are apprenticed: ashpaw, elderpaw, fernpaw, and tulippaw to dustpelt, runningwind, darkstripe, and spottedleaf, respectively.

“I’m not interested in you like that,” Leopardfur says. “I’m sorry.”

Frogleap turns his head away. “I know.” It’s a bitter truth to swallow, but he’s accepted it, long before she had to tell him. “It’s alright, Leopard. Sometimes things just don’t work out.”

Her eyes glimmer. “Thank you for understanding.” She steps forward, then back, as if going to touch him, and then thinking better of it. “I…I’ll give you space.”

“Don’t be foolish. We’ve been friends longer than we’ve been anything else, haven’t we?”

Leopardfur blinks. “I think a clean break will be best. Not…not forever. I don’t want to lose you as a friend. But for now, I think it’ll be better.”

This is hard for her too, Frogleap realizes. She’s scared I can’t move on.

“If that’s what you want,” he agrees. “But I’ll be alright, Leopardfur.”

She dips her head, then turns, running away from camp. Frogleap sighs, and the reality settles in. They’re well and truly over.

dewpaw is apprenticed to barkface, and maplepaw to cloudrunner.

brokenstar grows paranoid.

badgerfang graduates.

blossompaw dies in a training accident.

whitepaw is apprenticed to onewhisker.

morningflower has three kits: gorsekit, quailkit, and storkkit.

and.

busy season!

off the top, bluestar uh. dies. idk. um. maybe something something tigerclaw? at any rate.

redstar chooses thrushpelt as deputy. tigerclaw's kinda pissed.

featherstep retires. rockfall dies.

dustpelt, fireheart, greystripe, and ravenfern are made warriors.

willowpelt moves into the nursery, leading to cherrypaw being reapprenticed to robinwing. willowpelt's kits are stillborn.

whitethroat dies. is it carrion sickness time?

brownrush, quietwillow, and wetfoot become warriors. badgerpaw fails his assessment.

marigoldkit, oakkit, valleykit, and frostkit die of the same sickness as whitethroat.

swallowtail and whiteclaw become warriors! congrats, guys.

emberpaw, heavypaw, mosspaw, and shadepaw are apprenticed to frogleap, blackclaw, silverstream, and stonefur.

sunfish dies. probably in that sunningrocks battle?

leafkit falls in the river attempting to fish, and sedgecreek pulls him out, but not before he loses a leg in a pike attack. he survives.