#shimmerstone

ALDERSTAR

1: Independence

Given by unknown elderly she-cat

Message: "Use it."

2: Wisdom

Given by unknown tom

Message: "Use it to see your actions for what they are."

3. Regret

Given by Fallendust, his first victim

Message: "Maybe someday you will use it."

4. Empathy

Given by Shimmerstone, his father's other mate (and only queen in the nursery when Alder's mother died)

Message: "Use this life to see your Clanmates beyond the blank slates you know them as.” 

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6. ??

7. ??

8. ??

9. Love

Given by his mother, Sweettree

Message: "Please, please don't let it lead you astray anymore."

More words were spoken, these were only the messages linked directly to the lives.

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Omenstar

1: Justice

Given by his mother, Flickerspring

Message: "Use this life to see what is right and what is wrong. Do not let false promises of Justice lead your faith astray."

2: Truth

Given by his mentor, Skylight

Message: "Someone you care about will use your trust against you. Use this life to see things for how they are."

3. Mercy

Given by his father, Duskshell

Message: "As "your leadership progresses, you will find yourself making harsh choices. Know that the blood of the innocents is not worth anything, and use mercy wisely."

4. Clear Sight

Given by his friend, Quailheart

Message: "Your Faith towards Starclan is strong. Use this life to not let it blind your way."

5. Judgement

Given by his Clanmate, Luckyquip

Message: "Life leads to risky choices, and choosing between right or wrong. Let this life help you choose what is right for you and your Clan."

6. Patience

Given by his Clanmate, Talonflame

Message: "Patience is important when it comes to leadership. Use this life to keep yourself calm when faced with life's choices."

7. Open-Mindedness

Given by his close friend, Tidepool

Message: "As a leader, you must be willing to let others show you new views that you have not known of. Let yourself be able to hear the views of your clanmates, and listen to what they believe."

8. Empathy

Given by his crush, Wavecrash

Message: "To consider other's emotions is a powerful thing. Acknowledge the emotions of cats you care about, and it will take you far."

9. Duty

Given by the previous leader, Reedstar

Message: "With this final life, I give you the life to see things through, as it is your duty. Do not take this life as a way to force things through, but to know when something is not worth pursuing."

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Her first thought of her young brother was to hate him. After all, he was the result of her father's cheating. Thankfully, Shimmerstone was kind, and explained to Hollykit that Sweettree, Alderkit's mother, didn't know that Stormstar was taken when they had gotten together due to her parents keeping their relationship a secret, and that even if she did, his parents' actions are not something to have Alderkit punished for. She was Stormstar's daughter too, wasn't she? Should she be punished for her father's cheating?

Still, she couldn't help but feel a stab of victory when Stormstar only went to the nursery for her, and only sometimes acknowledging his son. She noticed as he stopped visiting the nursery altogether after she became an apprentice--and he apprenticed her to himself--and felt bad. Encouraged by Shimmerstone, she occasionally gave the kit company by giving him early lessons that she had learned.

Those training-games became real training when for some reason, Stormstar always made sure that the siblings trained together, always needing his eyes on son and daughter. But the training was still worse when Stormstar focused solely on her, fierce and brutal, he pushed her hard and caused her to receive several permanent nicks.

She hid her happiness when her father died in a storm, but she definitely felt it.

Being left to freeze as a lonely kit in the nursery whose mom just died, to the point of needing to be taken to the medicine den when someone did finally step in?

I'm the one who wrote it, and even I'm like god damn.

As for why was everyone so callous to a helpless baby? Well, they just assumed that Shimmerstone, a queen in the nursery at that time, would have kept him warm. And, well, she didn't.

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