#spotfoot

The terrible triad is now back to being the fearsome foursome!  After a long, hard journey, Archpaw (29) has found her way back to the Clan.  In a much overdue (and much celebrated) ceremony, she is given the warrior name of Archdapple in honor of her spirit.  She’s already making her sisters laugh with her antics, although she is saddened to hear of Frostblotch’s death and the loss of Brightmouse’s (29) mate.  And it’s good news for Paleburst (33) to have a star-blessed cat in the Clan who can assist with healing.  She helps Sweet Marmalade (39) heal from his broken bone, only for him to immediately get his tail injured by falling rocks.  Primcrest (96) feels like they should just declare Skipneedle (29) and Bluestripe (29) proven already, but Creekstar (108) disagrees, leading to an argument.  However, their argument turns out to be somewhat unnecessary when Skipneedle saves Spotfoot (35) from a dog and selflessly takes the lion’s share of the run leading the dog away from the territory.  That earns her the title of proven.  Her sisters are glad to celebrate with her. Vaxxstreak (140) is also excited to have Archdapple back and tells her an embarrassing story about Skipneedle.  Dawnfreckle (37) sees Bluestripe stumble while hunting and thinks it’s cute that the usually poised she-cat can stumble.  Nettlestripe (23) is not a fan of the Clan’s youngest warrior and thinks that Cavecatcher (12) is annoying.

Xhosa (101) has been having a rough time lately.  First she was poisoned, then she had kits, and now she has heat stroke.  Palepaw’s (12) doing her best, but she worries that it won’t be enough.  Meanwhile, Creekstar (87) is giving Dawnfreckle (17)  more patrols so that he has more opportunities to prove himself.  It would be nice to have another proven dark-cursed cat.  And it keeps him out of camp and away from the kits and apprentices. Also, the fearsome fivesome (now foursome) miss their sister.  Skippaw (8), Bluepaw (8), and Frostpaw (8) feel like they’re missing the light to their darkness.  Brightpaw (8) misses her friend and sister who’s always looked out for her.  With their sister missing, the foursome are having some tensions. Skippaw feels like Brightpaw must be cheating in their training sessions-there’s no way she could win that many fights!  Brightpaw points out that maybe she’s just really powerful.  It’s true, after all.  Skippaw storms off and decides that she wants to spend time alone.  She passes the time by watching Dawnfreckle go on all his patrols and wonders what he was like as an apprentice.  If she can prove herself before she’s a warrior, will she be able to go on fewer patrols?  While Brightpaw is doing well with mastering her powers, Shinepaw (8) worries that she’s not doing enough.  She feels like she should be bringing back more prey from her hunting patrols. In a bit of good news, Hopedawn (22) had her kits.  Rindlekit (0) is a daring little girl who has an earth-blessing.  Palepaw’s glad it seems like he’ll have some help in the Healer’s den soon.  Next is the charming little boy, Rootkit (0), who got his mother’s water-blessing and is almost identical to her.  The last kit is the nervous little Lilackit (0), who’s powerless.  Safariaster (140) has taken to bossing Eaglepaw (8) around.  He’s not thrilled about that but thinks that Safariaster must be practicing for when she’s an elder.  Spotfoot (14) and Echomoor (14) get in a fight.  Echomoor worries that his brother suspects something.  He feels bad for killing Autumpaw, but he doesn’t want to leave the Clan!

Creekstar’s (86) final kit has become a warrior.  Spotpaw (13) is now Spotfoot, in honor of his steadfastness.  Primcrest (74) is stressed with training yet another apprentice.  On top of that, it’s hard to keep Echomoor (13) convinced to keep the true cause of his sister’s death a secret.  He feels like it would help both him and Creekstar.  But he trusts the advice of the deputy and keeps it quiet.  Because of all this, Eaglepaw (7) was trying to tell Primcrest how his training was going, but she was noticeably distracted.  Tumbleswoop (21) ends up needing to fix something with Bluepaw (7) and gets into an argument with her.  She was trying to use her earth magic to grow the moss in the nursery, but Tumbleswoop freaks out and snaps at her.  Palepaw (11) has to step in and fix it instead.  Dawnfreckle (16) has been obsessed with finding a way to prove himself, lately, to take some of the stress of his mother.  It’s led to him not doing a ton of work around camp, and cats (like Smokefoot-21) are noticing.  He also gets into an argument with Archpaw (7).  It’s a little intimidating when the dark-cursed and star-blessed cats are fighting.  Archpaw hasn’t let her star-blessed powers come between her and her dark-cursed littermates, though.  She makes sure to spend some time playing with Skippaw (7) when they both have a break from training.  Archpaw also covers for Frostpaw (7) when she sneaks out of camp to escape the adults’ supervision. Bluepaw is glad that there are older dark-cursed cats in the Clan and asks Echomoor if he can give her advice for training with Creekstar, as she is his mother, after all.  Bluepaw is determined to do well and wants to become a warrior before Streamkit (3) is made an apprentice.  Unlikely, but possible.  However, the Clan receives an unfortunate omen.  While on patrol, Archpaw, the one star-blessed cat in the Clan, is captured by twolegs.  That can’t be good.

Medicine den: Downgaze (broken bone), Greenrapid (broken bone), Primcrest (cracked pads)

Palepaw (15) has been made a full Healer (no thanks to Safariaster’s-143- ‘training’).  He’s given the warrior name of Paleburst in honor of his friendliness.  Streampaw (7) can’t help but feel constrained by Spotfoot’s training (17).  He feels like he can’t learn everything he needs to about his powers from a powerless cat. Hopedawn (25) is frustrated by coming down with greencough right after recovering from having her litter.  She just wants to go back to work.  Primcrest (78) bumps heads with her reassuringly.  Primcrest is also impressed with the skill-level of the Clan’s apprentices.  Shinepaw (11) is proving her mastery over water by keeping all the rain out of camp.  Wow.  Vaxxstreak (122) confides in Echomoor (17), comforting his son.  Maybe one day Echomoor will be able to tell his dad the truth about what happened to Auburnpaw.  Echomoor also enjoys spending time with the dark-cursed apprentices. He tells Frostpaw (11) about the latest gossip he heard over the border and offers Skippaw (11) advice about fitting in with the Clan.  Creekstar (90) wonders if she should start bringing some of the young dark-cursed cats to gatherings. Dark-cursed cats aren’t normally taken to gatherings until they’re proven, but it could be a show of strength to the other Clans.  Shinepaw has been working extra hard in preparing for her assessment.  She worries that she’ll fail it.  Brightpaw (11) comforts her.  While on a patrol, Skippaw tells Rubbleheart (32) that she’s been having nightmares of darkness.  Rubbleheart tells her that those sound like. . .visions.  Maybe of the dark forest.  Skippaw’s scared, but Rubbleheart comforts her and tells her to go talk to the Healers.

Shinepaw (10) hopes that Eaglepaw finds his way back to the Clan.  She’s not sure what life will look like without her brother by her side.  However, the apprentices’ den is still full because Xhosa’s (103) kits have been made apprentices!  Streampaw (6) is apprenticed to Spotfoot (16).  He hopes he’ll do something to impress the Clan on his first day.  Maybe he could catch a big fat rabbit?  Or chase off a fox!  That’ll show the Clan he’s the best apprentice anyone’s ever seen!  His brother, Almondpaw (6), is a little more reserved.  He’s apprenticed to Vaxxstreak (121).  With so many apprentices and so few powered warriors, a lot of powerless cats are ending up with powered apprentices.  It’s challenging to train them to control something they themselves don’t understand.  Primcrest (77), unlike her son, does enjoy having kits around camp. She’s reminded of just how cute they are because of Nettlekit (4).  Xhosa, on the other paw, is a bit fed up with all the young cats. She thinks that Skippaw (10) is a rumor-monger and that Palepaw (14) is too stuck up. The kits have decided that they are obsessed with Amberwhisker (94).  Lilackit (2) loves climbing all over him and Rootkit (2) charms him with his big green eyes. Almondpaw is trying to get to know his mentor and tell him a story, but Vaxxstreak is noticeably distracted.  Maybe because he’s old.  Apparently, not every cat loves Bluepaw (10).  Shinepaw is telling jokes about her.  Brightpaw (10) understands that her friend is just stressed after the loss of her brother, but she wishes she would be a bit nicer to her siblings.  The fearsome foursome are still quite close, and Frostpaw (10) feels most like herself when she’s around Bluepaw.