#wormdart

Meta: Here's a 'fun' fact. Frostheart was both the youngest of Brightfalcon's kits and the one who lived to be the oldest.

This greenleaf has been a hot one, and many cats have come down with heat exhaustion.  Not great for the two Healer apprentices.  Sleepyfoot (39), Chervilcry (152), Wormdart (29), Palejumble (13), and Elmkit (3) have all come down with it.  And Primcrest (15) realizes that she actually has heatstroke.  She knows enough about healing from having earth powers to identify it when the apprentices can’t.  She’s also hesitant to heal herself, knowing the stories about dark-cursed cats who do.  Fry’s (80) constant nightmares have stopped, and he’s looking forward to getting to go back on patrol and catching up with Creekstar (27).  Gladepatch (49) appreciates the hard work his apprentices have been putting in and notices just how considerate Asterpaw (9) is.  With Sleepyfoot sick, Pigeonspot (42) and Cypressbadger (39) have stepped up in watching out for the kits.  Cypressbadger gives Goldenkit (3) a badger ride and Pigeonspot thinks she’s very helpful.  Halfnoise (14) makes sure to spend time with Daisypaw (14), who is frustrated at not being a warrior yet.  He makes jokes about neighboring clans with her and makes sure she feels seen.  The stress of being the only two Healers in a Clan full of sick cats is starting to get to Asterpaw.  He feels like Poolpaw (9) could be much more helpful than he is.  While on a patrol, the apprentices find a loner named Marshdapple (64) and her three kits and bring them back to camp.  Marshdapple and one of the kits, Frecklekit (0), have a weak earth-blessing. It will be nice to have a more experienced cat to help out in the Healer’s den, even if Marshdapple is still recovering from giving birth.  At first they think the other two kits are powerless, but they realize that one of the kits, aptly named Lightkit (0), is giving off a little more heat than is normal.  He’s fire-blessed.  His brother, Tornkit (0), though, is powerless.

Featherspeck’s siblings are shocked by the news of her death.  They each handle it in different ways, though.  Rabbitfur (24) relies on her clanmates to comfort her, although she wonders if things will ever feel normal again without Featherspeck in her life.  She was so used to being overshadowed by her sister’s power, but now she isn’t.  Now she’s the most powerful of the surviving siblings.  It feels wrong.  Wormdart (24) withdraws into himself, letting himself mourn Featherspeck and the time they should have had together.  No one can begrudge him the need to grieve.  Her death also leaves Sleepyfoot (34) as the only surviving parent of their kits.  She may not have loved Featherpspeck, per se, but she does love their kits.  She has even announced that she is expecting more kits and has moved into the nursery while her older kits are still in it.  Interesting.  The Clan wonders who their other parent is.  The kits in question are handling the death of their mother as well as can be expected.  They’ve also been relying on the older apprentices to help   Fennelkit (4) is having a good time with Finchpaw (9) and Glowkit (4) takes comfort in snuggling with Palepaw (8).  Asterkit (4) even joins in the cuddle pile, rethinking his previous harsh judgment of the apprentice.  The cat who seems to be struggling the most is Poolkit (4).  He’s been a little testy lately and is bickering with Chervilcry (147), who’s only trying to help him.  Despite the grief, Creekstar (22) is pleased with the amount of young cats in the Clan.  She knows that there was a time, when her grandparents were alive, where there were almost no young cats.  It’s good to see the Clan thriving under her care. Wildcave (51) is also thinking about the young cats.  He wonders if he should be more protective of his kits and is really impressed with how brave Volcanoblossom (95) is.  Sometimes he feels like he should be braver, considering his fire-blessing. Wildcave has been paying closer attention to his kits and has realized that, maybe because of being powerless and living a relatively sheltered life, Halfpaw (9) struggles with fitting in with his siblings.  He vows to watch out for him better.  Meanwhile, Mossypaw (10) confides in Gladepatch (44) that he feels overshadowed by Primpaw (10) sometimes.  Actually, make that most of the time.  She’s so powerful and valued in the Clan, but he’s just another fiery cat.  Gladepatch reassures him and explains why Primpaw is valued and given special attention.  It doesn’t mean that Mossypaw is any less valuable-and besides, it’s always good to have fire-blessed cats around.  For a time the Clan was as low on them as they are now on water-blessed cats.  

Wormdart; Wind-blessed tom-kit with a power level of 70 (medium high); Compassionate, good storyteller, and a fast runner

Featherpaw (12), Rabbitpaw (12), and Wormpaw (12) have been made warriors!  Featherpaw is now Featherspeck, honoring her tranquility, Rabbitpaw is named Rabbitfur for her loyalty, and Wormpaw is named Wormdart for his observance.  Their mentors are proud of the cats they’ve become and the new warriors are glad they get to have their warrior ceremony together.  They remember how Volcanoblossom’s (83) kits didn’t make it this far, how Burrowpaw left her sisters to graduate without her, and how Creekpaw (10) is missing her brother next to her. At least their ceremony at the beginning of newleaf marks a good start to the season for ElementClan.  In addition to three new warriors, Amethystdapple (83) has announced that she’s expecting kits!  It’ll be nice to have more kits in the Clan.  Now that Featherspeck is a warrior, Chervilcry (135) checks on her to make sure she’s feeling confident, but not like there’s too much pressure on her.  She remembers how much pressure was on Shardfrost to perform when she was younger.  Featherspeck assures her that she’s alright, although internally she is feeling stressed.  She doesn’t want to let the Clan down.  Meanwhile, Fry (63) is feeling stressed about his mate having kits and goes to Conegoat (39) for advice on what to do.  She has no idea-does she look like she’s a mother?  But she tries to give him advice anyways.  Despite being busy, Wildcave (39) makes sure to make time for his mate.  He and Rustsong (25) went on a moonlit stroll last night.  It was quite nice.  She laughed at his jokes the whole time.  Volcanoblossom decides to check in on Creekpaw.  Being from outside the Clan, she doesn’t quite get the Clan’s belief that dark-cursed cats are dangerous and wants to make sure the young cat is doing alright.  Creekpaw says she’s doing fine, but that she wishes there were more cats her age around.  It reminds Volcanoblossom of her kits, and leaves her feeling a little bit down.  Despite still being sick with redcough, Brioche (70) is determined to fit into the Clan and offers to lead a patrol.  Sleepyfoot (22) convinces her to stay in camp, for now, and assures her that she’ll be leading patrols in no time.