Where The Red Flower Grows

its my fault i got out of it, and im sorry i neglected frostclan and you guys. i really, really miss it.

Reminder to please not reblog or post content mocking very serious events such as the Midwest Fur Fest incident as not only is that wrong in general, but we have many Clanmates who may have been affected in anyway by the event and we must keep their (and your) safety and comfort a priority. Not...

"I could say the same!" She purred back, nuzzling into Foxtails thick brown pelt. "I’m so sorry we haven’t talked much recently… Ive just been busy with Ravenpaw- and Dragonstep. But im glad you’re here now!" Her voice chirped with equal excitement as it did fondness for her friends presence. "But what was it you wanted to say?"

Ravenpaw picked her head up, her ears perked. It was Redflower. Right today she was going to begin training her tail off. Slowly she rose from her nest, taking one last look around the den before heading out. Silverpelt still lit up the sky. No sane prey would be out at this hour so she knew what they would be doing. “I’m awake Redflower.” She said as she emerged from the den. “What are we going to do today?”

"I could say the same!" She purred back, nuzzling into Foxtails thick brown pelt. "I’m so sorry we haven’t talked much recently… Ive just been busy with Ravenpaw- and Dragonstep. But im glad you’re here now!" Her voice chirped with equal excitement as it did fondness for her friends presence. "But what was it you wanted to say?"

"Hm?" She glanced to the side, only for a moment in acknowledgment of the torti and white cat beside her. Words had been seldom between the two and Frozenfur was long from breaking her icyness to the shecat. Still though, as her mentor there was a job in place to be done. "Need something?"

Ravenpaw picked her head up, her ears perked. It was Redflower. Right today she was going to begin training her tail off. Slowly she rose from her nest, taking one last look around the den before heading out. Silverpelt still lit up the sky. No sane prey would be out at this hour so she knew what they would be doing. “I’m awake Redflower.” She said as she emerged from the den. “What are we going to do today?”

Once she was where she wanted to be she turned around and began to wade back. She couldn’t drag herself in the water any further. She was exhausted. Once she got back to Redflower she could feel the old soaking to her bones. “C-can we go back now?” She asked.

"It gets easier, I promise. Weaselfoot had me clawing trees for a moon until I could bat a bird off a branch." She chuckled, craning her neck down to lap carefully at her soaked white chestfur. "And you already have decent enough aim when it comes to these things- thats clear enough with your hunting. All you need to do now is keep working on getting your strength up."

"Hello?"

She had always been taught to never ignore a pups cry so, when she did hear one she swam as fast as she could to the source. She soon found the pup, and Elsa leaning over it, trying to untangle the net from it’s skin. She swam into the shallows before dragging herself on the beach where the pup was. Saying nothing to Elsa she started to work on calming the seal down. Doing so would make Elsa’s work much easier. That and the seal would probably be more likely to trust the ocean dweller ratehr than the land one. 

She looked up at that moment and went silent, eyes widening at the sight of Raven not three feet away from where she had been working.

"Hm?" She glanced to the side, only for a moment in acknowledgment of the torti and white cat beside her. Words had been seldom between the two and Frozenfur was long from breaking her icyness to the shecat. Still though, as her mentor there was a job in place to be done. "Need something?"

Frozenfur went quiet for a moment, she turned to watch Tawnypaw with a careful expression on her face, hesitant to say anything that might upset the younger molly. "Ravenpaw and Redflower are... Different than us." She knew Redflower had felt dedication to her friends niece and that in itself would make a difference but just simply speaking, they were different cats. "You can't compare us to them... We may argue but will find our own way to shape you into a fully capable warrior, understood?"

"Hello?"

She began to drag herself into the deeper water. “Thank you Elsa!” She called before diving into the deep unknown(At least for a human).

Today was different though. She couldn't go diving without her team and that incompatant group of fools had all gone climbing up a three mile magma chute. With any luck they would be incinerated and a replacement crew dispatched before weeks end. Elsa had spent her afternoon taking samples of the sand and stones that littered her facilities shoreline. At first she had admitted relief that no glass or rubbish had been found in the three hours she had been working from 8:00 a.m until now. That was quickly washed away when the bellow of a blubbering distress cry echoed off the volcanic rock walls. She had run for the source, soon finding a bloody scene before her as the severed hide of a young seal  tossed its body rough into the sand. A trap of sorts had wrapped around the creatures tail, cutting into the seals hard skin and splitting open its tail's flipper. Elsa arrived on the scene with her gloves already half on, bag wide open while she shuffled for further supplies to subdue the seal into a calm state and begin a proper assessment before working to remove the trap and net.

"My name is Gorsewind," the brown-and-white tom replied, his tail twitching. "And which one are you?"

"There’s so many exciting parts," Gorsewind replied to Shadowkit, his ears twitching. "I personally like border patrols the best. It’s nice to get to the outskirts of the territory and look at some of the beautiful scenery out there." The brown-and-white tom looked down at the young kit. "Eventually, when you’re an apprentice, your mentor will take you out to explore the borders, too."

He sat up straight and nodded his head at what Gorsewind told him, hoping to sound like a serious adult when he replied earnestly, perhaps a little too much so. "Do you think Ashstar will choose a good mentor for me? I don't want someone who will be too soft!" Shadowkit wanted to prove himself as soon as he could! Whoever his mentor was they had better be ready to for a work out themselves by the time Shadowkit was an apprentice.