{open}A peircing light--a drop of blood

[Moonzzz]

Light peiced through the thick canopy that lay over Thunderclan camp. The starclan cat stared at the camp beside her mate in disgust. These were the cats. The ones that caused her son to be brainwashed. The tom layed his tail on her shoulder, Jade. you know that they saved him." The muschuler tom was pure white with blue eyes. surprisingly, he was a SHadowclan cat. A great desendant of Blackstar. but, he now belonged to Starclan. He remebered that day. When Bloodclaw had done his best to save his dying father. Starclan bless that cat. the tom had told Bloodclaw a prophecy right before he died. The female beside him, although, was not dead. This was yet another dream where he has brought her to a certain part of the forest. She sighed, finnally rasping, "They took him form me, cloudheart. And i will never forgive them. "
They waited contently for their kit to come from the apprentice den. When the young tom left the den, Cloudheart meowed his goodbyes.

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Tumblepaw unseathed his claws. He padded into the sunlight. Birds sang their morning songs. His dream had shaken him. a bloody claw had sliced him in half. He was sure he was dying. But then those same claws had grabed him and brought him back to life. TUmblpaw shivered. maybe if he ate some prey...he was probably just hungry. so he layed down on the dusty, warm, earth. a leaf landed on his delicate nose, he blew it off. Sighing from loneliness he chewed into the stringy animal. when he finished, he buried the bones respectfully, thanking starclan for the life.
Tumblepaw was in a huff. why couldnt he train? he recalled Frostar's words in disgust, "We are to busy." she had mewed, "Besides we dont have a mentor for you so just keep a hold of your tail!" Tumblepaw growled. so low in his throat. he he turned his white head around and bumped into a cat unexpectantly................

[Winter]

Usually, when you bump into somebody else, your reaction tends to be rude.

'Hey! Watch where you're going!' is a typical answer, or 'Move out of the way!' is also popular. However, when somebody bumps into Timberpaw, the response is quite different.

Once the tiny apprentice felt his body quivering with that of somebody else's, he jumped back in fear and surprise (more fear than surprise) and said nothing more but apologies. Let's not forget to mention the fact that he didn't look into that somebody's eyes but stared inflexibly and forlornly at the ground.

'I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I was walking at. I'm sorry, really. Please accept my apologies.' The little tom squealed, his eyes never removing from the floor. Eventually, after he got no reply, his head perked up and he nearly sighed in relieve when he saw it was barely Tumblepaw.

'Oh Tumblepaw' Timberpaw said and erected his back. 'I didn't know it was you. Sorry anyways.'

Timberpaw was just adapting to this new ThunderClan life and he wasn't just about to take chances. He was afraid the ThunderClanners would reject him as well, like the other numerous cats had. He had felt much better in ThunderClan however.

'How's the hunting going?' the apprentice asked casually.

[Moonzzz]

'There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.'

Tumblepaw squeeked in surprise when the apprentice had started exploding with apologies. Tumblepaw looked up and saw Timberpaw. He sighed. he was training.....

Tumblepaw was taken aback by the question, "oh, umm well i am not being taught anything yet....."

Tumblepaw was saddened. It was his greatest dream to be trained. Wasnt becoming an apprentice exciting so you can train as a loyal warrior? not just for the name?

Tumblepaw then looked back into reality and meowed, "So your mentor busy or something or are you just waiting for them to wake up. I mean so they can train you?"



'Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.'

[rainbow-FiSHY]

Silverripple dwelled by. She let the scent of the Thunderclan apprentices flow through her nose.

Mentors? What's the use of that? she thought. After all, a mentor will never be able to teach an apprentice all he/she needs, or all of the knowledge the mentor has. What's up with these cats?

While muttering her thoughts repeatly to herself, she stammered over a small log. She scowled at herself for not noticing, but then just realized the cane, or trib, or mob - whatever they are - cats near by. She scowled herself more, even though she knew it would attract more attention.

But, who cares? After all, it's all worth it for a worthy fight after so long around the twolegs and kittypets. A she-cat just needs to flex her claws every once in awhile, correct?

[Moonzzz]

Tumblepaw raised his head and growled. There was a strange cat nearby, "WHO goes there!"

ooc: i couldnt think of anything else to say! lol

[rainbow-FiSHY]

"Who goes there?!"

Some cat had growled at her while she was passing by. Even though Silverripple expected this to happen, it still came as surprise. Startled, she fluffed up her fur and growled back, threatingly.

"I'm only passing by!" she hissed. The pretty silver cat lashed her tail side to side.

She arched her back to make herself look much bigger. Then, with claws unsheathed, she pounced with great force. The loner cat obviously has much experience in fighting. Slashing her claws and whirling around often was Silverripple's idea of a good defensive move. However, it did make her dizzy, and she stopped doing it and focused on targetting the apprentice's soft underbelly. In attempt to make them flip over, she pounced from up high again to make them roll to escape. She purposly tried to drop down quickly to land right on the belly with good timing, in which she was extremely good at. Her endless practicing as a kit and training with her long lost sister paid off afterall.

[Moonzzz]

Tumblepaw slid form the loner, "oh it is just a petty loner!" He yowled, "you should learn where you do and dont belong!" He unseathed his claws. watching the apprentices training was enough for him to match up to this cat. Though he waited for timberpaw anxiously to help him! Tumblepaw looked at the cat, "you are about to go against a whole clan of cats. I suggest you just make sure you get out. Unless, you want your fur ripped off by our warriors!If it is help you need, you probably shouldnt be putting off the idea that your a threat!"
Tumblepaw tried his best to avoid a fight. Especially since he couldnt truly fight yet! 'please someone come back form a patrol or something! Froststar!'

[rainbow-FiSHY]

Silverripple halted and hissed fearlessly, "I know what I'm doing, mouse-brain, now get out of my way and I'll leave!"
She puffed up her fur, not because she was scared. No, Silverripple was the least bit frightened. She did it to intimidate, as usual, since Silverripple was that kind of cat - intimidating.

She made a low growl, rying to have things her way. She knew she shouldn't have crossed this territory, but all things will be worth it once she gets the chance to rip some fur off with her claws. They havn't been used for a while, and now they seemed useless. Silverripple didn't want to think that, so she was looking for a fight as quick as possible.

[Moonzzz]

Tumbleclaw reavealed his oversized claws and bared his teeth, "youve got some guts to syat hat right in a cat's own territory!" 'come on someone help here!?' His growl transfurred into a hiss. "how am i supposed to know your stealing our prey, foxdung!"

ooc: rawr! lol

[rainbow-FiSHY]

ooc: Nice sig! ;D

"Yeah, right." Silverripple snorted. She rolled her eyes and slipped pass him. She eyed him carefully. "Just so you know, and just so you won't get hurt, don't attack. You'll be sorry." she mewed in a low growl. Then, with a flick of a tail, the pretty she-cat darted away, in attempt to escape out of territory to a safer place - with no suspicious cats around.

[S!LVER {not posting for now}]

Paws hit the earth at a trot, carrying a broad-shouldered tom with piercing green eyes. The wind ruffled his thin calico fur and he shivered slightly. Why had he come out to hunt in the first place? The fresh-kill pile was full, yet he longed to sink his claws into a warm water vole. The tom decided to put that longing behind him; what was the point in getting more food that would probably be left uneaten until the next day? With a slightly annoyed aura, he turned around and padded back to the ThunderClan camp. By the time he'd reached the entrance, he was already fine again, but that didn't last long. He saw two apprentices, Timberpaw and Tumblepaw, fur bristling, glaring at a silver she-cat that was obviously not a Clan cat. He unsheathed his claws and hissed under his breath. Why hadn't one of them ran to get a patrol yet? He opened his jaws wide to take in air-- she was a loner, not a kittypet, and by the scent emitting from her body, she was looking for a fight. But honestly, what grown cat would stoop down to attack two small apprentices? Maybe she overestimated her opponents. His green gaze flickered from one apprentice to the other as they spat insults at her. She fluffed out her fur, growled something, and stalked away. The tom narrowed his eyes at her tail disappearing from in between some bushes. He leapt out of the bracken he'd been in and trod up to Timberpaw and Tumblepaw. With relief easy to see in his green gaze.

OOC: Wait.. Before I type any more, I have something to ask. Is Silverripple still here or is she somewhere else? I thought I saw a post with her in it in WindClan, so... Can I still reply to this???