The ForestClan Roleplay - Book 3

[Kori~ <3]

((xD O Nose!!!))
Hollywind scented the air.
"It smells pretty Smokeclan to me, and why would you care if it was a tom or not," she meowed carelessly. She tasted the air and scented a vole nearby. She crouched, and slowly stepped toward the little animal. With a quick pounce and a swift bite to its neck, the vole died.
"Why don't you stop thinking about ways to humiliate youself and find some prey," Hollywind growled at Bravesoul.

[—ƒrostyy—]

Bravesoul fought back a growl of annoyance. This is what I wanted to avoid... he thought bitterly. "You're the one who brought up Shinepaw!" he snapped, turning away from Hollywind.
At the base of a nearby tree he spotted a busy squirrel. He stalked it for a moment, then pounced and trapped it between his paws. He killed it with a swift blow to the neck. He picked it up, then dropped it at Hollywind's paws. "Happy?" he growled.

[Kori~ <3]

Hollywind unsheathed her claws suddenly, anger pulsing through her body.
"We wouldn't even be in this mess if you had never met that stupid little she-cat from Smokeclan! And if you knew how I felt about this whole thing! About her! About me! About yo-" She shut her mouth before she revealed anything else. Blushing furiously, Hollywind looked up to the sky. "We should be heading back soon..." she meowed quietly, quickly killing a nearby mouse. "This should be enough prey, get your squirrel..." she meowed and began padding back to the meeting spot, staying far away from Bravesoul as possible.
((OOOOOOOOOOOO))

[born to be wild]

Wildstar jumped at the sound of a loud, distressed yowl coming from outside camp. She nodded to the warriors guarding the camp entrance as she raced out. Catching a winded scent of rat, she dove through the bushes until the scents got stronger.

"Frostyclaws? What's wron-- Oh my! Dustclaw! Was it a rat? No, no time for that. Frostyclaws, help me bring him back to camp. I should have brought more cats!"

[—ƒrostyy—]

((... O.O INTENSE. ))

Bravesoul silently picked up his squirrel and followed Hollywind.
What does that mean? I know how she feels about Shinepool... she obviously detests her, but what about me...? Could she have... no, that can't be it.... can it?
Bravesoul shook his head, confused. He watched Hollywind, wishing he knew what she was thinking. She'd seemed so angry with him, but he wasn't quite sure why. Was it Shinepool? The unknown SmokeClan scent? Him, somehow?
Bravesoul stopped, realizing something.
"Hollywind, wait! What about the others?" he yowled, running to catch up with her. They'd completely forgotten about Orangestripe, Rabbitleap, and Moonpaw. They were supposed to meet at sunhigh.

[born to be wild]

Darkfur bristled. He hissed to himself when he realized that he hadn't been asked to join the hunting patrol. The new deputy was younger than himself, he shouldn't have been chosen. Not a good choice, Wildstar.

He strode over to the fresh-kill pile, pondering just how the little warrior showed more potential than he did. He glanced at Frostwish, huddled over by her den. She was for a lot of the time, with that other furball, always sniffing flowers.

"Frostwish, tell me exactly how you're more important than a warrior? All you and Snowfall seem to do is organize and re-organize your flower collection."

[—ƒrostyy—]

Frostwish started when she saw Durkfur.
"Oh, um, hello, Darkfur." Frostwish struggled to be polite to the warrior. He wasn't exactly like the other warriors...
"Have I, um, have I said, or even implied that I was more, um, important than a warrior? If I did, I'm, um, sorry, and I didn't mean to, um, offend you or any of the other warriors," she mewed quietly, looking at the ground. What am I doing, just acting like a little kit? Why should I be afraid of him? There's no way he'd hurt me, or do anything of the kind!
Taking a deep breath, she looked up, right at Darkfur.
"You see, it's not exactly a 'flower collection' as you call it. These are our herbs, that we use to help heal injuries and soothe pain. Snowfall and I are kind of like warriors, in a way. It's just that we train to find herbs and heal cats, instead of hunting and fighting," Frostwish mewed more confidently. No need to mention StarClan... that will just upset him...

[born to be wild]

He scoffed, feigning disinterest at the assortment of herbs. He had to admit that knowing what they could do must be intriguing, but he'd never admit it. Darkfur shoved the thought to the back of his mind.
He stood up a little taller when he realized she was intimidated. He'd never hurt any member of his Clan, but it was nice to make them realize that he could.
"Right, but in this forest of furballs we don't get much action, do we? Warriors can still hunt and train, while you can gather herbs that will die before the next big battle even takes place." He rolled his silvery eyes. "Don't you ever wish you could chase after prey? Or scratch the fur off an enemy cat stealing that prey? All you'll ever do is heal the warrior that got hurt. It doesn't get much more exciting than that!" He mocked, intentionally leaving out the jab about not being able to have kits or a mate.
In truth, he was aware that he didn't have a kits to call his, or a mate to lay in the sun with. He can't insult her with something he might never have, either.

[—ƒrostyy—]

Frostwish snorted. She couldn't possibly imagine herself attacking another cat or catching a mouse. She was pretty surprised that he hadn't mentioned that she couldn't have a mate...
But then that might be because he doesn't have a mate... At least he's not hypocritical...
"No, I've never felt a need to scratch a cat's fur off. I'm prefectly fine with 'sorting my flowers', if you don't mind," she snapped, hoping she didn't sound as obnoxious as she thought she did. She almost instantly regretting snapping at him, however.

[born to be wild]

Respect fluttered inside of him for the cat. She was very defensive, and it was admirable, in a way. He still didn't think that she was more important than he to the Clan.

He let himself show a small, amused smile for half a second. "Right. For some reason I don't believe you've never wanted to feel the rush of a hunt, or a battle." He hissed. He knew he shouldn't, she being a medicine cat and sisters with the leader, close with the deputy. But he did anyway, he was too important to the Clan himself.

He saw the fresh-kill pile was low and remembered how he was left out of the patrol. Darkfur glanced up into Frostwish's eyes for a moment before he turned and stalked out of camp.

Darkfur busted through the undergrowth and lifted his nose to the sky, almost immediately scenting a vole. Taking the shortest time he ever had before, he caught up with the little life and killed it with a swift bite to the neck.

He strolled back into camp, back to the medicine cat den. Dropping the vole--still warm--infront of Frostwish, he nudged it forward with his paw and looked at her again. One look from him should compensate for being vaguely rude, right? Of course.

He sat down and started licking his left paw.

[—ƒrostyy—]

Frostwish was shocked when Darkfur just up and left. But she was even more shocked when he brought back a vole. He'd obviously gone out and killed it a moment ago; it was still warm.
Why go to so much trouble? What's he trying to prove? Could it just be a nice gesture? Yeah, right. Like he'd ever do something just to be nice.
As Frostwish looked from the vole to Darkfur, who was lazily licking his paw like he hadn't moved an inch. Irritation flowed through her.
"What does this prove, exactly, Darkfur? That you can catch prey?"
Was this cat trying to frustrate her? And was he doing it on purpose, or was he just naturally annoying?

[born to be wild]

"We all know that I can catch prey." He laughed like she made a joke, and bared his fangs. "But you don't think I'm capable of doing something nice for a fellow Clanmate? I'm hurt, Frostwish. You go around picking flowers all day, I expected you to be a bit less hostile when you're offered a reward for your hard work." Darkfur smirked and got up, nosing the vole closer to her, before he turned tail and started to make his way to the sunningrocks. There he would think of an appropriate approach about the hunting patrol when Bravesoul got back.
As he sauntered to his favorite rock, three words ran through his thoughts and he grinning in pleasure. How charming, Darkfur..

((He sounds evil. He's not evil. Just INCREDIBLY self-absorbed and rude.))

[we can LIGHT(y) up the sky(:]

((Wild...roleplaying? STRANGE. Haha, jk. So is there a reason Darkfur's come around? What's he going to do?))

"Moonpaw caught this mouse all by herself," Rabbitleap beamed, "and I caught three other mice and a vole. With your catch, the clan will be well fed tonight." She picked up her fresh-kill and flicked her tail towards camp. Moonpaw grabbed hers carefully and tripped over the tail of the creature. Rabbitleap laughed and helped her get back up. They strode into camp, forgetting they had to meet up with Bravesoul and Hollywind at sunhigh.

[Lawl[iet]]

"It's alright," Frostyclaws meowed. "We just need to get him back!" The she cat lifted her father onto her back and began to walk. However, when she took a step forward, her paw landed in a rabbit hole and twisted up. She yowled in pain and fell over, unable to walk.

((Silent and I came up with something so that the nest is on the SmokeClan and ForestClan border. The SC meddie cat and Cottonfur come and help Dust & Forsty, then Cotton becomes the med. cat apprentice. lol sorry if it's confuzzling.))

[born to be wild]

((You know what, Lighty? Funny. Well, Wildstar is gonna die... eventually, and I want another charrie to play. And I like playing rude kitties >:] ))

"Dear StarClan!" Wildstar screeched, "I need to go get help." She racked her brain how to handle this. What if the rats come back while I'm gone? This is terrible.. what do I do? She yowled as loud and agonizing as possible. Hopefully, she thought, the hunting patrol will hear. Oh my, what did Frostwish tell me about rat bites? Or a twisted paw? She groaned.

Darkfur's ears perked up as he heard the loud yell from the forest, it sounded like Wildstar. She was still in recovery, so Darkfur tried to keep his insults to a minimum. Standing up, he raced out of camp. "Wildstar's found trouble, come with me." He said to the warrior guarding camp, he didn't check to see who it was because it wasn't important, and they bounded out of camp.

((So, Petal, if I understand correctly, the SC meddie cats are gonna come help? Because I had Darkfur bring another warrior so it'll be him, Wildstar and the unknown cat that I just threw in there. The other cats are gonna come help, they'll be really defensive and one will go get Frostwish or Snowfall to help as well...))

[Lawl[iet]]

((I'll PM you. Maybe I'll be able to explain it better lol.))

"Fox dung!" Frostyclaws hissed. "Dustclaw, hang in there!"

Dustclaw heard his daughter's voice, but upon trying to reply, blood dripped from his mouth.

"Don't speak!" the she-cat meowed. "You need to stay quiet." Frostyclaws rtied to walk, but only to fall down into the dirt again. Of all times that she could have twisted her paw, it had to happen when her father's life was in jeopardy!

[born to be wild]

"Dustclaw, everything is gonna be okay. Frostyclaws, stop trying to move." Wildstar lifted her nose to the air and tried to scent any cats. Darkfur...

Darkfur and the other tom entered the clearing, skidding to a stop when they saw two cats down. "What happened?" He padded closer to Wildstar. "Do you have beetles for brains, Wildstar? They need a medicine cat, now. You should have come to get Frostwish, or Snowfall." Darkfur grimaced at his own words. After all, he had just explained to Frostwish the sole unimportance of a cat with flowers.. but now it was her time to shine.

Wildstar tipped her head to the side in surprise. "Excuse me? Dustclaw was bitten by a rat and Frostyclaws just twisted her paw and has no way to fully protect him or herself say more rats came. Get your story straight, Darkfur."

She looked over to the other warrior, as she had more to say to the arrogant black cat. "Go get a medicine cat, now!" She ordered.

Glancing back to Darkfur sourly, "Go see if you can find the hunting patrol. We need to get them back to camp."

[Lawl[iet]]

((The SC cats will be there soon. Silent plays Fishtail. If she doesn't come on, then I'll have Cottonfur come on her own and Wildstar can talk to Fishtail about it or something.))

[born to be wild]

((Silent is gonna be at the barn all day. I guess that might work.))

[Lawl[iet]]

((Ok. Do you want me to have Cotton come now?))