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Post by leequor on Nov 18, 2016 18:41:11 GMT -6
A dull colored cat then stood up looking at the two other leaders. They moved their tail from side to side slowly and smirked showing their long and sharp fangs. The huge brown cat then cleared their throat , with a firm and strong voice they stumped food and began.
" Sharkclan has been doing more than well. We most thank Mysticclan we have been safe this past moons" They meowed. As the cat spoke They remembered how paranoid they had been in the last moon for the safety of their clan. They had spoken about their thought but... still , the leader could feel how their reflections gathered on their mind. Taking a deep breath , the cat paused for a moment. " Sharkclan is a strong clan , Prey had been fertile , our elders and queens are fed well. We have always endured Leaf-bare and as always we will once again" Swampstar added quickly as the cats of Sharkclan meowed cheering at the words of the leader. Ears flicking and teeth showing in pride the cat gave some steps backwards letting the next leader take the stop they were standing in.
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Post by Heaila on Nov 19, 2016 19:56:34 GMT -6
Cobaltstar stepped up a little, clearing her throat. She really had to speak up this time. "Scorchclan has a new leader and deputy, the later being Crescentstrike, and the former, me. The prey has been plentiful enough to feed everyone in the clan, and I am proud to announce that we will have new kits in the clan soon." She glanced over at her deputy, feeling a mixture of pride and worry. She stepped back and looked over at Nightstar, nodding slightly as a "go" sign.
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Post by ninjasoilder on Nov 25, 2016 11:27:39 GMT -6
Nightstar had listened to what was brought up so far. "It's good to hear that the other clans are doing well. Rushingclan's been doing fairly well itself, aside from a few topics that were brought up. Which reminds me, would you all minded if we tried to move our camps up into the volcano edge in our territory at all? I ask this because the tidal waves that come up in our clan are a huge risk, and getting our kits and elders somewhere that they can be safe at will only help us." He said.
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Post by leequor on Nov 27, 2016 13:44:27 GMT -6
Some of Swampstar's fur bristled. " Move your camp?" They thought. The territory was chosen by their great ancestor , moving the camp was an idea that bothered them but after some silence the ca realized it was for the better even if they didn't like the idea the kits are important to every clan. They glanced at Nightstar nodding with their head signaling the approval they had for the idea. Swampstar then turned to look at Cobaltstar waiting for any reaction of the female.
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Post by Heaila on Nov 27, 2016 14:15:31 GMT -6
Cobaltstar nodded in approval. Although the change annoyed her slightly, she did not want to disrupt the balance of the three clans. Her tail tip twitched as she thought for a moment. "Yes, that would be fine.. I wish Rushingclan the best of luck in your travels. May you be able to move back to your current camp soon."
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Post by Heyyew on Nov 27, 2016 14:48:58 GMT -6
A tiny squee could be heard from the crowd. Surprisingly enough, the source of said sound was a full grown warrior, whom by this point was almost forty moons. An astounding number, especially for the warrior in question who owned it. Hibiscussting put a paw to her mouth, “Pardon.” She muttered before going quiet. She was just so happy that they’d said yes so easily. Swampstar had had some reservations as a gut instinct- Hibiscussting could tell that by the brief fur raise. But ultimately they had both said yes easily. Just as she had predicted they would. The clans weren’t truly enemies with each other. Any animosity between them was purely imagined by this point.
She dearly hoped it would stay that way. Especially now that Nightstar had given away the location of their new camp in front of all the clans. His fear that the others might not approve of them moving their camp might come back to bite them later on. They had approved now. But they might use that information later… This bit she’d keep to herself. There was no need to ruffle Nightstar’s fur. The clans had been at peace for nearly as long as she’d been alive, if not longer. Fear of trouble brewing between them would back them worriers not warriors. “Perhaps during the dry season when our territory isn’t flooding all the time.” She added as a gentle afterthought to Cobaltstar’s words. It might not be appropriate for her to speak right now, theoretically. But given the situation, it was the right thing to do.
Best to quail fears before they rose. She knew Nightstar would likely latch onto what Cobaltstar said if she did not address it immediately here.
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Crescentstrike sat by silently, ducking shyly as she felt eyes drawn to her at mention of her being deputy. It’d never been much in her nature to be shy. But it’d never been the case where literally everyone was looking at her either.
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Post by ninjasoilder on Nov 28, 2016 10:40:18 GMT -6
Nightstar nodded his head to Cobaltstar and Swampstar. "Thank you both for understanding. Yes, we will try to move there when the tidal waves get very bad, because they do get to the point where they nearly reach camp, and that's a scary thought to think about. I just wanted to let you two know about that so questions wouldn't be raised later." He said.
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Post by leequor on Dec 8, 2016 0:48:13 GMT -6
The cat kept silent and gave a small smirk. Swampstar really appreciated Nightstar telling them this, At least the leader didn't ask to stay on Sharkclan territory. The clans had nothing against each other but Swampstar simply liked to stick to their own culture. Raising both ears they proceeded to each listening to the older tom's words. Part of them was slightly glad, When the clan moved that would tell them when the danger had started not that it was a threat to Sharkclan but still anything could happen for as far as they knew.
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Post by Heyyew on Dec 9, 2016 17:04:20 GMT -6
Credit to Dragon for the post~
A deep rumble shook the very ground the clans were gathered on, at first it seemed like an earthquake and cats began to panic as they ushered their loved ones closer. But then, an ear splitting sound filled the air; drowning out the cries of shock and the assuring calls of the leaders. The sound was like thunder tearing through the skies and filled the hearts of all cats with looming fear. For it was a sound not completely foreign to those who had been alive more than three years ago.
Another rumble rattled the earth and this time its magnitude toppled a few cats over. It was now that cats turned their heads towards the volcano, where the clouds had long been chased off to make room for the plumes of dark smoke that now consumed the sky hungrily. Laying quiet for some time, the smoke now yearned to teach the sky that it devoured all. A gust of air rippled from the volcano outwards and crashed over the gathered cats, pushing them over by the sheer force of its power.
From the peak, bubbling lava oozed its way down the volcano's side. First slow and trickling, but once awoken would soon race down to eagerly meet the land it desired to scorch. Cats swore they could feel it’s blazing heat even now. The trickles of its orange glow could just be made out in its early dawn, but it was enough to send the clan cats into a hysteric panic. As the lava was making its way. Right.Towards.Them.
With it came an eruption of rocks that tumbled and flew through the skies, leaving trails of fire as it did. Although not close, they still held enough force to cause a rockslide that tumbled ever quicker.
Cats fearfully gathered their clanmates and awaited their leaders orders, some bolting out of the gathering place before so; allowing fear to lead them to safety. Others were too hysteric and caught up in their cries and wails to listen to orders. The peaceful meeting was over now, as dark smoke covered the moon. It was complete chaos now. And the clans were hidden from the eyes of Mysticclan.
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Post by darkdragmon on Dec 9, 2016 17:18:22 GMT -6
Burrpaw's ears were flattened against his head as he watched the lava coming towards them. His tail fur was standing and his body tumbling with fear as more chaos happened around him. This was not how he excepted his first gathering to go. He made sure to stay close to his clanmates and kept an eye on Crescentstrike and Colbatstar to see when one of them would give an order. The tom was having a hard time being able to listen and smell since there was nothing but wails, fear scent, and a strange scent coming from the volcano that he never knew existed.
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Post by dragonridersc on Dec 9, 2016 21:23:30 GMT -6
The gathering was going peacefully well, Spiderfur expected them to be going home soon with some good news for the clan. But then the worst thing imaginable happened. Spiderfur was frozen with fear, his eyes staring wide eyed at the scene before him. How could this be happening again? After the strife they've already been through the past years.Was Mysticclan upset with them? The medicine at felt a twinge of betrayal at the notion, how could cats of peace and compassion ever bring themselves to do such a thing? Could Spiderfur even believe this to be them? The lanky medicine cat turned to his fellow healers, his eyes still fearful but full of conviction. "Quickly, help gather your clanmates. Keep them safe and get them to safe grounds" and with that, he turned to run into the crowd of panicking cats; searching for all those that belonged to his clan and doing his best to keep them calm.
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Lightningcloud was still staring at the lava that slowly made its way down, letting the panic all around her fade into background noise. It would be a while before it reached them, but the impending doom it promised was still enough to send chills of fright down her spine. Her breath seemed to be stuck in her throat. Were they all going to die? A twinge of peace came with that thought. If she died now, she could be with her kits again. She could see Thistletongue and Tidepaw again.Closing her eyes, she pictured seeing the star pelted cats welcoming her as her own pelt was filled with stars as she walked closer to the group....the cry of young cats snapped her out of the fantasy and she turned to see the apprentices all huddled together looking terrified. A split image of a young dusty kit reminded her of the cats she would be leaving behind. Duskkit still needs me, these cats still need me. Taking a break, she let go of the star pelted cats she pictured; letting the image fade to black as she dashed over to the young cats. "I-It's okay. W-we're all going to be okay. Everyone go to your mentors" she turned to her own clans apprentices "You stick with me"
The ginger she-cat watched as the apprentices dashed off to find their mentors. All except for one. The Scorchclan apprentice, Burrpaw, seemed to be too stunned with fear to hear what she was saying. Lightningcloud looked between him and her own apprentices with confliction, she had her own clanmates to take care of; but she couldn't leave him on his own either. Frustrated, she turned to the leader steps wondering why they hadn't made any orders yet. She managed to catch Crescentstrike's eye and called out to her above all the noise (talking directly to her but meaning her words for all the leaders) "What are you doing? Control your clanmates, they need you" she spat, fear still clearly seen through her as she stood protectively over the Scorchclan apprentice; flicking her tail to draw in her clans apprentices closer.
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Post by Heyyew on Dec 10, 2016 0:26:12 GMT -6
Hibiscussting had heard the stories… She knew what was going on. A fire lit in her eyes, one of anger and hurt. “You. Are. KIDDING ME!” The warrior she-cat roared at the volcano. She screamed again in rage, this time wordlessly. No no no! No! This wasn’t fair! Why was this happening? Why was this happening now, of all times?
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“Oh shit, I’m the deputy.” Crescentstrike, in the initial confusion and fear of what was happening… Fear. It’d been so long since she’d felt that. There was something enticing about the taste of it. For the first time in awhile she felt almost alive. The she-cat surged upwards and did her best to summon forth the ferocity Scorchclan was so very well known for. She had to make people listen. “EVERYONE RUN THE HELL AWAY. OR SO HELP ME I WILL GUT YOU AND FEED YOU TO YOUR CLOSEST LOVED ONE!”
About five seconds after she had said that the fierce look was gone from her face. That… May have been a bit far.
That was when a rock landed square next to her, crushing the Rushingclan deputy’s lower half. The she-cat’s death was almost immediate. And what was meant by almost was that for about five grueling seconds the deputy sputtered their last final breaths. Any sort of fear that Crescentstrike might have garnered in the seconds before this were likely to be utterly crushed as she let out an ear piercing, grueling scream, and ran away as fast as her legs could take her. She didn’t even check to make sure her clan was following her.
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Post by sandkitcat on Dec 10, 2016 4:41:44 GMT -6
The tall spotted savannah cat's eyes widened at the sound and rumble of the volcano- something he had heard stories about from not long ago. Oh no, not again...not now. He thought to himself, although he managed to keep his own fear in check. For some reason, as things usually went, he couldn't muster up fear in himself, but he did know how dire this situation was. He thought of Burrpaw and immediately searched for his apprentice.
He eventually came upon him trembling and frozen in fear with Lightningcloud. Goldenash dipped his head to her. "Thank you, Lightningcloud, I'll take care of him from here." He said, nudging Burrpaw to his paws.
At Crescentstrike's rather....uninspiring shout, and then ultimately running and leaving her clan at the horrid sight of Rushingclan's deputy being crushed, he couldn't help but feel he had to at least say something else to his fearful clanmates. "Come on everyone, like Crescentstrike said! We must make our way down to safer ground." He said, looking around to each of his clanmates and making sure that everyone was in sight and unharmed, before he began making his way down, standing behind Burrpaw and nudging him again to assure he didn't freeze in shock again.
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Post by leequor on Dec 10, 2016 11:21:13 GMT -6
Swampstar's fur was bristled as they snarled. Their face had a intimidating look that could scared anyone who turned to look at them in this situation. They got mad , their ears were flattered out of fear how ever this was not fear for their life but it was out of respect. There was this feeling telling them it was a message. They looked at the sharkclan deputy and ordered his to flee along their warriors. The leader turned and looked straight into Nightstar's eyes it seemed like if they were about to speak but their own thoughts stooped them.
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Post by dragonridersc on Dec 10, 2016 20:40:39 GMT -6
Lightningcloud watched the coward leave the gathering place, an appalled look on her face. THAT was a deputy? She just abandoned her clanmates. The ginger glared after the fleeing deputy before turning back to the Scorchclan apprentice “Look kid, you're going to be fine. So stay calm and do as you're told”, fortunately she wouldn't have to worry about him for much longer. Lightningcloud returned the gesture, glad to know the apprentice was in safe paws now. "Be safe Goldenash, we're all in this together now", it was true enough; the clans may be divided by borders but in a time of crisis like this, they were all on the same boat. The ginger she-cat had to admire the spotted warriors conviction and willingness to stand by his worthless deputy's word, 'at least he was doing something for his clan', she thought bitterly to herself. Quickly, she moved amongst her clanmates, offering comforting words to the apprentices she towed with her as she did. "It'll be alright Koipaw, just keep an eye on Sedgepaw and stick close". Lightningcloud wasn't sure what to do, she needed her leaders orders. Glancing towards the 'steps she noticed her leader glaring furiously at Nightstar and for a moment she thought they were going to fight, 'furballs, we have more important things to worry about' she thought furiously as she made her way towards her leader. "Swampstar! Where do you expect us to go?", back home they had plenty of caves they could hide in, but that was a long swims away and they were still on the island where the volcano was brewing.
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Spiderfur was desperately searching for his clanmates, thankfully most of them were grouped together and now awaited for Nightstar's command. But upon the death of their deputy, hysterics began to rise again. The wirey medicine cat looked on in horror as Blueshores was crushed to death, her eyes wide with pain and shock. Spiderfur had long learned to be strong in the face of war and sickness, but seeing such a gruesome scene made his stomach churn and before he knew it he was sweating and retching his stomach clean. His eyes wet with grief as he looked back to his former deputy's dead eyes "Oh Blueshores..how could this ..." he gulped, closing his eyes as his body trembled. Thats when the comforting touch of Nettlestep brought him out of his thoughts and reminded him of his duties, the toms scared blue eyes gave him new conviction as he shakily got to his paws. Together the two toms began searching for their friend, Hibiscussting, to ensure everyone was accounted for. The medicine cat only hoped that Coldheart was keeping everyone together back at camp.
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Post by ninjasoilder on Dec 10, 2016 21:03:34 GMT -6
Nightstar had his eyes closed as the volcano erupted. He wasn't expecting something like this to happen, but he was able to keep a cool composure. This was on the outside, for inside he was panicking and freaking out. Nightstar got up as others began to run around and panic. Nightstar looked at Swampstar and saw his expression. He simply shook his head, answering a question if this was Nightstar's fault. He wasn't going to back down, not when his clan needed him. Nightstar then looked around. "ATTENTION!!!" He roared to be heard over the volcano. He had dealt with this once before, so he knew what to do. "Everyone: Meet up with your clan leaders and follow them out of here! Make sure no one is left behind, and make sure to not trip yourself or your other clanmates! We all need to move either onto high hills on the island, go into any areas made safe from volcanoes, any islands off the main island, or into the water!" He shouted as he helped search for his clan to gather them altogether. Of course, Nightstar wasn't focused on Crescentstrike's death. To him, that wasn't important right now. What was important was getting the rest of his clan to safety.
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Post by Heaila on Dec 10, 2016 21:57:00 GMT -6
Cobaltstar leaped off of the rock that she was sitting atop, landing with close to no noise on the ground. She raised her voice. "Everyone! Across the water! You should be safe in the other side! Stay with your clan!!" She started ushering cats away from the searing hot lava, yelling at them the whole time.
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Post by Heyyew on Dec 10, 2016 23:49:49 GMT -6
The voices of the leaders snapped her out of her rage of what was going on right now, and into action. She had to make sure her friends, her clan, got out of here.
Hibiscussting had to personally disagree with Nightstar. This was not the time to calmly gather towards their clan leaders- who remained standing still on their little steps. They were barely even trying to duck! This was the time- as Cobaltstar had said- to run. There were rocks falling and tumbling all around them- and towards them. Hibiscussting ignored Nightstar’s order and looked for Spiderfur, quickly finding him and rushing over him, being careful to watch out for the rockslide as she did so. in her haste to get over to them she nearly had a rock hit her at full speed. She’d only just stopped just in time. Staying here even for merely the ten seconds it would take to gather up might spell the difference of life and death.
“We can’t afford to go closer to the lava and rocks, we should just take the quickest way off the island. And that’s into Sharkclan territory.” She said this loud enough for the leaders to hear- because yes indeed- if the clan gathered around him they would be walking into the falling rocks and rushing toward the lava that was starting to pick up speed. She then started running towards Spiderfur again- because at the very least he was in the direction away from the lava and rocks.
That was time wasted that could very well kill them. Maybe Swampstar wouldn’t like it, but there was no time to waste arguing about it.
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Crescentstrike did not turn around as she ran away- completely fine. However she was too far away to hear Cobaltstar’s idea… It was a very good idea, one that the deputy had not thought about in her panic. Cobaltstar’s idea was simply to just take the quickest path off the Gathering island- while Crescentstrike was taking the quickest path to Scorchclan… Which was a problem considering that the quickest path back to their territory involved an area that was also in a rockslide. So focused was Crescentstrike in running as quickly as possible that she did not realize what had happened to her until it was too late- a rock had her pinned by the tail. She couldn’t move.
She did her best to repress a scream, and only half way succeeded, instead swearing loudly. “SHIT!” Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no. She was so screwed!
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Post by Hazeltide on Dec 12, 2016 11:48:57 GMT -6
Hazeltide was terrified after what she just witnessed. How could this happen at a time like this? She was looking forward to attending the gathering, but she wasn't expecting this mayhem. Traumatised by the sight of her deputy being crushed by a flying rock, she started to panic. What if that was Foampaw?, she started to overthink, where had her apprentice gone? She had gathered with the few cats alongside Nightstar, waiting for his orders.
Most of the clan was starting to gather, but fear still surged through her and all cats nearby. She had agreed with Hibiscusstings idea to swim to SharkClan territory, but was weary of unknown lands. She had only ever stayed in RushingClans.
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Post by Pikepaw on Dec 12, 2016 19:46:01 GMT -6
Pikepaw's fur stood on end. His breath quickened as he tried to piece together all he had just witnessed. He slowly forced himself to move towards the rest of his gathering clan mates but every paw step felt like stone as he padded towards them. Pikepaw reached his clan mates looking around trying to make sure every cat was gathered together. He felt himself shaking in fear he quickly pressed himself against the closest cat trying calm himself.
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