Dreams of the future [SITE PLOT HP'S\OPEN]

[Fleet]

He had been busy all day, he stumbled tiredly into the camp, his white pelt filled with knotted bundles of herbs needed to treat many different kinds of sickness. entered his den and started unknotting and sorting them neatly into piles. But it soon became obvious he was not going to be able to complete the task, he was so exhausted. So instead he put all the herbs together in a neat-ish pile out of the way and then clambered tiredly into his nest. He gave his black forepaws a little lick each to remove some dirt before he curled himself in a tight ball and tucked his little pink nose beneath a black fore-paw. His mis-matched eyes of lime green and ice blue eyes closed and he started falling, falling into sleep...

He was alone on a grassy field, something was different he could see from both his eyes and he was near running water. It was all so beautiful, all so peaceful and then a black she-cat appeared on the other side of the river, her eyes were a deep forest green. She glanced up towards the sky then as she brought her eyes slowly down something changed, Rippaw could sense it, a horrible stench reached him, and staring at the black she-cat many silhouettes of cats appeared around her all screaming out in anguish. Rippaw wanted to raise his black paws to cover his white ears, to block out the sound and then as the she-cat's eyes lowered dead animals starting falling from the sky, birds, rats, mice, voles, fish. Yet they stank of bad meat, Rippaw tried to retreat but his black paws seemed to be glued to the floor. Then the black she-cat's green gaze reached the river and colour changed, it became a murky green colour speckled with red. Rippaw stared, disgusted and then those forest, green eyes flicked up to him and the she-cat spoke"Death is swift to those unwitting.... But when the clans are one, they can defeat death.... The cracks are starting to form, but even as they do, death is due....." It was only then did he realize she had to be a she-cat from starclan and then her voice turned icy as she continued"Now arise Rippaw..." and suddenly the dream was falling away....

And his mis-matched gaze flew open, suddenly he was feeling fully rested and wide awake, it was dark outside around late evening but Rippaw didn't care he had to speak to Stonestar and he had to do it now. So rising swiftly from his nest he padded across his den and out its entrance. He saw several warriors were still awake, sat in small groups quietly chatting. He noticed some gave him queer looks as he emerged. He knew he must look quite shaken for after all he had just woken from a horrible dream sent to him from starclan. He saw one or two stepping after him as he made his way towards Stonestar's den. He heard his mother call"Rippaw? What's the matter? You look like something horrible has happened..." At that he answered"I need to talk to Stonestar.... Then it will be up to her to decide whether it is a thing we all need to know..." Reaching the leaders den he called"Stonestar, are you awake? I need to speak to you... The matter of which I wish to speak to you about is urgently important!"

Rippaw

[ShinoDino first of her name!]

(ooc) Her dreams aren't plot dreams (dur) but I like the idea of her remembering being a part of the other Clans because of the "Clans working together" thing. MWAH
Her tail twitched in her slumber. She dreamed often now, always the same. Running through WindClan after a rabbit, swimming in the river after a fish, stalking a mouse through thick undergrowth, and slinking through the swamps chasing frogs.
Each scene a day she had lived during her soul-searching mission across the Clans. Though her true home had been here, her birth Clan, she had learned so many lessons about the other Clans. So much so in fact that she found it hard to call them enemies.

"Stonestar, are you awake? I need to speak to you... The matter of which I wish to speak to you about is urgently important!"

The dreams dissolved as she opened her eyes, staring up at the ceiling of her den. Rippaw's voice sounded strained, and she scrambled to her feet.

"Come in Rippaw, what is it?"

Unlike some cats, who took a fiendish joy in waking her at odd moments for no good reason, she knew the young medicine cat would always have his reasons.
A chill stole over her suddenly, and she doubted it had anything to do with the leaf-fall air.

[Fleet]

The young white tom with black paws only had to wait a few moments but as he stood there waiting for his leader's answer he noticed many eyes upon him, he glanced round and saw his mother gave him a shrug before she started to prance around like a tiny little kit, ignoring the strange looks she was getting from the other cats in the clan. Rippaw smiled and wished he could have her confidence, her ability to not care what others thought or said, but truth was he didn't have her ability to ignore things others said about him, or the looks his clan mates sometimes gave him. His white ears flickered as finally Stonestar's voice came from her den, answering his words and inviting him in. He stepped forth, his black paws carrying him forwards and into his den, leaving all the staring cats behind him. As he entered he wished he had taken a moment to smooth down his white pelt, his mis-matched gaze dropping to his black paws for the briefest of moments then came straight back up. His single lime green eye stared unblinkingly at the leader, his icy blue eye always stared unblinking, but he couldn't see through that eye not that anyone knew that though, but he knew the blue eye rarely conveyed any emotion. He eyed his leader in silence for a moment before clearing his throat and deciding to cut straight to the chase, he unlike many other cats hated squirting around the point and got irritated by cats who did so. He started to speak, his voice calm but the words coming out quickly"I had a dream.... I mean, Starclan sent me a dream... I don't understand it yet but it certainly didn't feel or look good.... I think they were warning me of something...." His voice fell pathetically away as he gazed at Stonestar wondering whether she thought him a raving lunatic, wondering if she was going to swat him and send him back to bed as his father used to do when he had been a kit. But he was sure the dream had been from starclan, it seemed so real and the black she-cat had, had the look of a cat from the stars, her deep, forest green eyes came to the forefront of his mind and he shivered.

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

the eyes seemed to glow today bright sea blue look close an you could see a ocean pool of a world.. she was still a bit edgy after the gathering though it was now clear that thunderclan wants nothing to do with this.. she frowned in her own thoughts there were many without watching where her leggs walked into blankness there was soon a short thud, blinking wildly out of her day dream the she-cat looked around before starring infront of her, there was a certain shock on her face but then small smile placed over it knowing she had walked into the pile of prey that was next to a hole.. the calico she-cat perred over the hole seeing a odd funny sight..

a subtle pur errupted from her throat as the body below twitched its ears slowly looking up from its work, its lime blazing green eyes starred point blankly at her in silence.. this was a sight to be seen the tom looked like a dirty mouse rat. shaking his head a flutter of dirt fell from his head before he glanced up at her it seemed he could see her clearer now.. " you mew one word about this an you can find someone else to do it" he mewed blankly to her at first her eyes scanned the toms making sure he wasnt in a grump a smile cacked on her light face as she knelt a little further down..

" chin up faintbark, you cant get any lower than that in the world" she cheekily mewed an the toms reaction was quiet priceless giving a sour face before he flicked up a pawful of dust at her face her eyes went to large orbs swifting dodging her head furrther lower.. thought she had no sucess getting a face full of dirt, the tom gave his deep chuckle as his voice was quiet deep... standing up in a sitting position she quickly shaked her head before licking her paw quickly throbbing it all over her face rubbing her eyes before slowly blinking them seeing small visions of faintbark with a smile before turning an going back to his work he seemed unfazed byu their little fun..


frecklwhisker deep down had feelings for this tom they were so close best freinds but, sighed they couldnt he didnt share her feelings to him they were good mates.. an it seemed reflectionlake was makinga impression on him he seemed somewhat different..

she slowly looked arcoss from this hole flicking her ears she saw a marked spot by a couple of stones.. her paws remembered they sudden chill in her paws that were starting to give her a spine fur a spike.. faintbark had already made one supplie hole for the winter which was good but how many did they really need how much prey wass faintbark was putting away? turning her gaze back to ask the tom she was surprised to see him face her she blinked he was standing on his back paws his front paws standing over the hole he had seen where her gaze was.. their faces were kind of close so she took a scoot back wards..


" what about it?" he asked strait away the calico she-cat blinked at his question regaining her thoughts.. " i was just thinking how bog did you make that hole?" the tom blinked at her he watched her sccoot backwards so he adjusted himself better to meet her gaze.. " a couple more diggs an adjustments this hole will be a big as that hole, why?" frecklewhisker frowned did the tom think she was going to go all she-cat like at him an tell him the hole didnt look neat she gave sheer smile before flicking her tail to the prey taking a moment to look at it as well as mewing again another question to him.. " an how much prey did you put down in that other hole the same amount as this or more?" she looked to him.. his lime green eyes blazing into hers in silence it seemed like he was thinking....

then he jumped out of his hole his paws landed lightly on the ground he turned aorund gracing her with a look before looking at the prey he had gathered there he looked at it silently she blinked waiting as she waited she gazed her eyes around camp seeing who was around an to see if reflection lake was helping him again out today? something caught her eyes t=a cat was heading to the leaders den to stonestars den she frowned, as she heard faintbarks mew she frowned wanting to get a clearer view of the cat it opened its mouth but faintbark pushed her with his paw hard his voice clearerin her ears this time.. " oi you wanna know or not?" froning she took a glance at him now less playfully he looked at her before continuing.. " times this ny two, im only putting enough in each hole to last those a certain amount.. my last hole i had put more in it.. " she blinked in a nodding way trying to strain her eyes to hopffully see the cat clearer but the tom continued with a tinge to his voice knowing there was something that had caught her sight.. " my first hole had more in it that one will be if we are in dangerous times an in need of food" he frowned looked at her. the deputy nodded giving a small smile she guessed a couple cats must have bothered him about his holes...

the tom saw she was done with questions he turned to his hole jumping slowly in going back to work of the seccond hole.. her tal swished as she remembered the cat. swinging up on her paws she turned around looking arounf the clearing at the leaders den her ears flicked back it wasnt there anymore...

she gave a slow look around camp no the cat she saw wasnt there either.. frowning she trotted over to the leaders den.. looking at theothers cats giving them a look to go back to what they were ddoing though talontail seemed interested in this his green eyes lazed on her.. she paused out the door hearing mumbling, taking one last look out side the she-cat slide threw the enterance lightly an slowly walked in, keeping her mind cool, she would find out who came in to interupt the leader an if it was a stupid apprentices she would make sure they took care of the elders for a moon that was for sure.. coming around the corner of they enterance she stopped catching the last of the words of white thing infront of her.. a dream,, warning.. something bad.. her face went blank looking at the white blob infront of her her mind was full of many thoughts she was trying to focus but couldnt seemed to find it...she was there in dazed space for like a few seconds before her mind seemed to click into mode who the white body was, duh their new medicine cat she frowned wishing she could slapp herself.. she looked up knowing stonestar by now was way aware of prsence she nodded her head.. before mewing after she was sure the other had finshed speaking..

" sorry to interrupt..." she casted her gaze to the young one before her before looking up " i couldnt see who had came in here thought it was a mindless apprentice trying to bother you" she paused for a moment looking at stonestar apologeticly she had good reason why she interrupted them.. gazing her look back to rippaw " warning you of what?" she mewed interestedly tilting her head ever so slightly to the other.. she blinked she knew that thunderclan was making the other clans think of vutting their food supplies to windclan though frecklewhisker had quiet agreed with this, but beside that what else could have been bad, what had starclan seen to warn them.. skyclan was good they were healthy heck she had just chekced their stock for the winter....

she starred at the young cat wanting to know of this warning...

Occ: runs around with juice weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

muse alot of muse ehehehehehehe o.o

[SpoodleDoodles]

Ooc: Sorry Fleet, posting while I can :)

Ivystep

The cool evening breeze was starting to seep through her thin fur, and the elder gently shook her aching shoulders in a vain attempt to ward of the chill. She hated this, having to go back to her warm nest while everyone else stayed up and chatted away. For a cat like Ivystep, who had once been full of energy and sharp remarks, it was tortue not to be herself any more.... well, she always had a sharp remark or two for the apprentices. And they all knew she always did. A smile flickered across her worn muzzle, but before she could attempt to rise there was a commotion from the Medicine Cat's Den, and Rippaw, bleary-eyed and startled, ran across the clearing and disappeared into Stonestar's den, ignoring his mother's call out to him.

Instantly, Ivystep's ears pricked forward as she looked towards the leader's den, wondering what the Medicine Cat needed to tell her daughter in such a panicked fashion. Her green eyes flickered as she wrapped her unusually-patterned grey striped tail around her white paws, watching the leader's den with unusual intensity. Ivystep had lived too long to not know that this was a bad sign. And Rippaw was too inexperienced to hide it. So much for getting ointment for her aching paws before she went to sleep.

Soft silky fur brushed against her side, and Ivystep turned sharply, surprised out of her thoughts. Ashsong's silver-blue eyes met her green ones, and there was startling wisdom on her daughter's face. "Everyone knows to be afraid when and elder is worried..." She murmured quietly, and Ivystep realised she might have sent a message of panic from the Clan with her reaction. Very deliberately, she sat back, raised an aching paw and began to clean it. Ashsong leant over and gently began to groom the thin fur on her mother's neck. "Since when were you so smart...?" she muttered out of the side of her mouth. Ashsong hid a grin and flicked her ears to where her older brother Breezesoul sat, watching them both with a small smirk on his face. "The cheeky furball."

Ashpool

The thick-furred fluffy dark grey she-cat frowned at her brother as he flexed his elbow experimentally, trying hard to allow no flash of pain to cross his face. Ashpool knew Darkwing' s injury was as healed as it ever would be, and there would be nothing she could say or do to stop him from resuming his duties anymore. It had been hard to make him wait this long. She was about to say he might as well take up standing guard again when she caught herself. She was no longer the Tribe's official Healer, and SkyClan had no need of her to fill in for missing Medicine Cats. They had young Rippaw. "Better check with Rippaw first, but I think only time will take care of the rest now, brother."

His amber gaze met her dark blue for a moment, and a ripple of understanding passed through them. Wing would go through normal protocol out of loyalty, but if Rippaw said he wasn't fit for active duty yet he would ignore the youngster and trust his sister's advice instead. Besides, Pool knew Wing better then he knew himself. She knew he'd go back to normal activities, or die trying to sneak away and do them. But before Wing could move, a current flickered through the air and Pool shuddered, her dark blue eyes closing as her ears pricked sharply. At once, Wing paused, and their sister Ravenflight hopped close and pressed against Pool's thick fur. "What is it...?"

Nothing. No message. Not for her. Not even from the Tribe of Endless Hunting. Instantly her eyes opened and focused on the Medicine Cat's Den, and she felt her siblings do the same in time to see Rippaw burst out and bolt across the clearing, wild-eyed, half-asleep, panicked. She heard Raven's uneasy soft growl and sensed the fur rippling over Wing's broad shoulders as the Medicine Cat plunged into Stonestar's den. "Not good." Wing muttered darkly, and as Pool turned to agree with him, movement caught her eye and she knew that this time, her mouth had fallen open.

Her daughters, Reflectionlake and Cavefeather, were going to join the deputy, Frecklewhisker, and Faintbark over near the new prey-holes in the ground. But what had caught her attention was the look on Reflection's face. Never, except in StoneClan, had she ever seen her daughter so furious. Cave was keeping back several paces, wanting to support her sister but wanting to keep back out of Reflection's way. And for a heartbeat, Reflection revealed her true self to the whole Clan. She was not hiding out of respect of their distrust and fear for her colour, but she was standing at her full height, her beautiful white fur fluffed out and her gorgeous ruby eyes not cast down, but lit up with fire and glaring straight across to the deputy. "Reflection the Bright", as her brother always called her, had come alive. And Pool, looking down at Faintbark in the newest hole, thought she knew why. "Trouble."

Reflectionlake

The white albino she-cat was waiting in the shadows at the edge of camp, her sister Cavefeather and their cousins Thunderecho and Lionessfang with her. While her beautiful ruby eyes were angled away from all the others int he camp, her family could see her beautiful face clearly, and none of them were afraid. They never would be. They knew the true Reflection, the burning spirit that coursed under her fur and lit up their inner world. Reflection, out of earshot of the others in the camp, was singing to her relatives, her voice soft and and rippling. It was her real talent. She had the body of a Cave-guard, and could fight with the best of them, as she had proven long before when she'd held her own in StoneClan, but no one could sing like she did.

But that soft and musical sound stopped abruptly, and as the others looked up to see what was wrong Reflection was staring openly out of the clearing, her subdued personality out of respect for the fear others held her with temporarily forgotten. She was staring at Frecklewhisker as she stumbled over the hole Faintbark was working on, her blue eyes lighting up as she joked with him. Slowly, Reflection rose to her paws, her fur quivering on the verge of bristling. she felt Cave's soft grey nose poke her shoulder. "What's wrong with you, sister?" She ignored Cave, knowing it might hurt her but with her thoughts running on other lines.

The feeling in her heart was like a lightning bolt. Jealousy. She did not like how close Frecklewhisker was too Faintbark, did not like the look in her eyes as she spoke to him. They were too close. Reflection, forgetting herself entirely, stalked openly across the clearing to intervene. Her fluffy tail carried high, her head up with her ears pricked, she stared openly at the deputy, fury sending lighting bolts across her beautiful deep red eyes. She never stared directly at anyone. She knew how much she freaked them out. But this time, she wanted to show, not just tell, Frecklewhisker to back off. And she didn't understand exactly why.

But then Frecklewhisker seemed to see something, and she disappeared in the direction of the leader's den as Faintbark jumped back down the hole. Instantly, Reflection paused, unsure what to do now. Frecklewhisker was gone, and the tight feeling in her heart had lessened off. Suddenly she realised she was still glaring around, and instantly she dropped her gaze, only to realise she was now looking down on Faintbark as he worked away at his new hole. Immediately, her ruby gaze softened, her voice gentle as she called down to him. "Want another paw or two down there?" As she spoke, Cave looking over her white shoulder, her sister's lilac-cream patched fur still ruffled but her yellow eyes relaxed now her sister wasn't going to do anything stupid. "Or some company?"

Lionessfang

Her fierce amber eyes were half-closed, her beautiful thick golden fur ruffled against the coming cold of night as she listened to her older cousin Reflectionlake sing softly to them all. Lioness had never heard anything like it before. It was beyond describing. She wished she could get Reflection to sing in front of the whole Clan, to be herself, but Lioness knew that as long as the Clan was suspicious of that stupid old saying: "Albinos are bad luck", Reflection had no chance to be herself here.

Abruptly the singing stopped, and as Lioness glanced up she saw something on her cousin's white face that she had never seen there before: Jealousy. Sensing trouble, Lioness leapt up onto her powerful paws and glanced across the clearing as Reflection stalked openly across the camp, heading for the deputy with Cave following a little way behind, looking confused. Thankfully, Reflection's mother Ashpool had noticed, along with her own father Darkwing and Thunderecho's mother Ravenflight. Before anyone could do anything, however, Frecklewhisker- completely unaware of what she was about to face, apparently- turned and followed Rippaw into the leader's den.

Lioness followed her with curious amber eyes, wondering once again how her old mentor felt about being deputy- and one day, leader..... Perhaps, when Frecklewhsiker herself became leader, there was a chance Lionessfang, as her old apprentice, might be chosen...? Her amber eyes narrowed. She wanted to go to her true home, to see the free mountains of the Tribe, but if the oppurtunity for power came her way.... she glanced towards Thunderecho, who was watching her with those startling grey-blue eyes of his as his blue-black fur lay smoothly over his small frame. And she knew, somehow, he had seen right through her thoughts. But he was smiling gently though, and she knew her cousin didn't hold it against her. "What do you think that was all about?" She murmured quietly. His eyes sparkled wisely. "Love."

At which Lioness gave a growl of disgust and swatted at him.

Ooc: All should be there.

[Fleet]

(Tis fine spooted I was just letting everyone know I was gonna post today! xD)

Stonestar had not reacted to his words when there was the sound of falling paw steps behind him, he tensed falling silent as he listened to the approaching paw steps and then just as the deputy entered he swung round to face her. He saw the scowling, disapproving look upon her face disappear when she saw him. He gave an almost smug smirk at her words of apology, his white ears flickered as he heard her question realizing she must have caught the end of what he had said. The smug look was gone in seconds, replaced by a dazed look as he remembered those forest green eyes and slowly he spoke again"I don't quite know what they were warning me.... Us of.... All I know was I was in a meadow by a river and a star clan she-cat appeared... She was very beautiful.... But terrifying at the same time... But the moment she appeared the air was colder.... the air filled with the sound of screaming cats, screaming out for their loved ones.... For help.... Then... Then meat started falling from the sky.... But it was bad meat, it smelt wrong....." As he spoke he could hear the screams again in his ears and he could see the falling meat in his minds eyes. His white tail tip twitched and his mis-matched gaze flickered between his leader and his deputy as he went on"Then her gaze reached the water at the meadows heart and it turned sickly looking, like it was poisoned..... And then she spoke to me....." He shivered as he recalled the starclan she-cat's voice, so icy, so commanding and yet somehow slightly pained. He had stopped talking as the memories flooded through him, her words, her voice, the look in those forest green eyes. He wondered who she had been and which clan she had been a part of whilst alive. But more than that he wondered what this dream and her words all meant and what it had to do with Skyclan, his gaze flicked to Stonestar and then back to Frecklewhisker, he knew he should continue, but for some reason he had felt an urge to wait and make sure they had taken in all his words so far. So he glanced between the two in complete silence, waiting and wondering what they were thinking so far.

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

the tom saw her blue ocean eyes were interested on something else he shrugged his houlders turning himself around slower taking his steps into his hole.. oblivious to reflectionlakes ramage towards the parted two.. looking in back in his hole the earth dark brown earth he frowned flicking his ears foward at it in thought he sore the different colors of brown in the dirt tilting his head at it he wondered what that meant?.. before his thoughts could muster futher a couple of scrambles small rocks fell back into his hole he blinked at his blank wall. what did frecklwhisker want again.. taking a deep sniff frecklwhiskers smell was not there but all he could really smell was dirt, narrowing his gaze he slightly squinted his eyes as the tom turned an looked up into the slight sun gaze to see bright red orbs that seemed closer to him than they were.. he blinked his blazing lime eyes at them before a mouth mewed to him belonging to those eyes.. letting his eyes zoom out onto the whole of the picture he let a small smirk play on the corner of his mouth..


the words touched his ears as they flicked forward. to them gazing down at him again with frecklewhisker he would have looked like a dirty trench rat his fur mattered with dirst dust clenching to him until he shakes his fur an it falls from their grips his lime green eyes glowed from his dirty muzzle as the rest of him seemed he looked like he had smashed his face in the dirt pile.. another voice had mewed his eyes diverted to the other in silence as the other head pearred over at their words he wasnt sure why they had all of a sudden came over to him now when they were in their little group of the camp...


but his mind told him to shrugg it off nothing worth sweating about, he nodded his head towards cavefeather before his gaze set upon reflection looking into her eyes she was slowly getting less shy og her gaze showing him those orbs, his lime eyes relaxed to their normal serious warrior look but the smirk on the corner of his lip had stayed their .

" sure make my job easier, or if you wnat to chat? makes the time pass alot quicker while i do the hard work" the lime eyes ghave a light playfull glint to the two.. he looked at noth of the she-cats he knew cave was related to reflection somehow, an well they were being nice, usually before he would of ignored them or anyone an did his work silently but reflections company a couple times seemed enjoyable he liked her personality.. he waited for the teo she-cats reply waiting to see if they had caught onto his kindness an chekkyness..


inside the leaders den where some who were unsure....



her gaze now was begging to star seriously into rippaws eyes as the young tom seemed to forget he was about to spill the beans on somehting importent as soon as she mewed her direct question to the tom he was dazed forgetting the importence her tail tip flicked in silence her ocean blue eyes suddenly he was back in the game.. he opened his an her pupils grew slightly bigger at the describing he used for what he sore..

"I don't quite know what they were warning me.... Us of.... All I know was I was in a meadow by a river and a star clan she-cat appeared... She was very beautiful.... But terrifying at the same time... But the moment she appeared the air was colder.... the air filled with the sound of screaming cats, screaming out for their loved ones.... For help.... Then... Then meat started falling from the sky.... But it was bad meat, it smelt wrong....."

the silence in the den as the young tom spoke these words frecklewhisker couldnt help but feel a cold chill under her feet, she gazed down at them before looking at the tom he continued

"Then her gaze reached the water at the meadows heart and it turned sickly looking, like it was poisoned..... And then she spoke to me....."

a meadow by a river...ok... a starclan she-cat appreared, of course she looked beauitful you are a tom.. she gave the young tom her unmoving gaze as she looked at him plainly.. but terrifying at the same time? of course she would understand that feeling the presnece of a starclan cat would make you feel umcomfortable.. but the rest of his words made her mind think deeply as soon as the she-cat had appeared everything turned cold? raising hewr head a little higher her gaze burning into the others... the air filled with screaming cats screaming for help? that could mean anything windclan that they are really starving?.. or battle... then meat started falling from the sky bad meat off smeeling??...


adjusting her standing stance.. frecklewhisker gazes darkened at the younger toms an as if a pinned dropped her pupiles went small at her relistation... rippaw had mewed saying as soon as the she-cat apeared everything went cold, her tail bristled ever so slightly, so that means this warning must mean as soon as winter is officalyl here trouble will start.. her curious frown showed more to the younger apprentice as she thought more so if she was right about that then the next was quite clear the meat was posioning... an the posion cats were in pain calling for help to heal them, she nodded slowly not realising she was doing that exactly as she thought more on this subject but wait of everything bad going to happen at the atart of winter, then how will the cats get posion.. the twoleggs never put posions out in winter its to cold for them. her frown returned an from her time in thunderclan her blood clan she knew that thunderclan usually got the bates for it had the most dense bushes more animals living in there..


so the warning couldnt be twoleggs food posion them what could it be?.. but when the star clan cat turned her gaze to the water it turned sickly looking? a second went pass until again she blinked at her thoughts frecklwhisker had it all out to this now .


near the very start of winter, something like a posion was going to come over the clans, or skyclan, which ever, by posion meats somehow an the posionmeats will reach the river poluting it with its poision to the whole river posioning the rest of the clans..


instantly her head flicked over to the side gazing over to stonestar her light ocean blue had darkened she shared a few moments befroe glancing at the apprentice who was looking betweeen teh two of them she frowned at him narrowing her eyes her eyes telling him to spill what the she-cat said to him, those words were the missing links to the puzzle....

[Fleet]

Rippaw was to deeply enveloped in his memories of the dream to notice how the deputy had dived deep into thought, pondering his words. He recalled those eyes staring into his and began to wonder more and more who she was for she had not carried herself in a way that a clan cat would. She had, had some sort of wildness about her, he did not know how to explain it. But then her voice came back to him, her words and he started speaking again, half to herself and half to the leader and deputy"She said...Death is swift to those unwitting.... But when the clans are one, they can defeat death...." His voice faded a moment there as he tried to recall the rest before continuing softly"She did not stop there though... She continued to say... The cracks are starting to form, but even as they do, death is due..... and then she told me to arise, to wake..... That was when I did wake and I came straight to you.... I knew it was an urgent message from starclan, why else would they send me a message if it was not urgent and one I should take straight before you both?" He stopped and glanced between the leaders already deciding he would ask his mother about the black starclan she-cat for although his mother acted a little crazy and ditzy, she was really quite wise and filled with knowledge about both the clans and the vast lands beyond them. His white tail twitched as he glanced between the two other High Positions wondering what they were thinking and wishing they would say what they thought to him as he to began to run through everything he had seen, felt, smelt and heard in the dream within his own mind. All the while his mis-matched gaze would continue to shift from Stonestar to Frecklewhisker as he awaited to their answer to his words and he knew that eventually one of them was going to have to speak.

(Feather if shine doesn't post by tuesday evening your time, you are going to need to have freckle decide whether or not to speak to the clan and ask their views on rips dream....)

[ShinoDino first of her name!]

(ooc) No need Fedar. I love you, but this is my job. I'll do what I can for this site, and I'm sorry I haven't done more.



Stonestar only watched, her eyes never revealing her mind's inner turmoil as Rippaw rattled on about his dream. Ever word he said, she took in.

"I don't quite know what they were warning me.... Us of.... All I know was I was in a meadow by a river and a star clan she-cat appeared... She was very beautiful.... But terrifying at the same time... But the moment she appeared the air was colder.... the air filled with the sound of screaming cats, screaming out for their loved ones.... For help.... Then... Then meat started falling from the sky.... But it was bad meat, it smelt wrong....."


Cold air. That could indicate leafbare, which held them in its grips now. Did this mean that whatever bad thing this warned them of would be coming soon?
Screaming cats, crying for help. Did this mean a battle? Or something worse?
Falling meat from the sky. Normally, that would be considered a gift . . . but Rippaw had said it was bad meat. Carrion could kill of half a Clan in no time.

"Then her gaze reached the water at the meadows heart and it turned sickly looking, like it was poisoned..... And then she spoke to me....."

Water . . . river . . . RiverClan?! Surely not. But Stonestar could not shake off her growing fear that this ominous warning had to do with the water-dwellers.
But only the river had appeared poisoned . . . other than the meat. Would this threat begin in RiverClan, and spread to the rest of the Clans in the form of what would initially appear to be a gift?

Even if she were woefully wrong, Stonestar had much experience decoding StarClan's messages and guiding signs over the moons, from her escape from StoneClan, to her journey across the Clans, to her days now as leader. She knew StarClan deeply. But she had still read signs wrong before.

"She said...Death is swift to those unwitting.... But when the clans are one, they can defeat death.... She did not stop there though... She continued to say... The cracks are starting to form, but even as they do, death is due..... and then she told me to arise, to wake..... That was when I did wake and I came straight to you.... I knew it was an urgent message from StarClan, why else would they send me a message if it was not urgent and one I should take straight before you both?"

Stonestar swallowed as the ominous words washed over her. She knew she had to say something now, as both Rippaw and Frecklewhisker were watching her, waiting.

"Rippaw, you did the right thing in coming to me. This is indeed a very ominous and strange warning. I have some ideas as to what it may mean, but this sounds like something that could affect the whole Clan."

She paused for a moment, not knowing how they would react to her idea.

"Perhaps we should ask the Clan, or the elders and senior warriors at the very least and get their input. I for one value it very much."

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

her ears flicked when the leader began talking her brain still in the mist of it all, surely what she had thought couldnt be it, but anything was possible even stonestar sounded a little bit unsure, she moved her ice gaze on the young medicine cat anblinked she closed them before openig thewm again she seemed her eyes were more calm.. her tail twitched... in light thought, what was done had been done starclan has warned them of the future that could be perhaps coming closer there was no time to waste.

flicking her gaze an turning her head back over to stonestar frecklwhisker listened to the last bit of the leaders words.. before blinking she was unsure about what stonestar said talking to the others warriors.what would that do? they would be cluelss themselves. she frowned ever so slightly before speaking " stonestar, do you really think its a good idea to just go out to the clan an just tell them that death maybe on our doorstep?, you'll know what that will do that will send them into a freenze.. but i do think talking to the elders is a good idea though, ivystep for sure but if this isnt about our clan its about the other clans that may be in trouble why did starclan send it to rippaw instead of someother clan, are we ment to help these clans in the winter?, are we ment to make our own clan struggle to at least hope we be able to help them, even though the she-cat said clearly to rippaw the cracks are starting an death is due, lives will be lost how are you sure that won't be our lives?" she blinked her bosy was now turned to face stonestar she spoke calmly an softly there was no chalenging in her voice she just wanted to make sure, that stonestar was confident about her decision, her head flciked over to rippaw she wanted to make sure the young cat was alright, he seemed ok, but she knew he was a little horrified by telling something from starclan she wipped her head back to stonestar in silnece still waiting for a answer..

[SpoodleDoodles]

Reflectionlake

He looked as if he had taken a face-dive into a pile of dirt, his muzzle encrusted with loam and his paws lodged with grit. Reflection's smile tweaked wider, her ruby eyes gleaming. "Faintbark, doing hard work? Who ever heard of such a thing?" she purred, her plumed tail curling over her snowy back. "Move over, I'll show you how to really dig." Most cats with spotless white fur like Reflection's would shun dirt like the plague, but it wasn't in her nature to be so obsessed with cleanness, though her fur always started out neat and tidy at the beginning of the day.

She leapt down into the small hole beside him and cast him a swift grin in the gloom. Unsheathing her ivory claws, she began scooping out dirt from the bottom of the hole, her large and powerful paws moving swiftly, as if she was shredding prey. Her white paws where soon stained brown but she didn't mind. Her ruby eyes were downcast again, but this time in concentration, not avoidance. Faintbark had become the only cat outside her circle of family to be allowed to see her ruby gaze fully, since she knew he didn't believe the "bad luck" thing.

Cave looked down at them, her beautiful silver-cream mottled face grinning teasingly. "Seems like there's only room for two, eh? I'll start on the other one then." With a flurry of paws she disappeared, spraying them with dust, and then they could hear her scraping at the ground nearby. Reflection, shaking the loose dirt out of her fur, turned to shoot Faintbark a comical look. "You know, when she's half way down, we could always bury my sister in it..." Her ruby eyes gleamed, and while of course she would never bury Cave, she might pretend she was... then again, Cave was so smart she'd see through it straight away. Another cat came to mind, and Reflection's gaze glinted a little more deeply. "Or we could surprise Frecklewhisker when she walks past by jumping out and grabbing her."

Ashpool

She held her breath for a moment, the situation with Rippaw fogotten, as she watching her daughter about to clash with the deputy. But Frecklewhisker was already moving away, heading for the leader's den, oblivious of the furious albino on the warpath. The instant she left Reflection seemed to relax, Cave came up close behind her and they both seemed to be speaking to Faintbark in the hole. She saw her daughters smile, as Reflection jumped down the hole while Cave, after a moment, mewed something and hopped several paces away, beginning a new hole.

Pool's grey ears twitched slightly as her dark blue eyes narrowed. To her, who had also experienced such growing love, knew exactly what was going on. And she wasn't exactly sure what was going to happen in the future. Faintbark was a Clan cat, not a Tribe cat. Wing might have paired with the SkyClan cat Flowerdream, but at least Flower had agreed to join the Tribe if it ever reformed. Somehow, she couldn't see Faintbark doing the same. And where would that leave Reflection In Mountain Lake? A choice between mate and kits or the Tribe?

On the other paw, Reflection derserved a cat who loved her for who she was. And Pool could see Reflection didn't have to hide herself around him. He had no fear for the "bad luck" theory, no shame of the ruby eyes. Her daughters deserved to be happy. Reflection deserved the chance at a fulfilled life. And Pool wouldn't stand between her and her only chance. Besides, Faintbark might be many things, but he was loyal. On an impulse, she left Wing and Raven and slipped across to join Cave. Her other daughter looked slightly surprised, but said nothing as her mother spoke, dipping her head in acceptance. "Watch out for your sister, Cave of Floating Feathers..."

[Fleet]

(this is gonna be an awful post, cos im not very well, but hey a posts a post right? xD)

The young white tom with black paws continued to glance between both leader and deputy wondering what was running through their minds. Then finally his leader spoke, he glanced towards her, fixing his attention upon her face as he listened to what she had to say. He could hear the wisdom in her words and decided if he was going to grow up to be like someone he wanted to be a mixture of his crazy mother and the wise strength of his leader Stonestar. But then he could hear the deputy speaking, arguing her point, the tip of his tail twitched, could she not see the that Stonestar knew what she was doing? He forced his sudden temper down and sat back on his haunches with a sigh as he glanced towards Frecklewhisker, it is good she argues.... The whole point of a deputy is to see things from a different angle to our leader... To help them run the clan smoothly... to give all cats a better chance of life.... He told himself silently allowing a chance to calm his sudden, bizarre temper. He glanced back to Stonestar before saying"Although you, Frecklewhisker are right in some ways, the clan may panic, I believe it would be right to tell them of this warning so that they are pre-warned and when whatever is going to happen happens they are ready for it... She just has to approach telling them in the right way so as to avoid panic.. And if anyone can do that, its our leader Stonestar...." He gave Stonestar a respectful nod before continuing"We will follow you Stonestar, with whatever action you think is right from here onwards..."

(again sorry its so awful.... And so short....)

[The one, the only FEATHER!]

frecklewhisker stood there in her thoughts, when rippaw again spoke her head turned around to the tom she blinked hearing his words they sounded.. like a slithering snake she wasnt sure why, but to her his tone seemed challengeing her maybe it was just her, she watched him point out that in some respects that she was right, but it would be better off to pre warn the clan, she frowned slightly yes some things are good to warn the clan about like a battle to come or a harsh winter which they were already preparing for. faintbark was now out there making the hole heck..


blinking but something like this, should it be told to the clan, they would panic talk amongest themselves stress, make themselves sick, but on the other hand if they werent warned they would carry on clan life not keeping their eyes peeled ansomething could happen because they were not warned.. her ears flicked back slightly bringing herself back to the young medicine cat she blinked once more before nodding to the tom, perpahs he was right in warning them, she head turned back tro stonestar " i spose so... they will need to be prepared just in case this means skyclan lives are going to be lost, an with this winter who knows what will happen" she nodded to stonestar it seemed they all mostly agreed with the decsion it was now up to stonestar all the other two could dod now was follow an advise..


within those moements frecklewhisker had given rippaw alot more repsect he was young but he was now acting a true medicine cat..


ooc: hehehe i had an idea fleety bum

[ShinoDino first of her name!]

(ooc) I miss Stone's crass, crabby nature, and it came out. Please remember that this is Stonestar, not myself, and Frecklewhisker is my Woodlegooflufflekins. 'Kay? xD


The tabby leader narrowed her eyes for a moment while Frecklewhisker spoke. For all of her moons opposing everything about Sagestar and his leadership, she still could not be fully comfortable with a deputy that challenged her, especially in such dire circumstances. Something about it drove a thorn under her skin, making her irritable nature even more pronounced.

"I believe, Frecklewhisker, that my original intention was to speak to the elders and the senior warriors, NOT the Clan as a whole. I'd have to be fog-brained to even suggest such a thing.
AND, I do not see as much in this vision to indicate loss of life as I do a blanket threat. Loss of life is possible daily, and I do not believe this threat is entirely directed at us."

She glared at Frecklewhisker, and Rippaw too because he was there, before adding,

"The last thing SkyClan needs is battle or panic. I know that my senior warriors and the elders will have the knowledge, calm, and wisdom we need to decode this. Frecklewhisker, gather Ashpool, Whisperskies, Ivystep, and Darkwing if he's up to it. And please for the love of StarClan try to act like a deputy instead of a panicked kit."

Whisking her gaze away bluntly, she turned her attention back to Rippaw, her striped brow furrowed in concentration. Somehow, she felt they were missing something about this vision.

"Did the she-cat carry a scent at all?"

[Fleet]

The young medicine cat listened in silence as he took in the words that Frecklewhisker spoke in reply to his words, his lime green eye drifted towards Stonestar wondering what she was making of all this, but deep within his head his mind was filled with images of the black she-cat, her forest green gaze piercing his flesh, her voice echoing in his ears. All to soon his attention had shifted to that image as he thought it over, considering her wildness, yet the odd sense that she was apart of the clans world. He barely heard the leader's biting remarks to Frecklewhisker, his entire thought process was fixed on trying to figure it all out, who was the she-cat? What do all her words mean? What did what she show me mean? Oh.... To much information in one go... My head hurts.... He was silently talking to himself, his eyes seemed distant as his thoughts swirled around him. Then suddenly he felt eyes upon his pelt and suddenly he came back to himself just in time to catch Stonestar's question to him. He glanced round quickly, wondering where Frecklewhicker had gone and feeling disorientated. Before fixing his gaze upon Stonestar and answering quietly"I.... She... She smelt oddly wild.... But then there was a tint of shadow clinging to her pelt.... But... She smelt more wild than of the clan..... I am sorry Stonestar, I can't be much use... For I have no idea who she was....If she had ever been in the clans it was long before my time... If only starclan had given you the vision to, maybe you'd of recognized her... For you have been in these clans longer than I and you have been to each and every one of them to... So you'd have a better idea of whose who...." He paused a moment there considering, before saying"Although.... She did not smell overly strong of clan scent.... So I was thinking that maybe my mother, who grew up in the lands beyond the clans may know who she is...... But thats just a hopeful stab into this void of unanswered questions which now surround us...."