#just slept thru my alarm & had 2 skip my last day of work n waz feeling wildly shit about it so this helped as a distraction thnk u kshfskfh

[scourge-sympathiser]

what's the jaystrike and long distance au?? im familiar with beetlebite, covenant, and firelight, but wadda bout thos 2? i think i recall jaystrike faintly but it dont come 2 mind, and the long distance 1 im completely unaware of [[u can only share 1 if u want becuz if it's a lot then i get it if u dont wanna cram it all into 1 post]

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ill start with jaystrike! ive also called it the mentor tiny AU n probly some othr stuff, i can nevr pick a single name, fun fact before i get into it is tht ive had this AU in some form or another since i waz like. 13? so thtz fun

aftr his death scourge findz himself in a strange place, a concrete expanse drenched in a thick smog that makez it near impossible to see anything just a few pawstepz ahead... Alone... the neck wound tht killed him still dripping with thick dark blood

it doesnt take long for him to start wandering, just for somthing to do.... as he walkz he startz to think, about many thingz, for the first time maybe evr he recallz the blue furred cat who stopped tigerpaw from killing him.. from there the elderly cat who shared food with & the thingz he ended up doing with the life thy had saved..... slowly he thawz, leaving not a warm heart but a void.. he comez to regret.. A Lot... he continuez walking

back in the clanz firestar is visted by bluestar in a dream- she stright up tellz him tht itz jaykitz destiny to be a medicine cat... firestar putz a lot of stock into prophecy, so. he decidez to just Make jay be the medicine cat apprentice bcuz! prophecy! & also a bit of misguided worry for his grandkit

jay is, obviously, fuckin pissed, but doesnt rly kno wht to do... hez visted in his dreamz by feathertail, who tryz to explain the importance of destiny.. but jay just cussez her out and runz away

he eventually findz himself somewhere tht is... clearly not starclan... the ground hard beneath his pawz & a thick stinking mist surroundz him until he stumblez apon a small, heavily scarred black cat, who seemz exceptionally shocked to see him, a brief extange haz the very frustrated jay full on ranting to the strange stranger

the thing about scourgez own personal hell is tht othr catz shouldnt be able to reach it- but death is a kind of sleep and afterlife a kind of dream, so jay is able to get in

scourge listenz to this young cat & realizez tht he can help him- he decidez tht he Will help him.... and so scourge introducez himself as tiny and offerz his training... jay is just kinda shocked anyone is evn giving him the chance to prove he can be a warrior! so thy begin training

as this goez on, tiny findz the haze lifting & grass finding itz way thru the concrete.. eventually hez able to find his way to the living world thru jaypaw & hang around as a ghost, using this opportunity to watch catz hunt- hez been able to teach jaypaw many [underhhanded] fighting movez, but he doesnt kno much about more practical skillz for a forest, such as hunting

also happening at this time is an increasingly exasperated feathertail frequently visting jaypaw to try and get him to accept destiny.... feathertail in this AU is jaypawz main starclan messenger bcuz she knoz firstpaw wht itz like to hav 2 giv up yr life [literally in her case] for the whimz of fate..... well, tht & she cant help but see the 3 as the kitz she nevr had in a way

part of this Waz bcuz leafpool is dating mothwing who waz feathertailz ex in this and im still super attached to tht ship but idk if ill have to change tht bcuz of her manga.....i rly rly dont wanna tbh but aaaugh off topic

eventually, jaypaw haz unintentionally earned his medicine cat name...fearful tht becoming a full med cat will ruin any chance hez got at becoming a warrior, jaypaw Panicz && runz away before leafpool can name him & goez stright to firestar and Demandz tht he hav a trial to become a warrior

it probably takez more thn just doing good at one trial but he doez become a warrior eventually! named jaystrike [an intentional refrence 2 my windclan AU scourge finchstrike lmao]

... i waz gonna also talk about the long distance AU but this got... Long..... so ill save tht until som1 else askz about it skfhskdh

#askz #just slept thru my alarm & had 2 skip my last day of work n waz feeling wildly shit about it so this helped as a distraction thnk u kshfskfh