THE DEWS!!! THE DEWS!!!
Referencing this post, Dewkit and Dewbright are cats from my clangen can, FretClan! Currently I'm on Moon 238, and just discovered Dewkit was born blind, which I believe is the first cat I've ever had genuinely born blind on clangen! Meanwhile, Dewbright is one of my favorite cats in the clan, who lost her leg to a bear trap and retired early (around 60 moons old, can't recall her exact age). And they both have heterochromia!!!! I think it's so silly and cute that they're sort of matching in many ways, and I like to think Dewbright really connects with and bonds with Dewkit. Perhaps she was even the one who discovered she was blind!
Anyway, just cause I can, here's the biographies for our little Dews below cut <3
Dewkit
She-cat - 2 moons
Biological Mother: Dashcrackle (loner; deceased)
Adoptive Father: Skycrackle (medicine cat)
Foster Mother: Anemonespeckle (not considered a parent)
Biological Littermates: Needlekit, Cicadakit
Adoptive Older Siblings: Palekit (deceased), Cliffkit (deceased), Blizzardswan, Nightpaw, Littlepaw, Streampaw, Tempestpaw, Turtlepaw
Foster Older Siblings: Frondkit, Sleepykit, Stumpykit, Fiercekit (not considered siblings)
Description: White and gray smoke she-kit with sunlight ice-colored eyes
Traits: Attention-seeker, oddly observant
Background: Skycrackle the medicine cat was patrolling for herbs when he heard (another) cat scream in pain and stumbled upon a she-cat loner giving birth. Skycrackle helped the loner---Dash---through the difficult birth, but was unable to save her (she requested the name Dashcrackle before death, asking if Skycrackle would care for her kits before her death). Skycrackle, having accepted two previous litters of loners, easily accepted Dewkit and the others as his own. Dewkit was nursed by Anemonespeckle, the only queen producing milk in the nursery, though her kits were old enough to be weaned (2 moons older than Dewkit and her littermates). With how crowded the nursery was with competition for one queen's attention, the kittens of the nursery often butted heads, often pushing one another around. Dewkit held her own decently, but it wasn't hard to see that she was often pushed around more than others, and, soon, the cats of FretClan realized Dewkit was blind---the first blind cat they had ever had in the clan. Cats aren't quite sure what to make of it, but Skycrackle is devoted to insuring his daughter that being blind doesn't mean she can't be amazing!
Dewbright
Cis she-cat - 86 moons - Elder
Paternal Great Grandmother: Nacreripple (deceased)
Paternal Grandmother: Belugawave (deceased)
Maternal Grandfather: Amberrun (deceased)
Biological Parents: Bouncestreak, Jellyfishstalk (deceased)
Older Maternal Half-siblings: Burrbelly (deceased), Boragechase, Galeback (deceased)
Biological Siblings: Shiveringneedle (medicine cat), Weevilshadow (deceased), Snapkit (deceased), Stoatfoot (deputy), Stoatflash, Sunwave (deceased), Moontail
Biological Offspring: Tornsea (deceased), Lightningcry, Lyremask (deceased), Jumprock
Biological Grandkits (through Jumprock): Yellowrumble, Tremblepaw (deceased), Sprucepaw (deceased), Fawnpaw (deceased)
Description: Long-furred speckled golden and white she-cat with three legs
Traits: Childish, great speaker, lore master
Background: Dewbright was born as Dewkit to Bouncestreak (mother) and Jellyfishstalk (father) alongside her siblings, Shiveringkit, Weevilkit, and Snapkit, on Moon 152 during Greenleaf when Timberstar was leader. Her sister, Snapkit, was killed by a snake when they were five moons old. Dewpaw was apprenticed to Milky Way, and graduated late at fifteen moons old on Moon 167. Milky Way influenced her to follow the rules, and Dewbright was honored for her enthusiasm. Not even two moons later (Moon 169), and Dewbright's leg got stuck in in a trap set by a Twoleg on the beaches. Dewbright's leg had to be amputated, and the wound quickly festered infection. She survived the infection, though would often have phantom pains and recurring medical issues with her leg stump. She performed decently at her job as a warrior, though noticably began having difficultly as she aged. This was especially hard on her as she entered under Palestar's rule, where cats became more vicious to one another, even resulting in many of her family being injured by their own clanmates. Her father, Jellyfishstalk, died from greencough after being punished for speaking against Palestar. Notably, her mother Bouncestreak was a firm supporter of Palestar, resulting in tension in the family, as Dewbright was one of the few in her family that didn't support Palestar and her crueler ways. Palestar confronted Dewbright about her slowing down, then convinced Dewbright that she should retire early. Dewbright accepted this, though often felt out of place as such a young elder. Eventually, things calmed down during Palestar's rule, and then Palestar passed and Hickorystar took over. It was a bridge between constant in-fighting to something a little more peaceful, and Dewbright finally found herself shining. She took of the clan as an elder, teaching the kits' tales, patching up the camp walls, cleaning up around camp, and helping where she can. Currently, she resides in the elders den with Cavebumble (146 moons), the half-clan daughter of the clan founder Skipstar, and former mate of half the clan (/joking, but she had 4 ex-mates at different times [Wetclaw, Kitefreckle, Burrbelly, Basstail]), and then Dewbright's own mother who recently retired in the past moons, Bouncestreak (122 moons; wanted her to die yet she never did! Similar to her daughter, she has a permanent twisted/weak leg)
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Part 1
Repost of an rp with @cats-rps-forlife bc tumblr was mean. New blog @they-cant-handle-my-warrior-rps
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SpruceClan RP with @sponsored-by-starbucks because we talked about it!!! (Sanders Sides/Warrior Cats crossover.)
(sorry, there was no anon on your Tumblr, Sunny-)
(TW: Death, gore, betrayal, forbidden love, depression, animal death, starvation, food mention, main character deaths, blood, injuries, murder, suicide, will add more if it seems like we need to.... This is Warrior Cats. Warrior Cats has all of this and more in the books. I just thought I'd put a trigger warning. The RP might go into a couple of these subjects.)
(Hope you like my characters!!!)
Ashstar stepped out of her den. The dark gray she-cat with blue eyes and a scar over her muzzle looked calm. She loved her Clan as if each cat were her own kits.
A tom walked over just then. His golden pelt shining in the sunlight. His green gaze rested on Ashstar. "Are you alright, Ashstar?" He asked, placing his white-tipped tail on her shoulder. "You seem distracted."
"I'm not distracted, Rushjay." Ashstar said, purring at her deputy. "I'm just excited for our kits apprentice ceremony!!!"
Rushjay nodded his head. "Indeed. I can't wait to see Sleepykit and Stormkit grow into warriors. They'll be fine warriors." Rushjay paused, thinking about something, before resting his gaze back on Ashstar. "Shall we tell them the truth about their parentage?"
"No." A voice said, sternly. She was a dark Sandy and white she-cat with a scar over her shoulders and amber eyes. "Their real mother asked us not to, and so it shall remain unsaid. Sleepykit and Stormkit shall only know Lynxtuft as their mother for now."
"You are a kind medicine cat, Leopardwhisker. Fine. We shall not tell the truth. Lynxtuft or their mom will tell them when the time comes." Ashstar said.
Rushjay gave Leopardwhisker a sympathetic look. Lynxtuft is Leopardwhisker's sister. Leopardwhisker must wanna protect Sleepykit and Stormkit more than any cat. Rushjay did too, obviously. Lynxtuft being his mate and all. It was nice being a father to the two tom kits.
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Sleepykit looked up at Lynxtuft and she smiled. Today was the day!!!
"Stormkit!! It's time! its time! it's time!! Come onnnnnn!!!!!" he said, practically dragging his brother from the den towards the Aging Stump.
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Stormkit didn't even have a moment to wake up fully before getting half dragged out of the comfort of the nursery. "Weren't you named Sleepykit because you're the sleepy one!?" Stormkit complained.
Lynxtuft just shook her head. The dark golden she-cat with black spots, a bobbed tail, amber eyes and large paws followed her kits outside.
"Hold still." She fussed, licking her kits. "You're all dirty. The Clan must see clean apprentices."
Lynxtuft loved these kits more than any cat. Well... maybe besides their real mother, but the kits didn't need to know that. Not yet. Lynxtuft was just proud of them. She loved them dearly.
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"Who's sleeping when the ceremony's about to start!!?" he shot back with a grin.
"Mooooommm!" he giggled. "I'm clean! I'm clean!" He stepped up to the Aging Stump below the leader. He was so excited!!
"Hey, what do ya think our warrior names will be Stormkit?"
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"I don't know, but I hope it's something like Stormrush after our father, Rushjay. Our sister, Honeykit might be Honeyjay! Oh! What if you become Sleepytuft or Sleepylynx?" Stormkit asked excitedly.
A pale, golden tabby-and-cream she-kit crawled out from beside Lynxtuft. She rolled onto her back, much to the dismay of Lynxtuft, but the kit still lay, exposing her soft, cream underbelly to her brothers. She blinked her soft amber eyes at them. "You two will be the best warriors in all of SpruceClan!" She mewed.
"Ashstar is going to begin soon." Lynxtuft reminded her kits as she began licking and grooming and cleaning them all again. She licked until their fur was shiny and stayed down. Lynxtuft gave gentle mews and held her kits still, ignoring their protests until she was done.
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Sleepykit smiled. "Hey what if I'm Sleepyjay, you're Stormlynx, and sis is Honeytuft?!" Then as their sister approached he pounced. "Sis!"
"Oh I know that were all gonna be the best warriors in the clan. You're gonna be a great warrior too sis!! I know it."
He struggled when his mother Lynxtuft was grooming and almost got away a couple times.
Soon they saw Ashstar starting, and everyone quieted down, even the unruly kits. Though, Sleepykit maaayy have started a small playfight with Stormkit where they tried not to get caught playfully swiping at each other as they sat professionally waiting to be called up.
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Ashstar smiled softly then returned her attention to the kits. "Today is the day kits become apprentices. Sleepykit, please join me up on the Aging Stump." Ashstar waited patiently for Sleepykit.
Once beside her, Ashstar began.
"Sleepykit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Sleepypaw. Your mentor will be Cloverbriar. I hope she will pass down all she knows on to you."
The leader then called on Cloverbriar, asking her to come up on the Aging Stump too.
A solid white she-cat with green eyes stepped forward. That was Cloverbriar.
"Cloverbriar, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Antstripe, and you have shown yourself to be brave and noble. You will be the mentor of Sleepypaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to him." Ashstar said softly.
Cloverbriar nodded. She bounded forward and touched her nose to Sleepypaw's.
SpruceClan began chanting the new apprentice's name.
"Sleepypaw! Sleepypaw! Sleepypaw!"
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As they chanted his name he beamed up at the clan and at his new mentor. He was so excited to finally be an apprentice, and someday a warrior. He wanted to be the best warrior alongside his siblings. He'd make his mom, Lynxtuft, and his dad, Rushjay, proud!
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Ashstar called up Stormkit next. He became Stormpaw and his mentor was a solid white tom with dark blue eyes named Blizzardtail. Blizzardtail isn't known for being exactly nice. But he was still a highly respected and noble warrior.
Then up came Honeykit. She became Honeypaw and her mentor was a dark ginger she-cat with green eyes called Comfreyblaze. Comfreyblaze is known for being stubborn and harsh. But she is a fine warrior nonetheless.
"You apprentices will do everything your mentor tells you. You are not to go anywhere without your mentor. I welcome you as full apprentices of SpruceClan." Ashstar said, bowing her head gently to the three.
Stormpaw wanted to leap in the air for joy. Every fur on his pelt was standing up with excitement. But he couldn't jump in the air and yowl his excitement. He's not a kit anymore, he's an apprentice.
Stormpaw stared at Sleepypaw and Honeypaw. He wondered how they were feeling. Excited like him or anxious to prove themselves to SpruceClan.
Stormpaw then felt a sudden pang of sadness as he realized they weren't going back to the nursery with Lynxtuft. No, instead they had to move out into the apprentice den. Stormpaw's tail drooped a bit. He was going to miss listening to Lynxtuft's stories and lullabies at night and hearing her purr beside he and his siblings.
But he couldn't focus on that right now. He's an apprentice now.
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Finally!!! An apprentice!! Instead of helping babysit all the younger kits, he could learn how to hunt! And fight!! He could finally be treated like he was big and important!! No more "go back to he nursery" or "what are you doing out here? Where's your mother?" No. Hed be doing all the things apprentices did! He'd fight, and make the dens cozier, and hunt!!!! He could finally defend the clan with his siblings by his side.
Spruceclan would be safer now that he and his siblings were apprentices now! They'd protect the clan better than this whole clan had seen before! Sleepypaw knew they could, and would too.
As they walked off the highrock with their mentors, after the meeting was over, Sleepypaw asked his mentor, Cloverbriar, "Whatre we gonna do first, huh? I wanna defend Spruceclan from Tsunamiclan! Or.. or hunt a vole!! Ooh or a mouse, mmmmm.." his mouth watered at the mere thought of mouse. Then he looked over at his brother and sister.
"Hey, whatre you guys gonna do first? I'm so excited!! I wanna be the best fighter and hunter ever!"
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Cloverbriar twitched her whiskers in amusement. Was she going to have a challenge to train? She pleaded with StarClan he'd be decent. "Actually, I'm going to be showing you around camp. So you can get familiar with it. Then I'll be showing you our borders and how to mark them." Cloverbriar said, patiently.
Blizzardtail just nodded and turned his attention on Stormpaw. "I'll show you around borders first. Then battle training. Then hunting." He said, leaving no room for Stormpaw to ask questions.
Stormpaw nodded. He thought he'd make a great night hunter, because his pelt is black. Stormpaw blinked his gray eyes at his mentor.
"And I'll be taking you hunting first. Then around camp. Finally I'll show you our borders and how to mark them." Comfreyblaze said to Honeypaw. Honeypaw bounced on her paws excited.
"Yes, Comfreyblaze." Honeypaw said happily.
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"Aww.. but everyone else is already learning how to hunt and everythingggg! Pleeeaaassseee?" He looked up at her with the most pleading eyes he could manage. He wanted so bad to keep up with his siblings and not fall behind. He wanted them all to be warriors at the same time. He thought he'd DIE if he was the last apprentice in his litter to become a warrior.
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"I'll tell you what. If you listen to me and behave, I'll take you hunting after borders have been marked by us." Cloverbriar said softly. Her eyes were gentle and sweet.
Stormpaw felt a bit hopeful. Would Blizzardtail be as cool as Cloverbriar? But by looking into those eyes, Stormpaw could only guess not.
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"Okay!!" Finally! Hed learn how to hunt!!
"So whatre we gonna hunt first? Voles? Mice? Birds? Ooh what clan borders are we gonna see first? Tsunamiclan? Petalclan? Sunclan? Moonclan?? Hey when do we get to go to a gathering?!"
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Cloverbriar gently cuffed her paw over Sleepypaw's ear without harming him. "Keep talking and you'll scare the prey away before we can hunt. As for boundaries, you'll see when we get there. And you just began your training. It takes moons before you can go to a Gathering. You have to earn that honor." She said. Cloverbriar then began walking away. "Keep up." She called briskly over her shoulder.
Cloverbriar was known for her speed. So Sleepypaw would of course have trouble keeping up with her. She walked over towards the elders den.
"This is the elders den. Every day you will go change their bedding, check their pelts for ticks and fleas, bring them water-soaked moss to drink and feed them." Cloverbriar began. Already so much responsibility!!!!
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He flattened his ears instinctively from the cuff, but it didn't really hurt. All the sudden she went really fast and he had to run to keep up.
"Right.. change bedding, water moss, ticks, umm.. food.. um.." He was trying so hard to think through it and remember it all. Repeating it back always helped him remember it later.
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"Next." Cloverbriar began, walking pretty fast to the next den. The scent of warm, sweet milk flooded Sleepypaw's nose. "This, as you know is the nursery. You'll feed them, change their bedding, and protect this den. These are the future of our Clan. The elders are our highly respected of our Clan."
Cloverbriar, without warning, walked over to a den near the Aging Stump. "This is the medicine cat den. Leopardwhisker lives here. If you're feeling ill or hurting, go to her. You will bring her fresh-kill as well and change her bedding if she hasn't already." Cloverbriar said, before turning her head to him. "Got everything so far?"
Her tone was strict, but gentle and loving.
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Sleepypaw's head was spinning but he figured it would start to make more sense as time went on.
"Okay.. protect kits.. um.. bedding,, Everywhere, um.. food to medicine cat.. um... food to- uh queens.." He really hoped he wasn't missing anything. This was a lot more stuff than he thought it would be. He was trying not to get overwhelmed and was trying to impress Cloverbriar as much as he could. He didn't want to let her down. He didn't want to let the Clan down. He'd show everyone he could do it!! He hoped..
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"Okay and next..." Cloverbriar began trotting to another den. "This is where you'll be sleeping. And next," Cloverbriar began trotting towards another den. "This is the warriors den. This is where I'll be sleeping."
Cloverbriar nodded and walked towards the final den. A den right behind the Aging Stump. Cloverbriar held her chin up proudly. "This....is the Leader's den. Ashstar sleeps here. She can leave her den and step right out onto the Aging Stump so she can look over her Clan." Cloverbriar said. "Any cat who becomes leader is the highest respected in our Clan."
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"Ashstar is so cool," he replied. "I wanna be just like her when I grow up."
He then caught scent of something not far outside of camp.
"Hey, cloverbriar? Whats that smell? I've never smiled something like that before.."
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Cloverbriar froze and scented the air. "Badger. It's stale though. Be careful of badger and foxes. They're dangerous like dogs, twolegs and monsters." Cloverbriar said.
She looked at Sleepypaw. "Ready for borders? I'll teach you the scents of the other Clans and prey of the forest!"
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Badger scent huh? He'd heard of badgers. Big monstrous looking animals with claws as long as your whiskers, a snout as big as your head, and bodies twice as big or bigger than a cat's. He shuddered to think about them. Hed heard one badger could destroy an entire clan. Just one claw swipe could kill a cat. He hoped the badger wouldn't come back anytime soon.
"Right.. borders. Yeah, borders sounds good!" he said, trying to shake off the fear he felt of a badger being so close to their camp.
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Cloverbriar began walking. "Right, let's go." Her tone again brisk and her paws fast-paced still. The she-cat began padding out of camp and over fallen trees, clearing them in a single bound.
Cloverbriar found a tiny stream and plunged herself in it. It was only up to her belly, soaking her soft white pelt.
Finally she crawled out and waited for her breathless apprentice. He'd get used to it. "This is the border between our Clan and PetalClan. We must mark our territory daily. That's why our leader sends out these things called Border Patrols."
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Sleepypaw ran as fast as he could, scrambling over the fallen trees, only clearing one or two in a single bound. He plunged into the stream after Cloverbriar and shivered.
"Brr!!! Foxdung thats cold!!" Then he realized she wasn't stopping or even slowing for the cold. "Waitwaitwait!!" He yelled to no avail, scrambling and sloshing around in the water as he ran after her again.
He shook himself dry after he got out of the stream and tried to catch up again. Once they were running on flatter terrain he was able to keep up a little better, but he'd have to work on those trees and that stream.
When Cloverbriar told him of the Petalclan border he sniffed the air to try and remember the scent.
"Everything smells so.. flowery.. Not at all like the big Spruce trees near camp. How do they like living so close to so many flowers?"
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"PetalClan is strange. They like the smell of flowers and things. However, they get a lot of bees because of the flowers in their territory. SpruceClan has it easier than that." Cloverbriar said, politely. "MoonClan smells of stale badger because their territory used to be an old badger set many moons ago. SunClan smells of sap, because their territory has sap leaking from their trees."
She smiled softly at Sleepypaw, hoping he'd got all this information down so far as she licked his head affectionately.
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"Okay.. flowers: petal. Easy. Spruce: spruce. Easy. Badger: ...moon. Sap: ..sun. okay.. I think I got it?" he said hopefully.
When she licked him he smiled and nuzzled her. He then thought a moment.
"Why in the name of Starclan would Moonclan make camp in an old badger set?"
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"Moons ago, when they moved into the forest, that set was all MoonClan could find that was perfect enough for their Clan. Now, they've just grown used to the territory and it's theirs now." Cloverbriar explained gently. "TsunamiClan smells of fresh, salt water, obviously."
She began setting a border marker along some bushes and trees. "This is how we mark borders. Your turn. We mark every day to make sure there are no tresspassers."
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He watched her closely. Wait..
"You mean we PEE on our borders to mark them??!"
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