Leader: Darkstar - A black tomcat with amber eyes. Charismatic, great hunter and good kit - sitter. 19 Moons old. Apprentice: Lightpaw.
Deputy: Graypounce - A long - haired, silver tabby Molly with cyan eyes. 61 Moons old. Troublesome, fish - like swimmer and omen seeker.
Medicine cat: Roachtimber - A light brown Rosette tabby Molly with mask markings and hazel eyes. 150 Moons old. Compassionate, Dark Forest affinity.
Warriors: Ploverlight - A speckled, pale gray tomcat with pale green eyes. 26 Moons. Childish, great mediator.
Yellownose - A cream Trans tomcat who has eyes with the colour of sunlit ice. 95 Moons. Troublesome, deep Star Clan bond.
Ploxstem - A dappled, light brown Molly with hazel eyes. 150 Moons. Compassionate, Dark Forest affinity.
Daycatcher - An almost white, very pale gray tomcat with bronze eyes. 85 Moons. Loving, great story teller and lore keeper.
Apprentice: Lightpaw - A dark ginger tomcat with silver eyes. 11 Moons old. Childish, oddly observant and moss ball hunter.
Outsiders: Glory - A brown Molly with hazel eyes. 78 Moons. Loner. Nervous, skilled mediator and great teacher.
Fog Clan. Neutral and amiable, this Clan's cats live in a grotto and can breathe and control fog, mist and haze.
Icy Clan. Neutral and gracious, this Clan's cats live near a cold stream and can breathe and control ice and snow.
Flame Clan. Neutral and wary, this Clan's cats live in a redwood forest and can breathe and confrol fire.
Otter Clan. Neutral and cunning, this Clan's cats live near a huge river and can breathe and control water, rain and waves. Split from Icy Clan a Moon ago.
Graypounce stalked closer to a mouse nibbling a seed, than shook her rump and leapt. It thought sitting under a branch would be enough to keep it hidden and protected. When she was mid - jump, her vision suddenly went white. An ice - cold feeling spread all over like flea as she lost all of her senses.
''A storm is coming,'' A cat breathed down her neck. ''Its up to you to weither store the rain water or avoid the thunder.'' And just like that, it all ended.
It took barely few minutes to finish. It went and came swiftly, and when she got her senses back, she hit her head right on the bark of the tree, having jumped way too far. Graypounce fell down with a pained grunt, which scared her prey. She threw her claws forward as she tried to scramble on her paws. Unfortunately, she missed and the mouse ran off into the woods.
"Mouse - dunk!" The deputy hissed in pain as she slowly got up and rubbed her head, the prey's footsteps fading away. She knew that her failure to catch it also scared off any other prey nearby. Only if she had spread a little bit fog around to blind the mouse. Maybe that could've prevented it from running away.
She sighed out loud, than turned around and began to walk back to the camp, her tail dragging behind her. If nobody caught any prey, than how would this Clan survive the next Moon? All she could hope was that Daycatcher and Yellownose would be luckier than her.
Graypounce stalked her way back to camp, feeling the Greenleaf's sun shine down her pelt as she walked. The grass went smaller as she padded down her territory. She could hear birds chirping somewhere nearby, but she didn't want to deal with them. She had a vision to tell. When she walked closer to the entrance of a grotto, her ears perked up curiously at the what she saw inside: Three cats were standing by the medicine cat den.
She brushed her tail by a blade of weed as she walked, catching one of their attention. The Fog apprentice, being the first one to turn around, quickly get up and nodded at her. ''Greetings, Graypounce!''
''Hi.'' Graypounce nodded back at him as she entered inside, feeling relieved that she finally had the shadowed shelter of her camp above her. The other two cats turned around to greet her.
''Greetings, Graypounce.'' Roachtimber smiled.
''Hi. How did the hunting went?'' Darkstar asked.
'Good and bad,'' Graypounce replied as she sat down in front of them. ''Well, i missed the mouse i was stalking, but Fogstar spoke to me. She gave me a prophecy.''
Six ears perked up as her Clan mates stared at her with interest. "She did?" Lightpaw meowed with widening eyes. "What did she said?"
An icy feeling gripped at her pelt as Graypounce recalled the former leader's words. "`A storm is coming. Its up to you to weither store the rain water or avoid the thunder.` That's all," She paused for a second, than shook her pelt as if to get rid of the phantom cold. "Fogstar gave the prophecy right when i was jumping for the mouse. When it was over, I hit my head on the tree trunk and missed the catch."
"Oh no! Are you doing okay, Graypounce?" The medicine cat asked worriedly as she moved closer. Roachtimber's meow covered up for Lightpaw's amused snort. "Are you feeling any pain or ache?"
"I am alright. Don't worry, Roachtimber," She said as she pushed the other cat away with her paw. "I'm just unsure of what to do with this prophecy."
"We will be more aware from now on, that's for sure," Darkstar nodded with a determined light in his eyes. "And I'm pretty sure Roachtimber will be very happy to help you with it."
Roachtimber's nose twitched. "Right, of course."
Graypounce smiled at her. "Thank you, Roachtimber. I appreciate it."
"Dont mention it. That's my job." The medicine cat replied.
Graypounce nodded and turned her head towards the entrance. "I'm wondering if I should go out to try my luck again."
She saw Darkstar shake his head with the corner of her eye. "No, Graypounce. You should rest instead."
"I mean, I can't help but feel guilty over not bringing anything." She meowed as she tapped a paw to the ground.
"You did your best today. You deserve it, Graypounce." The leader insisted.
"I thought Daycatcher and Yellownose also went to hunt prey? Maybe they'll be luckier than you." Lightpaw said.
"Maybe," Graypounce sighed and shook her head. "Well, until they return, I should fix the el-"
Two cats suddenly walked in, startling everyone but surprising no one. "It's okay, it's alright," One of the cats meowed. "Just lean on me, Phloxstem."
Phloxstem groaned loudly as she did so, her chest heaving. "Thank you, Ploverlight."
Roachtimber's nose twitched as Lightpaw took few steps closer to the returning cats. "You don't look good, Phloxstem. Did something went wrong during the patrol?" He asked with a twitch of his ears.
Phloxstem shook her head. "Oh dear, no! Everything was fine!" She replied, groaning softly as she arched her back. Her breathing started to even out.
"There was a huge dog by the border and we had to led it away from here," Ploverlight explained. "Phloxstem had some bodily issues while we were returning, though." Graypounce made an odd face at how terrible he worded it, though it flew under everyone's noses.
Phloxstem, at the other paw, snickered at Ploverlight's words and shook her head. "Dont make it sound like a took two steps and fall over, darling! If anything, i did most of the running, which tired me out! That's all!" She meowed with a strong voice.
"Regardless, you should rest now." Roachtimber said with a wave of her right paw.
"I agree with Roachtimber," Their leader meowed softly. "You've worked hard today and you deserve to rest as hard. So please, go ahead and take your place in your den."
Than their leader paused and turned his head around to look at first Ploverlight, than Graypounce. "This includes both of you, too."
"Neat! I wouldn't mind having a huuuuge nap right now!" Ploverlight bounced up with a snicker.
"Do you mean a regular sleep? Nap means a short sleep, you know." Graypounce blinked.
"Nap or sleep, resting should never be over - looked," Roachtimber said softly as she waved her right front paw again. "Sleep tight, you two."
"Thank you, Roachtimber." Phloxstem meowed sweetly before leaning on Ploverlight's speckled body again. Than they walked towards the pile of rocks the warriors claimed as their resting place. While other cats may not enjoy the idea of laying over stones for sleep, these were smooth, large and covered with moss. Despite how soft soft the surface of rocks were, Phloxstem still winced as she laid over them, before slowly curling up. Right by her, Ploverlight had already fallen asleep fast.
Graypounce flexed her paws, trying to control the urge to just dart outside and do something. But if she got another vision out of nowhere, this time she might be dragged right into a dangerous situation. Maybe staying inside would be a better choice.
Lightpaw's head suddenly turned towards the entrance as his ears twitched. "We have more guests."
Darkstar smiled as he got up. "Nice catch, Lightpaw. Who do you think they are?"
The old apprentice opened his maw to smell, but before he could even say anything, two tomcats barged in, a light wave of fog spreading from Yellownose's body as his tail twitched. Graypounce realised that they were holding 3 mice by their tails with their teeth, Daycatcher having only 1.
She got up to greet the warriors. "Hi, you two. How did the hunting patrol went?"
"Greetings, Graypounce. It was not so good." Yellownose said with a grunt.
Roachtimber tried to shoot a comforting smile to them. "It's okay. Every cat fails their hunt sometimes. Graypounce also missed hers too."
Graypounce lowered her head to lick her own chest. "Yeah. My head decided to introduce itself to a branch." She meowed with a shy smile.
Daycatcher lowered his head and shifted from foot to foot. "That's terrible, Graypounce. I'm sorry to hear that."
Yellownose glared at him. "Yeah, you should be sorry!" He than turned around to look at Graypounce in the eyes. "We managed to hunt 4 mice, but Daycatcher ate one of his!"
Graypounce's gaze turned towards the shrinking cat as she frowned. "Daycatcher, is this true?"
"I was hungry, i could not help it." The warrior meowed pathetically between his teeth.
At those words, the deputy raised her head up as she walked towards Daycatcher. She moved her paw under his chin as she ordered: "Give it to me." Daycatcher opened his mouth, letting the mouse fall. Graypounce caught it and pulled it towards her chest.
"Well, Daycatcher. Since you can't seem to keep your stomach in check, i punish you with den building and moss collecting duties for a moon until you learn to do so," She said confidently. "Now, return to warriors den. I'll make sure the cats who actually deserve to eat will taste this prey."
Daycatcher could only nod as his ears folded down. "I understand, Graypounce." With that, the warrior basically himself towards the warriors den, his tail and paws dragging low. After putting his own catches down, Yellownose also moved to warriors den.
Turning her head around, she put the prey in front of Darkstar and Roachtimber. "Well, i hope you two would enjoy this mouse," After seeing the questioning looks in their eyes, the deputy added. "I won't eat. I'm tired and I really want to sleep now."
Lightpaw's eyes focused on her face. "Well, you've had quite an event - full day, Graypounce. You definitely need rest after everything."
She smiled at her. "Thanks, Lightpaw." She than walked to the opposite side of the entrance and climbed over the leader's den. İt didn't take long for her to fall asleep, as soon as she settled down over a mossy rock and closed her eyes, the ever - reliable dreams claimed her.
