#ryepelt

[the-owl-tree]

hollyleaf: im back from the tunnels, what happened while i was away?

ryekit, standing vry proud infront of a nearly destroyed medicine den: i organized dads herbs :)

she's innocent your honor!!!!

(the writing behind rye says welkom hom ante aka welcome home auntie)

[cloverwcaus]

ThunderClan Succession: The Complicated Reigns of Oakstar and Doestar (Shadow Rising AU)

Leader line: Oakstar- Larchface (Birchface)- Goldenspots (Frecklewish)

Deputy line: Beetletail (Beetail)- Briarwing (Sweetbriar)- Thrushfang (Thrushtalon)- Ryepelt (Seedpelt)

Most of the details surrounding the end of Oakstar’s reign have been lost to history, but described below is what is still known to the Clans. Following the death of Oakstar’s son and heir Larchface fighting RiverClan over Sunningrocks, Oakstar named a kit, Larchkit, his heir, believing the kit and his siblings to be Larchface’s children. Their mother was a warrior by the name of Mapleshade, and while her younger half brother was ThunderClan’s sole seer, she did not claim descent from any bloodlines. It is unknown where the idea that she was the mother of Larchface’s kits came from, but it rapidly spread throughout ThunderClan, and even to the other Clans. When Ravenwing, the Clan’s seer, revealed the truth of Larchkit, Toadkit (Petalkit), and Patchkit’s heritage, however, Oakstar threw Mapleshade and her children out of the Clan. Unfortunately, we do not know how Ravenwing learned the truth. Perhaps Mapleshade confided in him, her little brother? We do not know. All three kits drowned that same day when Mapleshade attempted to seek shelter in RiverClan with their real father. Seeking revenge, Mapleshade murdered Ravenwing, Goldenspots, and her RiverClan mate, before dying herself. Much about Mapleshade is lost to us, including her motive for lying about her kits’s heritage. It is one thing to hide the fact they are half Clan, but another entirely to say they are the deceased heir’s children. We may never know the full story.

Following the death of his only other relative and child, Goldenspots, Oakstar named his deputy Beetletail his heir and began to train him for the responsibility. While deputies do prepare for the scenario when they assume the Clan’s leadership, Oakstar went above and beyond to make sure his Clan would survive. It was during this period that, Beetletail’s nephew, Thrushfang, had a litter of his own- two daughters named Doekit and Deerkit. Soon after their apprenticeship, Oakstar took Beetletail’s sister Briarwing as his mate, and, to the surprise and joy of the entire Clan, had another litter with her, Volekit (who would eventually become Volefoot (Mumblefoot), and was deputy under Doestar until his death) and Spiderkit (who would become Spiderwhisker (Squirrelwhisker), and would be the subject of a great scandal).

A terrible leafbare followed this happy news, however, and brought sorrow with its snow. Deerpaw died first, followed by Ryepelt and Briarwing in quick succession. Oakstar died next, and Beetletail the day after, but that awful leafbare did not stop, and Thrushfang passed soon after. Finally, the deaths abated, and left three competing heirs in its wake. Doepaw was an apprentice well on her way to warriorhood, the only surviving descendant of Beetletail. Volekit and Spiderkit were barely four moons old, though they were Oakstar’s own children. The succession was determined by a single fact, however: Oakstar had named Beetletail his heir, and had never gone back and made Volekit his chosen heir. So, at the time of Oakstar’s death, Thrushfang was his heir, and with Thrushfang’s passing, the leadership passed to Doepaw. Doepaw was made a warrior that very day, and Doecloud became Doestar, and the Clan moved on.

Leader line: Doestar- Harewhisker (Harepounce)- Poppyheart (Poppydawn)- Speckletail- Rabbitshade (Rabbitleap)- Falconsong (Fallowsong)

Deputy line: Volefoot- Spiderwhisker- Dovefoot (Windflight)- Juniperfoot (Daisytoe)- Littleshine (Littlestep)

Doestar was the mother of two daughters, Harewhisker and Falconsong, and each molly had or were expecting children. Harewhisker had three young warriors in Poppyheart, Speckletail, and Rabbitshade, and Falconsong was in the nursery expecting a litter of her own. Doestar, however, announced one afternoon that neither child would succeed her. Rather, a dashing young tom by the name of Foxheart (Pineheart) would be her heir. For many years, the reasoning behind this decision was unknown, questioned and debated over, until towards the end of his life during the reign of Bluestar, an old and frail Goosefeather told his apprentice about his vision. Goosefeather has been plagued by messages from StarClan his entire life, and when he received a vision showing a flame-coloured tom leading the Clan, he told Doestar, who acted quickly and interpreted it as a sign that StarClan desired Foxheart to succeed her. Volefoot died soon after this decision, killed fighting a fox that was threatening the Clan, and Doestar made Foxheart deputy. Shortly after, Falconsong had three healthy sons in Sparrowkit, Birchkit, and Flykit. Another terrible leafbare, complete with starvation and sickness, befell ThunderClan, and Doestar, too, passed. Foxheart became Foxstar, and the whispers of prophecy murmured in his ears. 

Next: The Reigns of Foxstar and Waspstar, and the Beginning of the Prophecy Leaders

[the-owl-tree]

Wait omg Ryekit and her army of double cousins thanks to Lion Blaze and Toadstep would be utter demons holy shit

oh my gosh YES, i imagine they're the younger litter so ryepaw would have absolutely no trouble convincing her easily impressed tiny little cousins to help wreak havoc on the camp with her

well, maybe Daisykit, Mushroomkit, and Spottedkit. Elderberry and Poolpaw are more friendly with one another, moreso that they'll sit in silence with one another and not scoot awkwardly away from each other

[the-owl-tree]

Hi! Could you talk about Ryepelt and/or Poolmask? I loved the story you wrote about them and would love to know more about them in general and their whole dynamic

YES ANON TY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THEM!! they are the two i've had the most clear story ideas for since they're kind of my most ""canon"" nextgen kits

Ryepelt and Poolmask have a...tumultuous relationship. They're family, sure, but family doesn't always have to get along, especially for two cats so opposite from one another. While Poolmask is serious, stern, orderly, quiet, and prefers to keep to himself; Ryepelt is outgoing, mischievous, messy, and still, as a warrior, struggles to use her 'indoor voice'. Despite being opposites, Ryepelt still makes an effort to try and talk to her cousin, making time to see if she can join him on herb gathering, try and share fresh-kill and, if she's feeling especially resigned, even take on the mind-numbing task of organizing herbs with him.

Still, even with her effort, Poolmask keeps his distance and Ryepelt feels herself growing more and more frustrated and misses her old best friend even more.

(this more plot stuff)

As kittens, the two were actually very close, having been born around the same time (with Rye being older). Pool was a shy little kit and struggled a lot with going outside, even with his mother's encouragement. It was Ryekit, with her boisterous can-do attitude that managed to give him the courage to try and do things for himself. From there, the two were essentially inseparable with Ryekit leading the charge and Poolkit right there alongside her (though usually he would stick around the aftermath of her mess to try and clean it up). While their friendship is far from perfect, with Ryekit often blaming Poolkit for her misdeeds or him being disgusted by her messiness, it's something special to them, with Ryekit not minding when Poolkit didn't want to talk or Poolkit believing Ryekit when she swore, for once, she didn't do something.

It was that close bond that, in true Po3 spawn tradition, lead them to sneaking out of the camp the night on the night of their apprentices ceremonies - a tradition made by the other apprentices to welcome new kits into the den. In what was suppose to be a quick trip to the Ancient Oak, turned into a nightmare as the two found themselves lost in the woods and eventually stuck in a not-very-well-hidden empty cave after a storm hit. With nothing but time to lose, Ryepaw insists they explore, a way cooler discovery then marking some dumb tree in her opinion, and without any other options, opts to follow her in.

The caves are dark and winding, the sound of water dripping in the distance and Poolpaw can feel his breath getting tighter as the walls around them feel as though they're closing in. In his panic, the two are separated in the dark tunnels and Pool shuts down, terrified and struggling to breath. Ryepaw tries to urge him forward, starting to get creeped out herself by the dark ancient tunnels and stiffens in horror at the scent that hits her: fox. Desperate to save her cousin and herself, she tries to urge the immobile Poolpaw to move already but he's frozen stiff in his panic and she can only listen as the pawsteps of the creature get louder and louder.

There, in the darkness, with yellow eyes stares down the ragged and hungry-looking fox while Rye desperately tries to tug her much bigger cousin back. But Poolpaw won't budge, staring ahead with glassy and ragged breathing, and so, Ryepaw makes a choice as the fox stalks close.

She turns and runs, fear, desperation, and pure terror fueling every pawstep.

It's not too far as she runs that a black-furred cat darts passed her, expertly navigating the tunnels before launching itself at the fox before it can even get a hair on her child's back. Hollystar (in this universe!) fearlessly attacks the fox, bringing a patrol with her after the missing apprentices and drives it away. From there she lies with her only son, gently licking his back to soothe him from his fear and murmuring reassurance while Ryepaw can only stare.

Shaken, terrified, and now riddled with guilt, Ryepaw can only stare at her poor crying cousin and furiously feel ashamed of herself. It's only when Berrynose, surprisingly soft with the apprentice, gently snaps her from her stupor and helps guide her out from some fresh air.

The two's friendship is never the same again. Poolmask still feels that sting of abandonment, acutely aware that she had turned and fled to leave him to die even if he can understand why. Ryepelt is riddled with guilt from the incident but the more and more rejected she is by Pool the more frustrated she gets, it was moon ago! Why can't he just get over it? It wasn't like he actually died...even if he almost did.

eventually i think the two would work things out, either by talking it out or some fun mirror situation where pool gets attacked again like the fox magnet he is and rye comes to help him

i do plan on doing some more art and writing once i've ""canonized"" the nextgens lol not everyone will survive </3

[iceclan-iterations]

NOOOOO EVEN MORE LOSS. SOBBING.

lots of apprentices but. sob.

[iceclan-iterations]

strikestar good god get a grip girl

poor ryepelt :(

[iceclan-iterations]

hoo boy shit’s gettin Ugly

[iceclan-iterations]

liddol baby...