#strawberrytrail

[elementclangen]

Strawberrytrail's Elder Sprite

Strawberrytrail; Fire-blessed she-cat with a power level of 98 (very high); Playful, impressive climber, and a great kitsitter

[elementclangen]

Gladepaw and Strawberrytrails' Sprites

Gladepaw; Earth-blessed tom-kit with a power level of 55 (medium); Childish and a good speaker

Mentor: Needlepelt

Strawberrytrail; Age 118 moons; Fire-blessed she-cat with a power level of 98 (very high); Playful, impressive climber, and a great kitsitter

Strawberrytrail was previously a part of a fearsome rogue group but joined ElementClan after an earthquake decimated it. Amethystdapple knew of her and invited her to join the Clan.

[elementclangen]

Moon 140-Leaf-fall

Chasingskip (52) and Caterpillarmallow’s (90) kits have been made apprentices!  When it’s time for her ceremony, Burrowkit (6) runs up to the front of the crowd in excitement, eager to get her name.  She’s apprenticed to Amethystdapple (67), as it’s long past time for the senior warrior to get her first apprentice.  Cypresspaw (6), despite having a medium powerful wind blessing, has been apprenticed to the powerless Cressfreckle (56).  She’s not sure how she feels about that.  Does he even know how to train her to use her powers to fight?  Cressfreckle assures her that he does.  He has experience working with wind-blessed cats.  Sleepypaw (6) is given to Steppemimic (23) as an apprentice and is excited to learn how to be a Healer and fill out ElementClan’s complement of them.  Caterpillarmallow is a little nervous about having one of her kits in the healer's den with her, and she confesses as much to her sister-in-law, Frostheart (43).  The other she-cat reassures her that she’ll do great.  Moorleg (52) is a little frustrated to be stuck in camp again after getting injured.  She’s been telling jokes about Burrowpaw and wonders how easy it would be to attack Yuccastar from where she’s laying. . .not that she would ever do that.  Strawberrytrail (128) notices that Gladepatch (16) has been a little distracted lately and convinces him to play a game.  Cressfreckle watches and thinks about how Yellowcreek used to love hanging out with the elders.  There’s so much of the father in the son.  It helps ease the ever present ache in Cressfreckle’s heart.

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Moon 152-Leaf-fall

After a rainy leaf-fall collapsed most of their dens, badgers attacked ElementClan’s camp.  Maybe it was because they blamed the new water-powered cats on the high rainfall, maybe they wanted the cavern for themselves, or something else entirely.  No cat truly knows what goes on in the head of a badger.  But what is known is that a badger attack is devastating.  The elder Strawberrytrail (140) tried to defend herself, but proved too old and frail to fend off a badger for long and died. Steppemimic (35) was trying to protect Whistlepaw (7) and Rockypaw (7), who had gotten ill after eating a bad rabbit, and all three of them were brutally killed.  Once more, not even powerful magic could save them.  Finally, the badgers attacked the nursery, where the almost apprentice-aged Creekkit (6) and Songkit (6) were the only ones left.  The badger immediately went for the kits and snapped Songkit’s neck before he could do anything.  Gladepatch (28) arrived and leaped onto the badger’s back to try and protect Creekkit, but another badger was coming into the nursery.  Creekkit tried to use just her fire powers to fend them off, but, once she saw the dead body of her brother lying on the ground, she snapped.  With the Clan as spectators, she used her dark-cursed powers to drain both badgers of their life. But somehow spared Gladepatch, who was still in contact with one of the badgers.  Afterwards, she collapsed to the ground.  Yuccastar (131) was furious that Gladepatch and Conegoat (35) had hidden the true nature of the kits from her, but other Clanmates were just glad that the badgers were dead.  Peakspots (121) reminded his mate that his mother, Shadestar, had been a dark-cursed cat, and that she had proven herself in a similar way to Creekkit, albeit when she was a bit older.  With most of the Clan badgering (bad joke?) her to allow Creekkit to stay, Yuccastar relented and granted the young cat the status of proven dark-cursed cat, something that her grandfather, Yellowcreek, had never managed to earn.  She does decide to train the young cat herself once Creekpaw is made an apprentice.   The Clan is grieving from the loss of several beloved members.  Volcanoblossom (79) has lost all three of her kits just three moons after joining the Clan.  If that isn’t a sign that she doesn’t belong, she doesn’t know what would be.  But she’ll give the Clan another chance.  Maybe it has some worth she hasn’t seen yet.  Fry (59) is also reeling from the death of his kit. He feels like he’s living through a nightmare.  Steppemimic can’t really be dead.  As Fry’s clanmates comfort him during the vigil, he can’t help but wonder if things will ever feel normal again without Steppemimic in his life.  Wildcave (35) feels sick to his stomach at the loss of his sister.  The last time he saw her, they had fought, and now all Wildcave can do is beg for forgiveness and hope Steppemimic is watching from StarClan.  Peakspots is also hit hard by Steppemimic’s death and grabs a piece of her fluff to add to his nest.

Meta: I like that Creekpaw proved herself in a similar way to Shadestar (Shadestar killed a group of foxes attacking the camp). And yes, if any of you were wondering, Yellowcreek killing a fox who snuck into the nursery should have been enough to prove him. But Yuccastar is a jerk and refused to, making the argument that he was only protecting himself (he was the only kit in the nursery at the time). In this case, she couldn't do that because Creekpaw protected Gladepatch.

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Moon 131-Leaf-bare

Conepaw (14) has received her Healer name of Conegoat, honoring her nurturing presence.  She feels like there’s still so much to learn and frets about whether or not she is ready.  Caterpillarmallow (81) assures her that StarClan will always be there to guide her.  Needlepelt (34) knows that her brother’s kit has gone through a lot of loss in his young life and wonders how he’s doing.  Gladepaw’s (7) her apprentice, but she doesn’t feel like she knows her nephew very well.  She’ll have to fix that.  Cressfreckle (47) is feeling exhausted.  He’s been working so hard keeping an eye on the Clan's young cats that he hasn’t taken much time for himself.  Frostheart (34) is also wondering how Gladepaw is doing.  She hasn’t really been a part of his life, as she wasn’t close with her brother, but Gladepaw seems like a decent cat.  She may want to get to know him.  In other news, the newcomer Strawberrytrail (119) has decided to retire.  She may as well make the best use of Clan life, right?  While on patrol, the Healers come across two kits next to the dead body of their mother.   One of them, Pigeonkit (0), has a weak earth-blessing, while the other, Rustkit (0), is powerless.

[kmorgantini]

#Strawberrytrail at #sunset (at Wilder Ranch State Park)

[kmorgantini]

Ocean sunset #wilderranchstatepark #strawberrytrail #sunsetonthepacific #sunsetonthepasificocean #sunset (at Wilder Ranch State Park)