A STORM IS COMING // leaving

[VULTUREMASK]

It had been his plan to leave from the very start. From the moment he had left the marsh group he already had have a straight path to follow. The only reason he had left to join this group was so he could prepare himself for a life out there all on his own. Leechpaw had been too young to leave straight away with no hunting or battle experience and there was no way he ever would even consider to become a kittypet. The loner life had always been his end goal with everything he had done here. Leechpaw had prepared himself to leave them all all along because his place had never been here or with the marsh group. He had always been a stranger, an outcast and he had never felt like he belonged anywhere. Everyone know he was not good at dealing with cats either. Everyone would be happy in the end by his decision. No one would miss him if he just disappeared one day, to leave them all behind...

That was what he had convinced himself at least in the beginning. Overtime however the path he had been so strict to follow had started to...tremble in front of his paws. The one to blame for that was...Rosepaw. Suddenly before knowing it Leechpaw had stopt thinking about the loner life, about what he even wanted with his future. It was fine with him to live in the present because Rosepaw was here and he didn't think this place was such a nightmare anymore. Some cats he couldn't stand but it wasn't as bad as he had tried to fool everyone to think it was. He could endure it because Rosepaw had been there beside him, and the times they had shared together had meant more to him then he even at that time had realised. But now it was all gone, he was gone and so there was no longer any reasons left that keept him here. Leechpaw had grown as well and he was no longer a kit who couldn't defend or hunt for himself. He could leave any day he wanted now and it was very tempting. So why didn't he?. Nothing was holding him back anymore and he was no longer chained down to this clan. So why.

Anger was boiling inside of him as he stood back watching the family on thier way out to leave. His tail was lashing back and forth with bared teeths. Leechpaw just couldn't stand back and doing nothing to let this family just leave like this after everything they had done. So he wouldn't. " So you are just going to leave, just like that?!." he stept forward, pushing himself past anyone who stood there shooked with this family decision, everyone except Leechpaw who was beyond furious. " We are all under threat and you are gonna run away like fucking cowards!." he snarled towards Rosepaw's family. Yes. The grief had struck the family so heavily that they where going to leave at least that was thier pathetic excuse anyway. Like they ever had cared about Rosepaw to begin with!. " You are all gonna disgrace Rosepaw memory and leave." How dared they. How dared they, how fucking dared they!.

" Watch your tongue boy, you have no idea about the grief we are going through right now, and i'll not lose another one of my kits to this...clan." The mother spoke up in defence as she glared over at Leechpaw. " We no longer have a medicine cat. Starclan has failed us, Sootstar has failed us. I'm gonna take my family out of here before i lose anyone else." Leechpaw felt absolutely disgusted by them, and he cast a glare at each one of them. Rowanpaw was there, Flamepaw too, and so was Blazepaw. They where all there planning to leave together and he was so pissed over it. Why was he so pissed for when he had the same intention to leave as well?.

Because he was doomned to this place now. The answer come back to the same cat, Rosepaw. He could no longer leave because of his friend sacrifice to this clan, how he had died trying to protect this fucking place!. His body was buried in this ground, and so he was trapped here now just like Rosepaw's body was. He couldn't leave them, because he cared so much about them. That was why what this family was doing right now was unforgivable. He wouldn't forgive them. " Like you ever cared about him not even once!. The one and only ones who has failed anyone here are you failing Rosepaw!!. You where never there when he needed anyone of you!. All you ever did was making him feel like he not belonged here, that you not wanted him!." His fur was bristling at no end, his teeths where showing and he was absolutely livid. " You're a failure of parents, and you're a failure of siblings, you're a failure of a family!!." he cast a look to every single one of them as he spat the truth to all of thier faces. " Your very existence are a failure..." he clenched his teeths and the whole family looked stunned for a moment, that was until the mother again was about to snap something to him but he wouldn't let them.

" Get out of here. Windclan doesn't need scums like you." he would take some daring steps forward so he come right up to the mothers face so he could stare them right in the eye. " You better make sure to never step a paw on this moors again because if you do...if any of your family do i will make sure to take more then your sons ear next time. " And the threat was real. Leechpaw was damn serious. If he ever got his paws on anyone of them....he would not show them any mercy. They better pray they never saw his face again.

He most have looked dreadful in that very moment because the mother took a step away, and the rest of the family circled themself away from the livid leech like they where actually terrified of him or maybe it was the whole clan itself they got terrified of with thier judging angry eyes. In any case they all disappeared into the tall grass to leave windclan for good, but Leechpaw was still standing there still with a livid storm going on inside of him. There was a part of him who wanted to run after them to tear every single one of them to pieces. But he didn't because he know Rosepaw wouldn't want that so he would spare them but only this time.

Next time he would make them pay.
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[Dandelionwish]

The commotion outside had him peeking his head cautiously through the tall grass of his den out into the camp, though the noise seemed to be coming from a bit further away. It didn't take long to investigate the gathered crowd of cats, watching a smaller group move to the edge of the area in order to take their leave. Like Leechpaw, he thought them cowardly. The moment it got hard they took to leaving and while he might have been more merciful to other cats when it came to inner will and strength he had no such care for these particular ones.
He wanted to warn them to reconsider, it was dangerous out there with the hawks and they were working on managing the issue. The clan would be fine, he was sure of it; he had no choice but to be sure of it. The earthen-masked apprentice did not say anything immediately though, a part of him didn't care to warn them of their foolishness, a part of him wanted to see them shredded by the hawks for their many failings as kin; though he would never wish death upon them. StarClan was too good for cats who didn't care for their own. Finally, clearing his throat, he nudged his way through the crowd and took a proper step up alongside Leechpaw, mismatched eyes narrowing but teeth showing in a grin.

"Ye do have a medicine cat. Yours truly and ah say this with utmost sincerity: don't come crawlin' back expecting help if ye cross them borders."
Dandelionpaw's tail lashed, though his smile remained fixated on his face with its usual cheer, there was a tone to his words that carried a threat not often associated with him. Maybe he was still hurt over losing Honeytwist, maybe he was angry at StarClan for their countless poor decisions, but perhaps to err is to be human and StarClan had certainly erred. No, there was no one he could blame here easily. No one he could pit his unease and despair at, so he chose instead to internalize it. WindClan should have been a bastion, a sanctuary, but it was falling at the seams; he had hopes it would recover with time and care as most wounds do but because it kept being split open from the inside he knew time would only drag on longer, further...
"Ye know what happens to traitors..." His tone was almost mocking, whether he believed the words himself or not or had his own view of what it meant to be a 'traitor' he did not offer further insight. Sootstar's own words were threat enough even if he himself wasn't.
He liked to think cats could change and be better, but he wasn't perfect and his bitterness and Rosepaw's death left him no kindness left for the family that made the tom's final days all the more unbearable.

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[Echolight]

She regrets going for that run as soon as she nears camp, his harsh yelling seeping through the camps barrier, springing alarm in Echolight as her trot turns into a run, bounding through the camp entrance right as Leechpaw is only centimeters from Rosepaw’s mother, his teeth bared and eyes alight with rage.
"Leechpaw!" The calico exclaims, his behavior shocking Echolight, but the warrior keeps her stature, closing the gap between them and her as the family begins to depart.
She knows her apprentice is struggling with Rosepaw’s death, it hitting him heavier than anyone else she had seen so far. She wouldn’t miss Rosepaw’s family, it was Leechpaw that she tunnel-visioned on. "Dandelionpaw, I’m sure Sootstar will want to make sure those traitors are off of the territory by nightfall, will you let Duskfire or her know they’ve gone?" She addressed the medicine cat for a moment, before turning back to Leechpaw. "You need to take a breath and calm yourself before I make you sleep in a lavender bush tonight." She said, her voice low enough for only him to hear, "some cats aren’t meant for this life-clan life, and some don’t know how to deal with grief, they don’t need to hold Rosepaw’s memory, he has you, and Dandelionpaw, and so many more" she continued, her voice easing into a softer tone, she didn’t understand- couldn’t understand what Leechpaw or Rosepaw’s family was going through, but she held confidence in her words all the same.
"Speech."
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[ WHAT A TIME ]​

 

[SOOTSTAR]

She sits atop of her stone throne, staring down at the deserters with narrowed eyes. Not an inch does she budge as Leechpaw hisses and spats at them, not when he gets in their face with bared fangs either. What a disappointment so many cats of this clan had been amounting up to as of late... One thing to be thankful for is that this weeded out their lesser members, they wouldn't have to waste prey on cats who at the end of the day wouldn't give their lives for their clan.

As her clan-mates all collectively begin to spring to the scene, she rises onto her paws and dismounts off her perch. "No need, I heard it all." She would inform Echolight with a dip of the head. "WindClan's buried enough bodies recently, we will show a mercy to these traitors today." Heavy authority is laced in her voice. Her clan was tired and truly they couldn't afford to dig up more graves or even simply lift their claws, fighting with these cats would be a waste of time.

"One of my leads will set out on a patrol to make sure they are off the territory. I don't want them hunting, hiding out in the tunnels, or messing with our herb patches. They are to be gone." And they are never to come back. Eyes pivot to Leechpaw and she adds, "Lay your fur flat and get some rest."

Anymore drama in the next few days and her fur was going to begin to turn gray! Stars... she swears it.​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 31 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. romantically interested in Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to owlpaw & shrikepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.

 

[VULTUREMASK]

It come as an suprise to him when Dandelionpaw appeared up beside him to join in with his wrath against this shitty family. The same tom who just some few months ago would welcome any stranger to their moors. Dandelionpaw was the one who always was so friendly. Leechpaw took note of this change in the other tom while appreciating to have them as his ally right now. Rosepaw had deserved better, he had deserved so much better then this!. The fur on his back was still bristling refusing to lay itself flat, and then Echolight step in to call him out for his tantrum. In that moment he did not appreciated to be told what to do, scolding him like a kit like she was his mother.

A hiss rumbled inside of his throat but he refused to let it all out. Echolight was his mentor now so he hold some sort of low respect for her enough to not openly disrespect her. Right now though was bad timing to tell him to calm down when he was like a hurricane on the inside. " You don't get it." you never will he said through bared teeths. How could she?, when she had been so blessed with having a such supportive and loving family who cared. She had not grown up in the same enviroment like Rosepaw had...like he had. She was loved by her family, deeply cared for and she had not lost any of them to his knowledge. So how dared she tell him how he should deal with his grief. How dared anyone try to take away his right to be angry when it was all he had left.

Leechpaw cast a cold side-glance glare at Echolight before Sootstar jumped in, telling them going after the family was not necessery. She then just like Echolight told him to calm down. It made his bristled fur prickle. His eyes locked at her now, a brief dangerous look inside of them before a simple 'tch' left the apprentice mouth, and just like he had been orded to by thier leader retreated himself from the scene but not without a snarl on his maw. The anger was still boling inside of him, and it refused to go away.

// out!


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[SOOTSTAR]

Watching Leechpaw sulk off with a departing growl, Sootstar lets out a heavy sigh and turns to face Echolight and Dandelionpaw. They were... comforting cats, were they not? "Watch after that boy. He's a good kid, and I don't want whatever this is ruining that." It's practically an order, she did not need a soon-to-be warrior spoiling.

She finishes watching his ebony pelt disappear before walking off, shouting commands to nearby warriors. They needed to get out there and ensure those traitorous scum didn't remain on their land.

//also out!​

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Spoiler: TAGS ★ 10/19

( primary character / "speech" / ic opinions )​

╰ ★ ჻ 001 GENERAL INFORMATION ,
· SOOTSTAR, female — she / her
╰ ‣ 31 moons . pisces. ages on the first
╰ ‣ windclan leader . marsh-born . believes in starclan
╰ ‣ former soldier of the marsh group

╰ ★ ჻ 002 VISUALS & AESTHETICS ,
· DOMESTIC FELINE, smells like heather and wet dirt , status — 100%
╰ ‣ blue smoke . scarred chest, difficult to see through fur . green eyes

╰ ★ ჻ 003 MENTALITY & MANNERISMS ,
· ESTJ-A ❝ EXECTUTIVE ❞ , Slytherin, Lawful Evil
╰ ‣ Cunning, brash, fierce, confident, self-reliant, envious & selfish
╰ ‣ finds great difficulty in relating to others . can be cruel, usually shows mercy to those she can find sympathy with
╰ ‣ Appreciates titles such as "miss, m'am" etc

╰ ★ ჻ 004 INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS ,
· SOOT CLAW x PEBBLE BREEZE, sister to Pebblenose
╰ ‣ heterosexual. romantically interested in Weaselclaw
╰ ‣ mother to owlpaw & shrikepaw
╰ ‣ average fighter . skilled hunter .
╰ ‣ will start fights . unlikely to flee .
╰ ‣ attack in underline . penned by user @ava.

 

[WEASELCLAW]

╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── ✩ ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╮​

Weaselclaw is quick to join Dandelionpaw, Sootstar, and Echolight, his face a scornful sneer towards the cats who have forsaken WindClan. "Their son lies buried here, yet they flee in cowardice," he mutters to no one in particular. He and Leechpaw have never and may never see eye to eye, but a pang of sympathy races up his spine and sits near his heart. Despite his rough exterior, Weaselclaw knew Leechpaw had cared for Rosepaw.

He lets out a low, hissing breath before nodding to his leader. "I'll ensure they are well beyond our borders. I wouldn't want these mouse-hearted fools anywhere near our territory." He had stood at Rosepaw's grave, remembering training with the young tom, his bright face, his innocence. He could not fault the cats their grief, but to leave their son's body behind before it was even cold? Let him die for nothing, be left without living kin in his Clan?

Weaselclaw curls his lips as he follows the cats out of their camp.

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