private ALWAYS HOPED FOR BETTER | flamewhisker

[sparrowpaw.]

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ It had been only a few days since Sparrowkit had been brought home to ThunderClan, under the premise that his mother was gone. A cat named Flamewhisker took him in as her own, moving into the nursery alongside him, and for the first time in his short life, he felt sheltered. There was no cold snow to be found in here, no cold blue eyes. There was, instead, warmth - as bright as his new caretaker's namesake.

Though she took care of him now, Sparrowkit still thought of his mother. These past few nights were spent tossing and turning, and the days filled with sorrow and longing. He had barely left the nursery since he was brought to camp. Frequently he had asked when his mother is coming for him, when their sleepover could end. He couldn't quite grasp that she had left purposefully, hidden her trail, and wasn't coming back.

Today marked the start of his recovery, it seems. He had slept decently, relative to the past few nights, and woke up on time with the sun rise. Though his expression seemed stone-faced as always, his eyes had a certain glimmer of energy in them, as if the light had started to seep back into the kitten's life. While he waited for Flamewhisker to wake, he'd watch the sunlight start to stream into the den. expanding as the sun rose further above the horizon. Once she finally woke, he greeted her with a small smile.

"The.. the snow's gone," he commented. It had begun to melt just soon after he was gone, but from his view of the camp from here, it seemed to have gone completely. Sparrowkit pressed his tongue to the top of his mouth, thinking - was he ready to go explore yet? With a questioning gaze, he met Flamewhisker's eyes, silently asking her the same question - hoping she could answer for him. Perhaps it was finally time for him to learn about Clan life... but where could he start?

"Can you tell me about.. about ThunderClan?" he'd start, hopeful that a conversation would suffice. It was progress for the kitten to speak so readily and calmly this morning, after days spent mostly of silence broken by heartbroken cries. But he decided that exploring was still too scary yet, still too fast. He'd have to do his learning within the den today.

‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎┌── JUST THE TWO OF US ⋅❁⋅ BUILDING CASTLES IN THE SKY ──┐‎

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  SPARROWKIT ✩ he/him, loner kitten, 2 moons.
  ⭃ a long-furred white tom with chocolate markings on his ears, tail, and a heart-shaped mark on his flank.
  ⭃ loner heritage. adopted son of FLAMEWHISKER
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ penned by ixora ↛ @.ixora on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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[Flamestar]

⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊ A couple days had passed since she and Howlingstar had brought Sparrowkit back to their camp. She hadn't planned on retiring to the nursery before she had to, but when she had first laid eyes on him she had felt the need to protect him. Abandoned at the base of the Great Sycamore, foot prints wiped neatly away...left for the clan to hopefully find him before the wolves did. She couldn't imagine leaving her kits all alone for strangers to find and raise. Her two warrior aged kits and her unborn kits were so loved that she would die for them...and even though Sparrowkit was not technically her kit, she loved him just the same.

Each night, she slept curled around him, her thick tail sheltering him from any breezes that managed to slip through the den. She hadn't been as aware of his tossing and turning as she would have liked. With the growing kits inside her, she found herself becoming more tired with each passing day. She had tried to encourage him to meet his new clanmates, but he had been more worried about when his mother would come for him. It broke her heart to have to tell him that his mother would not be coming for him...words that no kit should ever hear.

As she blinked her eyes open from her slumber, she was met with a smiling face. She blinked the sleepiness from her gaze, and purred a greeting. "Good morning little one." she said softly as she flicked her tail to her side. It was strange not waking up super early to assign patrols, but she was glad to not have the duty right now. She felt as though she could sleep for a moon. As he stated the snow was gone, she moved her head to peak around him. "Newleaf must be close. Soon, the forest will be green and full of life. There will be more bugs in the camp for you to play with than you'll know what to do with." Beetles had been Falconheart and Stormfeather's favorite bugs to play with.

Her gaze notably softened as he asked her about the clan. This was the most he had spoken since they had met him. "Well...we are lead by a kind leader named Howlingstar. She is the one who found you out there. I am her deputy, the second in charge here. We have a healer, his name is. Gentlestorm. He may look big and scary, but he is very friendly." she paused, wondering how much would be too much to learn right now. "A long time ago, there used to be two big groups of cats...but they couldn't get along. One night, they got into a big fight, until it was interrupted by our ancestors. They told the two groups that they needed to split up, and thus the five clans were born. Besides us, there is Windclan, Riverclan, Shadowclan, Skyclan, and Shadowclan. Our first leader was Emberstar...she was one of the friendliest cats I've ever met."

She stopped to study him, to see if this was too much information. It was a lot to process, so she decided to say just a little bit more. "We all care for one another here. When you are ready to meet everyone, I'll take you out to say hello. I won't force you to go out of the den, we will go when you are ready."

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  FLAMEWHISKER ✩ she/her, deputy of thunderclan, 30 moons, ages on the 20th
  ⭃ LH red tabby with low white (masks black tabby, carries dilute, solid)
  ⭃ currently mated to Flycatcher / / mother to: Falconheart and Stormfeather
  ⭃ peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking
  ⭃ will start a fight, will finish fights, will kill (case depending)
  ⭃ link to toyhouse
  ⭃ penned by Icey ! ↛ @icefang65 on discord, feel free to dm for plots.
  

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