- Nov 30, 2022
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It's snowing again. Orangestar pauses for a moment to disturb the flecks of white that have settled atop her shoulders. Even with the heavy boughs of the pines above them, she always seemed to return from patrols half covered in snow. Some cat she'd met on a patrol had said something about them being snow-cats by the end of leafbare, and at this stage she expects that to be true. Orangestar sighs, quietly. She wishes she could trick herself into believing that she's just returned from an ordinary patrol.
At long last, they're home. SkyClan camp looms in the distance, the bramble barrier of home visible in glimpses between the trees. If she listens closely when the wind is just right, she can hear a shrill shriek of laughter from a kit. While it's snowing now, she can still make out the trenches that her Clanmates had trod that morning, paths forged fresh in the snow and splitting a small distance away.
It's when she reaches that convergence point, coincidentally, that a familiar voice reaches out to them. Suddenly, the air around her feels charged with expectation. There's a buzz she hadn't noticed before. Her ears prick. What does she say? Should she make a grand gesture? No, she's too tired for that. Orangestar wants nothing more than to curl up in her nest and pretend she isn't being looked at by the entire Clan. Her head is still full of stars, the familiar shapes of lost loved ones swimming in her vision whenever she closes her eyes.
With her general demeanour lacking any sort of (potentially appropriate) theatrics the newly-crowned leader of SkyClan simply meows, "We're back."
// with @DAWNGLARE but no need to wait<3
At long last, they're home. SkyClan camp looms in the distance, the bramble barrier of home visible in glimpses between the trees. If she listens closely when the wind is just right, she can hear a shrill shriek of laughter from a kit. While it's snowing now, she can still make out the trenches that her Clanmates had trod that morning, paths forged fresh in the snow and splitting a small distance away.
It's when she reaches that convergence point, coincidentally, that a familiar voice reaches out to them. Suddenly, the air around her feels charged with expectation. There's a buzz she hadn't noticed before. Her ears prick. What does she say? Should she make a grand gesture? No, she's too tired for that. Orangestar wants nothing more than to curl up in her nest and pretend she isn't being looked at by the entire Clan. Her head is still full of stars, the familiar shapes of lost loved ones swimming in her vision whenever she closes her eyes.
With her general demeanour lacking any sort of (potentially appropriate) theatrics the newly-crowned leader of SkyClan simply meows, "We're back."
// with @DAWNGLARE but no need to wait<3