THE WORLD WEEPS &. rta

[BUMBLEBREEZE.]

he couldn't be in here any longer. as much of a friend that dandelionwish was to him, he hated it in this den. it was stuffy! it was hot! it was loud a-and... she wasn't here. he had been too sick to even see her off, his heartached for his mother. he hated sootstar. he hated bonejaw. he hated pitchstar. he hated starclan. and he hated himself the most for not being able to do anything. sootstar was a tyrant, so fixated on being the best at everything. it was ruining the clan. he had heard of the failed rebellion, and the paw lickers who followed so eagerly behind sootstar, while some agreed, so many stayed quiet. he admits he would have ran away at any sign of it, trying to shield his siblings from it. he was just too sick. he hated it here. more than anything, he is staying here to be spiteful. he wants them to know how much he hates them.

pulling himself out of his nest, he made his way out of the medicine cat den, just barely bumping into the wall with a frustrated huff of breath. he still couldn't properly navigate... he would get it soon he guessed. shaking his head, he immediately went to the apprentice den, his single eyed gaze lighting up at his siblings.

"hey! melonpaw, lemonpaw! come on!"

his tail lashes with slight excietment before a sneeze interrupts him, making him sit back on his haunches with a grumble.

"uhm... s-sorry."

@melonpaw @LEMONPAW
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[ WISH I COULD TURN YOU BACK INTO A STRANGER ]​

 

[LEMONTONGUE]

Lemonpaw had been so preoccupied with Melonpaw's injuries - with the hawks above and Honeytwist's exile, with Emberfang's thereafter - that he'd almost forgotten Bumblepaw needed him too. That Bumblepaw had been injured, his older brother stuck healing as Melonpaw was.

The small apprentice has to be the strong sibling, for the three of them. Has to make sure they're safe and sound while WindClan destroys itself from the inside. Has to make sure Bumblepaw is okay, just as much as he does Melonpaw.

His brother's call catches his ears, and he turns to look toward the entrance of the apprentice den, a curious confusion filling his gaze.

"Frère ? Que fais-tu dehors ?" Lemonpaw asks Bumblepaw in their mother's tongue. He pauses, shakes his head. Would Sootstar exile them, if they spoke in Honeytwist's words? If they reminded her too much of the former medicine cat? He clears his throat before asking again. "What are you doing out? Where are we going?" The slightly older apprentice is filled with excitement, though, rather than an answer, he responds with a sneeze.

Concern fills Lemonpaw. Perhaps Dandelionwish should be informed of Bumblepaw's sneezing?

"Maybe we... Maybe we shouldn't go wherever you're trying to take us," he starts, "Not if you're sick."

He can't lose another. ​

 

[VULTUREMASK]

Leechpaw had never been good at staying in one place for too long. To just sit still and doing nothing at all. It was boring in the medicine cat den and with Rosepaw's presence still lurking inside there he felt suffocated. He needed to step out if only for a little bit. Dandelionwish would most likely scold him for it later but the medicine cat was nowhere to be seen as he peeked his head outside. Maybe he was out picking herbs or something. Just thinking about that made his stomach feel uneasy again but not for long. He had spotted a familliar blue fur close to the apprentice den. Bumblepaw?. He looked excited over something. Leechpaw silently apporached closer to investigate and it was then he heared Lemonpaw's voice inside the den.

" Are you...going somewhere?." his voice echoed from behind the blue tom, and not far away had Leechpaw stopt to stare at them with unease before he awkwardly looked away from them. Leechpaw had no right to really pry but he didn't liked the idea of Bum leaving camp. Why?. Because he was scared something might happen to them....Rosepaw's death had really left a mark on him, and this time he didn't wanted to repeat the same mistakes. Bumblepaw...meant something to him. And he was scared he would lose another cat he cared about.


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[SOOTCHASER]

perhaps it is indoctrination, but sootpaw thinks that windclan is the greatest clan of the forest. his mother has carved an unforgettable legacy within the hills, with the crown bestowed to her by the stars themselves. it takes someone truly special to achieve such a feat. and sootpaw is proud to share the blood of the moors' empress.

others deny sootstar's greatness, and sootpaw believes it is because they are jealous. rightly so, as it is expected for little mice to envy the eagles who rule the sky. emberfang's 'rebellion,' if that pitiful display could even be called such, is a mere byproduct of that jealousy. it is a thorn in his mother's rear end, no doubt. but sootstar, sharp as she is, knows all of the right ways to pluck and discard such bothersome thorns.

he's practicing his form on a battle move from earlier training, when bumblepaw comes bumbling over. (sootpaw snickers inwardly at the pun.) on any other occasion, sootpaw would have ignored him and continued with his practice. he doesn't know anything about bumblepaw, besides the fact that he was apprenticed terribly late, after all. but intrigue lifts his owlish eyes to the others, when lemonpaw speaks. the other tom does not speak in sootpaw's own tongue, initially. and it doesn't take long for the soot-furred apprentice to realize that it is the language of the former medicine cat.

right... lemonpaw is her offspring, isn't he? that's how he knows honeytwist's flowery language. sootpaw blinks with a tilt of his head. "what are you doing out," he echoes. "is that what you meant before?" there isn't much of a point in learning honeytwist's language, seeing as honeytwist was the only one who spoke it fluently. but if sootpaw is anything, it is a seeker of knowledge; not knowing something would eat at him from the inside.

lemonpaw mentions that bumblepaw shouldn't be out if he's sick. giver of unsolicited advice that he is, sootpaw furrows his brows and purses his lips. "no, exercising is good when you're sick. it keeps you strong."

not that sootpaw cares if bumblepaw's illness weakens him further, but spreading (what he believes to be) misinformation is a pet peeve of his.​