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"Did you ever think we'd be like this?" It was a question he'd asked himself a few times over recent moons only to slowly realize the answer was very definitive. Sunfreckle had never had much aspirations in life outside survival, he wanted to see the world at one point but having kits and being a parent had dampened that urge significantly and Little Wolf leaving and dying somewhere so far away where a grave could not even be visited had snuffed that last lingering remnants of this feeling. He was content here in ThunderClan, he was afraid of leaving it, afraid of losing everything.
They'd gone through quite a lot since he'd been a foolish kittypet joining alongside a loner mate, happy to lay around camp and not contribute while Rabbitnose hunted for them both. Eventually he learned to hunt, slowly he became capable enough of taking care of himself and finally he was able to give back to his clan - it had been a tiring but warming experience.
He thinks of Howlingstar laughing at him, voice high and amused though hardly malicious when she told him she did not make him a lead warrior for his prowess in battle nor his skills with catching prey; but for something else. Something else he could give - he was still slowly figuring out what that something was. Compassion, understanding, his own softer view of the hard and cruel world. Sunfreckle wasn't a daft little kittypet anymore, though he'd hardly ever been little, but he was still idealistic enough to wish for the better; hope for more.
"I never would have dreamed of having a family like this, a home I loved so much. From cage to clan, I think this is perfect..."
Perfect in a different way than what he'd expected, perfect in its flaws, how it continued to test them yet never enough to fully break. Yellowcough, the boars, the battle with Sunningrocks, the dogs who took Emberstar, Cinderfrost's betrayal, Trufflepelt's madness...he remembered it all and would not forget the lessons that came from each, but they had overcome.
The red tabby pads along into the woods further, brushing alongside his mate and smiling, now that he was out of the nursery he had plans. Countless plans.
"I want an apprentice again so desperately, you saw how proud other mentors were seeing their students graduate...I never got that, I'll never forget Shallowpaw...but I think I can move on. I want to teach, I want to see someone I trained named by my leader."
"Did you ever think we'd be like this?" It was a question he'd asked himself a few times over recent moons only to slowly realize the answer was very definitive. Sunfreckle had never had much aspirations in life outside survival, he wanted to see the world at one point but having kits and being a parent had dampened that urge significantly and Little Wolf leaving and dying somewhere so far away where a grave could not even be visited had snuffed that last lingering remnants of this feeling. He was content here in ThunderClan, he was afraid of leaving it, afraid of losing everything.
They'd gone through quite a lot since he'd been a foolish kittypet joining alongside a loner mate, happy to lay around camp and not contribute while Rabbitnose hunted for them both. Eventually he learned to hunt, slowly he became capable enough of taking care of himself and finally he was able to give back to his clan - it had been a tiring but warming experience.
He thinks of Howlingstar laughing at him, voice high and amused though hardly malicious when she told him she did not make him a lead warrior for his prowess in battle nor his skills with catching prey; but for something else. Something else he could give - he was still slowly figuring out what that something was. Compassion, understanding, his own softer view of the hard and cruel world. Sunfreckle wasn't a daft little kittypet anymore, though he'd hardly ever been little, but he was still idealistic enough to wish for the better; hope for more.
"I never would have dreamed of having a family like this, a home I loved so much. From cage to clan, I think this is perfect..."
Perfect in a different way than what he'd expected, perfect in its flaws, how it continued to test them yet never enough to fully break. Yellowcough, the boars, the battle with Sunningrocks, the dogs who took Emberstar, Cinderfrost's betrayal, Trufflepelt's madness...he remembered it all and would not forget the lessons that came from each, but they had overcome.
The red tabby pads along into the woods further, brushing alongside his mate and smiling, now that he was out of the nursery he had plans. Countless plans.
"I want an apprentice again so desperately, you saw how proud other mentors were seeing their students graduate...I never got that, I'll never forget Shallowpaw...but I think I can move on. I want to teach, I want to see someone I trained named by my leader."
- @Rabbitnose
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Sunfreckle
—⊰⋅ Lead Warrior of ThunderClan
—⊰⋅ He/Him
"SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
—⊰⋅ Large red tabby tom w/green eyes and no left foreleg.
