;; zephyrclan [CAMP]

[rowan]

[[*follows timeskip*]]

Ivywhisper looked at her kits, her four kits... Four? She was sure there was five. She looked at them confused. Had she imagined it? She was sure she didn't. She gave her to Crypticstreak. Maybe he still had her? She looked at her mate, no. She couldn't have died could she? Oh no, she couldn't beleive it. Maybe she just hadn't seen her, maybe she was behind Crypticstreak? Nothing could have hapened to her. The others were fine, she would be too. She looked at Crypticstreak once more.

"Where is she?" She whispered to him.

[MiNTY♥]

Eclipseomen paused outside of Zephyrclan camp and turned to Immortalpaw her apprentice. "It is clear we will not find any kits out in the territory, so we will need to take extra measures, I will be the distraction, god knows what I will do meanwhile you slip into the nursery, take what you can get and get straight back out of the nursery. The nursery is normally the den that is most concealed, so it will be more hidden than the others. I trust you can do this. If any cat gets in your way, which I doubt they will, then just use your claws, but don't hurt the kits you manage to steal!" She explained for the second time. She had explained this once already on their way here. By now she was rather hungry and wanted to get home if she could help it. She sighed and looked into camp, then back at Immortalpaw. "Come in as soon as most of the cats are looking at me." She told him then took a deep breath and stalked into camp. She stalked right through the middle holding her head high. She knew her scent would be flowing through the camp by now. With strong back legs she kicked off the ground and landed on a higher perch that the leader might use to address the clan. She was so in for it now. Immortalpaw had better hurry his ass up, then she knew what she was going to say, whether she would still leave with a tail or not she did not know. "Greetings Zephyrclan." She began with a loud sneer. "Why don't you all come and see what I have to say? If your leader doesn't drag me away." She continued. She pressed her fangs to her kissers before continuing. "I am sorry about Larkstar by the way, she was asking to be killed when we met on that cold dark night, but I trust you have already replaced her so that should all be ok, but I can't tell you how satisfying it was to murder your leader like that. I just thought you might be curious about what had happened to her you know." She meowed in a velvet tone, enough to make any cat feel sick to the stomach. She tried to make her eyes focus on nothing particular, but really out of the corner of her eye she was watching out for Immortalpaw.

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"Who?" He asked his mate softly and padded to her side pressing his nose to her ear. She really did not need to hear this right now, then he heard something outside of the den, another cat, an unfamiliar voice, very loud. "I will be right back." He meowed, his fur bristling as he stalked out of the nursery. He looked up at the great obsidian she-cat and hissed. "HOW DARE YOU?!" He yowled up at the she-cat. His fur bristled with fury and rage, at the nerve she had to march right in here and tell them that.

[rowan]

Ivywhisper watched as he left the den. There was a strange voice outside. It was not one she knew, it wasn't a clan cat? Crypticstreak had yowled to whoever it was. Were they a threat to her kits? She looked at them, they had finished feeding and were sleeping peacefully. She could leave them for a second right? She would just take a look outside the nursery. They would still be safe inside, huddled up together,

She poked her head out of the entrance, and saw a strange cat. Who was it? She pushed herself all the way out and looked at Crypticstreak. She had killed Larkstar? How could she? Why would she do such a thing. Larkstar never did anything to her? Well, Ivywhisper thought she hadn't. She would never. She settled for glaring at the outsider.

[lily ♫]

His muscles tensed as his mentor explained once more. As he watched her slink away, he readied himself to run into the camp and find the nursery. With the sound of her voice ringing in his ears, he launched himself into camp. He opened his mouth and searched the air for the scent of milk, and followed the trail once he tasted it. He raced towards a small alcove between multiple rocks and boulders, and let out a loud snarl when he was inside. He spotted a silver queen, and he crept over to her. "Hello, there." he spat at her, and then grinned.

[raid]

Shiverleaf's eyes grew at the sight of the tom. How was she supposed to protect her kits...as well as Ivywhisper's. Stupid Queen. She had left her kits unprotected. Shiverleaf should of known this would happen. Still slightly weak with exhaustion of kitting she struggled to get up though as adrenaline began to rush through her body she took a deep breath. "You will never take them tom. Don't think you can." Her voice was harsh as she began pushing kits lightly behind her. Although she had made a mistake. She needed to get Ivywhisper's. Growling lightly she yowled loudly for another to help her. But they would probably not hear. Or they would get there all too late. She knew there would be kits lost. Sighing she struck out at the tom trying to make contact with his face. With that attack she knew she had made a wrong move. For by trying to attack him she had left Moonkit, Rushingkit, and Pepperkit vulnerable. out in the open for him to grab.

[LYNX ♥]

Another soft wind billowed through the frosted ivory ocean of fur, causing her entire pelt to ripple and dance, as did the brilliant blue hue filling her docile eyes, though, as these two rouge cats burst into camp like they owned the world, rage filled her venom gaze, turning her every glance into ice shard. The black she-cat was sickeningly familiar, and Drifitngice let out a fiercesome snarl of seething anger, more than anything in the waking world, Driftingice wished this evil thing to go to hell and burn there for eternity, until her time ticked away and she disappeared. From the rocky outcropping flew the lean white she-cat, slamming into Eclipseomen furiously from behind. There was a faint, chilling sound as the normally calm warrior threw her claws from their shealths and proceeded to batter the slender obsidian rouge.

[lily ♫]

He let out a purr as she tried to strike at him. She had left three kits out in the open. Perfect. "Why thank you." he rumbled, and then dipped down as she struck, and grabbed the three kits in his mouth in the same fluid motion. Knowing his voice would be muffled now, he decided not to yowl to Eclipseomen. She would see him escaping. With the wiggling bundles of skin and fur in his mouth, he ran out of the nursery. He ran to exit the very wide and open camp, and attempted to get out. He knew cats would catch him on his way out, but Immortalpaw didn't mind the challenge. His eyes wandered up to spot Eclipseomen, but she wasn't where she had been. She was being battered by a white cat. Somehow he knew she would be alright, and he would be better off abandoning his mentor for the moment.

[MiNTY♥]

A seeping pain ran through her bodice, starting at her hind end and moving forward, it made her squirm in a series of spasms before she got back of her paws again. That had only been expected of the clan cats, but she could keep them distracted for longer this way. Her maw curled up and she darted round to face an ivory she-cat. Raising a paw she brought it downwards, having a good aim at the she-cats face. Her hind end splattered blood across their camp, and even the scent of her own made her sensed go crazy. Her eyes narrowed, fighting was all a game to her, a fun little game that drove her crazy. Her tail lashed as did her claws at Driftingice. She snarled and spat. "So if I killed Larkstar, what makes you think I can't do that same to you?" She chuckled lightly. Hurry your bloody ass Immortalpaw before I kick it! Then she caught sight of her apprentice and kicked out with her hind legs as she turned towards the entrance. She began to make her way towards the entrance, shouldering her way past a black and white tom who scathed her pelt.

[rowan]

Ivywhisper turned as a smaller unrecognisable tom ran past her. Clutching three kits! one of hers and two of Shiverleafs, how could he? She had just had kits but ran after the tom. Evil little cat. What were they doing with her and Shiverleafs kits?! She shoudln't have left the nursery with just Shiverleaf, she needed to be there too.

She pounched forward to the toms back, hoping to dig her claws into his pelt. Her claws were now unsheathed, sharp and ready to get the kits back.

[lily ♫]

He didn't even cry out as he felt claws make contact with his back. The force behind them was not very strong, and he turned his head to see who it was. Some stupid she-cat. She was so weak, he guessed she had just given birth to one of the kits he was holding. "You'll have to try harder than that, bitch." he hissed at her through a mouthful of fur, and then felt adrenaline rush through his veins. He kept running, and stretched his legs out completely as he exited the camp.

[LYNX ♥]

Though not nearly as agile as Eclipseomen, Driftingice still attempted to duck away from the other she-cat's big paw diving in for a sound blow, and nearly succeeded. She felt the weight and impact of rough pad-leather slamming into her skull, and then swooping up to shred the top half of one of her ears. Letting out a yowl as scarlet splashed her delicate face, twisted into an infuriated grimace of agony, Driftingice sprung up again, as the wound wasn't as bad as the bleeding, and swung to slam her hind paws into Eclipseomen to, hopefully, trip her. But all warriors knew you were never to be so stupid as to see if your move had made contact or be successful, you simply keep moving. But it wasn't so simple as the warm liquid gushing into her eyes had to be blinked away before Driftingice could twist once more, nimble this time, and snatch the base of Eclipseomen's tail in her mouth and tug as hard as she could manage.

[rowan]

Ivywhisper tried to hold onto the cat, but was tired. She hissed as he darted out of camp and she was unable to hold on. She fell back onto the floor and watched him out of camp. She couldn't beleive he had just taken the kits. He had taken one of her kist and two of Shiverleafs. That was two missing of hers. What would she do? She was so ashamed that she had actually let them go, even if it was by accident.

She padded back through the camp. She ignored the fight that was happening with the she-cat that had came in. She slid into the den and curled around her three remaining kits. She didn't want to speak to Shiverleaf, she had let her down by leaving the nursery and not helping her. She looked at her though, she had to say it.
"Im so sorry," She whispered.

[MiNTY♥]

Crypticstreak yowled and dashed into the middle of the entrance, and exit, which the she-cat was clearly headed for. He yowled and lashed out with claws catching a few strands of black fur. He hissed and spat, making himself look as big as possible.

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Eclipseomen ran straight into a tom who clawed her face, then felt herself being dragged backwards by the tail after narrowly missing being tripped up, how embarrassing that would have been. She yowled as her tail felt numb with pain. Ignoring the black and white tom she whipped around with claws outstretched aiming for the she-cats shoulder, then her paws, then anywhere she could manage. She couldn't help but feel like she no longer had a tail with the pain it was in, sending her slightly off balance as she tried to escape for the second time. Gathering her balance she faced the black and white tom right in the head and raising her paw as if she was going to make a blow, she swiftly slipped, well more stumbled under him and ran for it, tripping over a tree root and banging her chin she cursed loudly with a yowl that rang through the forest, then seeing a white shape ran to keep up, leaving a trail of crimson red blood behind her. It had been worth it though. Stopping quickly she rolled across a bed of moss hoping it would soak up some of the blood then jumped to her paws again. Her cuts stung and nipped and a drop of blood even entered her orb, but she shook her head rapidly getting rid of it. "Move it!" She yowled to Immortalpaw while running ahead, though her limp was visible and she was still bleeding.

[thymespeckle]

Taintedleaf smiled as all the kits snuggled against their mothers, who had done very well through everything. They ate the herbs he set out and he was abotu to takeVelvetkit's body away when a ferocious yowl came from outside. He growled and stick his head out...and what he saw made his blood run cold. It was them who had killed Larkstar! They had killed Ghoststar too! Evil cats! He screeched, as Crypticstreak ran out and started clawing the cat to death. But the she-cat was good, experianced and everything. It was only then that he realized the nursrey was left unprotected and a stupid white cat slipped by him. The same smell hit his glands, and fear shot into his eyes. The kits! He jumped after him...but it was too late.

[LYNX ♥]

Driftingice let out a scream that was hardly feline as Eclipseomen whipped around and slammed her claws into her shoulder, throwing the furry white ZephyrClan cat to the ground with a thud. She no longer moved, as she seemed to look like a discarded doll, smashed into the moorland soil like she was. But as the other she-cat moved to lash out again, Driftingice let out another shriek and curled her mangled, gushing paws away from the rouge's range and into herself. She hardly seemed to be a white cat anymore, but rather a mess of a crimson lump of fur. Her entire head and neck was streaked in blood from her torn ear, and her two hind paws, of course, pad's shredded to bits and the blood began to pool. Her shoulder, though, was the worst hit, as it was ripped open in a massive gash that pulsed the sickeningly warm scarlet liquid. Her ear was no issue, though it would become a nice battle scar, and her pads were numb, and instead of burns there would be long pink scars, which was much better anyway. But her shoulder, oh her shoulder. What kind of clan was this anyway? Every clanmate except Crypticstreak, who had done nothing in the long run, stared and gawked at them? Idiots! Driftingice yearned to stand and screech at them, then run forever, but she was hardly in any shape for that, and remained limp and bleeding on the ground, while Eclipseomen escaped. Perhaps the earth would open up and swallow her whole, or maybe this blood would rush so fast and hard that she would waste away. That sounded nice. Anything but this.