━━━━ doespots didn't emerge from the warriors den when called upon for a patrol. worried about her clanmate, gorgestar entered the den to find the tom—cat curled up in his nest, his chest crackling as he drew in each breach.

doespots was rushed to the medicine den, having fallen sick with whitecough.

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━━━━ rattlefleck approached almondstripe, and confessed his feeling to the tom—cat. rattlefleck was taken aback, greatly, by almondstripe's rejection.

embarrassed, as the whole clan witnessed his harsh rejection, rattlefleck slithered out of camp to have a moment alone with his thoughts.

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━━━━ basslight checked over coldbee, and nodded her head at the she—cat. she was happy to give the news to the warrior that her running nose had finally gone, and she was free from her sniffles.

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━━━━ brownpaw was practicing his hunting pounce when he smacked into a rock. angrily, he blamed his crooked leg for his accident, and ran to the medicine den to see if he was okay — only to be told he'll be a little sore for a few days.

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━━━━ worried about missing out on the opportunity to harvest some herbs that will vanish in the next season, basslight dragged daisyknoll and cragspark on a quick gathering patrol.

basslight keeps her eyes peeled for thyme: knowing it soothes a felines mind, and can pull a cat out of a sense of shock.

the patrol returns to camp with a plentiful amount of thyme, as well as a couple of stems of goldenrod, and basslight allows for the warriors to take a few stems to push into their nests.

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━━━━ loachpath trailed ahead of her apprentice, whitepaw. she pushed past an old badger sett, but after scenting an acrid and sour scent, the she—cat decides to head back to camp.

worried that something may happen, and not wanting to loose her apprentice, loachpath rallies up whitepaw and leads him back the way they came.

surely it must be nothing... but loachpath doesn't want to risk either of their lives.

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━━━━ thundering paws marked the sound of a small patrol. siblings, mudhare, inkmeadow and rattlefleck, trailed along the border, whooping as they chased after one another — having gotten side tracked with the task at paw.

mudhare slowed down to a steady gallop, before he stopped, his eyes catching sight of two kits close to the border.

mudhare knew he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if something happened to the kits. he turned to his brothers, and sighed.

❝ inkmeadow, go back to camp. we'll take the kits to their camp, let gorgestar know we'll be back a little later, ❞ mudhare chimed, watching as his brother turned and left.

❝ you're a bit too far from your camp little ones, let's get you back. i bet your mother is worried, ❞ spoke rattlefleck as he leaned down and picked a kit up off the floor, crossing the border and guiding mudhare towards hemlockclan's camp.

relations with hemlockclan have improved.

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━━━━ a strange thwacking sound caused a patrol to stop in their tracks. confused, honeystream and brightstrike spotted two goats head—butting each other on the cliffside they walked.

brightstrike wondered how it was possible that they did that, and didn't end up wounding themselves. the patrol watches until one of the goat's retreats down the slope, before they too return back to camp.

honeystream playfully pushed her head into brightstrike's side, recreating the strange spectacle that they just witnessed.

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━━━━ with doespots sick in the medicine den, her son is without a mentor for a short while. pulling him and her mate aside, she decides to take them out of camp to train.

spiderpaw watched as his mother and father sparred with one another, before he was tasked to practice on scrubstorm, and replicate what he saw.

spiderpaw was enthusiastic with the training, and was praised for his focus and eagerness.

━━━━ doespots was found wandering the camp, it's clear his whitecough has gone. he eagerly paced across camp towards the warriors den, and pushed in. he sought out rabbitneedle and cleared his throat upon his approach.

he confessed that he admired her, and wanted her to become his mate. and much to his surprise, the she—cat agreed.

some of the less sympathetic cats of the clan tried to heave and wretch, not wanting to watch as the new couple melted in one another's embrace.

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━━━━ gorgestar scrambled from her den at a rapid pace, running towards the exit of camp. her stomach churned and the she—cat heaved heavily.

daisyknoll, who was walking the rounds, spotted the she—cat and his eyebrows raised. briskly, he walked her to the medicine den to quickly check her over.

❝ gorgestar, ❞ he began, ❝ it appears to be that you are pregnant. congratulations, ❞ he purred.

gorgestar was surprised, but pleased. she knew she could work a little longer before she took refuge in the nursery.

scrubstorm was the first cat she searched for upon hearing the news.

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━━━━ almondstripe coughed himself awake and tip—toed to the medicine den for something to soothe his itching throat. he was told he has fallen sick with whitecough, possibly having caught it from doespots.

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━━━━ cragspark trotted into camp, his fur messy and ruffled. confused faces turned towards him as he gloated about a fox that attacked him — and that he managed to escape unharmed, wearing nothing but a few bruises here and there.

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━━━━ despite the nest rest, and all of the efforts done to help treat swifthawk's injury, basslight is very concerned. following the coyote attack, the tom—cat was badly injured, his body welted with cuts and deep lacerations, and a broken bone.

basslight is conjuring up a plan in the back of her mind about what she may have to do should the infection he has worsens.

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━━━━ brightstrike slipped from a walk while on a large border patrol. thankfully, he landed nimbly and didn't hurt himself.

the patrol was shocked, but commented on how dexterous he was.

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━━━━ doespots and goldrain take the two brother apprentices on a border patrol. they come across a small animal just on the other side of hemlockclan's border.

unsure about what it was, they patrol decides its best to avoid it, and return to camp.

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━━━━ cragspark bolted quickly across the open field, snow hammering down as his pelt as he ran. the tom—cat laughed lightly as whitepaw and hazelrise followed close behind him.

they didn't want to get caught in a storm, and tried to hurry back to camp as quickly as they could.

cragspark's paws give way under him, and the tom—cat barrels forwards into the snow. cursing under his breath, he turns and sees a cowering shadow in the flurry. confused, he calls for the other two to slow down, so they too don't fall.

❝ oh— i'm so sorry, ❞ the stranger mews, blinking and swallowing harshly. ❝ i got lost. i was trying to find my way back home, ❞ they added, looking back and forth at the three cats before them.

the cats fur was as white as the snow all around them, which is what made it difficult for cragspark to see them.

cragspark looked towards hazelrise. ❝ it's okay. i just didn't see you there. you blend in, ❞ he laughed. ❝ i am cragspark. that's hazelrise, and whitepaw. we are cats who live nearby, ❞ he explained, turning to face the mountains behind them. ❝ up there — on those peaks, ❞

the white tom—cat nodded his head then turned to face the shadowy darkness behind him. he was too dazed to know where he was, then focused back on the trio.

❝ i don't suppose you have space for one more? ❞ he asked quietly.

cragspark nodded quickly and stood up. ❝ for sure! the clan would love for more members! ❞ he chirped cheerfully, bounding off the way they had came.

❝ c'mon. follow me! ❞

greatstorm joins peakclan.

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━━━━ to mountainfall's concern, her warrior patrol partner, rabbitneedle, is awefully quiet. when asked about what's troubling her, the warrior just comments about what type of legacy they would leave behind if starclan called upon them.

mountainfall explained how, to starclan, the end of a life doesn't mean it's a true end: that even in starclan cats still have a role to play. mountainfall claims that rabbitneedle's star would shine brighter than any of the stars in the sky.

comforted by the words, rabbitneedle thanks the medicine cat, before continuing on with the patrol.

the patrol returned to camp with goldenrod and marigold.

━━━━ gorgestar is hoping that she'll have a big litter, and moves herself into the nursery. she puts scrubstorm in charge of the clan again, while she has their kits.

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━━━━ almondstripe no longer has whitecough.

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━━━━ cragspark's bruises from the fox attack have healed. his body doesn't feel so tender when he walks.

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━━━━ hawkfern's injuries from the coyote have now healed. his tail is much better. he quickly checked upon swifthawk to see how he was going, and was pleased to find out his infection has gone.

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━━━━ stoatclaw has fallen sick with whitecough.

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━━━━ brightstrike sprained his paw after tripping over while on a patrol. he didn't land on all fours like he did last time.

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━━━━ squirreldusk and rattlefleck picked up on a scent of a hemlockclan cat close to their border. and upon investigating, they find an apprentice that had strayed too far from their own border.

squirreldusk gently reminds the 'paw about the clans borders and helps them back to hemlockclan's territory.

the apprentice was very apologetic.

relations with hemlockclan have improved.

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━━━━ dovesoar watched brownpaw from where he had seated. his apprentice didn't seem to be doing too well, again. concerned for his apprentice, he slowly approached the tom—cat.

asking what was wrong, brownpaw breaks down and cries — declaring that he's not doing good enough even though he's trying his hardest.

dovesoar curls his tail around brownpaw, comforting him, and he spills a funny story about his first hunt as a warrior of peakclan, and how he tripped over a rat while stalking a bird.

the story causes brownpaw to laugh and forget about what he was crying about.

━━━━ splitmimic nosed at a rocky outcrop of the land, desperately looking for some herbs. a sharp pain shot through her flank, and the she—cat found herself stumbling backwards.

she needed a moment to sit down, thinking that she had perhaps overworked herself. she shuffled down into the grass to get comfy, expelling a soft sigh. she felt weakened and dazed.

perhaps she could sleep it off.

splitmimic was surprised when she found herself waking up, the stars of silverpelt shining brightly all around her, and berrykestrel greeted her warmly.

splitmimic died in her sleep, having succumbed to a bite from a venomous snake.

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━━━━ daisyknoll entered the nursery with a large bird in his mouth, ready to deliver a meal to the queen. upon his arrival, he finds that gorgestar has given birth to her kittens.

four small bundles of fur snuggle up to her stomach for warmth.

heronkit, robinkit, oriolekit and kestrelkit are welcomed into peakclan.

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━━━━ honeystream approached loachpath. ❝ can i talk to you about something? ❞ she asked.

loachpath looked up. she had spent a number of days in her nest, withering away, wallowing in her sadness following the death of splitmimic. she just scowled at honeystream.

❝ what, ❞ loachpath snapped with a snarl.

❝ i-i just wanted to say i like you... ❞ honeystream mumbled, regretting the words that slipped from her tongue following the face in which loachpath made.

loachpath rose to her feet shakily. ❝ how dare you come to me when i'm mourning, and say such a thing! i just lost splitmimic, what makes you think i will frolick about with you?! ❞

honeystream wished the world would swallow her whole.

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━━━━ stoatclaw recovered from his whitecough. his brother, hawkfern, seemed to swap places with him after he was notified that he had fallen ill with the same sickness.

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━━━━ hazelrise tumbled from the side of the cliff while trying to grab a flower for another cat. he managed to survive, and broke his leg during his fall.

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━━━━ gorgestar stood proudly in front of her clan. they had boomed over the moons, and she was grateful for every one of them.

she called upon her son, webpaw, and named him as webwhistle. he was honoured for his kindness.

spiderpaw stepped forward. he was honoured for his composure, and named spiderfur.

she licked the cheeks of both of her sons, before allowing them to blend in with the crowd, as they all beckoned out their names.

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━━━━ whitepaw remained silent as gorgestar named her whitepelt. she was honoured for her hard work. before anyone can congratulate her, whitepelt leaves the clearing to prepare for her silent vigil.

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━━━━ honeystream and cragspark walked through the snow and listened as if crunched under their weight.

a twig snapped and the patrol stopped, watching as a cat emerged from a bush.

❝ please, i offer up my skills as a healer, proving you give me shelter, and food, ❞ the cat blurted. ❝ my name is berry. i'm just a mere loner, and i mean no harm to any of you, ❞

honeystream and cragspark pushed away from the cat for a second to discuss the matter at hand, and they both agreed to take the she—cat back to camp.

leopardberry joined the clan as a medicine cat.

━━━━ doespots and locusttree have both gotten a runny nose, after staying outside for too long while sparring.

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━━━━ locusttree saved scrubstorm from a fox that tried to sneak up and attack the deputy. thankfully, neither of the cats where wounded badly. locusttree managed to escape with a few scrapes.

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━━━━ swifthawk's broken leg has healed. the first thing he does not that his leg is better, is run around camp like a little kit.

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━━━━ brownpaw stared off into space as he sat before gorgestar. the leader named the apprentice browndash, and he was honoured for his bravery

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━━━━ geckotooth attempted to steal the prey from a bird, and was nipped at in the process. the patrol managed to return back to camp with some prey they caught.

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━━━━ doespots, coldbee, honeystream and rabbitneedle stalked quickly. both doespots and his mate, rabbitneedle, walked with their tails entwined with one another's.

the patrol sided along the border, when a hiss of pain catches their attention. they follow the sound to find a loner, who seems injured.

scared, the loner hisses and spits to get the cats to back away, but only causes it more pain. an offer to be taken back to camp interests the loner, and they agree.

nectarnip joins peakclan.

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━━━━ stoatclaw slipped back into camp after a hunting patrol with swifthawk. the tom—cat had managed to sneak away from his patrol partner, and ate what he had caught.

he figured he'd get away with his clandestine snacking, but upon his return, swifthawk vanishes from sight and pulls scrubstorm aside.

stoatclaw is assigned the task of digging a trench for a new dirtplace for the clan.

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━━━━ duskeyes and almondstripe slipped from camp, deciding to patrol together, and hunt: while also catching up with one another.

they noticed a hemlockclan scent strayed over into their territory. two confused, scared looking apprentices stared at the peakclan warriors and confessed that they had gotten lost.

almondstripe accepts their apology and guides them back to their side of the territory.

two warriors from hemlockclan come into sight, beckoning for their apprentices. duskeyes hollers at the pair, notifying them about what happened.

relations with hemlockclan have improved.

the peakclan warriors continue their walk.

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━━━━ having wandered from camp to clear his mind, webwhistle comes across a cat washed up on the embankment of the tangle river. concerned for it, he rushed over and pushed his nose into the cats due to check for any sign of life.

the cat splutters and coughs up a pool of liquid.

without wasting anymore time, webwhistle drags the cat up off of the floor and heaves it over his shoulders, dragging the cat back to camp.

after spending a few days in the medicine den, the cat is thankful for the generosity and asked to join the clan — wishing to repay the cats for their kindness.

dendeliontooth joined peakclan.