West Woods: Over Borders

Chapter 3

Moth gave a sigh of pride as she was watching her apprentice, wolf has been progressing miraculously. His hunting skills were amazing, moth gazed into the open as she was watching wolf playing with his siblings. Raven was dashing and dodging flames claws and wolf was chasing flame practicing his speed it seemed, she got to her paws and went over to the fresh kill pile it seemed to be low, maybe I should gather a hunting patrol. She thought to herself, she grabbed a squirrel then walked over where the siblings were and sat down and used her claw to rip off the fur of it then sunk her teeth taking a bite. She then looked over to see her brothers snake and ice chattering, she shrugged then looked around the crowd of cats for her sister, hawk. Then she spotted her, the chief guard was talking with the leader of the tribe, echoing whispers. Moth had always thought those two she-cats seemed to have a strange but strong bond. She pushed away the intrusive thoughts and focused on wolf, he was showing great promise, and she was determined to help him become the best hunter he could be.

As the sun began to set, Moth called for a hunting patrol to restock the fresh kill pile. Wolf eagerly volunteered to join, along with Flame and Snow. Another young she-cat, formally from pantherclan They set off into the area for hunting patrol,

Moth watched them go, a sense of pride swelling in her chest. Her apprentice was on his way to becoming a skilled hunter, and she knew that she had played a part in helping him achieve that goal. She settled down to eat the rest of her squirrel, content with the knowledge that she was doing her part to ensure the survival of the tribe.

As they came back moth was amazed by their catch, wolf had a hawk on his back and two mice dangling from his jaws, while flame had a big vole clamped in her jaw, while snow was carrying a rabbit. “Well done you all!” moth purred happily “now let’s place that all in that into the prey pile and you all can rest ok?” she looked at the three apprentices “ok!” They all said in unison then padded away. Moth searched the clearing and she saw her brothers snake and ice eating together, so she happily scampered over to them. “Hi boys!” she smirked slapping snake on the back of her head with her tail “hey watch it!!” snake hissed baring his teeth “jeez what’s under your fur lately snake?” ice muttered with a scoff, moth arched an eyebrow as she saw her brother tense up. “Er, nothing just leave me alone!” snake growled smoothing his fur to hide the tension he felt. Moth sighed as she sat up and walked away, she knew snake was hiding something, she just didn’t know what…but she WILL find out…soon. As she drifted off to sleep, Moth couldn't shake the feeling of unease that had settled in her chest. She knew that something was not right within the tribe, and she was determined to uncover the truth, no matter what it may be. But for now, she would rest and prepare for the challenges that tomorrow may bring. The next morning, Moth woke up determined to get to the bottom of her brother's strange behavior. She approached Snake and Ice, who were now sitting together by the waterhole, their usual playful banter replaced by a tense silence. "Snake, what's going on with you?" Moth asked, her eyes narrowing as she studied her brother's face. Snake looked away, avoiding her gaze.

"It's nothing, Moth. Just drop it," he mumbled, clearly uncomfortable with the conversation. Ice shot Moth a knowing look, his expression somber.

"Snake, you know you can tell us anything. We're your siblings, we're here for you," Moth persisted, reaching out to place a comforting paw on Snake's shoulder.

Snake hesitated for a moment before finally speaking, his voice barely above a whisper. "I...I made a mistake. A big mistake. And now...now I don't know how to fix it." 

Moth's heart sank as she realized the seriousness of the situation. She exchanged a worried glance with Ice before turning back to Snake, determination blazing in her eyes.

"We'll figure this out together, Snake. Whatever it is, we'll face it as a family," Moth reassured him, her voice firm and unwavering. 

Chapter 2

Snake groaned as he stretched waking from his slumber. He yawned and got up. He shook his pelt and he saw his brother, ice with the white she-cat frost. What is he doing with her? he thought. He shrugged it off and grabbed a sparrow from the prey pile. “Hello snake.” a voice mewed; snake looked up from his prey to see the amber eyes of the she-cat, storm. “h-hello storm” he stuttered a bit. “Mind if I share with you?” storm asked as she dropped down a fish. Snake sighed; how do these cats eat fish? Snake shook the thought away and just smiled. “of course.” He mewed as he ripped the feathers off his sparrow. Snake and storm talked about the past days in the clans while they ate. “It’s time we move!” snake lifted his head hearing his leader speak. Snake groaned as he lifted himself up to his paws, “c’mon then storm, let’s not make echo angry.” Snake muttered as he nosed the queen to her paws. “I wonder what has her fur ruffled up.” Storm scoffed; snake shrugged. “I don’t know.” Snake huffed, “I hope we get to our new home soon; my paws are killing me.” Storm stifled a laugh. “We are all in pain snake, just have faith we’ll be their sooner than you can hunt a mouse.” She smirked; snake chuckled. “I doubt it.” Snake lifted his head and opened his mouth to taste the air, he heard the rocks rumbling and the breeze was calm, then as he searched, he tasted the scent of fresh river water, a smile crept onto his face. “I smell water!” a voice called from the back. Snakes smile faded, he smelled other cats, and they did not smell friendly, he growled lowering his ears. “Stay here.” He looked at storm then pushed himself through the crowd. “Who are you?!” he snapped unsheathing his claws at the strange cats. “Hey! Chill out.” A light ginger tom said laughing. “My name is dawn of setting sky, and these are my companions, snap of crying eagle, and flicker of light.” Echo scoffed, her claws scraping the rocky hard floor. “We are the tribe of roaring thunder.” The tom smirked, moth rolled her eyes in disbelief, storm snarled lashing her tail, hawk stood watching this, her blue eyes like stone, she twitched her tail signaling to the guards and all the guards shouldered their way through the crowd of cats. And sat at the front looking at the strangers with caution. “We are just passing through.” Dawn grinned, snake hissed at dawn, his eyes switched over to his leader echo, who whispered something in hawks ear, which he did not catch. “This? this is the great tribe of roaring thunder?” shadow laughed lashing his tail at the three cats. “For once I agree with shadow, you are massively outnumbered you can’t possibly be a tribe.” Ice muttered, as he stepped to the left, to sit beside snake. Echo flicked her tail to silence her cats. “But ma’am we can’t possibly-“ hawk cut herself off looking into echo’s soft amber gaze, hawk nodded and stepped back. “You may stay for a little but once you fill your bellies, you will leave, and we must press on to our home.” Dawn nodded to the grey she-cat and gently pushed his way passed. Snake gave a side eye at dawn seeing the ginger tom grin. Snake pushed himself forward as he crouched low to the ground stealthy following dawn. He pricked up his ears as he heard voices coming from the side of the cave. “Dawn you cannot be serious. We should just grab prey, steal the kits, and run.” A voice hissed. “Calm down flicker, we will just grab the prey and eat, but once they aren’t looking, we grab the kits and run.” Dawn smirked; his cats gave silent purrs of agreement. A growl rumbled in snakes throat as he slipped away to his tribe. “Look who we have here.” Dawn smirked, flicker pushed snake down, snap pinned him keeping him still, snake struggled and spat at the cats harshly. Snap leaned to his ear, and she whispered, “if you fight, you’ll only make this harder for yourself.” Snake let out a silent gasp, then stopped struggling and looked up at dawn waiting for the tom to speak. “It seems you were spying on us, yes?” snake nodded narrowing his eyes, dawn unsheathed his claws and brought one paw to snakes neck, “we need someone like you.” Dawn grinned; snake was puzzled. Why did this tom need him? Was he needing a spy? a warrior? What was it? “What do you want from me you fox-heart?” snake snarled through a choked tongue, as snap still had her paw on his neck. Dawn looked at snake with an Icey grin, “we need a spy, and you are the perfect tom for it.” Snake curled his lip with rage. “Shove a mouse down your throat! Theres NO WAY I’m betraying my tribe.” he hissed. Dawn’s eyes narrowed and he flicked his ear, snap let go of snake and grinned, snake arched an eyebrow then turn his head to dawn, the ginger tom unsheathed his claws, snake’s eyes widened with surprise dawn swung his claws at the grey and white tom constantly. Snake tried to dodge, and did but only nearly, dawn snarled and bit down on snakes leg and clawed his torso, snake yowled in pain, after 20 heartbeats of the two toms fighting…snake gave in, “now, are you willing to listen to my demands you piece of fox-dung?” Dawn hissed his eyes narrowed menacingly almost as if he was challenging snake to fight again. Snake gave a nod and winced in pain. “What is it you want?” snake growled. Dawn smirked, “I need you to spy on those mangy flea-pelts, I want to find out their weak spots, where are they most vulnerable?” snake snarled, he can’t possibly go through with this!! snake kept in a hiss of rage and just nodded, dawn sheathed his claws and let snake go. Snake pushed himself to his paws and ran off. But just before he left, he heard dawn speak, “looks like we have a new follower.” Rage inflamed inside of snake; he couldn’t believe he was going to do this! He was going to betray his family, his friends, his leader. 

Snake ran back to his tribe, his heart pounding with guilt and shame. He couldn't believe what he had agreed to do. How could he betray his own tribe like this? He found Echo and Hawk talking quietly at the edge of the cave. He approached them with his head held low, unable to meet their gaze.

"Snake, what's wrong?" Hawk asked, concern evident in her voice. Snake took a deep breath, steeling himself for what he was about to do. He told them everything, about meeting Dawn, about the deal he had made to spy on their tribe. Echo's eyes widened in shock, her fur bristling in anger. "How could you do this, Snake? How could you betray us like this?" she hissed; her voice filled with disappointment. Snake hung his head in shame, unable to produce a good enough excuse for his actions. "I'm sorry, Echo. I don't know what came over me. I was afraid, I didn't know what else to do," he mumbled, feeling the weight of his betrayal heavy on his shoulders.

Hawk looked at him with a mix of pity and understanding. "We will deal with this, Snake. But you need to make things right. You need to find out what information Dawn is after and report back to us. We need to know what we're up against."

Snake nodded his heart heavy with guilt. He knew he had made a mistake, but he was determined to make amends and redeem himself in the eyes of his tribe. He would do whatever it took to protect his family and ensure their safety.

As he slipped away from the group, Snake knew that his loyalty would be tested like never before. He had a choice to make - to follow through with his deal and betray his tribe, or to find a way to turn the tables and protect his own. The decision weighed heavily on his mind as he disappeared into the shadows, ready to face the consequences of his actions.

Chapter 1

Ice, panted as he came up a cliff, his calico fur ruffled in the wind. Ice looked at frost who looked uneasy and nervous. Frost was one of the queens from maplestar’s group of cats. She used to be sweet and kind and fierce before maplestar became leader, but now she was always scared and uneasy. And her kits will be born soon and so she was very protective. “Are you ok frost?” ice asked as he helped the she-cat up the cliff. “If you think that prickling with fear and uneasy thinking, we will be pounced on any second is ok, then sure I’m fantastic” she muttered sarcastically. Ice gave an amused purr and pressed his pelt to hers to give her warmth. The she-cat was freezing. And ice could understand her fear, her mate crowsnap, was a loyal tom to maplestar. He did not care for anyone except himself, and he was overly aggressive, so she did not want to endanger her family but of course the only family she had were her kits… “it’s ok if you’re not alright frost” ice smiled with a respectful lick on her shoulder. Snake padded up to his brother with a grin. “Seems like you fancy her” he said with a slight snicker. “Shut up I’m sure you’re not different snake” ice gave a wicked smirk, his blue eyes glittering with mischief “oh stop it mouse-brain” snake hissed and flicked his brother’s head with his tail then walked back over to the queen he was protecting. Storm the black and white she-cat was part of wolfclan and named storm’trail before echo gave her, her new name. storm of flooded rivers. Ice knew that his brother had taken a liking to the fierce she-cat, but snake is too embarrassed to admit it. Ice turned to frost and started to talk with her about her kits, frost always was happy to talk about her kits. Ice yawned; his paws were aching. He trotted through the crowd of cats, past the queens and other warriors and prey-hunters but only to be stopped by two of the guards at the front. One was a dark grey tom. fang. And the second was the dusty brown she-cat, mouse. The two were looking at him, their eyes burning into his pelt. “Let me pass” he huffed, trying to push pass only for fang to swat him back. “Sorry ice no one can approach the leader right now chiefs orders” mouse mewed her brown eyes full of apology. Ice gave a sigh, “I just want to talk to the leader” he mewed, as he picked up his paws trying to wake the sleep from them. Fang shook his head. “Sorry ice we would have to ask the chief.” without a reply from the calico tom. the two cats padded back to hawk and their leader, echo. With a disappointed sigh ice walked back to frost, his tail drooping. “what’s wrong ice?” The she-cat placed her tail on his shoulder. “I was going to ask echo if we could stop and rest and hunt” he murmured. “No luck I assume?” Frost gave a sigh, ice noticed she looked tired and hungry as well. “Nope but look on the bright side we will be at our home hopefully soon.” Ice smiled his tail tip twitching. Everyone had stopped immediately, ice accidentally crashed himself into boulder, mouse’s brother. “Hey, watch it ice.” boulder gave a hiss as he snatched his tail out from ice’s paw-path. Ice scoffed at boulder’s rudeness. “what’s going on?” frost, mewed lifting her head up, perking her ears. “I don’t know.” Ice meowed, “I’ll go check it out though” he muttered as he swiveled his way around the crowd of cats. He crouched low to the cold rocky floor so the guards could not see him, and as soon as his sister hawk and echo were in sight he sprang to his paws. “what’s going on?” he asked as he padded up to them. “Ice?!” hawk spat with shock, and she shook her head. “Those mouse-brains, I told the guards to-“ “don’t, I um snuck past them.” Ice muttered as he flattened his ears knowing he had gotten fang and mouse in trouble. “So why are we stopping?” the tom twitched his ears looking at his leader, echo curiously. The grey she-cat was the leader of the tribe and the first one to become friends with ice and his siblings when they met, she was a very fierce and pretty she-cat. He knew that echo did not have a great relationship with her parents. Ice and his siblings do not even know his father and his mother said that he was a mistake and disappointment. Echo and ice and his siblings were the first cats to make the journey and create the tribe. “We need to rest.” Echo muttered as she looked at her warrior. Ice gave an exhale of relief; his paws were aching to the bone. He needed rest, and he looked at the tribe seeing that they were tired as well. It had been moon set as the tribe were beginning to rest their aching bones, the guards were chattering to each other and the queens with the elders, and the hunters with the warriors. Ice saw there was a prey-pile, and so he swiped his tongue over his lips and padded on over to it. “Hey, look its mister ice fang himself.” ice heard a snicker from behind him. He lifted his head and turned to see grey, the tom had a grin on his face. “I’m not in the mood for your bullying grey” ice muttered rolling his eyes and grabbed a rabbit from the pile then pushed past trying to walk away, grey smacked him with his paw sending him tumbling into a rock and his prey fell from his jaws. “You don’t get a say so, you rotting piece of fox-dung.” A cold icy anger shot through the calico tom and ice rounded on the large grey tom. “Watch your mouth fox-heart.” a growl rumbled in ice’s throat. “Who are you talking to?” grey flattened his ears, hovering over the calico tom. Ice unsheathed his claws and his fangs gleamed in the moonlight. “You may be my tribe mate, but I won’t show mercy on you if you-” “if I what?” Grey said laughing circling the tom. With no more patience to keep him steady ice let out a raging yowl leaping at the grey tom. The tribe had run to the two toms to see what was going on. In five heartbeats the entire tribe was in a crowded circle watching the battle. Ice had grey pinned to the ground, grey kicked ice in the stomach and snarled something loud enough for him to hear, “you selfish fox-heart” grey spat, then aimed a blow at ice’s ear. Ice has never felt this alive for moons, he felt as if he was in battle with an enemy warrior. And so, he used the techniques he had learned from being in the tribe so long, he knew he had a better advantage because even though grey was a warrior when they had met ice had been more experienced with the tribe. Ice leaped then twisted his body and before he landed, he swiped his claws at grey’s muzzle causing the grey tom to rear back. With a flash of white that dashed into the crowd ice knew that frost was watching, this was his chance, to prove himself to his tribe, himself, and her. Grey leaped at ice, the two toms clawed each other rolling around and slashing, fur flew in the air and blood splattered on the grass. Grey pinned ice on the ground slamming his head down, ice was panting heavily as blood was oozing from his scars, he knew he could not take anymore. Grey gave a shocked yowl as something barreled into him making him unbalanced. Ice blinked, he saw frost, the white she-cat had her ears flattened and she was standing over ice glaring with hatred at grey. “Stay away from him you snake-heart!” frost hissed at grey, everyone gasped. Grey gave a scoff and a grin, “and who’s gonna stop me?” “I am.” a voice meowed clear and cold from behind the grey tom. Grey stopped dead in his tracks and slowly turned his head to face his leader, and in a heartbeat, she slashed his cheek. “Is this how you treat your tribe grey?” she hissed, pinning him slamming his head down on the cold rock floor. “n-no ma’am” he stuttered unable to hide his fear. “Everyone!! We will move at sun high and no one and I mean NO ONE will fight or argue or if I hear any of it…there will be consequences.” The grey she-cats amber eyes were blazing with an unknown anger, what had gotten her fur in a bundle? Ice wondered to himself. He just shrugged it off and he walked to a place at the nearby cave the tribe had settled at, and he found himself a soft patch of grass to sleep in, and he laid his head on his front paws, he then felt soft fur brush against his pelt, he fluttered his eyes open and met the soft, hazel gaze of the beautiful white she-cat he admired, frost. “I think you fought bravely.” Frost mewed with a purr as she was licking his scars. “I wish my kits did not have a tom like crowsnap for a father. And they could grow up and be like you, strong, brave, fearless.” She turned her head away from him and sighed laying her tail on her swollen stomach, ice let a purr rumble in his throat, and he felt sympathy for the young queen. “It must be hard, being forced to something like this.” ice laid his paw on hers “once the kits are born, if you would like I could…father them.” He muttered. Frost nuzzled his cheek and ice froze, his pelt heating up. “I would love that.” A smile crept on ice’s face, he then slept next to frost, curling his tail around her.

Allegiances

The tribe of echoing silence

Leader: echoing whispers\echo: a beautiful grey she-cat with amber eyes

guards. (Cats who guard the territory and camp)

Chief guard: hawk that claws the sky\hawk: a white she-cat with blue icy eyes and a scar from her eye to her stomach.

shadow that strikes in darkness\shadow: a jet-black tom with amber eyes.

Fang of fox\fang: a grey tom with black stripes and amber eyes.

Mouse that sleeps in winter\mouse: a dusty brown she-cat

Prey-hunters. (Cats who provide food for the tribe)

Chief prey-hunter: moth that hovers near fire\moth: a tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.

Black tooth of bear\tooth: a black tom with hazel eyes.

Rain of storm\rain: a light ginger she-cat.

Blaze of speeding rivers\blaze: a golden tabby tom.

Queens. (She-cats nursing or caring for kits)

fern of falling heather\fern: a dark ginger she-cat.

song of singing crow\crow: a brown she-cat with white paws.

storm of flooded rivers\storm: a black she-cat with a white tail and white stripes.

Cold of frozen frost\frost: a white she-cat with grey paws and hazel brown eyes.

Trainee’s. (Toms and she-cats six moons and older in training)

Raven that flies with wings of black\raven: a black tom with green eyes and a white muzzle as well as white paws.

Wolf of wind\wolf: a light grey tom.

Flame of sun\flame: a ginger she-cat with emerald eyes.

Snow that blankets the ground/snow: a white she-cat with grey leopard spots, and violet eyes

Warriors. (Toms and she-cats in charge of fighting and protecting the tribe)

Snake inside a rock\snake: a grey and white tom.

Ice of frozen water\ice: a dark calico tom with blue eyes.

Grey vine on rock\grey: a long-haired grey tom.

Boulder in water\boulder: a chestnut brown tom

Elders. (Toms and she-cats retired or to injured to continue their duties)

Eye of fox\fox: a pale she-cat who is blind in one eye.

Whisker of soot\soot: a black and white tom with a scarred muzzle. The oldest tom in the tribe.

Grey claw of sky\claw: a grey tom. With a muzzle black from age

Meadow of flowers\meadow: a ginger she-cat who is blind from battle.

Cats outside of the tribe

Pip: an orange and black tom with unusual eyes.

Flash: an orange ginger tom

Spark: a white she-cat with grey splotches.

Twig: a light grey she-cat.

dawn of setting sky\dawn: a light ginger tom

Flicker of light\flicker: a pale tom with grey stripes and a torn ear.

snap of crying eagle\snap: a white she-cat with brown stripes

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For birchblaze. Here are her face details 

where's the cold stone?

nv got it.

i still don't get it, u mean the leaf??

go to where the dens are and click top right corner

how do I reunite sparrowtail with her family?

Also after the ghost says "A valid idea. It may work" HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM LET YOU KILL PEOPLE

I remember doing it before, but I forgot how. The dude who is like "If you don't have anything for me, leave me alone" Is like "Okay fine, you want to help me?" and then you do something that I forgot.