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6 hours ago, Chiyanna said:
(Are you still playing him or just leaving him in the same place waiting for bearyena to kill him? Or is he already dead?)
Just waiting for the bearyena to kill him.
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6 hours ago, YourLocalStranger said:
Did you banish spottedfrost or did you make him leave your territory but still be in the tribe (in game)?
Just made him leave the territory so he wasn't taking any healing fruit.
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(I know I said this would be updated occasionally but for some reason I'm really excited to write more for this now)
“All cats able to hunt please gather!” ArrowStar said with more authority than usual but he felt this matter deserved it.
Meanwhile Spottedfrost was frozen like a rock to the ice in leaf-bare as he really didn’t want his bad choice to be announced to the ENTIRE clan. ‘But I regret it, isn’t that punishment enough?’ He thought to himself but a small part of him knew better, the part that came from having Berrystripe as his mentor. He knew Berrystripe would be disappointed and perhaps even angry.
The cats slowly filtered in, curiosity in their eyes as meetings weren’t called unless they were needed. And everyone who needed to be given apprentice ceremonies had already been given them.
“We are here to talk about what happened to Silverkit” ArrowStar’s words had caused curious murmurs to fill the camp. “We have found exactly what happened to him and how he died” He finished what he was saying causing a few gasps and louder murmurs to break across the clearing.
“What happened?” and “I was hoping he just wandered off” and other similar things were spoken which just made Spottedfrost flex his claws nervously.
“Why is Spottedfrost by you?” Wishwind piped up as they looked at Spottedfrost and that made Spottedfrost feel worse than anything else, even over the reaction of Quillblaze and the guilt of getting that kit killed. The kit he had basically helped raise was going to know what he did, to their younger brother who they loved so much.
‘StarClan I’m sorry, please I’ll do anything please don’t turn the kit I helped raise as my own against me’ He pleaded but he knew his choice was his and his alone, his to deal with, and his to accept the consequences of.
“He led Silverkit into the open field and let him be taken off by birds, on purpose” ArrowStar spoke and everything was more silent than a leaf-bare night for a few seconds.
“YOU WHAT?!” “HOW COULD YOU!” “WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!” Broke out across the camp but one thing, though quieter stuck with Spottedfrost the most out of anything.
“…Why?” Was the oddly small voice of Wishwind as their ears flattened and they looked at him with so many emotions in their eyes. It made him feel worse than anything any other clan cat had yelled at him.
Wishwind was devstated. Their dad, as far as they were concerned even if mom disagreed, had been the one to get Silverkit killed. They didn’t understand why he would do this, he loved them so much as a kit. But they also know mom wouldn’t let him near the other two much. Either way it stung them in a way they haven’t felt before, even mom trying to say that Sweetpool was their dad was not even a speck to this pain.
“I know you’re angry for the loss of a life at such a young age but I’ve already figured out a punishment for him” ArrowStar said making the shouts and talking quiet down. “He will be exiled, and the scent of bearyena is stronger currently” He said making Spottedfrost feel genuine terror at those words.
‘ArrowStar, one of the kindest cats in the clan is going to send me to die to bearyena?’ He thought with fear.
“So does anyone want to say anything but angry words before he is exiled?” ArrowStar asked, most didn’t say anything but Wishwind slowly stepped towards Spottedfrost.
“If you’re leaving tell me why, why did you do that to Silverkit?” Wishwind spoke quietly.
“…I was jealous” Spottedfrost simply said.
“Jealous? Of what?” Wishwind asked making Spottedfrost feel even worse.
“Ii was jealous she loved another, and I took it out on your brother” Spottedfrost felt how completely stupid that reason was once spoken aloud.
“…Oh” Wishwind said before stepping back and having their ears flatten against their head.
“…If that’s all I say you get moving, we will give you until sundown to get out of the territory” ArrowStar said and Spottedfrost decided to earlier the better so he left as quickly as he could.
The air was tense the rest of the day.
“Greetings Yellowleaf” Yellowleaf’s sleep was greeted by a dream from StarClan. “Your clan must move islands, it will bring a new beginning for the clan and help it thrive in the future” The shimmering nicheling spoke.
“Where?” Yellowleaf asked but the dream ended and he woke up before getting an answer.
“ArrowStar I have news from StarClan” Yellowleaf said as he approached him.
“Is it another prophecy?” ArrowStar said with slight fear, he didn’t need anymore of those.
“Thankfully not a bad warning. They say we need to move islands as it will bring a new beginning for the clan and help it thrive in the future” Yellowleaf said.
“Move? We’ve been here for so long, but I guess if it’s what Starlan says. And perhaps a new start after everything with Spottedfrost would be good” ArrowStar replied.
“You should tell the clan so they can prepare” Yellowleaf said.
“You’re right” ArrowStar agreed before heading off to tell the clan.
“All cats please gather” ArrowStar spoke making the other nichelings confused as there was just a meeting a few sunrises ago. “StarClan has said we need to move islands, to bring a better future for the clan” Arrowstar said making the nichelings quietly speak amongst themselves.
“What if we don’t want to go?” Wishwind spoke up.
“…If you don’t want to I won’t force you” ArrowStar replied though he really wanted the clan in tact for a journey like this.
Some nichelings seemed relived at this which worried ArrowStar a little.
“We will take a moon to prepare so please be ready by then” ArrowStar said “You all may leave” He remembered to say before leaping off the rock causing the nichelings to disperse.
Of course something had to go wrong as Redflame had died right before they left.
“…” ArrowStar didn’t say anything as he was heartbroken from losing his mate and afraid to raise the kits himself. ‘We planned to raise the kits in the new island together, but life is cruel’ He thought to himself as the kits cried, concerned and confused while ArrowStar did the best he could to comfort them.
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12 minutes ago, YourLocalStranger said:
SPOTTEDFROST IS FINALLY GETTING WHAT HE DESERVED (I kind of want quillblaze to kill him, but wouldn't that mean she would fulfill the prophecy of a red furred cat spilling blood?)
Huh, I'm gonna be honest I didn't even think of that. But yes Spottedfrost's karma is finally catching up to him.
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43 minutes ago, Modiano Ourania said:
YES SPOTTEDFROST IS GONE
Yep! Finally
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As Rust and Lemon were patrolling Lemon froze up as a smell hit his nose.
“There’s a bearyena” Was all he said as he looked ready to bolt.
“…You’re right” Rust said after smelling the air himself, and smelling the scent of one of those beasts.
Then, almost as if to answer them, the bearyena charged at them unexpectedly. It had caught them off guard so it ended up knocking Lemon to the ground, with no major injuries or bleeding but he had still gotten winded making him wheeze.
Rust snarled at the bearyena before lunging at it while it was focused on Lemon, leaving a perfect opening to jump on it’s back where it had a harder time swiping at or biting him. He dug the claws on his digging paw into the beast making it roar in pain and focused on shaking him off or trying to swipe at him.
Lemon had gotten over being winded and saw how Rust was fighting the bearyena but was losing his grip. Lemon decided that he had to try a little so he slashed at the bearyena’s back leg which made it howl in pain and swipe at him, giving him a cut that wasn’t horrific but still bleeding.
“I’ll get help!” Lemon said before running of despite Rust’s protests of him leaving.
‘I act noble but I know I’m a coward, this is just a way I can run away and I know it. This is why my older sister died, because I was too afraid to help fight that bearyena’ Lemon thought as he ran toward the heart of the territory.
“There’s a bearyena and Rust is fighting it!” Lemon yelled as he got to the rest of the pack making them all shoot up in what he assumes is alarm.
“Lets go then!” Cardinal hissed, seeming more awake then Lemon has seen him be lately. The other agreed and Lemon led them to where Rust was fighting.
Once they arrived they saw something horrible, Rust was alive but barely. There was a lot of blood and some pretty bad wounds. Lemon could practically feel the bad memories of his sister’s death hiss at him for doing it again making him slightly bristle.
The rest of the pack launched themselves at the bearyena without a hint of hesitation and the beast was quickly overwhelmed and killed.
“We have to get him home quick, these wounds are bad” Crow said as she inspected her son, worried he wouldn’t make it but trying to be calm for everyone else’s sake. “Help me carry him” Crow said looking right as Lemon which confused him.
“Me? I- ok” He resigned himself as he did abandon Rust to fight a bearyena by himself.
They took him back home to try an help him.
While something bad was happening in one part of the island something amazing had happened in the other…right?
“Huh, I’ve never seen teeth like that before” Smoke said as he looked at their pup curiously.
Instead of responding Porcupine just looked at the pup with a blank expression as many emotions fought within her. Confusion over where that snout came from, happiness the pup survived, and sorrow over the fact that the snout this pup had reminded her almost painfully of Stinger. It made her almost feel as if she was cheating on her dead mate.
‘Why? Why did he have to resemble him? Why couldn’t I be left alone after I was sure I’d moved on?’ She thought as she stared at the pup before Smoke’s voice finally filtered through her foggy mind.
“-ine? Porcupine!” Smoke said with concern.
“Huh? What?” Porcupine said as she tore her eyes away from the pup.
“I asked what we should name him” Smoke said wanting to ask but deciding against it.
“Fang” Porcupine replied without thinking as those fangs were all she could think about.
“That’s a great name! Fang it is” Smoke said as he looked at the pup with love and fondness.
“I’m gonna take a walk” Porcupine said as she got up before vanishing into the tall grasses making Smoke blink in shock.
“Well I guess I’ll be watching you for now pup” Smoke said as he curled around the pup to keep him warm.
“Hopefully he survives but the extent of these injuries is really bad” Crow said as she stared at her injured pup with fear.
“Why didn’t you help?!” Cardinal hissed in anger at Lemon, making him cower.
“Two nichelings can’t fight a bearyena alone, I had to get help or else he would’ve died” Lemon desperately tried to justify as that is what he’s been taught as a loner.
“Should’ve guessed a loner would abandon someone when they see fit” Cardinal spat causing Lemon to flinch as that was somewhat similar to what he was taught, he was taught to value his life and the lives of those related to him over anyone else’s. It was to ensure he would survive if anything went badly.
Royal had just gave a blank stare to Lemon before huffing and continuing to watch her brother.
“Why don’t you go hunt something while we watch over Rust?” Prince asked Lemon but Lemon felt it was a way to tell him to go away so he quickly left to hunt for the rest of the day.
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“Hey Sandtail!” Sunshine said which caused Sandtail to open an eye in curiosity. “I wanted to ask if you wanted to go hunting with me” She continued, hoping for some time with Sandtail.
“I don’t know, relaxing here sounds pretty good” Sandtail said with a yawn.
“Hmm how about this? We can relax in the sun for as long as yoou want afterwards” Sunshine bargined making Sandtail think with a hum.
“Ah well I love relaxing in the sun so sure” Sandtail said with a stretch before getting up, not minding as much because Sunshine was good company.
“Great let’s go!” Sunshine said excitedly before they set off.
After hunting they found a nice, sunny spot to relax.
“I could take a nap here” Sandtail said as he relaxed on the warm ground.
“I’m pretty sure you could sleep anywhere” Sunshine replied as she looked at him.
“I guess you’re right on that” Sandtail said with a chuckle.
“We don’t really know each other that well so do you wanna ask some questions about each other?” Sunshine asked making Sandtail look over at her.
“Sure, you go first” Sandtail said with a shrug.
“Who are your parents?” Sunshine asked.
“They were two warriors named Bearclaw and Cloudgust” Sandtail said making Sunshine regret her words.
“Sorry, I didn’t know they were dead” She apolgized but Sandtail just shrugged it off.
“It’s fine. What family do you have?” Sandtail asked.
“Well I’m not sure where my parents went but I have 2 siblings, both are older than me” Sunshine replied as she stretched.
“Oh I see. Any other questions for me?” Sandtail asked as he looked over at Sunshine.
“What is it like being raised in a clan?” Sunshine asked.
“It can be pretty busy, and there’s always some drama happening. But we can usually feed ourselves pretty well” Sandtail responded as he looked back in the direction of camp. “What about being raised outside of a clan?” He asked in turn.
“It’s not as busy or filled with drama but it’s harder to fight off other cats and food can be really tough in leaf bare" Sunshine replied.
The two spent the rest of their day talking.
ArrowStar was slightly unnerved as Yellowleaf approached him an oddly tense posture. Yellowleaf checked that the kits and Redflame were asleep.
“Greetings, are the kits okay?” ArrowStar asked as he looked at the medicine cat.
“Greetings, the kits are well. But StarClan has spoken to me about something important” Yellowleaf replied, not liking the news one bit.
“You don’t seem very happy they’ve spoken” ArrowStar said with concern as he felt a sense of dread grow in his chest.
“I’m not, the news they bring is…unpleasant. A prophecy” Yellowleaf said, feeling slightly irritated StarClan contacted him to bring bad news to the clan.
“A prophecy? What was it?” ArrowStar said equal parts curious and afraid.
“Beware a nicheling with the ability to hunt better than their peers, as in their future they will shed blood as red as the colors of their fur” Yellowleaf said as he recited what SquirrelStar had told him.
“…There are a few with red on their fur, do we wait then?” ArrowStar asked with worry, afraid of what nicheling could cause that.
“We don’t have a choice, they aren’t apprentices yet so we don’t know of their abilites” Yellowleaf replied with a sigh.
“Okay, well I guess we wait” ArrowStar said though the thought of having this prophecy come true scared him more than he wanted to admit.
He would focus on his leader duties and kits for now, to keep his mind off it until the current kits had shown their skills.
4 moons, it had gone great for four moons for Spottedfrost. He hadn’t told Quillblaze what happened because he didn’t want to even think about her reaction. So it had gone well, she had been stuck in grief for a moon but she seemed to have gotten better since then and focused completely on Stonekit, who had become Stonepaw along with Mouseflight’s kits.
Then ArrowStar said something that completely shattered Spottedfrost’s sense of peace.
“You forgave him?” ArrowStar asked with confusion after watching Quillblaze and Spottedfrost for about a moon.
“What do you mean? Forgive him for what?” Quillblaze asked wondering what ArrowStar could be talking about. ArrowStar gave Spottedfrost a quick look before speaking.
“He told you he was the one who took Silverkit that night, and ended up getting him taken by birds” ArrowStar said which made Spottedfrost feel like he’d fallen into frozen water and made Quillblaze freeze in shock.
“…You wouldn’t do that would you?” Quillblaze said quietly, desperately wishing he hadn’t stooped so low.
“O-of course not! I-” ArrowStar stopped Spottedfrost’s attempt to smooth it over.
“We found his scent with Silverkit’s leading to the open field” ArrowStar finished making everything dead silent, for about a minute.
“HOW COULD YOU?! I KNEW YOU WERE JEALOUS BUT TO KILL A KIT! WHAT A PATHETIC EXSCUSE OF A CAT YOU ARE! YOU KILLED A KIT, A KIT! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!” Quillblaze snarled as she launched herself at him, but ArrowStar stopped her.
“As tempting as you may find it, please don’t follow his path” ArrowStar said as he looked at Quillblaze’s furious face.
“Then what will you do?” Quillblaze asked, not wanting him to escape without punishment.
“You will see, it’ll make sure we never deal with him again” ArrowStar said. “Exile” He said quietly enough for Spottedfrost to not hear.
“Is that enough?” Quillblaze said almost feeling insulted.
“The scent of bearyena is strong at the edges of the territory” ArrowStar simply said but it was enough to guess what would happen to Spottedfrost if he was exiled.
“Okay…” Quillblaze said as that anger has made her tired, tired of Spottedfrost’s jealousy, tired of his possesivness, and tired of him.
Spottedfrost watched nervously as ArrowStar beckoned him back to camp, he didn’t hear what they said but he felt it wasn’t a good thing for him.
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On 11/23/2022 at 11:40 AM, Chiyanna said:
Yay! Wildclan is back! And it's back with a bang. Spottedfrost's jealousy has maybe finally caught up with him...poor Quillblaze and Sweetpoll. What a horrible thing to do to someone's kit, let alone the kit of the one you love!
I didn't see this till now but I'm happy you're excited! A break can make it easier to write more good stuff I guess
This is actually giving me so much motivation, I might update it today!
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This isn't a replacement for Wildclan(I will be updating that on occasion) But I feel my writing skills have improved since then so I made a new series to hopefully show it!
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3 clans had lived together on one island(CliffClan, NightClan, and MeadowClan) but one day the rising waters had turned into a horrific wave that started to drown the island causing the clan cats to panic and scatter to the portals for their lives. Clan cats got separated and scattered across the different islands as they ran for their own survival.
This is the story of one.
Tigershine carefully pushed through the tall grass, knowing she smelled some semi familiar scents on this island. At first she wondered if she had missed them until she heard the sounds of voices. She was even more sure when she heard a familiar voice.
“Well just accept it, we’re never going back to our clans seeing as our old island and probably the other crossings are underwater by now” Tigershine heard the voice of one of her clanmates say.
“You’re here too Paleear?!” Tigershine spoke as she shot out of the tall grasses in front of the other five nichelings. She forgot that other clans aren’t used to cats sneaking around as the other four cats jumped, flinched, or unsheathed their claws.
“Where did you come from?!” A brown cat with blue eyes all but hissed at Tigershine after being surprised.
“Yes, at least there’s one familiar face around here” Paleears, a light yellow tom with a red mane, spoke up as he looked at Tigershine.
“We’ve all introduced ourselves before you arrived so what is your name?” The spotted cat asked, wondering who this new cat was.
“Oh I’m Tigershine! Who are all of you?” Tigershine asked as she looked around at the other cats, wondering if she met any of them at gatherings before.
“I’m Spottedripple, nice to meet you” The spotted cat replied as she looked at Tigershine.
“I’m Redshade” The red cat with a white mane spoke up as he observed the new cat.
“My name is Sunstorm” The light pink cat with yellow markings responded simply.
“…Twigtalon” The brown cat with blue eyes grumbled, still bitter that Tigershine managed to sneak up on him and scare him.
“As I was saying though, there’s no use looking for our clans seeing as the island and crossing connected to them have to be completely submerged now” Paleears said seeming to irritate some of the other cats.
“I don’t exactly want to be stuck with enemy cats” Twigtalon said as he glared at Sunstorm and Spottedripple causing them to just ignore his stares.
“We’re not exactly enemies anymore though. Our clans are destroyed and we’re all stuck here together so we might as well cooperate” Sunstorm replied as she looked back at the tall grasses.
“Well I refuse to sleep next to enemies” Twigtalon hissed, not trusting them to not slash his throat in his sleep.
“Then go. Go deal with bearyena yourself, without the protection of a clan” Sunstorm said with a cold stare.
“…I’m only staying to keep my strength” Twigtalon finally replied with irritation.
“Well in that case we should find somewhere to settle, let’s explore” Redshade said as he got up and started walking towards the grasses. It took a little bit then everyone was following after him while checking for somewhere to stay.
“This seems like a good place” Twigtalon said making the other cats sigh in relief. The last 5 sunrises had been spent looking and looking for a place but someone was always unhappy so they were relieved as everyone seemed to agree this would be decent.
“In that case we should start clearing the grasses” Redshade said as everyone agreed that would be the best choice causing everyone to start clearing up the place.
Just as it was getting dark the cats had finished clearing a decent chunk of the place, at least enough for the night.
“I’m exhausted” Tigershine huffed as she, somewhat over dramatically, flopped onto the ground making Paleears roll his eyes but happy to see she was still doing her usual antics.
“Well than I guess it is time to sleep” Spottedripple said as she laid down too. Everyone decided to sleep for the night.
It went pretty well for about two sunrises until a bearyena showed up causing everyone to panic a little before Paleear and Spottedripple jumped at it and attacked with all their might.
The bearyena snarled and ended up clawing across Spottedripple’s leg but at least it didn’t go that deep, still bleeding though. The two were thankfully able to drive it away before there were any other injuries but now there was a pretty big problem.
“What do we do?!” Tigershine said in terror. “We don’t even have a medicine cat!” She continued with panic.
“Well panicking won’t help. And second I only know a little from watching the medicine cat. First we need cobweb or moss to absorb the maybe stop the bleeding” Paleear spoke, trying to ensure no one panics.
“I’ll get it” Sunstorm said before leaving and searching for a little bit but returned fairly quickly with some dry moss.
“Thank you” Palear said as he gently pressed the moss against the wound. “Next we would need either hmmm goldenrod or marigold” Palear continued.
“We should search for some, let’s go” Sunstorm said as she looked at the other cats. They all went to look.
“I think I found some!” Tigershine said as she trotted over with some marigold with the others following her.
“Alright, thank you” Plaeear said before turning it into poultice and pressing it onto the wound which made Spottedripple hiss but otherwise stay still.
“There, that should work. You should probably rest though” Paleear said as he got up.
“Right” Spottedripple said as Sunstorm came by to help her up and into a sad attempt of a nest.
“Maybe we should start doing watches like the clans did” Tigershine said as she looked at Spottedripple.
“Not the worst idea you’ve had” Twigtalon replied as he watched the grasses for any signs of more bearyena.
“We should take the first shifts, we’re used to being active at night anyways” Paleear said as he looked at Tigershine.
“Yeah! You rest and we’ll watch for any signs of danger” Tigershine agreed as she looked at Twigtalon. He narrowed his eyes for a second but knew he wasn’t going to win this battle so he sighed and went to one of the ‘nests’ to sleep.
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Something was wrong, Ram could feel it in her heart. At first she brushed off the feeling as her usual anxiety about well everything but as it persisted and nipped at her more she couldn’t really take it anymore and deciding to get up from her warm nest to calm herself down by checking on everything.
First she sniffed around the territory, everything was fine no bearyena or strange nichelings.
Then she checked their food sources, rabills and berries were good and fine.
Next, she checked on her packmates. It all seemed fine until she went to check on Magma.
At first she just looked at her, but noticed she didn’t seem to move a muscle. No ear twitching, no leg movements, no tail movements, and most unnerving, no sign of breathing.
At first she decided to test if she was just weird by carefully poking her snout…nothing.
Then she called her name. “Magma. Magma” She whispered but once again nothing.
Then she shook her with her paws…no response. At this point Ram knew something was wrong causing her to run off to where the rest of the pack was sleeping, Magma always liked her space, and yelled for once.
“SOMETHING’S WRONG WITH MAGMA! She won’t move or respond or-or do anything!” Ram yelled waking the pack up quickly.
“She what?” Porcupine said with concern, while Pebble looked completely terrified.
“I’ll check on her” Pebble said as they quickly stood up and ran off to Magma’s nest.
Everyone rushed after her, concerned after hearing what Ram said.
“…She’s dead” Pebble whispered which cut through the silent pack.
“She’s dead?! What even happened?!” Porcupine yelped.
“She was getting tired but I thought she just needed more rest, I should’ve done more” Pebble said to herself as she looked at Magma’s still body.
“I wasn’t here very long but she seemed very caring to her pack” Smoke said as he dipped his head in respect, while he didn’t know her well she was obviously a nicheling who took care of her pack well.
‘We’re not a pack’ Mouse almost replied but decided this wasn’t exactly the time.
Mouse and Ram were silent, this was their aunt and Magma helped care for them a lot when they were younger so they were close but they were more in shock than anything.
The pack sat in silence the rest of the night.
It had been a moon and they had been late teens so now they were adults, still didn’t stop Cardinal from whining like a pup though.
“C’mon it’ll be fine. It’ll sort itself out” Cardinal grumbled as Royal all but pulled him towards their parents.
Cardinal huffed but knew he wasn’t going to win this one.
“Cardinal has been sleeping a lot lately and he can’t seem to be rested even if he sleeps most of the day” Royal said after dragging Cardinal to their parents.
“He’s probably sick than. Is there anything that could heal him?” Crow asked as she remembered Prince mentioning that his siblings explored a lot.
“I’m…not sure. We could give him more food to help him heal?” Prince said as Magma and Stinger didn’t like him and he couldn’t entirely blame them because of how he acted at that age.
“I suppose, and perhaps doing something would help? Maybe you two could go on a hunt” Crow suggested making Royal nod.
“Alright, let’s go than” Royal said before leaving making Cardinal follow. The two hunted for most of the day to try and keep Cardinal awake.
Three moons. Smoke had been here three moons and he knew if he hid his feelings for Porcupine any longer it would eat him alive so he decided to push away any bits of anxiety he had and get it done and over with.
“Hey Porcupine?” Smoke asked as he approached her, making her turn towards him.
“Yes?” She asked simply.
“…I have fallen for your sweet personality and soft heart, would you like to be my mate?” Smoke said with a nervous grin.
“…Yeah, that sounds nice. And such kind words too” Porcupine said, relieved at the thought of not having to confess first twice, once was more than enough.
“Thank you! I’ll be the best mate you could ever ask for” Smoke purred, excited that this had actually worked and went in his favor.
“I hope to be at least half as good” Porcupine said with a smile, making Smoke’s heart melt even more.
“Why don’t we pick some berries?” Smoke said as he turned toward them.
“Sure” Porcupine said causing him to smile once more before heading off.
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(With the way my motivation crashed and burned I think I'll change the upload schedule to every other day so I don't over do it)
Rust huffed in irritation as he saw Lemon approach him while he was trying to take a nap.
“Hey uh Rust?” Lemon asked as he walked over to him.
“What do you want?” Rust asked with a sigh.
“Prince said that me and you should do a patrol to make sure everything is as usual” Lemon said nervous as he knew Rust didn’t exactly love his company, but he also wasn’t willing to ignore doing things that the leaders of the pack asked him to do.
“Alright, let’s go” Rust said as he got up, grumpy that he wouldn’t get that nap after all.
The two set off to patrol the territory and sniff around for anything strange.
“I smell some rabills, shouldn’t we hunt them?” Lemon asked as he sniffed the air.
“We have our berries, we don’t need anymore than that” Rust simply replied as he kept an eye and ear out for anything out of place.
“Oh, I guess packs do that differently” Lemon said as he took in that information.
“What do you mean, do loners do something different?” Rust asked with genuine curiosity.
“Yeah, loners always have some extra food on paw in case something happens to our usual food source. Me and my family always buried some rabills in the ground in case the berries were affected by a drought” Lemon explained, happy to talk about his life as a loner.
“I suppose that wouldn’t be a bad idea if bad things happen to your food sources, though in this pack our food sources have never failed us” Rust replied as it made him have a few questions. “Though you mentioned your family, why aren’t you with them?” He asked as he didn’t really think before asking it.
“…Not all of us have the offensive traits to fight off bearyena” Was all Lemon said but it was enough. It made Rust wince a little as he didn’t mean to ask something that personal, he may not be best friends with Lemon or anything but even he knows that was a bit much.
“I see” Rust replied before deciding that he should try and comfort Lemon as he was the one to bring it up. “Um at least you don’t have to worry about that here” Rust continued as he cleared a patch of grass. Lemon looked at Rust with surprise before speaking.
“You guys do seem pretty strong, so I guess I won’t” Lemon said with a smile, wondering if this meant that Rust would be less wary of him now.
“Maybe hunting a few rabill wouldn’t hurt” Rust said as he walked towards the scent, making Lemon follow behind with a slightly bigger smile.
“I don’t trust him” Mouse huffed as she looked at Smoke.
“Why not? He’s been nothing but kind while he’s been here” Porcupine said with a sigh as she realistically knew her chances of convincing Mouse were slim to none.
“I just feel like something bad’s gonna happen because of him” Mouse replied as she side-eyed Smoke.
“I promise I won’t bring any trouble” Smoke said with a roll of his eyes, wishing this pup wouldn’t be so suspicious of him.
“It’s probably just being nervous of a new pack member” Porcupine tried to reassure Mouse.
“Whatever” Mouse grumbled as she walked off with Ram behind her.
“You feel it too don’t you?” Mouse asked once she was out of earshot of the rest of the pack.
“…I’m always nervous though” Ram said, not exactly being able to deny it.
“So you do feel it! I just know something’s wrong, even if he seems kind” Mouse said as she stared at the sky in thought.
“I guess we’ll see?” Ram responded as she looked over at Mouse.
“I just wanna do something before anything bad happens, but we have no proof” Mouse sighed.
“I know but if we don’t have any proof it won’t go well” Ram agreed sadly.
“But I guess we’ll wait, for now” Mouse said as she ripped up some grass.
“You’re tired again?” Royal asked as she looked at Cardinal.
“Yeah, what about it?” Cardinal asked as he laid down with a yawn.
“You’re getting tired extremely quick, and very often. I don’t think that’s normal, especially for you” Royal said in a calm manner, but she was pretty concerned about him.
“It’s fine, I just need to sleep more” Cardinal dismissed as he felt the need to sleep get stronger.
“Fine, but if you don’t get better within a moon I’m telling mom and dad” Royal responded with a sigh.
Cardinal was already passed out making Royal sigh once more before deciding to keep an eye on him.
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“Are you sure you don’t need help?” Pebble asked as they watched Magma drag herself along.
“I’m fine! Just a bit more tired than usual” She said as she felt exhaustion wash over her even more.
“You have been for the past moon!” Pebble snapped in irritation at Magma’s stubborn nature.(Yes I’m using the warrior cat term becuase I feel they wouldn’t know what a month is-)
“…I guess you can help if you want” Magma replied, bitter about seeming weaker than before.
“Thank you” Pebble said, knowing this is the closest they were gonna get to Magma asking for help. Pebble then let Magma lean on them to help Magma walk.
“I just don’t know what happened” Magma said making Pebble look over in curiosity. “I was fine then I kept getting weaker and weaker, even the healing fruit won’t help anymore” She continued with a sigh.
“Maybe all the injuries you got are catching up to you?” Pebble said and internally winced at the fact that came out harsher than they meant it to.
“Ha maybe you’re right” Magma said with a bitter laugh as she considered the possibility.
It was silent until they got to Magma’s nest so she could sleep.
“Thank you” Magma said making Pebble blink and look over. “I know I’m not the nicest nicheling or the easiest to get along with so…thank you for still helping me, you’re kind” Magma finished her thoughts with a slight wheeze.
“…You’re welcome, I know you just miss him” Pebble said with some shock at Magma’s words.
“Yeah, I never realized how much I relied on his company until…” Magma trailed off but they both knew what she meant.
“That’s how it usually goes” Pebble says making Magma almost speak but decide to hold her tongue.
“Goodnight” Magma said making Pebble nod before going to their own nest.
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“Who is this?” Crow asked as she looked at the young, cream colored nicheling in front of her.
“I-I’m Lemon” The nicheling spoke quietly as he observed the pack nichelings warily.
“Lemon wanted to join the pack, I mean there were no other nichelings around them either” Royal said making Prince perk up.
“Well a bigger pack would be great!” He chirped excitedly wondering if this would help make their pack even better.
“Well they don’t seem like a threat so it’s fine with me” Crow said as she looked at Lemon.
“W-wait is inviting a random nicheling into the pack such a good idea?” Rust asked as he looked at the new nicheling judgmentally, making Lemon shrink under his gaze.
“They don’t seem like a very threatening nicheling to me. Also I’m sure they’re smart enough to know how badly betraying us would go when they’re completely alone” Cardinal replied as a thinly veiled threat.
“Don’t be rude Cardinal” Crow warned making Cardinal grumble but not refute her statement.
“Well it seems like you’re part of the pack now, so go eat some berries since you were hungry earlier” Royal said as she went to lay down.
Everyone went to do their usual activities as Lemon went to eat some of those berries.
Porcupine knew something was wrong when she heard Magma growl.
“Who are you and what are you doing in our territory?” Magma did the same thing she did to Porcupine and Pebble when they first arrived but Pebble noticed that it was…weaker. It wasn’t that she looked pathetic or anything but it looked less intimidating than when they got the same treatment.
‘I guess that exhaustion or sickness or whatever it is is really taking a toll on her huh?’ Pebble thought with sadness as they watched the interaction unfold.
“I’m Smoke, I didn’t mean to intrude” The nicheling replied with surrendering tone.
“Are you alone?” Porcupine found herself asking faster than she could think about it.
“Well I do travel alone, why?” The nicheling asked not feeling unnerved but curious, and perhaps having a bit of love at first sight with this group loner nicheling.
“I-I didn’t smell any pack scent or any other nicheling scent on you” Porcupine said.
“Maye we could invite this nicheling into our group” Pebble said making Magma’s head snap towards them.
“Absolutely not. We don’t know their intentions, they could be a spy or could kill us in our sleep” Magma said as she went to take a threatening step towards Smoke but ended up falling on the ground because of the fatigue she felt all over making her fur burn with embarrassment.
“Are you alright?” Smoke asked with genuine concern but that just made Magma more irritated.
“I’m fine! I guess we could invite them in but one wrong move and they’re out” Magma just agreed as she wanted out of this embarrassing situation as fast as she could.
“Oh, thank you?” Smoke said as he blinked in confusion at Magma’s quickly retreating figure.
“Don’t mind her she’s a bit…territorial” Pebble said as they approached the new nicheling.
“I can tell” Smoke said.
“I could show you some good berry spots” Porcupine said making Smoke feel a giddy feeling rise in his chest.
“Sure, lead the way” Smoke replied as they went to tour the territory.
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“What are their names?” Yellowleaf decided to ask before delivering the bad news.
“This one will be Rosekit” Mouseflight said as she gestured towards the light pink kit “And this will be Snakekit” she said as she looked at the red kit.
“Well neither are stillborn but Snakekit is sick and will have to be continually checked on to ensure their health” Yellowleaf said as he sniffed at said kit.
“Do you think they’ll live to become a warrior?” Mouseflight asked nervously, hoping she wouldn’t have to worry.
“…We can hope” Was the only thing Yellowleaf said making Mouseflight’s anxious thoughts worse.
“A-alright, thank you” Mouseflight said sadly as she looked at the red kit in her paws.
Yellowleaf simply nodded and started sorting herbs after checking Snakekit once more.
“WHERE IS HE?!” SpottedFrost, and most of the camp to be honest, was awakened by Quillblaze’s scream as she looked for her kit.
“What happened?” ArrowStar asked as he approached Quillblaze.
“IT’S SILVERKIT! He…he’s gone, he was sleeping right next to me and now he’s gone” She said as she looked around again, as if he would just appear.
“That’s horrific! I’ll get some warriors to search for him” Arrowstar said before going to do that.
“Silverkit is gone?” Spottedfrost said, doing his best to fake surprise. Quillblaze didn’t notice it was fake, too worried about her kit’s health and whereabouts.
“Yes, he just disappeared. He was right next to me though, where could he have gone?” She said as she felt guilt and hopelessness fill her heart. If Spottedfrost didn’t feel bad before he definitely did now.
“I’m sure he’ll turn up, he’s a kit he couldn’t have got far” He said hoping it came across as convincing.
“You’re right, a kit couldn’t have gotten far” Quillblaze repeated to try and reassure herself that it was true.
Spottedfrost is guilty and afraid of being found out.
ArrowStar approached the three warrriors once they returned to camp.
“So did you three find anything?” ArrowStar asked.
“Nothing really except…” Ashfall trailed off making ArrowStar tilt his head.
“Except?” He repeated wanting some clarification.
“We may have found something concerning, I smelled Spottedfrost and Silverkit’s scents heading towards an open clearing” Sandtail explained hoping that the patrol’s idea for what happened was wrong.
“And when we followed it Spottedfrost’s scent stopped at the edge of the grasses while Silverkit’s continued into the open…then vanished completely” Mudclaw finished their findings.
“It wouldn’t happen to be the clearing where birds usually circle would it?” ArrowStar asked almost fearfully at what that could mean.
“…Yes it was that one” Mudclaw spoke when no one else would.
“But Quillblaze said Silverkit was next to her and if she didn’t say that she let Spottedfrost take Silverkit than that could mean…” ArrowStar said before clearing his throat. “We may have a few questions for Spottedfrost” He continued as he felt a spark of anger at the thought of what could’ve happened.
“I want to ask you some questions about last moonrise” Spottefrost already felt startled at the sudden voice but he felt like his heart was going to sink into the ground upon understanding what ArrowStar said.
“O-oh, of course” Spottedfrost said internally beating himself up for that stutter. ArrowStar led Spottedfrost and the three warriors over to a more secluded spot of the territory.
“These warriors found something concerning about Silverkit that involved you” Arrowstar spoke up making Spottedfrost even more nervous.
“They did?” Spottedfrost asked forcing himself to appear calm and collected.
“Yes, they found your scent along with Silverkit’s by the clearing where a lot of those birds circle” ArrowStar said making Spottedfrost internally hiss at his lack of thought. “So why was Silverkit out with you yesterday? ArrowStar asked in an oddly cold manner.
“Alright I’ll tell you” Spottedfrost said with a sigh, but knew what he was going to say wasn’t true. “I took Silverkit out yesterday to get out his energy but when I looked away for a second he had darted away from me and a bird got him before I could save him” He lied through his teeth, making sure to sound honest and convincing.
“It was an accident?” ArrowStar said, as he was convinced it was on purpose from the fact Spottedfrost was jealous of Sweetpool and anything to do with him. “I see, but you must tell Quillblaze what happened yourself” He said making Spottedfrost wince at the thought.
“Of…of course” Spottedfrost said, though he knew he wouldn’t
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“Oh are these your pups?” Prince’s ears perked up at that voice making him look over and see his mom.
“Yes they are, why didn’t you visit sooner? Or dad?” Prince asked as she walked over to Scarlet.
“I was busy and Wildfire died” Scarlet said casually with news that felt like it hit Prince in the chest with the force of a bearyena.
“WHAT?! I-” Prince then stopped and remembered something. “Would you take the pups to play in the field?” He asked as he looked at his mate.
“Of course” Crow said before herding the pups away.
“When were you going to tell me that?!” Prince exclaimed when the pups were out of earshot.
“He’s not my mate so he isn’t my concern anymore” Scarlet said with a painfully casual shrug.
“But he’s my dad! Why didn’t you think to tell me?!” Prince asked trying to shove down the way his sibling’s words rang in his ears. ‘Do you not care about us at all?!’ Stinger’s words rang through his ears again and again, how were his siblings anyway? They were all teens when they last saw each other.
“You could’ve looked for him yourself if you were that concerned” Scarlet responded as she looked at her son with indifference.
“You know what? They were right! Magma and Stinger were right! YOU DON’T CARE ABOUT ANY OF US, YOU NEVER HAVE HAVE YOU?!” Prince yelled, feeling betrayal and agony settle in his heart with the weight of a boulder.
“Of course I care! I took care of you all, and I’ve been nothing but kind to you!” Scarlet snarled which just made Prince angrier.
“I WISH I LEFT WITH THEM! Now I see why they hated you…” Prince said with exhaustion as he left to find his mate and pups, tuning out his mother’s arguments.
“We really shouldn’t be sneaking out the territory by ourselves, it’s dangerous” Ram said as she regretted following her sister.
“C’mon it’ll be fun! Besides something as big a bearyena couldn’t be quiet enough to sneak up on us” Mouse said as she pressed onward, excited by the thought of being able to find something new.
“Well what do we do if we find one?” Ram asked as she resigned herself to her fate.
“I can fight em! And besides you have those horns, those would be great for battling” Mouse replied as she continued pushing through the tall grass.
“I don’t want to fight though. I wanna stay home and relax” Ram said as she nervously scanned around her, as much as she could with the tall grasses anyway.
“Well even if you stay home you’ll have to fight someday so it’s better we learn now!” Mouse explained as she felt slight irritation at the lack of anything exciting on their journey.
“If we keep the territory well marked I think we’ll be fine” Ram said while feeling her nerves rise with every small noise in the grasses.
“Better to be prepared” Mouse huffed as she continued forward.
“Mouse! Ram!” The two froze in place as they heard their names called in a familiar voice.
“That’s mom, we’re gonna be in trouble” Ram said as she recognized the voice.
“Not if we don’t get caught” Mouse said as she started to bolt in a random direction before colliding with a wall of fur.
“What were you two thinking going off without telling anyone?!” Magma slightly growled making the two freeze up.
“We were just exploring, we were being careful” Mouse said with a nervous grin at being caught.
“There you two are! We were worried sick!” Porcupine said as she finally found the three nichelings.
“I just wanted to explore” Mouse huffed while Ram just silently looked at everyone.
“If you asked me or your aunt would’ve gone with you” Porcupine said as she checked the two for injuries.
“Let’s go home before it gets dark” Magma said, feeling more relief than her face or tone would suggest, before turning around and walking.
The four went home for the night.
Royal and Cardinal were patrolling the territory, with nothing exciting happening, until they found an unknown nicheling.
“What are you doing on pack territory?” Royal asked with a calm and cold tone, which served to make the nicheling nervous.
“I-I didn’t mean to be on pack territory, I was just looking for food and smelled berries” The nicheling said as they carefully observed the pack nichelings.
“And you could smell berries but not the scent marking around the territory?” Cardinal asked as he puffed himself up to look bigger.
“I was too f-focused on the berries to pay attention” The nicheling said, hoping they wouldn’t try to kill them for this.
“What a stupid exscuse, we should make an example out of you” Cardinal said as he raised his stinger making the nicheling yelp and shrink as small as they could before Royal spoke up.
“Maybe they’re being honest. And besides wouldn’t a new pack member be good?” She asked making Cardinal stop.
“You’re right, they don’t smell like a pack nicheling and no one else seems to be around. Do you have a pack?” He asked seeming much calmer, which confused the new nicheling.
“N-no I d-don’t have a pack” The nicheling spoke, wondering if everyone in that pack was like this.
“Then you could be part of ours, I know Cardinal was cruel” Royal spoke, sending Cardinal a glare which he just grinned at. “But if you join the pack you won’t be a threat anymore and you’d have things like food and protection” Royal continued as she waited for this new nicheling’s answer.
“Well I-if you guys won’t attack me I-I guess?” The nicheling spoke.
“Great! Well your new home’s this way” Cardinal said before turning around and leading the two back to the territory.
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After returning to the territory Porcupine went to talk to Magma but she just wordlessly turned around and stalked off into the tall grasses.
“Don’t look so down, she’s just grieving” Pebble said as they saw Porcupine’s pained expression.
“She probably hates me though, I mean if I hadn’t froze up…” She said as she stared into the distance.
“If she really truly hated you she probably would’ve yelled or something when she saw you, or kicked you out of the territory” Pebble responded as an attempt to reassure their friend.
“That might just be because of the pups though, they are all that’s left of Stinger” Porcupine said as her thoughts turned more anxious.
“Even if that is true at least it gives her time to calm down and you could talk it out with her” Pebble replied trying to snap Porcupine out of her thoughts.
“I guess…I guess you’re right” She said with a deep breathe.
“See it’ll be fine! And even if something does happen we’ll travel together again so you have an extra set of paws with those pups of yours” Pebble continued as they looked toward said pups, with Mouse chasing Ram around with a berry bush branch.
“Thank you, I’ll hold you to that” Porcupine said with relief at having a back up plan just in case.
Crow and Prince had their pups and ended up with three, which was unexpected but they did their best.
“Rust stop biting Cardinal’s ear, and Cardinal stop trying to take extra berries from your siblings!” Crow scolded making the two pups grumble but separate and do what they’re told.
“Why am I in trouble? I was protecting my food!” Rust defended himself.
“Yes but you shouldn’t bite each other” Prince spoke up making Rust huff but not argue anymore. Meanwhile Royal sighed at her brother’s antics, just wanting to eat in peace for once.
“It’s time to sleep” Crow spoke after the pups ate their berries.
“But I’m not tired, I wanna play” Rust whined, wondering why he couldn’t play longer.
“It’s dangerous when it gets dark, you could get hurt” Crow continued hoping Rust would give up easily for once.
“I’ll be careful, and I’m super strong so I’d beat em up before they could touch me!” Rust said proudly as he swiped at the air to try and prove his point.
“They’re really strong even me and your mom can’t beat them alone” Prince said trying to help convince Rust.
“Well maybe I can!” Rust insisted.
“Well they might go after us instead, and you should stay here to keep us safe” Prince said trying to see if playing along would help convince him.
“Hmm…you’re right!” Rust said agreeing with that, much to Crow and Prince’s relief.
“Alright, come on then” Crow said as she led them to their nests before all of them slept for the night.
Porcupine felt she nearly had a heart attack as she watched Magma stumble through the heart of the territory with some bad claw marks and blood. She quickly told Pebble to watch the pups before following after Magma, she might be afraid but she doesn’t want Magma to die either.
“Shouldn’t you rest with those injuries?” Porcupine asked as she matched her pace with Magma’s.
“I will after I eat some of that healing fruit” Magma said as she continued stumbling towards her goal, just wanting to be alone.
“How did you even get those injuries? You seemed fine after the fight” Porcupine’s mouth moved faster than she could think which she internally winced at.
“…Took care of that bearyena” Was the simple response Magma gave but it was enough for Porcupine to figure out what happened.
“Well I’ll come with you just to make sure you’re okay” Porcupine said, not exactly trusting Magma to make it with the blood that was leaking from her wounds.
“I’m not weak” Magma growled a little as she tried to push herself to go faster, which made her trip and fall with a groan of pain.
“A-are you okay?!” Porcupine asked as she went to help but Magma swatted her away.
“I’m fine” Magma replied as she got back up and continued on her journey.
The two eventually reached the fruit so Magma took a few bites and sighed in relief as the wounds started to heal pretty fast.
“That stuff works pretty well huh?” Porcupine asked in wonder.
“Yeah, it works well” Magma said before turning around and walking back to the territory.
The two went back home to watch the pups play and keep an eye on them.
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Prince had finally reached the spot that he was leading to and he was right, there were rabill everywhere here.
“Look that one’s really close” Prince said in barely a whisper as he gestured to a nearby rabill. Crow nodded before stalking towards it and when she got close she pounced and bit it in the neck. Crow had startled some other rabill in the process so Prince ran up to one on the other side of the place and quickly killed it as well.
They both noticed a rabill was trying to limp away so they both ran after it before noticing the other and trying to stop themselves from running into each other. They did stop before hitting each other but it did lead to them accidentally bumping snouts with each other.
Prince froze in shock and embarrassment and ended up staring at Crow while Crow had froze as well and felt her fur rapidly heat up at the realization. The two sprang away from each other like they were burned, though their skin certainly felt like fire.
“I’m s-so sorry I-” “Didn’t notice you th-” They both spoke at the same time before looking at each other.
“Um it’s fine, I wasn’t paying attention to my surroundings” Prince said with a sheepish smile.
“I wasn’t either” Crow said as she looked at the ground.
“…We should bring all this food back home” Prince said as a subject change, which made Crow feel relived, as he tried to not think about what just happened. ‘I’m her mate, that shouldn’t be so embarrassing’ He thought to himself as he picked up his rabill.
“You’re right, it would be a shame to let this food go to waste” Crow agreed as she picked up hers and followed Prince back to their territory.
After getting home and relaxing for a while the two laid down to sleep.
“Goodnight, love you” Crow said with a rare casual tone, being too tired to think about what she said. But Prince definitely did as he felt his fur heat up again. Before he could ask he noticed she was asleep.
“I love you too” He simply said with a love struck smile before laying his head down to sleep, content and peaceful.
Instead of being the happy time it would usually be, Porcupine and Stinger having two pups was terrifying as it was only a few hours later when a bearyena showed up right by the nest.
“How did it even sneak past us?!” Stinger said as he launched himself at the bearyena and stung it to protect his pups. Porcupine and Stinger felt like their world slowed down as instead of running away the bearyena made a beeline for the nest.
Porcupine froze in fear and Pebble was too far away but thankfully Magma stepped in and started helping fight the bearyena away from the nest, which thankfully worked.
Pebble realized they couldn’t see Porcupine and Stinger’s second pup but was relieved to find them cowering in the grass, safe and sound.
At first it was going great, the bearyena was backing up and looking like it was going to leave but then something happened. The bearyena managed to get to Stinger, who on it’s back, and threw him which caused him to slam his head into a rock making Magma pause.
Porcupine ran to check on him and felt like her blood had turned to ice as she saw a lot of blood leaking out of his head. She panicked and started dragging him to the healing fruit he’d told her about before but sadly it was too late when she got there, he was already gone.
‘Magma’s probably going to kill me’ Porcupine thought in terror as she realized there really was no way to bring Stinger back, and she would have to raise the pups without him. She gulped and mentally prepared to face Magma as she started walking back.
Crow had been extremely embarrassed about her confession for a little bit but she decided to accept it and even thought about their future, and decided that she wanted a future with Prince.
“So where are we going now?” Crow asked with a little amusement in her tone.
“To see the sunset again. I mean it was really nice last time and you seemed fine with it” Prince replied as he happily trotted toward their destination.
“Oh, I’d like that” Crow said as she wondered if it’s be the exact same place.
It was in fact the same place as last time. Crow worked up the courage to say what she wanted to as she took a deep breathe.
“I wanted to tell you something” She said making Prince look over at her.
“Oh? What is it?” He asked.
“I um, I’ve decided that if you want pups I would be good with it” Crow forced out feeling oddly nervous.
“…Really?!” Prince asked excitedly, happy both because of what she said and also that it wasn’t the break up talk he was worried it’d be.
“Y–yeah” Crow said with a sheepish smile.
“Oh I can’t wait! I have so many names for them, they’ll be so amazing and we can show them all the best berries and-” Prince excitedly rambled making Crow smile a bit bigger.
‘I’m happy I chose to be this pack heir’s mate’ She thought as Prince continued to ramble.
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Some more time had passed and Magma was starting to be genuinely relaxed around Porcupine.
“Do we really need to patrol again? I mean if nothing has happened yet I don’t think it will” Stinger grumbled as him and Porcupine followed Magma around to patrol their territory again.
Instead of answering Magma simply stood straight up before walking in a certain direction. When Stinger sniffed the air he noticed why as the scent of a strange nicheling reached his nose and made him follow after Magma. Porcupine followed nervously, knowing the nicheling that scent belonged to and knowing that them and Magma might not mix well.
“Who are you and what are you doing on our territory” Magma growled at the nicheling making them blink in slight shock before regaining their composure.
“Wow, calm down. I’m Pebble and there’s no need to be so prickly” The nicheling said as they observed the three nichelings before their eyes landed on Porcupine. “Oh hey Porcupine, why are you hanging out with someone so hostile?” Pebble said making Magma flick an ear toward Porcupine while Porcupine shrunk a little bit at the question.
“Magma’s not that hostile unless she doesn’t know you” Porcupine quietly spoke as she refused to look at Stinger and Magma.
“You know Porcupine?!” Stinger asked as he looked between the two.
“Yeah, we used to travel together before splitting because we wanted to explore different places. It was a lot of fun, didn’t expect her to settle somewhere though” Pebble replied with a casual shrug.
“I haven’t settled down” Porcupine responded defensively, not really believing that herself as she didn’t exactly feel like leaving.
“Oh ok, well I wanna take a break anyways so would y’all mind if I stayed here for a bit?” Pebble asked.
“Why would we let a random nicheling, that we don’t even know anything about, stay in our territory?” Magma asked coldly as she scanned the nicheling.
“Oh! Well my favorite food is rabills and I love sleeping in the sun, now you know some stuff about me” Pebble said with an easygoing smile which just served to irritate Magma further.
“How could we trust you to not kill us in our sleep?” Magma asked making Pebble give out an exasperated sigh.
“You are quite a paranoid nicheling aren’t you? Why would I do that if I have a place to sleep and some food?” Pebble replied as they looked at Magma, wondering why she was so suspicious.
“To take our territory” Magma simply responded as she tried to stare down this new nicheling.
“If I did that would also mean less protection from bearyena, that would be a horrific choice on my end” Pebble said honestly making Magma squint but nod.
“Fine, but don’t try anything” Magma finally spoke with defeat.
“Now we have another nicheling in our group!” Stinger said with a grin as he realized this loner thing could be much more fun than he originally thought.
“I suppose it’s nice to be able to chat with you again” Porcupine said with a slight smile at her old friend.
“Agreed, it’s been too long I have to know what adventures you’ve gone on without me” Pebble said as they sauntered over to Porcupine.
With that the group finished their patrol before returning to the heart of their territory to relax.
If Crow had learned anything about Prince it was that he wasn’t forceful, at least in the way of forcing her to do anything. He didn’t try to force her to come with him if she didn’t want to, he didn’t force her to spend every second with him, and he never tried to pressure her into having pups if she wasn’t ready. It was odd to her when in her pack the pack’s heirs were forceful and got what they wanted whenever they wanted.
“-llo are you listening?” Prince asked with concern as he noticed Crow mindlessly walking after him.
“Yes I’m fine” Crow said as her voice slightly cracked from nervousness at being caught zoning out.
“Oh well that’s fine! I was wondering if you wanted to come with me on a hunt” Prince responded as he tilted his head at his mate.
“Sure, rabill sounds good anyways” Crow replied.
“Great! I know a good spot to find them” Prince chirped before turning around and leading Crow to the spot.
‘Maybe…maybe I do genuinely love him’ Crow thought letting herself have a small smile as Prince looked ahead.
“Listen I know I haven’t been here really long but it’s so obvious you have a crush on Stinger” Pebble said casually making Porcupine heat up as she turned to Pebble.
“SHHH, what if he hears you??” Porcupine said which just made Pebble smirk.
“So you do~ Why don’t you just confess? The worst he can do is reject you” Pebble responded with a shrug, not really understanding how this could be such a big deal, making Porcupine sigh.
“It’s not that simple! I can’t just confess, and besides they could kick me out” She replied as she looked at the ground.
“Hey, how about this? If they kick you out we could travel together like old times, and what if he accepts?” Pebble asked as they looked at Porcupine, trying to comfort her.
“Fine, if this goes wrong I’m blaming you though” Porcupine sighed making Pebble smile.
“Fair enough” They replied before Porcupine slipped away to find Stinger.
Porcupine took a deep breathe as she approached Stinger.
“Hi Porcupine, need something?” He asked as he turned towards her.
“I…I might uh love you and want to be mates with you?” Porcupine squeaked out, mentally hitting herself for just blurting it without thinking.
“…You do?” Stinger asked, wondering if she was being serious. ‘Could she really share my feelings?’ He thought hopefully.
“Yes” Porcupine forced out, refusing to look Stinger in the eye.
“I feel the same way! I was worried you wouldn’t so I didn’t say anything” Stinger said with a nervous laugh making Porcupine’s eyes widen in shock.
“Um I love you” Porcupine said.
“I love you too” Stinger said with a smile.
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“Who’s that?” Prince asked as Scarlet approached him with a stranger nicheling.
“This is Crow. I actually talked to the other pack and mentioned you and how you were my pup and apparently a lot of the girls there jumped at the chance to find a mate in another pack. I chose Crow because she is very knowledgeable and would be amazing at helping you run the pack when we’re gone, I mean we are getting older” Scarlet said making Prince feel a pang of hurt at the fact she chose his mate for him but he trusted his mother’s judgement so he shoved it down in favor of greeting the new nicheling.
“Hello Crow, I’m Prince and I can’t wait to get to know you” Prince spoke with a smile, excited to get to know a new nicheling that isn’t family.
“Greetings, it’s a pleasure to meet you as well” Crow said in a completely formal manner, she didn’t know this nicheling and even if she would be his mate it would be for his position as heir, making Prince deflate slightly before perking back up at his mother’s words.
“Why don’t you show her around the territory? She’ll be staying here after all” Scarlet said making Prince nod.
“Of course! C’mon I’ll show you where everything is so you’ll feel home in no time!” Prince said happily as he got up and started to walk to show her the best spots first.
“Sounds good to me” Crow replied as she felt irritation at how overly happy Prince was, weren’t pack heirs supposed to act more mature and serious? But she didn’t let it show on her face as she followed him around for the tour, knowing this would be a long day.
After some time Magma had started to relax more around Porcupine, to the point where she decided she could leave her and Stinger alone without worrying she would hurt him. Which led to Porcupine and Stinger talking by themselves for once.
“Your sister is quite the nicheling isn’t she?” Porcupine asked making Stinger sigh.
“Sorry about her, we’ve never met nichelings outside of our family but I didn’t think she’d be that suspicious of a new nicheling” He said as he plucked at the tall grass.
“Well I did just randomly join you guys, I wouldn’t be thrilled at a random nicheling trying to join my group without knowing anything about them” Porcupine said with a shrug.
“Well since she went off to get food maybe we could talk about you, like were you born a loner?” Stinger asked making Porcupine wince as a flood of memories washed over her.
“Ah no, I was kicked out of my old pack” Porcupine said causing Stinger to feel embarrassed asking such a personal question.
“Oh sorry, I didn’t know” He said, hoping it wouldn’t ruin his chances of a friendship with her.
“It’s fine, it was a long time ago anyway” Porcupine dismissed easily.
“Well me and my sister left our pack because of some…family problems” Stinger spoke up.
“You don’t have to tell me” Porcupine said as she worried if he felt forced.
“Don’t worry I want to. Basically our parents always focused on the newest pup and completely ignored the last, me and Magma only started getting along because our younger brother was born and took all their attention. This ended up causing our parents to fight as our dad felt really bad about it, but them breaking up and sharing the same territory meant it started to feel really tense to the point we couldn’t stay there anymore” Stinger explained.
“Oh, well I hope the loner life will be better for you two” Porcupine said. ‘So that’s probably why Magma is so cold and constantly exploring isn’t it?’ She thought before Stinger spoke again.
“Well so far it’s so much better! I mean we even met you and it’s great to meet a new nicheling” Stinger said making Porcupine feel slightly sheepish because he was so excited over meeting someone as plain as her.
“Well I’m happy to show you two the ropes, you’re both pretty sweet nichelings” Porcupine said bashfully.
“Thank you! Though I don’t know what Magma would think of being called sweet. Don’t worry I won’t actually tell her” Stinger said noticing Porcupine’s nervous body language.
“You two are sweet though, even loners would probably not let a random nicheling join their group so easily” Porcupine spoke honestly, being accepted by these two felt…nice.
“Oh, maybe you could tell me a funny memory you’ve had as a loner?” Stinger asked making Porcupine perk up.
“Oh yeah! There was this loner I traveled with for a bit and one time he tried to stick his head in a rabill burrow and got stuck, I laughed so hard and it took till the next morning to pull his head out of it” Porcupine said with a snicker meanwhile Stinger started laughing really hard.
“Really? That’s so funny I would’ve loved to see that” Stinger said, pushing down his questions of who this loner was.
The rest of the day was spent making jokes and sharing stories until Magma returned with food.
“May I ask where we’re going?” Crow asked as Prince led her somewhere. Prince’s trot stuttered a little at her phrasing but he continued onward.
“Of course, we’re going somewhere nice. I mean I know we’re already mates but we should know each other more” He said as he happily continued toward the spot he chose for them to enjoy each other’s company.
“I see” Crow simply responded, suspicious and wondering if he had ulterior motives with this. Prince’s ears slightly lowered at the still formal tone of his mate.
They soon arrived at the edge of their territory, a sandy shore and a place to see the sea for miles.
“I planned it so we could watch the sunset together” Prince smiled as he looked at his mate with burning excitement at seeing something so pretty together, only for it to be doused by the indifferent look on her face.
“Oh, it’s very nice” Crow said, though it would be a lie to say she hated such a pretty sight along with her mate being so sweet to plan this for them. She didn’t expect this from a pack heir at all.
“Of course, my mate deserves everything. Also may I say your fur is very pretty in this lighting” Prince said as he admired the way the pink and yellow light reflected on Crow’s pelt.
“Oh um thank you, you look p- nice too” Crow said a little less formal as she stopped herself from calling him pretty, not knowing if that would signal her being really close to him.
“Well thank you too. Also if you wouldn’t mind I wanted to ask…what was your birth pack like?” Prince asked and immediately regretted it as he watched Crow straighten back up and speak completely formally again.
“It was good” Was the only thing she said but she knew that was a lie, but she didn’t exactly know if that would change Prince’s opinion of her. ‘When do I care what he thinks? I’m only here to get the power that comes with being the leader’s mate’ Crow thought though even she didn’t know if that was completely honest.
“Oh, Okay” Prince said deciding to drop it. “Why don’t we enjoy the view while we can?” he continued which made Crow slightly relax at him not pushing the subject.
“Sounds good” Crow replied as she looked at the setting sun, feeling almost…peaceful for once. ‘Maybe this won’t be as bad as I thought’ she thought to herself.
The two spent time watching the sunset before they left to sleep for the night.
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“We did focus too much on our newest pup” Wildfire said after their pups had wandered off to their respective activities. Scarlet just looked up at her mate before speaking.
“Well of course we needed to keep an eye on the younger ones, the older one’s can handle themselves” Scarlet said simply making Wildfire look over in surprise.
“Even after seeing what happened today? We should spend more time with Stinger and especially Magma, we haven’t spent any real time with her since she was a pup” He said as he felt guilt settle in his chest.
“They have each other’s company, they’ll be fine as long as they be more careful next time” Scarlet said making the usually peaceful Wildfire start to bristle.
“They’re obviously not! Young nichelings, even teen nichelings, need their parents company sometimes even if they seem like they don’t need it!” He responded with irritation lacing his tone.
“Oh and you’re the expert? You’ve done the exact same thing I did” Scarlet said as she narrowed her eyes at him.
“I never said I was, but at least I realize that what I’ve done is wrong and is hurting them. You’re acting like they’re making a scene over a small thorn in their paw when they’ve been…neglected by us, of course they’re angry with us!” Wildfire started to growl as his mate seemed to not be remorseful at all.
“They’ll get over it, I mean Magma’s almost an adult by now so she’ll see reason” Scarlet said making Wildfire extremely angry before sighing in defeat.
“We’re no longer mates” Wildfire gave a monotone reply which finally got a reaction as Scarlet whipped her head to look at him in shock.
“What? But we’ve been through so much together, don’t you remember why we came here?!” She snarled making Wildfire scoff.
“Of course, but I don’t think I can be mates with someone who thinks our pups will ‘get over’ us neglecting them. I thought you were better than them” Wildfire said with feelings of guilt, pain, and sadness all turning in his chest making him almost feel ill.
“So what, you’re gonna kick me out of the territory to fend for myself?!” Scarlet continued in disbelief. ‘After all we’ve been through’ she thought to herself in shock.
“No, you can stay. But we’re no longer mates, just packmates now” Wildfire said simply before turning around and walking away before his emotions made him run back to the mate he’s had since he was a teen.
Scarlet just stared after Wildfire with a blank expression, still feeling like this was just a nightmare. ‘I thought you said you’d never leave me, what a pathetic promise’ She thought with irritation.
To say things were tense in the pack would be an understatement, it felt suffocating. Like one wrong word would start an argument type of suffocating. Magma and Stinger didn’t exactly stick around and went exploring even more than usual, which is an impressive feat considering they were almost never in their home territory before.
Prince was extremely bitter about the whole thing.
‘Why did they have to come back only to start a fight. Everything was amazing before they started yelling at our parents. Now everything is so tense, why did those two troublemakers have to ruin everything!?’ He thought to himself as he looked at the crabbit that skittered away from him.
‘Now I have to deal with the fallout of this whole thing while they prance away on an adventure without any responsibilities’ He continued his thoughts as he started to rip some tall grass to expand their territory a little as he felt more room to breathe would make this slightly more bearable.
‘I’m sure they’ll get their karma soon enough, for not leaving it alone when it was fine’ He finished his spiral of thoughts as his paw scraped a sharp rock in the sand making him let out a hiss of pain. Prince just sighed and decided to sleep off his stress to ignore it another day.
Magma and Stinger decided to live as loners for now as living in their pack was anxiety inducing and stressful.
“How do we even live as loners, we’ve always been in a pack” Stinger asked as the two walked aimlessly through the tall grasses.
“In case you haven’ noticed we’ve basically already been living as loners with how much we left the territory” Magma pointed out.
“I guess but we’ve always had somewhere to go back to” Stinger said while walking over a rabill burrow.
“Well maybe we could find a place to make a small territory if it makes you feel better” Magma responded as she smelled for a berry bush.
“Loners can have territory?” Stinger asked with a tilt of his head.
“I’m not exactly sure but as long as we aren’t encroaching on another pack’s territory I don’t see why not” Magma said as she found that berry bush. “Maybe somewhere near this, for a nearby foot source” She said as she looked over at Stinger.
“Sounds good to me!” Stinger said so the two started to clear grass nearby to start a small territory.
After spending most of the day doing that Magma stiffened. “Do you smell that?” She asked as she looked around. Curiously Stinger sniffed the air too and became tense.
“That’s another nicheling” Stinger simply replied before the two tracked down the scent and came face to face with another nicheling.
“Who are you?” Magma asked suspiciously as she stared at the nicheling.
“No need to be so tense, I’m Porcupine. What are two pack nichelings doing out here?” The nicheling responded though their body languge implied they were more afraid then they let on.
“We just left our pack, we’re gonna be loners!” Stinger said being curious about this new nicheling, I mean the only nichelings he saw before were from his family.
“Oh well maybe I could help, I’ve been a loner my whole life” Porcupine said as she watched the two former pack nichelings.
“No offense but we just met you we’ll be fi-” Magma started but Stinger interrupted.
“Oh c’mon we need help with this whole loner thing! And besides strength in numbers and all that” He said causing Magma to sigh.
“Fine” She said with defeat while Porcupine perked up, happy they didn’t automatically run her off or something.
“Well thank you! Let’s start with a few basics. So first of all if you’re a loner be wary of pack nichelings, they can be nice but a lot of them will run you off or worse” Porcupine instructed making the two just nod and continue listening.
“Second keep your territory small unless you have more numbers, a big loner territory with few loners will be taken by packs especially if they have things like lots of food or nests” She continued as the two nodded and made mental notes of what she was saying, Magma may be suspicious of this nicheling but things like that sound true enough to not brush off.
“And third be wary of what loners you let in your group because while we have a tendency to be nicer to each other there will always be rotten berries” Porcupine said making Magma squint at her. “I know I’m a new nicheling and a random loner but I see no point in trying anything, especially seeing how big you are and how you have a scorpion tail and fangs” Porcupine said as she looked at Magma and Stinger respectively with some fear at what they could do if they wanted to try and hurt her.
“That’s the basic stuff. Oh by the way I never got your names?” Porcupine asked slightly shrinking under Magma’s gaze.
“Oh I’m Stinger!” Stinger spoke up without any issue as Porcupine hadn’t done anything bad.
“Magma” Was all Magma said as she didn’t really trust this nicheling.
“You have some nice names” Porcupine said. “Um would it be alright if I stayed with you two for a little bit, I haven’t had company for a while” She continued as she pointedly looked away from Magma.
“We can’t invite a random nicheling to stay with us while we sleep” Magma said.
“Oh c’mon it’ll be fine, besides we can fight if we need to” Stinger replied.
“Fine” Was the clipped response Magma gave. Stinger beamed in excitement and Porcupine deflated in relief at the thought of company. The three spent the night talking and collecting berries.
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(Family problems-)
Yeah that's kinda what this series has turned into huh? Don't worry the problems won't be just be limited to this little family soon.
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At this point it was habit for Magma and Stinger to explore outside the territory every few days so they had become used to each other’s company as they poked around the large island they lived on.
“Oh it’s that weird fruit” Magma said before walking in the direction of the bitter scent.
“Huh? What fruit?” Stinger asked as he followed behind her curiously before smelling the air. “Ugh it’s so bitter” He said as he scrunched up his nose.
The two quickly arrived where the fruit was sitting.
“Is it edible?” Stinger asked as he approached it.
“I’m not sure” Magma said as she tried to block her brother from eating it without hesitation. Sadly it was for nothing as the second she wasn’t looking at him he snuck around her and had already taken a bite of the fruit.
“It’s really bitter” Stinger said as his face scrunched up.
“Are you always going to do that?” Magma asked with a defeated sigh.
“Yep. Also it might’ve tasted bitter but the scrapes I got earlier feel much better” Stinger said as he walked around to test it.
“Huh, a healing fruit?” Magma asked as she inspected the rest of the fruit and against her better judgement took a bite of it as well. As he said the scratches she got from some sharp rocks she stepped on earlier felt much better and were in almost no pain at all. “Wow you eating everything we find was pretty helpful” She said with some surprise.
“See it can be a good thing!” Stinger said as he proudly puffed his chest.
“That’s not encouragement” Magma quickly replied to make sure he didn’t take that as a challenge. Stinger deflated with a grumble making Magma snicker as the two continued exploring.
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At this point they were almost never in their home territory anymore as they enjoyed exploring much more. As Magma and Stinger went back to the bitter healing fruit they encountered something they had only heard about but never seen with their own eyes.
“Is that a bearyena?” Stinger whispered which caught the attention of the large beast and made it turn around and notice the pair which were still frozen in terror. Magma yelped as the beast quickly slammed it’s paw into her side making her fly a few feet away onto the ground.
“HEY!” Stinger growled and launched himself at the beast, stinging it with his tail more out of instinct than anything else. The beast roared in pain and desperately tried to claw at the furious nicheling on its back. In it’s panic it didn’t notice Magma had recovered from being winded and attacked it as well making it snarl and bat at her but she was able to dodge out of the way in time.
After some time playing this ‘game’ the bearyena decided it wasn’t worth it and ran off making Stinger jump off and check on Magma.
“Are you okay??” Stinger asked as he walked up to Magma.
“I’m fine, just got winded nothing serious” Magma said before speaking again “What about you? You were literally on it’s back”
“It only nicked me thankfully” Stinger said making her squint her eyes for a second before sighing and nodding.
“Maybe relaxing in our territory wouldn’t hurt” Magma said as she stretched with a wince.
“Yeah, I wanna take a nap anyways” Stinger agreed before the two went back home to rest.
“Where have you two been? We haven’t seen you all day!” Wildfire said as he spotted Magma and Stinger making them look over in surprise.
“Nothing serious just got attacked by a bearyena” Stinger said bitterly, with both him and Magma wondering why they suddenly care now.
“A BEARYENA?! But there hasn’t been a single scent of it on our territory, how did it sneak by?” Wildfire said as Scarlet simply gave them a stern stare.
“They must’ve sneaked off of our territory than” Scarlet spoke up making Magma scoff. ‘So they didn’t notice or care before, wow’ She thought bitterly.
“You just noticed that?! Do you not care about us at all?!” Stinger growled causing Wildfire to look down in shame while Prince snickered.
“Well I’m the youngest, they probably thought you could take care of yourselves but I guess not huh?” Prince said making Stinger bristle and Magma just blankly stare at him.
“I don’t want to hear it when all you do is sit around and eat berries!” Stinger growled making Prince bitter.
“No! I help clear grass and make sure the territory stays strong!” He replied as he took a step towards Stinger.
“There’s no need to fight like pups, you’re all teens now” Scarlet said making the three siblings look at her with varying degrees of irritation.
“Didn’t you fight with your siblings too?” Stinger huffed.
“I didn’t have siblings” Scarlet simply responded.
“Well than you wouldn’t know about it” Magma responded bitterly.
“But I’m your mother so I expect you three to get along, siblings are supposed to be close right?” Scarlet said more like a statement than an actual question.
‘I get along with Magma just fine, I don’t need to get along with all my siblings’ Stinger thought as he simply turned away from Prince and wandered toward a berry bush. Magma simply rolled her eyes and followed Stinger, not wanting to be around Prince if she didn’t need to.
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‘Just as I thought, they didn’t notice a thing’ Magma thought as she saw her parents watching over Stinger. As she stepped into view Wildfire looked over at her.
“Magma could you get some more berries for Stinger, he’s a really hungry pup” He said causing Magma’s ears to flick in irritation.
“Sure” She gave a clipped response as she walked over to the berry bush and plucked some before walking over and dropping them in front of Stinger. Before anyone could say anything she turned around and walked to the edge of their small territory and laid down with a huff.
‘Not getting noticed is what I wanted right? Well still I didn’t want a chore to do the second I got back, but of course Stinger is sooo important’ She thought bitterly before slowly closing her tired eyes for a nap.
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The days had blurred together a bit for Magma just her usual routine, exploring, sleeping, eating, remarking that scent post so she didn’t lose it. And before she knew it not only was there a new pup, Prince, but Stinger was a teen and allowed to explore with Magma, much to her annoyance.
“This is so boring! There’s only sand, grass, and rocks” Stinger complained as he dragged his paws along the ground.
“If it’s so boring than go back home” Magma replied as she continued forward through the sandy shore.
“But our parents only care about Prince now, they spend all their time watching him” Stinger huffed as he kicked a pebble with his paw, watching it splash into the water. Magma almost said ‘How does it feel’ but held her tongue as she sniffed the air for something new.
Magma’s ears perked up as she smelled something odd and new. Stinger spluttered out some complaints as she darted off toward the scent without even looking at her younger brother making him bolt after her.
“What could’ve possibly made you-” Stinger started before seeing what Magma was staring at. “What is that thing?” He asked as he pushed past his sister to investigate which made Magma grumble and push him back before going first.
“I don’t know, but it smells fine” Magma said after sniffing the odd thing near the tree. Magma used her paw and ended up opening the thing and it smelled better. Stinger perked up and ran over to the thing…before eating whatever was inside without hesitation making Magma stare at him in shock.
“What? It smelled good, and it tastes even better!” Stinger said confused as to why Magma was looking at him like he was challenging a bearyena to a fight.
“If you die I take no responsibility” Magma said as she wondered if they were poisonous.
“Wow what a kind sister you are” Stinger deadpanned as he grumpily continued eating, I mean if it was bad he might as well enjoy his last moments eating something that tastes good.
“That doesn’t mean keep eating it!” Magma said as she batted the thing away from him making it fall into the ocean.
“HEY! That was a waste of food” Stinger said as he sadly looked over at the thing that was now floating off.
“We should ask mom and dad what it is” Magma said as she turned around and started walking.
“I guess” Stinger grumbled as he followed his sister with his paws dragging again.
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On their 6th or 7th exploring trip together Magma and Stinger found yet another interesting thing.
“What’s that?” Stinger asked he curiously circled the plant with odd berries on it.
“I’m not sure” Magma simply replied as she sniffed at the plant. Stinger just shrugged and popped a few of the berries into his mouth. “WHA- WHY DO YOU JUST EAT WHATEVER WE FIND WITHOUT A SINGLE SHRED OF CAUTION?!” Magma yelped as she watched her brother eat the berries.
“Well we can’t figure out if they’re edible any other way, and besides they taste fine to me” Stinger said as he ate another. Magma waited for a bit before nibbling one herself, that was a bad choice as she immediately spat it back out.
“Those taste horrific, how are you still eating them??” Magma said as she gulped some nearby water to wash away the taste.
“What do you mean? They taste good” Stinger said with confusion.
“Guess my stomach just doesn’t agree with them” Magma responded as she sniffed out some normal berries.
“Well more for me!” Stinger said as he continued devouring them, with Magma carefully keeping an eye on him in case something did happen. When nothing did she relaxed some and they ate in peace until it started to get dark.
“We should go home, our parents might get worried” Magma said as she looked around.
“No, they would’ve been looking for us if they were” Stinger mumbled as he ate.
“Still, I’d rather not deal with a lecture” Magma said as she got up.
“Okay, we should mark this place though” Stinger said causing Magma to nod before they scent marked the place for later adventures then headed back home.
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A pair of nichelings who are expecting pups finally arrived on a new island, away from their old home with the hope to find a better life here.
Soon the two had their first pup, who they decided to name Magma.
“I can’t wait to take our pup to pick berries when they get older, I’ll teach them everything I can” Wildfire, a light brown nicheling with orange spots, said fondly as he looked at the tiny pup.
“As will I” Scarlet simply said with a slight smile at her pup.
Magma had quickly grown into a teen and her parents had another pup who they named Stinger for his tail.
“I wouldn’t have expected our pups to have fangs” Wildfire said as he curiously tilted his head at his new pup.
“It was probably from my great grandmother” Scarlet said as cleared some grass around the nest.
“Well maybe the tail was from my family?” Wildfire responded as he casually cleared some more grass before going back to check on their new pup.
Meanwhile Magma just scoffed at the way her dad was acting like a mother dodmingo(Listen they don’t have chickens and I wanted to use that phrase-) toward her younger brother.
‘It’s not like he’ll die if you take your eyes off him for a second’ She thought before one of those blue birds screech reminded her of their presence. ‘Okay nevermind than, I guess it’s justified’ Magma thought, slightly embarrassed she didn’t notice it earlier. She decided that since her parents were occupied they wouldn’t notice her explore further than she was supposed to right? Agreeing with her thoughts she turned around and went into the tall grass.
At first it was…kinda boring if she was honest. Just more rocks and grass that tickled her paws as she walked, much to her irritation. She had half a mind to rip it out but that would reveal where she went and she really didn’t want to deal with a scolding from her father again.
Then she smelled it, a bitter smell that made her scrunch up her nose in disgust.
‘Ew’ was the only thought she had but she was also to curious to ignore the smell of something different, something new. So she followed her nose, minding her senses, and ended up in front of a plant with large leaves and an odd fruit. It was yellow with a red inside making her more curious, she debated trying it until she decided against trying a random fruit she found. She did also acknowledge the mound next to it, it smelled of what did her dad call them?…Rabills, yeah it smelled like those and she did smell them occasionally though they never hunted them.
Almost as if fate was listening as a rabill popped out and before it could hide again she pounced on it and hunted it with a quick bite to the neck.
‘I didn’t even have to think to hunt it, instinct maybe?’ She thought as she decided to take a bite, I mean she might as well not waste it right? It tasted amazing, she was so used to the taste of berries that this new flavor made her want more and although she was going to give the rest to her family before she knew it she had devoured the whole thing.
‘Oh uh oops?’ She thought, a bit embarased she hadn’t left any for her family. She then bumped into something causing her to look up and feel the blood drain from her face.
It was a huge creature that could break her bones with a single swipe, before she could panic though the large being simply turned away and walked off without a single ounce of aggression much to her confusion.
‘I might’ve gotten lucky this time but I should go’ She thought but then remembered the odd fruit and rabbill mound. So she quickly rubbed her cheek and neck on a nearby rock so she could find it later. She then turned around and went home.
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It's been a while huh? Sorry everyone I kinda lost motivation and was doing school but now I'm getting the creative juices flowing again. Though I honestly have no clue whether this will be continued or not, So i guess it's on hold for now. If this is the end of WildClan though I truly appreciate everyone who has watched this story unfold and those who have given me lots of kind comments. Either way, I'm happy to be back!
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Adventures of Alarm and Awe
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(who's ready for an extremely long update/two updates(depending on if I can upload all these screenshots in one) because I got way more inspiration than usual today?)
“So we have a younger brother now?” Mouse asked as she looked at the small bundle of fur.
“Yes, his name is Fang” Smoke said, happy to have his own pup now, even if he was concerned for where Porcupine went.
“I wonder if he’ll go exploring with us when he’s older!” Mouse said excitedly, already being impatient for him to grow into a teen.
“Maybe, he might not want to though” Smoke responded with a slight chuckle at Mouse’s excitement.
“Why wouldn’t he? Staying in one place is so boring!” Mouse said with confusion.
“Some nichelings feel safer staying in one place” Smoke explained as he had met some like that on his travels.
“Makes sense to me” Ram said as she felt the same way but was worried for her sister’s safety so she followed her adventures.
“I guess” Mouse grumbled. “Well I’m gonna go hunt!” Mouse said as she ran off.
On one paw Rust had survived and was getting better! But on another…
“He’s not breathing!” Royal said after checking on Cardinal, causing the other pack members to rush over.
“…She’s right” Crow said after checking once more. Crow was hurt, one of her pups were gone now.
“Why did that sickness have to take him?” Prince said sadly as he looked at his, now dead, pup.
“…” Rust was quiet, they didn’t get along but he had hoped Cardinal would get over that sickness and pester him another day.
The pack stayed there the rest of the day, mourning their lost family member.
One day while patrolling the territory Ram runs into a nicheling she’s never seen before.
They both jumped away from each other due to being startled.
“Who are you?” Ram asked the nicheling, more out of curiosity than anything malicious.
“I-I’m Lemon, I didn’t mean to intrude” Lemon said nervously as he was hoping to not see any nichelings while he ran from the pack he joined before, feeling guilty he ran off when Rust was fighting the bearyena.
“You’re not, maybe you could join our group?” Ram asked as she also wanted to have a new group member. Lemon was VERY tempted to say no after what happened with the other pack. But this would give food and protection, and maybe this one will be better?
“…Um if you want me to?” Lemon replied, making Ram perk up.
“Okay, let’s go to the group than” Ram said as she led Lemon to the heart of the territory.
It went better than Lemon expected they all liked him! Except Smoke, who dislikes him for reasons unknown to Lemon but everyone else liked him.
It’s funny, sometimes it seems like destiny for things to happen. As if a push to do something at the same time…
On one part of the island…everyone in the pack was startled awake by a scream that quickly cut off.
Royal got there first and froze, a bearyena was in the ehart of their territory and it held her mom’s lifeless body in it’s jaw. Prince arrived with Rust in tow and saw what happened as well.
‘How could you, how could life be so cruel as to take away the one I love!’ Prince thought before launching himself at the bearyena, enraged by the death of his mate. The two younger nichelings froze for a second as their dad was always kind and peaceful but this was completely different. They shook off their shock and attacked the bearyena as well.
It was going well, they were doing some decent damage but then the bearyena charged at Prince causing the younger nicheling to double their efforts to take down the bearyena but it was no use, the bearyena got to him and clamped it’s strong jaws around Prince’s neck and bit down making a sickening noise that caused Royal and Rust to back away out of shock and perhaps some fear.
They tried to attack again but it slashes across Royal’s shoulder that made every movement cause a burning sensation that made her slightly growl in pain. Rust noticed and decided something.
“We’re leaving” Rust said as he distracted the bearyena.
“What?!” Royal said confused.
“The bearyena knows where we sleep, dad just died to it, and Cardinal died of sickness not that long ago, this place is bad luck” Rust said and Royal couldn’t exactly disagree so they started walking around the island.
On the other side of the island…
“C’mon wake up” Ram slightly growled in sadness as Mouse, the most adventurous and lively nicheling she had ever known was completely still in the grass without a breath going in or out of her.
“I’m sorry you lost her but, I don’t understand…she seemed fine” Lemon said confused as he looked at Mouse’s still body.
“…She was sick but refused to tell anyone but me” Ram simply answered as she stared blankly.
“Maybe we could leave” Lemon said making Ram look at him with confusion. “It could help you to get away from the place you have all the memories of her if remembering will hurt” Lemon finished explaining as Ram thought about it before simply nodding in agreement. Mouse would be happy if she decided to go on an adventure of her own.
“We should ask if anyone else wants to join though” Ram said and though Lemon was hesitant, this was her group so he just followed her.
“Thank you for the offer but nah” Pebble said, to the confusion of Ram as they had talked alot about how fun their adventures were. “I’m getting old and besides, your mom might appreciate the company of an old friend” Pebble explained after seeing Ram’s confusion.
Ram deflated slightly but nodded, it seemed only Lemon wanted to go…then she had an idea!
“You want to take Fang? But he doesn’t really like exploring” Smoke said right as, a now teen aged, Fang approached.
“No I want to go this time” He said to the shock of everyone as he never explored, but Ram was happy as one family member would be going.
“But-” Smoke cut himself off at the glare Fang gave him, Smoke was a very controlling parent and though exploring unnerved him Fang wanted out and he just got handed a perfect opportunity.
“Well when are we going?” Fang asked hoping it was soon.
“At sunrise” Lemon replied as Ram had already explained it to him.
“Great!” Fang chirped in excitement.
The two groups just kinda stared at each other for a bit as they reached the ports.
“What are you doing here?” Royal asked suspiciously at the mostly unknown nichelings.
“Where did you run off too?!” Rust slightly hissed at Lemon making him shrink.
“I thought I wasn’t wanted so I left” Lemon softly spoke while Ram and Fang watched with confusion.
“Well we’re here to get off this island” Fang simply said, deciding to not reveal the full reasons.
“We are too, so perhaps we could form an alliance?” Royal asked as she looked at the other group.
Ram just nodded, feeling that more nichelings would be better in a brand new environment none of them may have any experience with.
“Than let’s go” Rust said as he hopped on one of the stones leading all the others to follow to a new land, a new life, and a new start.
(Also if you’re wondering, how did they move so fast? I used console commands soooo yeah)
That first island they travelled to was interesting but it didn’t exactly feel…right? So the only interesting thing that happened was Lemon running into a bunch of thorns.
“A-are you alright?” Royal asked with a snicker as lemon was dislodging all the thorns from his pelt.
“I’ll be fine” Lemon grumbled in embarrassment.
The second island also didn’t feel like home but at least there was lots of food, and the nichelings learned how to open clams.
“No you can’t just claw it that won’t work, you have to split it apart” Royal said with a sigh as she showed them.
“Oh I guess that makes more sense, more food!” Fang said with a grin before taking the clan and eating it himself.
“Rude” Rust huffed at the teen nicheling causing Fang to snicker.
The third island, though they felt colder than ever here, felt right, like their new home.
“Here” Ram simply spoke, feeling in her heart this is where they should be.
“I have to agree, it’s pretty cold but it feels right” Rust agreed as he looked at the island, being nothing like the others they’ve seen.
“There’s no grass here so we can see everything!” Fang said excitedly, thrilled at not having to push through grass after grass.
“It does feel right but the lack of hiding spots makes me nervous” Lemon said, shifting his paws nervously, hiding was how he lived to adulthood.
“Well don’t worry! We’re strong enough to fight a bearyena if all 5 of us attack it” Fang said with a grin as he felt ready to run off himself if they didn’t move soon.
“Well we should explore our new home” Royal said as she led the group, though they stayed pretty close for warmth.
(I forgot a screenshot for this one
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The nichelings stopped at they came across an ice block.
Ram tilted her head curiously as she inspected it.
“There’s something in it” Fang said and before anyone could stop him he knocked it over causing it to break and reveal…a nicheling!
“A nicheling?! They have to be dead from being in there” Rust said as looked at this new nicheling.
“Alive” Ram said after pressing her head against the nicheling’s chest and hearing a slow heartbeat.
“Then maybe we could warm them up?” Lemon said as he looked around nervously for any danger.
“Another group member wouldn’t hurt” Rust hummed before all the nichelings laid around the nicheling to try and warm them up, they were tired anyway from traveling so they all passed out.
When Fang awoke the new nicheling was staring at him with alarm and confusion.
“Hello, what’s your name?” Fang asked as he approached the nicheling.
“Bat” Bat said as she kept her eyes on Fang’s well fangs, remembering her parents warnings of poisonous nichelings who killed without mercy.
“Calm down we’re not gonna eat you or something” Fang said, finding a little amusement in how terrified Bat looked.
“But you have the fangs” Bat said as she backed up a step.
“Okay?” Fang said very confused.
“Poisonous nichelings from the reeds are bloodthirsty creatures who kill without mercy” Bat simply said.
“That sounds like a kinda rude assumption, and besides I’m not from the reeds! I lived in a place with lots of tall, green grass” Fang said.
“Green grass?” Bat said with confusion.
“Yeah, why are you so confused? Oh wait you probably lived here your whole life huh?” Fang asked while Bat still felt nervous about Fang. “I mean next you’re gonna say you’ve never eaten nuts or berries!” He said with a snicker before noticing Bat was confused, again. “What do you even eat around here??” Fang said as he looked around and saw the lack of plants.
“Meat, rabills and other creatures” Bat explained casually.
“I have to hunt my food now?” Fang said which just puzzled Bat even more.
‘How does a nicheling survive without hunting?’ Bat thought, wondering if all these new nichelings had no hunting skills.
“I may not trust you but I don’t want anyone to starve. So later, if your pack is okay with it, I could teach you to hunt?” Bat offer as she was being honest, letting someone starve when she could’ve helped makes her stomach churn, even if she was usually pretty lazy and only hunted when she needed to.
“You would?! I’m sure the pack could use another member anyway” Fang said as he was also excited to have a pack member his age.
“You think I’d be allowed to join your pack?” Bat said, as much as she didn’t trust him having a pack makes living in the snow much easier and this was a free chance.
“Of course! And besides you’ve lived here your whole life right? And we just got here so your knowledge would be really helpful so they’d be the dumbest nichelings alive to say no” Fang said as he wasn’t lying, Bat’s help would be invaluable in a brand new place.
Bat thought about asking why they came here but quickly realized there might be a personal reason and asking could, at best give her answers and be chill, or it could make him angry and maybe even kill her so she shot that idea down quickly.
Fang turned around and almost felt his heart leave his body at seeing Ram’s eyes open and looking at the two teen nichelings.
“Oh, is anyone else awake?” Fang asked which Ram shook her head as an answer. “Will they wake up soon?” Fang asked which just earned a shrug after Ram got up. “Did you hear all that?” Fang asked to which Ram nodded again, as she had been woken up by Fang’s voice.
“Um I wanted to teach him to hunt, would that be okay?” Bat asked nervously which Ram excitedly nodded at, it would give him a better chance around here. But Ram also walked up to them and tilted her head.
“Can she come with? It’s cold around here” Fang asked making Bat think about it and agree.
“Sure” Bat said before leading them to find something to hunt.
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As Bat led them she smelled something, something good for them. She knows she promised to teach Fang to hunt but learning to fight, and fight for food was just as, if not more important, of a skill to learn in this harsh land.
“I’ve decided to show you how to get more food without chasing it down, requires some fighting skill” Bat such which caused the two nichelings following to be curious and confused.
Bat bolted making the two scramble after but Bat could see her target now.
She got up into the fact of the ram fox and roared causing it to yelp and jump away from it’s catch, exactly what she wanted. But she knew what would happen as two others approached agressively after getting their meal stolen.
“What are those?!” Fang yelped as he saw these creatures. Ram was extremely confused even with all their exploring her and Mouse never saw these things.
“Arctic ram foxes, they come in packs but aren’t that strong. Stealing food from them is the way I’ve survived so long alone, but the more aggressive ones have to be killed too. And that gives us more food to survive” Bat explained before rushing in and biting down on the head of the one in front of her causing it to make a scared noise of terror before quickly dying, Fang noted she seemed to be experienced in dealing with an killing these creatures.
Fang yelped as one scratched him and turned around and bit into it with his fangs causing the creature to shriek in pain, probably not used to anything venomous in this island. Having no immunity it quickly succumbed to the venom. Bat and Fang then turned to the, now terrified, their ram fox and quickly dispatched it without injury.
“So much food! Won’t it go bad though?” Fang spoke through the ram fox he was dragging back to the pack with the other two doing the same.
“The snow makes it last longer” Bat replied.
The pack was shocked as they saw all the meat the three had brought back but also…
“Do you know how much you scared us?!” Royal hissed as the three had left without telling them anything.
“Sorry, I was teaching them to get food” Bat said but didn’t regret it as she hadn’t had this much food at once since…she was a pup with her parents out hunting while she was kept in a snow den to hide her scent from those wretched bears.
“Well you brought back so much food I can’t be too mad” Royal grumbled with a sigh.
“Oh! Also Bat wanted to be a member of our pack!” Fang said after setting down the ram fox.
“Well helped bring back lots of food and seems to know the place so sure” Royal said with a shrug as she thought this would be good for them.
“See, I told you they’d be fine with it” Fang chirped making Bat give a small smile.
The pack ate the food they needed and stored the rest under some snow.
(I wrote this all in three hours lol-)