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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

Wheezing, Emberblossom tried to get her throat clear. She had just found the juiciest mouse she had seen in moons on the prey pile and taken it before anyone else could spot it. And now she had to pay the price for eating too eagerly, too quickly. She had swallowed wrong and had forgotten just how painful that could be. Tears were streaming down her face when she finally got rid of that piece of mouse in her windpipe.
She harrumphed and sniffled as she tried to regain her elegance. She glanced around camp quickly to see wether anyone had bared witness to her near-death experience. Unsurprisingly the camp was rather deserted. It was cold after all, snow still high between the various dens where few cats ever stepped. She only saw Russetface over at the other side of FireClan's new camp by the lake, talking to an apprentice, but none of them seemed to have payed Emberblossom any attention.
Judging by the light had to be around sunset but the warrior could not be sure since clouds had blocked out the sun once again all day.
The red tabby bent her neck to lick her white chest. Her fur may be rather short, yet it was thick and even fluffy, a feature she liked about it. Not that she would emphasize her appearance but it would be nice if someone noticed sometime. Someone interesting. Someone to build a life with.
But all the toms in FireClan were either too young, too dull or already in a committed relationship. Or they just wanted to continue their bloodline as many were obsessed with that here in her clan. But she was longing for a real love. She had always been a bit of a romantic, maybe that was her trouble. Could any tom really ever live up to her standards?
But was wanting to genuinly love the hypothetical father of her hypothetical kits, should she ever have any (not too sure on the whole pregnancy thing), and being genuinly loved back too much to ask?
She knew she wasn't getting any younger, but still...
Maybe she should just give up on the whole tom-for-life-thing. It seemed to lead to nothing but heartbreak anyway, Dawneagle was right.
The sudden urge to take a walk and clear her thoughts came over her and she got to her white paws. She shook her red tabby and white pelt which resulted in her tail getting extra fluffy.
The small, agile molly trod lightly onto the snowy ground on her way out and upon turning a corner was rather surprised to find her golden hazel eyes locked with blue ones.
Froststar's white pelt blended perfectly into the snow covered surroundings and Emberblossom had been too absentminded to notice her Emotional Leader right away.
The warrior dipped her head in the appropriate way she should to her leader and stepped aside in order for Froststar to pass her, should she want to.
"Evening, Froststar", she greeted in a friendly voice. "I almost didn't see you, your pelt is so perfect."
It took a while for her to realize what she had said and she could feel heat rush into her cheeks. She had not just called her leader's pelt 'perfect', had she?
"P-perfect ... -ly adapted to these conditions, I mean.", she stumbled over her words. "It's also beautiful of course, but you know that", she added more softly, the last part barely more than a whisper.
What was she even saying? Was she just making a fool of herself infront of her leader?
Well to be honest, Froststar was the most beautiful leader FireClan has ever had.
'Stop it, Emberblossom! You are staring', she scolded herself inwardly and with a rather sheepish smile turned her gaze away.



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Froststar * The Queen * To Rule

Walking back into camp, Froststar was consumed by thoughts. Her brother Boulderfang had a litter on the way, and Froststar could only imagine little versions of the tom running all over camp. It was simply horrifying. Was Froststar supposed to be an aunt to them? But then again, if that was the case so would Cinderstar. She shivered at the thought of sharing parental rights with the other leader. No, Froststar would let Boulderfang raise the little sprites on his own. Her brother knew what he was doing; he wanted those kits. Of course, that brought up the rather sour idea that Froststar was getting ‘old’. Aspenstar and Cinderstar already had apprenticed aged kits and Froststar had none. But did she even want any?

Briefly she thought of the little WillowClan kit she had found all alone and freezing. The poor thing.

Froststar stopped in time to gaze down at a lovely she-cat. Blue eyes batting a few times, the leader regained her self. For a moment there, she was acting like a daydreaming apprentice who was filled with thoughts of adventure. It was such a foolish thing to do. Narrowing her eyes, Froststar looked over the cat before her. With a belly of white and a back of red, it was almost like Froststar was standing in front of a young Aspenstar when she didn't have her scars. Keeping her predatory gaze going, the leader noticed a few more fine features. A small petite body with nice lines and edges.

“Evening, Emberblossom,” Froststar purred, as she took in the compliment. “I must say, you're a lovely sight for this time of night.”

Watching as Emberblossom starred and threw compliment after compliment, Froststar waited until she was done. “Yes I do find my pelt helps with this weather. I hope yourselves is just as perfect-ly able to handle a bit of a chill.” Tilting her head back to where she had came from, Froststar added. “Care for a walk, dear?” Looking back with a little smirk, Froststar waited for Emberblossom to look up again, so she could show off her entrancing blue eyes. “I won't bite.” Too hard.

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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

To say Emberblossom was surprised by Froststar calling her a 'lovely sight' was an understatement. She was perfectly flabbergasted. It had taken her a while to recognize the compliment and has she looked at her small white paws in the snow she let the other molly's words play in her head again and again.
She almost missed the follow-up thinking about it. However when Froststar said 'perfect-ly' the way she did, obviously taking a jab at how Emberblossom had tried to talk herself out of her unconscious compliment earlier, she couldn't help but smile to herself.
Looking back up only when her leader asked to take a walk, her golden hazel eyes met blue ones. Emberblossom could not remember ever seeing such perfectly blue eyes on any other cat before. Froststar was smirking slightly and when she said that she would not bite, the red and white molly bristled her fur in amusement as well as slight emberassment.
She chuckled lightly.
“Of course, Froststar“, she said. “I was about to take a walk myself, but it's better with l-“ lovely “- with company“
She could not just go around complimenting her leader with every sentence now, could she? Sure, she had rarely interacted much with any of her leaders, especially alone with one, but that was not something she would do, was it? She had not heard of any other cat complimenting her leaders unless they were persuing a romantic relationship with them, which she wasn't. She could feel blood rush into her ears again, just thinking about it.
Following the head tilt of the taller molly, Emberblossom got into motion.
“And my pelt is very much capable of handling a bit of a chill“, she added, this time it was her who sported the smirk as she waved her fluffy tail around as confirmation.

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Froststar * The Queen * To Rule

The leader let herself giggle a bit as she saw Emberblossom’s fluffy tail wave. It was such a large bundle fur. All in all, she was in a pretty giddy mood. Froststar always liked to see her smirks returned. When cats couldn’t manage that, she had a horrible habit of walking all over them. Oops. It seemed as though Froststar had already chewed and spit out all of the eligible FireClan she-cats. However, she had yet to dance with Emberblossom: time to remedy that.

“Oh really? Well then, I suppose we can have a very long walk then…. Or at least until you get cold. I’d hate for you to get sick on my watch.”

With a wave of her tail, Froststar was off. She retraced her steps from earlier, and left only little marks in the snow. Hips swaying like usual, Froststar was always a sight to see. Her normal steps were wide thanks to her long legs, but Froststar made sure to take them slowly. She didn’t want to leave Emberblossom behind. With ears perked, the leader listened for any noises, but all she could make out was the rhythmic thud of two cats as they walked through the snow. What a pity. Froststar would have loved to hear rumors about her ‘walk’ the next day.

Casually glancing to her side to make sure Emberblossom was still there, Froststar mindlessly observed the posture of her companion. “How have you been dear? Many cats are rather stressed because we had to move camp closer to WillowClan’s lake.” With a sly wink she added, “Tell me whatever you wish. I’m always here to listen~”

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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

Her smirk turned into a softer smile which turned into a soft chuckle in response to Froststar's slight giggle. The long legged white molly appeared to be in quite a giddy mood and Emberblossom found those always to be quite catchy. She wiggled her ears in turn to the suggested "very long walk".
"Ah sweet, but don't worry about me getting sick, I am rather healthy still", she said with an easy tone. It was true though. Despite the sickness making its round in apparently all the clans, she had yet been spared of any signs of it. This may be due to her keeping a small social circle but also to the fact that she had not attended the last gathering, the event some cats believed had carried sickness right into the herat of FireClan. She also was on little border patrols, since the cats better suited for hunting were sent out to do just that most of the time.
Froststar set off with a wave of her tail and the red and white molly had to hurry to catch up with her. And so it came that she walked in a trail behind the white molly, whose swaying hips moved like a small dance for her eyes to see. She had no other option than to admire the long legged, lithe physique of the cat infront of her. It did not take long for her to be entranced by the rhythmic motion and thuds of paw steps.
Her spell was broken when Froststar glanced to her side to look at her and Emberblossom made a small leap to walk next to her leader insted of behind. She smiled at being called "dear". The follow up question rather had her furrow her brows. It was true that the move to unfamiliar territory with a new camp had been stressful, but it was also accompanied by the grim pride of winning the right to the lake.
She almost missed a step. Had Froststar winked at her?
There seemed to be a light melody in her voice with her last sentences. Emberblossom had easily found her footing again but before answering she paused mometarily to shake out her coat.
"Well, the move has been difficult, but that is no news.", she began. But that was not what she really wanted to say. "Actually I find it rather exciting. It was a great experience to have the clan work so close together to erect a camp from scratch in such a short time.", her golden hazel eyes sparkled at the memory. Despite the hardships of the drought and the aftermath of battle, FireClan had assembled their strength and stamina to get every last one of their clanmates settled before leaf bare hit. She herself had made quite some friends she would not have made otherwise.
"I know we couldn't have moved sooner, but it would have made it easier. Now it's leaf bare and our familiar hunting grounds are far away", she mused. "It's fun to find out about new hot spots for prey though", she added with a shrug. Hunting in leaf bare usually was frustrating and hunting in new territory added to that, but the reward of stumbling onto a trail was just so much more this way.
"How has it been for you, Froststar?", she asked. "Must have been busy with so much new... stuff to cope with"

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[Captain]

 

Froststar * The Queen * To Rule

Having the smaller cat have to leap up to catch up was rather adorable. Once Emberblossom was beside her, Froststar raised one eyebrow to give a teasing smile. Flicking her tail again. Froststar kept walking, though a bit slower this time. So slow that even when Emberblossom stopped to shake her fur, she could keep up. Like Froststar, the red cat also had short fur. Yet they both had their own unique twist. The leader had densely packed fur that kept her warm despite her paws being sunk deep into the snow. Of course, Emberblossom had her own built in blanket. That being her naturally thick and fluffy fur. Froststar figured the two of them could be good walking partners; if Emberblossom could handle the attention.

“Exciting? Yes I can agree with that.” Froststar loved having WillowClan so close and easy to harvest from. “Hmm, cats have been agreeing more lately. Unity is a good quality for us to have.”

Watching Emberblossom look so happy because of the clan's cooperation, puzzled Froststar. Working together was good and all, but it was much nicer to have a show. FireClan cats only ever got along for mutual interest. Froststar mostly saw partnerships that broke off as soon as a goal was achieved. Most litters were only made for a strong legacy. Why then, did Emberblossom see something beautiful in the clan when the queen of it couldn't?

“Not many cats are good at winter hunting. But that just means I'll need to give lessons.” She shook her white pelt for an exaggeration. “Me? I've been good. I’m here to help with the clan’s emotions, and us moving just means I have to work harder. No?”

Froststar was always one for attention, yet she didn't enjoy the question: “how are you?” To her practiced ways, the question should always answered positively. Afterall it was just a courtesy. So like she always did, she slathered her words with honey. “Don't worry, there's nothing I can't handle.” Then Froststar carried on.

Snow squished and the two mindlessly walked. The temporary territory was like and endless field of a blueish-white at this time of night. Stopping in the middle of it, Froststar started out at the endless field; it looked just like FireClan when the inconsistencies were covered up. Closing her eyes she just breathed, enjoying the peace. Her ears weren't alert and listening for any cat who might be sneaking out, even though she always looked out for trouble makers. Letting her eyes drift open, she glanced down at her white paws as they blended into the snow. Then turning, she caught Everblossom’s golden hazel eyes.

“Nice isn't it? The quiet.”

Froststar breathed deeply, tasting the cool air and nothing else. There was nothing but the cold, and she loved it.

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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

She appreciated the slower pace Froststar had presumed, making it easy to walk beside her now despite her shorter legs and snow that seemed to gradually deepen, brushing her belly fur by now. The red and white molly seemed to beam when her leader agreed on the excitement of the move to the lake territory. Yet she could not shake the feeling that the follow up statement about unity in the clan was said with little enthusiasm.
As their emotional leader, surely Froststar would thrive with all clanmates pulling at the same string for once, really coming together to accomplish this common goal and not just hold a facade of unity for the outside world? The preparation for battle and the following move of the whole clan had Emberblossom feel like a true part of the clan for the first time in her life. Prior to this she had had very little friends, only really had Dawneagle to rely on and the thought of leaving and pursuing her helplessly romantic dream of true love beyond FireClan's reach had not been alien to her.
But the unity she had felt and the new friends she had made had given her a new perspective on life in FireClan and although there was no promise of that true love she dreamed about with any of the tom, she found joy and content in just being a FireClan cat for now. Perhaps she should change her perspective on love too, broaden her horizon.
Her golden hazel eyes rested on Froststar's dense, shiny white fur.
She wished she could share the feeling of content with her, yet she remained quiet on the matter, keeping her thoughts to herself. Eventhough the long legged white molly had shown her nothing but kindness and understanding sofar, she did have a draw towards the dramatic and Emberblossom did not think it to be clever telling her about having had thoughts of venturing beyond FireClan in pursue of something many cats did not believe even existed.
Her red ears twitched. She had been a bit absentminded, distracted by her thoughts. She had only partly listened to Froststar's reply about winter hunting and working harder on emotionally leading her clanmates. The smaller molly felt slightly guilty for being this rude, but her leader did not seem to have noticed, so she just nodded her head in agreement.
A purr of laughter sounded in her throat at the other cat's statement about being able to handle anything. "I'm sure of it", shesaid with twinkling eyes. Froststar wasn't leader for nothing after all. Emberblossom did not remember the other molly to not be either leader or very definetely next in line to become the emotional force of FireClan as a leader's apprentice. Although she remembered the white molly to be kept waiting for leadership by her predecessor. She had found the other cat's warriorname beautiful, poetic and fitting. Frostsong had been easy on the tongue just as she was (still to this day) easy on the eyes.
Emberblossom stopped momentarily as she realized where her thoughts had just taken her. only for a heartbeat however, then she presumed walking next to the long legged leader that been walking in comfortable silence with her for a while. They came to a rather narrow path and she politely stepped back to have her walking companion go first. She padded to be by her side again as Froststar turned towards her and she met those brilliant blue eyes with hers.
"Nice isn't it? The quiet.", Froststar said.
"It sure is", she agreed in a rather soft voice, not daring to speak too loudly and destroying the moment. She mirrored her companion's deep breath and closed her eyes as the cold air carressed her face, her throat, her lungs with piercing claws. It was both loving and harsh. It was peaceful.
The warrior enjoyed the quiet and company and was prepared to stay like this until Froststar wanted to start moving on.

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Froststar * The Queen * To Rule

Savoring the quiet, Froststar started out at the endless snow. There was nothing quite like the beauty of endless snow. Only the leader herself was comparable. Flicking her tail, Froststar smiled. “Do you like snow Emberblossom?” She asked, and let the question hang in the air for a while.

“I adore it,” She added with a smirk. With one fluid movement Froststar rolled into a crouch then leapt out into the snow. It was like she was flying through the night as she lifted, and like a snowflake she fell to the ground. She landed with one paw in the middle of the snowbank and a soundless thud. Everything around her was spotless except for where the two of them had walked. Swishing her tail through the snow, snowflakes flew up in a gust of white. Froststar stood still in the middle of it all. If she didn’t have such piercing blue eyes, it’d be almost impossible to find her.

She stared back and Emberblossom and motioned with a flick of her ear. “Care to join me? Or are you too afraid you’ll lose yourself in the snow?” Leaping like a dear from one spot to the next, she covered an incredible distance. Shouting back with a strong, practice leader's voice, she said, “Don’t worry, I can always find you. No matter where you end up.”

It seemed like Froststar had vanished. The dark of the night and the shaded snow seemed to swallow her whole. However, she was out there. Laying like a fawn, she curled into a ball in the snow and rested her head on her paws. With her eyes closed, all she could feel was the gentle cold as it hugged her dearly. It was a lovely feeling.

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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

"Do you like snow, Emberblossom?", Froststar's mew was the first to break the quiet whispers of the wind in the small trees not too far away. The question seemed to hover over their heads for a while. The red and white molly opened her golden hazel eyes slowly and looked up into Froststar's blue orbs. The question seemed innocent enough but for some reason it felt like a test to Emberblossom. And if she was honest, she had no real answer to it.
She had mixed feelings about the snow. On the one paw it meant cold and hardships but on the other paw there were few things that could compete with the sheer beauty and peacefulness the first snow of leaf bare brought with it. As if the world was covered with a soft blanket that had time and life slow down.
"I adore it", Froststar added before Emberblossom could voice her own opinion. The smaller molly's eyes traced the lips on the taller one's maw as their corners lifted into a smirk. She could feel a small push go through her body as if an invisible cat had bumped into her at this sight and she opened her mouth in slight confusion.
However, before she could pin point the source of that push, Froststar was off with one fluid movement, leaving Emberblossom to stare after her in a state similar to a confused trance.
The white molly moved so seamlessly through the snow, it was as though she herself was made of snow. Made of that soft, fresh snow with eyes of sky. She swished her tail through the snow bank and white flakes flew through the dark night like a gust of white.
It truly was a sight to behold. Her personal gust of snow hiding most of Froststar's features with her piercing gaze burning through all the white, directly into Emberblossom. Watching her leader playing in the snow with such glee, the red and white molly slowly started to stand up straighter than before as a realization dawned on her.
'Fox-dung, I'm gay' The thought was very quiet in the back of her mind. It was not an unfamiliar thought, she had had it one other time as a young warrior when she made the acquaintance of a rather striking WillowClan molly. But since then she had banned it from her mind, only for it to resurface now.
But this time there was no forbidden aspect to that thought. There was nothing wrong for a warrior to admire her leader, right? She wasn't harming anyone with those feelings now. Those feelings could much rather be cause for fun.
"Hahahaha! You so sure about it?", she laughed as she finally broke out of her trance-like state and accepted Froststar's challenge. She may not possess her leader's grace nor long legs which meant she could not leap through the snow like a deer, but she could very well get into a little fun in the snow.
"Ready or not, here I come!", she called in a playful tone.
It was hard for her to spot Froststar anymore but she started into the direction she had last seen the white splotch that was her leader move. She leaped into the very snow bank the taller molly had been in just mere moments ago, swirling up a cloud of snow in the process. It fell down gently at her petite body, clinging to her fluffy hair and with that covering large parts of her red tabby fur.
Sure, she was not as perfectly camouflaged as Froststar but it was a start.
With a wide grin on her face she aimed to jump into the spots her leader had been in before- usually jumping too short and landing in deeper snow which only covered her more in white than before until she was basically a red face in the snow covered night.
Her hazel eyes strained to see the next spot Froststar had landed in but couldn't find anything. She had to be close by!
The small molly puffed out her tail which sent tiny snowflakes flying on the night breeze. Now where could Froststar be hiding? Looking back the way she had come, Emberblossom tried to make out a pattern that could tell her where to leap next but it seemed rather random to her. She would have to take a guess.
She pushed through a wall of snow, working her way froward while casting a searching gaze across the snow. She walked a few foxlengths into one direction, then in a circle around her starting point, staring quizzically out onto the white plains and finally up at the stars. They did not cast nearly enough light to help find a white catsomewhere in the snow. She huffed as she realized she had to give up.
"Froststar?", she asked into the quiet just as her paw stumbled upon something warm and solid.

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[Captain]

Froststar * The Queen * To Rule

Emberblossom had given chase. With a giddy laugh, Froststar listened as Emberblossom accepted the challenge. Staring from her snow encove, she watched as Emberblososm jumped after her. As if afraid of the red cat, snow blew up like sparks around Emberblossom as she landed. Snowflakes fell and some, Like stars, clung to the tips of red fur. Froststar’s bright blue eyes watched Emberblossom in all of her glory. Coated with snow, the she-cat looked dazzling in the light of the moon. Snow pressed tenderly against Froststar’s muzzle as she stared. Lightly packed, the snow brushed her fur gently. She breathed through her nose, not wanting to let snow in. Each exhale moved a few spare snowflakes and they danced on top of the white ground.

Silencing a laugh, Froststar watched as Emberblossom missed. Tucked safely into the snow, Froststar Forced her eyes shut. Ducking her head deeper into the snow, she let herself blend into ground. With her ears slightly above the snow, she could hear the pitter patter of Emberblossom’s feet in the snow. Each sound make her ears twitch gently. Froststar felt snow tumble closer to her ear. Forcing herself to stay still, the leader prayed that no snow would fall into her ear and deafen her.

Frozen as ice, Froststar waited as Emberblossom got closer and closer. Finally, feeling something warm press against her side, Froststar sprung. Before Emberblossom could react, the leader curled a paw to snatch the other she-cat. Without using her claws, Froststar had snared Emberblossom tightly. Pulling her down, Froststar used the momentum to roll over. Flashes of white flew up as the she-cats tumbled down into the snow. Settling on top of Emberblossom, Froststar looked down with blue eyes full of excitement and glee. Her coat was twisted from the fall. Strands of white stood on end, and Froststar breathed heavily. Her chest rose and fell as she let warm breaths out into the cold.

“Emberblossom dear, you better be more careful. You’ll fall.” Smiling and still looking perfect despite her messy fur, Froststar winked.

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[Bern]

| Emberblossom | FireClan | female | 38 moons |

Almost as soon as she realized that this warmth at her shin equaled Froststar's flank did the white cat spring into action. The happy, triumphant smile that was about to form on the red and white cat's face didn't even rise half-way when the larger molly's arms were already wrapped tightly around the smaller cat's upper body.
Emberblossom felt herself being pulled down and before she even had time to comprehend or make any sound at all she was down. In a confusing tumble of limbs and snow the two mollies rolled through the snow, as Froststar had used the momentum of Emberblossom's fall to get on top. And get on top she did.
With her back pressing into the cold yet soft white and even softer yet warm white pressing into her now exposed belly, golden eyes found blue ones. She saw excitement in those blue depth as well as glee. And Emberblossom could not help feel giddy and excited herself.
A startled "Oof!" was the first thing she could voice. Not much else came to mind as her lips curled into a smirk as she watched her cloud of breath mingle and merge with that of Froststar's.
“Emberblossom dear, you better be more careful. You’ll fall.”, Froststar winked. Winked!
The red cat chuckled. She was almost certain the larger white molly knew exactly what she was doing to her as she felt her heartbeat fasten slightly. It was outrageous.
"Falling for you maybe", she responded with an equally outrageous wink. Two could play this game, infact it would be meaningless to play without a second party to participate.
She let out another shuttering breath and then leaned back into the snow, relaxed, with her throat exposed for the time being. The world turned upside down now with snowflakes falling up out of the darkness onto the white ceiling that held the world in place.
It was a peaceful sight.

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