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pebblesong

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The lengthy, bitterly cold Leaf Bare had begun to feel like some sort of punishment—but Pebblesong took comfort in reminding herself that Starclan would never care so much about the actions of a single cat that they would doom the rest of them. She hadn’t been one to experience the pain of loss during the cold winter months; that had been her clan mates and cats among their rival clans. It couldn’t have been a punishment and she refused to think of it as such.

Hurrying along with a small pawful of other warriors and older apprentices from Willowclan, Pebblesong made her way to the Basking Rocks along with their patrol. The clan was likely to celebrate the coming of New Leaf with a trip out to their favorite sunning rocks—but it wouldn’t happen if there were any snakes present amidst the rocks.

”Watch your step everyone,” Pebblesong called out amiably, glancing to her companions briefly as they neared their destination. The sun was still struggling to rise in the sky but had been out for several hours; if there were snakes, they were likely trying to catch the rays of the sun as much as they could atop the rocks. ”New Leaf might be scratching at our dens, but that doesn’t mean that Ashcloud has the herbs and supplies to deal with snakebites or twisted legs,” the silver-furred she-cat advised the rest of her group in a measured tone, her abnormally long tail flicking gently to-and-fro behind her as the familiar sight of the sunning rocks came into view

Stepping lightly across the rock and twig strewn earth, Pebblesong drew closer to the basking rocks and drew in a steady breath through her nose as she felt the warmth radiating off of them. She’d missed that feeling—there was nothing better than splaying out across the stones in the middle of Green Leaf and letting the hot sun bake her atop them.

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MALLOWSHINE

WILLOWCLAN | FEMALE | 16 MOONS

Mallowshine followed along, wide eyes peering all around her, marveling at how quickly the world had changed. It would be a while longer before the landscape was returned to a vibrant green, but even this was enough to brighten her mood. She had long grown sick of the bleak white blanketing their territory, bland and unchanging. Her tail swayed high and bounced gently as she quickened her pace to keep up with everyone else.

It was the season of beginnings--the season to turn over a new leaf, one could say. She pictured lying with Amberstorm in the soft meadow grass and climbing great, leafy trees with Leopardpaw. She had spent so long only watching, convincing herself that she was content in her solitude. In the span of two moons, she had changed her mind completely. And Mallowshine had decided that she would let herself keep changing; see where this life would lead her.

Outwardly though, she was no different. A mild smile graced her face, as it had all morning. More genuine today than most days, but it was doubtful anyone could tell the difference. She made occasional small talk when needed, nodded along to gossip. Mallowshine was a perfectly acceptable WillowClan warrior--nothing more, nothing less. Beneath notice, unless one needed a hunting partner. She had opened her heart to a few; that didn't mean she was ready to be everyone's best friend.

"Let's get started," Mallowshine said, with a quick nod to acknowledge Pebblesong's warning. "Any tips?" she asked. Last new-leaf, she had only been a kit. 

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Brairwing, avoid every melting snow pile in the forest, she was put on this patrol led by Pebblesong, and though the petite warrior groaned at the sign of work it was better than training her apprentice Frostpaw who dispite his beautiful pelt to being very naive and hard to train in the manipulative ways of Willowclan. And she noticed how he looked at his little friend the crowned prince Falconpaw, she could tell it was distracting him from his train. She gracefully jumped over a puddle making sure her lilac pointed pelt didn’t get a speck of dirt on it.

Thats when Pebblesong went on a little speech about watching their paws. She looked over and saw Mallowshine the younger warrior, who seemed to be wide eyed at their surroundings. It made sense at this she was only a kit last time. Briarwing though loved that the sunshine was coming back though she was going to miss the beauty that the frost brought to their willow forest. Though it would be nice to have the lake back and the other clans not as close. Ravenclan and their disgusting looks, even though she was a former Ravenclan cat she knew that she was meant for Willowclan. Then there was Fireclan who considered themselves big brutes. But she wasn’t going to lie they did have a stunning leader with Froststar.

She just flicked her tail and eyed Mallowshine, ”Oh dear, theres nothing to worry about you just have to be steady on your paws. Didn’t you’re mentor teach you how to move with grace?” She giggle slightly, her whiskers twitching in a elegant way. She moved on the rocks with ease. As she kept up easily with Pebblesong.

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One of her ears flicked back towards her companions at the questions, and Pebblesong gave an acknowledging flick of her tail as she searched for a safe way up atop the rocks rather than just leaping into the unknown. Once she found a less-than-steep slope to ascend, she made short work of getting on top of the slabs of rock and giving the immediate stones around her a cursory glance. ”We’re just here making sure they’re not overrun with snakes—we’ll have to try to run off any straggler adders that we find, but if there’s too many for us to handle on our own we’ll have to report it back to Oaktalon,” Pebblesong explained, whiskers pulling forward as Briarwing teased Mallowshine. She didn’t voice her displeasure—but the weighted silence from her was clear enough in its meaning.

”Just watch your step—the rocks can be slippery with moss sometimes in certain places, and if you find a snake- call for Briarwing and I. It’s better to just run them off than it is to try and fight them; they’re fairly easily intimidated whenever they’re outnumbered,” from the ease with which she spoke, it was evident that Pebblesong had taken part of running off the pesky snakes a time or two before. She had the advantage of experience on her side, and it was something that she was more than happy to share with her companions.

Turning her attention back to the basking rocks, Pebblesong tiptoed her way along on top of them, whiskers twitching and straining as bright, pale green eyes darted from one shadow to the next—one odd looking root to another linger stain on the rocks. She hadn’t spotted any snakes yet, but that certainly didn’t mean that they weren’t present; the last thing that Pebblesong wanted was to be caught unaware by an equally surprised adder.

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MALLOWSHINE

WILLOWCLAN | FEMALE | 16 MOONS

"Okay," she replied to Briarwing, ignoring the bit of condescension thrown her way entirely. It hadn't really registered to her until now that Briarwing was also around Pebblesong's age. She seemed younger to Mallowshine, with her prancing about and her high, giggly laugh. Though it was too soon to judge her strongly, from what Mallowshine had seen, Briarwing might be the type to toy with others. If so, there was no need to give her a reaction. She turned to look at Pebblesong anyways, and indeed, the older warrior had advice. She questioned, momentarily, the need to call the other warriors if she came across a couple snakes, but Pebblesong's explanation made sense. This approach sounded efficient. She'd gave another nod in agreement and leapt carefully onto a large flat rock. Mallowshine scanned the crevices, and she moved at a leisurely pace around the edges of the area, planning to work her way in.

There was a hint of movement at the corner of her vision, and Mallowshine's head whipped around quickly, round eyes narrowing in suspicion. The wind blew a scent her way, and she relaxed. Over there. Both her sense of sight and smell told her that this was, in a way, an opposite to what they were looking for. It was a mouse. Mallowshine had slipped into a hunter's crouch without even realizing it, and stayed frozen in this pose for a several long moments as she pondered the idea of going after it. They were only coming out of leaf-bare, and prey was still precious. But this was not what they were here for and it wasn't safe to hunt in potentially snake-infested grounds. Reluctantly, Mallowshine turned away, giving a glance over to her companions to distract herself from the opportunity she was declining.

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Briarwing just shrugged at Pebblesong when she teased about the stepping apparently this warrior had a stick up her butt or something. She could tell easily she didn’t like the words that had come out of her mouth. She just flicked her tail and said, ”Ah maybe I should have had my apprentice come, he could use some confidence building but you know you can’t push them into the lake and just pray that they can swim.” She stated, she was working with Frostpaw a lot and well he seemed to be getting better but there was a long ways to go.

Now they were on to snakes, Briarwing just growled in response to the name of those horrible creatures. It was one of the training exercises that Brairwing’s father threw at her while she was still and apprentice in Ravenclan. ’You got to have a strike faster than an snake, otherwise you’ll never finish the job.’ His voice came to her mind and she just narrowed her eyes. Before padding in a different direction looking out for the creatures.

Thats when in front of her movement of a twig moved. Crouching down she stepped towards the movement, a flash of a snake tail as it slithered among the rocks. Thats when Briarwing’s tail shot up and she flicked the very tip of it twice, signaling to her other companions that she found something. Thats when she looked over she shoulder and said in a hushed tone, We have a winner over here.”

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As she made her way across the warming stones with a practiced grace, pale green eyes seeking out suspicious shadows and hovels between the rocks, Pebblesong found a bit of relief seeping in. The rocks certainly weren’t overrun yet—regular maintenance could keep it that way. She’d been unlucky enough to be a part of a patrol in the past that had found the rocks veritably swarmed with the wretched slithery creatures. The fur along her spine prickled at the memory. Raising her head to cast a curious glance at her companions and their progress, her eyes caught sight of Briarwing’s tail as it twitched with warning.

”We have a winner over here.”

Mouse shit, Pebblesong thought, her own tail rising high in the air like a banner as she nimbly made her way over to the other she-cat, eyes searching for the offending reptile. There he is, her ears perked as she heard a few small pebbles and twigs scraping against the rocks as the creature searched out some sort of hiding place.

”My groups have always herded them away; so far it looks like just the one…” she whispered, whiskers pulling forward as her eyes narrowed with consideration, ”Should we try to just kill it?” her eyes turned to Briarwing and then sought out Mallowshine as well, tail-tip twitching. There was no just with snakes, but with three warriors—two of whom were experienced with battling the slithery fiends—it was certainly an option to consider.

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MALLOWSHINE

WILLOWCLAN | FEMALE | 16 MOONS

Mallowshine found her way over to Briarwing just behind Pebblesong. Her round green eyes narrowed at the sight of the snake, slithering slowly between the stones. It was rather unassuming, in Mallowshine's opinion; unimpressive in size and speed, but the warnings she'd grown up with from kithood kept her back. 

"If that's the way you always do it, then perhaps you could use this one to show me?" she suggested. Mallowshine was a quick study and there was no rush; nothing else had been assigned to them today, although she'd planned on going on a hunt if they had time left over. It'd be better to handle the situation with caution rather than end up wasting Ashcloud's resources on snake bites, as Pebblesong had said before and Mallowshine had her doubts that this would be the only snake around. She circled behind the snake to the other side, to face the other she-cats.

She scanned her new spot for additional snakes. The rocks were bare. Her eyes returned to the snake which was making its way away from the patrol, although it didn't appear threatened by the warriors. Well, it wasn't as if she knew what reptilian panic looked like, but it had yet to acknowledge them in any way. She jumped another rock closer.

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Briarwing twitched her nose as Pebblesong made her way over. The snake seemed to be just moving through the rocks and twigs. Briarwing’s pale green eyes kept track of it as it moved. It was a bit slow probably hadn’t warmed up much yet. Usually on the colder mornings they were slow. Either way they were going to have to do something.

Brairwing thought for a moment, between the three of them they could probably kill the snake. Though Mallowshine didn’t know what she was doing, and Pebblesong and herself were experienced. She just let her claws slide out, she hated snakes. Twitching her tail she watched as it moved away from then, ”Its now or never.” She hissed back at Pebblesong and then moved forward following it.

Mallowshine said something about using this and she could just watch but if they didn’t act now it was going to be gone. Thats when Briarwing moved slightly to the right so it couldn’t escape that way, hopefully she could distract it enough for Pebblesong to take the final blow.

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