#alpinekit

[nimbusclan]

Moon 9 Part 2

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There’s a sickening crunch and Moonstar’s body suddenly stops, lurching in the air.

Panting, Moonstar tightens the grip of her right paw – she’s managed to sink her claws into a thick root that is growing through the side of the cliff. She’s dislodged it a bit – that must have been the cracking sounds – but it holds fast to the cliffside and Moonstar doesn’t hesitate a second longer.

Gathering all of her strength, she swings her other paw up to sink her claws into the root, shoulders shaking as she pulls her body up. Her back paws windmill in the air until she’s able to find purchase on the cliff, digging her back claws into the rock and dragging herself up onto the slope.

Shaking all over and sick with adrenaline, Moonstar’s aching limbs want nothing more than to collapse out from under her. She flexes her claws in the loose gravel under her paws and eyes the dirt warily, as if it’ll suddenly heave forward and send her sailing over the edge of the cliff again. Muscles screaming, Moonstar moves her shaky, aching body to firmer ground.

Safe for the moment, she slumps at the base of a pine tree and shakes.

She almost died.

She almost died.

Quest for moss entirely forgotten, the only thought Moonstar can dredge up is the idea of getting back to her brother and collapsing against him, taking comfort in his familiar scent and his solid, grounding presence at her side. She’d assured Fogfreckle just last moon that she could handle being on her own, but now she’s not so sure she’s going to survive the hunt for a new home without him.

Ignoring the sharp ache of pain in her shoulder where she caught the root that saved her life, Moonstar struggles to her paws and slowly sniffs out the trail she took to get here, retracing her pawsteps through the fog and back up the mountain.

Limbs dragging, a wash of relief splashes Moonstar like ice melt on a hot day as she spots the clearing where they’ve scraped out their dens. Through the trees and the mist, she can just make out the light color of her brother’s dappled pelt moving around in the clearing. There’s something dark swinging from his mouth, likely freshkill, and, feeling relieved, she pulls herself through the trees and towards him.

Only pawsteps away, Moonstar opens her mouth to greet Fogfreckle, but stops in her tracks. 

It’s not freshkill.

“Moonstar!” Fogfreckle’s ears flick back a second before he turns at the sound of her arrival, eyes bright and shining with happiness. “Look what I found while I was out collecting moss!”

Tucked at Fogfreckle’s paws is a kitten. A skinny thing, with short, raggedy brown fur and dark, reddish tabby stripes.

Moonstar’s relief swiftly vanishes.

The kit is quiet, motionless, almost expressionless, but it stares at Moonstar like it can see through her, past her pelt and muscle and down to her bone. Unnerved, Moonstar meets its intense bright blue eyes with her own. They’re not cobalt blue, like her brother’s, or ice blue, like her own. They’re an otherworldly blue.

She’s snared by that unblinking, unwavering gaze, and something about it seizes Moonstar with a feeling of pure, crawling dread, like somebody has set ants loose in her pelt. The kit sits neatly with its tail curled over its paws, still and silent unlike any kit Moonstar has ever interacted with before.

She feels rooted to the spot, as if to make any move closer to her brother – closer to the kit – would be dangerous, somehow.

Fogfreckle grins, wide and happy, apparently unaffected by whatever has taken hold of Moonstar. He bends his head to give the kit an affectionate lick atop the head. “I’m going to name him Alpinekit.”

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[justanotherwarriorcatsfan]

Moon 53

Whistlepaw became a warrior! Whistlestream is cold, has helpful insight and is a good teacher. He was honored for his cleverness.

Whistlestream is closest to his adoptive parents (Warmfall and Lynxfern) and his brother. He doesn't like Billoweyes but respects her. He dislikes Pearpaw.

Fallingghost saved two kits from a fox and got his tail injured. He and Billoweyes adopted the kits.

Oddseeker fought a rogue and got hurt

Lynxfern survived a viceous eagle attack but got injured

Cloudpaw recovered from heat stroke

Cloudpaw had a vision, he tried to ask Chasing for advise while on patrol with him and Echopaw, but he tells her she just imagined it.

Edit: I meant to shedule this post for tomorrow but oh, well.

[pikaclan]

Moon 37

Frozenleaf is caught speaking to a kittypet for the first time. This moon he is not allowed to leave camp, and any moon after might be eligible to exile.

Whisperpaw and Honeypaw have finally become warriors.

As once a rogue outside the Clan, Turtletooth asks Fallendrop her opionions on Mossystar's new policies

Alpinekit is in for a culture shock when she tells her she was once a rogue herself.

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[maplewood120]

AlpineStar (alpinewind)

AlpineStar was the previous leader before his son, stagstar. He is the father of Darkwhispers and Stagstar and mate to Snowfeather. When he was deputy, he had become mates with snowfeather, a cat he thought he loved. After he discovered the real reasons behind snowfeathers apparent 'love' for him, he was heartbroken and angered. He confronted the she-cat who attempted to manipulate him, then convinced him that things would be fine. When that didn't work, the two argued before she placed a paw on him, trying to calm him. He reacted to this, smacking her paw away with more force than anticipated, and snowfeather fell off the cliff they were by, plummeting to her death. Alpinetail never meant to kill her, but he was scared that he would be exiled from his clan if he ever told the truth and that he would never be able to see his children again. Unfortunately, after this, darkkit seemed to avoid him more often - and prehaps was even scared of him. As the moons went on, he grew closer to stagpaw, whom he would eventually name stagpeak and appoint as deputy. But Alpinestar never seemed to have a close connection with dark whispers. Then, he took a midnight walk one day. He felt as though something had been wrong the entire day. And when he reached the rocky clearing, near that very cliff, he happened to know why. Darkwhispers confronted him with a terrifying anger, revealing that she watched him kill her mother. Horrified, he attempted to explain the truth, but she wouldn't listen. She attacked Alpinestar, but he never attacked her back or attempted to defend himself, wishing not to harm his daughter. He was killed that night, but before his vision darkened once and for all, he could've sworn he saw the misty spirit of a familiar white she-cat standing behind Darkwhispers.

[nimbusclan]

Movie Night this Saturday, the 26th of July at 7pm EST, on the CCC Discord channel! We'll be watching A Whisker Away. Anyone is welcome to join - bring your popcorn! 🍿 Here's an invite to the Discord channel: https://discord.gg/YaGMHAFkef

[nimbusclan]

The newbie has a reference! Ref style was directly inspired by @featherclan's ref sheets, with permission!

[nimbusclan]

It's WIP Wednesday! Here's a rough sketch :D

[nimbusclan]

NimbusClan Allegiances

Up to date as of Moon 9

-NimbusClan-

Moonstar - Leader (9 lives remaining). Molly. 17m. Nervous, steady paws. Founder. Parents: Frostcrest and Cliffstripe Littermates: Fogfreckle

Fogfreckle - Deputy. Tom. 17m. Daring, good mediator, den builder. Founder. Parents: Frostcrest and Cliffstripe Littermates: Moonstar Kits: Alpinekit (adopted)

Alpinekit - Kit. Tom. 3m. Nervous, interested in the Chasm. Joined on Moon 9. Parents: Fogfreckle (adoptive)

-StarClan-

Pitchstar - Previous leader. Tom. 147m in life. Charistmatic, good speaker, clever. Founder. Died on Moon 0 in a landslide. Introduced in Interlude 0-1. Former apprentices: Fogfreckle. Littermates: Frostcrest - Warrior. Molly. 70m in life. Loyal, good kitsitter. Founder. Died on Moon 0 in a landslide. Introduced in Interlude 0-1. Mate: Cliffstripe Kits: Moonstar and Fogfreckle

Cliffstripe - Warrior. Tom. 91m in life. Careful, good swimmer, good teacher. Founder. Died on Moon 0 in a landslide. Introduced in Interlude 2-3. Mate: Frostcrest Kits: Moonstar and Fogfreckle Former apprentices: Moonstar

Oddghost - Medicine Cat. Molly. 61m in life. Nervous, dream walker. Introduced in Moon 5.

-The Chasm-

??? - Lonesome, steady paws, good storyteller. Introduced in Interlude 5-6.

?? - Rebellious, great climber. Introduced in Interlude 5-6.