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thoughtfullyrainynightmare · 8 months

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I want to go to Heart

Leopold has been living his entire life in Clover as one of its royals, but he's struggling to feel good enough as a mage, which is why he wishes to go to Heart and learn from someone else. Maybe they'd be able to help him on his journey of betterment. But he needs to tell his siblings that he wants to do this. Characters: Leopold Vermillion, Fuegoleon Vermillion & Mereoleona Vermillion Genre: General-fluff Fanfic type: Oneshot Warnings: None, canon typical Length: ~1.8k

“I want to go to Heart.”

Such a blunt statement, spoken at dinner, without a word of warning before it, by none other than Leopold Vermillion. And it left his siblings looking at him in silence.

They didn’t have stern or disapproving expressions, nor did they look particularly surprised. In fact, Leo, despite having known them all his life, couldn’t read those expressions.

But he wouldn’t have blamed them for being taken aback, because to them it might have seemed like such a surprising decision and declaration to make, while Leo, he had been thinking about it for quite some time. And now that he had an opportunity to do something like this, like Mimosa had already before him, why wouldn’t he take up on the opportunity?

“You want to go to Heart?” Mereoleona was the first to ask after a moment of silence.

“Yes.” Leo replied with eyes that flickered ever so slightly as he looked straight ahead of himself. “Which! I mean, I know that I’m not adventurous like you, aneue. I couldn’t go into the wilderness for months and hunt boars for days and train the way you do. But it works for you! You’re great! The strongest mage I know, and I look up to you, but it’s…” he trailed off. “And aniue,” he continued, “it’s not that I wouldn’t appreciate all that you’ve done for me. You’ve helped me with my studies and looked after me even with all your duties, but… I don’t… get all the books. And the theories and the … things…” he mumbled.

And the room fell back into silence.

It really wasn’t about Leo not admiring or appreciating his siblings. Not in the slightest. He still looked up to them, perhaps more than either of them might ever know.

“I saw Sister Theresa last month,” he sighed, rubbing the back of his head. “And she and I talked a bit… and she said something like… ‘I couldn’t train your brother the way your sister did. Not that I needed to train your sister a lot. She trained herself.’ And I… it made me think about how, if you couldn’t train in the same way, then maybe I can’t train in the same way either. So… I thought that maybe I should… I asked Sister Theresa if she would train me, but she said that she has her hands full with the orphanage.”

The more he talked, the more it seemed like he was unappreciative of the teachings and lessons he had received from his siblings. At least to his ears. But he still knew what he wanted.

He knew what he wanted, but wasn’t sure how to explain it, without sounding even more ungrateful. Which is why, the room stayed silent again, until Mereo sighed.

“You know, when you were a toddler, I wanted to throw you into a chasm and have you climb out by yourself. It’s how lions train their young,” she picked up the wine glass in front of her and took a sip. “He was against it,” she nodded to Fuegoleon.

“It would simply have been too harsh.”

“Maybe. In retrospect.” She reluctantly agreed with a glance to Fuegoleon. “But I did take you, both, out on that day to a gorge, fully intending to make you perform the test.”

Leo wasn’t quite sure why aneue was telling this story to him, but he didn’t want to interrupt either.

“However, it wasn’t my intention to get rid of you,” she said with a tone that was serious and definite. “I intended you to pass the test.”

“He was three,” Fuegoleon noted.

“My brothers are not weak!” She looked at Fuegoleon from the other side of the table, with a stern expression and a tone to match. “But I may have expected too much too soon,” she shrugged, swaying a bit on his side of reasoning. “The point still stands,” she turned back to Leo, “my brothers are not weak. Neither of you.”

And Leo… he wasn’t sure if he had ever heard …anything like that from aneue. Her giving praise or recognition in such a way, spoken out as she thought it.

“What aneue means to say is,” Fuegoleon continued, “that we don’t think less of you for seeking another tutor. The reasoning behind the decision is logical, and each one of us must find their own path as a knight. As long as your heart is true and you give it all, there’s a lesson to be learned. Even in every defeat, there is something to be gained, just as there is knowledge down every road. If nothing else, then the knowledge that there is nothing else down that path. But it doesn’t make the path any less worth travelling.”

“Life is more interesting outside of the Capitol,” Mereoleona noted. “And will teach you more than the dust-bearded stock-ups this city is filled to the brim with.”

“Keep your mind open and your heart brave,” Fuegoleon continued, almost as if it was a goodbye there and then, while it wasn’t.

“You’re… not upset?” Leo still needed to ask, because, he still wanted to make sure that there was no ill will in the air.

“We will be sad to see you go. Just as we are sad to see aneue go whenever she embarks on her exploits.”

“Show them what Vermillions of Clover kingdom are made of.”

“He’s not going there to start a fight, aneue.”

“He will finish one.”

“That is …not what I meant.”

“But it’s what I meant.”

The two older siblings stared each other from opposite sides of the table, perhaps a bit annoyed by one and another, but, Leo knew, perhaps better than anyone, that even if the two bickered and fought, they were always the first to jump into each other’s defence when there was a need.

Sure, they were capable of fighting their own battles, which was also known by both of them. But… they were always on the same side of the battlefield at the end of it.

Just a pair of lions roaring on top of each other; exercising their strength. That’s what it was. They were testing each other’s skills out. To make sure that the other wouldn’t be beaten down quite so easily.

It was something Leo had been left out of. Not that he necessarily wanted to get into a fist fight with either of them, but… it was a kind of an isolating experience. If he had to admit.

Though it wasn’t about not getting it. Aniue and aneue had been toddlers around the same time, and aneue had tugged aniue along on many adventures during their childhood. They had been playing in the same sandbox, so to say. While Leo had been in a new sandbox, a newer one.

Aniue and aneue had been fighting the world together ever since they were little, well, at least some. Though they had been quite independent from what Leo had understood. But they had also been on a common front. Whereas Leo had been someone to protect for the both of them. Which, again, wasn’t something Leo wouldn’t have appreciated.

He loved his siblings. They were people that he could always count on to have his back, and those who would be there to raise hell if something happened to him.

But… he wanted to be equal with them. He didn’t want to be someone to be guarded and protected. For once in his life, he wanted to protect too. And not be someone to be dragged along.

He wanted to pull his own weight.

‘Keep your heart courageous’ aniue would tell him, which wasn’t a bad statement. It wasn’t a bad encouragement or bad words to live by. But it was difficult while living in a kind of defeat. He just wasn’t as strong as aniue or aneue. He could understand why that was, but it didn’t make the feeling any lesser; the frustration of it.

And he was frustrated. He was hungry in a way only a young knight could be. He wanted to be better, and he yearned for that betterment. Even if it seemed to be hidden under mountains, bottoms of ravines, or in the petals of dandelions. And he was more than ready for it. He just didn’t know how to attain it with the tools he currently held.

The best Fire Mages of Clover Kingdom were, with the exception of Mother Theresa, in that room. But they were of little help to Leo anymore. They might just as well have been speaking in a language he didn’t understand when it came about mana and magic. Though aneue was much less about talking, and more about figuring it out as she went along, but that method wasn’t suitable for Leo either.

So, he’d have to find answers from elsewhere.

“So… I will go, to Heart,” he repeated. He had made up his mind, but this time, with the statement, he wore a smile. A soft, careful smile, because he knew that coming back home after the training would be easy. Or easier at least. His siblings wouldn’t be upset with him for favouring someone else’s teachings in place of theirs, but instead they’d be happy for his strength and overcome achievements.

Mereoleona smiled while bringing the wine glass back to her lips. It was a content smile. A pleased smiled. And … perhaps it was a proud smile.

Fuegoleon seemed content. He seemed happy; his supportive self. But overall Leo would have deemed him less expressive, which aniue was. He was a stoic man, whereas aneue was a lot of things, but stoic wasn’t one of them.

Leo nodded, more to himself than anyone else. But there was a strange feeling to it all. The moment, the knowledge that he would be undertaking a journey, a kind of an adventure, as just himself. It felt almost like a beginning of something, and he was standing right at the edge of the path, ready to take the first step.

There was fear in it. But it was the good kind of a fear. The kind that holds anticipation in itself and which is filled with an eager heart and a racing mind, but is coupled with a smile.

He would be able to do this.

He would do this.

He will do this.

He will become strong and capable, someone that his siblings, and, most importantly, he himself could be proud of. Now, he wasn’t sure if he was, proud, of himself.

But he would be.

Actually, he already was. He was proud of having made the decision, now he just had to stick to it. With a courageous heart, an open mind, and will to … finish a fight.

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simplyventi · 4 months

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Softwing and Heavysteo are the parents to Burnetdrop, Newtkit, Serpentsnap and Oakgleam/star.

Burnetdrop was from their first unexpected litter. The two were still pretty young warriors when they had him and then later down the road they had Newtkit, Serpentsnap and Oakgleam/star.

While they were still kits a cold and harsh leaf are made prey scarce and the clans went hungry. Newtkit and Heavytooth(who had been just made deputy) died from starvation. Softwing later died from the fire.

Softwing was a determined and loyal warrior of Shadeclan. She very much cared for family and will do anything for them. She always thought of Heavytooth as a goodball and even though he was eccentric he was still a good cat and to never changed. She wasn’t expecting to get pregnant right away but welcomed Burnetkit with a big heart just as she did with Newtkit, Oakkit and Serpentkit.

Heavytooth was an eccentric and strange cat who acted odd which earned looks from the clan. Though they never teased him they welcomed his quirks and let him do things his way so he could learn and work efficiently. He is almost a big dork and always willing to make others laugh. Which is how he earned his deputy title. He had died of starvation and froze to death when he had been out trying to find prey for the clan. At the same time his daughter Newtkit had died as well and they watched over the clan until Softwing joined them after the fire.

Burnetdrop is a grumpy and responsible cat who is also the mediator of the clan. He trains Fernpaw and was trained by his mentor Crimsonsnarl. Burnetdrop knew of what he was meant to do at such a young age and that was be a mediator. Being able to speak and keep the peace between the clans was something he wanted to do and he had a talent for it. As he got older, however, he started to see how cruel the other clans could be and started to lose his spark for being a mediator and just before he could ask for a change in paths Crimsonsnarl was killed by a fox who had surprised attacked him. Burnetdrop then had no choice but to stay as the mediator since he was the only one.

Newtkit was a spunky and strange little kit just like Heavytooth. She loved playing with lizards and watching them that she felt she was like them. She had always wanted to be a medicine cat and always bothered Pebbleheart and Mothpaw in wanting to learn herbs and read prophecies. She later died due to Starvation.

Serpentsnap is a laid back but responsible cat is pretty kind to everyone but those who would hurt the cats he cares about. His mate is Ebonyfreeze. His apprentice is Jaypaw and the two are quite close. Also he does have kits with Ebonyfreeze their first daughter ends up being born paralyzed in her hind legs and unlike the warriors books she actually got to be a warrior.

Oakgleam/star is a well respected and loyal deputy of Shadeclan. His apprentice is Shadowpaw who they share a close bond. Oakgleam is the youngest and always has his oldest brothers worried for him but he worked hard and earned his deputy title when he took charge during the fire and helped many cats get out alive. After the previous deputy, Smokedapple, died he was named deputy where he works hard and keeps his clan safe.

Next up will be Silkstar and her family then maybe the leaders and information about the clans and all that.

#warrior cat ocs #warrior cats oc story #shadeclan #clangen #Oakgleam/Oakstar #Serpentsnap #Burnetdrop #Softwing #Heavytooth #Newtkit #the best siblings #Burnetdrop Oakgleam and Serpentsnap are the best siblings in my opinion lol

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