Web Earth Online

((OOC: I'm really sick, so this might not be my best post.))

Ravenfeather sat up, amber eyes wide. "I don't think you understand how strong our cats are. You really underestimate us if you think she can take a few by her self. I know a couple who could shred her in seconds, " he growls, being utterly serious. He stands and flicks his tail as a signal to get up. "C'mon and show me where she is before she gets herself into more trouble than I can fix." He only hoped that if anyone did find her, his place in ThunderClan could help her out of a nasty set of fresh wounds.

EDIT:

Alexander wrote:"I can't smell their see their territory markings yet. We can get a little closer." He whispered, keeping a simple yet pretty silent walk to the tall grass. The territory markings started there, therefore he couldn't get any closer. "I can scent them now." he finally meows, his mouth open a little to taste the air. "We shouldn't stay here long, or the warriors of Windclan will suspect we were doing something suspicious." Thunderstrike turned and began to pad away from Windclan territory.

Dawnpaw wrinkled her nose up in disgust at the scent markers. Maybe they all smelled weird to each other, she thinks. Her forest-green eyes stare into the tall grass beyond and she wishes she could see what all the territories looked like. Her mentor was padding back away from the border, so she followed, glancing behind her once. Everything seemed quiet today, which slightly disappointed her. It's not every day a border skirmish happens, mouse-brain, she tells herself.

Nik looked at the other tom, fear settling in his heart.
He isn't... serious, is he? I don't want her to disapear... then I'll be alone, just like in my dream...
Nik's eyes widened in shock.
Oh, no... no, no, no...
"I left her on some rocks, they were good for sunbathing." He said quickly, panicking slightly as he turned back and leapt into the trees leading back towards the rocks. Nik had never given divine spirits attention before, but in that moment he was praying to any sort of spirit to let his sister be okay as he raced back towards the sun-bathing rocks.

((OOC: I'm working on it. <3))

Ravenfeather growls at the description. Right on the border between RiverClan and his own, a spot that had been battled over for moons and moons between the two. Sunning Rocks. There was no telling who was prowling along the banks now, RiverClan or ThunderClan cats.
The lithe black tom ran with the confidence of a cat who's paws had tread these grounds all his life, and it wasn't long before the two reached the edge of the trees, where bushes and other undergrowth gave way to soft river-fed grass. Ravenfeather halted, immediately recognizing the two former-rogues, Wolfeye and Jaypaw. They were confronting the lighter she-cat, who seemed to be holding her ground well. Probably waiting for Nik, he realizes, feeling an odd pang of longing and jealousy. He shoves it away, reminding himself that it was he who avoided Dawnpaw, not the other way around.

(OOC: Did the Get Well Soon pic help, Aya? )

Kin narrowed her eyes into cold, golden orbs, and growled.
"Threaten me all you want, but you are not keeping me away from him. I'd rather die than lose a comrade, thanks." The pale she-cat flattented her ears, and took up a slightly defensive stance. This would probably not be my smartest choice... that cat is twice my size... Kin mentally shivered in fright, but stood her ground- she wouldn't leave her brother behind, even if the other cat promised them to meet up outside of their 'borders'. What borders was that cat talking about, anyways? All I could smell when we came in was the forest...

Nik followed behind the other tom, surprising himself at how nice it felt to not be in control for once. I've always been the leader between myself and my sister... but not being forced to make decisions actually feels kind of nice. The dark brown tom skidded to a halt beside the amber-eyed raven and had just managed to hear his sister saying she'd rather die than lose a comrade- Kin, you idiot! Why did you have to wait for me? He only barely stopped himself from screeching it out-loud, and watched his sister for a moment- the expression on her face and her stance were so unfaimilar to him. She looked ready to fight the giant grey cat, and she looked so serious... so un-Kin like.
Nik unsheathed his claws, and with his hackles raised, he sped out of the brush and in-between his sister and the large grey cat that was threatening her. "Don't you dare touch her." He spat, his dark brown and orange fur puffed out until he looked almost twice his original size with his racoon-striped tail lashing behind him.

((OOC: Oh yeah, totally. XDD))

Ravenfeather didn't try to stop Nik as the brown tom bounded to his sister's aid. He hesitated for a moment, not sure how defending these two against his own clanmate would effect him. Then he saw the loyalty Nik showed to his sister and he growled to himself and himself from the treeline. He took up a firm stance beside the two and dipped his head to Wolfeye and Jaypaw. Paws skidding on the soft soil, he stopped and unsheathed his claws.
He stepped in front of Nik and Kin, closer to his clanmates. "They've done no harm. There's no reason to harm them, rogues or not," his eyes narrowed at the older she-cat. Surely she remembered how ThunderClan had taken her and Jaypaw in?

Wolfeye bared her teeth. Jaypaw bounded in front of her, nudging her back. "Look, listen. Wolfeye, let's just let Firestar deal with this, okay? Remember how he took us in and-"
"I don't want to remember, Jaypaw," his aunt hissed. "It was probably alright for you, because you don't remember anything. You don't, do you? Because all you ever knew was you and me. Wolfeye and Jaypaw, and you never knew better." She turned on him with eyes glittering fiercely.
"You know that doesn't work on me," her nephew said. "Stop giving me that look, turn around - 90 degrees - and go home. You need a holiday, this warrior stuff is driving you nuts." He lead the she-cat away and threw Ravenfeather an angry glance.
"Next time, I'll be telling Firestar how you broke the warrior code," he warned. "I'm backing you up just this once."

I would've fought you, but I need the permission to do some harm.

Kin relaxed her stance when the two grey cats vanished into the trees. She gulped and slowly walked up to her brother. "Hey, sorry... about before. I didn't mean to make you that mad..."
"Shut up, Kin. And don't do that again- I don't want you hurt because of me. I should be sorry, not you." He sighed, then playfully nudged his sister's shoulder with his nose. "If you were no longer around, things would sure be a lot quieter." This earned him a disgruntled grunt from his sister.
"Are you calling me loud?"
"It is what it is." His sister batted one of his ears for that remark.
"Hey, RavenCat- are all your friends that rude, or is that one just rude by default?" She whined, trotting up to the black tomcat.
"His name isn't RavenCat, Kin."
"And I suppose you know what it is?"
"Yes, I do. It's Ravenfeather."
"You are such a stalker..."
"That's not even... never mind, this isn't worth words anymore. I assume it's no longer safe to be here anymore?" Nik directed the last bit to Ravenfeather, wondering if he and his sister should leave the area for good.

Ravenfeather has to force himself not to flinch at Jaypaw's angry glare. Any authoritative or confident air he had was whisked away as the two turned away and left. He crouched to the ground, eyes locked on the ground. He seemed to be breaking the warrior code a lot today, as well as having a lot of secrets kept. He glances back at the bickering pair, wondering, Should I have just chased you two away?
Then the tom shakes his head angrily. If those two had ended up in any other clan, they would be in worse trouble than this. He did the right thing.
Right?
Ravenfeather's ears twitch at his name and he blinks at the two. He catches the last few words Nik says and he shakes his head and gives a halfhearted laugh, "Not unless you're about to join ThunderClan." Then he sits up and looks at them. They're strong, they can hunt, fight...
"Hey, you two wouldn't..." he trails off, searching for the right words. "How about you do give ThunderClan a go? And, no Kin, they're not all rude. Wolfeye was only following the Warrior Code."
Like he should be.
Ravenfeather stands up now and finds himself pacing. "It's not my say whether or not you can join, but Firestar won't turn down able-bodied cats, would he? Not with the way WindClan has been acting..."

Nik's eyes widened slightly in slight shock, while Kin simply looked confused as Ravenfeather began pacing. "You.. want us to live with you?" The she-cat's voice held puzzlement, while her eyes were filled with wonder. We could live... in a clan? She thought to herself, while watching for Nik's reaction. "C'mon Nik, please? We could really use this! No more wandering... no more wondering if we'll have a place to stay... we could have a home."
"It... would be very different, I suppose." The tom murmered, quiet enough so only his sister could hear. "We wouldn't have to hide..."
"Exactly! You wouldn't have to stalk RavenCat anymore, because then you could just talk to him like a normal cat would!"
"I do not stalk anybody, Kin. I observe an equal's strengths and weakness. Not stalk."
"... uh-huh. Keep telling yourself that. So can we give it a go, Nik? Pleeease?
"Stop whining, we don't even know anything about a... a clan. How can we live somewhere if we-"
"Oh, stop making excuses, you antisocial." She turned away from her brother, ignoring his annoyed glare, and spoke to the black tom. "We'll give it a go, if the others don't kill us. Right, Nik?"
"Uh..."
"He says yes. Now which way do we go?" The she-cat began to race towards the trees before skidding to a halt and looking back at the two toms.

For once, Ravenfeather found himself genuinely grateful for Kin's never ending stream of words she uses to convince her brother. I won't have to keep getting in trouble over you two anymore, he thinks with satisfaction. The black tom purrs contentedly, confident in Kin's ability to sway her brother, and listens to them bicker. Nik of course seems reluctant, but Ravenfeather is sure he wouldn't let his sister go joining a clan on her own. When the she cat bounds past him and towards the tree line, Ravenfeather stands up and flicks his tail at Nik. "I'll teach you all I know, if you'll just try it," he reassures the brown tom, then turns and follows Kin. "This way, you two!" he calls over his shoulder, and begins leading them towards ThunderClan camp.

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Evening finds Atlas in the river. The light brown tabby paddles confidently in the cool water, a silver fish gleaming in his jaws. With a strong kick of the hind legs, he pulls himself onto the large warm rocks and shakes the water from his fur, sending sparkling droplets flying in all directions. He stretches and-
"Oh," he murmurs, navy blue eyes widening. Cats! The tabby sits and watches the three talk, and he feels the longing that had been eating at him since he was a kit grow stronger. The whole reason he was here was to meet the clans. Could they be part of one of these four groups?
For a moment he sits there, frozen in place by some emotion he hadn't anticipated. Nervousness? That must be it, because no matter what he does, he can't seem to convince himself to move. He watches the lightest of the three break away from their little group and bound towards the tree-line. A black tom follows, saying something Atlas doesn't catch. Only the brown cat waits.

(Sorry about not being on, internet wasn't working. Anyways.... what happened that EFFECTED RIVERCLAN or one of MY cats? It's not that I don't want to know about the others, it's that I need to do some catching up!)

Kin glanced behind her, watching Ravenfeather follow her into the trees, but her attention snapped over to a small brown and white blur near the water.
Who is that...
"Kin, snap out of it and get moving. This was your idea." Her brother's voice snapped her out of her gazing, and she blinked in surprise at seeing that he was dissapearing into the woods.
"Hey, hey Nik. I just noticed something." She said, after catching up to her brother.
"What did you notice." The brown tom growled, not bothering to look at his sister.
"Well... do you think they'll change our names? I mean, Ravenfeather and Wolfeye don't sound like normal names in my opinion..."
"If they do, you would be Runningmouth." He muttered in his monotone voice.
"And yours would be Stalkergaze." His sister replied, without missing a beat, earning a quick glare from her brother before he turned his attention to following the leading tom.
"I really hope you aren't this annoying when we get to wherever we're going... that giant grey tom looked ready to rip your throat out because you were talkative."
"Actually, I think that was a she-cat." Kin purred cheekily.
"Whatever."

Ravenfeather purred while listening to the two. His whisker twitched in amusement at the names, both of which he felt fit them both nicely. He glanced back at the two, wondering what names they actually would be given. "Do either of you have a warrior name in mind? I'm sure Firestar wouldn't mind to let you choose your own name, as long as it's nothing dramatic," he gives them a warning glance, but his eyes are alight with mirth.
The tom leads them deeper into the forest, paws slipping into a well remembered path that leads to the camp. "When we get there, try and keep quiet. I don't need you two saying something to get yourselves in trouble." Or me, for that matter.


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Atlas drops his fish when the she-cat glances at him and he wonders whether or not she can tell he's not from her clan. On a whim, he snatches the fish back up and races after them. He's not used to the forest, and following them proves harder than he thought. More than once his fur is snagged by brambles or he stumbles over a hidden rock. The cats also always seem to be just out of his reach, but he can hear them talking. He picks out the she-cats voice and tries to make sense off what they're saying. Words like 'Wolfeye' and 'Nik' sound like names. One makes him have to stifle a purr, 'Stalkergaze', and he finds himself wondering if she's joking.

"Oh... so we do need new names. I'll give it some thought." Kin says, in an oddly thoughtful manner.
"Like you can think at all, Runningmouth, or be quiet for more than five minutes."
"Oh, shutup, Yin- you're just jealous that I might end up with a prettier name than you." She sniggered, using his nickname.
"Why would I want a pretty name?" Nik sounded truly confused for a moment, causing his sister to chuckle again.
"First impressions for possible mates, obviously."
"Not interested in those..." He muttered boredly, but avoided his sister's gleaming eyes.
"Impressions or mates?"
"Just be quiet..." Nik snapped, leaping over a log while trying to keep up with the lead tom's steady and sure pace.
"If you don't think about mates, you're not normal."
"Coming from someone who would flirt with a tree."
"Again: jealous of my more charming ways."
"If you keep talking, all that will come out of it would be some stranger stalking us."
"Um, you can't stalk someone who knows you're there, Nik-" she stopped when her brother glared at her and raised a paw, ready to swipe at her, "-Oh, sorry, I meant observe with a purpose." She stopped her rambling for a moment when she heard the brush behind her rustle rather loudly, but dismissed it. Probably just one of Raven's friends... She slowed herself when she saw a small ravine up ahead, and the smell of cats became overpowering. "Oh... is this your camp?"