You and Me? (Mid)

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Thunderstar sheathed and unsheathed his claws as he paced around his den. There wasn’t much going on in camp lately aside from the usual commotion and daily tasks, and so he was beginning to get antsy. He felt cooped up whenever he entered his den or stayed in the clearing for too long supervising, and there were not many reports from his clanmates coming in either way he went. I could go on a patrol? No wait… they left already; I assigned them this morning. I’ll just go out into the territory for now. At least it will be a change from being in here, and I can check the borders or hunt myself while I’m out. The large silver tom flicked his tail decidedly and exited his den, then turned and immediately padded out of the camp entrance and into the wide meadow territory. The tall grass brushed against his pelt and its thickness almost completely concealed him as he padded deeper into it and further away from the camp. He was heading in the direction of their clan border with the rough, choppy terrain, but the border and scent markers were very far in the distance and would take some time to reach. He already felt some of his restlessness start to ebb away and quickened his pace through the grass and across the sloped dips in the ground, really just for the heck of it. It felt great just to be able to stretch his muscles out for a while.

[Midnight]

Honeydawn and her littermate, Grassyfire, had taken a walk together, ending up play-fighting and racing each other. However, Grassyfire had taken her leave back to camp, leaving Honeydawn to freely roam the territory, nothing better to do.

The she-cat, who, if any twoleg were to see, would think she's a Bengal due to her pelt, noticed a cat up ahead. For whatever reason, Honeydawn was rather hyper today, which happened to be an almost never-seen thing. Crouching for a moment, the lithe she-cat bobbed her head up and down, trying to decide when to run forward.

Upon finally making the choice, Honeydawn bolted forward toward Thunderstar, letting out a mrrow as she did so. As soon as Honeydawn realized the cat was her leader, she scrambled to a clumsy stop and dipped her head, "sorry, I'm a bit energetic today." Swiftly licking her pelt, Honeydawn looked up at Thunderstar, "how are you, Thunderstar?"

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Thunderstar had quickly skidded to a halt and turned his head with his ears pricked up in surprise and tail and neck fur bristling slightly as he suddenly heard heavy paw steps coming toward him, almost a little too late. He blinked when he realized that it was only Honeydawn and not an intruder, or anything else that he might have thought could have been running up to him. The long-furred silver tom let his fur lie flat again, "er- that's all right I guess," he meowed with a slight, rather awkward nod. "I'm fine. I was just going to check the territory," He replied, though it was more like he had been running through the territory, and he was sure Honeydawn had seen when she chased after him. He didn't want Honeydawn or the others to think he wasn't taking his job as leader seriously though.

[Midnight]

Honeydawn let out an embarrassed sigh and, feeling guilty for her burst of energy, tried to redeem herself. "Mind if I come?" The spotted she-cat asked, looking at the leader's eyes seriously, I don't need gossip going around that I'm an idiot who attacks the leader and has no respect. She thought, feeling slightly nervous that it might happen.

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“Sure, if you want,” Thunderstar replied, a bit taken by surprise by the reply. It shouldn’t have been surprising, but he hadn’t really expected an offer to join him, nor had he thought about it when he had used the excuse of checking the territory. Now he would have to avoid looking like a completely mouse-brained leader if she was going to come with him, and so it looked like he would be doing no more running through the territory to exercise his legs and to get energy out.

He straightened up and tried to appear very serious as he padded towards the nearby border, and checked the scent markers as well as glanced out at the roughly sloping hills beyond. The area always seemed to be covered with snow, and usually he was glad whenever he was near this border because he didn’t think any cats would try to claim that territory as their own. Few loners had strayed over the border from there since he had been in the clan, and usually the only problems they had were other creatures straying over from the snowbanks, such as foxes or large birds.

At the moment he couldn’t really focus on the borders however, when he knew that Honeydawn was following him close by. He had the suspicion that she might just be looking for another reason to find him to be ridiculous. Why else would she want to come on a patrol with just him? It wasn't exactly something most cats in the clan would jump up to do on their own time in between tasks, unless they felt very strongly about guarding the borders or something. He would be very impressed if that were true.

[Midnight]

"Thank you." Honeydawn dipped her head, her paws shaking a bit. She was going to be checking the territory with the leader and it wasn't in a patrol! He must be so busy, and Honeydawn felt a flash of guilt, "A-are you sure you're not busy with anything in camp? I wouldn't want you to be late on your duties just to patrol the borders with me. I can check the territory for intruders and other dangers on my own if you're too busy." The spotted she-cat said nervously.

Honeydawn quickly followed Thunderstar, scenting the air and WhisperClan's borders. "Something about this place.." The warrior mewed, "I've gotten a weird vibe whenever I've come over here the last few moons. For some reason, the snowy forest is just... so... I don't know, maybe mysterious lately? I can't explain it." Her short fur rose slightly, and Honeydawn looked intensely into the forest for a few moments before looking at Thunderstar. "Do you get the same feeling about that place?"

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“No, I’m not busy,” Thunderstar said with a shake of his head, holding back a sigh; 'unfortunately… ' His deputy would be taking care of most of the camp activity, and Thunderstar wasn’t one to like lazing about and not having any orders to give or things to announce and take care of. It was definitely different being leader.
“I actually just needed to get out of my den for a while,” he admitted to her as he continued to investigate the border, flicking his tail slightly. He would have never mentioned it if it had been any other cat, but for some odd reason he didn’t want Honeydawn to feel like she had intruded on something. “Besides, you shouldn't go checking for danger alone. At least with me, most intruders won't press their luck." He said with a slightly boastful flex of his claws. A rogue would more than likely flee if there was more than one cat patrolling, and he thought that Leafclan would know better to stay away from a fight with the leader of Whisperclan, especially when it was himself.


The silver tom’s ears pricked up at her statement and fur prickled slightly. He hadn’t really noticed anything strange ever since he had become leader. No scent markings across the border, no sign of rouge cats walking through or dangerous animals. Had he been missing something? If Honeydawn had scented or noticed anything out of the ordinary, would she have told him? He hoped the other patrols would have as well, but he didn’t think any cat in the clan would ignore an obvious sign of trouble along their borders without saying anything to him or the clan. He peered up out into the forest with slightly narrowed eyes as he observed it more closely, trying to sense whatever it was that she was sensing.

“I don’t know. I don’t scent anything unusual, but the wind hasn’t been blowing strongly from that direction. I’m not sure about the forest being mysterious, but if anything, I do think it is strange that we haven’t had much activity from this border in a while. When I was deputy, we expected the occasional straying rogue or fox to happen every so often and scented them frequently. Lately, it just seems quiet and I haven’t even seen much prey along the other side of the border.” He meowed. It wasn’t that big of an issue to worry about for him really; it could mean that Whisperclan was effectively protecting their borders. It could also mean that something was on the other side though, scaring them off. What it might be, he of course didn’t know, but until he did there was nothing he could do.
“Unless we hear, see or scent something unusual along the border, wondering about it won’t do much. I’m just glad that it is quiet for once and secured. At least we won’t have to worry about any other clan trying to press their boundaries along this side.” He said with a satisfied prick of his ears. Not even the other clans would favor taking a frozen land where leaf-bare seemed to occur every single day. Thunderstar thought that Starclan must have shunned and cursed that forest since many moons before he was born, making it so that no clan could live there quite comfortably or without catching illness. When he was a kit, he had been told stories of brave Whisperclan cats on small patrols who had once gone up there to claim the territory for Whisperclan, but never came back. No one quite knew what happened.

[Midnight]

"Alright, if you say so, Thunderstar." The spotted she-cat meowed, gazing into the leader's eyes and giving him a confident nod. "I trust you." Honeydawn added quietly, then silently cursed at herself for letting it slip out. Clearing her throat, the warrior added, "So, maybe we should head on down to the rabbit sets?" Suddenly remembering that she wasn't leading a patrol as usual, Honeydawn quickly mewed, "I-I mean, only if you want to. Sorry, it's just that I'm so used to leading patrols..." The WhisperClanner trailed off, looking down at her paws and kneading at the ground.