Heart of the Wind

[Carotius]

Tags: Isilme
Setting: Clearing; mid-afternoon
OOC: I couldn't think of a better title. Forgive me XD

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Leaf-fall brought with it a mighty change in appearance to the forest. The leaves, once lush with varying shades of healthy to sickly green, had turned into a magical mix of red, brown, and gold, transforming the forest into a dreamland of beauty and colder weather that could otherwise not be seen in the two seasons where trees and undergrowth weren't as colourful. LeafClan cats enjoyed pouncing on the crisp leaves, crunching them and hearing them rustle as they travelled through the treetops.

but today, Sparkleap was not out leaping from tree to tree, chasing after squirrels and birds as they chittered and squawked in alarm at having their predators up in the branches with them. He wasn't out in the canopies, where he could enjoy the chill breeze and the sensation of warm sun on his pelt, as he overlooked the forest to the lands that lay around him. No. He was nowhere there. He was all snuggled up in his warm nest in the warriors' den, nose tucked underneath his golden tail, taking a day off from training his two apprentices.

"And I still shouldn't just lie here and do nothing," he mumbled through his own fur, sitting up with a wide yawn. "All right, all right.. Let's see if there's nothing for me to do."

He padded out of his nest, not really caring for his ruffled appearance. The golden warrior wasn't precisely worried about how he looked today - fur sticking up in odd places, with a clump of most stuck to them once every few paw-holds. He wasn't going to groom himself until he was sure he wasn't needed for anything; he was probably going to go back to bed if nothing required his help nor attention.

[Isilme]

Leafclan camp, that place had once been somewhere she called home, where she could find love and family but now... Yellow eyes scanned the camp, it had been so long now... The female watched with growing pain as her daughter, Iceheart, crossed the camp going out on a hunt, she painfully reminded her father, Froststar, Windheart looked to the sky wondering if he was up there looking after his family. The white she cat then sighed and looked around the camp seeing a very upkept warrior leving the warriors den, she narrowed her eyes, he had been sleeping until now? She walked in his direction, her eyes cold as a blizzard. "Good morning, would you mind explaining what a warrior, is doing waking up in mid afternoon?" She asked not friendly at all, yellow eyes sharp in the tom direction.

Carotius

[Carotius]

There didn't seem to be anyone or anything that needed his attention even if he looked harder than he already was doing, so the golden tom decided he'd return to his mossy bed. His aching body and tired mind was looking forward to the dark embrace of sleep, hopefully in the soft clouds of dreams that provided him some respite from the things that had been stressing his mind lately. but just as he backed up one step towards where he came from, the warrior jump a mouse-length into the air when an unfriendly query was shot his way.

"I-I-I was s-sleeping after taking my ap-p-prentices out for training last night and I-in the m-morning.. I-I was going to take are-Rowanpaw for h-hunting or border p-patrol at dusk...get myself t-tired for sleeping later at n-night..." Sparkleap's voice was trembling as much as his legs, golden tabby fur fluffed up in alarm at the sudden scare, making him look messier than he already was. He didn't want to get into trouble! "P-Please don't are-report me to S-Sunstar; I really d-don't want her to know about m-my s-sleep problems.."