I just don't feel like it || TAGGED

[nomstar]

OOC: This is the thread where Riverlcoud tells her kits that she isn't going to be a queen anymore, shortly before she is murdered. 

The ginger tabby she-cat slid out of the nursery. She glanced around the clearing and sighed. The sun was only just rising but Rivercloud couldn't sleep. She wanted to go out into the forest and stretch her legs. Guilty, she glanced behind her. What about my kits? I can't just leave them! She lashed her tail in frustration. I'm sick of the nursery! All of those whining kits and gossiping mothers! Of course she loved her kits, it was just becoming too much to bare. I know. Why don't I just go back to the warrior den and get one of the other queens to foster them? She sat down near the nursery and thought about it. My kits will be fine! And it's not like I won't see them again...

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Back in the nursery, a little ginger tabby tom blinked opened his blue-gray eyes that would one day be bright green. Where's mama? Quietly, he stood up and padded over his siblings to the entrance to the nursery. Outside, he could see a cat sitting nearby, but couldn't tell who it was. Is that mama?

TAGS: εℓιzαвεтн., Babylonranger, @fawnstar, ▉▉NEXUS▉▉

[▉▉NEXUS▉▉]

"Hmmm...?" Maplekit stirred in his sleep, opening one eye then both when he realized one of his siblings was up. Too lazy and tired to get up he made his way crawling very slowly, yawning as he bumped into another warm body. Sighing contentedly, he doze off, prepared to enter into sweet dreams.

ooc: ummm nomstar, I was wondering if you could pm me a list of the family tree and any other affiliations? (rivercloud's friends, crushes, etc as well?) Thank you ~ <3
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[Babylonranger]

A large young tom padded out of the Apprentices' Den, his medium-length ginger fur glinting in the early morning light. Blearily blinking his leafy green eyes, the young apprentice yawned widely. His training sessions with his mentor were going well, but Beechpaw had been sick the past few days. Russetpaw glanced back at the den, aching with guilty sadness.

He hadn't been able to be with his sister and take care of her like he had when they were kits; his training had kept him busy. And he enjoyed training, he truly did! He just wished Beechpaw could be healthy more often, that she'd still be able to have a full life in Leafclan. Luckily, it seemed that she'd made a friend, another young apprentice who'd helped her while he couldn't. He'd have to remember to thank Morningpaw at some point.

Stretching his sleep-stiffened limbs, Russetpaw glanced around camp, half-expecting to see his mentor waiting for him. Instead, he was pleasantly surprised to see his mother sitting outside of the Nursery. "Good morning!" he said, smiling happily at Rivercloud. He padded over to see if she wanted to talk. Perhaps they'd be able to catch up before he had to start his chores for the day!

[nomstar]

Raging as a river...

The tabby queen peered up as she saw her son approaching. Smiling, she mewed "Good morning Russetpaw, how are you?" The same thought began rising up inside of her. Her leafy green eyes blazed with excitement as her first son sat down next to her. "Russetpaw, I... I have something to tell you. I've decided not to be queen anymore. It's too much... With all those sick and mewling kits and all of the coughing.. just..." She didn't know how to explain it. "I'm going to go back to warrior duties." She looked at him pleadingly. "Do you understand? You've always been the serious one, looking after your sister and now my new litter." Hopefully he would understand. Russetpaw is the most responsible out of her kits. Glancing back at the nursery, she sighed. What about my new kits? They are so small... No. You've made up your mind. This is what your doing.

...Peaceful as a cloud

TAGS: Babylonranger - WORD COUNT: 162 - NOTES: Sorry that this took so long!

[Babylonranger]

"I'm well!" the young ginger tom said, smiling at his mother before his tail and ears drooped slightly. "Beechpaw was feeling a bit ill yesterday though." Russetpaw's green eyes widened at Rivercloud's words.

"Oh," he said, blinking in surprise. "I . . . I guess I understand." The large ginger tabby looked down at the ground, feeling his ears warm at his mother's compliment. Glancing at the Nursery behind them, Russetpaw returned his gaze to Rivercloud. "You'll ask a queen to look after them before you go back to being a warrior, right?" he asked.

[▉▉NEXUS▉▉]

Maplekit's ears perked up as he heard little whispers, or at least his ears were smushed by his sibling's fur. Though he didn't feel like opening his eyes or even waking up, he decided to at least peek a little. He saw who it was and it interested him in what was going on, but not enough for him to crawl on over and interrupt them. Watching them curiously, his heavy lids kept on fluttering as he tried to stay awake to no avail.