adventures in willowclan

Character Info

WillowStar

Female

She is loyal to WillowClan but she wasn't the deputy, yet, for some reason she was chosen to be the next leader.

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BrightClaw

Female

The deputy to GooseStar, and WillowStar, as she wasn't made leader, she still thinks that BrightStar sounds better than WillowStar, but nobody listens to her, not even her mother, TorrentPath

GooseFoot

Male

The leader prior to WillowStar, and BrightClaw's romantic partner, fun fact; GooseFoot was originally a kitty pet!

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Prologue
GooseStar looked down from the clan on his willow tree, as the clan had gotten its name from the giant willow that the leader made announcements on. GooseStar continued to gaze downward and saw WillowPaw, running around the camp, she would become a warrior today and was really excited, he walked down the tree and approached WillowPaw kindly, "Hello, WillowPaw, I see you're excited?" WillowPaw quickly turns her head over to GooseStar, a bit frightened, "Oh! Yes, very excited!" She smiles and hops out of camp, 'Oh WillowPaw, you have exciting things in your future' GooseStar thinks to himself as he pads next to the tree, waiting for her to return, as the whole clan should be there, to see him announce what he was about to do. BrightClaw hopped over, "Hello GooseStar! How have you been?" She smiles, rubbing against him affectionately "Quite well, BrightClaw, quite well.. I'm worried about today.." BrightClaw nuzzles him, "Why should you be? You're the leader after all!" BrightClaw says, happily waving her bobbed tail around, "I realize what you've decided to do, today, and. . ." She pauses, blinking a bit sadly as she notices GooseStar's sad facial expression "Please don't be sad, GooseStar! The whole clan still appreciates you." She says, nuzzling him a bit more "BrightClaw, you are too kind.. How could I have been a great leader without your guidance? Our clan would've crumbled into legend, instead of living any longer.." BrightClaw only watches as she comforts GooseStar, "WillowPaw is back." She says, grimacing slightly, GooseStar looks over, WillowPaw has bounded back into camp, startling cats left and right, "Are you sure about this, GooseStar? About.. Her?" GooseStar looks at his back, and imagines what the clan should do if he perished. "Yes, I am sure, BrightClaw.. Very sure" he blinks, climbing onto the willow, "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather around the willow!" He said, his voice trembling slightly, BrightClaw bounded up the willow after him, squeaking slightly, "Today" says GooseStar "we have two announcements, the first, a joyful one." the group of cats whisper to each other curiously, "We have a new warrior joining us today, WillowPaw! You have fought hard to learn the ways of the willows, harder than most others I know of" WillowPaw beams at this, BrightClaw sighs sadly, "WillowPaw, do you promise to follow the warrior code, until DEATH" the end made all of the cats jump a little, "Yes!" She says, happily swishing her long, fluffy tail across the moss, "Then by the powers of StarClan, from this moment on, you shall be known as. . ." He pauses, trembling slightly, "WillowPelt! We welcome you in the ways of the willows!" The clan chants, "WillowPelt! WillowPelt!" GooseStar meows for silence, "In other news" he begins, the clan quickly shuts up, "I have chosen to do somthing no other leader has done before.. Step down from being leader." The whole clan gasps, and a kit mews sadly, "BrightClaw, you have an announcement?" Says GooseStar, "y-yes, I do!" She says, her voice trembling, "He hasn't chosen me as the next leader, but, someone else was.. Lucky enough" WillowPelt twitches her ears, it couldn't be her, "WillowPelt, has trained harder than anybody GooseStar has seen before.. Even me.. WillowPelt, you shall be known as WillowStar, I will still be the deputy, and GooseStar... Shall be a normal warrior, now reffered to as GooseFoot." WillowStar breathes in quickly, she was leader, she suddenly blinks, "But, why me?!" She blurts out. BrightClaw blinks, GooseFoot steps forward "MoonClan told me to, we don't question them." He says, kindly stepping back again "WillowStar, please come up the willow!" BrightClaw commands, WillowStar trots towards the willow, and skillfully claws her way up, "WillowStar, will you end this clan meeting?" Whispers BrightClaw, "C-Clear the willow." She says, nervously, the cats hesitate, but with a glare from BrightClaw the trot off, back to what they were doing, GooseFoot comes over to WillowStar, "May I have a word, WillowStar?" Asks GooseFoot, "Yes, of course, come..." She hops down from the willow and trots over to the Leader's den, she pads her way inside, and looks behind her to see GooseFoot trotting inside as if it were still his den "What should you like to speak about?"
"About... My nine lives, and yours. You should go to Mothermouth tomorrow, and as for herbs, just tell BerryNose where you're going. As for my nine lives, I'm afraid I'm on my eighth, if I die, I'll have one life left."
". . . Will the journey to Mothermouth be dangerous?"
"Oh, of course it will, you may not have time to hunt, if you want to get there quickly! You should bring trusted warriors with you, two at most. That's all I wanted to say, good luck, WillowStar!" WillowStar nodded a goodbye, and GooseFoot trotted outside.

Chpt. 1, the journey to Mothermouth

WillowStar awoke with a start, it was early the next morning, she quickly bounded out of her den, and to the medicine cat den, it was inside a giant clearing, surrounded by trees and blocked by moss from others, a giant willow with moss hanging down as if it were a curtain prevented from seeing inside, she thwacked the willow with her tail a few times, and the medicine cat's apprentice bounded out of the "den" "Hello, WillowStar! Here for the herbs?" Said BlackPaw, she was once a rogue, and didn't have much respect around the clan, BerryNose was her mentor, "Where's BerryNose, BlackPaw?" Asked WillowStar, "She's disappeared! I don't KNOW where she is! I asked BrightClaw about it and she sent a search party into the forest, and told other cats to look around the camp!" WillowStar tensed "Where are the herbs?"
"They're ALSO gone, I looked around, but they just. . . Disappeared. . ." WillowStar knew what had happened, a MoonClan cat must've come in the middle of the night and taken BerryNose and the herbs to Mothermouth, "Where's BrightClaw and GooseFoot?" She asks, BlackPaw points to the Warriors den, WillowStar thanks her and bounds to the Warriors den, she finds BrightClaw and GooseFoot talking, "BrightClaw, GooseFoot, we have a problem, and I need to go to Mothermouth with you immediately." The other warriors just stare blankly, as BrightClaw and GooseFoot bound up to her, "Lemme guess. . . BerryNose and the herbs are at Mothermouth!" Says BrightClaw "how did you...? Never mind, yes, we need to go get them!" WillowStar says, swishing her long fluffy tail across the leafy dirt, "Okay." Says BrightClaw and GooseFoot at the same time, they all rush through the clan entrance, it looks exactly like the medicine cat den entrance, but between two weeping willows, and having vines and brambles near the opening, the trio sprints through the woods, suddenly coming upon the dirt thunder path the two legs made just that week, GooseFoot leaps across it first, a monster brushes his long, feather-like fur on the tip of his tail, his long whiskers blowing in the wind gracefully. BrightClaw blushes slightly at the sight of this, she goes second, hopping across the entire thunder path, even if it was thin, it was still impressive, WillowStar goes last, some monster starts picking up speed as she dashes across, a two leg pokes their torso out slightly and laughs, WillowStar leaps, the monster could only bump her left back paw, but it hurt a lot, WillowStar limps towards the others, her ears flat against her head, wincing slightly as the cold breeze blows her fur around, "Are you alright, WillowStar?" Asks BrightClaw, nervously, WillowStar twitches her ears, a sharp pain shoots from her paw, "I'm fine" she says, annoyed "we should keep going." The others nod, and they trot along, WillowStar limping, but moving quite quickly, as she's practiced walking with a paw up just in case. After an hour of walking, GooseFoot, who had been leading the trio, stops in his tracks, quite suddenly, BrightClaw bumps into him, and WillowStar bumps into BrightClaw, the two plop onto their tails as GooseFoot sniffs around, "I smell foxes, at least 3." The group falls silent as distant squeaks, and screeches come from the forest, "Those are the foxes, about 200 or more fox lengths away... Maybe we shouldn't settle completely for the night as we planned, one could stay up and the other two could sleep, and the role of who's staying up could switch around, between-"
"Me and GooseFoot" WillowStar interrupts GooseFoot, confidently "I want to help out." She says, BrightClaw licks them both affectionately, "I could stay up too, so you could both be asleep at some point, or, since I don't need much sleep to still have lots of energy, I could be on look out the entire night, and only wake you guys up if it's an emergency?" GooseFoot nods blankly, plopping down near some bushes, "We'll need to hide our scent," GooseFoot picks up some mud, "rub this on your fur, so the foxes don't smell us." WillowStar rolls around in the mud, GooseFoot sniffs her, "Good, you smell just like the ground, BrightClaw, have some mud on your pelt, so you're hard to see." BrightClaw nods, rolling around in the mud, covering her yellowish pelt with brown globs, masking her scent, she dips her paw in the mud, and puts some on her face too "Am I still slightly visible?" The other two nod. GooseStar dunks his face into the wet mud and the rest of his body, turning browner than WillowStar's pelt. "Goodnight for now, GooseFoot!" says BrightClaw, WillowStar nods, plopping down. BrightClaw twitches her ears, keeping a silent vigil. After 5 hours, BrightClaw shakes WillowStar up. "The foxes, the foxes, they're super close!!" WillowStar snaps open her eyes, and helps BrightClaw wake up GooseFoot. The trio sprint away quickly, just before the 3 adolescent foxes pounce onto where they were, one of them, seeming to be the eldest of the trio of foxes, looks at the sprinting cats, and barks at the other two to look. "Great MoonClan, these foxes aren't actually brain-dead!" Says BrightClaw, briefly looking behind her. The fox trio chases the cats, trying to break up the trio of cats, but they stay together. BrightClaw suddenly jerks up into a tree, the other two follow. GooseFoot licks BrightClaw's ear affectionately, WillowStar looks at the foxes, not wanting to feel awkward. The foxes claw at the tree, angrily snarling at the cats, WillowStar ignores them. The foxes, probably not wanting to dig up the tree, leave to find a different group of cats to eat. The trio hop down and run very far away, suddenly stopping at the dirt thunder path the two-legs installed as well. WillowStar goes first, almost flying over the thunder path as she leaps. BrightClaw goes second, gracefully leaping right over the thin thunder path. GooseFoot looks, and sees an odd monster, thinking he could beat it, he makes a running leap, but the two-leg speeds up the monster, and runs over his long tail. GooseFoot screams a meow of pain, and looks at his tail, grimacing. BrightClaw leaps towards him and inspects his wound, "It's not fatal, I can tell." She says, with sigh of relief. WillowStar nods, "It's just your tail, we can still make the journey!" She says, her fur bristling, as she was extremely excited. The other two nod, and sprint toward Mothermouth, GooseFoot in the lead.

Chpt. 2, BerryNose is found
The trio approach Mothermouth, WillowStar's breathing rapidly increases as she hears BerryNose's meows of distress echo through the opening. "BerryNose..?" WillowStar breaths, not believing she was really in there, "WillowPaw?" BerryNose replies, as a shadow of a cat stands close to the entrance, facing WillowStar. The cat moves forward, revealing BerryNose with the herbs still clenched in her jaws as a little bundle. BerryNose looked worried "Where am I? Why is GooseStar here? Is this Mothermouth?" BerryNose blinked, suddenly collapsing. The trio rush towards her, but she suddenly disappears, with the herbs, back to WillowClan. WillowStar walks towards Mothermouth, feeling nervous. She smelt her own fear scent as she entered. The coldness made her stare, her fur bristled as she ran towards the Moonstone. WillowStar leaped into the cave, her fur on end to keep her warm. She stepped forward, blindly as her pupils slowly grew to fill her entire eye. The Moonstone suddenly shone brightly as the moon shone over it, WillowStar sprinted over, crashing into it nose-first. She suddenly fell asleep as her nose smashed the surface of the Moonstone. She appeared in her dreams, her mother was in front of her, "My Little Willow, for your first life, I give you bravery and justice." WillowStar watched, as MistCloud faded away, and was replaced by her father, "My kit, for your second life, I give you immense stamina, and intelligence." CrestFall faded away, and was replaced by EchoSong, "My apprentice, for your third life, I give you empowerment and approval from your clan." The she-cat faded and was replaced by Moore, a loner she had met and befriended, "WillowStar, for your fourth life, I give you fertility and good hunting skills." Moore faded away, and RosePool appeared "WillowStar, for your fifth life, i give you strength and speed." RosePool faded, and KestrelKit appeared "Sister, for your sixth life I give you playfulness and joyfulness!" KestrelKit faded and MistMoon appeared "Sister, for your seventh life, I give you seriousness and wisdom." MistMoon faded, and RunningRiver appeared, "WillowStar, for your eighth life, I give you freedom and peace." RunningRiver faded and Mink appeared "Willow, for your ninth life I give you eternal life." WillowStar blinked, "Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of having nine?" She asked, Mink sighed, "Look, if you get too overwhelming we'll just drop a tree on you like all other immortal cats.." Replied Mink, disappearing. WillowStar awoke, and quietly stepped out of the cave, feeling bravery welling up inside her, as she raced out towards BrightClaw, and GooseFoot, "Let's go home." She said, flicking her tail playfully "Okay!" Said BrightClaw, twitching her ears, and shaking her fur, as the mud had completely dried. GooseFoot shook his fur too, some flakes of mud shot off of his fur as it flopped and shook around, leaving him with white splotches all over his fur, making the two she-cats laugh.
Chpt. 3, a New Dawn
WillowStar stirred, she was in her den, and sleepily rose her tail, then let it flop back down on the ground, a paw clawed the side of the den, "Come in" said WillowStar, stretching and yawning, as she sleepily raised her head. MothFeather entered, her fluffy fur covering her eyes as she sat down, facing WillowStar. MothFeather was a new warrior, whose warrior ceremony had been just yesterday. "WillowStar, I was wondering if I should be going on the hunting patrols?" MothFeather asked, "If the deputy asked, or you want to, then yes, you should listen to the other warriors though, and if they want you to, then you should." Replied WillowStar, blinking lazily, "Okay, have a nice day, WillowStar!" Replied MothFeather, quietly trotting away. WillowStar raised her tail, as she stood up to help BrightClaw arrange the patrols. WillowStar stumbled out of the den, and saw BrightClaw arranging the patrols, WillowStar trotted over and asked if she needed help. "MothFeather wants to be on all the patrols, but she doesn't understand she won't be able to hunt, with how DuneClan has been acting recently, the desert border can't be left unchecked! Other than that, I don't need any help." Replied BrightClaw, WillowStar nodded, walking towards the elders den. RoseFall was asleep, and MoonSong was eating a squirrel, and talking with BlueWren, who was eating a fish. WillowStar left, and decided to check on the kits in the nursery. RabbitKit, KestrelKit, SkunkKit, FoxKit, and SwiftKit were asleep with their mother, BadgerPelt. MoonKit, SkyKit, EmberKit, and ForestKit were playing with their dad, NightEcho. MothMoon was talking with MothFeather, as MothMoon's kits, BriarKit, LeafKit, and ThrushKit played, and pretending they were warriors. RainFlower groomed her kits, RainKit, FangKit, and TigerKit. The new kit, DireKit was OwlFeather, BrindleKit, and CinderKit. Tadpole, a rogue who refused to change her name, was laying on her moss bed, her belly bulging with kits. MousePaw trotted into the nursery as WillowStar left, GeckoPaw was talking with HawthornPaw and KestrelPaw. DirtStripe was sitting near the entrance, his brown tabby fur clung to the brambles as he looked at the sky. BerryNose was talking with MinnowKit, who wanted to be a medicine cat. Suddenly, NightHawk screamed, "HAWK! THERE'S A HAWK!" Everyone looked up, a hawk was swooping down, targeting OwlFeather, DireKit, and her siblings screamed. DirtStripe rushed over, yowling as his fur detangled from the brambles surrounding camp, BrightClaw, GooseFoot, and WillowStar leaped in to save OwlFeather as well, who was paralyzed with fear. The hawk picked up speed, it's talons out-stretched, DirtStripe was just about to pounce when the hawk caught OwlFeather. DirtStripe wailed, as OwlFeather clawed and bit the bird's legs, trying to get free. The hawk shot upwards, OwlFeather's scream trailing with it. "OWLFEATHER!" Wailed DirtStripe as the hawk flew into the Willow Place, out of sight. WillowStar ordered BrightClaw to organize a patrol and save OwlFeather, even though it was pointless, OwlFeather was dead, with MoonClan now. DirtStripe and OwlFeather's kits wailed, waking up Tadpole, who asked what was going on. Seeing that OwlFeather was gone, she asked what happened, as her kits wriggled inside her. "OwlFeather's.. Been carried off by a hawk.." Said WillowStar. Tadpole froze in terror, suddenly realizing how open the nursery was to the main camp