WindClan Camp

The warrior gave a small nod of his head in response to Dappledpup. "Sure, like what?" he asked. The sound of something dragging on the ground caused him to perk his ears up, his attention diverted for a moment. Did someone get lucky hunting and manage to take down a deer? He turned his head toward the camp entrance to see if his guess had been correct, but instead was greeted by the sight of some unfamiliar wolf tugging the limp and injured form of WindClan's leader. The brute so nonchalantly threw Larkstar on the ground before proceeding to maul her, right in front of everyone. Ferretdash's amber eyes grew wide. How could someone be so audacious, not to mention cruel? He quickly turned back to the two pups to make sure that they were safe; Dappledpup had taken off to the nursery. "Go to the nursery with Dappledpup," he told Blackpup. Pups shouldn't witness the horror of what was happening, nor should they be out in the clearing when there was a potential killer about.

He heard Wrenclaw snarling and turned in time to see him attack the intruder, only to get pinned. Ferretdash was about to rush in to help when the strange wolf let out ferocious howl and then just... vanished, somehow. He noticed Windpup leap and land where the large wolf had once been, and was prepared to help should any harm befall the pup, but it seemed like the white wolf was truly gone. At least for now. While it perplexed him how the wolf could have just disappeared like that, he didn't have time to think about it now. There were much more important issues at hand. Someone needed to call Ashfrost. Silverpup and a different unfamiliar wolf were heading over to the medicine wolf, however, so at least that was taken care of. He gave the unfamiliar wolf a wary glance, but it didn't appear like she was dangerous. In fact, the black wolf was now tending to Larkstar's wounds. Would the leader recover from this? Ferretdash himself had no idea. He wasn't a medicine wolf, but Larkstar's injuries were most certainly severe. Could her extra lives even save her from the damage caused by all of her wounds? I suppose that only time will tell, he thought with a long sigh.

A voice broke through the cloud of thoughts that surrounded him. Turning his head, amber eyes focused on the small she-wolf who had bluntly stated her opinion on the matter. Wrenclaw immediately bristled at her words. Narrowing his eyes, he let out a retort. "What do you know? You aren't a medicine wolf, pup!" he spat back to her as she padded away. Turning away from her direction, the brute continued to sit by his sister, his face somber and cold. Yet, the fay's words had bothered him more then he could admit. Lark was suffering, that much was true, but from what they had talked about before, ending her life now would mean damning her to the Dark Forest forever. The thought of her leaving him was bad enough, but her being sentenced to that hellish underworld was more than he could bear. After the she-wolf's comment, the numbness inside him began to break, and instead replaced itself with a feeling of bitterness at the world around them and at Starclan for allowing a clan leader to be mauled in such a manner. Outside the den a light snow began to fall, soon becoming heavier and blanketing the ground.

The young pup let out a soft sigh. Honeybadger had finished telling them all the story, but unlike her siblings, Lilacpup found it hard to fall asleep. Every time she shut her eyes, she pictured her mother wishing her and her siblings good night. Never again would that happen. Never again would she see Lilacsplash, or at least not until it was her turn to join her in the stars. The fact that she felt as upset as she did bothered Lilacpup. She was the eldest. She needed to be strong for her siblings. They needed someone they could depend and count on.

Letting out another sigh, Lilacpup sat up. There was no point in trying to sleep. Not at this time, anyways. Besides, her siblings were waking up now too. Lilacpup debated whether she should head outside of the nursery too when she noticed her youngest sister off by herself in the shadows. Frowning, she walked over to Eclipsepup and sat down beside her. "It's okay if you feel sad," she began. "I miss mother, too." She knew that Lilacsplash's death must have been even harder for Eclipsepup. Save for Darkpup, the others all thought that Eclipsepup was responsible for hurting Lilacsplash. Their resentment would undoubtedly grow worse.

"I..." Lilacpup started to speak again, but her voice trailed off when she heard growling and snarling sound from outside of the nursery. Something was very wrong. But what? A part of her wanted to see what was the matter, but she didn't want to just leave Eclipsepup alone, either. In the end, she didn't need to decide; Dappledpup came sprinting back into the nursery, visibly shaken up. "Dappledpup? What's happening out there?" It occurred to her that it might not be the best idea to ask him about what he saw, considering how scared he was, but she needed to know what was going on. A loud howl caused her to shudder, but after that, the snarling from outside seemed to stop.

As Misty arrived at the camp she was immediately assault with so many scents. It was almost overwhelming but a scent that stood out to her was that of her sister's, Quicksilver. Misty called out to her sister, hoping that at the least maybe the clan would let her join. "Quicksilver, Quicksilver. Its me, Misty." She was excited to know that maybe she would get to meet her sister again. Quicksilver was the only sibling that ever paid attention and talked with Misty. She was sad when her sister left to see the outside world but she was also happy for her. Misty always looked up to her, she was everything that Misty wasn't. Quicksilver had been strong, independent, and adventurous. And it was her wanting to follow after her big sisters footsteps that she had left, that and she just couldn't take being in that place any longer.

Time had passed. Eventually Wrenclaw laid down, his thoughts weary at his loss and his eyelids grew heavy from the exhaustion of the day. His sister was still breathing, but her breath was slow and shallow, and every time she took a breath the male feared that it would be her last. "What have you done to deserve this Lark...?" He thought mournfully, curling close to her and laying down his head. He didn't remember closing his eyes and drifting into sleep, but darkness soon enfolded him nonetheless.
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When he opened his eyes, a different shade of light filtered into the den then what it had before. The air felt warmer, and the brute wondered with alarm how long he had been sleeping. Glancing around the den, he rose steadily, his muscles stiff with inactivity. Looking down at his sister, he quickly noticed with unease that her breaths had slowed even more, with only the faint rise and fall of her chest signifying that the she-wolf was anything but a corpse. Wrenclaw felt worry spike through him, and his fur bristled with tension. At the same time, he became aware of how dry his throat felt and the pain of his gnawing stomach. "How long have I been asleep? It couldn't have been that long surely..." Yet all of the signs told him otherwise. Feeling hungry and restless, Wren stepped to the entrance of the den and gazed outward.
Strangely enough, everyone seemed in the same position that they had been when he had gone to sleep. But despite that, the snow that had been falling earlier had already stopped and melted away. In fact, the air around them felt quite warm to him. Still feeling groggy, the male padded out into the sunlight, squinting against the glare. His stomach growled angrily, yet Wrenclaw just couldn't feel hungry. Instead he gazed around the camp, his eyes settling on a strange face he didn't recognize. Walking forward, the male perked his ears as he heard Embershard's voice snarl loudly at the stranger, telling her to get lost.
While normally Wren couldn't care less about strange wolves, there was something about this particular wolf that struck a chord with him. The strange she-wolf had called out a particular name, one that sounded familiar and yet he just couldn't figure out who it was. "Quicksilver..?" Embershard's reply made him remember. "Oh that's right! Lilacsplash was Quicksilver before she joined." The rogue wolf in front of him did resemble the deceased she-wolf quite a bit, and Wrenclaw couldn't help but guess that perhaps they had been siblings. A pang of sorrow coursed through his chest. He could feel the strange she-wolf's grief just as clearly as he felt his own. Stepping forward, Wrenclaw intervened before Ember could make a move. It's alright Embershard, I don't think she's a threat." He spoke coolly, glancing at the stranger analytically. From her built and disposition, the male could tell that she was not a fighter, and her overwhelmed gaze and body language made him think that she had not been in a pack for at least a long time. Nonetheless, with everyone weary about strange wolves and with their leader half-dead in the Medicine Den, Wren highly doubted that she would be allowed to join anyways. "I'm sorry but Windclan isn't accepting new members," he replied, his tone aloof. Feeling a twinge of pain for the she-wolf Wren hesitated before continuing. "But I can escort you to the borders... There might be another clan willing to let you in." He waited to hear the strangers's reply.

Misty immediately backed up from the aggressive she wolf. Misty wasnt trying to attack them or anything, all she wanted was for her to find her sister and be with her. When she heard that quicksilver or Lilacsplash had died tears pooled in her green eyes. How could this wolf say something like that to her and then expect her to leave. When another wolf joined the first Misty thought that they were really going to attack her. When the male wolf said she wasnt a threat she agreed with him. Gathering up the little bit of courage that she did have she addressed the wolves before her. "Please i understand im on your land with permission but i have been looking for so long for my sister. And i was looking for a clan to join, i really dont mean any harm but i loved my sister very much so please at the least allow me to say goodbye to her at her final resting spot." Misty pleaded with them, no longer able to hold her tears back. She had come all this way, almost got attcked multiple times, escaped the only home she had ever known only to find out that it seemed no clan wanted her and her sister was dead.

Movement caught her eye as a silver pup came up to the male wolf. Looking at the pup it made her wonder if her sister ever had pups. The pup did kinda look like her sister and somewhat smelled of her. She stepped forward a little to talk to the small pup. "Hello little one, whats your name?" She asked her voice smooth and gentle. Misty was always the one who loved pups, that and she was gentle by nature..

Misty backed up a little to give the pup spaceso that she wouldnt feel uncomfortable. "My name is Misty, and Lilacsplash as you know her is or i guess now was my sister." Misty was trying to hold back the sadness she felt while talking to the pup. "She was really the only one who like me. Do you like your siblings?" Misty could understand a bit why pack or claclans were so aggressive to trespassers especially with the land that they defended and the young that they protected.

Wrenclaw sighed and glanced sideways as the fay began to tear up, her emotions bubbling forth. While he did feel pity for her, the last thing the male felt like doing was comforting her for her loss, especially with the situation that he had been going through. He was already emotionally drained, and the thought of seeing another wolf breaking down made him want to vomit. Still, he listened quietly as the she-wolf asked to see her sister's final resting place, and looked briefly to Embershard before replying, trying to read the female's expression. "I guess that would be ok.." he replied, not noticing anything awry with that request.
While they spoke, one of Lilacsplash's pups approached and began to make conversation, asking the stranger her name and who her sister was. Wrenclaw looked curiously at the pup, wondering whether or not Silverpup would reveal that the deceased wolf they spoke of was indeed her mother. He supposed there wasn't anything wrong with that, however it would probably make the newly named Misty even more determined to stay knowing that she had family in the clan. Regardless, he stayed quiet while the two talked, pretty certain that the she-wolf was an unlikely threat to the younger pup.

Misty smiled at the pups answer, "Yes that's good and sometimes siblings don't all love each other but its important to at least try and get along." Misty doubted that the pup was even listening to her and she started playing with the male wolf. At his words she became very happy, but she wondered if the she wolf would allow her to. She seemed to be in charge and as she remember the she wolf's words she said in a time of calamity. "I'm sorry for whatever has happened on your lands. I mean no harm I only wanted to reconnect with my sister. I don't know if she ever shared with you but we come from a zoo and when my sister escaped i was too little and scared to join her. Now I escaped due to not wanting to mate with another wolf that was cruel and against my will. I came here because I'm not stupid enough to believe that I can survive out her alone. And I heard that being apart of one of the clans can help by teaching you how to hunt, fight, and it gives you a family. I grew up not having a family that care about me at all and then when I am of age push me to the meanest wolf they can find in the hopes that they would earn favor in the eyes of the alpha. My sister was the only one to care for me and I want to at least say goodbye to her." Misty explained to Embershard wanting her to know that she wasn't a threat and hoping to get her to at least maybe reconsider on letting her stay. Misty wasn't dumb enough to think that she could survive out there on her own.

Misty bowed her head in acceptance, she could tell that nothing that she said was going to sway this she wolf in changing her mind about letting her join. She followed the brown and tan warrior to where she said her sister was buried. As Misty got closer her whole demeanor seemed to change as it was starting to get ladden with sorrow. When the she wolf left her to give her some privacy with her sister it seemed to become all to real to her. She knew that her sister was dead because those wolves told her but to see the gravesite was a whole nother story. "Quicksilver i wish i had left with you when you escaped because then I would have had so much time with you, but it seems that you found your new family in these wild wolves. I myself had to leave the zoo or else all i would have been is a breeder, and im trying to find my way out her in the wild but its so hard. I really do hope that you have had a good life Quicksilver, or I guess its Lilacsplash now. Its kinda funny how that name seems to suit you more. May we meet again in the great pack and may your star shine bright, my sister." By this point Misty's eyes had a steady stream of tears falling from them as she recited the words spoken to the dead at the zoo. She them mashed her paw print at the side of her sisters grave to let her know that she would always walk by her side.

Turning to the she wolf that had brought her here she asked the question that was now burning in her mind. "How did she die? How was her life here, was she happy?" Misty desperately wanted to know that at the very least her sister didn't die alone or in pain.

Misty thought that at least the female would answer her question on what happen to her sister but all she told Misty was that she would be escorting her off their land. Misty sighed and then gave one last look at her sisters grave, "Bye Lilacsplash, I will always love you." she said under her breath and then took off after Embershard feeling emotionally drained. She hoped that wherever they were going next she would be able to find a clan that would take her in and then make her into a proper wolf, as she liked to put it. She did wonder though if she would ever find that considering that two clans had already kicked her out. Trying to stay on the positive side of things she tried to just clear her head and focus on keeping up with the female in front of her.

Riverclan and Windclan border

Brackenflash couldn't believe what happened to Larkstar. He hoped she would survive but from her wounds that he saw of before she was dragged into the medicine den he wondered if she was even alive. If she did survive then it was unlikely that she would ever be leader again. He heard a she wolf shouting and followed Embershard and Wrenclaw to the entrance of the camp. He watched and listened to this loner ask for her sister and was glad that Embershard didn't allow her into the clan or to stay for that matter. Though she was able to say her goodbyes to Lilacsplash but at least she didn't know about the pups that she had because that would give the loner named Misty a reason to stay in Windclan and they didn't need another mouth to feed that didn't even know how to hunt.

Brackenflash watched with some concern when Embershard went with the loner to escort her to the border. With everything going on with the dark forest wolves he didn't think it was safe for one wolf to go off on their own but he knew that Embershard could handle herself. But he would still go and check on her if she wasnt back soon just to make sure she was safe. He sighed to himself and spotting Silverpup over there by Wrenclaw he went over to them and giving Wrenclaw a slightly disgusted look before his gaze softened when he looked at the little ball of energy that was Silverpup. "Hey Silverpup." He said and then gave her a gentle lick on the top of her head. Brackenflash found Lilacsplash's and Kaispirt's pups really cute but he couldn't believe that the male would just abandon his own pups and family.  

Brackenflash didn't even bother to greet Wrenclaw as he had no need to take with a traitor in his opinion. He use to actually enjoy hanging out and talking with him but after he found out that Wrenclaw had been sneaking off to go talk with a she wolf from the clan filled with traitor he didn't know how to be around the male. He almost didn't believe it when he heard about it. He wasn't above forgiving him but to Brackenflash Wrenclaw broke the warrior code and that was unacceptable. Deciding that he would do some hunting in order to keep the fresh kill pile up due to all the pups they had and now Larkstar was hurt. He took of those the windswept prairie.

Windswept Prairie