ShadowClan Camp

The ShadowClan camp is situated in a grove of mangroves where the water has long since dried up, since before the Clans arrived. To make dens, the members have woven leaves and twigs through the top of the exposed roots. The camp gets fairly muddy in leafbare but is pleasantly cool and sheltered from the hot greenleaf sun. The leader's den is directly underneath one of the biggest mangroves, and when addressing the Clan the leader leaps up onto the 'roof' of their den.

Watching Nightstar pin Jesterpup Dragonsteel could only shake his head, thats a bad Idea Nightstar, he wont like that the pup likely had some post traumatic stress after enduring what his crazed mother had done to him. However he'd kept his jaws closed, he'd already said his bit and he was not in the mood to get into it with Nightstar. However when he noticed Ghostheart completely ignore the request to come on a hunting mission the powerful ex fighting wolf lost his temper a little, getting up he stalked over to Ghostheart and glared at him "What are you doing? I asked you and Thrusheart to come on a hunting and scouting expedition" was the warrior thick in the head like most of the wolves in this clan seemed to be? He wasn't sure but all the stupidity in Shadowclan was really starting to irk him, it appeared that only he had been around other with extreme anxiety or traumatic backgrounds before because all of the wolves in this clan showed absolutely no sense of tact or sense. Very seething and in the mood to give anyone who backtalked to him right now a good bite he glared at Ghostheart quite taken back that another wofl could be so rude when it'd seemed the male had been a good warrior "Come on. The fresh- kill pile needs refilling and we need to see where the psychopath Cheshiregrin has gone" with that he left expecting Ghostheart to follow suit and if he didn't he'd put the warrior to the duty of using mouse bile to kill off ticks.

Nightstar narrowed his eyes but gave Jesterpup a little while to settle back down after he took off. He had his reasons for ensuring the pup got looked at by Ivyshade and it seemed that he had finally found a reason along with someone to tell it too. "I shall speak with him and try to get him to at least get cobwebs on them. He has no doubt taken the mix off by now." He told Ivyshade as he rose to his paws. He padded out of his den shaking his dark pelt out swiftly before making his way to where the small pup was hiding. He snarled silently at Ghostheart as he hurried over to Dragonsteel after getting snapped at by the senior warrior. He didn't put his head in, look in or even block the entrance to the hole but rather lay beside it resting his head on his front paws.

"I wont say I am sorry nor that I regret holding you down Jesterpup." he told the pup softly just loud enough for only him to hear. "Maybe you will understand after I tell you this story that I know. I wont ask for your trust back because I know it is something to be earned. All I wish for you to do is listen and attempt to see why I did it."

"Many moons ago in the far reaches of this territory lived a female rouge, small in stature but big in personality. Always bubbly and loving to her two pups, a male and a female. Both were eager to see the world and at only two moons of age they left the tiny clearing that was outside their den to explore the woods. However trouble was afoot that they did not know of and they ended up finding a lynx." he told him shaking his head at the stupidity of the pups though his voice was soft and almost loving as he spoke the story, however now it started to harden slightly with pain and sadness tinging his tone, "The pups stood strong growling at the much larger predator that made them look like a mushroom in comparison. It snarled showing off wickedly sharp fangs and leapt at them sending them flying apart. It went for the young male first sinking its fangs into his flank taking some of him with it as it pulled back. The female had gotten to her feet and was biting its hind leg the best she could but that mistake was costly. Her ears were shredded by the lynx. It was then that their mother found them as they were preparing to die from its mouth. She chased it away and helped them back to the den."

He trailed off as his head lifted and licked at the large scar on his flank remembering the pain he had been in. The large male sighed blinking his green eyes slowly as he looked back towards the clearing. "The days and nights bled into each other as the pups struggled to heal with no help other than their mothers tongue to keep the wounds clean. That was a useless attempt. The females ears became infected despite the fact that neither pup playing with each other to avoid the pain that came from it. Soon she could hear no more and one day while laying in the sun and eagle took her so she was never seen again." his voice was emotionless by the end of it though his eyes were a whirl of pain and sadness as he looked at the ground. "That is why I held you down for Ivyshade to look at your ears. So what happened to that female pup doesn't happen to you Jesterpup, you are the strongest pup here but it only take one injury to put you months behind. Some can even send you to the elders den before your time." He did not again mention the male pup nor what happened to him as he laid his head back down on his forelegs just resting there as he slowly pushed the pain of the loss back into its box, deep within his mind.

Nightstar got two sentances into his story before the pup in his hideaway turned around and snarled at him "Do you think i honestly care about your pathetic sob story Nightstar? You did less than nothing when Cheshiregrin Attacked me, what kind of leader sits around on their rear when a clan member was in danger? Pathetic!" in a fury now that Nightstar had tried to explain away his actions he couldn't help but sneer at him "you do know Dragonsteel lied to you right? Everyone in this clan thinks you're erratic, unhinged and not fit to lead a mouse hunt let alone a clan. I mean you're not that stupid to believe that everyone wouldn't rather an experienced wolf with honour and intelligence lead the clan right?" He was angry and it gave life back to him, Nightstar thought he could explain away pinning him down in the dirt like he was prey? No. The clan leader and his pathetic story could go rot in the verges of the dark forest, "Take heed of this warning Nightstar The next time you or anyone in this wretched clan touch me without permission I will tear out their tendons and shove them down their throats" he snarled practically spitting venom with each word. How could he have liked such a pathetic whimp? No, Nightstar and Ivyshade were now at the top of his to burn list and if that meant pointedly hanging around Blackwidow from now on then so be it. Coward. Picking on a pup, what a waste of fur, neither he nor the stupid medicine wolf would be touching him from now on. He literally did not give two mouse tails about Nightstars little sob life story, he never had, he'd only liked Nightstar as he'd seen him as someone like himself and held him in high regard because of that. Now that he knew better he saw Nightstar for what he was, paranoid, pathetic, erratic, unstable, and above all really really really stupid. He couldn't wait for the clan to dethrone him and put someone sensible in charge, even if that meant keeping the evil festering in his heart to himself if anything it'd be better because it'd be more of a challenge. "So go away and harp your sob story to a wolf that gives a mouse-tail" If he could have, he would have spat, but since he couldn't from where he was, Jesterpup sounded a growl that truly showed how furious, angry, insulted and above all disgusted he was with Nightstar, Cheshiregrin, and Ivyshade. However his words weren't spoken hotly in anger, his tone and gaze revealed that he meant every single word that had left his mouth.

Thrushheart walked over just after Ghostheart had gotten his priorities straight, he thought briefly on where they were to go when he heard Jesterpups words and flicked his gaze over to glare at the pup. What was his problem? Was he trying to get the unstable leader to crash? Probably, evil little twerp, the pup would get several firm lessons if he wound up being Dragonsteels apprentice. The steel grey warrior flicked his gaze over camp hoping that everything would be okay with him gone, once he returned from the hunting and scouting mission he'd go find Blackwidow. But for now, he needed to get this show on the road, quickly deciding upon the marsh as a good place to hunt quite unaware of the connection Cheshiregrin had with the place. Glancing at Thrusheart and Ghostheart the irony that they both had the same suffix, he turned his head towards the exit of camp an out of the corner of his eye spotted Silverpup and Marauderpup slipping through a small hole in the camps wall. Quite amused at what they were carrying he didn't tell them off guessing it was for Jesterpup and quite obviously the red and black pup deserved it. Moving forward he headed for the swamp that lay in the heart of the shadowclan territory.
~The Fire Swamp~

~The Fire Swamp~

Staying in his hide away until things had quietened down he removed the last of the stupid herbs from his ears. Squeezing out of the hole he padded towards the nursery, planning to do something to Tremblepup when he heard Ivyshade speak about her resting in her medicine den. Entering the nursery his nose picked up the stink of crowfood, Ah brother and sister trying to make mischief are they? Idiots, I have a nose, i can smell what they've done to my nest, although.... this presents an opportunity nudging his nest over to where Tremblepups was he transferred the hidden goodies in his nest into the gentle females. This would teach his siblings about trying ot mess with him, others got hurt but he didn't, carefully checking he'd gotten rid of every last white wriggling friend he moved his nest back to where it was. After a quick sly thought he checked that the two guilty siblings were out of the nursery before he stole a piece from each of their nests rubbing it into Tremblepups nest so it smelt like it had been Silverpup and Marauderpup to play this cruel trick. Curling up in his nest happily he waited patiently for the pathetic, anxious little female to turn up.

Listening to the medicine wolfs words the anxious little wolf nodded, that sounded like a good idea, it was cool and quiet and safe in there. She turned about and trotted back to the nursery, so caught up in her thoughts she didn't hear or see Sleetpup. Entering the nursery she came to a halt seeing Jesterpup, but he appeared to be asleep, so gathering her courage she slunk past him and paused at her nest. It smelt funny, of Marauderpup and silverpup and something else, shaking her head she decided she was just being silly. She gathered up her nest and carried it back to the medicine den arranging it neatly before getting into it. The moment something touched her she shot out the nest with a loud yelp, there was something small white, wriggling and utterly repulsive stuck to her, whimpering piteously and rather loudly as she attempted to get the things off of her she rolled in the dirt in an attempt to remove them which worked. However going through her nest with a fine toothed comb this time she found it was filled with them, not understanding why Silverpup and Marauderpup had done this to her she sat staring at her nest feeling so many things at once she literally wanted to drop off the side of a cliff. Hunching her shoulders and whimpering to herself she stared down at her paws on the verge of tears at the cruel foul joke that had been played on her.

Staring at her paws the sound of other pawsteps had her on high alert, some white pup she didn't know, she edged away from him he was too close to her and she didn't like it. His high pitched voice grated against her ears causing her to flatten them back a little, she didn't quite understand why he was in the medicine den either. There was nothing wrong with him, she took a few more steps away from him, she jerked away more violently as he tried to lick her cheek quite clearly rejecting the motion. She wasn't hungry so she didn't really understand why he had a rabbit, when he began stuttering she backed away more, he was just like the others and was mocking her. "I-I don't want to sleep in your nest, Ivyshade said I could sleep in the medicine den which is why i'm in here. You're not sick s-s-so you shouldn't be in here" Her voice was soft and as usual rather nervous, however her words were blunt and to the point, quite upset and distraught over what had been done to her nest and done to her coupled with the fact that Nightstar had scared her badly earlier that day it just hadn't been her day and had pushed her to the point of realizing there was no escape from all the pressure causing her to be rather blunt and to the point. Wanting to get away from him she backed away further into the den, despite her blunt almost bold words the pup just wanting to flee and find somewhere safe to shelter herself in for a while