SunClan & ShadowClan Border

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The border between SunClan and ShadowClan.

Barkclaw slowed down his pace as he neared the border. He was somewhat annoyed by the fact that it had started to snow. The trek back to camp would be all the more unbearable. He couldn't wait until he could be back in the relative warmth of ShadowClan's sheltered camp. He tilted his head to the side when he heard Tigerstorm growl and saw her walking over towards a bush. The warrior's behavior caused him to believe that something wasn't right. Was there an intruder? He didn't scent anyone, but that didn't mean anything. Someone could easily mask their scent should they choose to. He walked over to where his Clanmate was, not paying attention to the SunClan wolves for the moment. "What's happened?" he asked, keeping his voice low. His posture was defensive, ready to leap out of the way should anything rush out of the bush.

The cattle dog slowly walked up to the border, looking down at his paws as he moved forward. Each paw step had been chosen carefully; for the most part, he stepped in the tracks left by Willowmist and Stormpaw. Earlier in the patrol he'd fallen behind them and accidentally stepped into a snow drift. He had been terrified that he'd end up drowning in snow, but thankfully for him Rainheart had been there to help him up. It had taken him a few more minutes to calm down before he felt ready to move again, which was why he'd ended up showing up late.

Now, Jaspercloud could detect the strong scent of ShadowClan wolves, so he quickly glanced up. Willowmist and Stormpaw were now in sight, but so were two ShadowClan warriors. They were huge compared to him. He shuddered at the thought of ever going into battle against them—they'd tear him apart like prey. He kept his gaze fixed on the ShadowClan wolves as he continued on over to Willowmist and Stormpaw, only to end up tripping on an unseen stone and tumbling to the ground. He shook out the snow from his pelt when he stood back up, shivering. Oh, how I hate the snow. Why couldn't his sister have joined ThunderClan instead? They didn't live in the mountains, and they had the cover of the forest to shield them from the worst of the snow. He let out a soft sigh, before carefully walking the rest of the way over to the others. "Sorry... sorry I'm late," he murmured, before sending a glance back over at ShadowClan's side of the border. Those two warriors seemed to be focused on something and their postures appeared hostile. It didn't seem as if their aggression was directed at the SunClanners, but who knew? It nonetheless unnerved him.

Rainheart padded up to the border, arriving just after Jaspercloud did. The small cattle dog had ended up having some trouble with the snow, and she was glad that she'd stayed behind the others so that she'd been able to help him. As she slowed down to a stop besides the rest of the patrol, she realized that some ShadowClan wolves were staring intently at a bush. Perhaps there was some prey in there? She couldn't smell anything herself. "Hello, Tigerstorm and Barkclaw," she greeted the ShadowClanners after recalling their names. She tilted her head, rather curious about what the two of them were doing.

Barkclaw gave a slight nod when his Clanmate informed him of a loner's presence. He often wondered how some could be so mouse-brained as to step over a clearly marked border. Even if one wasn't aware of the Clans, surely they could tell that the place belonged to someone, right? It seemed as if they might have intimidated the loner, for it wasn't too long until they bolted away. He simply grumbled, and his attention shifted when he heard more paw steps approaching.

"Oh. Hi." His words were somewhat brusque. He didn't really  care to speak with wolves, or a dog, from another Clan. He flicked his ears when Tigerstorm growled at the dog—he didn't want to start a fight with SunClan. The small dog seemed rather timid, however, so he doubted that anything would happen. His gaze flicked towards the apprentice when she began to speak. "There really isn't that much to know," he called after Tigerstorm and the SunClanner. Nosiness wasn't something he particularly cared for, but he trusted that Tigerstorm wouldn't tell her any secrets so his concern didn't really matter.

Rainheart had offered a smile towards the two ShadowClanners, although it wavered when Tigerstorm addressed Jaspercloud as being pathetic. Sure, he was small and rather timid, but he was still a SunClanner. Of course, Rainheart didn't want to start any trouble so she simply kept the smile on her face as she listened to everything that was happening. She was proud when Stormpaw said something about Tigerstorm being rude, failing to catch her pointed words. The apprentice seemed to be quite curious about ShadowClan, which was something Rainheart could relate to. She recalled just how interested she'd been in finding out information about ThunderClan when she'd been younger, thanks in part to her namesake and the fact that Ottersky had grown up there. When Willowmist gave her a look, she nodded slightly in response, although personally she didn't see any harm in Stormpaw finding out more about the other Clan. "Yes, we probably should get going to the next border. If we're all gone too long, Riverstar might start to worry about us. It was a pleasure to speak with you both, Tigerstorm and Barkclaw," she added.

Jaspercloud lowered himself to the ground when one of the ShadowClan wolves growled at him. He further shrunk back when she called him pathetically small. She was really intimidating, and he was worried about whether or not she would attack him simply because she disliked him. He glanced back towards the others for reassurance—Stormpaw started saying something about respect, but afterwards shot him a somewhat cold look. He'd noticed how she'd only said 'wolves' rather than warriors. Did his own Clanmates hate him being in the Clan? His ears flattened back against his head. He wanted nothing more than to be somewhere else right now, somewhere where he didn't have to worry about everything. When he caught Willowmist's look, he inwardly let out a sigh of relief. Finally. He didn't want to waste another moment at this border. "Yeah. Let's... uh, let's go."

Barkclaw flicked his ears when the apprentice started speaking to him instead. He let out a sigh. Choosing his words carefully, he started to answer her question. "Well, Dragonstar is generally calm and reasonable. He is just and cares a lot about his Clanmates, and is a formidable warrior." He was perhaps one of, if not the most, skilled fighters ShadowClan had. "Is that all you wanted to know?" A part of him hoped that she'd say yes. He was reluctant to give out so much information to outsiders. He didn't know if the young apprentice was just curious or if she was asking questions for some other purpose.

Blackwidow arrived in time to hear what Barkclaw had said to a sunclan apprentice by the looks of it, and had to hold back her snort. Dragonstar was more that just a formidable warrior but she did silently praise him in her head that he wasn't out her running his mouth off about Dragonstar's skills. The large red and black female came and sat next to Dragonstar and gave a hello to the two warriors before they left to continue their border patrol. "Barkclaw, Tigerstorm." Then Blackwidow turned her eyes to the sunclan patrol that was made up of Willowmist, Rainheart, Jaspercloud and some apprentice that she didn't know but she did dip her head in greeting opting to stay quiet for now until she knew how  Dragonstar wanted to handle things. She looked as relaxed as ever, but to those that knew her like her clanmates she was alert and ready to attack at a moments notice if need be.

Blackwidow chuckled a bit at the enthusiastic reaction to Dragonstar and how happy she looked to see him. Turning to Dragonstar she whispered "I think you have a fan." Then turning to Stormpaw she greeted the apprentice. "Hello Stormpaw, my name is Blackwidow. In shadowclan we have many traditions and much honor, but it seems like you are looking for something in particular. Why do you want to know so much about shadowclan, are you looking to join us or are you just trying to satisfy your curiosity of our leader and shadowclan?" Blackwidow didn't talk down to her or anything as she didnt believe in that but she also wasn't going to treat Stormpaw as an enemy. Shadowclan could always use more strong clanmates, that would fight and defend the clan and its members to the death if need be.