What To Do? (Open)

[Squirrely]

"I didn't want to fight. The fox attacked us." Moon hissed. Her leg hurt even worse than the time she had been stuck under a log, but she tried to act like it didn't hurt. "Who are you, anyway?" she growled, interrupted by her sister. "Don't act that way. If not for them, we'd both be fresh-kill." she scolded. "They're from the clans." she whispered in her sister's ear, glad to see the look of excitement in her sister's eyes.

[Splash]

Hawknight frowned, thinking. "I'd take you back to our clan, but, we're not exactly welcoming to out-of-clan cats, plus all those horror stories about us, considering half of them are true." Realizing she was talking to herself a bit, she quickly made an explanation. "We're ShadowClan cats. I'm sure you've heard the stories." Hawknight frowned, considering an unpleasant option. Finding no other loophole, she frowned even more.

"Okay, we're going to have to do this. Flamepaw, Hawkpaw, you two go get the ThunderClan leader, and medicine cat. We can't take them to ShadowClan broken leg or not." The two gave sharp, intense nods, taking a quick sniff of the air before padding off in the general direction, not entirely running for fear of losing the scent trail in the unfamiliar forest. Hawknight nodded, quickly deciding to send Mintpoaw back to ShadowClan. The young apprentice just wasn't ready like her siblings were for this. "Mintpaw, go tell Miststar what happened." the gray cat ran off, hiding her relief.

[It may take some time for Hawk/Flame to come back. Moon and Leaf can ask questions about the clans or something.]

[Squirrely]

"We've heard stories, but not many. Our mother never told us much about any clans other than Thunderclan and Riverclan." Leaf explained. She remembered the words her mother repeated over and over, especially in her favorite story. These were very, very, very, very, she would poke at Leaf every time she said 'very' until she would fall over laughing. The memory made her sad, but Moon loved these memories. She knew every story her mother had told her, especially the stories about these 2 clan cats that fell in love but were in different clans. 'What's so bad about that?' she had asked the first time she heard the story. 'Well, the clans don't like the other clans that much. They like keeping to themselves, so the 2 cats decided to leave the clans for each other.' Moon had decided that no matter how much she wanted to join the clans, she would always put family and love first. That was final.

[Splash]

Hawknight gave a dip of her head. "Well, ThunderClan is the clan whose territory we're in right now. Whole batch of goody-two-shoes. They let a lot of loners, rouges, and kittypets in. They live in forests like these, and they're amazing, like squirrels in the trees. I've been in a battle with them once before, even being a medicine cat." Hawkinght meowed, continuing on to WindClan. "WindClan lives on this giant moor, and they're real fast. They catch a bunch of rabbits and I couldn't outrun them if my life depended on it. They're often considered weaker and more vulnerable, but, I've seen my clanmates scars - they're more then weak." Hawknight continued highlighting the clan's falls, but, also putting in quite a few rather good things.

"RiverClan cats can swim, putting just about everyone at a disadvantage. They have a lot more food then the rest of us and have sleek pelts. The lucky suckers. They aren't best on land and can be out maneuvered." She meowed. "Flamepaw, Hawkpaw, Mintpaw, and I belong to ShadowClan. We're often seen as the bad guys, and aren't the muscular lumps that ThunderClan are or the fast pelted WindClan cats, nor the sleek furred RiverClaners, but, we have our strong points in strategy. We live in the dark forest that-a-way." She flicked her tail back towards ShadowClan territory.

[Squirrely]

"I wonder why our mother didn't tell us about Shadowclan and Windclan much before. We know she knew about them, but she never said much except for where they live." Moon commented. "Well, she also told us how Shadowclan and Thunderclan always fought about borders. Now I know why. Thunderclan is so...dense." Leaf added, not sure if the Shadowclan cat would take that as a complement or not. She looked around at the territory, wondering how far away the Thunderclan camp was.

[Splash]

Hawknight stifled a snort. "They're very dense. And not just in territory if ya know what I mean. It takes a lot to get something through their skulls. Rather thick." Hawknight made a small cough that could count as a laugh. "Probably shouldn't be saying that, considering the fact we're in their territory, and believe me, I know the worst of the lot. If you see a cat named Sparkclaw.... Just avoid the guy. For your own sake." She meowed.

[Squirrely]

"Umm, alright." Leaf said, but was interrupted by her sister. "Why? Is there something wrong with him?" she asked. "And why do clan cats' names have 2 parts? Sparkclaw, Hawknight, I think 1 part would be easier." she added.

[Wow, all dialogue. I'm not in a very action-ey mood, eh?]

[Splash]

"Well, Sparkclaw is the most big-headed fool you'll ever meet. Either that, or he just hates me in general." Hawknight meowed, but, was surprised by the next question. "Well, it kinda shows rank. Kit's have the ending kit, apprentices have the ending paw, Leaders have the ending star, and warriors, elders, and medicine cats have an ending like fur, pool, heart, night, claw, or something else, usually based on the reason they became a warrior."

[Squirrely]

"Oh, okay. I'm going to have the ending 'night'!" Moon meowed. "I'm gonna have 'heart'." Leaf added, oblivious to the fact that she wouldn't be able to choose her prefix.

[Sorry, I'm really low on muse.]

[Splash]

Hawknight snorted, almost playful. "First of all, you're too young. If you even get into a clan, you'll be Moonpaw and Leafpaw. Second of all, the leader will chose your warrior name, unless you're a medicine cat, in which case, StarClan will chose your name."

[Should we have a kinda uneasy friendship here? It may come in handy when your plot thing continues.]

[Squirrely]

"Oh, okay. I guess Moonpaw sounds good. But what is Starclan?" Moon asked. "Moon, it's obviously another clan." Leaf answered. Neither of them knew about Starclan, as their mother wouldn't teach something she didn't believe in.

[Friendship! Yes, please :)

[Splash]

"I guess you could say that. But, StarClan is the most important of all the clans. When cats from the clans die, they aren't gone. StarClan is all the dead cats. All the good dead cats. Medicine Cats such as I communicate with them. When ever you look into the sky and see the stars, you're looking at all the warriors that ever were." Hawknight meowed.

[Squirrely]

"Whoa." both sisters said in union. Then both had the same thought; mother. "Can a cat go there when they die...even if they don't believe in it?" Moon asked, praying for the answer to be yes. If so, they would both meet their mother there eventually. Leaf started pacing, getting anxious for the apprentices to return.

[Splash]

Hawknight frowned at the question. "At first, no cat believed in StarClan. But, after dead cats came back to stop the fighting, only cats who believed in StarClan would join them. Perhaps if the cat was a good warrior, loyal, faithful in their clan, StarClan might still accept them. If not...... I doubt their entrance to StarClan." She eventually meowed.

[Squirrely]

"Oh, okay." Moon mewed quietly. "Where would they go if they were a rouge or loner?" Leaf asked. She would do anything to be with her mother again. But rejecting her sister? No, anything but that.