The Pines Clear {Closed}

[Moo it's Lia]

(This topic is open to: Thornfang, Dappledpaw, Acornfur, and any loner/rouge who wants to join the DuskClan exiles)

Acornfur nosed through the bushes and shoved her muzzle into the air. It was starting to warm up, at least a bit. She pushed through and parted her jaws, looking back to her small patrol. "There's definitely a loner near by. She-cat, and about my age," she said after paying close attention to the scent of the loner. She looked around for the loner and hoped she wasn't going to attack. As far as she could scent, there was no scents of another cat, but it would be easy to mask their scent here. She glanced at her apprentice, Dappledpaw and nodded. "Let's see if we can catch a glimpse of this loner. We'd need as much information as we can get for Cloudstar."

A pair of green eyes lit up near the trees and cliffs. The she-cat's russet/brown pelt camouflaged her surroundings. She slowly unsheathed her claws and felt them lightly scrape against the rocky surface beneath her. This was her territory, if those three new cats wanted to join the other cats across the grounds, they'd have to get through her first.

(that last cat's my loner. she'll be nice, i promise. after a nice little attack. but she won't hurt anyone too bad ^^ )

[danielle]

(Too bad, yeah okay great...)
Dappledpaw tried to see the loner without making any noise. She slowly shifted back and forth on her paws trying to see the loner. Nervous, she stayed on her toes, ready for an attack. Forgetting about wanting to meet a loner, Dappledpaw hoped it was just a lost kittypet.

[dragonfrog]

Thornfang gritted his sharp teeth, flanking Acornfur as he steadily moved forward, smelling the loner Acornfur and been talking of. The brown tabby tom couldn't see this loner, but her knew she was somewhere close by... they'd have to warn this cat off their territory.

( I've decided to actually put Frogpaw into Twilightclan =3 I'm gonna post for her soon. )

[Moo it's Lia]

Acornfur pressed her nose to the cool ground and could barely find where this loner had gone. Somewhere not too far off, near the cliffs. It was a dangerous place to be, especially with two fairly new warriors and one apprentice. But one loner? Who knew if she was a vicious rouge?

The brown she-cat shifted her light weight on her paws. She could tell the patrol was ready to come nearer, and the she-cat in the front seemed to find out where she was hiding. She bared her teeth and let her tail sway quietly behind her.

(perhaps Frogpaw can interrupt my loner's attack?)

[dragonfrog]

A small dark grey cat padded in silence down the hills of the battlegrounds, struggling slowly over boulders and rocks, tripping over and over until she stopped, breathless behind one of the boulders. Her green eyes were filled with pain, and her rib cage shown beneath her battered grey pelt. The small bundle was about to continue, when scents of other cats drifted to her, her eyes gleamed with excitement. Cats! The young she-cat hadn't seen any cats since the last rogue who had stolen her mouse. She glanced around, the scent was very faint, and she could hardly tell where it was with all the other mixtures of scents of fear from the battlegrounds, and blood. With the last of her strength, she crawled up to the top of the boulder, panting as she scrambled to keep her balance. The apprentice scanned the clearing, every rock and stone, every cliff or valley. There seemed to be nobody around. I must be going mad! The battered cat thought to herself.

( Perhaps )

[danielle]

(Hehehe i looking for an avatar, i realized how...avatarless i was )

Dappledpaw stayed behind Acornfur, looking and listening for any sign of where the loner could be. She lifted her nose into the air and parted her jaws slightly. She caught the loner's scent but couldn't tell where the loner was. Giving up after a while she looked at the direction the scent was the strongest and searched for anything that gave away the loner's hiding spot.

[Moo it's Lia]

The loner noticed neither of the three cats have decided to approach. So she'd better make the first move. Her white fangs glistened with saliva as she prepared to leap. She tested her weight on her front and back paws, then with her hind legs, she pushed forward. Her front paws were outstretched and claws were still unsheathed. Her white daggers (claws) aimed for the main she-cat's (Acornfur) throat.

Acornfur almost didn't react in time. She hastily moved to the side, the claws raking the right side of her neck and scoring a bit on her flank. She whipped around, seeing that the loner had landed behind her now. This loner didn't seem to mind that she was outnumbered greatly. Acornfur felt the scents of fear radiate off of her, obviously this cat knew what she was doing.

[danielle]

Dappledpaw roared "STAY AWAY FROM MY MENTOR!!!" And using all of her weight leaped forward, aiming to barrel head first into the loner and knock her down. She unsheathed her claws in mid-air, wanting to scratch up the loner for scratching Acornfur.

[dragonfrog]

Thornfang pounced at the loner with a battle cry, his fangs snapping at she-cat's ears as he lunged beside Acornfur's apprentice. He was aware that Dappledpaw was probably going to make herself dazed by ramming her head into the she-cat's side. It was too late to say anything though as he felt himself biting at the enemy's fur and skin, feeling the light tang of the loner's blood.

[danielle]

(Posting to check out my new avatar ignore this post plz )

[Moo it's Lia]

(sorry if i'm powerplaying a bit. i'm trying to get this little ambush over really quickly)

The loner screeched and scored her claws down the tom's flank. She twisted out of his grip and dug her front paw's claws into the bigger she-cat while she kicked her hind legs out, using the claws on her back paws to scratch the smaller she-cat. (imagining that move in my head makes me think this loner is like a horse kicking it's back legs xD )

Acornfur yelped in pain, twisting her head around to dig her fangs into the loner's scruff and throwing it down. Shock came over her: she was able to throw down a cat the same size as her. She felt more cats surrounding her, but no one was there. (let's say starclan was helping them)

The brown fur of the loner was starting to cake with blood. She stood up and through the blood in her eyes looked at the three, battle-ready cats before her. She let out a laugh, it sounded strange in the middle of a battle field. Laughter? "You three are good, I used to be able to take on five cats at a time. Either you're good or I'm loosing it," she croaked, licking her chest fur. "My name's Pine, I'm a loner around here. Say, are you three part of those other cats over on the other side of the grounds?" (she's referring to the duskies)

Acornfur cocked her head to the side, sides heaving for air. This fight was over too quickly, she only had a few scratches and they weren't bleeding too badly. A few cobwebs would do the trick. She looked at her clan mates, "Dappledpaw, Thornfang, are you two alright?"

[danielle]

Dappledpaw licked at the cuts on her. Glaring at Pine, she mumbled " Yeah i'm fine. But wait...what other cats?" Looking to the other side of the battle grounds.

[dragonfrog]

Thornfang grunted," I'll live." His claws were still unsheathed as the loner laughted and he bared his teeth at the she-cat once more, " What other clan? This whole territory belongs to us! " The tom snarled, his fur bristling.

Frogpaw heard the sounds of fierce battle and she curiously half climbed, half fell off the rock, landing with a small, Thump! She scrambled quickly to her paws and prowled awkwardly toward the cats from one side, trying to hide among the rocks with her dark grey pelt.

[Moo it's Lia]

Pine looked at the small cat, probably Dappledpaw and said, "Hm, they smell somewhat like you. One looks like a badger, two are dark grey, one's brown and one's brown. Two she-cats and three toms. They're setting up a camp under the cliffs," she informed, "So I suspect you and those cats aren't in the same pack?" (she doesn't know about clans, she came from the pack of rouges)

Acornfur shook her head, "No, we're from a clan, DawnClan to be exact," she turned to her patrol, "The cats the loner is talking about are probably from DuskClan."

Pine licked her paws before responding, "This loner's name is Pine."

[danielle]

"What are they doing here???Why aren't they in Duskclan?" Dappledpaw looked, and deffinitly was, confuzzled. She looked at her mentor, wondering if they should go and talk to the Duskclan cats.

[dragonfrog]

Thornfang ignored the loner's attitude, already knowing 'this loner's name'. " But why would they split up? " He murmured, asking Dappledpaw's same question, licking his scratched flank and glanced toward the cliffs with unease spreading through him.

Frogpaw continued edging toward the cat's conversation, her ear's flattened and her small paws tucked as far under her chest as she could get them. They were snowy white, and they would easily give away her odd position.

[Moo it's Lia]

Pine shrugged, "Don't ask me, I'm not part of them. I was about to go over there and ask them." She parted her jaws to let her tongue clean her pelt when she caught a scent. Another loner. She looked up, "Come out already," she called out.

Acornfur looked around, she hadn't scented the other cat. The scent of blood and this loner had messed with her scenes. "I'm not sure, Thornfang. I think we should go back to camp and let Cloudstar know."

[dragonfrog]

Thornfang nodded, glancing uneasily at Pine as she called to something, someone. He shrugged it off and nodded at Acornfur,"Yes, I'd like to know what he's going to do about it. I hope Bluestream will be done with her kitting, there will be a lot to talk about with Cloudstar about this! " The tabby tom glanced back the way they had come, wanting to get back to camp as soon as possible.

Frogpaw pricked her ears and let her eyes gleam green, revealing her place. She rose weakly, clambering forward before stopping her flanks down to stare at the ground. In silence the she-cat bolted away, her flanks heaving with the effort. These cats seemed quite hostile, they wouldn't want another cat in their territory. She was quite slow and could have probably been caught by a kit, but she was able to leap several fox-lengths away from the cats. Frogpaw was heading straight toward the cliffs, slowly, but probably the fastest she'd ever ran in the past moon.

[Moo it's Lia]

Pine shrugged, "Hrm, oh well. By the looks of it she's heading towards those other cats. You said DuskClan right?" she didn't wait for an answer, "Well, if this Cloudstar is your leader, tell him this: loners and rouges are coming here. I suspect they want to form another pack, or clan, you said. Those cats over at the cliffs want loners to join them, so I suspect those cats and the DuskClan cats will join and create a pack or clan."

[danielle]

Dappledpaw watched the other loner run away, "Yeah we should talk to Cloudstar...but what about that cat." She flicked her tail in the direction of the fleeing loner.