Border ThunderClan RiverClan Bring me down and bury me with ashes 🪶 Shimmerpaw

[Boarpaw Boarpaw]

————————————— The melody sings what the words can't say. ✦

Boarpaw was a stickler for obedience, it's how he was kept safe!! So when Copperstorm told him a while back to never cross the river, he was sure to listen. And when he was told to be wary of the Riverclan cats- Well. Well, Boarpaw's big heart made that rule a little wobbly. It was how the apprentice found himself separated from the hunting patrol he was brought along for.

In reality, he was chasing a squirrel or something of the like, but the pesky little beast skittered away from him and towards the river. He would go right back to the patrol once he caught the thing but he was surprised to watch to scramble across some protuding rocks on the river- 'The river?!' Boarpaw screeched to a halt, blinking stunned realising how far they had strayed. Sat now dumbfounded before the river between Thunderclan and Riverclan. He wouldn't dream of crossing, not even for prey (as much as his stomach grumbled defiantly), so instead he allowed himself a moment to catch his breath. Sighing as he plopped down to regain his surroundings.

Thankfully, he knew where he was, not too far from where Copperstorm had brought him. He wasn't lost! It was a great start. Retracing his steps to find the patrol would be a breeze. But it wouldn't do him any harm to take a moment to catch his breath and enjoy the sounds of the river... And footsteps.

The apprentice's eyes shot open from the lidded comfort he had settled into for the moment, taking in the sounds of the river. He looked behind him at first, assuming it was the patrol. And yet he was alone. So his eyes dragged along the river, like he was following the ghost of another squirrel, before his gaze settled on the other side of the river, and a sound of surprise left him. A cat, a small-ish one, an apprentice like him most likely.

That alone dampened any fear; the apprentices he met were nice! Except that smelly one at fourtrees, but maybe she just needed a friend. It was why Boarpaw stood up and took a step closer so he could call over the roar of the river, face knit with a warm smile. "Hiya there!! Are you from Riverclan?" He inquired, with a tilt of the head. Realistically, it was obvious they were, but it was only polite. 'My name'ths Boarpaw and I'm from Thunderclan.' The apprentice beamed, flicking his tail to motion backwards towards his home territory.

Boarpaw didn't really know what he might get from the interaction, there had been something awful happened in Riverclan a little while ago, so maybe the stranger would be grateful to see a kind face for a change!

——— You keep on grinnin'

and this world keeps nagging. ———

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  Boarpaw
  ✦—Thunderclan apprentice | 7 moons
  ✦—He/They
  ✦—"SPEECH", 'THOUGHTS', ATTACK
  ✦—A long-haired, dark grey tom with a prominent underbite and blue eyes.
  #a4bac1

 

[Shimmerpaw]

It was the river where Shimmerpaw felt at home, near the water where she could hear nothing but the way the water hit the rocks, quickly moved around the slick moss-coated stepping stones that could be used to cross over if a cat were brave - or stupid - enough to do-so, so every time her mentor told her to head off towards the river to fish she'd gladly do so without comment. Silently she had made her way to the river, not caring that it bordered with another clan for she found most days she were here she was left alone. Whether it was because the RiverClanners were thought to be odd - most didn't like water, so why did these cats defy what was deemed natural by the others and instead decide to dive head first into it? - or maybe it was simply the way she was so obviously focused on the task in front of her, eyes trained carefully on the water as the sun tried to blind her in the reflections, paw outstretched as she sat there, still as a statue, not even her tail moving before she saw a fish and - Hiya there!! - concentration was broken, paw moved quickly and scared the fish away, white paw already trying to cover up the mistake by being shoved in the water to no avail as Boarpaw continued their words.

Head turned towards the younger apprentice, ears pinned to her head in frustration both in herself and at Boarpaw for a moment before they moved back up. "Shimmerpaw." She'd speak her name matter-of-factly, thinking for only a tiny moment on whether or not she should confirm the question on whether or not she was from RiverClan. To her it was obvious, but she answered nonetheless "And yes, I'm from RiverClan." An apprentice, obviously with her name just like Boarpaw, though each day in the new territory she missed the shores of the beach they had called home before more and more, there were no ThunderClan apprentices there to make it harder for her to fish - not that she had gotten to that point yet while they were still there.

She didn't talk much to others, but especially not those outside of RiverClan, and though everything pricked at her to leave she was still young, still curious, and that curiosity anchored her at the border, eyes scanning the bank of the river for a moment to see if others were coming just in case it was an ambush of some sort - sent a trusting-looking apprentice out to distract a cat so others can come in and steal prey or territory, she could see another clan doing that after the shit ShadowClan pulled - before moving along the riverbank so that they were in front of each other then, "What's it like in ThunderClan anyway?" There were too many trees, she's seen them try and catch squirrels that run along the bank of the river but had never seen them get anything from the shores, no shells, no crabs, nothing that was actually good, and she didn't know how they could be happy like that.

OOC

text SHIMMERPAW she/her, riverclan, 9 moons old. a sh all white cat // masking cinnamon tortie w/orange eyes. stands at a short height mentored by none // mentoring none "adopted" kit of Smokewreath, mutually seen as a guardian bisexual/romantic, single, crushing on no one NPC x NPC / mother to none / mated to none peaceful and healing powerplay permitted / / underline and tag when attacking penned by tikki ↛ rabbitcake on discord, feel free to dm for plots.