Camp WindClan help, the shinies gone! // clover

[Cricketkit Cricketkit]

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head, a sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

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Cricketkit was on a mission. A serious one. Her one bright eye darted around camp, scanning every nook, shadow, and tuft of moss like a tiny, determined scout. Her paws kicked up little puffs of dust as she scrambled here and there, nose twitching, tail flicking in frustration. " It has to be here! " she mumbled to herself, circling around a sun-warmed rock and peeking beneath a low bush. " I just had it, I know I did! It was right by my hoard! " Her hoard, of course, being the secret stash of shiny things, odd feathers, and crumpled leaves she kept hidden in various Very Important Spots.

But one of her favorites, a tiny, smooth stone with a stripe down the middle like a lightning bolt.... It was missing.

She spun in place, scanning the clearing again until her eye caught a familiar shape. " CLOVERPAW! " she yelped, bounding toward the apprentice at full speed, barely avoiding a collision with someone else's tail along the way. " Cloverpaw, help! It's gone! My shiny's gone! " She skidded to a stop beside her, breathing hard, eyes wide with distress but also hope. " You're smart and tall and got good eyes! Can you help me look? It's a little stone, it's smooth and stripey and it's important! I think the wind took it! Or maybe a bird? Or maybe it sprouted legs, bugs do that sometimes! "

She blinked up at her, hopeful and pleading. " Please? We'll find it way faster together! "

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[Cloverpaw Cloverpaw]

Cloverpaw's ears pricked up at the sound of thudding paws approaching her, turning around at the sound of her name and coming face-to-face with a very distressed Cricketkit. She set down the rabbit she was holding in her jaws - a younger one she'd managed to catch on her way back from a patrol. Much like the other apprentices, she'd been dismayed at learning that all the younger cats weren't supposed to leave camp without their mentor or a warrior... but she understood Dustystar's reasoning. There were a lot of younger cats in the clan and sometimes not enough warriors to mentor or watch over them all.

Still, she didn't get much of a chance to think about that - barely seconds after her name was shouted, the rundown of the situation was given to her. A missing "shiny", a nice stone Cricketkit was frantic about finding... of course she'd help find it. "Well, it can't have gone too far, and I doubt anyone in camp would have let a bird or the wind take it. When was the last time you saw it?" She asked, taking a brief look around the area to see if there was any shiny, striped stones she could easily see. Nope. They'd really have a good search on their paws for this one.

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• Cloverpaw she/her & windclan
  ✿ lh red lynx mink w/ white spotting
  ✿ 11 moons
  ✿ Peaceful and healing powerplay permitted.
  ✿ Slight suppressed southern accent
  
  
  penned by pastelskulls
  template by scarlet
  template art by lassie​

 

[Cricketkit Cricketkit]

'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs
As they tried to teach me how to dance
A foxtrot above my head, a sock hop beneath my bed
A disco ball is just hanging by a thread

.

Cricketkit bounced in place, her tail flicking like a frantic little flag as Cloverpaw spoke. " It was right by the mossy stump! " she declared, stamping one tiny paw as if that helped lock in the location. " I put it there to charge up in the sun! Y'know, like how frogs get all warm and do nothing all day? I thought maybe the shiny would soak up power too and get extra shiny! " She turned sharply, trotting a few paces toward the spot, then stopped and looked over her shoulder with wide, worried eyes. " But when I went back it was gone! Like... poof! Not even a glint! And I even checked under the moss in case it rolled. "

Cricketkit dropped low to the ground, wiggling her haunches like she was about to pounce, nose twitching in full investigation mode. " It's smooth, and it's got a lightning stripe down the middle, kinda crooked like a snake trying to do a dance! " She looked up at Cloverpaw again with that desperate sparkle in her eye. " Please help me find it? It's not just any shiny, it's one I picked on the same day I met Boarpaw and made the secret pact and I reallyreallyreally want it back. "

And just like that, she darted ahead again toward the stump, already halfway digging with her tiny paws, tail flicking wildly like a little flag of determination. " We'll find it, I know we will! " Absolutely not understanding that just moments ago, she flopped out things she should have kept to herself. Especially when it came to Boarpaw! Boarpaw wasn't even WindClan. It was really hard to meet her friend now too... Because they were being watched extra carefully. It made her sad.

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