(🜲) hazelheart has always enjoyed leaf-fall. it's a season with a bounty of prey, for squirrels and mice are stocking up for the harsh leaf-bare to come, and the colors of the trees make her nostalgic for the before-clan times. as she pads towards the river, her pelt brushes the ferns and bracken that line the trail, and memory mists her gaze. stolen moments with her lover in the thick of the forest when their love had been young. then, moons later the soft squeaking of kits at bracken's stomach, the lull of leaf-bare winds against a comfortable den. it'd been a bright spot in her life certainly, and now it's been replaced. as the storm guard locks back in, steadying her pawsteps, she finds she doesn't mind where she's ended up since.
knocking her shoulder against grizzlypaw, the woman shoots him a grin. "this may very well be your last patrol as an apprentice," she raises her eyebrows, winking at the tom. her apprentice has struggled for moons to catch up with his peers, and now he is on the precipice of warriorhood after much hard work. she blinks kindly at him, this boy who she's seen grow from a gangly young apprentice to a keen eyed adult. pride rings in her voice, "enjoy it," as they arrive at the border. the watery scent of riverclan permeates the area, mingling with hazelheart's own comforting thunderclan scent. as she steps out onto sunningrocks, her ears flick, back arching as she feels the sun hit her dark fur directly. she shakes it out, beginning to mark the edge of the rocks. riverclan have been keen to lounge on them recently, and she can smell where boundaries have been blurred. with a glance across to the willow lined banks, the woman re-marks a stone.
"snapdragonpaw," amber eyes flit to her other apprentice, the sharp eyed tortoiseshell who pads with the rest of the patrol. "tell me what you know of riverclan." the girl has not been her apprentice for long, only since the first gathering, and hazelheart wishes to know the extent of her new charge's knowledge. seating herself on the edge of the stones, the storm guard awaits her apprentice's voice, raising her head to bask in the bright rays. the sun's warmth fills her, blocking out the chill that has taken over the forest since the arrival of leaf-fall.
knocking her shoulder against grizzlypaw, the woman shoots him a grin. "this may very well be your last patrol as an apprentice," she raises her eyebrows, winking at the tom. her apprentice has struggled for moons to catch up with his peers, and now he is on the precipice of warriorhood after much hard work. she blinks kindly at him, this boy who she's seen grow from a gangly young apprentice to a keen eyed adult. pride rings in her voice, "enjoy it," as they arrive at the border. the watery scent of riverclan permeates the area, mingling with hazelheart's own comforting thunderclan scent. as she steps out onto sunningrocks, her ears flick, back arching as she feels the sun hit her dark fur directly. she shakes it out, beginning to mark the edge of the rocks. riverclan have been keen to lounge on them recently, and she can smell where boundaries have been blurred. with a glance across to the willow lined banks, the woman re-marks a stone.
"snapdragonpaw," amber eyes flit to her other apprentice, the sharp eyed tortoiseshell who pads with the rest of the patrol. "tell me what you know of riverclan." the girl has not been her apprentice for long, only since the first gathering, and hazelheart wishes to know the extent of her new charge's knowledge. seating herself on the edge of the stones, the storm guard awaits her apprentice's voice, raising her head to bask in the bright rays. the sun's warmth fills her, blocking out the chill that has taken over the forest since the arrival of leaf-fall.
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HAZELHEART 🜲 tags / toyhouse
🜲 trans molly (she / her) / bisexual, widow of BRACKEN
🜲 63 moons old, ages realistically
🜲 storm guard of thunderclan
🜲 mother to MAGNOLIAPEAK, HONEYSUCKLECRY, HYACINTHRAIN
🜲 mentoring GRIZZLYPAW, SNAPDRAGONPAW / mentored by none
🜲 penned by LAVS / message lavendes on discord for plots!
a stocky, medium-haired brown tabby with hazel eyes. this is a large cat with a rippling musculature. hazel's frame is wide and tall, shoulders broad, muzzle and eyes heavy in her skull. chestnut and chocolate fur swirl across her pelt, sliced through with tabby stripes of shadow. her eyes invoke images of a sweet summer's day, honey and brown mingling into a soft amber gold