(𓆩✧𓆪) the night feels endless as he stares out into its inky blackness. less than half a day ago, the medicine cat of thunderclan had been dragged into camp by her daughter, limp and lifeless. less than half a day ago, dreampaw's mother had shattered into shards he's not sure she'll ever get back. now she is curled in her den, alone for the first time in moons, and he feels useless stuffed into a nest that is not truly his own. thunderclan is strange to him now, where it used to be the only home he'd ever wanted.
he is restless, legs figiting amongst moss and feathers. after a few minutes of tossing and turning, he sighs, heaving himself up, and exits the den. the night air is cool on his fur as he takes a deep breath. eyes of a shadowclanner pierce into the night, and he catches his mother's scent. odd... she's supposed to be in her den, but it leads out of the camp, into territory the boy hardly knows. glancing around, dreampaw takes a step towards the exit, sniffing at the air as he follows juniperstar's scent through the trees. training in the dark marshes, he is well used to traveling at night, but the strangeness of this territory... its sharp branches and brambled paths are eerie at this time. as he winds his way through the forest, worry grips his heart. juniperstar is grieving, which means she's not in her sound mind. her being out alone like this could be good for her, or it could be very... very bad.
her scent grow stronger as he rounds a corner and is greeted by a fallen tree. "momma?" the boy whispers, the childlike moniker slipping from his lips easily. he cannot see her, but he presses his nose to the ground, coughing as the scent of something dark reaches him. death, a smell he has associated only with few things in his short life. "mom!" he calls again, and pads towards the tree, poking his muzzle between the roots until the moonlight glints across chocolate fur. her flank is still. her paws are stiff. "no," he murmurs, squeezing into the hollow with her. "momma, wake up," because despite what magpiepaw had told him, despite what he had seen with sablestar and wolfpack, he is still not completely convinced she hasn't slipped away forever.
juniperstar's head rests on the earth, tear tracks staining her white cheeks. "starclan... send her home," the apprentice prays as she smoothes her tongue across the queen's face. "please, serpentberry," now her gaze flits to the moon, to the hidden stars. surely the fallen medicine cat has greeted her mother in the heavens. "we still need her." how many lives had she been blessed with? sablestar had said nine, but then how many times has juniperstar died without her knowledge? it's horrible to see her like this, limp and lifeless to the world, like her fallen partner. dreampaw chokes back a cry, clinging to the hope that she'll be sent back to her body. any minute now, she tells herself as she curls around the woman's thin frame. her fluffy tail blankets her mother's flank, as if her very presence could take away all cold from her corpse.
when juniperstar comes back to her body, she'll find her child holding her, ember eyes drowsy as he stares off into the night.
he is restless, legs figiting amongst moss and feathers. after a few minutes of tossing and turning, he sighs, heaving himself up, and exits the den. the night air is cool on his fur as he takes a deep breath. eyes of a shadowclanner pierce into the night, and he catches his mother's scent. odd... she's supposed to be in her den, but it leads out of the camp, into territory the boy hardly knows. glancing around, dreampaw takes a step towards the exit, sniffing at the air as he follows juniperstar's scent through the trees. training in the dark marshes, he is well used to traveling at night, but the strangeness of this territory... its sharp branches and brambled paths are eerie at this time. as he winds his way through the forest, worry grips his heart. juniperstar is grieving, which means she's not in her sound mind. her being out alone like this could be good for her, or it could be very... very bad.
her scent grow stronger as he rounds a corner and is greeted by a fallen tree. "momma?" the boy whispers, the childlike moniker slipping from his lips easily. he cannot see her, but he presses his nose to the ground, coughing as the scent of something dark reaches him. death, a smell he has associated only with few things in his short life. "mom!" he calls again, and pads towards the tree, poking his muzzle between the roots until the moonlight glints across chocolate fur. her flank is still. her paws are stiff. "no," he murmurs, squeezing into the hollow with her. "momma, wake up," because despite what magpiepaw had told him, despite what he had seen with sablestar and wolfpack, he is still not completely convinced she hasn't slipped away forever.
juniperstar's head rests on the earth, tear tracks staining her white cheeks. "starclan... send her home," the apprentice prays as she smoothes her tongue across the queen's face. "please, serpentberry," now her gaze flits to the moon, to the hidden stars. surely the fallen medicine cat has greeted her mother in the heavens. "we still need her." how many lives had she been blessed with? sablestar had said nine, but then how many times has juniperstar died without her knowledge? it's horrible to see her like this, limp and lifeless to the world, like her fallen partner. dreampaw chokes back a cry, clinging to the hope that she'll be sent back to her body. any minute now, she tells herself as she curls around the woman's thin frame. her fluffy tail blankets her mother's flank, as if her very presence could take away all cold from her corpse.
when juniperstar comes back to her body, she'll find her child holding her, ember eyes drowsy as he stares off into the night.
- // suuuper late but here you go @loonstar " #afaf64"
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DREAMPAW ✧ tags / toyhouse
✧ demiboy (he / she) / bisexual, padding after NONE
✧ 09 moons old, ages realistically
✧ apprentice of shadowclan
✧ brother to MAGPIEPAW, ASTERPAW,LITTLEKIT, HOLLYKIT
✧ son of JUNIPERSTAR x SABLESTAR
✧ mentoring NONE / mentored by HALFSHADE
✧ penned by LAVS / message lavendes on discord for plots!
a longhaired chocolate spotted tabby with low white and orange eyes. silky chocolate fur cascades in waves across his boxy frame, darker dapples giving him his tabby pelt. creamy white splashes his paws, belly, tail tip, and muzzle, freckling across his face. the hue of a crackling fire, struck through with magenta and violet, sparkles from narrow sockets.