PAFP Event Border WindClan VERY SMALL PLANET + border breach

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This thread takes place at the border of the clan territory.
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{$title} Gorsepaw has chased a rabbit over the border, and ThunderClan's deputy is not very fond of this incursion.
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Gorsepaw missed the barn. It haunted her dreams; the crackling of her home under the fire's pursuit. She craved the unrestricted access to the fields and the mice nibbling there, and the comfort of Alder's flank in the warm, dry hay. This new territory, as beautiful and hopeful it made her, was no replacement for the walls of the barn and the community that formed there. Everyone was partitioned away in their own dens and it felt as if the older cats was a world away.

Not to mention that Dustystar had become so important so quickly. They were related somehow, but she couldn't pin down in her mind exactly how that was. Something to do with Cowboy and Chicken. She wanted to follow directions, but it was so new and unfamiliar still. For instance, the rabbit that raced over the border was no longer fair game according to Dustystar. It was in ThunderClan territory. There had been no "borders" at the barn. Meals were freely shared and rarely fought over. Why should borders exist here?

The apprentice sank her claws into rabbit hide, ignored the shriek of panic it makes, and bared her fangs down to quiet the creature. She was ready to happily trot back to Maremane with her prize, but stopped short at the feeling of eyes pressing into her pelt. Gorsepaw glanced to the deep underbrush that ThunderClan was so known for, to see a well-muscled tom prowling from the foliage. His green eyes were sparking with a predatory glare that she could only assume her own held when she pursued prey. "I'll be going now," she bleated nervously, not quite sure what else to say to appease the big tom.

She turned her back and began to warily cross the border when the air is knocked out of her under the weight of a paw bigger than her own. Gorsepaw gave a bark of surprise and wriggled under his grasp, trying her best to escape his weight. The tom, who reeked of wet moss and rotting logs, only pressed down further, and she could feel his claws sink into her pelt.

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  • ooc: Please let @MAREMANE and @OWLBARK post first!
  • NIP GORSEPAW — SHE/HER ・ 6 MOONS ・ APPRENTICE & WINDCLAN ・ PENNED BY MUDDLY!
    silver tabby with high white and yellow-green eyes. a grumpy, independent she-cat that prefers to bite before she speaks. raised by alder. adopted sibling to icepaw and pebblepaw.
 

Owlbark has taken to patrolling much more frequently by himself since he became deputy, or at least the closest he could get. He would gather his obedient herd, lead them away from home, and then go his own way while they fumbled through the underbrush. He had also developed a habit of checking the WindClan border since he encountered them. Like RiverClan and SkyClan, these cats were strangers to Owlbark. ShadowClan held familiar faces to him from the colony days and he knew what to expect, but these three other clans were cats from far off. They all had peace now, but the pessimistic side of Owlbark - the entire pessimistic being of Owlbark - refused to accept that it would last. Something would break and transgressions would have to happen.

The deputy moved his way through his territory, scenting for prey and any other oddity. The shriek of prey caught his attention because he had been sure to shake his patrol off of him until they were to return to camp. None had followed him this far. He peers through leaves and fern fronds to see a lanky and windswept cat digging into prey on the ThunderClan side of the border. SHe looked so smug with the rabbit clutched under her jaws. Her green eyes caught his and Owlbark slowly padded forward, holding her gaze. He almost reveled in the way her eyes went from recognition to nervousness. She tried to placate him and leave peacefully, but that hungry part of him he tried his best to forget emerged and instinct took over. My prey, he thought with a growl and he stomped his foot down on the she-cat. She yelped in surprise and squirmed under his grasp. Owlbark pressed harder and dug his claws in for better grasp on her bony figure. Drops of blood welled under his claws and the sight of it snapped him back to reality. She's just an apprentice, he reminded himself.

He released the girl and watched her flee over the border, rabbit forgotten and cold at Owlbark's feet. He was ready to turn and forget this, until a familiar warrior rushed to see the commotion. Maremane, he sneered, wrinkling his nose and preparing for what he knew to be a... discussion.