A Romantic Entanglement (Stormwind)

Crowpaw greeted Feathertail with a soft meow, stepping out of the shadows that his dark pelt had helped him hide in.

Feathertail soon snuck outside as well, grateful to be out of the cramped confines once more. She hadn’t even seen Crowpaw leave, and was absentmindedly waiting to see if he’d come as well, unaware that he was already outside.

The Clans huddled in different corners of the broken den as they are and then slept, though that didn’t stop Crowpaw, who snuck out as soon as he could without alerting others to his absence.

(Goodnight!)

Feathertail’s patrol had similar success, as did seemingly every warrior who went to hunt. It seemed the trials of the first day of the journey had been well rewarded.

Crowpaw was on his own patrol. The surrounding area was abundant with prey, and each patrol carried back enough for quite a few cats to have their own piece.

(I’m going to sleep now, sorry.)

Feathertail was a little disappointed to not be with Crowpaw on a patrol, Vowing to meet up with the tom in private that night, somehow.

Feathertail was sent on a patrol with Blackclaw, Voleclaw, Mistyfoot, and Dawnflower.

Feathertail listened eagerly for her name as patrols were drawn, hoping to not have to stay in the eerie, run-down twoleg den more than she had to.

Firestar and Ravenpaw greeted each other and soon after, the Clans were led to a broken-down Twoleg place with no roof. Once they had settled in, patrols were made.

Even though Feathertail had done this all before, she still felt like her paws were going to fall off by the time they approached the barn. Perhaps worrying about her clanmates, and every other clan cat, was just stressing her out more.

The Clans continued in traveling until night fell. There was a time where they were chased by a dog, and Tawnypelt, Brambleclaw, and Crowpaw drove it off, but over all the first day was an easy enough trip.

Regretfully, Feathertail returned to Riverclan’s knot of cats as well, upset she couldn’t walk with Crowpaw yet again.

Panting a little, Crowpaw cast one last look at Feathertail before returning to his Clanmates, much as he wanted to fuss over her and make sure she was all right.

Feathertail got a burst of speed as well when she watched Crowpaw burst past her, and a few heartbeats later both the apprentice and the warrior were back in safety at the outcropping.

Crowpaw bolted after Feathertail, his long legs and WindClan heritage allowing him to easily catch up.

(One of Feathertail’s maternal great-grandfathers was a WindClan cat :3)

Once free, Feathertail started to immediately run back towards the rocks with Crowpaw. A monster growled behind them, but Feathertail didn’t look back, trying to run faster instead.

Crowpaw gave her a frustrated glare but chose not to respond, grabbing her by the scruff and pulling her out of the mud.

“What are you doing!?” Feathertail growled to Crowpaw. “It’s not going to do either of us any good if we both get crushed or captured!”

Crowpaw hurried back to help Feathertail out of the mud, the two of them being the last ones out in the open.

Feathertail sighed with relief, but then took a bit longer than she’d expected to get herself out of the mud, having accidentally dug in a little when she used herself as a lever to free Mosspelt.

(Kit, singular)

With Feathertail's help, Mosspelt managed to free herself from the mud and flee towards the outcrop of stone.

“Take the kits!” Mewled Feathertail to the warriors who had accompanied her to the queen’s side. Once the kits were being carted to safety, the she-cat stayed behind and started trying to free the other she-cat from the mud, putting her head beneath the other cat and pushing upwards with all her might.

Crowpaw darted after Feathertail, though veered off to help another cat. A couple other warriors followed them.

Upon recognizing Riverclan’s queen stuck in the mire with her kits, Feathertail charged back across the mud to help her.

It seemed to take forever before they reached the outcrop, though in reality it only took a few seconds. Crowpaw passed off his kit to Onewhisker and turned to check that everyone had made it, only to realize with horror that several RiverClan and ShadowClan cats were lagging behind, including the sole RiverClan queen and her only kit.