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TEAM SHADOWCLAN

shanny

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they're very smol [tinypaw, skyy] Dec 3, 2015 1:24:17 GMT

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Post by shanny on Dec 3, 2015 1:24:17 GMT

Smallpaw sniffed around the ThunderClan and RiverClan border-- admittedly she was looking for prey. Her wide green eyes looked at the river in fear, she could see silver fish darting in the rushing waters but she really didn't want to have to swim to get them. What if she fell in!? No cat was with her to get her... She'd have to swim all by herself.

Smallpaw had heard stories of Sunningrocks, and how they rightfully belonged to RiverClan, but ThunderClan was too stubborn and fox-hearted to admit it. She had to admit, it was a nice patch of territory-- those rocks looked really warm and nice to lay on, but she couldn't test them out. Those rocks belonged to ThunderClan-- as a kit she heard tales of how Inkstar, the leader long before Magpiestar, had fought ThunderClan and SkyClan a lot. This was just one of the battlegrounds.

She sniffed the air. There had been no bloodshed here in a while... nor any ThunderClan cats-- which was good, not because she was planning on crossing the border, but because she didn't want a confrontation at all. Smallpaw had a feeling all the ThunderClan cats were bigger than her. Not a particularly difficult feat, but a worry of hers nonetheless.

The calico apprentice padded along the bank. Her eyes widened as she spotted a water vole, but it had already spotted her. Smallpaw fruitlessly darted after it, and it skirted through shallow water onto a rock, only to nimbly hop to another one. Smallpaw attempted the same, but a hasty jump and a rock made wet by the vole caused her worst fears to play out.

She slipped and fell into the river with a hard splash. Smallpaw batted her legs and paws, trying to fight the current with as much strength as she could muster. "H-help me! Somebody help me!" She mewled as her mouth filled with water. She coughed it out only to swallow more and get swept by the current downstream.

As her view started to blacken she saw a reed sticking out of the river, and Smallpaw grasped on with her claws, looking like a frightened kit. The reed was in the middle of the river, though-- she needed some cat to help her out, toss her a branch, something. "Please! Anybody!"

[Notes: skyy and her socks please save this smol baby]

TEAM SKYCLAN

skyy and her socks

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they're very smol [tinypaw, skyy] Dec 3, 2015 11:38:41 GMT

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Post by skyy and her socks on Dec 3, 2015 11:38:41 GMT

“Mousey, mousey, mousey, where are you?”

Tinypaw’s nose was to the ground, her small tabby form practically dwarfed under the sprawling ferns and thick undergrowth of the territory. Her bright amber eyes scanned the some soil, peering beyond the dappled light beneath the trees and for the small, frail forms of something much more important. She hadn’t meant to scare away the little creature, she hadn’t even been hunting it. But her pawsteps were still too heavy against the ground and her balance less than perfect, which didn’t even give her a chance to study the creature closer.

She huffed, and paused in her search, gaze turning instead up toward the river, just visible through the edges of the trees and beyond the sunningrocks themselves. While Falconstar hadn’t taken her out there since her first day as an apprentice, she’d trekked out that far with Ravenpaw. Yet, it was the first time she was there alone. Her whiskers twitched thoughtfully as she straightened, distracted from the mouse for a few moments. It wouldn’t hurt to have a closer look at the river would it? Then again… RiverClan cats were supposed to be creatures who wanted what wasn’t theres, and she didn’t want to come across one.

Tinypaw’s nose wrinkled, and a rustle nearby drew her attention back to the mouse, as she crouched again, steadying herself carefully. She just wanted to look, so, if she moved quietly enough she had to get there, right? One paw carefully placed against the ground was all she got, before another noise faintly drifted through the trees. "H-help me! Somebody help me!" Tinypaw straightened, ears pricking up at once and head swivelling toward the rocks. A rustle told her the mouse had moved again but she didn’t really notice. Her attention was too focused forward. "Please! Anybody!"

The apprentice immediately moved into action, discarding all thoughts and charging through the undergrowth toward sunningrocks and the river. She didn’t recognise the voice, but what if it was a ThunderClan cat that needed help? She couldn’t just leave them! The moment she reached the rocks though, she saw the cat, right in the middle of the river flailing around as though they couldn’t swim. It didn’t cross her mind that the cat was still unfamiliar; she took action. Tinypaw’s head snapped from side to side, looking for anything of use, before her gaze found some broken reeds at the river’s edge, some on land. She’d try that first.

Launching herself to the riverbank, she grabbed onto of the reeds by the water and tugged it back, snapping it free after a few strong tugs. Immediately, she dragged it toward the river, and slashed the end around till it landed in the water with a loud splash. “Grab it!” she tried to yell between her teeth, as she edged further toward the water, paws digging into the soft mud of the riverbank. The feeling had her nose wrinkled and eyes screwing shut. Mud was so gross. But that didn’t matter. She forced her eyes open again and could only watch, while trying to read the reed toward the small cat.

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TEAM SHADOWCLAN

shanny

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they're very smol [tinypaw, skyy] Dec 4, 2015 3:53:02 GMT

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Post by shanny on Dec 4, 2015 3:53:02 GMT

Smallpaw whimpered as she clung to the reed in the middle of the river. She was done for, she knew it. StarClan would be here any second now to claim her small body for their endless clan of silver-pelted warriors. She screwed her green eyes shut as she felt her claws slipping on the reed, the current battering her tiny body. Wasn’t there a waterfall nearby? She felt like there was definitely a waterfall nearby—it lead into the gorge, right? Her panic caused her to think of all the dangerous parts of RiverClan territory at once, and she mewed a pathetic cry. She was going to die here, a sad excuse of a RiverClan cat no one would want to remember, a disgrace to their kind. A cat that couldn’t swim.

Her ears pricked immediately as she heard a voice yell "Grab it!" and Smallpaw looked to see a reed extended to her by a cat on the other side of a bank, a small cat like her. It did not even occur to Smallpaw that the apprentice was likely from another clan, and the little RiverClan apprentice nodded mutely, trying to figure out how she could let go of her current reed and not be swept down the river. Smallpaw decided to reach out and grasp the reed offered to her between her teeth while her claws still held onto the one in the middle of the river, and once she realized she had a firm grip on the new reed, Smallpaw let go, her paws flailing against the water as she finally reached out and gripped the new reed, clawing at it desperately.

Remembering what she could of her pitiful attempts at swimming, Smallpaw kicked her back paws so that she could easily propel herself towards the bank so the one cat didn’t have to completely pull her the whole way. Her paws slipped against the silt-y, wet mud of the bank, having some problems climbing up it but eventually managing to do so before collapsing next to the small apprentice, breath heaving as she spit out the reed.

"I'm not dead." Smallpaw said in her tiny but exhausted voice. "I'm not dead!" Her euphoria at being alive quickly ebbed as she realized where she was—if she wasn’t dead now, she could be. "I'm—I'm on ThunderClan territory! Oh, Silvermouth and Magpiestar are going to rip off my pelt for sure!" Smallpaw leapt to her paws and her green eyes scanned the river. She couldn’t cross here—the current was way too rough and swift. She’d have to find another place...

"I. Um. Thank you so, so much for saving me! I'm Smallpaw... and... and I'm from RiverClan." She mewed, quietly and embarrassed. "I'm so sorry I'm on your territory..."

[Notes: skyy and her socks]

TEAM SKYCLAN

skyy and her socks

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I could put in a stardust in your eyes, put a little sunshine in your life

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they're very smol [tinypaw, skyy] Dec 7, 2015 0:35:04 GMT

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Post by skyy and her socks on Dec 7, 2015 0:35:04 GMT

Tinypaw wasn’t entirely sure what she was doing or how it would turn out, but it wasn’t like she could do something else! The back of her mind, somewhere, contained the knowledge that she shouldn’t have been helping a cat she didn’t know who was likely not a clanmate. But well, that didn’t matter so much. As long as she didn’t fall into the water herself, everything would be fine. Or at least that was what the little apprentice was going to keep telling herself as her paws suck ever so slightly into the mud. She could worry about cleaning later.

Thankfully, the apprentice seemed to hear her and reacted by biting the reed. Tinypaw had to tighten her grip to avoid the whole reed shaking with the new weight, but she persisted. Even as the other cat moved completely, well, it was lighter than expected. Immediately, the tiny tabby started backing up, pushing her paws down hard to give herself leverage to pull the other cat back toward the shore. Definitely not a cat she recognised. Her chest heaved as she used all the weight she had to go backward, teeth tightened so hard against the reed she was worried it might just snap. But, they made it.

Tinypaw immediately released her grip, and sunk completely onto the ground, sucking in a deep breath as her heart hammered in her chest. The other cat collapsed on the bank next to her, and Tinypaw swivelled her head around to see them properly. "I'm not dead. I'm not dead!" She couldn’t help herself, Tinypaw purred loud a loud laugh, giving a small nod with her chin against the ground. “You are!” She chimed in, as the apprentice seemed to think through the situation more. A grin still settled on the ThunderClanner’s face however, at least until the other apprentice spoke again. That removed said smile quickly.

"I'm—I'm on ThunderClan territory! Oh, Silvermouth and Magpiestar are going to rip off my pelt for sure!" Oh… wait. Her mind finally acknowledged that the cat wasn’t a clan-mate, and the situation was hardly usual, and immediately, she scrambled to her paws. Oh StarClan, she’d just helped a cat from RiverClan onto ThunderClan territory. At sunningrocks on top of everything else! The she-cat already hammering heart only picked up the pace. She couldn’t just chase the cat straight off again though, that wouldn’t be fair! Plus how was the cat meant to get across the river where she’d just almost drowned.

Tinypaw shuffled on her paws slightly, ducking her head as the other apprentice spoke again. "I. Um. Thank you so, so much for saving me! I'm Smallpaw... and... and I'm from RiverClan. I'm so sorry I'm on your territory..." Smallpaw… The similar size and stance the two had, standing there next to the river dawned on her, and she couldn’t help but give a little laugh, despite the worry that was quickly building in her chest. What if they were found just standing there? How would she explain to Falconstar that she’d pulled a cat onto their territory? Tinypaw forced away the thoughts of her mentor’s words and focused on the situation at hand.

“Uh, it’s okay! I’m glad you’re okay, and um, we’ll find you a way back across, it’s okay!” How she didn’t know but they would. It wasn’t like Smallpaw wanted to be there, at least that wasn’t the feel she got from the whole ordeal. Tinypaw flattened her ears briefly, before pricking them back up, and adding. “Oh, and I’m Tinypaw! It’s um… it’s nice to meet you!” Not the way she’d wanted to meet her first RiverClan cat, but… Well she couldn’t make herself feel bad about helping another cat either. Tinypaw shuffled on her paws, ducking her head slightly and offering a toothy grin, before peering around Smallpaw.

“You didn’t hurt yourself, did you? Can you walk and jump okay?” Was that a good first step? She wasn’t sure. It made sense though. If the other apprentice could move, they could find a way across. Tinypaw stepped forward to sniff at the other apprentice’s shoulder carefully, though it was hard to smell if there was anything wrong with just the overwhelming scent of fish and water flooding through her nose. Did all clans smell so different?

TAGGED: shanny
WORDS: 720
NOTES: <3

AUGUST 27TH, 2016

Hi everyone,
This announcement is being made with an extremely heavy heart, and we know it may not be a popular one. However, Alee and I have made the decision that we are going to be closing Chasing the Sun by the end of the month. Originally, we were going to wait till the end of the activity check before making the call either way, as no doubt some of you picked up from my introduction to the check itself. But, after seeing some of the most recent hiatuses and their updates, and talking with a few members who will not be continuing on the site, we’ve decided at this stage in time, it’s the right time to bring things to a close.

Full Closure Explaination Here

VOTE FOR US, RESOURCES & SISTER SITES

Chasing the Sun is a play-by-post roleplay based on the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. We are set in the original forest in an alternative universe from the books, where SkyClan were never forced from the forest and the characters we have known and loved have not existed. We have a 150-word minimum and a sandbox roleplay setting that does not have an overarching plot, only those that members form together. The world is there to shape by the characters than inhabit it, growing the forest into something unique from what we have seen before. With plenty of characters and a community that is always looking for new people to join in the fun, we are always happy to have new faces joining the ranks! Take a look around, and we’d love to have you on board!

SITE RULES ROLEPLAY HISTORY WARRIORS REFERENCES
CLAN ALLEGIANCES TAKEN NAMES MENTOR/APPRENTICE LIST
CURRENT HIATUSES LIST BANS AND ENCOURAGEMENTS ARCHIVING/RETRIVAL REQUESTS
BIOGRAPHY FORM PLOTTING ADOPTIONS DEVELOPMENT BOARD CLAIM
AFFILIATE FIRST TIME ADVERT LINK BACK ADVERT

riverclan

LEADER: DUCKSTAR, RPED BY CRES.

DEPUTY: WHITEWATER, RPED BY ATLANTA

MED. CAT: NETTLEHEART, RPED BY LOST

MED. APP: CLOSED

shadowclan

LEADER: ROSESTAR, RPED BY SHANNY

DEPUTY: ONYXFEATHER, RPED BY LOST

MED. CAT: SPARROWPELT, RPED BY JULY

MED. APP: CROWPAW, RPED BY AME

skyclan

LEADER: PINESTAR, RPED BY SKYY

DEPUTY: SNOWFALL, RPED BY AURUM

MED. CAT: TAWNYGAZE, RPED BY NEZ

MED. APP: TIGERPAW, RPED BY TIKKER

thunderclan

LEADER: HAZELCLAW, RPED BY AME

DEPUTY: CLOSED, TBA

MED. CAT: BLUEBERRY, RPED BY ALEE

MED. APP: PEACHPAW, RPED BY SNOWY

windclan

LEADER: REDSTAR, RPED BY TIKKER

DEPUTY: SWIFTFOOT, RPED BY ALEE

MED. CAT: BEETLEBERRY, RPED BY SKYY

MED. APP: CLOSED

current season

the season is new-leaf, third moon. the weather is consistantly warmer, with a fair few storms rollings through, however mostly clear and comfortable for all. the chill in the morning is still there, however is starting to ease, and prey blossoms.

current meetings

thunderclan - falconstar's death

windclan - flurrypaw's death

medicine cat meeting

key plot updates

THUNDERCLAN VERSES BADGERS
Due to a change of high ranks that is to take place, this plot has been updated and modified. if you were originally involved, please make sure to check the thread and voice if you still want involvement as soon as possible! The Forest Prince is the the current thread leading into the start of this plot.

WIND/SHADOW VERSES ROGUES
Redstar, Rosestar and their fellow high ranks of WindClan and ShadowClan have met on the border of the clans and formed a truce, after it has become aware that a group of rogues has become a threat. Both leaders have addressed this issue in their clan meetings, with Rosestar setting the rule that until the rogues have been dealt with, cats are not to leave camp alone.

WINDCLAN - MEDICINE CAT PLOT
A significant change has taken place in the direction of this plot, and the main post has now been edited to reflect such. We are still looking for WindClan cats to be involved, so if you have a cat you’d like to have something happen to, places are still open.

SKYCLAN VERSES RIVERCLAN
With the border clash narrowly avoided by Pinestar’s intervention, steam has yet to ease, as the SkyClan patrol stand in camp to address the clan getting too ambitious. Meanwhile, with the change in leadership of RiverClan causing discomfort across the clan, there is no doubt that everyone is on edge. Another clash is imminent.

open threads

post your open threads here, using the starting character's name and the format for each post of: [url=addresshere]thread name[/url] (clan or location)