She curled up next to his broad chest, reveling in his affection and the feeling of his rumbling chest as he purred. "Maybe just a bit, I mean being with another clan cat isn't held in the highest regards, but it isn't something that hasn't been done before." She licked his chin, a silent request for him to lower his head so she could reach his ears "you keep putting this loud, you'll wake Starclan" moon feather said with smile and a playful flick of her ears
Frozenstar obliged, ducking his head close to hers and nuzzling her cheek, "I'm sure they won't mind," he said, licking her muzzle a few times. He knew this would be hard, these stolen moments would be all they had, but he was willing to try.
"no, I think not" she saw the sun rising above the horizon "I've got to go, they'll be looking for me." She licked affectionately behind the ear and jumped in the river with grace "I'll be here tomorrow night" she said dragging herself onto the opposite bank. "goodbye Frozenstar, for now." She said quietly and bounded towards the forest
Frozenstar watched her go, a smile on his face. He watched until he could no longer see the she-cat, then turned and slid into the river as well, climbing out on the other side and shaking himself off, padding slowly back to camp.
"Frozenstar!"
The tabby tom looked up to see his deputy, Maplefrost, bounding towards him, "Maplefrost, is everything alright?" he asked, concerned.
Maplefrost nodded, slowing to a stop in front of him, "Yeah, we were just worried. You'd been gone a long time,"
They began to pad towards the largest rock formation where the camp was nestled, "Forgive me," Frozenstar ducked his massive head, "I went for a walk and got carried away with my own thoughts," he meowed, allowing Maplefrost to leap up the hill first before following himself, sliding into the cavern. The air chilled a couple of degrees and the only sounds that could be heard were the shifting of moss and breathing of sleeping cats. Maplefrost dipped her head, "Have a good sleep, Frozenstar," she meowed.
The tabby nodded, "Thank you," he padded to the opposite side of the cavern, sliding into another short tunnel that lead him to a wide open cave with a circle out of the roof, allowing the multicolored dawn light filtering through. Exhausted, yet warm with happiness, Frozenstar curled up in his nest and was quickly asleep
"I ask you again moonfeather, where. were. you?" Spottedstar had called her to her den for a meeting, wanting to know where she had gone the entire night. "I already told you, I was hunting along the river near the border. I accidentally fell in and a stone can patrol helped me out, giving me a stern warning not to fall in again or they would leave me to drown. I was uncareful and clumsy, I'll be more careful next time I promise." She meowed encouragingly at the she-cat "now may I please go see the kits?" Spottedstar had had another litter of kits the night Moonfeather had left. "Of course," spottedstar said with a smile following moonfeather out of the den to the mother's Den, immediately forgetting about her punishment
The next day, Frozenstar woke around sunrise. He padded out of the den and grabbed a piece of prey, settling down near the exit of camp to eat. He kept thinking of Moonfeather and when he was going to see her again.
Moonfeather had ended up sleeping with the pups the rest of the night, nudged awake by fluff balls of fur "wake up!!!" Shadowkit yelled in her ear "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh alright alright I'm awake! My stars shadowkit, you woke the whole clan up." He flicked her ears and pawed at the kit. "I know" the kit said with a smile "I'm going to the clan meeting tonight! My first one can you believe it?!" Moonfeather had completely forgotten about the clans meeting tonight, her heart kept at the thought of seeing Frozenstar again but was quickly stopped by another thought. He was a clan leader, from another clan. If she made any move towards him, they would be found out. Plus theyre encounter was probably a one time thing, he didn't actually care for her, he just wanted to pass the boring time. "I can't wait" she said to the kit as she walked out, heading for the forest before that had to leave
(hello?)
(Sorry. I don't get on over the weekends)
(A couple of questions. Do you mean a gathering? And if so, kits aren't allowed to go)
Frozenstar stood excitedly at the exit to camp, the tip of his tail twitching slightly, "Come on, StoneClan! The moon won't wait for long!" he called to the rest of the warriors, who were slowly padding to meet him. The moon was bright in the shy, illuminating the path to the oasis perfectly. Swiftly, the Clan crossed the open plains until they reached the crater. After a moment, Frozenstar signalled for them to enter, watching as his warriors flooded by him and down the sandy slope to rest on the bank of a glistening lake in the center. Frozenstar himself, however, hung back, waiting to spot Moonfeather so they could hopefully at least meet for a moment
(yes I meant gathering, sorry I couldn't think of the name and oh yeah I forgot that, so it's going to be shadowpaw then)
Moonfeather and the rest of the warriors filed in silently from the east. Spotted star coming up next to her. "Looking for anyone?"the clan leader said with a smile. " No, no just looking around." Moonfeather tried to look anywhere but Frozenstar, she smelled him everywhere but couldn't pinpoint a specific spot as to where he was standing. Fine ally she looked down at her paws and waited for the meeting to begin
Frozenstar smelled the familiar scent and perked up, looking around. He spotted her and ducked into the brush, "Psst!" he hissed, "Moonfeather!"
Moonfeather head snapped up at the familiar voice. She spotted his eyes peering through the bushes. She trotted over, careful to not be seen by anyone and slipped under the bushes "what are you doing? You should be up there with the other clan leaders." She looked up worriedly at the rest of the clan cats around them "you need to go before someone finds us. I'm not worth your reputation, now go."
"They can wait for a minute," Frozenstar reassured her, nuzzling the she-cat, "I wanted to see you," he smiled and licked her cheek
she started to purr against her better judgment and leaned into the tom, savoring their limited time together "alight," she said between purrs "you've seen me, now go before we get caught." she licked his ear lovingly before she pulled away and walked to the center of the clearing
Frozenstar purred and watched her leave before sliding out himself and making his way to the lake where he slid in and swam to the island in the center, shaking out his pelt and leaping onto the lower branch of the tree and sitting down neatly. He called the meeting to order with a yowl and gave a quick speech about how StoneClan was thriving in the harsh leaf-bare, though they were obviously all smaller than they usually are, Frozenstar especially. Yes, he was still muscular, but he still refused to eat until all of his Clanmates did, so he usually didn't eat.
Moonfeather sat, staring as the leaders gave their clan reports. He was hurt to hear that Frozenstar and his clan were having a hard time finding food. She made a note to herself to hunt extra. As the clans began to separate for the night she glanced at Frozenstar, hoping that when he looked that he knew to meet her at the rock.
Frozenstar leapt down from the tree. His gaze scanned the clearing until they met Moonfeather's. He saw the look in them and nodded once, understanding.
The tom lead his Clan back and informed his deputy that he was going to try and hunt. Then, the tabby leapt out of camp and made his way to the rock, swimming into the river and climbing out, shaking off the water as his breath billowed in front of his muzzzle
When the clan got back to camp, Moonfeather told Spottedstar that she was going to train in the forest. She bounded towards the rock, hunting on the way. She spotted the figure of Frozenstar sitting on the rock. She scanned the rest of the area from her hiding spot among the bushes to make sure no other cat had followed. when she saw no other sign of life, she picked her way through the underbrush towards the river. she set her extra prey down and lept into the river. she reached the rock and shook the water from her fur. "I see you got the message." she smiled
Frozenstar smiled and nuzzled her, "I'm good at picking up signals," he purred, twining their tails and licking her cheek lovingly
"No clearly not, or do you not recall earlier?" she purred, leaning into him "I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I brought some fresh kill, I know it's not much but it should help. I understand if you don't want it, I know how clans are accepting help from other clans." She licked his chest, slowly making her way up his neck, to the corner of his mouth.
Frozenstar smiled softly and allowed her to do so, his gaze scanning the few pieces she had brought, "Thank you," he purred, "I'll take them back to my Clan," he nuzzled her and licked her neck, "It'll feed our queens. We have three currently nursing," he explained with a twinge of worry in his deep mew
She stopped for a moment, her ears flattening in worry "then this will do nothing to help, only prolong the hunger till later. I could get Spottedstar to help, she heard you at the gathering, she'd be more than willing to help, if you want." Moonfeather looked at him knowing that she was in no position to be making these requests without her leader around
Frozenstar shook her head, "I don't mind your knowing," he said, licking her head, "But I can't have other Clans knowing. They'd only take the opportunity to attack," he said, moving a paw up to hug her close, "We've survived for this long, StoneClan is strong," he licked her cheek
"I know it is, but with the cold season coming, they're going to need all the help they can get. I won't tell Spottedstar or any other clan mate for now," She laid down and set her hands on her paws, still worried about Frozenstar and his clan
Frozenstar laid down next to her, slowly drawing his tongue over her fur, "Thank you," he murmured, twining their tails