RUMOR DUMP 1

Stumpkit joins Fernkit in being quite active, and is attempting to explore his surroundings already.

After having been so active for as long as he had, StumpKit finally seems to have gotten tired. He curls up against Leafpelt and quickly falls asleep.

Stumpkit didn't want to be groomed, and tried go escape to explore more again. Of course, this failed, and so he just mewed in protest.

Stumpkit doesn't quite understand what's happening, unsure as to why his mother was in tears. Still, he decides to listen in on Nestlekit's story, glancing towards Leafpelt here and there.

Stumpkit is pretty worried about his mom, unsure as to why she seems so sad. He doesn't understand what happened, still, and just wants to see his mom be her usual self again.

Stumpkit looked at his brother worriedly, unsure as to what was happening- and if he was even okay. He tried to follow them to the medicine den, but ended up tripping and falling- not hurting himself much- and deciding against it.

Stumpkit explains to Spiderkit how he wanted to go to the medicine den to follow them, because they both left with his brother. He also explains how he has no idea what was going on, but it seemed like something was wrong.

Stumpkit lays down near his dad, excited to hear the story. He already enjoyed learning about new things- so stories from the older cats were always interesting!

Stumpkit joins in the playing, already wanting to be the best at the new games his dad showed them. When Fernkit falls, he laughs with her, but does try to make sure she's alright- seemingly mimicking his mom.

Stumpkit had been slightly listening in and watching what he could from the nursery, unsure but curious about the commotion outside. Despite still being curious about what was going on, he lays down next to his mom and agrees to stay near her in the nursery.

Stumpkit overheard what his mom said to Bushkit, and notices her tearful eyes. He offers her a bright smile and tells her that he hopes they enjoy the adventure, not really understanding what it all meant, but wanting to make his mom feel a little better.

Stumpkit, eager to learn more, shuffles over to Gorseheart with his ears perked up. He really wanted to learn as much as he could before becoming an apprentice, so he could get a head start.

Stumpkit notices how Featherkit also seems eager to learn, and tries to start a small conversation with her.  He was mostly unaware of her shyness- despite it being obvious.

Stumpkit wanted to explore, so, he left the nursery and went out into the camp; Stumpkit was then seen walking up to BrambleSnap, and complimenting his feather in his tail. After Bramble first replied to him, he asks what colour his eyes are, or if he can even see if the first place.

Stumpkit can be seen asking Featherkit if she's okay, noticing her body language. He isn't sure how she would be feeling down, but had noticed his mother looking kind of like that when she felt down, and wanted to make sure if Featherkit was also okay.

Stumpkit was seen exploring yet again, and managed to stumble out of the camp, where he found Bramblesnap; when he found him, he gave him a flower- calling it a "friend" for him- before running off and back into the camp. Once he made it back to the nursery, he was seen sharing his findings of the word "fuck" with Lakekit.

Stumpkit explains how a "fuck" probably means "cool" or something along those lines, but he really isn't sure. He then notices the flower from outside the nursery, and his ears seem to go down the slightest bit, but overrall he really just appears more determined to make Bramblesnap less grumpy now!

Stumpkit finally needed to know what kept happening- cats who wandered in the camp seemed to disappear some days, and then everyone would- just be sad. The small kit could be seen asking his mom about what was happening in the camp now, and why everyone was so sad.

Stumpkit comments that he thinks that Starclan is super cool, and that he really wants to meet a cat from Starclan sometime. Apparently, he didn't understand that (for the most part) he had to be a leader or medicine cat in order to do that...

Stumpkit walks over to Lakekit and also walks who he's talking to and if he can meet them. He wants to make more friends- and would take any chance to.

After the meeting before, Stumpkit was pretty worried he wouldn't be allowed to visit Bramblesnap outside the camp at all- unless he managed to not get caught. Stumpkit wanted to try and think of something- so the small kit could be seen asking Lakekit if Bubbles knew any "fuck sneak moves."

Stumpkit is pretty suprised at the fact it might be a bad word, and just looks a little confused. But, he then agrees with that definition of sneaky, and decides that he'll have to try that trick sometime- whenever he tries to find Bramblesnap again.

Stumpkit is really confused, and explains to his mom that it means cool- as though he definitely knows that. He then asks if it actually means something else.

Stumpkit looks at Featherkit worriedly and walks over to her, asking if she's okay. He shoots a glare at Tanglebranch, not really liking her.

Stumpkit asks his mom if he can go visit Bramblesnap. He wants to see Bramble again, but knows he probably isn't allowed to leave the nursery like he did before- and he wants to be a good kit this time.

Stumpkit excitedly listens to Gorseheart, eager to learn even more. The topic of trees was a little boring, but he wanted to also learn about stumps.. perhaps.

Stumpkit can be seen trying to watch the warriors outside the nursery- white staying in the nursery- a lot more. He probably thinks that observing the warriors just.. relaxing or chatting will give him a head start?

Stumpkit is a little taken aback by the sudden rise of new kits. But, after a bit of being a little confused- he tried to befriend most of the new kits.

Upon overhearing the meeting a little- or at least the part with Bramblesnap- Stumpkit tried to race outside to find him. Finally, he could actually talk to 'the fuck cat' again!

Stumpkit sees Bramblesnap then, when their eyes meet. He runs over and starts talking about random nonsense- he also asks him what his favorite flower is, quite randomly.

Stumpkit happily agrees, wanting to explore more outside of the nursery. He quickly follows Springkit, his smallness contrasting a lot against Springkit's size.

Stumpkit waddles over to Leafpelt and asks her where hemlock is found. He says he wants it so he can give Bramblesnap a gift, because it's his favorite flower.

Stumpkit is extremely confused why Starlingdawn suddenly bursted in, and simply says, "Hi" to the cat. He seems perfectly fine.

Stumpkit was trying to watch what was going down- because of pure boredom- staying near his dad. He couldn't see at all when he curled his tail around him- due to his shortness; so, he let out a huff, trying to look over to see what was happening.

Stumpkit can be seen asking Lakekit how Bubbles has been lately, and when both of them have been up too!

Stumpkit informs Lakekit that he has been doing great, and that Littlekit's shadow will probably forgive her. He agrees to explore the camp with her, and comments that he hopes to see this wonderful bird cloud, if it's still there!

Stumpkit has been seen being extremely bored lately. He has nothing to do, and is just usually sitting in the nursery and trying to make friends with other kits there, although he mainly talks to Lakekit and sometimes Featherkit.

Stumpkit excitedly accepts Lakekit's offer, really glad to finally be able to do something fun! He was debating playing in the leaves beforehand, so this was perfect.

Stumpkit accepts his pawpaw's challenge as well, attempting to pounce onto him and maybe somehow pin his down. Although, the size difference was immense, it didn't stop him from trying.

Stumpkit makes a small squeak of surprise as Timberfoot grabs him, and quickly attempts to try and make an escape from his grasp, a huge grin plastered on his face the whole time.

Stumpkit tells his Pawpaw that they were leaving to explore, and he was gonna follow them! Without any further explanation, he quickly runs out of the nursery and after the other kits, telling Timberfoot that he would also be back later.

Stumpkit turns around, hearing his Pawpaw, he turns to Lakekit, giving her an extremely confused glance and saying, "Did he just say the grass awesome hit a rock? Wah?" The kit didn't understand a word he said, but then noticed him getting closer, his tiny head tilting to the side a bit in confusion.

Stumpkit is a little down, as he loves to run around and explore in much more open areas. Still, he dips his head and apologizes to his Mama and Pawpaw, saying that he didn't mean to make them worry so much.

Stumpkit goes outside of the nursery but doesn't climb the tree or anything, instead just yells up at Fangkit, "Are you okay???" Somehow, he didn't realize that the kit climbed the tree himself.

Stumpkit excitedly joins his Mama, wanting to hear some new stories from the elders! Or maybe even just learn some new things from them.

Stumpkit is pretty sad about his punishment, but smiles at his sister's offers. "You can if you want!" He tells her, "But you don't have too."

Stumpkit tells Lakekit how he's going to do the chores he was assigned, because he left the camp before. He then explains how he's going to try and do it fast, so he can come back quicker.

Stumpkit tells Lakekit that he doesn't mind it, and thinks he'd look prettier with the leaves! He offers to try and hold still if she needs him too for better decoration.

Stumpkit excitedly runs over, hoping that it'll be some of the early training, and leads with: "Hi!" He's practically about to start jumping up and down, it seems.

Stumpkit explains how he doesn't mind not being able to do much, as long as he can train early even a little! The kit just really wants to get a head start, apparently.

Stumpkit comes back from his training, saying hi to his Mama before laying down in the nursery. He seems fine and unphased, just chilling now.

Stumpkit tells Lakekit that it was fun, and how he just goes out and trains a bit, not realizing that might be something he should try to not tell everyone about. He shakes his head in reply to the second question, though, not knowing what she's talking about (and honestly not wanting to know about these bugs).

Stumpkit runs out and over to Bramblekit, giving him yet another flower. Along with the flower, the kit tells him, in an extremely bad impersonation of his accent,"Here's a flowah for yew!"

Stumpkit frowns, his tail drooping as he sighs; did Bramblekit really just hate him? He walks back to the nursery, now crying, and less oblivious to it now; while in the nursery he sits more towards a corner, trying to hide the fact he was crying, although very badly. 

Stumppaw immediately runs over to his new mentor, Bramblekit, having basically forgotten about yesterday, apparently. He shares his excitement with hm Bramblekit, extremely happy to have him as his mentor; hopefully Bramblekit will end up liking him more, or maybe even be proud of him, if he does well.

Stumppaw comes over to Fangkit, and asks if he would be okay if he still hung out with him a little; even if they didn't hang out that much before. Even if he ranked up, he still wanted to be friends with Fangkit, but didn't know if he wanted to also still be friends.

Stumppaw quickly followed Branblekit out; as they walk through the areas outside of the camp, he smells something a little strange, and goes to investigate it. The strange smell is coming from a small, red bandana, which he quickly takes and shoes Bramblekit.

Stumppaw excitedly accepts a leaf without hesitation, putting it behind his ear with a grin; and thanking her a bunch. He tells her how shes probably his closest friend out of his siblings, and that hes super thankful that she asked him to match leaves with her.

Stumppaw wakes up almost as soon as the sun begins to rise, running over to Bramblekit; he nudges the cat, saying to him, "Yew need to wake up, dad!" He then realized his mistake, freezing and just standing there for a moment, before then quickly apologizing and running off, hoping Bramblekit would follow.

Stumppaw finds Featherpaw and excitedly tells her how he got Bramblekit as a mentor! He congratulates her on getting the deputy of the clan as her mentor as well, really happy for her.

Stumppaw has been seeing hanging out with Featherpaw a lot more lately. Today, after training a little, he brought her a flower, as a "thanks for being my friend!" present.

Stumppaw asks Featherpaw if she would maybe want to train with him sometime- if he could get Bramblekit and her mentor to let her.

Stumpaw happily agrees, saying how fun that could be! Being naturally competitive, he immediately gets excited for whenever they would attempt this challenge.

Stumppaw walks up to his mom and asks her how many leafpals she has. With all those leaves, she must have at least ten!

Stumppaw asks Featherpaw if she wants to hang out with him right now, stating how he's 'just bored.' Really, he just wants to spend more time with her.

Stumppaw walks over to Featherpaw and straight up asks her, "Will you be my mate?" Apparently, the apprentice didn't realize they were definitely too young, and that it would not work out at all at the moment.

Stumppaw just kinda stares back for a moment, but then replies with: "That's okay!"

Stumppaw has been in the apprentice den a lot more lately, although he can usually just be seen laying down quietly. He does talk to Featherpaw whenever he can, though.

Stumppaw just kinda.. stares at them, glancing over at Bramblekit with a bit of a sad expression. He really just wants to just ask: "why?" but doesn't know if that would be rude or not..

Stumppaw is, like usual, in the apprentice den, just laying there. He notices Bramblekit and sighs, but gets up anyways.

Stumppaw just lets out a huff, not really replying. Instead, he just asks if Bramblekit wants to train or not- he came all the way to the apprentice den, so that's probably why he came.

Stumppaw starts going out a bit more again, and goes over to Bramblekit, asking him if he wants to train. It seems like he's feeling better, although it's not clear why he was asking sad before.

Stumppaw goes with Bramblekit, he's not quite in the mood to train at the moment, but doesn't complain or mind. He's pretty happy to get out again, anyways.

Stumppaw asks Bramblekit to train with him after he congratulates Bushpaw for becoming an apprentice.

Stumppaw blinks at her, not really understanding why he needs to give him space, but just turns and leaves, anyway. Bramblesnap seemed fine except for the wound.. and that would probably end up being fine, too.

Stumppaw brings a flower over to Featherpaw with a bright smile on his face, telling her that he thinks that she's pretty awesome!

Stumppaw frowns slightly, but it barely hinders him. After standing there for a moment, he just leaves to check on Bramblesnap in the medicine den.

Stumppaw suddenly walks into the medicine den, and starts repeatly standing and laying down in front of Bramblesnap. He thinks that it's fun, and that maybe it would cheer Bramblesnap up.

Stumppaw invites Featherpaw to stargaze with him. He still wants to spend more time with her, but isn't too sure what to do- maybe stargazing could be cool.

Stumppaw stays inside the apprentice den, but is pretty sad he can't go out.. about at all. He tries to stay near Featherpaw, while absolutely freezing.

Stumppaw tells her that he thinks that they probably can go out. It's not that bad outside, so he doesn't see why they wouldn't be able to.

Stumppaw tells her that he thinks that her having the leader as a mentor is really cool, and super lucky.

Stumppaw tells Featherpaw that he's very glad that she's happy. Despite never seeing her train, he also says that he thinks she's doing great with her training!

Stumppaw greets his mentor, but looks extremely sad. He asks if Bramblesnap is feeling any better, but doesn't seem to have his regular energy and attitude.

Stumppaw slowly trails after his mentor, still looking rather sad as he went.

Stumppaw wanders over to his siblings and asks if he can join them, offering a sad smile.

Stumppaw immediately gets quite nervous, his competitive nature setting in. He quickly seeks out Bramblesnap for help on how to win the race.

Stumppaw nods quickly, saying that he has been following along as best as he can.. but frowns a little at his comment about the she-cat.

Stumppaw just lowers his head and slowly walks to the apprentice den, laying down. Bramblesnap's words of calling him "useless" echoes inside of his mind.

Stumppaw is really excited to go fishing with his dad, and tells him that he'd LOVE to go fishing with him! He then relaxes in the apprentice den, thinking about how the fishing will go.

Stumppaw is shaking- usually he enjoys the rain and puddles but.. here there was just too much. He quietly thanks Bramblesnap, although it's difficult to hear through his heavy breathing as he tries to calm down.

Stumppaw is looking around for Featherpaw, while still holding onto Bramblesnap as best as he can. He's extremely worried that she won't make it out, and silently hopes that she will be okay..

Stumppaw is still nervously looking around for Featherpaw, the worry showing in his demeanor. "What if she..." he muttered,  tears beginning to sting his eyes, but he tried to push them back, "No.. she's gotta be okay."

Stumppaw forces himself to at least semi-stop worrying about Featherpaw, and instead sits down next to Bramblesnap. "Are you okay?" He asks Bramblesnap, noticing his shaking; although Stumppaw is shaking quite a bit as well.

Stumppaw gets up and begins to search around the cave, hoping to find Featherpaw if he can. "Please be here.." He muttered to himself.

Stumppaw wanders over to his family, and lays down near them. He still is wondering about Featherpaw, his ears drooping as he worries.

Stumppaw is staring at his dad... shaking quite a lot in worry- first he couldn't find Featherpaw and was just left to imagine if she was okay.. and now he had no idea if his dad would even be okay. He fought back tears.. but after a few moments of trying to keep them away, the apprentice burst into tears.

Stumppaw sees Featherpaw from the corner of his eye, but isn't too sure if it is really her, due to how blurry everything was from his tears. "Featherpaw..?" He asked quietly, standing up shakily.

Stumppaw watches Featherpaw for a moment, but just sighs and continues watching his father with a worried expression. She probably didn't want to talk to him, anyways, but at least he knew she was okay.

Stumppaw looks over at Flowerpaw, just staring in silence for a moment, before inhaling shakily.  He told her that he was doing good, and discussed his mentor with her; before then asking her how she was doing.

Stumppaw smiled a little, nodding, "Okay.." Then, Timberfoot looked over at them and smiled, and Stumppaw just.. broke down crying again.

Stumppaw begins crying even harder, choking out the words, "Pawpaw! P-please.. don't.. PLEASE!"

Stumppaw lightens up a little, smiling at his father's words. "He'll be okay.." He told Lakepaw, although his tears did not cease yet.

After laying near Timberfoot for a while, Stumppaw goes looking for Featherpaw. After finding her, he just asked how she was doing; mostly unsure on what to say.

Stumppaw isn't really sure what else to say, and just stands there with an awkward smile, before then going back to his dad.

Stumppaw asks Timberfoot if he's feeling any better. He just wants to make sure that his Pawpaw is okay, since he still seems badly injured.

Stumppaw has been staying near his Pawpaw for a majority of the time, asking him if he's okay at random moments. Although, he finally goes to visit Featherpaw, having noticed she's been going out on patrols a lot, and tells her that she should take a break.

Stumppaw frowns at Featherpaw's response, muttering a quiet "Still..." before heading back to his dad.

Stumppaw is glad that Fernpaw seems to be doing better, but he's still worrying too much about Timberfoot and Featherpaw to feel the same way as her. Although, he still tries to talk to Fernpaw, hoping that her energy will rub off on him.

Stumppaw smiles at Flowerpaw, thanking her. He did need something to lift his spirits, since he had been worrying about Timberfoot so much lately.

Stumppaw noticed Heatherpaw talking to Featherpaw more, and just stared at them silently. After noticing how much he was staring, he looked away in the opposite direction.

Echokit isolates herself from the other cats, insulting most cats who come near her. She then catches sight of Basilkit and walks over to him, commenting on how it was weird he had bones on his tail.

Stumppaw tells Featherpaw that he's sorry about the tourney, and he thinks that she totally deserved to win, instead of Heatherpaw. Although, when he says that, he seems to hiss Heatherpaw's name.

Stumppaw seems to glare at Heatherpaw and mutters something about how he hopes he doesn't win.

Echokit hisses at him, "Why would SHE ever give ME anything?" She says, before quickly storming off, not wanting to talk about that anymore.

Echokit overhears Cinnamonkit and silently agrees with her. This place was pretty disgusting, including all of the cats.

Echokit gives the entire clan a disgusted look, turning away and trying to ignore them all. She kept glaring at every warrior and the older apprentices, hissing at those who came near her.

Echokit walks up to Hillkit and asks him why he has a disgusting bone in his ear. She wondered why so many cats had bones like it was something nice looking.

Echokit scrunches up her snout and hisses at Hillkit. "Yeah okay, you should figure out a way to get rid of it."

"Then do that," She snaps back, "Maybe it'll fix your face too."

Echokit just rolls her eyes and walks back to the corner she had been sitting in before, muttering about how stupid that kit was.

Echokit walks up to Basilkit, ignoring the fact that Gorseheart was right there. "Hey bone-boy, when are you going to get rid of that disgusting bone on your tail?"

Echokit hears Gorseheart and glares at him, saying "I'm not jealous of if, I think it's DISGUSTING; I don't want the remains of something on me."

Echokit has been sitting aside almost constantly, occasionally insulting another kit before retreating back to her corner.

Stumppaw glares at Heatherpaw talking to Featherpaw, but tries to seem as though he isn't looking..

Stumppaw's eyes go wide as Mistletoepaw looks at him, and he looks down at the ground awkwardly. He walks over to Featherpaw, sitting down next to her with a small smile, to try and comfort her.

Stumppaw looks at Featherpaw sadly, muttering a quiet "sorry, I just wanted to help.." before retreating to a different area.

Stumppaw thanks his father and explains how Featherpaw yelled at him, when he just wanted to comfort her. He catches Bramblesnap's look,  but doesn't say anything about it.

Stumppaw eyes Featherpaw, still wanting to help, but looks away sadly at the sight of Lakepaw helping her. He didn't mind all too much, since he trusted Lakepaw, but he still wished he was the one helping.

Echokit glares at Blueberrykit, before walking over to her; she then asks "Why don't you talk much?"

Stumppaw thanks his pawpaw, nodding in agreement. "I guess i'll just wait, I just hope she'll be okay."

Echokit scrunches up her snout, "'cause it's weird." She silently debates asking Blueberrykit if she wanted to be her friend, but tosses the idea aside.

Stumppaw pushes back tears from his eyes, before asking Timherfoot, "Will you be okay..?" He stares at his father's leg worriedly.

Echokit hisses at Blueberrykit, "Yeah whatever..." She then slowly retreats, angry at herself for not being able to ask for a friend.

Although not fully believing him, Stumppaw puts on a small smile and nods silently. He still worries about his father, though..

Echokit wanders over to Basilkit, making a semi-fake gagging noise and commenting about how his smell was disgusting. She told him how he smelt like some plant, bones, and death.

Echokit takes the flowers, looking at Cinnamonkit silently, seeming shocked. She quietly says "thank you," but looks down at the floor as to not make eye contact; even then, she doesn't apologize to Basilkit.

Echokit just smiles awkwardly at Cinnamonkit, watching her leave before slowly beginning to walk away. Along the way, she overhears Basilkit's statement and holds back a laugh.

Echokit walks up to Cinnamonkit, ignoring the chaos going on to the side. "Good job with bone-boy, he didn't even realize how much he stunk!" She tells her. 

Echokit overhears Basilkit's shaky voice, and feels a wave of some guilt towards him. She silently hopes that he'll feel better soon- even if he was the subject of her bullying a majority of the time, she didn't really want him to cry.

Stumppaw walks over to Featherpaw and tries to check up on her, having waited a while in hope that she would calm down and not yell at him again. He asks her if she's feeling better and if she needs anything.

Stumppaw tells Featherpaw that she doesn't need to apologize, and that he didn't mind much. He silently sits down next to her then, offering her a small smile.

Echokit glares at the rain outside with a disgusted expression, thinking about how muddy it'll be from the rain..

Echokit keeps flinching at the lightning strikes, but tries to make herself stop; she didn't want another cat to see her being scared over some thunderstorm. Although, she's still silently stressing about all of the mud that's going to be outside after this..

Echokit appreciates Cinnamonkit's conversation with her, and it helps her get her mind off of the storm outside. She seems to calm down quite a bit.

Echokit walks up to Basilkit, but instead of saying anything, she just stares at him. She seems really awkward, unsure as to how to really make friends or even be nice.

Echokit isn't sure what to say in response, and just mutters something before leaving.

Echokit walks up to Basilkit, immediately rolling her eyes, "Hey bone-boy." She pauses for a while, not making any comments, before she then awkwardly asks, "How are you?"

Stumppaw just stares at Bramblesnap, confused. He wanted to ask his mentor what he was trying to ask him, him instead stayed silent and stared.

Echokit overhears the slight mentions of bones, and glares at the other cats. Why did all of them like bones so much?

Echopaw walks up to the sobbing Bearkit, having noticed Cinnamonpaw near him. She asks why he’s crying in a pretty rude tone, looking at Cinnamonpaw for an answer instead of Bearkit.

Echopaw is extremely reluctant to go, not wanting to train at all. She complains loudly, protesting against the training to Leafpelt.

Echopaw continues to complain, but eventually shuts up as she attempts to hunt on her own, completely confused, while trying to avoid getting dirt on her fur.

Stumppaw admits to his dad that he does have a crush, but doesn't specify further, although it is pretty obvious.

Echopaw agrees to hang out with Cinnamonpaw.., until Bearkit came. At his question, she scrunched up her snout in digust, "Yeah.. you are not supposed to eat bugs, they're disgusting."

Echopaw agrees with Cinnamonpaw and makes sure to not look in the direction of Bearkit at all. She quietly mutters about how disgusting that is..

Stumppaw can be seen rambling about how excited he is to finally become a warrior to Featherpaw. He knows it should come soon, and just can't wait.

Stumpstep thanks his mom, and is extremely proud of his own rank-up. He quickly congratulates Feathersong once he finds her, practically bouncing in excitement.

Stumpstep thanks Talonthorn, but says that he thinks that Bramblesnap was actually a pretty good mentor. He's probably the reason why Stumpstep knows how to catch rabbits, anyways.

Stumpstep asks Feathersong if she wants to go hunting with him. He's been pretty bored lately in the camp and wants to go out- so why not with his best friend?

Stumpstep isn't too sure how to react, but he follows Feathersong to try and check if she's okay- hoping that she won't be angry at him.

Echopaw constantly complains whenever she's told she needs to go out and train. Always in an extremely whiney tone too.

Stumpstep as been trying to stay near Feathersong when he's not attending to apprentice duties- and has begun to worry about her.. especially because of how she's stopped talking.

Echopaw complains loudly for a moment about it, saying she didn't want to get dirt all over her, but after a little while just ends up agreeing to coming. Bearpaw probably needed a little help with the nests, anyways, and this could allow her to help him a bit.

Stumpstep has been seeming quieter as of late. He does visit Feathersong and talk to her quite a lot, and mostly tries to help her keep her mind off of what's happening, if he can.

Stumpstep thanks his dad, but tells him that he doesn't need anything at all. He's quite excited, but isn't sure if he can say the same about Feathersong.

Stumpstep is overwhelmed by joy at the kits, and thanks the cats who came to visit / congratulate them. He's still pretty worried about Feathersong, and really hopes that she'll be okay.

Stumpstep nods and goes into the medicine den, asking Fernflurry what happened.

Stumpstep is nowhere to be found.

Echopaw makes a quiet comment about how loud the nursery is and how she wishes the kits would just shut up; but maybe she won’t have to do training for a while, due to Leafpelt being pregnant.

Echopaw complains loudly about getting a new mentor. Why couldn’t she had just not had a mentor for a while?

Echopaw wanders over to Bearpaw to try and check if he's okay after falling, but immediately gags and backs away at the smell. "Go clean yourself, PLEASE-" She hissed, scrunching up her nose.

Echopaw cringes, knowing that Bearpaw most definitely got some of the scent onto her. She just sighs and finds Timberfoot to ask him where she can wash the scent off.

Echopaw sees Blueberrypaw and Coldpaw walk in, and just scrunches up her snout in disgust at the wounds. Inside, she's a little worried about them, though.

Stumpstep is unconscious, blood dripping from wounds around his body.

Echopaw agrees with Cinnamonpaw, commenting on how gross it looks. If it doesn’t get fixed, she’ll probably avoid Coldpaw entirely.. what if SHE somehow ended up like that?

Stumpstep has finally woken up, but is still pretty dazed. He sees a few of his family members sitting near him and awkwardly says "Hey guys..," not knowing what else to say.

Stumpstep stares at the spider for a solid 30 seconds before then passing out again. Well, at least he's okay?

Stumpstep seems to have waken up again, but he's still pretty worn out. Sill, yet again, he mutters a quiet "hi" to the cats around him.

Echopaw notices the wasps and just yells "BEARPAW-" before running towards the apprentice den, hoping the wasps wouldn't go inside.

Stumpstep is happy to see his family, giving a weak smile to them before hearing the buzzing. Was his luck just horrible, or was he being haunted by bugs??

Stumpstep tells Heatherdawn that it's pretty awesome! He just wishes he was able to see his kits more- first he got lost in the forest and now he's stuck in the medicine den for a while...

Echopaw shoots a glare at Blueberrypaw but doesn't say anything.

Stumpstep is happy to see her and gladly accepts her offer! He's glad that his family has been coming to visit him during his stay in the medicine den, it helps him feel better whenever they come.

Echopaw has been in the apprentice den complaining about the snow getting on her fur, despite the fact she's almost the same colour as it- and the fact it isn't even snowing that much.

Echopaw gladly accepts her offer with a sigh, glad to have someone to help. She then tells Cinnamonpaw:  ”I don’t know what I’d do without you!”

Stumpstep is happy to see his family, a bright smile immediately getting stuck on his face when he sees them.

Stumpstep's ears are pinned down as his smile immediately becomes a frown. He carefully curls his fluffy tail around Hedgekit, staring at Feathersong with intense worry.

Echopaw, despite hating the snow, sucks it up and goes over to Bearpaw. She asks him what happened and if he's okay, but is standing really awkwardly in the snow.

Echopaw notices Timberfoot trying to find her, and despite really not wanting to train, goes up to him, making a rude comment to herself in the process.

Echopaw argues against going out; climbing is going to hurt her paws from the wood- and sparring will probably get her fur all dirty!

She sighs, rolling her eyes, but just grinds her teeth and goes with Timberfoot. Echopaw asks if they can at least try to make it fast, so she doesn't have to be out there for long.

Stumpstep asks Fernflurry if he can leave the medicine den yet- it's been about a moon, and he's starting to get tired of being stuck in one place.

Stumpstep thanks his sister and tells Hedgekit that he'll come visit every day!- he has to, anyways.

Echopaw sees Blueberrypaw throwing, practically, a tantrum in the middle of the camp, and scoffs, saying she was acting like a stupid kit.

Echopaw scrunches her snout, and hisses at Blueberrypaw, "Well, at least I didn't start a fight and then throw a tantrum in the middle of camp when I rightfully got punished." She then glances towards Coldpaw, smirking at his agreement, before walking off.

Echopaw rolls her eyes at Fangflash's comment and leaves to go complain to Cinnamonpaw and Bearpaw about the experience.

Stumpstep happily agrees, saying how it'd be awesome for Hedgekit to learn tailtalk. Although, he isn't really sure how to explain it to Hedgekit, since he never actually learned it.

Woodkit squeals and crawls away from Sproutkit, making mewls of complaint towards his mom.

Woodkit blinks a few times before curiously inching closer to the new kits, before backing away as soon as they move a lot.

Stumpstep goes into the medicine den to see Hedgekit, asking him if he wants to hear a story!

Echopaw bluntly responds to Timberfoot with "Nothing."

Woodkit just mewls at Seedkit, not wanting to play. Still, he gives in after a moment anyways, and tries to tackle Seedkit back.

Stumpstep goes to visit his family in the nursery- but quickly realizes Vinekit's absence. He paws at Feathersong, trying to get her to wake up.

Stumpstep  panically agrees, speeding out of the nursery and frantically checking around every nook and cranny of the camp.

Echopaw walks up to Hillpaw and asks why he still has that ugly bone stuck in his ear.

Echopaw scoffs and tells Coldpaw that at least she doesn't have an ugly scar on her face that everyone can see.

Stumpstep stares blankly after the meeting ends, retreating to the warriors den in silence. He also seems to ignore anyone who tries to talk to him.. 

Echopaw makes a few comments about how gross the new kits are, and how annoying they're going to be- she then adds how they're all ugly too.

Stumpstep slowly steps into the nursery, and curls up next to Feathersong. He doesn't say a word, and is still staring blankly at the floor, but begins crying quietly again.

Echopaw wanders up to Spinepaw and hesitantly offers her a piece of prey.

Stumpstep still hasn't said almost anything to anyone since the last meeting about Vinekit, even to his own family.

Stumpstep takes a moment to mutter a quiet "hi" to his son, but besides that seems unresponsive as he stares down at the floor.

Stumpstep curls his fluffy tail around Hedgekit with a sigh, holding back tears.

Echostorm thanks the cats who congratulated her, before telling Cinnamontwirl that she really likes her warrior name.

Echostorm thanks Spinepaw and Cinnamontwirl for the compliments, but shoots a glare at Petuniapaw as he walks by.

Stumpstep has begun to talk a little more lately, but only to his family. He still seems.. distant, though.

Stumpstep is pretty suprised and congratulates Hedgepaw, telling him how proud he is. He still seems a little… distant, though.

Stumpstep is about to tell Lakedancer no, when he pauses for a moment and instead agrees to it. Maybe it could help him feel better, he did need it.

Echostorm immediately agrees with Cinnamontwirl, glaring at the warriors. "It smells absolutely horrid, too," She adds.

Echostorm immediately congratulates Bearfrost after the meeting ends, telling him she's glad they can finally be in the same den together again. At least now she'll have two cats she likes as warriors with her.

Echostorm scowls at the mud, but doesn't make any comments directed at Bearfrost. Instead, she just glares at Coldblaze until Hillflight and him leave to walk.

Echostorm offers to come with them if they'd allow it, making a quiet comment about how she'd love to get away from the annoying cats of this clan for a little while.

Stumpstep immediately dashes to find Feathersong, Hedgepaw, and Snowdroppawcalling out for them in a desperate tone. He can't lose any other close family members, he just can't.

Echostorm is more silently shocked, but quietly goes to try and find Cinnamontwirl and Bearfrost.

Stumpstep notices the rock that he had often seen Petuniapaw carrying around in passing, and quickly picks it up to carry it out of the camp.

When Echostorm sees Bearfrost, she lets out a small sigh of relief before calling out to him, dashing over. When she notices the kit, she looks a little confused, but says nothing.

Stumpstep looks back when he makes it fully out of the camp, and his eyes widen at the flames as tears sting at his eyes. Oh Starclan, please don't take anyone this time, He thinks, shutting his eyes and turning away.

Stumpstep notices Petuniapaw struggling, and runs back towards the camp, quickly picking up Petuniapaw before dashing back towards the river. Once the warrior gets to the river, he practically collaspes, spiraling into a coughing fit from the smoke.

Stumpstep reassures Petuniapaw that he's fine, sitting up but still coughing a little.

Stumpstep curls his tail around the kits that Timberfoot left with him, telling them all that it'll be okay.

Stumpstep gets up and walks to Petuniapaw, setting down the rock that he had picked up from the camp. He quietly tells him that it's okay, and that they're okay, before walking back to his siblings.

Stumpstep is trying to reassure the kits and apprentices near him that everything is going to be okay, but it also seems like an attempt to reassure himself.

Stumpstep sees Feathersong and immediately bursts into tears, running over and basically tackling her in a hug, saying through sobs how worried he was. Maybe this time, he actually didn't lose anyone, and it would be okay.

Stumpstep has a feeling his forgetting something, or someone(s)..

Echostorm notices Bearfrost run off, and follows him until she notices Cinnamontwirl. "Cinna! You're okay!" She says, standing back a bit.

Stumpstep sees Bramblesnap and lets out a sigh of relief, but where were his parents? His heart dropped, but the warrior was forcing himself to breathe, reassuring himself that they were both fine.

Echstorm's happier expression immediately turns into one of worry as she turns to Cinnamontwirl. "Let's get Bear across the river," She tells her, trying to shove Bearfrost, despite how large he was compared to her.

Echostorm retorts and tells Cinnamontwirl, "No, thankyou* for not dying."* She agrees with Bearfrost, glad that the both of them are okay; she didn't know what she would do if either one of them died or got seriously injured.

Stumpstep is seriously starting to get extremely worried over his parents.. where are they-? That's when he sees Timberfoot, and immediately sprints over, getting into the water, "Pawpaw! Are you okay!?"

Stumpstep then goes silent for a moment, and stares at Lakedancer, "Where's mom?"

Stumpstep freezes and begins to sob, burying his own face into her fur, "N-no.." He mutters, shaking violently. He had to have just misunderstood, right- Leafpelt couldn't-

Stumpstep doesn't fight back, unable to move or say anything as he's sobbing and shaking violently. The only thing he manages out is a weak whimper.

Stumpstep has gone limp, but is still twitching and shaking a bit.

Stumpstep regains his consciousness, and feels Bramblesnap but doesn't register who it is, as he's already remembered what happened to Leafpelt and is shaking and crying again. He rolls onto his other side and buries his face into Bramblesnap's fur as he sobs.

Stumpstep has stopped crying, but is still sniffling and shaking. As Bramblesnap stands, he awkwardly moves away, before asking in a quiet voice, "Are yo- are you okay?"

Stumpstep stares worriedly at his former mentor, and tells him to lay down, adding quietly that he didn't want another cat to die.

Echostorm lets out a squeak of surprise, staring over at Cinnamontwirl with an expression that looked like a silent plead for help.

Echostorm gasps when he's shoved off of her, muttering something, but then curls up against him to try and also rest.

Stumpstep checks on Bramblesnap, asking if he was okay. He was still in shock about Leafpelt, not able to believe that it actually happened.

Echostorm wakes up soon after, and asks both Bearfrost and Cinnamontwirl if they're feeling alright. She was eying Bearfrost more though, having heard his coughing.

Stumpstep stares worriedly down at Stonewatcher for a moment, before quietly muttering to him, "It's okay." He then helps him up- gently guiding him towards Fernflurry.

Stumpstep replies with a half-hearted "you're welcome," but quietly adds that he really doesn't want anyone else to die.

Echostorm agrees with the boredom, wondering when they'd be able to get back to camp. She then tells Cinnamontwirl that she should probably braid Bearfrost's fur too, he'd probably like it.

Echostorm giggles at the leaf on Bearfrost's head, and grabs one of her own to put on her head, saying it's the new trend.

Stumpstep has tears in his eyes as he seeks out his Pawpaw, and immediately hugs him. He isn't sure what to do now that his Mom is definitely gone..

Echostorm nuzzles Bearfrost and gives him a hug. "There would've been a lot more deaths if you didn't help so much," She reassures him, although she's a little startled about this all, herself.

Echostorm stares at it in confusion and mild disgust, but puts on a smile and takes it awkwardly with a quiet "thanks." She nuzzles him and says she'll put it near her nest whenever they fix up the camp, although she probably won't.

Stumpstep agrees to talk with Timberfoot, but quietly asks if it's about Mom.

Stumpstep tells Timberfoot that he doesn't mind talking about it, and gives his Pawpaw a big hug- or at least tries to with his size. He says how he just can't believe that she's gone, but adds that at least Leafpelt is probably watching over them now.

Stumpstep approaches Bristlepaw after the announcement with a smile and introduces himself to his new apprentice.

Stumpstep agrees to go with Bramblesnap, and asks if he can bring Bristlepaw with him. He begins to wonder if maybe things are going to turn around for him, now that he has an apprentice.

Stumpstep is trying to help work on the rebuilding of the camp, but sudden begins to cry. He finds a more secluded area and simply cries quietly to himself.

Stumpstep isn’t too sure how to react, and ends up crying even harder. He quietly whispers ”I love you,” to Hedgepaw, trying to hug him back the best he could despite his small size.

Echostorm scrunches up her snout at the dirt, pawing at the few bits that got on her white pelt, she offers a not-so-convincing smile to Bearfrost and tells him that she's doing great! She then asks him how he's doing, and why he's covered in dirt.

Echostorm scoffs and says that Blueberrythunder is just extremely mean and annoying, so whatever she said was probably as far from the truth as possible. She stares in confusion when Bearfrost says how he was trying to find his brother a new tail, though, unsure what to say to.. that.

Echostorm is quiet for a while, before awkwardly telling Bearfrost that no, tails don't grow back.

Echostorm is a little startled by the hug, given Bearfrost's size and all, but sighs and says, "He'll be okay, don't worry, at least he didn't lose a leg or something worse."

Stumpstep seeks out Bristlepaw to ask if he'd like to go work on the camp together! Maybe Stumpstep will get to know Bristlepaw better then. 

Stumpstep just immediately starts screaming and sprints away from Hedgepaw and the spider, hitting a large rock in the process.

Stumpstep slowly gets up with a groan and says to Hedgepaw that he's fine, before quickly looking around in a panic, just to realize the spider was gone, before letting out a sigh of relief.

Stumpstep is glad to see Heatherdawn, and almost immediately asks about how his son is doing in training.

Stumpstep is pretty confused when the apprentice approaches him, but remembered Petuniapaw from the fire. He sees the mouse wrapped in leaves and asks what it's for, curious.

Stumpstep chuckles at the younger cat, and thanks Petuniapaw for the gift. What on Earth did the apprentice mean about a fan club??

Echostorm has been watching too, making quiet comments to Cinnamontwirl here and there.

Stumpstep is a little worried that his past mentor, Bramblesnap, hasn't been around much of late- and that he's gone again. The tom decides to leave camp for now to try to find Bramble.

Stumpstep sits next to Bramblesnap and awkwardly asks if the larger tom is okay, really unsure what else to say.

Flarepaw is extremely confused and stiff, standing awkwardly, although he seems to be limping a little on his back leg. He silently walks around the camp, exploring a little in complete and utter confusion.

Flarepaw flinches a little at Tigerstep, but then immediately starts flooding him with tons of questions, half of which can't even be made out due to how quickly he's talking.

Stumpstep wanders over to Deermouse to welcome her, but notices her watching Bramblesnap. He then asks if she was watching Bramble, before going on to say how awesome he is, and how he was his mentor, like somehow Deermouse would know who Bramble is.

Stumpstep tells her that yes, that's his name, before grinning and saying, "Yeah, he's totally nice!... Sometimes.. uh.. not a lot.."

Stumpstep shrugs his shoulders, "No idea, he keeps leaving camp a ton, probably soon, hopefully he'll be back. Oh yeah, I'm Stumpstep!"

Flarepaw looks towards Woodpaw who was getting closer, and just stares intensely at the other apprentice.

Flarepaw mutters something to himself before telling Blueberrythunder that no, he hasn't gotten it treated yet. He just finds it too awkward to walk into the medicine den alone- if he knew where it was.

Stumpstep notices Deermouse alone and approaches her, pretty worried. He then notices that she's crying and asks what's wrong- he didn't want his new "friend" he made a literal day ago to be sad.

Flarepaw awkwardly accepts Robinpaw's offer, unsure how to react to the other's kindness. After then going silent for a moment, he quickly says thanks- having forgotten to.

Flarepaw has still just been super confused all day, spending a lot of time cat-watching (people watching but cats), trying to figure out everything.

Echostorm walks over and smirks, before kicking Hillflight's feathers, scattering them around. With a laugh, she says, "Nice feathers, bone boy!"

Echostorm hisses back at Coldblaze, pinning her ears back. "This doesn't even involve you, emo," She snaps.

Echostorm glares at Blueberrythunder, unsure whether she's defending her or insulting her, still, she scoffs, "What the hell does that mean, that I can't fight? I'm a warrior for a reason, you know." 

Echostorm rolls her eyes, "Yeah, you wanna test that or what?" She says, before storming off.

Flarepaw walks up to Blueberrythunder and quietly asks, "Um.. what was all that?"

Flarepaw looks anxiously at Blueberrythunder, but gives a small nod, going more stiff in worry, "Okay.. well hopefully nobody's that mean to me, I think I've been lucky so far." He then goes on a small ramble about the new friends he's made, but stops himself after a little while, not wanting to be annoying.

Flarepaw just blinks and stares at Rainpaw, but agrees in confusion. Maybe they could end up as friends?

Flarepaw screams loudly after he's hit, and immediately runs to find Blueberrythunder, crying.

Flarepaw calms down a little, not breathing as quickly as he was before, but is still crying intensely, "That apprentice stabbed me in the paw with a quill!" He manages out, pointing towards where he saw Rainpaw with his other paw.

Echostorm approaches Bearfrost and is completely confused, but puts her paw on his shoulder and awkward says that it's okay. She really isn't sure what's wrong, but doesn't know if she should even ask.

Echostorm approaches Bearfrost and is completely confused, but puts her paw on his shoulder and awkward says that it's okay. She really isn't sure what's wrong, but doesn't know if she should even ask.

Echostorm approaches Bearfrost and is completely confused, but puts her paw on his shoulder and awkward says that it's okay. She really isn't sure what's wrong, but doesn't know if she should even ask.

Flarepaw sat down next to Woodpaw and then bluntly tells him, "I feel like there is something with you," before continuing on with, "I'm okay, though, this apprentice stabbed me with a quill in my paw yesterday, I hope he knows that's not allowed; I'm pretty sure.."

Flarepaw explains how he honestly doesn't know the apprentice's name, but he did tell a warrior named Blueberrythunder about the situation.

Flarepaw awkwardly looked towards his back, but upon noticing that it was just Woodpaw let out a small sigh of relief, he then thought for a moment, "Oh, Rainpaw is it; but yeah! It feels like all the other apprentices right now just want to cause mischief, it's a little annoying.."

Flarepaw is.. patrolling the camp or something of the sort? He seems to be trying to catch anyone causing mischief, despite being an apprentice and not really having authority to do much if he caught anyone.

Flarepaw stares back at Clearkit, guess it's a staring contest now.

Stumpstep chuckles and tells Rainpaw about the story of how he found the strange item in a bush while out with Bramblesnap; maybe it was time to retire the old thing, it was coming apart anyways.

Flarepaw is suddenly standing behind Rainpaw, staring at him. ”You know you can’t do that- you aren’t allowed to make fun of warriors or be mean to them.”

Flarepaw shakes his head, but recoils a bit at Rainpaw’s words, ”l’ll tell on you, and I’ll tell Blueberrythunder that you’re being mean to everyone. Also you aren’t allowed to hurt clanmates.”

Flarepaw scoffs and stomps his paw down on the floor in frusteration, but turns and leaves- he’d get Rainpaw back for this sometime (as long as it follows the rules and clan code)!

Stumpstep happily agrees! He would love to go out with his family and Bristlepaw, plus it would be helpful to maybe get help with mentoring.

Stumpstep wanders over to his dad and quietly asks if he's alright. If he had to be honest with himself, he understood it, he was still crushed by the loss of Leafpelt, but was trying so hard to not show it.

Stumpstep wanders over to Bramblesnap and asks how the patrol was, but was honestly a little curious as to what in STARCLAN was going on- he barely caught the end of what was happening in camp, and was completely confused.

Stumpstep follows Feathersong out of camp- he felt so bad, his entire family kept being relentlessly hit with all of this stuff- first Vinekit, then Leafpelt, and now Feathersong got her apprentice taken away, for what seemed to be because she wasn't good enough? Stumpstep felt... angry, over everything going on. 

Flarepaw sees Blueberrythunder and Basilbloom, and runs after them- he didn't know what was wrong or why they were leaving, but wanted to help- somehow.

Flarepaw is huddled in a corner in the apprentice den, he hates all the arguing that was going on in camp- honestly, it scared him a little.

Stumpstep is watching all this go down in confusion, but suddenly leaves to find Hedgepaw, he had something to say.

Stumpstep silently pulls Hedgepaw in for a big hug, and tells him that he loves him.

Stumpstep stares at the leaves that Hedgepaw brought, and smiles, thanking his son.  He sniffles before then beginning to cry, but explains to Hedgepaw that it just reminds him of his mom, Leafpelt; assuring him it’s not his fault that he’s crying, or that it’s a bad thing.

Stumpstep walks over to Deermouse and Talonthorn, hoping to check on how Deermouse has settled in, but sees the scene playing out, and Deermouse looking embarrassed. He greets the two, but doesn't try to start any conversations, they seemed pretty.... busy??

Flarepaw nods, thanking Woodpaw for the mouse, but asks if they could maybe share a nest for the night- he had been having trouble sleeping and really wanted the comfort of a friend near him.

Flarepaw looks over at Woodpaw and then back towards the camp, "No," he says with a frown, leaning some of his weight onto his friend.

Flarepaw notices Rainpaw and bumps Woodpaw to signal him, pointing towards where Rainpaw is doing some average Rain tomfoolery.

Woodpaw's words were followed by a simple shrug on Flarepaw's end, although he quietly added, "We should probably tell Beetlepaw about this and ask for her to check our pelts." Internally, he was screaming because of how the ants felt on his fur, the crawling and all, but he did wonder why Rainpaw was like this.

Flarepaw stares at Fernflurry in pure horror.... m-mouse bile?

Stumpstep ironically then walks over to Bramblesnap, and lightheartedly asks what in starclan happened to get the usually grumpy tom covered in flowers- of all things! He adds on that he thinks it looks nice, though.