I'm putting up the designs for my story here: story/13071941/The-Roaring-Fire-of-Skyclan-character-designs/1
Snakestar, Fireheart, Iceclaw, Fawnstep, and Sunblaze are already up, and each one includes some fun facts about the character. I will be taking some requests for designing some other characters, feel free to leave a comment or PM me to have your chosen character uploaded. I'm sorry for the several delays for updating, I've been busy with school and work.
Fireheart's P.O.V
"Patchfoot, lead a hunting patrol towards the meadow near the birch grove, take Harefoot and Fawnstep with you." Fireheart ordered, "Rainfur, take a border patrol to the Twoleg Place, take whomever you want."
Both Patchfoot and Rainfur nodded before gathering their patrols and left camp. A few sunrises had past since the ceremonies and everything was progressing well. A quiet call of Fireheart's name caught her attention. Turning her head, she saw Echosong approaching with light steps.
"Echosong, good morning, is there something you need?" Fireheart asked gently, wrapping her tail around her paws.
The beautiful Medicine Cat nodded, "I need to gather more herbs and I was wondering if you could spare me a warrior or two."
Fireheart chuckled lightly at the polite mannerism of Echosong, "Of course, would Shrewtooth do for you?"
Echosong nodded before padding off towards Shrewtooth who was eating near the Elder's Den with Morningdew, who seemed to be telling him a story.
With the patrols sent out and most of the clan wakening and starting their day, Fireheart decided to go observe the apprentice training. Swiftly leaving camp, Fireheart followed the well worn trail towards the training hollow. As she neared the hollow the sounds of the apprentices sparring reached her ears, slipping through the undergrowth Fireheart saw the three newest apprentices attempting to fight Pepperpaw. The speckled she-cat was grinning all the while the smaller apprentices tried to get close without being batted away by her strong hits. Cloudtail and the other mentors stood off to the side, Sharpclaw was watching the apprentices so closely that he didn't even realize Fireheart was there until Cherrytail mewed in greeting. Dipping her head towards the mentors, Fireheart settled next to Cherrytail and her brother. Just then Tinypaw let out a small shriek when Pepperpaw leapt and pinned the tiny apprentice down. However, her brothers immediately lunged as well to tackle Pepperpaw while she was distracted.
It was amusing to watch Pepperpaw promptly shake the new apprentices off as though they were bits of moss. As Rockpaw and Bouncepaw landed in the soft dirt, Sharpclaw called for the sparring to stop. The apprentices jumped at the sight of Fireheart, causing their mentors and Fireheart to chuckle.
"How's training? I hope your mentors are doing well." Fireheart purred lightly.
Tinypaw perked up immediately, "It's amazing! Sparrowpelt took me all over the territory, I even caught my first mouse!"
Fireheart smiled as the other new apprentices added in their experiences with their new mentors. Turning to said mentors, Fireheart nodded before leaving as she had only wanted to check in on them. As they called their goodbyes, she made her way back towards the river to hunt.
The rain had caused the river to rise but thankfully the river had fallen back to normal height, however the mud still clung to Fireheart's limbs as she hunted. Not much later she'd caught two voles and an unlucky fledgling that had gotten stuck in the mud. Shaking off as much mud as she could, Fireheart made her way back to camp.
The camp was filled with the sound of laughing kits and chattering clanmates. Dumping her catch in the fresh-kill pile Fireheart briefly stopped by the nursery to greet Pebblesplash and Clovertail before heading towards Snakestar's den. Inside she found the clan leader in conversation with Rainfur who dipped his head respectfully upon her entry.
"Rainfur has returned with some unsettling news" Snakestar mewed before flicking his tail to Rainfur.
The dappled tom nodded, "During the border patrol we ran into a skirmish of rogues, who then attempted to attack us before the leader called them off. It was Stick's group that had been fighting with Dodge's again. But, while we spoke I realized that their scent matched the scent that we've been picking up in the territory recently. I'm nearly positive that Stick's group is hunting in our land again."
Fireheart frowned at Rainfur's recount, Stick's group had always acted as allies for Skyclan, to hunt on their territory without permission would be to go against their agreement. Fireheart then turned to Snakestar.
"I'll take a patrol to speak with Stick, it'll be better to talk things through instead of outright accusing them. Stick's group has grown recently, it would be unwise to start conflict with them so soon to the other clan's arrival." Fireheart explained, she watched as Snakestar thought over her proposal before he nodded. With a flick of Snakestar's tail, Fireheart motioned for Rainfur to join her before they left the den.
"You sure its them, Rainfur?" Fireheart asked lightly.
"I may be a better fighter than tracker but there's no doubt that the scents are the same." Rainfur confirmed, his pale blue eyes narrow.
He then added, "We could bring Cloudtail, he's the clan's best tracker after all, if anything he'll confirm it."
She nodded in agreement, having already planned on grabbing her nephew for the patrol, "We still have to be careful, Stick has a temper and if he feels cornered, we'll be in a nest of enemies. You go and fetch Cloudtail from the training hollow and fill him in on what's happening, I'll get the others for the patrol"
With a dip of his head, Rainfur turned and left camp as Fireheart approached Whitepelt and Springpelt. After explaining what was going on the two warriors shared a look.
"Could this have to do with Echosong's vision? The clans returning just as tensions with the Twoleg Place cats is beginning to climb?" Springleap questioned, getting to her paws. Whitepelt nodding in agreement with his mate, Fireheart shrugged.
"Stick and his group have always been a bit troublesome but ultimately they are our only allies within the Twoleg Place and they always warn us when rogues are beginning to think of entering our territory. It would be wise to ask them if they are going against our agreement than outright accusing them." Fireheart explained as she began to lead them toward the camp entrance.
Not long after Rainfur returned with Cloudtail and they left towards the Twoleg Place. The patrol chatted lightly, Cloudtail proudly proclaiming that his apprentice was going to be a fantastic warrior in just a few moons. Springleap nudged Whitepelt gently and whispered something in his ear, causing the tom to smile. Fireheart smiled inwardly, her clan was her life, so long as her clanmates were safe a happy she was happy.
The pungent scent of the Twoleg Place grew stronger as they approached, Fireheart led her patrol through the shadows of the Twoleg Place towards Stick's camp. As they neared a familiar call from Cora, a close confidant to Stick.
"Fireheart! It's been a while, are you here to talk with Stick?" Cora asked as she nodded in acknowledgment towards the rest of the patrol. Fireheart nodded and allowed Cora to lead the way to the camp. Upon entering the first thing that she saw was Coal licking his wounds near a few of Stick's other cats. Cora slipped away to get Stick, Cloudtail leaned into Fireheart's ear.
"Rainfur was right, the scent is nearly identical." Cloudtail whispered as he watched the rogues with narrowed eyes. Fireheart nodded as Cora appeared with Stick from behind a pile of Twoleg trash.
After exchanging pleasantries Fireheart asked Stick to move the conversation to a more private area.
"Why? Anything that you need to say can be said to all of us." Stick mewed, tipping his head to the side.
Fireheart sighed, discreetly motioning for her warriors to prepare themselves before responding, "Several of my warriors have caught rogue scent in our territory, and believe it's your cats that have been entering. While Skyclan has the prey to share during-"
"I'll stop you right there," Stick grunted, fur rising, "None of my cats would dare go against our agreement with Skyclan, we have enough going on with Dodge"
Stick sneered, "If anything Dodge is probably sending cats into our boarders to get our scent and leaving it in Skyclan to cause trouble."
Fireheart nodded, "I understand that Stick but let me finish. Skyclan usually has prey to share during Greenleaf but the other clans are returning, and Skyclan's territory will change and the other clans will most likely not allow rogues in their territory. I'm sure you and Snakestar will be able to come to a new agreement with the other leaders when they arrive. I only wanted to give you a warning so that your cats aren't harmed due to a misunderstanding."
Stick blinking looking surprised, as did several of his other cats.
"The other clans? The same ones that chased out the old Skyclan?" Cora asked looking concerned. Rainfur answered before Fireheart could.
"The original clan territories are being destroyed by Twolegs just like Skyclan's was so long ago. Starclan commanded us to help them." Rainfur replies earning some unsettled looks.
"Stick, I'll report to Snakestar about your explanation but to be aware that if one of your cats is disobeying you, we will alert you immediately." Fireheart stated with a firm voice before motioning for her patrol to follow.
Fireheart led them back to Skyclan territory as quickly as she could, the Twoleg Place is unsafe. As they neared the border a voice called out for them.
"Wait! Wait just a moment please!"
They turned and a beautiful dark red she-cat ran to them, it was Red, Stick's daughter. Fireheart looked at the young she-cat, about Tuilpseed's age catch her breath before speaking.
"Can I join Skyclan?" Red asked suddenly, Whitepelt made a strange noise.
Fireheart blinked, "What."
"Oh! Not right now but sometime else, please don't tell my father." Red pleaded, her tail lashing nervously.
"That's not my decision Red, you'll have to ask Snakestar. Besides why would you want to?" Fireheart mewed, confusion settling in her mind.
Red shuffled her paws, "There's a tom in Dodge's group called Harley, we want to be mates but Stick won't let him join us because he's apart of Dodge's group, and I can't join him unless I want Stick to attack Dodge's camp. If Harley and I join Skyclan we'd be fine. Skyclan's huge and Dodge wouldn't care if Harley left, and Stick wouldn't be able to do anything without going against the agreement."
Fireheart frowned, Stick was absurdly possessive of Red, he wouldn't hesitate to try and attack Skyclan with his group to get Red back. It was unhealthy. But she couldn't help but pity her, Red was full grown and yet still treated as a kit.
"I'll give your request to Snakestar for you Red, I'll give you his answer later, but I can't make any promises." Fireheart softly responded, Red beamed.
"Thank you, Fireheart, thank you!" Red mewed before dipping her head gratefully and swiftly departing. Behind Fireheart, Rainfur sighed.
"Poor she-cat, I'd never treat Mintkit or Sagekit like Stick treats her." The dappled tom muttered, Fireheart uttered her agreement before taking her patrol back into Skyclan territory. The sky was beginning to darken, and she could tell that reporting to Snakestar would take some time.
Entering camp, Fireheart dismissed the patrol before heading into Snakestar's den. Inside the den was her leader and half-sister. Pebblesplash looked up at Fireheart from her spot laying next to Snakestar, with a sigh the gray queen left without a word. Snakestar sat up in his nest and motioned for Fireheart to sit. Curling her tail over her paws, Fireheart dove into her report from Stick's explanation to Red's request. By the time she'd finished and left the Leader's den it was dark, Snakestar had told her that he'd think over Red's request and told Fireheart to increase patrolling at the Twoleg Place border. As she climbed up the slope to the Warrior's den Fireheart could help but feel her skin prickle, the sensation of being watched sunk into her. With narrowed eyes she scanned the Gorge and cliffside, glance toward the guards at the top of the Gorge she saw that neither of them was looking at her. Unsettled Fireheart continued to the Warrior's den and laid down in her nest beside Iceclaw and Fawnstep.
Small eyes watched the feline below, low chattering whispered around as small claws gripped the earth below. In a flash the small eyes vanished into the undergrowth unnoticed.