Wandering the Territory

[Wildstorm]

Scarletfire padded along the streambed, making sure everything was secure. She scented the air, catching the scents of mouse and ShoreClan. Flicking her ears dismissively, she kept on walking, her flaming tail waving in the breeze. After a while, she jumped out of the streambed and onto the StormClan territory. I guess I should hunt before I return to camp. she thought. Just before she scented the air again, another cat appeared.

[</cloudii>]

Cloudmist had decided to go hunting for a bit and before long she had caught a thrush and a mouse. The she-cat scented a StormClan cat, and she went to see who it was. "Hey Scarletfire!" she meowed to the depuy of her Clan.

[Wildstorm]

Scarletfire turned to Cloudmist and nodded in a friendly way. "Hi there." she purred. "are you out for an evening hunt too?"

[</cloudii>]

Cloudmist nodded. She usually wasn't very comfortable around cats of a high position, except for medicine cats, but she tried to relax. "HOw are you?" she made an effort to start a conversation with Scarletfire.

[Wildstorm]

Scarletfire knew that Cloudmist was slightly uncomfortable, so she acted casual and friendly. "I'm doing alright." she meowed. "Sometimes being deputy is hard and stressful. I can't imagine what it's like being a leader." She turned and looked accross to the gathering place. "I've also been kind of worried about the stickhead thing, though." she admitted. "I mean, what if there is more of them?"

[</cloudii>]

"Hmm, I don't think so," Cloudmist mewed. "I haven't scented any more of them, neither has Shadowfire..." she broke off, a little embarrassed. Scarletfire would have wondered why she had mentioned Shadowfire...

[+[{S.E.A.M.I.S.T.}]+]

"Hey there," Shadowfire mewed to Cloudmist, dipping his head respectfully to the deputy. Looking slightly embarrased, he meowed, "I heard what you were saying about the stickhead, and well...my sister in ShoreClan says that she saw about 5 foxes on patrol."

[</cloudii>]

ooc - who's Shadowfire's sister again? Seamist?

Cloudmist licked Shadowfire's ear gently. "Well, I guess we should look out for foxes too," she mewed to the deputy.

[+[{S.E.A.M.I.S.T.}]+]

ooc: Yeah...

Shaking himself slightly, Shadowfire mewed, "I'd be willing to lead a patrol to hunt the foxes."

[</cloudii>]

"I guess that would be good," Cloudmist mewed, "Scarletfire? What do you think?" she asked the deputy

[Wildstorm]

Scarletfire nodded briskly. "Good idea." she said. "You need to round up some other cats to come with you."

[</cloudii>]

"Stormycloud?" Cloudmist suggested. SHe didn't want to mention Darkheart...

[Wildstorm]

"Sure. I'll come too if you want." Scarletfire thought about mentioning Darkheart, but right now, she felt that he might be kind of untrustworthy.

[</cloudii>]

"Okay, thanks, Scarletfire," Cloudmist mewed. She went to find Stormycloud...

[+[{S.E.A.M.I.S.T.}]+]

Shadowfire grunted in agreement and sat down on the mossy ground. Looking at the deputy through narrowed eyes, he suddenly mewed, "Do you think the foxes are bothering all of the other Clans as well?"
Dark thoughts of the foxes had been building up inside his head, and no matter how hard he tried to push them away, they always came hurtling back. And now that Darkheart had shown his true colors, he was all the more uneasy. What if Darkheart had something to do with the foxes on their territory?