"StarClan, have leaders always been that young?" Icewind commented to Frostfur.

"Fallenstar was younger than that," Frostfur reminded her.

"You'd think they would have learned..." Icewind sighed and called over, "So, what's the plan?"

Curlypaw had no memories of this strange place that was known as Eclipseclan camp, the scent of the abandoned twoleg nest was terrible for him, he almost sneezed, the tom dropped herbs that he found while travelling to the camp. ''We need your help in organizing the camp!'' He meowed to Winterpaw, with a hint of sadness in his voice, he had no Starclan relatives to see him and comfort him, the only kin that he saw was his father who everyone would attack if he followed Eclipseclan, Buckpaw was also dieing and he could do nothing to help her, like many other cats during the battle that died, these facts made him uncomfortably silent, his mind was stll heavy, too heavy for him.

Winterpaw padded in carefully. She’d spent most of her life in Raven’s Fortress so this camp was new to her. She turned to her sister and parents. She shuffled her paws, not knowung what to do.

Pumastar strode into the once familiar camp. The place now seemed odd to her, feeling as if she’s been away for moons. She shook herself, ‘nonsense’ She thought angrily to herself, flicking her tail. She turned to watch as cats fililed in behind her. Her tail flicked as she watched. She knew what she wanted to do first as soon as every cat returned.

Icewind and Frostfur worked side-by-side in the camp. While in life their story had ended tragically, with Frostfur murdered as a young warrior and Icewind living just long enough to see the full extent of what Snakestar's war would become, they had been reunited in death and had enjoyed generations together in peace. Now, they saw no purpose in chatting as they effortlessly pushed out the debris of the neglected camp and began arranging nests. Frostfur hummed to herself as she worked, while Icewind was silent.

Eaglepaw was one of the first cats to trickle back into EclipseClan's camp following the battle, finding the home of her youth overrun with rats and abandoned garbage. The she-cat curled her nose in disgust, dropped the corpse she'd born over the dangerous streets of the city, and began work to make it home again.

(Hi Greenka, welcome to the site! EclipseClan is currently living in Raven's Fortress, which we're roleplaying in the SunClan-EclipseClan Border thread.)

Wind whistled through the empty camp.

"Let's get going, then. The rest of the clan can follow, they know where to go," Kudzuthroat meowed, more to assure himself than anything else. With one last look across the camp, he shook his head as if to clear his thoughts and trotted out of the camp, heading southward. [EcC-SC Camp]

"Perhaps i can ask Fencestar once she returns if that would be possible. Even so, you will be an apprentice soon and you will have a ceremony then anyway. As for visiting the moonstone, I'm not sure but we can certainly ask about that too." she said, overjoyed that her daughter was happy here "But you can start going by Eaglekit as soon as you would like, you can start now if you wish"

Eagle looked up at Ravenflower once more, this time her yellow eyes full of fire. She wanted nothing more than to become like the cats around her. She watched the warriors with a strange sense of enchantment. She had been building up the courage for days to ask her mother to change her name.

"Yes!" she squeaked out, her tail shaking. "Do I get a ceremony to become Eaglekit? Can I go to the moonstone, like the medicine cats do?" she asked, repeating stories she'd heard from the various kitsitters.

Mapleshadow nodded, "Ok, ill get it all together now" she said before quickly going to get the herbs she needed. She gathered together her herbs, horsetail for infection and bleeding, a few pieces of lamb's ear for strength, poppy seeds, and of course a healthy supply of cobwebs. She returned to the clearing with the supplies, "Im ready" she said confidently. "I can probably carry them on my own, but I wont refuse any help offered"

"That's fine, I don't mind." Snowleopard meowed, nodding slightly at his words. She blushed softly at his touch, and followed him, gently picking up another kit to help him start the move.

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The silver she-cat was unusually quiet as she padded beside her mate, the news she knew she had to tell him weighing on her mind. She wasn't sure how he would react, but she hoped he would be happy, as she had been when she had first found out. Though, with his fear of the loner cats, she wasn't sure if he would be, which is why she'd been quiet, trying to think of the right words and the right time to tell him.

Kudzuthroat leapt down and walked along the edge of the camp, trying to nudge cats in the right direction. The idea of an orderly patrol seemed optimistic at best, but he put that aside as he finally succumbed to his anxiety and poked his head into the medicine cat den.

"Fencestar and Dieseltooth aren't back yet, I think we should go ahead to Raven's Fortress." He told Mapleshadow and Quailwing. "We can have the warriors bring your supplies over. It's probably nothing but..."

The sounds of gathering cats in the clearing caught his attention, gaze shifting toward the doorway that led into the room with the High counter. Tigermask rose, paws itching to see the cats who had returned. ears pricked, Kudzthroat's order ringing in his ears. He turned back to the snowy she-cat. "I'm afraid we may have to continue this conversation later." Then, he touched his nose to her cheek and padded inside the nursery. His gaze briefly fell on demeter's cold body, a frown marring his features at the sight. "We're moving to raven's fortress." He announced, grabbing the closest kit to him, which so happened to be Spottedkit.

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"Let me go! I want to go back to my mother!" She squealed in protest, trying to wriggle free of the warriors grasp.

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Winterjay padded along side Moonsplash, a kit in his mouth as well.

Kudzuthroat muttered something rude under his breath and lept up onto the high counter, giving up on getting the clan's attention in any other way. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey, join me here at the high counter for a clan meeting!"

He waited for a few beats for the clan to gather. "We are moving to Raven's Fortress now, as Fencestar announced this morning. Keep the queens, kits, and elders in the middle of the patrol and move as a group. Let's head out!"

She laughed a little, "from what i've learned, you cant be an apprentice till your 6 moons old, and your not quite there yet. But if you want, your name can be Eaglekit. All the other kits have a name like that, and once you are an apprentice you become Eaglepaw. Then your trained to be a warrior, and you get another name that is unique to you. Like my name used to be just Raven, but now its Ravenflower" She tried her best to explain, still learning the clan cats ways.

Eagle shrugged again- she was a wet blanket of a cat. "I'd rather be an apprentice already. I'm nearly big enough- don't you think I could help out better if I was named? Then I could take care of you better," she said, already helping the apprentices to change her mother's bedding when the schedule dictated.

(Hi guys! This is where EclipseClan's and SunClan's dual camp will be roleplayed: Sc-EcC border)

Ravenflower nodded, pushing the thoughts of her dead mate away, "Im not sure" she confessed, "But it will be just fine. We will meet new cats, maybe even some more kits for you to make friends with" she smiled happily

Eagle shrugged her shoulders, unbothered. "Okay," she said, looking up at Ravenflower with a quizzical expression. She yearned to know why her eyes kept darting behind her- why she was nervous.

"When're we going to that other place? By the sun cats?" she asked.

Ravenflower opened her eyes from her nap smiling as she gazed down at her daughter. "hm?" she purred, glancing up to see what the kit was concerned about. She took in a sharp breath, taking in the scene before her. She stood up, making sure not to disturb the rest of her kits. "Eagle, please stay here, ill explain once i'm back, but don't leave the nest ok?" she said calmly before leaving the nursery to find Mapleshadow.

Mapleshadow heard Ravenflower call her name after entering the medicine den. She turned around, "what do you need" she asked

"One of the other queens, I think her name was Demeter, she appears to be dead" she said, getting straight to the point.

"I was afraid this would happen soon, she was getting rather old" Mapleshadow nodded sadly, "don't worry, ill be right there to take her out of the nursery. For now, you best explain to your kits what happened" she advised, before retreating back to her stores to gather some lavender and rosemary.

Ravenflower nodded and returned to her nest on the nursery, laying back down to block the view of her kits so that wouldn't see Demeter. She looked down at Eagle, who appeared to be the only one awake "Demeter has gone to sleep, but she wont wake up here again" she began to explain, on a soft calm voice, "she will wake up someplace better, somewhere where she will never have to fall asleep like this again. This is something that will happen to everyone someday, even me and you. But its nothing to be scared of, because there will always be friendly faces there, like your father"