We'll fly someday : earthquake/"meeting"

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    They had had an earthequale before. But that was small, hardly enough to shift a stone. This one would be much bigger, leaving a greater impact on the clan' section heart and territory.
    It was the middle of the day, life had carried on as usual. Morning patrols were returning and the later patrols were preparing to leave. The fresh kill pile was stacking up as normal, abundant with the fresh run of spring. There was still snow but the prey was returning, and there was no sign of it running low. This was good for StormClan. No one would assume that something would disturb this peace.


    And then it happened.


    The ground began to shake, making a sound foreign to Blazestar's ears. It knocked her off balance, tossing her to the ground like a ragdoll before she could do anything. Members with motion sickness wouldn't like this event. Leaves that trees had worked so hard to grow would be flung off, glittering to the ground. Dust that no one knew existed would be tossed up, getting into some member's eyes and momentarily blinding them. The fresh kill pile toppled over, no longer a neat pile and more of a scattering of corpses. The kits would wail for their mothers and the birds shrieked as they fled the moving landscape. The shaking got faster and more intense, but once it reached its climax it slowly went to a gentle sway, and then stopped.


    If one went out of the camp, they would see boulders moved, rivers that changed direction, trees that fell over, and other such disasters. Earthquakes could be big or small, destructive or gentle. Now StormClan had experienced both ends of the spectrum.


    "StormClan! Gather around now!" As soon as she's could, Blazestar was back on her feet and trying to help. One of the best ways to do that would be to get everyone in one place and see if anyone was injured. She was fine, but others may not be so lucky. It was her duty to make sure everyone was ok, so that's what she would try to do.

    Spellkit dashed over when he heard Blaze call. The earthquake had shocked the little tabby kit. Spell's heart was still pounding hard in his chest when he stopped in front of Blazestar, though he couldn't be sure if it was from the shock, the dash, or both. "I'm here, Blaze." Spell mewed. The tabby immediately began scanning for his siblings and mother, where on earth were they? Hopefully nothing too bad had happened.

    As the first quake hit Luna she quickly jumped off the ground, her useful wings making her hover in the air so she didn't feel the affects of the Earthquake. Seeing Blazestar tumble she would fly over wanting to help, but being to late as Blazestar got back onto her feet. Quickly after she jumped onto her rock and called for a meeting. The ambassador was already in her usual space, so she hesitantly sat down. Careful, but glad that yet another Earthquake was over.

    [center][fancypost=background-color:;border:0px;width:400px;text-align:justify;font-size:8pt;color:white;]Maplemadows flew out of the medicine den, her wings spread out wide for balance as she lifted off the ground and into the camp. She had experienced earthquakes in the past, and this time, had been smart enough to raise herself before she got shoved around into Moonbeam or one of the sick NPCs or the herb stores. Her amber gaze fell on Spellkit, and she found herself flying towards her child, slightly worried. That was new.


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    //small scratches on left side, dislocated left wing


    -- paris was new, and young. he had never experienced an earthquake, let alone on e of this size. he had been wandering through the unfamiliar stormclan territory when it started. he let out a startled cry as the ground began to shake, trying desperately to fly into the air. his wings flapped up and down, but his paws remained on the ground. the wide-eyed pup was suddenly thrown off balance by a particularly large tremor, and winced as his left wing hit the ground. and then, as quick as it had started, the earthquake stopped. there were tears in paris' eyes from the fall as he stumbled to his feet and hurried over to blazeheart and his clanmates.
    "what was that?" he cried, wiping his eyes with one paw.


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    Spell found himself staring in blank surprise at Maplemeadows as she flung herself towards him. For a split second he thought that there might be someone else next to him that he hadn't noticed. In a flash, Spell realized that it was him she was concerned for and felt guilty that he hadn't thought of that first. Honestly, it wasn't like she didn't care at all. "Hey, mom. You okay?" the tabby kit mewed in greeting, unable to hide his surprise entirely in his voice.

    (Muse, muse, musey, muse, muse)
    Rainstrike shook his dusty pelt out before glancing worriedly to his remaining family. "Are you guys okay?" Marbelcake, his mate, gave him a shaky nod but Rainstrike knew better and gave the timid tom a lick on the cheek. Rainstrike's attention shifted to his sister. Moonbeam hadn't seemed to hear her brother as she frantically checked both Owlkit and Featherkit for any injuries while mumbling soothing words. The medic herself was bleeding heavily from a scratch on her side and leg. It took a bit of effort, but Rainstrike managed to push Moonbeam away for treatment while Marbelcake and Ira watched over the kids. The tiger had actually started to hang around his kids and they seemed to get along alright. Moonbeam began to look more ragged and exhausted than before as the adrenalin wore off. A small smirk appeared on Rainstrike's face. Even bloody and tired, his sister still held a level of beauty to her. The tom gently bumped his dazed sister's head with his as the two limped over. "Moon got hurt."
    (Mild concussion/large scratch on right side/medium scratch on left leg/other smaller cuts)

    Benedict was extremely thrown off by the earthquake, and managed to get thrown into a tree which had been violently shaking. He would have a good bruise for a while, but nothing major other than that. This he refused to show as he made his way back to camp, which had been nearby, and realized a meeting of sorts had been called. So he went over and sat down, trying not to show his "weakness."

    Luckily the nursery hadn't taken damage, which was where the kit had been. As soon as the violent shaking started he curled up in a ball and hoped mama Fawn would show up. Of course she hadn't, and he was left to himself and the other queen she panicking about their kits. He heard the leader's call and went out on wobbly legs, not sure what was going on. He sat down in the back, letting out a whimper as he slouched.

    She gazed out at her clan as they slowly gathered. It seemed that this time they weren't so lucky as to get away without injury. Poor moonbeam seemed to get the worst of it. Paris's wing was at an odd angle and Benedict was favoring one side.


    This territory wasn't safe.

    "Those who are hurt, gather at the medicine den. Those who are healthy, help your clan mates who are hurt. I want a patrol to go and assess the damage to the territory. Be careful of aftershocks. Lunalight, can I trust you to head it? Take whoever you want. Get your patrol ready but wait until I say to leave, I have something I want to announce first." Now of course not everyone would be open to going on the patrol, but who wasn't was fairly obvious. She decided that this would be a good way to test lunalight to see how she acted in these situations, and got a task done. She figured that she could help with the healing, as moonbeam was down and maple was worried for her kids- only naturally. Blaze didn't blame her. Plus with all the npcs maple would need all the help she could get. In the meanwhile, she would wait until her current tasks were carried out to announce her thing.

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    -- paris trotted over to the nearby medicine den, but he could still hear blazeheart in the distance. he glanced down at his injured wing and let out a small whimper upon seeing the odd angle it was hanging in.



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    "Yes, I could lead the patrol" she exclaimed giving a respectful nod. As Blazestar said wait for announcements she would stay put, and look around to see who wasn't hurt and who she could bring with her on the patrol. She had no need to go over to the medicine cat den as she hovered above the ground the whole time. But, she noted Paris and his wing before locking her eyes back onto Blazestar.

    "Hey Lunalight, I've never been on a patrol and I was thinking that maybe I could join this one as my first patrol!" She said excitedly. Lunalight had become her friend and she would hopefully let her go, especially because she was already flying when the earthquake happened so she was uninjured.

    Rainstrike nodded his head and lead his remaining sister over to the medic den. Marbelcake and Ira both had to keep the kits from racing after their mother. Owlkit was struggling and arguing with his father while Marbelcake tried to comfort a crying Featherkit.

    // Oh really! Ahh I can make it now then!


    "I will take with me," the femme paused before continuing, looking around the area for members that weren't hurt. Seasquall seemed okay and joyed to go on a patrol. So of course that would be one of the picks. Her attention would dart over to Rainstrike and give a small nod, not knowing if he would be okay to come. "Rainstrike, are you okay to come? If not that okay"


    Then she would look at Benedict, it pained her to say it but he was the only other one that wasn't hurt or wasn't a kit. He seemed abit hurt but he could clearly walk, hopefully. Benedict wasn't on her good side but it seemed that was the only option. "Other then that I will be taking Seasquall and Benedict"

    Rainstrike shook his head as he tried to get Moonbeam to settle down, "I need to stay here with Moon. I'm sure Marbie will go with you, though." Ira had taken the two kits back to what was left of the nursery to watch them as he patched some things up. Marbelcake walked over to Lunalight cautiously, "Y-yeah, I-I can go."

    "Yes, thank you Marblecake" she said, giving a nod of her head and giving a kind glare to Moonbeam. She then returned her gaze to Blazestar, as she said she had something else to say.