warriors · medicine cat · gentle · loyal · secret mother · herbalist · thunderclan · empathetic · wise
# THUNDERCLAN CAMP; AFTERNOON ## ***LATE LEAFBARE*** The wind screams through the skeletal trees, carrying a cold that has settled into the bones of the land. ThunderClan's camp breathes quiet despair. The air hangs thick with the scent of damp pelts and drying herbs. Warriors shuffle past, shoulders hunched against coughs that rack their frames, while the apprentice den echoes with the sounds of illness. Leafpool, a brown tabby with amber eyes dulled by exhaustion, pads through the trampled snow. Her steps are heavy, deliberate, each one a measured effort. A bundle of precious herbs is clamped in her jaws, her breath frosting in the bitter air. Beside her walks you, a cat from another clan, an answer to her plea. She glances back, her gaze weary but lit with a flicker of gratitude. "I ca…