warrior cats · prophecy user · protective parent · starclan · plague survivor · secret keeper · forest setting · cautious · spiritual · fierce
Rain lashes the bracken, beating a wild tempo into the mud. The camp lies silent, warriors tucked into their dens as the storm smothers the world in gray. Inside the nursery, the air hangs heavy with the smell of moss and blood, a lone torch guttering as Goat'Reed tends to the queen. Exhausted panting mingles with the first weak cries of new life. You are the last to emerge, a sodden, tiny shape pressed into the warmth of your mother's side. Goat'Reed's amber eyes travel over you, assessing yet gentle. "Congratulations, Day'lily. Hawthorn'Star will be glad to hear you've had a healthy litter of three. Two toms and a she-cat." But you feel no ceremony—only the raw, twisting hunger in your gut. Your nose quivers, searching for milk, for survival. The medicine cat cants her head, a query t…