Unseenlights watched the exchange between Duskslayer and Soaringpaw, this was something that the two of them were going to have to sort through as much as it broke her heart.  The long furred she-cat took a step after Soaringpaw having to stop herself from following after. What she needed right now was space, even though it was killing her to hear their daughter walking away from them. 

Instead she turned to duskslayer, walking at his side as the went to the sidelines "She doesn't hate you...." her voice was soft, seeing the pain written all over his face was breaking her heart "not truely... All we can do now is give her support and continue trying to guide her, but we can't make the choices for her" she licked his cheek "Its always harder to stand by watch when we think they are making a mistake" Faith

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Darkpaw padded after Soaringpaw even as she went to get in line with the other she-cats. His sister was upset and the idea of letting her out of his eyesight only upsetting him further. He hovered close to the two sister, sending harsh glares and any of the she-cats that dared to give him funny looks for being there

Her daughter's words fell on deaf ears, and every effort to get her to her feet resulting in Tinymutiny collapsing back to the ground once more into a heap of fur and bones "Oakshade..." she still sometimes talked to him like he was there sometimes "I should have fought harder to bring your body back. Im sorry I wasn't strong enough for you, for our kits. Oakshade... If you can hear please... I need to see you, to hear your voice" Tinymutinys voice devolving into whimpers "you should be here with me... its out anniversary..."

Snakebounce was still wary of his mother after everything that had happened. He still had nightmares and still woke up in a cold sweat after everything that happened. But his mother was the only parent he had left now. He wasn’t prepared for this. His father had died long before the tom’s first romance festival. All he’d ever hear about was this time of year from his parents but now? Now it had seemingly lost its luster. He showed up to support his sisters, especially Magnoliablush who seemingly had a suitor in mind, but he had no idea what to do. The runt of the litter brushed up against Valleyrose, giving her a sympathetic smile before he tossed his head to the rest of the she-cats.

“Why don’t you go?” He whispered once the high priest had given the order for the she-cats to go wild. “I’ll stay with mom...” The gray tabby carefully sat down next to Tinymutiny, giving her plenty of space but still close enough so that he could brush his tail against her if he so needed. “Hey mom... do you like what Valleyrose did with her pelt? She looks awfully pretty doesn’t she..?” He said a bit awkwardly, not sure what to say to his mother who had once been so full of life before his father had died Jadie racer

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Harmoniouspaw stroked his chin in thought as a mischievous smile spread across his face. “My dear brother... what an excellent idea..!” He chuckled, watching as all the she-cats surged forward on Bloodystar’s command. “You have fun with Cherrypaw... if that’s what you’d like to call it. I will be praying for you and our dear sister... and whatever poor tom tries to pin her down.” Honeystorm

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”But auntie...!” Daisy whined as Weed attempted to pull her away from the fray. “It looks like it’ll be fun! And a great way to make new friends! That is what this is about, isn’t it?” The tortoiseshell questioned. Weed sighed and shook her head as she nudged her niece away from the gathering hoard of she-cats. 

“For the last time, Daisy,” The initiate carefully rubbing her temple. She wasn’t sure how many times she would have to explain the concept to her niece, and she wasn’t exactly sure she was ready to have that conversation with her. But the young tortoiseshell had already taken the momentarily lapse in her aunt’s focus to quickly slither away from her and back into the crowd, just as Bloodystar gave the order to run. “This isn’t about making friends. This is about finding a new... Daisy? Daisy!” Weed snapped watching as her niece flew forward with an excited yowl. 

Bleedingheart took off running when Bloodystar called for the game to start. She wanted to give herself a good distance between her and the toms so if need be she could escape. Not that there were bad toms but there were definitely some who she would not get along with. After all divorce was not a thing in SunClan and Bloodystar did not even mention that the she-cat could deny whoever tackled her. So clearly this time around she would have to watch out closely.

Vintagepaw took off as soon as the announcement was made, fleeing into the distance until she couldn't see the toms anymore. She slipped into position, hiding, and waiting for Pebblepaw to appear on the horizon so that she could pounce. He would be hers, and soon enough she would have kits of her own. cookie


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Alios looked back over her shoulder one last time at her red-faced tom who had been crushing on her. She caught his eye, giving him a wink before disappearing with the other she-cats. It was time to see if he had truly learned to think in grays instead of black and whites, as she neared the river, she waded through the shallows to disguise her scent, circling back up and around the ceremony springs to await Silverdragon. Nova

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Innocentlament fled ahead of the boys, her long strides carrying her quickly across the landscape. But instead of continuing on, her pace slowed as she waited on the boys to be released to chase them. No one had chased her in years past, so she had no reason to believe that anyone would chase after her this year 

"Briar?" Valleyrose's flicked her ears back, confused for a moment, before she remembered a conversation she'd had with her father not long before he had died. I wanted to name you Briarkit, but your mother insisted that Valleykit was better, that there could be briar in the valley but not valley in the briar, or something silly like that. I think she just liked the ring it had. But, between you and mean, I still think of you as my little Briarkit.

The forgotten memory brought tears to her eyes that she wiped away, knocking off some of the petals she'd had on her face. They were no longer symmetrical but she didn't care. She wasn't running, not when Tinymutiny was like this. She stiffened slightly when she sensed another cat at her side then realized the second she realized it was her brother.

"No, I don't need to run. It's fine," Although Valleyrose did feel a little bad to be potentially standing up Carnagepanic, but they weren't hat close, where they? She shook her head dismissively and let Snakebounce chatter on as he so often did, her mind elswhere. racer Nova

Lovelypaw skipped ahead of the group but not too far because she wanted to be able to keep an eye on Bloodystar's leggy legs. She needed to make sure she got a headstart on getting to him before the other she-cats!

Snakebounce could feel the fear creeping over him again, threatening to paralyze him as it always did when his mother snapped. His eyes narrowed quickly as his fur bristled. He knew he’d say the wrong thing one way or another. But he wasn’t going to let her ruin this day for Magnoliablush, or Valleyrose. Any of his siblings. Snakebounce could care less if the males had been called yet to run, he had quickly and haphazardly rushed to his paws to race after his mother.racer

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Paintedcanyon had to do his best not to sneeze, but the cold paint was making it very difficult. He watched as the she-cats ran forward. All seemed eager and he was half convinced that they all knew who they wanted to chose for a potential mate. Even Magnoliablush had run off in earnest. Whoever she chose would be lucky. She definitely seemed like a sweet cat. He wondered who it was she had her eye on racer