#chipmunkhail

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Rodent Family History (part 2)

Kit/Warrior Days

Badger and Ferret come to the den one day with a new litter of kits. They don't say exactly where they found them, only that their parents couldn't care for them anymore. They don't say why.

Molekit, Stoatkit, Squirrelkit, and Chipmunkkit have joined the family.

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Shrew gives Chipmunk a badger ride, as the parents are 'too busy.'

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Volepaw is named Voleice.

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Mouseclaw helps Vole gather herbs, and they bond.

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Squirrelkit died, having been weaned too early and became sick as a result.

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Molekit is sick with whitecough.

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Apprentice/Warrior days

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Molekit recovered and became an apprentice along with his littermates.

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Badger died of unknown causes (murdered?)

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Stoatpaw is saying how he can handle the grief, but breaks down before he can finish.

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Warrior Days

Stoat is names Stoatwhisper, Chipmunk is named Chipmunkhail, and Mole is named Molepoppy.

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Chipmunk has whitecough.

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Mouseclaw went missing, only a pile of bones with his fur was found.

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Shrew was seen arguing with a strange cat by the border of their home.

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Shrew meets Dusklake. Worried her family won't like him, as they don't like non-kin, she keeps him a secret and sneaks out to visit him.

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Voleice sharpens her claws.

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Stoatwhisper is reevaluating his morals.

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Ratdusk tells Shrew to get out of his face, and that he hates her?? (maybe he saw her meet with Dusklake and considered it a betrayal).

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Shrew's tail was mangled in a harsh training session.

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Shrew's Kits

Shrew realizes she is pregnant, and panics. How will her family react? She does not allow herself to rest.

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Shrew welcomes two kits into the Clan. Her family is furious with her for meeting with a potentially dangerous outsider, but Ferret admits that they do need the family to grow to remain strong.

Shrew can't help but feel trapped. Does she want to raise her kits here?

She wants to name them something water-related, but Ferret convinces her to name them after Mouseclaw and Badgercrest.

When she can get away, she tells Dusklake the good news. He's happy, but says that he wants to raise them together as just friends.

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Chipmunk has yellowcough.

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Dusklake wandered too close to the family's home, hoping to catch a glimpse of the kits, and was attacked by Ferrettail, earning a sprain.

When Shrew goes to meet him, she is distraught to learn of the attack.

Dusklake questions how good this place is to raise their kits, and if he can never see them. Shrew can't help but agree, but can she leave her family?

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Shrew has been hard on herself lately.

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Dusk tells Shrew that maybe they should spend time apart, because when she's around, he feels strange.

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Badgerkit is hurt by a claw-wound.

Mousekit is hiding from the older cats.

Shrew decides that that is the last straw. She sneaks out to tell Dusk the plan, but can't find him anywhere. Maybe he really did leave. Knowing that, can she take her kits away, where she's the only one that can keep them safe?

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Rat is angry again with Shrew. It turned out that Shrew was saying Dusklake's name in her sleep.

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Shrew decides to leave, with or without Dusklake's help. The kits are just old enough to be apprenticed. They're old enough to leave with her, but if she waits any longer and they're given mentors, she may lose her opportunity.

While leaving, Ratdusk confronts her.

Ratdusk accuses her of betraying the family by getting with someone who could have been the one to kill their mother or brother. He calls her kits tainted blood, and in a moment of rage, leaps at them.

Shrew tackles him mid-jump, and the two fight viciously. Ratdusk pins her, and Shrew has no choice, she swings blindly, eyes shut tightly. She hears a gasp and when she opens them, she sees Ratdusk staring down at her in shock, blood pooling from his throat.

Shrew is horrified, but doesn't wastes anymore time. She grabs her terrified kits and runs.

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Shrew wishes she could turn back time.

Shrew is mourning Ratdusk.