#estuaryclan clanstory

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Estuaryclan Allegiances (Updated by chapter)

Part 1; ???Dreamer???: Reeftide - A golden tom. Chocolate classic tabby stripes. White underside. Short, sleek, glossy fur with a texture like duck down. Mid-length, feathery mane, that sticks up along the back of his neck. Long, sleek, feathery tail. Tall, lanky, gangly build. Very long legs. Visible ribs. Long-toed, webbed paws. Fish-hook like claws. Angular face, with a long muzzle. Pronounced nose bridge. Small ears. Pale pink nose. Deep umber eyes. (Dam: ???) (Sire: ???) (Mate: Vipercoil.) (Siblings: Lightningspark. Skerrypebble.) (Other kin: ???) (Sex/Gender/Pronouns: Cis tom. He/him.) (Orientation: Demiromantic. Pansexual.) (Conditions: Seizure prone.)

Part 2; Medicine cat: Lightningspark - A golden tom. Dense, lilac classic tabby stripes. Majority white spotting. Short, sleek, glossy fur with a texture like duck down. Semi-short, slicked-back mane. Long, sleek, winding tail. Short, slender, soft, dainty build. Soft belly. Belly flap. Long-toed, webbed paws. Wicked claws. Angular face, with a long muzzle. Right ear is tall. Left ear is missing. Liver-coloured nose. Gold eyes. (Dam: ???) (Sire: ???) (Mate: ???) (Siblings: Skerrypebble, Reeftide.) (Other kin: ???) (Sex/Gender/Pronouns: Cis tom. He/him.) (Orientation: Homoflexible.) (Conditions: Partial hearing loss. Hard of hearing (HoH) on the left side.)

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The dream (Chapter 0, Part 2)

In the Medicine den there are a few sick cats in the minor quarantine nests, and a few injured cats in the injury recovery nests. Fireblaze has wandered into Foxnoses nest again it would seem.

No cat would begrudge him that closeness really. It must be hard to have fallen in love with a cat who has been dying for six moons. Reeftide looks away, and over to the medicine cats personal nests.

Several cats are sleeping, but Lightningspark is up, grooming his pelt. It looked like he had gotten a few burrs tangled into his fur. Probably from gathering herbs today.

Reeftide dosent want to wake every cat, so he thunks a paw into the ground a few time, hoping Lightningspark will feel it.

The older tom startles, and whips his head around until his golden eyes land on his brothers figure hovering in the medicine den. The surprised look on his face is replaced with a warm smile, and he gets up, padding his way over to Reeftide.

Reeftide purrs. He leans into his brothers side, positioning his muzzle close to his brothers intact ear. Lightningspark was from the litter before Reeftide and Skerrypebble.

"I dont like to disturb you in the night like this, but I've had a dream. A message. From Starclan."

"Never a disturbance." Lightningspark purrs, his tail brushing against Reeftides foreleg. "Especially if Starclan has spoken to you. So tell me what they have said."

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The dream (Chapter 0, Part 1)

Reeftide lies in his nest, back to back with his mate. Her every breath he feels against his back lulling him to sleep.

The darkness sweeps around him in a cloud. Sleep embracing him in a comforting hold.

His eyes opened to a grassy field, and a breeze carried the fresh, salty scent of the sea to him. He inhales, getting a lungful, and he glances around.

A black starry figure stood a good sprint away, but begins gliding twords him once his eyes land on the cat.

"Starclan." he mumbles softly. Why was he receiving a dream?

The figure stops a whisker away. "Reeftide, good to see you. I know you do not know me, but my name is Blackcreek. I watch over the clan and I am here to tell you something important." Reeftide bows his head. "Yes, I will listen." He's sure he has heard that name before. However, he is not sure where though.

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Reeftide lurches up, barely getting his forepaw under himself to gasp and pant. Black water swims in his vision for a moment, before the darkness of the den returns. He shakily inhales, breathing in the distant smell of salt and the scent of the lavender hanging from the reed walls of the den.

"Are you ok? Bad dream?'' Vipercoil croaks, placing a large paw on his bony shoulder.

He shudders, twisting around atop the mashed down fronds they slept on, and buries his face in her fluffy chest.

"Something like that.." He mumbles.

Her boxy head settles on top of his. "I'm here." She says, even as her voice still is thick with sleep.

She was such an attentive mate.

He felt awful.

"I need to visit the medicine den." He says. "About the dream. You rest. You had a long day."

She nods and settles back into the nest. Reeftide gets up; his legs feel like seagrass in the breeze. He pads out of their den to the medicine den, poking his head in to glance around.

Hopefully someone was awake...