Mercuryrose
Shadowclan Deputy
A long sigh escaped the large Maine Coon female, her dark green eyes showing signs of exhaustion. Watching Rosekit, Pythonkit and Leopardkit tumbling around the large nest that Mercuryrose and Widowsting shared. It wasn’t until the Shadowclan deputy gave her children a warning look once Rosekit accidentally kicked Widowsting in the stomach which caused the smaller female to jerk slightly in her sleep. “Clearing, now. Your father should be coming back from patrol any minute.” Mercuryrose said quietly which caused all three kits’ smiles brighten before scrambling towards the entrance to go find Mintstrike. It was silent in the nursery for a moment before Mercuryrose lowered her head for a moment as she was lost in thought at the events that happened yesterday.
Mercuryrose and Juncostar had been leading a patrol within the territory, a border patrol. Despite the tension that Juncostar and Mercuryrose shared within the last few months, they were attempting to be civil for the sake of their clan mates. However, with all the snow that had been appearing.. A rock slide had occurred due to the weight of all the snow on the rocks. While everyone else fled, Silkweb, Mercuryrose’s daughter, had gotten caught in dead vines. After successfully managing to get Silkweb out of the vines, she pushed her daughter out of the way as a huge rock coming towards them. However, she felt the blunt force of Juncostar shoving her away from the path of the rocks which ended up causing him to become crushed as a result. In Juncostar’s last words, he asked for Mercuryrose’s forgiveness for their friendship being damaged.. To which the Shadowclan deputy forgave him.. Juncostar had passed away, not waking up as it appeared the rock slide had taken all 9 lives.
Snapping out of her thoughts while hearing a couple of kits squeaking, she noticed it was Grimrose’s children as they were attempting to climb on Ravenwatcher. Mercuryrose moved to get up but she felt the slight sting that was coming from her wounds from the rock slide. Waspsight had attended to her wounds earlier, before the vigil for Juncostar happened. 24 hours later, here was Mercuryrose in the nursery.. Pondering. The black and rose-gold Maine Coon would now become the leader of Shadowclan, something she wasn’t expecting for an extremely long time. Letting out a small sigh, the large Maine Coon female sat up and moved towards the entrance of the nursery before looking back at Widowsting. A soft look appeared on Mercuryrose’s face when looking towards Widowsting before making her way into camp.
Mercuryrose felt all eyes on her, but she never bothered to glance at anyone. The only one she chose to look at was Mintstrike who was tending to their kits. A small smile appeared on her face. The small Bengal Tom and her had certainly gone through a lot together, he had been there from the moment she became deputy. Leaping onto the large twisted wood that was the High Point, the smooth bark was rubbing smoothly against Mercuryrose.. The deputy almost felt wrong for being up there, Mercuryrose shouldn’t had become leader like this. Perhaps it was the survivor’s guilt that she was suffering from right now. Looking down at her paws, she cleared her throat before looking forward at the clearing “May all those old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the High Point.. For a clan meeting,” Her booming voice called through the clearing, Mercuryrose’s eyes remained narrowed as she watched everyone starting to make their way towards her.
Her first duty as Shadowclan leader.
Silverscreech piercing yellow gaze watched silently, as the clan cats began gathering in the camp clearing below. It had been many moons since the grey and white striped maine coon had been in Shadowclan territory. Her leaving had been after the death of her mate Fearedjackal. The real downside for her however was not being there for their kits. So many moons had passed, and she had always held the guilt as she traveled far from the clans of being a awful mother. Especially when she was needed most in their lives. Resting her head on her large grey striped paws, she sighed in wondering how her life would have played out if she had stayed in her clan. Now a Loner once more, she didn't feel this was her home any longer. But that didn't matter to her ignoring boundaries after hearing their beloved leader Juncostar passed. Instead, she had snuck into the territory to hear the news and see who their new leader was. "Perhaps...I still care for my clan...but its not worth coming back. The pain Is overwhelming..." She thought.
Listening in on Mercuryrose's speech...even Silverscreech felt sadness for the long departed Leader. "FearedJackal...please keep close company with Juncostar in starclan..."
She remained a little longer, watching the clan members after Mercuryrose's announcement to her visiting the moon pool soon. Unknown to the loner, Silverscreech did not know the new future leader was her granddaughter. The Loner had known her kits would possibly harbor bitterness towards her leaving them behind...but she never forgot them.
Now she had two new kits waiting, deep asleep on the neutral grounds of the clans. Unlike the first time...Silverscreech did not want to abandon these kits also. Their father had fled, leaving her to care for them on her own. The maine coon was now a single mother, worried where her new kits lives would lead.