The Blazing Jay[P]

rowanblaze.

The warrior awoke with a yawn, eyes opening to the sight of the den ceiling. For a few moments, he only lay there, blinking a couple times to try and rid himself of the lingering sleepiness. Eventually the tabby managed to drag himself up, and he ducked out of the warriors' den. It was still early morning, the camp awash in a golden tint. Glancing around the camp, Rowanblaze paused before making his way to the prey-pile. After looking over his choices, he decided on a rather healthy-looking squirrel.


He bent down and clamped his jaws around the furry creature, then lifted it up and carried it off to the side so he could eat. As the male ate, more of his Clan awoke. Soon enough, he finished off the last of his meal, and buried the bones. After finishing, he moved off to the side, for a while wondering what he should do. It was decided for him when the tom heard a Clanmate call out a greeting. Instinctively, his ear twitched to show that he'd heard. He blinked before offering a smile back to the queen. "Good morning to you as well." Rowanblaze replied, before adding on. "How are you?"

[ sorry for the late reply, i got distracted ^^' ]

rowanblaze.

The tom nodded when he heard her answer. "Good. That's good." He said quietly in reply, more to himself than anything, before answering, himself. "I'm fine, too. Like usual." Well, 'fine' and 'usual' to some extent. After all, it hadn't been too long since the Clan's former leader had brought back a group of rogues to attack his own Clan, then left to instead become leader of a pack of rogues. Things like that tended to leave cats less than fine.

With an inward sigh, the warrior tried to forget it and instead focused on the weather. It seemed to be a nice day so far. Although there was a slight chill sitting in the air, it would probably be gone by sunhigh. There were a few fluffy-looking clouds spread out across the sky, but the sun was still providing plenty of sunshine. Overall it seemed like a nice day, which was at least something to be happy about. As the tom drew his gaze away from the sky, he realized that he'd simply sitting there in silence for a while. Uh. Rowanblaze shifted slightly, trying to come up with something to say. Conversation had never been his strong suit. "What do you think Cloud's planning to do?" He finally asked quietly. He was aware of how abrupt a question like that was, but he had no idea what to say anymore. And besides, he was sure that his Clanmates were thinking about it as well.

How did he get involved with rogues anyway? From what the tom had seen, Cloud, formerly Cloudstar, had seemed like a good leader. How did a cat that was respected by so many just suddenly turn around and lead a group of rogues to attack his own Clan? There had to be some kind of plan, though if there was, Rowanblaze had no idea what.

[ ew sorry my writing's sort of messy ;-; ]

rowanblaze.

Rowanblaze listened silently as the queen spoke, nodding slightly when she spoke of their current leader. He could imagine how Fadingstar would feel off. It definitely wouldn't be easy to have someone as your idol for the majority of your life, then watch him turn and basically step on everything you believed in. Everything felt like a mess. Fadingstar had taken a very long time to choose their new deputy, and not to mention StoneClan seemed silent and just not there.

He nodded again once he heard Jayflower's next statement, in agreement. There's no way a bunch of rogues would just back off without winning a battle, then leave us alone. They're going to come back, likely any day now. The thought made him anxious. They'd already suffered the rogues' first attack, which had dealt a lot of damage. The tom couldn't help but wonder what they were planning to do. Surely they wouldn't just rush at them, and hope to overpower them with sheer force. "What do you suppose ... WolfClan's planning?" Calling the pack of rogues a Clan still disgusted him slightly. It seemed rather rude to the actual Clans that inhabited the area. I doubt they follow the warrior code. The only thing we have in common is that they actually have a chain of command. The warrior thought to himself.

rowanblaze.

When Jayflower mentioned recruiting even more rogues, the warrior couldn't help but think to himself, What if they win? What if WolfClan grew strong enough to just wipe out their Clan? What would happen then? No, AshClan wouldn't let that happen ... But they allowed Cloud to betray us like that, didn't they? With a slight shake of his head, Rowanblaze tried to stop the argument buzzing in his mind. "What do you think they're planning to do?"

The tabby-and-white tom hesitated before answering. "Probably a way to destroy us. Like you said, recruiting more rogues." He paused before asking another question, though it was more of him thinking out loud. "Do you think Cloud always intended to betray us? To one day destroy us, for whatever reason?"

rowanblaze.

The tom once again sat silently as he listened to her reply, this time offering no answer of his own. She was right, about both things; he was a bit off, with no other way to put it, but all the while he was a good leader. Cloud was probably many of my Clanmates' idol. Rowanblaze thought to himself. He, himself, had looked up to the tom to some extent. And of course, everyone had been caught off-guard by his betrayal.

During his thinking, the tom's eyes had drifted down to the ground, staring unfocused at the patch of dirt near his paw. When Jayflower spoke again, Rowanblaze blinked and lifted his gaze back to her. "Yeah, it is." The feline said, with a glance around the OakClan camp. There wasn't much activity going on.