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Moon 2

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“Moonpaw, wake up. We have to keep moving. Moonpaw.” 

Moonpaw mrrps in sleepy protest as she's jostled awake by her brother's paw digging insistently into her shoulder. She cracks one bleary eye open, momentarily disoriented by her surroundings. 

Right. They’re not at home. They don't have a home.

She stands, stiff from sleeping on bark, her muscles protesting as she arches her back and stretches her legs. The sun that slots into their log from an opening at the top paints the inside in streaks of rich reds and browns, so different from the cool, smooth stone she’s used to waking up to. She misses her moss nest fiercely in that moment, the weight of her grief threatening to overwhelm her, but she forces the feeling away with a shake of her head. There is no comfortable, warm nest for her to return to. Not now, not ever, and she needs to move on.

“Coming,” she mumbles sleepily, rubbing a paw against her eyes as Fogpaw turns and ducks out of the log. “How'd you sleep?” She stumbles out into the sunlight and shivers in the weak, earling morning newleaf air.

“I've certainly slept better,” Fogpaw mews, licking a paw and drawing it over one of his ears. “Best not to dwell on it. Breakfast first.”

Moonpaw nods, padding after Fogpaw as he weaves through the sparse mountain pines. She opens her mouth, scenting for prey, and sets her ears on a swivel to better hone in on the skittering of small paws through the bed of fallen pine needles that soften the cats' footfalls.

The breeze drifts the scent of mouse towards Moonpaw and her tail flicks up in excitement. She shoots a look Fogpaw's way and he nods and veers off in another direction, allowing her this hunt to chase his own prey.

Creeping forward, the words of her former mentor rings in her ears. Keep your paws light. Even so much as a scattered pebble will alert your catch to your presence. She never was able to complete her training and earn her warrior name, she thinks with a pang, but files that sadness away for later. She has enough information to know how to hunt, and she and Fogpaw will have plenty of time to practice now.

The mouse she's stalking shows itself, leaping onto the root of a tree, little whiskers twitching. Moonpaw waggles her haunches, preparing to launch herself at it, but as she leaps she slips on the loose pine needles underfoot and falls short of her catch. The mouse darts away and she lunges forward, hoping to snag it with a claw as it escapes, but it's too far from her outstretched paws and disappears into a hole in the ground.

“Star-damned trees,” Moonpaw growls to herself and sits back with a huff, her tail tip twitching. “Hunting on the mountain was so much easier.”

Prey continues to evade her for the rest of the afternoon. Squirrels run up trees, voles dive for cover under the leaf litter, and one particularly annoying chase after a songbird ends with Moonpaw landing in a puddle of mud.

She screeches with disgust, the bird long gone, and drags herself out of the mud to shake her fur. Her nose wrinkles in disgust at the state of her pelt. This is going to take ages to clean out of her white fur. Hopefully, Fogpaw is faring better with his hunt.

She follows her brother's scent trail to find him laden with mice, pawfuls of them at his feet. As he glances up and makes eye contact with her, the corner of his muzzle ticks up in amusement. “Rough hunt?”

“Do. Not,” Moonpaw huffs, eyeing his sleek, clean coat enviously. She drops herself next to him in a patch of sunlight and begins to groom her coat. Between mouthfuls of fur, she says, “we need to find someplace else on the territory to stay. This is no place for a mountain cat to settle.” She darts a pointed look at his small mountain of prey. “Except for you, maybe.”

Fogpaw mrrps a laugh and pushes a mouse towards her. “You can have some. I caught plenty.” He settles onto his paws and helps Moonpaw clear the mud from her fur. “I agree, though. I think we should look around the rockier places of our territory until we find a place that could work as a new camp.”

“A whole camp?” Moonpaw says doubtfully, tongue paused in her grooming. “I could settle for a couple of safe hollows in a rock. What do we need a whole camp for?”

“Rebuilding NimbusClan, of course.”

“Oh, Fogpaw–”

“No, Moon, seriously. I don't want to spend the rest of our days as rogues. I want–” he falters, eyeing her hesitantly before continuing. “I've always wanted a family, one like ours. Mom and Dad and us, it just… made me so happy, you know? I want that for myself one day.” He casts his eyes away from her, his shoulders hiking up around his ears, and Moonpaw knows he’s fighting back tears.

Moonpaw smiles gently at Fogpaw, her own eyes misting a little. “It made me happy too, Fogpaw. Makes me happy. They're watching over us in StarClan, I'm sure of it.” She curls her tail reassuringly over his back. 

“I'm sure they are,” He murmurs, resting his head against hers. “I miss them.”

“I miss them, too.”

They sit that way for a while, purring softly with each other as the newleaf breeze plays over their fur. Eventually, they tuck into the mice Fogpaw caught, and then curl together to take a nap in the sunshine.

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(Okay so yes I know moons are months and so far the timeline of the fic portions doesn’t exactly line up with that, but bear with me for the sake of storytelling purposes)

A little bonus for @nimbusclan to show Milkfur Can be nice lmao

OOOWWWAAAUUUUGHHHH SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!! This is such a nice thing to start my day with 💖💖 Thank you for drawing my girl!!!

i did itttt

Darkstar ( @plushieclan ) - thos is one i havent checked yet but its an adorable concept and i respect it a lot. keep ur childhood close fam especially in this day and age

Moonstar ( @nimbusclan ) - MOOOONNNSTARRRRR MOONSTAR MY BELOVD....last i checked with this blog she was still a paw!!! she leader already!!!! good for her!!! good for her

Burnpaw ( @splinterclan ) - ohhhh burnpaw. burnpaw burnpaw burnpaw my boy. my son. i am so fucking sorry for the shit thats abt to come crashing down on your life. your sister was a wonderful girl and she didnt deserve what happened to her :(

Hopechase ( @forestclan-clangen ) - another one i havent checked out but i see an old woman whos more than likely Been Through It and she Still see the good in the world....her name is apt. i kind of love her

Shrewflame ( @rippleclan ) - a thid one i havent checked out!!!! i gotta stop sleeping on some of these but either way i hope its ok i took some creative liberties with his design.... lots of fun to figure out

all in all a lot of fun! i kinda rushed the bg because i was already on day 3 of doing these and if i put it off for another fourth i would have died lmaooo hope yall like!!! thank u for tha recs o/

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Next: Apr 5th (Maybe)

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I MIGHT have to take a hiatus for a couple weeks (Im not 100% sure),, bc college finals are coming up and I can rationalize putting aside my own work but I have lots of group projects atm and I don't want to let my teams down so I really need to put that first! Again, I'm not totally sure tho so just consider it an ominous warning

Lots of text holy hell this page is so cluttered im sorryyyy

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✍️ What inspired you to make your clangen

comic/ other media?

*twirls hair* haha so actually nimbus you were one of my big big inspirations for starting Ranchclan, we started posting around the same time and just I’ve always been a fan of your work and think you’re super cool 🧡

Otherwise of course @/fallenclan, @/rippleclan, @/loudclan-clangen, @/splinterclan (jfc that most recent update moonpaw and Bess my poor girl), @/direclan (! Hi friend), @/sporeclan, @/circusclan, and so many more there’s so many good ones.

I’ve been absolutely loving @/astray-clangen, @/canaryclan, @/forestclan-clangen (HIGHLY SUGGEST), @/smoke-clan, @/midsummerclan, @/hillclan-ruins

But I think the real truth is I got really inspired by @/crypitdclaws clangen from like a million years ago, Meowymanstar lives permanently in my brain. Their work with Bignose is super cute to me as a borzoi lover

the two siblings remind me quite a bit of four ocs I have! I think they’d get along quite well!

They’re all silver colored and my four are either solid color or tabby patterned, and they’ve all gone through hardship!

Their names are Hopesong, Joyheart, Wonderleap, And Loveface! What do you think?

Awww, super cute!! Hopesong is an adorable name :3

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Aww omg Finchwisp has a crush thats so sweet what a wholesome moon for her 🥰 ... OH.

Hiya friends! Probably gonna be a lil' MIA for a bit, I'm going to Anthro New England this weekend with a friend and prepping for that is taking up a decent chunk of my time! The upcoming moon is rather panel-heavy, so it's just taking me a little while to get through, as well.