circumcision ;)

[Willow]

Echosong led her patrol through the forest and up to the moorland where the border between WindClan and ThunderClan was. She looked over the vast expanse of tough moorland grass, spotting a few rabbits by a small hill. She sniffed around the border making sure that there were no WindClan scents past their border markers. She couldn't find anything, but when she lifted her nose and parted her jaws to scent the hair, she smelled the faint scents of WindClan drifting this way, and wondered if they'd encounter a patrol.

Blackrain scented the air alongside the Clan deputy, Echosong. He smelled WindClan from over the hilly moorland, and immediately tensed up. Sure, it wasn't necessarily an invasion and most likely just a patrol passing by, but still, Blackrain's paws itched to protect his territory. He marked a tree on the border and waited for Echosong to lead on what to do next.

Sparkshard was a little behind in the patrol, because she'd been checking an old fox den that had the threat of becoming inhabited again. She had found no fox or fox scent newer than the one they had discovered a few sunrises before, and rushed back to meet up with the rest of the patrol. She marked another tree, as she saw Blackrain mark a different one, and looked at Echosong. She saw her jaws were parted and curiously, she parted her own. She scented WindClan, not just the border marker. She shrugged it off. It was probably just a border patrol.

[kyraa]

Honeytail walked along with Phantomclaw and Roseheart on either side of her. She was crouched down a little, hiding herself in the grass, while Phantomclaw and Roseheart stood up normally.

Phantomclaw caught the scent of ThunderClan. He raised his nose higher into the air, and sniffed. He put his guard on high, but kept walking along with the others.

Roseheart wasn't really on guard until she too caught the scent of the other cats. Her tail flickered in the air, "I smell ThunderClan!" she meowed excitedly. Not that she wanted to fight at the moment, they were probably just partoling.

"So do I.." Honeytail meowed. She looked around.

[Willow]

Sparkshard heard cats a little ways onto the WindClan border, carried by the wind. She pricked her ears and narrowed her eyes, getting a little closer to the border, looking for the wiry outline of the WindClan cats. She saw two bodies standing straight and tall, and a smaller body pressed to the ground from the higher up grassy outcrop on her territory. She turned around when she was spoken to. "What do you see, Sparkshard?" Echosong's voice murmured softly. "Just a WindClan patrol. Three cats, by the looks of it, but one looks like they're hiding.." Sparkshard replied with a mrrow of laughter.

Echosong nodded at Sparksahrd and held up her tail, and let out a gentle and friendly mew to the WindClan patrol, who she now spotted herself not too far down. "Greetings, WindClan. How is the prey runnning for you?" she asked as she prodded the ground. She recognized Roseheart and Phantomclaw right away from gatherings. The one on the ground took her a little longer to figure out the identity of, but eventually recognized the orange warrior as Honeytail.

[kyraa]

Honeytail straightened himself up, making himself standing normal again. They had all heard the FRIENDLY mew.
"Everything is good for us.." he meowed back to the ThunderClan. "How is everything for you?" she really wasn't in the mood to fight, but if it came to that he would.

Phantomclaw looked at the other cats he finally spotted.

Roseheart was as calm as could be, and just waited for something to happen.

[Willow]

Echosong straightened her back when Honeytail stood up, looking him in the eye as best she could with all the distance between them. She flicked her tail to Blackrain and Sparkshard for two reasons... one, to tell them they could calm down and be friendly, and two, because their pelts were shiny, and bellies plump with prey. "We are good. The prey is running well and we had no problems dealing with this past Leafbare." she commented.

Blackrain let himself relax when Echosong gave him the signal. He sat down behind the deputy, next to Sparkshard and began licking his paw pads which were rough and sore from the multiple patrols he'd been going on lately. While there was still no Medicine Cat Apprentice in ThunderClan, the regular cats had to go out and find herbs for Firewhisker to use. He had also been out on the dawn patrol and a hunting patrol today. But he would still even be willing to go out on more patrols.. after a short rest.

Sparkshard was a little excited that there were WindClan cats speaking to them just over the border. She wondered if they'd get hostile! Not that she wanted that. She was just itching to use some of her skills before she got rusty. She hoped that she'd get to mentor one of the kits in the nursery. It would help her keep her fighting skills in check.

[kyraa]

Honeytail sneezed and looked at the cats, "That's good to hear. Find any trouble?" she meowed.

Phantomclaw relaxed his guard once he realized they were being friendly. He pawed at the ground impatiently though. He couldn't stay standing for long.

Roseheart layed down in the grass. She licked her paws and cleaned off her face quickly.

[Willow]

Echosong shook her head. "No, everything is running very smoothly. The only thing that has happened is the death of our previous leader. We've recovered from that quickly.." she shared the news. The gathering would be held in a few nights, and that's when the news would be shared with the rest of the Clans. "Foxstar is a brilliant leader, and I am now the deputy of ThunderClan." she finished, holding her head up proudly.

Blackrain rolled his eyes slightly, but purred at the excited she-cat. She had been proud, but wasn't walking around camp bragging about it. She was actually quite down to earth about it. He let out a small mrrow of laughter under his breath. "I think we should get going now, Echosong. We still have to hunt a little before returning to camp." he said and stood up again.