Softsong | 14 Moons | Warrior | 30/30 | Temp Camp | Mentions: Aldershade, Clearsong, Mumblepaw, Stripecloud, Open!

Softsong turned his head when he heard Clearsong ask him to join a patrol, slightly annoyed that he was unable to even start talking to Aldershade. He nuzzled against the other warrior apologetically. "We can talk later, perhaps we could hunt together so we can get some privacy." He suggested. He gazed affectionately at Aldershade before turning and padding over to Clearsong. He vaguely picked up that they were including Swallowfall instead of Wolfpaw. However, as they left, Wolfpaw came with, so he must have misunderstood. He hurried after them, though his mind lingered in camp and on Aldershade. He almost ran past Clearsong as the tom stopped and addressed Mumblepaw and Stripecloud. "I say Mumblepaw comes with us, enough apprentices are wandering alone as is." He injected, kneading the ground impatiently. He looked to Stripecloud. "Good luck, not that you'll need it." He mewed, giving the other tom a smile and a little wink. He clearly had faith in him, and was confident that he would be able to help the other patrol without any issue.

Snowecho | 26 Moons | Med. Cat | 11/30 | Starclan | Mentions: Horsetail(ID), Sunstar, Open!

Snowecho looked up from patching up his belly injury. "I'll live." He assured, pressing the poultice and cobweb harder against his wound. His ears flew up when he heard the leader mention Horsetail, a soft hiss escaping him as he was shoved. His blue eyes finally landed on the injured medicine cat, but he seemed frighteningly still. He pressed his ears flat against his skull, fearing the worst. He turned his head back to Sunstar, opening his mouth to talk to him"I could really use some help gett-" Before he could finish his sentence, the yellow tom ran off. He heaved a breath and got up, it seemed like he had to do this himself. He noticed that there was a cat over Horsetail, and he briefly feared having to fight to get to him. With one medicine cat already down, could they risk losing another? He sat back down. He would have to worry about keeping himself alive for now. If the clan lost both him and Horsetail today, he could not see a bright future for them. As much as it pained him, as much as his conscience screamed at him to run to Horsetail, he picked up goldenrod and started chewing it up with marigold. Unless someone brought Horsetail to him, there was nothing he could do.

Horsetail|20 Moons Old|Co Medicine Cat|Heath 0/30|Mentions Directly: Stormfang|Mentions Indirectly: Snowecho|Location: Starclan

Horsetail felt his soul, his life, drift out of his body. The medicine cat’s eyes opened for a brief moment and he saw Stormfang leave, how strong and grown up he looked now. A dry chuckle escaped Horsetail, what strange thoughts he had. He was actually going to die, why here? Horsetail closed his eyes and pressed his head into the ground. It was lush and green now, the ground had changed. StarClan was weird. Horsetail closed his eyes, he felt so tired.
Suddenly something brushed against his fur, ’Leave me alone’, the tom thought. He wanted to die in peace, why was someone disturbing him?
There was another light brush, this time against his shoulder. Horsetail was annoyed, what could someone want now? Opening his eyes again, Horsetail was about to complain, forgetting about his throat wound which would’ve made it impossible for him to speak. Instead of finding a cat, maybe even Stormfang standing over him, Horsetail looked into a pair of golden eyes. It was a cat Horsetail had never seen before, was it really a cat. The thing was gold and silver, practically see-through. Was it a Starclan cat? No, none of the others appeared in this way.
”Wha…”, Horsetail croaked out, not really managing. ”Hushhh”, the ethereal cat said, leaning close to Horsetail’s ear. ”It is not your time yet, kit”, the voice was warm and kind, it sounded like the voice of a mother and a father at the same time, enveloping him. The cat leaned forward and drew its tongue over Horsetail’s side. As it moved a step back, there was a golden shimmer on Horsetail’s fur. ”Now, live!”, the ethereal cat declared, its voice ringing in many tones from many corners. As it spoke, the golden dust lept from its fur and surrounded Horsetail. The tom inhaled some of it, it tickled his nose as he did, the rest settled itself around his wounds.
Horsetail suddenly felt drowsy again, but this time it was a comforting warmth. The dark sand colored tom closed his eyes and as he did he felt his heart start to beat stronger. It was probably just his imagination. As the tom's side slowly rose and fell, he suddenly felt lighter. No, not lighter, he was disappearing. The dark sand colored tom's body, very slowly started to sink into the earth. First his head and then the tom's entire body vanished into the ground.
{The ethereal cat would appear as no more than a slight glow, drifting over Horetail}

Horsetail|20 Moons Old|Co Medicine Cat|Heath 30/30|Mentions Directly: |Mentions Indirectly: All|Location: Camp

Horsetail's side slowly started to rise and fall. A small gasp of breath escaped the dark sand colored tom, as his his heart started to beat faster. His ridgid, cold body suddenly sprang to life. His legs started to slightly move and his ears twitched, next his nose started to work again. He could smell cats, so many cats. What was going on? Was he not dead? Suddenly the voices of the many cats around him, hit his ears. Horsetail laid his ears flat against his head, in pain at the sudden noises. His brain was still muddled and he had no idea where he was, his body felt strange. Almost like…. like it was his real body. Could it be, but why?
Slowly, very painfully, the medicine cat opened his eyes. Light hit his senses, not just his eyes, but his nose and ears seemed to be flooded as well. Horsetail fought hard, not to close his senses off again. Instead he waited until his eyes adjusted. After a few heartbeats, Horsetail could breath, hear, see, and smell like normal again. It felt strange, almost unreal. He was back, in his real body.
Lifting his head up a bit, a sharp pain suddenly appeared behind his eyes. Horsetail fell back down again and a hiss escaped from his mouth. His head was not hurting, but his actual eyes. What was going on? Opening his eyes again, his vision was suddenly blurry, ”What?”, Horsetail asked, this time out loud. Blinking his eyes, Horsetail’s vision was suddenly back to normal or was it?
{Horsetail now has golden, practically glowing eyes. Before, he had light green-blue eyes}