[Justice]

Leaf-Fall Day 17 Valley Year 5.
@kahani
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SiLverStaR

28 Moons RainClan Tom

He'd called Moonshine to him today, mostly so that he could start really interacting with his Deputy, but also who else could he talk to about the things plaguing his mind? The burdens of leadership were to be shared only with a deputy, or one's mate. But Silverstar was not fortunate enough to have a mate, nor did he particularly want one at this time. A mate took time, a mate meant absolute devotion, and the only thing he felt that strongly about was the leafbare snows. Many she-cats over his life had thought they could make themselves his one true love, and so far they all had failed. He didn't mind, he always ended things amiably.

But that aside, he needed to talk to Moonshine. So much wrong had been done in this clan. So many hearts broken, so many lives and families destroyed or torn apart. And it needed to stop. He didn't think it feasible to bring all those banished from the clan back, the ones that didn't come back, but he could do something for the ones that were already here. The way certain cats treated Swanfeather was deplorable. Yes she'd started the civil war, yes she'd ripped the clan apart, yes she was the reason many had turned against one another. But she was also their medicine cat, and the mentor of his daughter. She deserved the respect due to all medicine cats, at least. He didn't expect acceptance towards her, just mild if grudging respect. And the backstabbing, the rumors and gossip, that needed to be curtailed. The lies and the over exagerated rumors would lead straight back to unrest.

So, he needed his deputy today.

The future lies before you, like freshly fallen snow
Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show
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Moonshine

"With every confidence, you have won before you even started." _{-Marcus Garvey}

Deputy  of RainClan, 42 Moons, She-Cat

Moonshine was in a far better mindset than she had previously been in towards the recent changes in the high ranks, with Silverstar taking over and her rising to deputy she barely had time to register her own thoughts on the other change. The one where Ottersplash, the water fearing tom... was no longer a medicine cat and instead  in his place was Swanfeather, a formerly disgraced cat that was single pawed responsiable for the war that tore the clan apart. 

However, her own feelings towards the she cat so similar in stature to her had warmed recently upon learning Dewkit was now apprenticed to the experienced healer. Moonshine allowed her thoughts to linger on Dewpaw and Swanfeather as she approached Silverstar's den. 

" Silverstar? You called,  is something wrong?" she kept her voice level, resisting the urge to swoop in to the den and mother the leader of her clan, but she respected him enough to know better, he was a grown tom, until Wrenpaw, he didnt need her constant guidience, despite the young tom's insistances that he was Ashfoot's son and he would be fine. She trusted Brookfall with her son, trusted her friend would never allow her image to suffer.

 Justice Fawn( Brookfall mention) 

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SiLverStaR

28 Moons RainClan Tom

He'd been waiting for her, and rose to his paws when she called out to him. Motioning her inside he took a slow breath. "Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to talk to you." A smile flashed over his shoulder. "You're my deputy, shouldn't I spend time with you without it being an emergency? I'd rather you be prepared if, StarClan forbid, something were to happen to me." As he hadn't been prepared, but that hadn't been Stormheart's fault. Age was the one thing none of them could fight against. So he'd accepted and gone on.

Once they were inside he sat down, enjoying the privacy of having his own nest if not the responsibility that gave it to him. "There are a few things I want to talk to you about. Things to help the clan." He looked out the entrance, watching his clanmates going about their business. Patrols coming back, hunts dropping off prey, families spending time together and life just happening. The way it should be. "Have you noticed the lingering tension in the clan? I know its gotten noticeably worse since Swanfeather returned, and I wanted to talk to you about things we can do to make the clan feel more like one clan rather than two squashed together. We seem still divided, despite the war being over."

The future lies before you, like freshly fallen snow
Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show
_{author unknown}

@kahani

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Moonshine

"With every confidence, you have won before you even started." _{-Marcus Garvey}

Deputy  of RainClan, 42 Moons, She-Cat

The young she-cat sighed in relief as her leader assured her that nothing was wrong and her worried face soon slipped into something a little more docile as he continued to speak, however the subject he choose made her fur stand on end, while she  had mixed feelings of her own for the disgraced medicine cat that had been so recently reinstated and then of all things! Given Silverstar's own daughter, Dewpaw as an apprentice. Moonshine was neither friend nor foe to the similarly toned she cat but as a mother and a clan member, she did not approve of the older cat's actions. 

" Swanfeather has many enemies in our clan Silverstar, not all of our clanmates are as willing to look beyond past actions, even if it is for the sake of the future. However, I believe there is still hope for peace. Unifying two halves of what was once a whole may not be easy but Stormheart believed in you and I do as well" 

The deputy was aware that she may of just replayed her own thoughts back to her leader rather than offering geniune advice but this gave her a little extra time to digest the information recieved, besides she was deputy because Silverstar trusted her opinion, right?


Ignoring the small flicker of unease that raced up her spine at the feeling of just being in her position because of her connection to Brookfall or even her actions regarding Ashfoot's death, where several clanmates had to stop her from hunting down Demon. Shaking her head the blue tipped she cat gathered her thoughts to form a reply that may help her leader in uniting the clan.

" Obviously we do not want more adversity amung ourselves, a divided clan is more prone to attack and while we do not have enemies in the other clan's, we cannot be sure they will not turn on us.  My idea is this, I used to use it to train Wrenpaw when he was a kit, Everyone has flaws, but a good clan cat accepts that while we may disagree we are part of a bigger group, far more inportant than mere emotions, We need to teach our clanmates that" 

The former queen was a little shocked by how long winded her answer was and while it felt a little less than helpful and more like a Queen's answer than a Deputy's she was handling the situation as best she could, she was not Silverstar nor Rushwhisker, she was Moonshine and that was all anyone could ask her to be. 

 "Perhaps a discussion with Swanfeather may help?" she added as an afterthough, if they were going to unify the clan then there could'nt be secrets, especially amung the high ranks. 

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I am sorry for the wait, no internet at the bf's for the last few days. 

[Justice]

SiLverStaR

28 Moons RainClan Tom

He watched her the way he had always watched other cats, attentive and ears canted forward. Watched her demeanor change, her body language shift. He was trying to learn the tells of his Deputy, so that they could read each other and work well like a leader and their deputy that were well matched together should be able to do.

That she chose to address their medicine cat first worried him. He hadn't been speaking just of Swanfeather, but of the clan as a whole. Was Moonshine one of the ones that still held malice towards the aged she-cat? But she did continue that she believed in him and seemed willing to, at least, try. He sighed and curled his tail around his paws, thinking on the matter.

His blue eyes slowly widened as she spoke of the clan divided and having the other clans turn on them. What, exactly, was she proposing? "How do you suggest we do that?"

And back to Swanfeather. "I actually don't have any problems with Swanfeather being here. But perhaps discussing it with her may help, at least to see if she has any ideas that could help reintigrate her into the clan. At least enough that she can do her duty. StarClan chooses our medicine cats as apprentices, as StarClan help choose our leaders. I believe that if they are still okay with her as a medicine cat, then it is enough. We need a medicine cat. I don't expect everyone to like that she's here, just to accept her position long enough for her to train her apprentice." At which point he'd ask her what she wanted to do. Something he wasn't sure she'd ever been asked since she'd been called to heal.

He took as low breath and let it out.

The future lies before you, like freshly fallen snow
Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show
_{author unknown}

@kahani
Notes : And Moonshine is safe!

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Moonshine,

"With every confidence, you have won before you even started." _{-Marcus Garvey}

Deputy  of RainClan, 42 Moons, She-Cat

Moonshine kept her usual stance  as Silverstar continued to speak about how she planned on teaching the clan to at least tolerate the aging medicine cat. She was breify aware that he was observing her closely and that made her shift slightly in discomfort, she had never been one who liked to be the centre of attention, she was always much happier on the sidelines, providing support when she could, charging in without a thought had been Ashfoot's tactic and while the thought pained her beyond anything, she could not help but feel that led to his downfall. 

" Rainclan has been divided long before the civil war unfortunately and it will take Starclan's help and a lot of time to mend it, My idea is that we as leader's show the unity and cooperation that we wish our clanmates to show then it might be easier to convince them that old bias are best left in the past, lead by example if you will" She finished her speech with eyes shining, she believed in her plan, if Silverstar agreed that was great but if he didn't then she would just come up with something else. 

" I will admit, I was nervous when Stormheart bought Swanfeather back to the clan, there was a lot of unrest and distrust and while I am deeply ashamed now, I was not thrilled by her return." The she cat stared at her paws as she spok, feeling like a scolded kit for her recent behaviour towards the medicine cat. " The only thing we can do is learn from our mistakes, if Ashfoot taught me one thing it's to let go of grudges, they only make you suffer, not anyone else" she continued, softer now that she had revealed her more... vunerable side, something she had sworn never to do since the death of her mate. 

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