A Family Announcement [p]

[Dewmask]

Dewmask decided to visit the rock near the nursery. She needed a sunny spot to warm herself up. The tan she-cat curled up beside the rock, pure amber eyes open and up towards the sun. She lay her tail over her tan paws, letting herself rest before offering to go on the next border patrol.

Will I ever see my other kits again? Smell them, whatever. I need to tell Acaciapaw that her parents don't love each other, but still love her... Dewmask mulled over courses of action in her head, unaware of the other scents that approached the rock.

(Thicketkit Darkpaw Acacialight Acerolapaw Paleheart welcome to the family meeting thread. This is where Dewmask will meet with the just-came-back kits of hers, and Paleheart and Dewmask can announce that they got DIVORCED and possibly some family bonding for miss Dew here.)

[Acerolapaw]

(Yaaaay~)


I may have had trouble remembering Darkkit and Thistlekit, which eventually led to me meeting Darkkit and later being reminded I had other litermates than Acaciapaw, but this was our mother. You never forget a mother's scent, or her sweet voice whispering safety to you before your eyes have opened. You never forget her face, as it was the first thing I ever saw. You don't just wind up losing her memory. Littermates are a different story, since I barely knew Darkkit or Thistlekit. But this was Dewmask.

I raced back into the nursery, leaping at Darkkit inside and nearly knocking him over. "Come on! Come on! Mama is outside! She's outside right now!" I cried to my brother, before whirling around and dashing back to the clearing.

I found my way to her side near the rock, and smiled widely up at Dewmask. "Mama?" I mewed. "Mama, it is you, right?"

[Acacialight]

Acaciapaw padded out of the apprentice's den. Her icy blue eyes scanned the camp. She soon spotted her mother laying beside a rock. "Hi mum." She meowed trotting towards the tan she-cat. "Is everything ok?" The brown and white tabby questioned looking at her mother. Acaciapaw waited for a response from the tan she-cat. Her ears were pricked up and her icy blue eyes were fixing on Dewmask. She then looked at Acerolakit. "Hi sis." She chirped, smiling at the ginger and white she-kit

[Dewmask]

Acaciapaw was talking to her. She looked towards the brown and white tabby's voice, and shrugged slightly. "Just thinking and relaxing before the next patrol."

However, another voice hit her ears, and she perked up slightly, associating the similarities of that voice to Acaciawpaw's. Acerolakit. She turned her head towards her other kit, and mewed, "Acerola. It is me!"

She had to memorize this scent again. Her other kit had returned. How about the other two kits? Did they return, as well? Dewmask opened her mouth to take in Ace's scent.

(the sisters first... Nice...)

[Thicketkit]

Thicketkit padded out of the nursery yawning. But then his eyes fixed on a falimular warrior. "Mama? Your back!" The pale brown tabby meowed padding towards his mother and his two sisters. He kinda had forgotten his sister's names so he just dipped his head in greeting to them. Thicketkit sat down his hazel eyes fixing on Dewmask.

[Paleheart]

Paleheart had been watching his family from the middle of camp, smiling as he spotted his kits herding around Dewmask. He stood up and padded over to them, greeting them with a nod. "Um... Hey, it's me, Paleheart." He said awkwardly, still smiling.

Where the heck was Darkkit, even though the kit was currently not here, he was happy to see Thicketkit again.

(Okay I got the divorce papers)

[Dewmask]

Dewmask purred slightly at the sound of another kit, one of her males. He sounded excited, as well, so she smiled and bowed her head towards his voice, unaware that he did the same thing. "I'm glad to hear you." She mewed, trying to pinpoint his name in her mind without having to guess and get it wrong. She still lay down, but she was sitting more upright, ears up on her head and tail tapping up and down slightly.

When Paleheart awkwardly introduced himself, Dewmask twitched a whisker and turned her head to look towards his voice. "Hello, Paleheart. Seems like the whole family is here, except for one." She mewed, and then was a bit aware of her earlier thoughts. Shouldn't I tell them about their father and mother no longer loving each other?

(divorce papers found! Added to records. Will you show them to your kids?)

[Darkpaw]

(Sorry just finished practice and found this... Heh)

Darkkit spent most of his time now with his sister Acerola, since they were both in the nursery it made sense. At the sudden burst of energy and the almost flattening of his small body, Dark got up and followed his sister out of the den. Almost immediately the scents of every member of the family flodded his nose. Mama?!? He moved to take a spot next to his two sisters. Dad? And um... Thicket! Again he felt bad for forgetting but hey, it wasn't only him.

So... Why are we all here? There seemed to be some tension in the air. What was going on?

[Acerolapaw]

I gave Acaciapaw a wide smile. "Hi back!" I chirped, before turning back to Mom. At at her confirmation, I instantly leaped forward to hug her. "Mama! Oh, Mama, I knew it was you! I just knew it!" I cried, attempting to burrow my nose into her soft fur. I should have never disappeared... I probably made my parents worry to death over my absence!

Stepping away as more of my family began to show up, and not wanting to seem like a crybaby, I tried to look strong and confident like I always was.

My ears perked as my brother, though his name slipped my mind again, showed up beside my father Paleheart. At least I remembered him. Turning to Darkkit who now approached, I was thankful at least he reminded me the name was Thicketkit. "Hi, Thicketkit!" I put in, before giving my closer brother a quick glance.

I looked back at my parents. This did seem rather odd for our forgetful family to suddenly... remember... each other. And to be in one place at the same time. I frowned, "Well... it's just a coincidence. Right? I mean... none of us planned for this...." I hesitated, looking between my mother's blind amber eyes and my father's awkward posture. I swallowed. "So... so I think that's it?" But why weren't our parents so... lovey-dovey... like parents should be....

[Dewmask]

Oh! So the one male that talked first was Thicket, and the other male was Dark. She organized their scents into her mind, and appreciated the hug from her youngest daughter. That would certainly make things a little tougher, in case any of them didn't understand why both her and pale didn't act as lovey-dovey. She sat up slightly, a purr on her voice. "Well, lookie here. Every cat in our close family is here, even if one of them is actually a little bit older than they should be." Dewmask twitched her ear in Acaciapaw's direction.

"Indeed, none of us planned for this." Dewmask mewed, responding to her youngest daughter, and frowned slightly. "I and Paleheart were planning to tell the family something, yes, but that was when I didn't know you three were all back in Treeclan, and when all I was worrying about telling was Acaciapaw." The tan she-cat turned her head fully to Acaciapaw, "And no, it wasn't the one thing during the tour. This is a different family-related matter."

She was going to reveal that other thing when her other kits became apprentices, but this matter was about her and Paleheart. "...Pale, would you start? You put it more nicely than I did."

(or dew liked the cheesiness of Pale's proposed statement last time and decided that he should do it. Also, hints at their grandfather, Spruceclaw! Yay!)

[Acacialight]

Acaciapaw looked at Dewmask and blinked.

What was this all about, is something wrong. The brown and white tabby looked at Acerolakit, but then looked at Paleheart. Do they want to tell us something. Is there something important that we don't know about? She looked at Dewmask with a worried glance. "Mom is there something wrong?"

[Paleheart]

Paleheart was pleased that all of his family had gathered, now spotting Darkkit. He almost fainted though when Dewmask asked him to tell them, oh crud. He looked terrified as he sat by his former mate, trying to joke. "If the kids kill us, see ya in Cloudclan."

He cleared his throat before speaking again, "There's nothing wrong, Acacia, it's just... Um... Me and Dewmask still love each other, but as friends now. We have decided not to be mates anymore... But we still love you kids and we will never stop." He turned a bit red as he finished.

(IT IS DONE)

[Acerolapaw]

I paused as the words sunk in. As I realized the truth.

Mom and Dad weren't in love anymore.
Mom and Dad weren't together anymore.
Mom and Dad....

I stepped back, alarm filling my bluebell gaze. "Wait... wait, wait wait! Then what about us?" I cried, taking another step backwards. My head was shaking in denial. I wish I hadn't been old enough to understand what this meant. "You had us because you were in love! Because you two... just... were we some sort of fling?! An accident?! How can you love us when you don't even love each other?!"

I... I... don't know what to think of this....



{ BAM! }

[Dewmask]

(GREAT JOB RESPONDING MY KID) (also nice, you changed your quote)

"We still love you," Dewmask hissed, ears flattening against her head, "Just because we don't love each other doesn't mean our feelings about you have changed, alright?!" Dewmask tried to calm herself down, lifting her tan ears from her head. "...I'm sorry. But-but just because we don't love each other doesn't mean we still don't love you at all. You're different cats" Dewmask thought she sounded like a broken record, so she tried to think of something else to talk about. "You are... you are still our friend, our kids, and just because we might... well, Pale might see me in you." Dewmask laughed awkwardly, now feeling immensely nervous.

She should've known at least one kid should've burst out at her. She didn't. The blind she-cat, mother of most of the cats here, looked away from the scents of the others. "...I'm sorry, but would you rather have had us pretend?"

(boom-de-boom.)

[Acacialight]

Acaciapaw stared at her mother and father. How can they not love each other. The brown and white tabby shook her head at her mother's last question. "No I rather have you two love each other again so we can be one happy family." Acaciapaw muttered before turning away with tears forming in her icy blue eyes. They must not love us. 

Acaciapaw flattened her ears. "Why didn't you tell us before!"