16 Works by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
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Strikestar, Living and Dead by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
01 Jan 2023
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It's hard talking to yourself. Harder still when that self is dead, and you are alive.
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Now, she awoke in StarClan, face to face with the faded version of herself with stars in her pelt. "So you're back," this part of Strikestar said.
Strikestar growled. "So I am."
They sat in silence, the dead and living Strikestars. The forests of StarClan were not like the forests of the living world. They did not stir with the wind, nor whistle with birdsong. They glimmered instead, flickering like the embers of a dying fire, or maybe a fire being lit anew. Strikestar the living wasn't sure. Strikestar the dead had answers, but, she claimed, was honor-bound not to give them.
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A small warm-up fic using one of my own writing prompts!
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- Part 1 of CoralClan writings
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- English
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- 1,136
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- 1/1
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- 2
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i'm the kind of kid that can't let anything go by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
07 Dec 2022
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Their first place of refuge.
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She did mourn that she might have tasted her last trout, though. And her last perch. And last minnow. And all the fish that the river had to offer. They were richer and fattier than ground-prey, and Leopardstar and Mistyfoot had said that that's why RiverClan cat fur was so sleek.
It was hard not to live with half her paws in the past when everything reminded her of it.
It wasn't so far away, she'd thought to herself. She could sneak off. All she had to do was follow the border back to Fourtrees, and then cross the bridge back to RiverClan.
But then Sasha would stir, and that sad and worried look Moth had grown used to would show up even while Sasha was dreaming, and Moth knew that she couldn't abandon her mother.
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But not the last.
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- Part 3 of in fair verona
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a thunderbolt ain't built to last by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
06 Dec 2022
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Hawkpaw needs to tell Leopardstar what's happened.
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"All I know," Hawkpaw said, suppressing a frustrated growl, "is that Sasha said she couldn't stay, and she was going, and Moth decided to go ahead and join her."
"So why'd you stay, then?" Blackclaw fell into step, flanking Hawkpaw from the opposite side of Heavystep. The black warrior wasn't that much taller than Hawkpaw, but his authority loomed over the apprentice like a shadow. "How come you didn't turn tail and run with 'em?"
"Because I'm RiverClan." Hawkpaw's tail lashed with impatience. "And I always will be. And if you'll excuse me, I need to tell Leopardstar about this now. Please," he added, though it sounded more angry than submissive.
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Hawkpaw, now more than anything, needs to prove that he's RiverClan to his core.
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- Part 2 of in fair verona
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hard to say farewell, harder yet it is to tell by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
04 Dec 2022
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When Sasha tells Hawkpaw and Mothpaw that she's leaving, one stays, and one goes.
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"I can't stay here anymore."
"Why not?" Hawkpaw's fur fluffed at the back of his neck. "It's good here. We're learning to hunt and fight. We're strong here. Please don't make us leave again," he added in a smaller voice. "I don't want to go."
Sasha blinked at him, slowly. "You can stay. In fact, I... I want you and Moth to stay."
"What?" Mothpaw felt sick.
"You have a good life here." Sasha gestured with her tail at the RiverClan camp. "Friends, good mentors, a future. Everything I could possibly want for you. And I won't take that away from you just because I can't stay."
"So, you're--you're leaving us?" Hawkpaw's ears swung out. "Just like that?"
"I'm sorry, Hawk." Sasha hung her head in shame. "This is just the way it has to be."
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Moth has no choice but to disagree.
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- Part 1 of in fair verona
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break it to me, break it to me softly by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
23 Sep 2022
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oh, i forgot myself / i don't want no one else
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Birchfall's kept secrets from Whitewing. Whitewing is not having it.
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"Follow the flame wherever it leads, even if no one else can see it."
Those were the last words Emberpaw's father said before he got hit by a Twoleg monster. No one really understands what they mean. But when senseless bloodshed takes a beloved Clanmate away, and Emberpaw is told that there's a chance, a small chance, that the Starplace, far beyond Mothermouth and the mountains, might hold the key to saving ThunderClan once and for all, is there really any choice not to find it? Together with best friend Tawnypaw and guided by the ghostly Queen, Emberpaw must learn quickly how to hunt, how to fight, and how to find oneself in a world full of chaos.
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"The snow has fallen," he told Waspheart. "Of course it has, you idio- Oh." And she understood.
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"Tell me about what happened that night."
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"I refuse to be the bearer of your consequence. Perhaps if things had been different..."
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Some cats will do anything to protect their Clan.
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Young cats are prone to folly. Some more so than others.
- Language:
- English
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- 680
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Note: This is a very old draft of this story. It is currently being rewritten. This old draft will remain for posterity's sake, but it will not be updated in this form anymore. Please, look forward to the newest draft, which has both improved writing, plotting, pacing, and characterization. :)
Emberpaw has never really fit in. He's never felt right in his body, never felt right with his Clanmates. What can you do when you're a molly stuck in a tom's body? Pray? Wish? Dream? You can't fix your body, or so he's been told. But when he hears of a magical place where stars touch the earth, a miracle might come his way after all.
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You're A Tough Little Tadpole To Love by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
28 Sep 2013
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["How do I know you won't stab me?" "Because my act is dead without you."] Never trust a scorpion. [AU where Hawkfrost recruits Ivypaw in a different way.]
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What Horror Lies Before Us? by badgerstep (NorthOfDelphi)
Fandoms: Warriors - Erin Hunter
17 Sep 2013
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Behold, the Dark Forest. Run while you can.
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No one knew what was really in the tunnels.
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They asked what she wanted to be, and she said, "Celestial." "I will birth the stars," she would proudly say.