⧫ ʜᴇʏ ᴋɪᴅꜱ ⧫ ᴡᴀʀʀɪᴏʀ ᴄᴀᴛꜱ ᴘᴍᴠ

Hia
Again im back for a moment with something
I had this idea few months ago and finally is finished, i'm not very proud how this finally looks but nevermind

if you get inspired by this PMV please add inspo or link ty!

EDIT: PLEASE DON'T REPOST,EDIT MY WORKS IN ANY WAY

⧫ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ: Darkstripe,Sorrelkit,Firestar,Graystripe,Blackfoot from „Warrior Cats” by Erin Hunter
⧫ ᴅᴇꜱɪɢɴꜱ: LaviQ (by me)
⧫ ᴘʀᴏɢʀᴀᴍꜱ: procreate and alight motion
⧫ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ: Molina- Hey kids
This PMV is not an animation meme but nvm
⧫ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴀʟꜱ:

[laviiku]

if you get inspired by this PMV please add inspo or link💖ty!

[thrushername]

The way he covers Sorrelkit’s mouth is so haunting.. I love this so much, it really captures how terrible of a cat Darkstripe is

[Tanzles]

What makes this even sadder is that this scarred Sorreltail for life, I don’t remember where but I read that she would sometimes get dreams of this, even into adulthood.

[jazberrybear]

There are probably a lot out there but I’ve never seen this scene in animation form.

[pip-tizzle]

Poor sorrelkit... I remember there was a scene where leafpaw and sorreltail where out.. hunting I think? And leafpaw accidently tumbled into death berries. Sorreltail was very concerned for leafpaw. I feel like all people remember where tigerstar and how terrible of a cat he was, but no one ever remembers darkstripe automatically when you remind them of the treacherous acts of the evil cats in arc 1. It's really good to see an animation of this, since (at least for me) darkstripe was a character that seemed to be there and be gone, and that was it. It's also super chilling to see darkstripe covering sorrelkits mouth, and then seeing cinderpelt hunched over sorrelkit and desperately trying to keep her alive.

[fryingshrimp]

It's more creepy when you're gonna remember SorrelKit is DarkStripe's half sister

[minnowich]

The fact that SorrelKit, GrayStripe and DarkStripe are all siblings actually scares me

[hiimdisgustiinq]

colors are so like, , calming
underrated as fuckkk

[owlspots]

darkstripe:
“i was telling her to spit them out!”
also darkstripe:
“good girl, have a treat!” **shoves deathberries down her throat >c u t e l y<*

[Bubblesnugglepuff]

Chapter 8
The snow had stopped by the time Firestar and Bramblepaw returned to camp. The clouds had cleared away and the setting sun cast long blue shadows over the thin coating of white that powdered the ground. Both cats were carrying fresh-kill; Firestar had watched his apprentice's hunting skills and been impressed by the young cat's concentration and skillful stalking.

They had just reached the top of the ravine when they heard a yowl behind them. Firestar turned to see Graystripe bounding through the undergrowth.

"Hi, " panted the gray warrior as he caught up with them. His eyes widened when he saw their catch. "You've had better luck than me. I couldn't find so much as a mouse."

Firestar grunted sympathetically as he led the way toward the gorse tunnel. He noticed that Sorrelkit, the most adventurous of Willowpelt's three kits, had left the camp and climbed halfway up the steep slope farther along the ravine. To Firestar's surprise, she was with Darkstripe; the warrior was bending over her, saying something

to her. "Odd, " Firestar muttered through a mouthful of squirrel fur, half to himself. "Darkstripe has never shown much interest in kits before. And what's he doing out here on his own?"

Suddenly Firestar heard a sharp exclamation from Graystripe and his friend flashed past him, hurtling along the side of the ravine, his paws scrabbling against the loose snow-covered stones. At the same moment Sorrelkit's legs crumpled underneath her sturdy tortoiseshell body and she started writhing in the snow. Firestar dropped his fresh-kill in amazement as Graystripe yowled, "No!" and flung himself on the dark warrior. Darkstripe clawed and flailed at him with his hind legs, but Graystripe's teeth were sunk in his throat and would not let go.

"What-?" Firestar dashed down the slope with Bramblepaw right behind him. He dodged the fighting cats, still locked together in a whirlwind of teeth and claws, and reached Sorrelkit's side.

The little kit twisted and turned on the ground, her eyes wide and glazed. She was letting out high-pitched moans of pain, and there was foam on her lips.

"Get Cinderpelt!" Firestar

ordered

Bramblepaw.

His apprentice shot off, his paws sending up puffs of snow. Firestar bent over the young kit and placed a paw gently on her belly. "It's all right, " he murmured. "Cinderpelt is coming."

Sorrelkit's jaws gaped wide and Firestar caught a glimpse of half-chewed berries in her mouth, scarlet against her white teeth.

"Deathberries!" He gasped. There was a dark-leaved shrub growing from

a crack in the rock just above his head, with more of the lethal scarlet berries clustered among the leaves. He remembered a time many moons ago when Cinderpelt had appeared just in time to stop Cloudtail from eating the deathberries, and warned him of how poisonous they were. Later, Yellowfang had used them to kill her son, Brokentail; Firestar had seen for himself how quickly and fatally they worked.
Crouching over Sorrelkit, Firestar did his best to scoop the crushed berries out of her mouth, but the kit was in too much terror and pain to keep still and make his task easier. Her head thrashed from side to side, and her body was convulsing in regular spasms that to Firestar's horror seemed to be growing weaker. He could still hear Graystripe and Darkstripe screeching in the throes of their fight, but they seemed oddly far away. All his attention was concentrated on the kit.

Then to his relief he felt Cinderpelt arrive beside him. "Deathberries!" he told her quickly. "I've tried to get them out, but..."

Cinderpelt took his place by the kit's side. She had a bundle of leaves in her mouth; setting them down, she mewed, "Good. Keep holding her, Firestar, while I take a look."

With two of them to help, and the kit's struggles definitely growing weaker, Cinderpelt was soon able to paw out the remains of the deathberries. Then she rapidly chewed up one of her leaves and stuffed the pulp into Sorrelkit's mouth. "Swallow it, " she ordered. To Firestar she added, "It's yarrow. It'll make her sick."

The kit's throat convulsed. A moment later she vomited; Firestar could see more scarlet specks among the pulp of leaves.

"Good, " Cinderpelt mewed soothingly. "That's very good. You're going to be fine, Sorrelkit."

The little kit lay gasping and trembling; then Firestar watched in dismay as she went limp and her eyes closed.

"Is she dead?" he whispered.

Before Cinderpelt could reply, a yowl came from the entrance to the camp. "My kit! Where's my kit?" It was Willowpelt, racing up the ravine with Bramblepaw. She crouched beside Sorrelkit, her blue eyes wide and distraught. "What happened?"

"She ate deathberries, " Cinderpelt explained. "But I think I've gotten rid of them all. We'll carry

her back to my den and I'll keep an eye on her." Willowpelt began licking Sorrelkit's tortoiseshell fur. By now Firestar had seen the faint rise and fall of the kit's flank as she breathed. She was not dead, but he could see

from Cinderpelt's anxious look that she was still

in danger from the effects of the poison.

For the first time Firestar had a chance to draw breath and look for Graystripe. The gray warrior had pinned Darkstripe down a few tail lengths away with one paw on his neck and another on his belly. Darkstripe was bleeding from one ear, and he spat in fury as he fought vainly to free himself.

"What's going on?" Firestar demanded.

"Don't ask me, " snarled Graystripe. Firestar could hardly remember seeing his friend look so savage. "Ask this ... this piece of fox dung why he tried to murder a kit!"

"Murder?" Firestar echoed. The accusation was so unexpected that for a heartbeat he could do nothing but stare stupidly.

"Murder, " repeated Graystripe. "Go on, ask him why he was feeding deathberries to Sorrelkit."

"You mouse-brained fool." Darkstripe's voice was cold as he gazed up at his attacker. "I wasn't feeding her the berries. I was trying to stop her from eating them."

"I know what I saw, " Graystripe insisted through gritted teeth.

Firestar tried to recall the image of the warrior and the kit that he had seen when he paused at the top of the ravine. "Let him get up, " he meowed reluctantly to his friend. "Darkstripe, tell me what happened."The warrior rose and shook himself. Firestar could see bare patches on his flank where Graystripe had clawed out lumps of fur.

"I was coming back to camp, " he began. "I found the stupid kit stuffing herself with deathberries, and I was trying to stop her when this idiot jumped on me." He stared resentfully at Graystripe. "Why would I want to murder a kit?"

"That's what I want to know!" spat Graystripe. "Of course, we know who the noble Firestar will believe!" Darkstripe sneered. "There's no use expecting justice in ThunderClan these days."

The accusation stung Firestar, all the more so because he recognized that there was a core of truth in it. He would take Graystripe's word over Darkstripe's any day, but he had to be absolutely certain that his friend wasn't making a mistake.

"I don't have to decide now, " Firestar meowed. "As soon as Sorrelkit wakes up, she'll be able to tell us what happened."

As he spoke he thought he saw a flicker of unease in Darkstripe's eyes, but it was gone so quickly he could not be sure. The dark warrior twitched his ears contemptuously. "Fine, " he meowed. "Then you'll see which of us is telling the truth." He stalked off toward the camp entrance with tail held high.

"I did see it, Firestar, " Graystripe assured him, his sides heaving from the fight. "I can't understand why he'd want to hurt Sorrelkit, but I'm quite sure that's what he was doing."

Firestar sighed. "I believe you, but we have to let every cat see that justice is done. I can't punish Darkstripe until Sorrelkit tells us what happened."

If she ever does, he added silently to himself. He watched Cinderpelt and Willowpelt gently picking up the kit and carrying her toward the gorse tunnel. Sorrelkit's head lolled limply and her tail brushed the ground. Firestar's belly clenched as he remembered the kit bouncing around the camp. If Darkstripe had really tried to kill her, he would pay.

"Graystripe, " he murmured, "go with Cinderpelt. I want you or another warrior on guard in her den until Sorrelkit wakes up. Ask Sandstorm and Goldenflower if they'll help. I don't want anything else to happen to Sorrelkit before she's fit to talk."

Graystripe's eyes

gleamed with

understanding. "Okay, Firestar, " he meowed. "I'm on my way." He bounded down the slope and caught up with the other cats as they disappeared into the tunnel.

Firestar I was left in the ravine with Bramblepaw. "I've left a squirrel up there, " he meowed to his apprentice, jerking his head toward the top of the ravine. "Could you collect it for me, please? And then you can rest and eat. You've had a long day."

"Thanks, " Bramblepaw mewed. He took a few steps up the ravine and glanced back. "Sorrelkit will be okay, won't she?"

Firestar let out a long breath. "I don't know, Bramblepaw, " he admitted. "I just don't know."

[lj]

Your style is amazing! I’m glad you focused on this scene, it’s actually quite disturbing how Darkstripe would poison a kit just for walking in on him and Blackfoot. Great job!!

[vixxdaemon]

I don't get how people like Darkstripe after he did this. He has little to no quality that could balance this out.

[galaxystarr]

Incredible! Your style is so unique :0 also, this scene is so dark if you really think about it. Sorrelkit walking in on Blackfoot and Darkstripe and Dark then feeding Sorrel death berries for it, I swear in the books Sorrelkit told someone Darkstripe fed her the berries to ‘praise’ her, I’m not entirely sure, but it’s such a dark scene

[axelf]

This is even more wild considering that Darkstripe, Graystripe, and Sorreltail are all half-siblings. Damn.

[ebentaylor]

Yessss this scene stuck out to me so much when I was reading it, and has still stuck with me today. Sorreltail really seemed to take a back seat to the action in the later books but I've always had my eyes trained on her, to see if the traumas of her childhood would affect how she acts in the present.

Who would try to poison a child???

[rowanheart]

I feel pretty bad for Sorreltail not going to lie. First, she gets poisoned by Darkstripe and nearly dies, then her father is killed by BloodClan, her mother is killed by a badger(both of which happened when she was a young apprentice), she got hit by a car, delaying her warrior ceremony for well over a moon, neither of her brothers live to power of three nor does her only son, her brother in law(Thornclaw) turns out to be training in the dark forest, she kits her second litter out alone in the forest because she was on a walk when she went into labor and there was nobody near to hear her calls for help(except Dovewing obviously), and then she dies after the battle of the dark forest because she didn't want to inconvenience her clanmates with her injuries.

[claribelcaamal]

Woah! The style is so comfortable and calming :D

[CUPIDstar]

I've always wondered how Blackstar felt about this scene. Did he feel bad for Sorrelkit in that moment? Did he want to stop Darkstripe? I've never seen a animation for this scene, and I've never really seen anyone wonder about Blackstar's reaction. I mean, he witnessed a fully grow cat manipulate and attempt to poison a kit, wouldn't he have a reaction?

[CRWBRRY]

The fact that Darkstripe and Sorreltail are half-siblings makes it even more haunting

[cludy_vxbes]

*fact: you’ve probably watched this more than once*