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Post by Amber on Sept 23, 2007 17:59:35 GMT -5
Cemetarypaw scrambled out into the sunlight. His paws crunched in the new snow - after all it was leaf-fall, and beginning to be cold enough for snow in IceClan. He searched the camp for Mustangstar, but to no avail. He sprinted off, but in his rush didn't be as careful as usual and stepped on some loose snow. He fell about a fox-length down into the snow. He groped the wall of ice around him, stuck his paw pads firmly into the patches of snow in it, and hoisted himself out. He was now covered in white flakes all over his pelt, so he looked like he was made of snow himself. Shaking as much of it as he could out of his fur, which was only a bit, he trotted over to Jewelstrike, finally spotting someone to tell. "Jewelstrike!" he mewed frantically, "I have something very important I need to tell you!"
Allurepaw pricked her ears at her brother's voice. She heard the panicky note in the sound, and opened one eye. She was in the apprentices' section of the IceClan cave, in her mossy crevice. She yawned, got to her feet, and peered curiously out into the sunlight. When she found her brother in the crowd of the familiar faces of her Clanmates, she bounded over to him and Jewelstrike.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 23, 2007 18:05:45 GMT -5
Jewelstrike turned to cemetarypaw."Yes, cemetarypaw. What do you need to tell me?" Her voice was light and soft.
Streampaw and sunpaw were talking and saw cemetarypaw running towards jewelstrike. They started walking forward, but streampaw was the first one to speak."What happened?"
Sunpaw rolled her eyes."Streampaw it's not like something always as to happen."
Streampaw just shruged.
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Post by Amber on Sept 23, 2007 19:07:37 GMT -5
"Its about the Frozen Willow, and...and Swanwing," he meowed, pausing a bit, then continuing, "Swanwing came to me in a dream. She said that she laid down in the roots of the Frozen Willow. They were infected with deathberries and sprinkled with deadly nightshade powder. Someone might die if they go to the willow!" He left out the part about Swanwing being turned into Swankit, and respected her order not to tell anyone but Allurepaw, Streampaw, and Sunpaw. He immeadetely turned to the three. "Allurepaw, Streampaw, Sunpaw -" he began, "I need to see you all alone."
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 23, 2007 21:37:32 GMT -5
Jewelstrike nodded."If this is true, i need to go to the frozen willow, a patrol was head there just a few minutes ago.Sunpaw get dewdrop. She will know what it is. Cemetarypaw as soon as you see mustangstar, tell him about the frozen willow and where i have gone."
Sunpaw nodded and ran to the medicne cats den."Dewdrop jewelstrike needs you. Hurry, it's important." She ran back to her sister.
Streampaw spoke.'Is this going to be a big emotional thing, cause i can't take any more emotion anymore. It's hurting my eyes and head."
Sunpaw spoke up instinly on her medicine cat apprentice instents."Then you should go to dewdrop after she's back. You most likly need some poppy seeds."
Streampaw lifted a eyebrow."Thats alright, It's not phyisical pain it's mental, no herb can do anything for that."
Sunpaw smiled."I know that no herb can help metally. It was just a reaction, dewdrop was testig me today.Sorry"
Streampaw frowned."You say sorry for no reason, you have nothing to be sorry about."She turned back to cemetarypaw."I know a good place so you can tell us what ever it is. I found it when i was a kit. Secret hidding place, no one can hear anyone inside."
Sunpaw frowned this time."That place, we went there as kits, are you sure we can all fit." She then remembered how big it was."Never mind.Come on let's go and hurry."
Streampaw lead the way to a big tree hollow that was a few paces away from a hole by the nursery, outside of the camp. She turned smiling."Like it?"
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Post by Amber on Sept 24, 2007 8:23:34 GMT -5
Dewdrop gave a slight nod of her head to her apprentice and dissapeared back into the den for a few seconds. She reappeared with dock leaves and yarrow firmly in her mouth. She looked disgusted, since the yarrow tasted a bit bad without chewing it, but she took off in the direction of the Frozen Willow just the same.
Cemeterarypaw raised in eyebrow. "Nice," he mewed, then thrust his head in, wiggling the rest of his body in after it. He sat down, curling his tail around his paws. He flexed his claws and felt the dirt scraping against them, and then sheathed them.
Allurepaw stayed back to let Sunpaw and Streampaw in first. She blinked politely at them, and licked her paw, drawing it back behind her ear.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 24, 2007 9:37:30 GMT -5
Sunpaw easily slid inside, because she was small and thin.She laided down next to cemetarypaw. She then waited for her sister.
Streampaw smiled at allurepaw and slid in after her sister. She laid down next to sunpaw, then shook her head to get some dust out of her fur.
Sunpaw coughed."Nice going streampaw."
Streampaw just smiled.
Jewelstrikeran out of the camp and to the frozen willow.
OCC: Do we make a post in the frozen willow now?
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Post by Amber on Sept 24, 2007 17:55:44 GMT -5
OOC: Okie..can you make it?
Allurepaw slipped inside easily, because she was light-framed and small. She sat down on the other side of her brother so it was a little square. "So," she meowed, "What is it you have to tell us?"
Cemetarypaw glanced outside the little triangle of light a few tail-lengths behind him to make sure no one was listening in on their conversation, though he half-hoped someone was. He saw a curious face peering in. "Frozentail, its kind of a private thing," he told the warrior, who happened to be a good friend of his, though he was a few moons older, "Sorry, you can't hear this one." He smiled apoligetically.
Frozentail nodded. "Alright Cemetarypaw, I understand," he replied, and then withdrew his face from the opening in the hollow. He padded away and sat down on a rock with a sigh, wondering what Cemetarypaw had to say. He heard a rustle in one of the few bushes there from behind the nursery, and looked puzzled. He jumped back when he was greeted by a red fox-face licking its lips ravenously.
Cemetarypaw turned back to the group, unaware of the coming danger. "Swanwing came to me in a dream," he announced quietly, "She told me about the Willow, yes, but she also told me more. She said she loved us of course, but that wasn't all. Turns out she said she was fading from DreamClan. She is now Swankit, but she remembers nothing. You can't tell anyone about this, okay?"
Allurepaw nodded solemnly. A million emotions at once all seemed to rush through her mind.
Frozentail stood stock still on the spot, petrified by fear and shock. He watched the fox intently, and saw it emerge from there, and approach him. He was about to call for back-up, but the fox didn't give him time. It sprung at him and he let out a cry that fell on deaf ears, for it had his throat clasped tightly. He struggled free and pounced on it, fighting for his life and his Clanmates'. He scored his claws against the fox's cheeks and sunk his sharp teeth into its neck. But even so he couldn't fight it alone. He let go of the fox's neck for just a moment, to call out for help. Sometimes in just the wrong seconds, friendships can shatter, lives can be lost, and tragedies can occur. This measly tick in time was just that type of moment, because it was in this minute that the fox threw Frozentail off and gained the upper hand. Frozentail's eyes closed involuntarily as the wind was knocked out of him, and then he felt the teeth in the back of his neck.
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Post by Squid on Sept 24, 2007 19:00:25 GMT -5
A flash of ginger fur shot out of the bushes and bowled into the fox. Blazefoot had her teeth hooked on its neck and was on its back, digging her claws into its skin so she wouldn't fall of if it tried to shake her.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 24, 2007 20:44:18 GMT -5
Streampaw nodded and turned to sunpaw."Yeah sunpaw your not suppose to have it on your mind so dewdrop can find out."
Sunpaw frowned."Okay i tried, it's not that easy you know."
Streampawe heard the fox and dashed out. She jumped onto the fox and hissed. She bite down hard as the pain of lightning. Her claws were out and as cold as ice, like her mothers. She looked exactly like her mother.
Sunpaw frowned as her sister dashed out of the hollow."We need to help streampaw."
Streampaw growled as she heard her sister, she didn't need help.
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Post by Amber on Sept 25, 2007 17:12:39 GMT -5
Allurepaw jumped to her paws and sprinted out into the light. The cool air ruffled her fur and she jumped onto the fox, hooking onto its neck with her thorn-sharp claws. The fox released Frozentail and snapped at her, shaking her off. She hit the ground hard and her head whacked against the smooth yet hard ice. She groaned feebly, and then she lost consciousness.
Frozentail's eyes opened and his head swam. He scrambled to his paws, and with lightning speed lashed out with his front paw, drawing long red lines across the fox's face. It howled in anger.
Cemetarypaw dashed out, a speeding black and white blur. He jumped and landed on the fox's head, digging in his claws. The fox growled and shook hard. Cemetarypaw dug his claws in deeper and held on.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 25, 2007 20:07:36 GMT -5
Streampaw yowled in pain as she was throw against a rock. She squinted."Ugh"
Sunpaw saw what happened."Streampaw!!" She was at her sisters side puting cobwebs on placed where teeth from the fox and stabs from sticks had puntured streampaw.
Streampaw growled."No sunpaw, I need to fight." Streampaw shook off the pain and jumped on the fox again this time biting right on the neck. She bite down as hard and far as she could too make it a deep and nasty wound.
Sunpaw scream at her sister."No streampaw you are too badly injured." She yelled as loud as she could, but it was too late, streampaw was back in the fight.
OCC: OKay
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Post by Amber on Sept 25, 2007 20:38:30 GMT -5
Allurepaw opened her eyes and let out a moan of pain. Her head was throbbing painfully. She staggered to her feet, and approached the fox, but hesitated a moment. She shouldn't have, because then Streampaw attacked the fox and it grew angry. It snarled in fury and then struck Allurepaw, sinking its long pink-dyed fangs into Allurepaw's throat. She let out a throaty gurgle, blood bubbling from the wound. She screamed in pain, but it came out a hoarse wail.
Cemetarypaw leapt down and then slashed the fox, enraged. "Let go of her!" he yowled.
Frozentail bashed the fox hard in the head, and in its short jerk back, he grabbed Allurepaw by the scruff and dragged her backward. "Oh DreamClan, no," he muttered, "Dewdrop can't be gone at a time like this!" He glanced at Sunpaw. "Sunpaw, help her!" he yowled, laying her down and jumping back into battle. At this time the fox decided it was not worth it, and turned to flee.
Cemetarypaw growled in anger. "You're not going anywhere!" he bellowed, sinking razor-sharp teeth into the back of the fox's neck, in exactly the right spot. He had delivered the killing bite. The fox fell down, dead.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 25, 2007 21:57:56 GMT -5
Sunpaw nodded and ran to gather herbs from the medicine cats den. She ran to Allurepaw, and started putting cobwebs on her wounds."Hold on allurepaw."Sunpaw just glanced at cemetarypaw."Where's streampaw?'" She then went back to helping allurepaw. She handed her poppy seeds."Try and eat this."
Streampaw was beathing heavily under the weight of the fox. The weight was too heavy on her and she closed her eyes. She wasen't dead yet, she was just closing her eyes with pain. She opened her eyes again and groaned.
Sunpaw flinched, but didn't stop helping allurepaw.
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Post by Amber on Sept 25, 2007 22:02:39 GMT -5
Allurepaw looked horrified. "Go...save....Streampaw..." she rasped, blood spilling out of her wound. She was losing too much blood, and her pulse slowed. She breathed deeply, eyes glazed in pain. She tried to get the seeds in her mouth, but couldn't reach, and scooped them in with her paw instead. "Just save...her."
Cemetarypaw looked horrified. He grabbed Streampaw and tried to drag her out.
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Post by whitetiger on Sept 25, 2007 22:13:30 GMT -5
Sunpaw franticly was using cobwebs and herbs. She was pancking.
Jewelstrike was back and heard the noise."Oh my god what happened? Never mind that. Dewdrop!" She looked back to see if the medicine cat followed her from the willow. She then grabbed streampaw too and pulled her out from under the fox.
Streampaw hissed at the pain."Broken bones, bad day, bad day.Don't worry about me, only broken bones. I bet it will be worse after sablemask finds out."
Jewelstrike frowned."You sound like your mother when she was a apprentice."She then ran over to sunpaw."Calm down, sunpaw, the more you panick the less you get done."
Sunpaw nodded and started to calm down. She calmly finished putting cobwebs on the wounds. She took a ball of moss and wiped up the blood on the fur, to see if there was anymore wounds. She took a deep breath.
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