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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 10:42:47 GMT -5
Hawkflame padded across the sandy shore of Shell Island. His paws sunk into the sun-warmed sand at every step. He sat down in the warm sand, close to the ocean. Every time a wave came up it covered his paws. He closed his eyes for a moment as he sat there, peacefully. The sun warmed his orange tabby pelt. Then he heard pawsteps coming toward him. He opened his eyes and turned his head to see who it was.
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 10:45:59 GMT -5
Terrornight walked up to Hawkflame, and nuzzled him in greeting. "Hi." She meowed, her emerald eyes on him, and she sat beside him. "You alright?" She asked, the water lapping at her paws.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 11:30:37 GMT -5
"Yes." He meowed, his green eyes gazing into her's. "I'm doing great. I just came out here to relax. It's so great not to be leader anymore. I mean, sure it's great, but it's a lot of responsibility. I'm glad I can just be a regular warrior again."
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 11:41:18 GMT -5
Terrornight nodded, and looked out to the ocean. "It seems like it never ends." She meowed, her tail entwining with Hawkflame's.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 11:44:52 GMT -5
Hawkflame purred and nuzzled Terrornight. "I know. It''s so amazing. Just like you."
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 11:47:13 GMT -5
Terrornight smiled and licked Hawkflame's cheek. "Hawkflame...I..." Terrornight began, deciding to tell him of some news she has. "I'm going to have another litter."
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 11:49:53 GMT -5
Hawkflame's green eyes opened wide in surprise. They gleamed with happiness. "Really?" He meowed. "That's great!" He licked Terrornight's cheek happily.
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 12:02:27 GMT -5
Terrornight smiled and purred. She was breathing normally, but as she took a deep breath to sigh, it came out as a gasp. Her breathing shallowed suddenly, and she coughed in between breaths. But small amounts of blood came up with each cough.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 12:09:49 GMT -5
Hawkflame's expression turned from happiness to despair. "Terrornight?" He meowed. "Terrornight!? Great Dreamclan! What's wrong? Can you tell me?" Dreamclan, Please don't let anything happen to her! He thought desperately.
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 12:29:22 GMT -5
Terrornight didn't answer, but her paws slid from under her, outstretched in front of her. She gasped and mewed, "Hawkflame..I.." Terrornight couldn't get any words out, she knew what was happening--the kits were coming.
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Terrornight had four kits by her belly. One of them wasn't moving--the smallest. Terrornight craned her neck, licking the kit desperately, and it started to move, suckling. Terrornight looked up at Hawkflame, her eyes warm. "Your a father again." She mewed weakly, from the kitting and her sudden coughing.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 12:36:01 GMT -5
Hawkflame smiled at his mate and his four kits. "Hold on." He meowed. "I'll be right back." He turned around and ran off to the center of the island. He found a small pool with fish in it. He sat on the water's edge, waiting for a fish to come to the surface. When one did, he plunged his paw into the water, catching a silver fish. It flopped on the bank for a few seconds until he killed it with a swift bite.
Then he picked up the fish and went back to Terrornight. "Here." He meowed. "I thought you might be hungry after that. He curled up beside his mate and licked her between the ears. "Before we name them." He meowed. "I want to ask... Do you know why you were coughing up blood?" He asked, worried.
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 12:39:57 GMT -5
Terrornight smiled weakly at the fish, and looked up at Hawkflame as he asked her a question. "I...." She meowed, thinking back on her days as a medicine cat, but nothing about coughing up blood was caused by a disease she knew about. "No. I don't know." She mewed, shaking her head. "What should we name them?" Terrornight asked, thinking of some names.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 17:52:34 GMT -5
Hawkflame pushed the thoughht of Terrornight coughing up blood out of his mind, and focused on the kits. "Well," He meowed, looking at the kits. "The pale gray tom can be Seakit. And the creamy brown she-cat can be Lilykit." Then he looked at Terrornight, his love for her burning in his green eyes. "You can name the other two."
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Post by ripped. on Jun 19, 2007 18:03:44 GMT -5
"Seakit's name suits him--its like the sea during leaf-bare." Terrornight purred, and looked at the kits lovingly, thinking. "I like Cherrykit, for the tortoiseshell she-cat. And for the orange tabby..." Terrornight paused, thinking about this one. "Memorykit." She mewed, looking at Hawkflame. "He has your fur color--it's like a living memory." Terrornight looked at the reeds rustling nearby, and tensed, but relaxed as she recognized who it was.
"Hey I--Mom! Dad!" Flowerpetal meowed, then turned into the reeds. "Dreamheart, you have to come! I see Hawkflame and Terrornight--and she has kits by her belly!" Flowerpetal turned again, and dashed to her parents. "Hi!" She greeted, slowing to a stop.
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Post by rem<EMBER me on Jun 19, 2007 18:10:57 GMT -5
Dreamheart came running up behind his sister. "Mom! Dad!" He meowed. He looked down at the four kits by his mother's side. "They're beautiful, mother." He meowed, bending down to lick the closest one on the forehead.
Hawkflame looked at his older children. "Hello Flowerpetal, Dreamheart." Then he turned his gaze back to Terrornight. "Cherrykit is great, she is a pretty small" He purred. "And Memorykit... that fits him perfectly." He purred in happiness and nuzzled his mate.
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