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Leopardstreak Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:47 pm
 [Leopardpaw staggered into camp, a dtermined look on her face. She held the injured paw just above the ground. She spotted Fathom staring into the sky, concentrating on the stars. She staggered over, just beyond him. She let the paw rest on the ground, and pain shot through it. She wanted to go to the medicine cat's den, but she was exhausted. She staggered to the apprentices' den, yet paused before going in. She remained outside the den, licking her paw. Her scratchy tongue pained it, yet she did not make a sound. She would not let anyone see her being weak. Her personality wouldn't let her.]
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:56 pm
 [Suddenly, Fathom smelled blood. It made his mouth water, but then he realized whose blood it was and quickly pushed the feeling down.
He turned his head and saw Leapordpaw staring stubbornly at the medicine cat's den entrance.
He sighed frustratedly, then padded up to her.]
"You can't just hold back every time you get hurt," he said softly from behind her. "You'll only make your wounds worse."
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:59 pm
 Lavenderrain[Lavenderrain gently opened her eyes. She tretched luxuriously and headed outside the nursery. She had moved in late last night.] [Judging by the noise, she'd guessed that her clanmates had returned home.] "Fathom!" she called. The black tom was talking to his apprentice. "Come and bask over here by me! I'm sure you've the time to tell a clan queen the latest news." she purred. [She looked to the nursery entrance, "Could you check on kits?" she mewed a bit anxiously.]
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:29 pm
[Nightclaw laid there quietly, grooming himself alone.]
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:59 pm
[Fathom glanced over, amused.]
"Greetings, Lavenderrain," he called. "I wouldn't mind basking with you at all."
With a sideways glance and a quick command of "Get that paw tended to!" to Leapordpaw, Fathom padded over to Lavenderrain.
[He licked her ear in greeting, and settled down.]
"Many things happened at the gathering," he said with a tired sigh.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:21 pm
NightPaw padded in and sat down bored again."When will my mentor be chosen?"she asked as she decided to take a nap after the long gathering they had.
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Leopardstreak Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:24 pm
  [Leopardpaw nodded slowly, the pride and determination leaving her eyes. Instead, they were replaces by sadness and pain. She stumbled into the medicine cat's den numbly. Why does my pride always get in my way? she asked herself anxiously. She held out her paw for Leafpetal to examine. The skilled medicine cat lapped at in, reopening the wound. Leopardpaw bit her tongue. She smelled an herb being chewed, and then the pulp was pressed into her pad. The pain began to ebb away, and she fell into a troubled sleep. Her dreams brought her wandering through all of another cat's memories... Fathom's! She saw his birth, the blood red eyes scaring her, she saw his mother telling him he was rejected by StarClan, and she saw er in the background, staring, eyes filled with fear. She did not know what happened, she only knew she felt very affectionate toward him...but couldn't find the right word for it. Her dream paws carried her to where he attacked Darkclaw, and she saw the look on her face. Her eyes were wide, but the look in them was quickly replaced by admiration. She looked harder. There was ssomething else there... She glanced at Fathom, who had a startled look on his face. The kit he was warming was shrinking away in fear. Leopardpaw did not understand; as far as she knew, Fathom was wonderful. Strong, brave, courageous, everything she wanted... She was snapped out of the dream by a pain in her paw. Leafpetal was applying a new pulp, yet the pain was nearly gone.] "When can I train again?"  
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:24 pm
"Nightpaw,Would you like Moonflower to mentor you?"Ravenstar meowed coming up to the apprentice.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:30 pm
"MoonFlower?"she mewed."Sure!"she said, happy to at least have an option for a mentor.She REALLY wanted her training to start.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:31 pm
  [Fathom began to groom his chest, and talked in between licks.]
"Nigthstreak...was infected...with the madness. He ended up...chasing the...StormClan apprentice....Jadepaw. Me, Leapordpaw, and many other....cats chased him....into a clearing. I was about...to kill him, but then he...regained his sanity. At first, he....forgot what happened, but....then he remembered. He begged...me to kill him....but I couldn't. He began to lose...his sanity again....when Leapordpaw killed him. As he was dying...he thanked her. And he passed on. Leapordpaw and I are both wounded, but we'll heal. We're NightClan, after all."
[Upon finishing, Fathom stopped licking and finished the part about Leapordpaw with a strange look in his eye.
He looked toward the medicine den. He felt something for her...a fondness that was deeper than just fondness. But he coudn't quite place the feeling before it fluttered away again...
Sighing, he rolled over and basked in the sun. A large purr rumbled through his chest.]
"Did anything exciting happen while we were away?" he asked amusedly.
 
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:33 pm
Ravenstar jumped on the rock,she signaled to Moonflower and Nightpaw."Nightpaw you have been ithout A mentor for sometime,Moonflower you are ready to take on an apprentice you shall mentor Nightpaw,I hope you'll pass on all the skills you were taught."Ravenstar's mew rang out clear around the clearing.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:34 pm
[Darkclaw stumbled into the clearing. Foam dripped from his mouth.
He had smelled blood.
He followed the trail of blood with a strange, stumbling walk.
Suddenly one of his clanmates sprang up.]
"Darkclaw!" he cried.
[Darkclaw looked at him. The cat's crimson eyes stared back.
Fathom?
Darkstripe's face faltered, and then a wave of malice hit him.
He snarled angrily.
He could still smell the blood of the wounded. He was several tail-lengths away from the source...the medicine den.
For some reason, Darkclaw could think of nothing but the owner of that blood.
He made a mad dash for the den. Upon entering it, he leapt upon the small kit, Leapordkit, with a loud howl.]
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:36 pm
NightPaw let out a purr to show her happiness as she touched noses with her new mentor.YES! she thought happily in her mind.
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:38 pm
"Leapordpaw!" Fathom roared.
[He chased Darkclaw desperately into the den. He ran in just in time to see Darkclaw tackle Leapordpaw, whose eyes were half-closed in sleep.
He sunk his claws into Darkclaw's back.
Darkclaw opened his jaws and aimed for Leapordpaw's neck.
Fathom bit down on Darkclaw's scruff and ripped him off Leapord paw.
They scuffled in the den, sending bits of herbs and nests flying.
Fathom pinned Darkclaw down. Spittle dripped from his old clanmate's mouth.
Panting, Darkclaw stared at him.]
"Do it," he choked. "Do it so I can join my brother!"
[Fathom stared at him and realized his mouth was filled with blood.
With horror, he realized Nightstreak's blood was in Darkclaw's mouth.]
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Winged Timberwolf Captain
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Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:41 pm
"I ate him," Darkclaw whimpered. "I smelled the blood from far off and at e him!"
[Darkclaw let out a sob.]
"Nothing tastes worse than catmeat!" he howled.
[Fathom shuddered.]
"Kill me so I may join the Dark Forest I deserve to wander for eternity!" he pleaded. "Kill me! Kill me!"
[Fathom looked down upon the cat and saw the similarity between brothers. The similarity in their appearance and deaths.
He nodded.]
"I will set you free, Darkclaw," he whispered.
[Darkclaw stared serenely into Fathom's eyes. Darkclaw had been one of the cats to witness Fathom's birth, and though he had shrunk in fear when Fathom was born, he stared into Fathom's eyes without a trace of it.
Fathom ripped the cat's throat out in a swift movement.
Panting, he shuddered.]
"We need to give him a proper burial," he croaked.
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