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 Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:41 pm
(SweetMoon is still next to Softkit.)
She heard what Softkit said.
She nodded to show she heard. Then glared at SmokeFoot.
Her claw sheathed, her jaws partly open.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:41 pm
 "To live is to slowly be born."_____________________________Emberpaw_____________________________[Emberpaw chased after Smokefoot. The tom was about to attack a kit! What was going on?
Suddenly, Galespirit cried out to him.]
"Kill him, Emberpaw! He is infected with the Madness!"
[Emberpaw almost stopped. Kill him? But how could he? Now that he saw it, though, he noticed the mad glint in the tom's eye.
Emberpaw sighed, and let his emotions evaporate. If it would save his Clan. If it would save a kit.
As Smokefoot leapt at the kit, claws outstretched, Emberpaw tackled him. They rolled around on the floor, and Emberpaw pinned the tom down. Without hesitating, Emberpaw slit the tom's throat.
He jumped off the dead cat, and his emotions flooded back. He shuddered, the blood on his paws burning.
Galespirit approached him.]
"You did the right thing," he murmured gently, resting his tail on Emberpaw supportively.
[Emberpaw shoved him away, and padded off, his head down. His eyes were dead.
He spoke not a word. In fact, he never felt like speaking again.
He glanced at Oakkit, sorrow shining in his eyes. Perhaps some other day... he thought apologetically, without realizing he hadn't spoken the apology to the kit.]
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:43 pm
"To live is to slowly be born."_____________________________Emberpaw_____________________________(( Whoops, gotta go guys. D: Great roleplaying, everyone! <3 ))
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:44 pm
"SOFTKIT!" Oakkit yowled, fear gripping her belly and holding her tight. She yowled, and yowled again, screams tearing from her throat as she ran blindly toward her sibling and the sick tom and her mother.
"Softkit! RUN! RUN, Softkit!" She encouraged, sobs breaking through her words. THIS DAY WAS HORRIBLE!
Her fur stood on end, but Softkit wouldn't reply. He was frozen, crouched on the ground behind Sweetmoon. He's not gonna make it...
Oakkit yowled again, pain and anger filling her voice with power.
But Softkit was safe by the time she reached him. Emberpaw had saved him. She looked at the apprentice with awe as he stood over the dead tom, watched his journey to the nest with intense interest. She saw him look at her with sorrow in his eyes...
He had saved Softkit. Softkit was safe because of him.
She burried her face in her brother's fur, but he still didn't move. She could hear his heart beating frantically beneith his fur, his breathing in rasping gasps.
"Mom?" Oakkit pleaded, staring all the while at her brother.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:44 pm
SweetMoon saw that Emberpaw had killed the cat. She sheathed her claws and licked Softkit between the ears. "It's alright. Go on back into the nursery. We will talk there alright?" She said to the kit. She licked him comfortingly.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:45 pm
 C l o v e r k i t“Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud.”___________________________Cloverkit bounded to his sisters just as the drama had begun to die down.
“Spadekit, Dicekit! Did you just see that?! Emberpaw killed Smokefoot!”
His flanks heaving with fear and panick, he looked back at the clearing, which had become a battlefield. Smokefoot's blood was beginning to spread around the clearing.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:46 pm
SweetMoon padded over to Oakkit and gave her lick between the ears. "It's all over. Go on inside the nursery. We will talk there." She said to her kit. She picked her up by the scruff and padded over to Softkit and nudged him towards the nursery. She wanted her kits out of this scene.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:47 pm
Smokefoot wasn't sure what had happened but he woke up, outside of the den and andtasting blood. "Emberpaw, why kill me?" that was all he could manage to get out before he couldn't speak anymore. Why did Emberpaw attack him? was it the rabbit? did it do something to him?
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:48 pm
ooc: sorry, I edited my post a bit late. Quote: "SOFTKIT!" Oakkit yowled, fear gripping her belly and holding her tight. She yowled, and yowled again, screams tearing from her throat as she ran blindly toward her sibling and the sick tom and her mother. "Softkit! RUN! RUN, Softkit!" She encouraged, sobs breaking through her words. THIS DAY WAS HORRIBLE! Her fur stood on end, but Softkit wouldn't reply. He was frozen, crouched on the ground behind Sweetmoon. He's not gonna make it... Oakkit yowled again, pain and anger filling her voice with power. But Softkit was safe by the time she reached him. Emberpaw had saved him. She looked at the apprentice with awe as he stood over the dead tom, watched his journey to the nest with intense interest. She saw him look at her with sorrow in his eyes... He had saved Softkit. Softkit was safe because of him. She burried her face in her brother's fur, but he still didn't move. She could hear his heart beating frantically beneith his fur, his breathing in rasping gasps. "Mom?" Oakkit pleaded, staring all the while at her brother.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:57 pm
 D i c e k i t“Even after my mirror's been shattered, I still see the reflection.”___________________________Dicekit and Spadekit padded out of the nursery just enough to see Smokefoot getting killed. Spadekit froze, her paws stuck in place, but Dicekit padded towards Smokefoot. "Dicekit, get away!" her sister called after her. "I just want to look." Dicekit replied. She padded to the limp body and sat in front of it, fear suddenly passing over her like a wave. She prodded Smokefoot with a trembling paw. No movement. If we tell willowstar and the rest, will they kill Doveflight? She looked at the cold, lifeless eyes of Smokefoot that stared at nothing. The vile white foam spewing out of his opened mouth. The bloody gash in his throat. She was looking death straight in the eyes, and it didn't scare her. She swallowed and pressed her nose into the fur that was matted with blood. Spadekit ran up to her. "will they do this to mother if they find out?" she asked in a quiet voice. Dicekit nodded her head. "They will..." The dark presence of the old leader sat next to Dicekit. "this is death, Dicekit. Death for fox-hearted acts. Attacking a kit...Horrible!" she looked at Dicekit. "You must protect those close to you from becoming like this..." she mewed. Dicekit met her gaze. She was impressed, her true mother was finally coming to her senses. The black she-cat blinked. "I know if you were leader, this would never happen." and with that, the mother faded away.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 4:58 pm
(is ok. SweetMoon has picked up Oakkit by the scruff and is nudging Softkit into the nursery.)
SweetMoon had seen the sorrow in Emberpaw's eyes. She wanted to thank the apprentice and comfort him. She wanted him to feel like he was a hero because to her he was. She decided to talk to him after her kits were in the nursery.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:02 pm
 O w l t a l o n“Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction.”___________________________Owltalon had watched the entire scene with little more than a twitching tail-tip. He predicted that this would happen. From the moment Duskpaw had brought that rabbit into the camp, he knew someone was going to die. Owltalon silently padded up to Smokefoot's cold body. His wide eyes studied the body for several heartbeats before darting to Galespirit.
“We can't afford to sit vigil for him. Since he was infected, his rotting carcass might spread the disease into the air. I am offering to bury him myself. It is better that only one cat does so, just to minimize the risk of the spreading of the Madness.”
His golden eyes flickered across all the cats that's seen the horrible incident, including Emberpaw and Duskpaw. Then, as Dicekit approached and mumbled something to herself, he stared at her with hissed softly, then brushed her away with his tail. He could feel the dark presence looming over her again, thus proving his accusations of the spirit's return.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:03 pm
 D u s k p a w“Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.”___________________________ “It's my fault...isn't it?” Duskpaw was crouched on the floor a few tail-lengths from Smokefoot's body. Her eyes were wide with disbelief and anger. “If I hadn't brought that rabbit here...if I'd buried it somewhere in the moorlands...Smokefoot wouldn't be dead, and Emberpaw wouldn't be blaiming himself for this...”
Duskpaw stood up, her ears flat and tail drooping. She saw Owltalon offering to bury the tom, and padded past him and into the apprentices' den. She curled up into a ball in her nest, now wanting nothing more than solitude.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:09 pm
C l o v e r k i t “Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud.”___________________________ Cloverkit padded up to his sisters. He saw Owltalon brush Dicekit away from the disgusting body, and knew he was doing the right thing, despite how it looked. He nudged Dicekit with his muzzle.
“Come on. If mother is infected, StarClan forbid, don't you think we should spend as much time as possible with her while she is sane?”
He hoped Spadekit and Dicekit would understand his concern. He had felt the vile stench wafting from the rabbit his mother ate, but he didn't want to believe that she had the Madness.
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 5:10 pm
Wavepelt was frozen in fear at the entrance of Willowstar's den. A cat fell down in spasms then leaped up to attack. Then he charged at a kit and then he got killed by another cat, and now they're talking about a madness. "What's going on here, can someone please explain what happened just now"!
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