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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 3, 2007 8:47:42 GMT -5
"Now!" Zabuza mewed in a half whisper. Haku nodded and they started following the scent until the stopped at a log. Zabuza looked inside. "Peek a boo, I see you" He mewed. Haku looked on the other side.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 3, 2007 8:49:42 GMT -5
leopardstrom mearly swatted at them. "what do you want?"
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 3, 2007 8:53:03 GMT -5
Zabuza pinned the she-cat down. "To kill... That is my job" He spat. Haku watched his master.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 3, 2007 8:54:13 GMT -5
leopardstrom struggeled and snowkit darted out knocking hoim. off
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 3, 2007 8:59:30 GMT -5
Zabuza landed on all fours. "Haku, Take down that one" Zabuza mewed, pointing to Snowkit. Haku nodded and followed his orders. Haku pounced viciously. 'they'll probably mistake me for a she-cat, like all of them do, but that's beside the point' Haku thought. He bit into Snowkit's hind leg. ~ Zabuza pounced back on Leopardstrom. He unsheathed his claws into her shoulders.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 3, 2007 9:01:46 GMT -5
leopardsttrom clawed at his bellie while snowkit winced in pain before clawing at his head
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 3, 2007 9:05:00 GMT -5
Haku quickly dodged. "You'll have to try harder than that, I've been training since I was a meer kit. I'm talking 24/7 with Zabuza" Haku spat. He clawed into Snowkit's underbelly. ~ Zabuza growled. He bit into one of her paws.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 3, 2007 9:08:08 GMT -5
leopardsrtrom yowled and twisted her backpaws in to his and rolled. snowkit growled and clawed at him " so why are you attacking us? were just crossing here"
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 3, 2007 9:18:25 GMT -5
"Me and Zabuza are always looking for strong targets" Haku spat. ~ Zabuza hissed. "Haku, lets go. We shouldn't be wasting our time on such mortals" Haku nodded. "Yes Zabuza, I am yours" he meowed. Haku kicked off the cat he was fighting. Zabuza got a little ahead. "And by the way-" Haku mewed. "I'm a tom" He mewed silently, so Zabuza couldn't hear, but the rest could. Zabuza himself didn't know that. The two started walking away.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 3, 2007 10:00:35 GMT -5
leopardstrom growled before padding back towards the log. but snowkit watched as they leaved.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 6, 2007 21:27:49 GMT -5
it was early evening when leopardstrom looked over to see darkriver spamming. she nosed snowkit and they dragged her into the oppeaning. by now darkriver was gasping in pain and heaved and a small orangecolored kit came out. leopardstrom nosed it towards darkriver then had snowkit run up wakeup songpaw while she ran to get some poppyseeds that were much needed as darkriver twitched and rolled.
snowkit ran into the log prodding songpaw with her right paw. "songpaw, songpaw.... darkrivers kitting and leopardstrom had to leave"
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Post by Wolf Tears on Sept 7, 2007 21:09:35 GMT -5
Twistpaw’s whiskers quivered slightly as he stared at the strange she-cat, relaxing a little when he caught the scent of kits and blood, realizing that she was near kitting time. If she was occupied with that, she probably wasn’t interested in attacking-but Twistpaw refused to divert his eyes all the same. When he heard the stranger speak he jumped a little, keeping his gaze locked on the she-cat. “Who are you talking about?”Then something new hit his nose. Twistpaw picked up on the scent of two toms, and, deciding that two was more of a threat then one, whirled to meet the newcomers. His eyes scanned the landscape, but neither pelt nor movement gave anyone away. Had he not caught onto and held onto that tom-scent, Twistpaw would willingly have believed that no one was there. While he was still concentrating on finding the source of the scent, Twistpaw felt teeth in his scruff dragging him toward a log. He struggled for a few moments, his curiosity and apprehension begging him to go on, but he didn’t take long to accept the fact that he wouldn’t be allowed to stay where he was. He shook his captor off, turned around, and grudgingly padded to the log. Eaglepaw was slightly behind and to the left of him, her keen eyes searching for something he had missed; apparently she found it, because her eyes widened and she leaped forward to come level with Twistpaw, nudging him along faster, occasionally glancing back over her shoulder at something he couldn’t see. A new respect gained for his sister, Twistpaw made his pawsteps faster, reaching the log in barely any time at all. Songpaw tore ahead of them both, though not out of fear; her eyes were fixed on the strange cat, her bundles of collected herbs clenched tightly in her mouth. She sat down and began sorting through the herbs almost before she got there; she muttered to herself as she pulled out leaves and put them away again, shoving some towards the new she-cat. Even from the other end of the log, Twistpaw could detect the sharp scents of various herbs, several of which Songpaw shoved at the new cat and ordered her to eat while Eaglepaw hovered on paw in case anything came up. Curious, Twistpaw padded over to the small group of cats and sat down. "Eat them, Darkriver. The kits are coming soon... Leopardstrom?" Songpaw glanced up, but Leopardstrom was still engaged in battle. Such a look of helplessness radiated from Songpaw that Twistpaw found himself outimatically reaching for her. He and Eaglepaw simultaniously placed their tail-tips on either of Songpaw's shoulders, both wishing they could do something. "Songpaw? Can we help?""I'm not sure if you can.""Songpaw! We need to do something. You can't do this on your own."Songpaw smiled at her siblings. "Alright, alright. You could be most useful if you went and got Leopardstrom, and fetch some borage on the way. I don't have very much, and Darkriver needs it." The smallest apprentice sighed as her siblings ran off on their errands, her head burrying her head deep into her paws. She was an ametuer, with hardly any knowledge of kitting. How could she help Darkriver in her time of need? Snowkit's words came to her in a sort of haze, promtpting her out of her daze. She stood and shook herself, focusing on the situation at paw; her eyes changed, filled with the same determination that had made her a medicine cat's apprentice in the first place. "I know. I'm coming."She padded around Darkriver to get a better look at the newest kit. She shoved the little orange she-cat toward Darkriver, willing the new mother to take care of the kits. If she didn't, Songpaw could always recruit the cats around her to do the jobs if need be. "You have to lick her dry, Darkriver. Against the fur." Songpaw watched the little scrap of fur intently, wishing that her siblings would hurry up and get Leopardstrom. (OOC-Songpaw's "helplessness" is strong only to her sibs, but the other cats can feel it to some extent. Phscic-sib conection going on here. Also, I decided to give Eaglepaw supior senses, making her a better hunter and tracker than most. She didn't really have anything to set her apart from the other apprentices/warriors, so I figured I'd distinguish her some. )
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 7, 2007 21:16:13 GMT -5
leopardstrom ran over helping "thank you songpaw. you know one day your going to be a great medicencat" darkriver had licken sunkit dry wondering why she cared for it so much. she then sivered and moned as a spining image of shade was born. inrage at it she tried to kill it. she had no real care when mudkit wsas born. leopardstrom had aready grabben the kit though and was licking them off "you can't kill it! " she said
darkriver mearly growled and named it dead kit in hatred
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 7, 2007 22:24:14 GMT -5
(Heh, that sounds like Morningpaw of moonclan. her mom didn't much like her, etc. It's sad...)
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 8, 2007 8:51:16 GMT -5
(yah. darkrivers going to run taking sunkit with her but leaves the other 2)
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Post by •~Picabo~• on Sept 8, 2007 14:50:59 GMT -5
Deadkit quietly started crying. He was hungry, but couldn't find the milk with his eyes closed.
Shade watched from the bushes. He chuckled to himself quietly.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 8, 2007 16:22:32 GMT -5
darkriver merely sighed as she fed the kits then waited till the oyther warriors were asleep. then she picked up sunkit and disapeared ointo the brambles lkeaveing the otherr 2 behind.
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Post by Wolf Tears on Sept 9, 2007 12:09:00 GMT -5
(OOC-Picabo, did you adopt Deadkit? If not, I want him Like I need another charrie, but hey-what the heck? *shrugs*
Yeah. I've kinda been letting Mocha hang loose. We'll just say that... uh... she was a scout. yeah. She was guarding. That works, right?
622 words, but it looks like more... *frown*)
Songpaw smiled, preparing to thank Leopardstrom just as her siblings came running in with the much-needed herbs. Songpaw smiled at them, taking the herbs and setting them next to Darkriver. "You don't have to eat them now, but you should at some point. I know they taste nasty, but it's for the good of both you and the kits."
Then Songpaw turned to Leopardstrom, smiling bashfully. "Thanks-but I'm not really doing anything special. I'm just kind of... here." The apprentice shrugged, as unwilling as always to take credit. She was about to go on when Darkriver gave another spasm, and all words were forgotten as Songpaw and her siblings whirled around to face the birthing mother.
Eaglepaw gave a small cry as Darkriver turned herself onto the second kit, springing herself in between the newborn and its danger; Twistpaw and Songpaw jumped on top of Darkriver, trying to restrain her long enough for Leopardstrom to rescue the kit.
"Darkriver! You can't name him Deadkit!"
Songpaw shook her head at her sister; she had heard of this sort of thing before. "It was a forcebreeding, wasn't it, Darkriver? I'm guessing he looks like his father." She sighed as she jumped off of Darkriver, turning to face the she-cat. "You don't have to like him. But you can't kill him."
With that, she turned her attention to Deadkit. The little kit's cries were more than she could take, and she nosed him toward Darkriver. At the same time she fixed the she-cat with a hard stare that gave no room for argument; her reward was a sigh from the mother and a fed kit. When Mudkit arrived, Songpaw dried him off and nosed him toward Darkriver, once again fixing the older she-cat with a warning stare.
And then, a while later, after she was sure everything was under control, Songpaw let herself drift away. Feeling safe from the proximity of so many friends and happy about the birth of three healthy kits, the apprentice just couldn't keep her eyes open; the last thing she saw was Mocha, returning from a brief scout of the area and looking rather bewildered. Hiding a small smile, Songpaw allowed her conciousness to float away.
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It was the mewling of kits that woke Eaglepaw at last, and her eyes fluttered open to an oddly changed scene. It took her a moment to figure out why, then it hit her-Darkriver was gone! Eaglepaw leapt to ner paws and shook her siblings awake, and the three padded down to the kits. They curled up together in a circle, trying to keep the kits warm with their shared body heat. Songpaw grabbed a mouse from the fresh-kill pile and chewed the meat into a pulpy half-liquid, allowing the kits to devour it. Then, softly, Songpaw began to sing, a quiet lullaby with a soft, dreamy tune and equally caring lyrics. Tentatively, after a verse or two, her siblings joined in; Eaglepaw sang an even softer countermelody, and Twistpaw's tenor balanced out Songpaw's higher voice.
Even so, all three knew what they were doing well enough to let Songpaw carry the tune. She was well named; her voice was lulling, soft, and even the two apprentices beside her could feel their eyelids start to drift after a few verses. The kits' cries slowly diminished until both were asleep again, and Songpaw's voice drifted into nothing. The three apprentices all gazed wordlessly at each other wondering what to do next.
"I could try to track her. Find out where she went."
Songpaw shook her head. "She'd never come back. She doesn't care about these two."
Twistpaw let out a restrained growl. "I'd like to get my claws into her. What kind of mother takes off and leaves two of her kits?"
His only answer was silence.
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Post by •~Picabo~• on Sept 11, 2007 14:54:59 GMT -5
Shade ran out of the bushes after the she-cat and the kit. He grabbed the kit out of her mouth. "The kit stays with the others," he spat to the kits, then headed back to the other three. ~~~ Deadkit yowled in hunger. He couldn't find his mother's warm belly to suckle. He was hungry! Ooc: Yeah, he's mine.
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Post by Wolf Tears on Sept 12, 2007 15:46:13 GMT -5
(OOC-Oh. Drat.
Piabco, Shade can't do that for two reasons-first, Darkriver is already gone, and second, Leopardstrom and I have a plot going that involves Darkriver taking off with Sunkit.)
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Post by •~Picabo~• on Sept 12, 2007 16:09:04 GMT -5
Ooc: Aww... Then ignore that post about Shade. I'll do a new one here. Bic: Shade ran after Darkriver. He hissed, "Are you really going to leave two deffenseless kits by themselves? And you say I'm evil?"
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 12, 2007 16:41:29 GMT -5
ooc:thanks sorry.
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Post by •~Picabo~• on Sept 12, 2007 16:44:53 GMT -5
Ooc: *cough* Lepordstorm, reply to Shade yelling at Darkriver....
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 12, 2007 16:46:45 GMT -5
ooc-oh (okay) ps. look at intothebrambles.(shes aready dissapeared
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Post by •~Picabo~• on Sept 12, 2007 17:12:42 GMT -5
Shade padded back. His face was bleeding badly. He needed help. He meowed to the she-cats, "I will take my kits." He picked Mudkit and Deadkit up and padded away.
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 12, 2007 17:16:32 GMT -5
snowkit thoought for a secound. "wait" she said running after him. leopardstrom sighed trailing after her
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 12, 2007 17:20:02 GMT -5
snowkit gave up and went back
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Post by guesswhoicepaw1 on Sept 12, 2007 17:55:50 GMT -5
(heh heh... I wonder if Deadkit ends up to be a greater kit than Sunkit... usually in stories like this a thing like that would happen. But I'll find out! XD)
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Post by leopardstrom on Sept 13, 2007 18:12:34 GMT -5
(sunkits really going to just think she's a princess then suddenly collide with the real world)
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Post by Wolf Tears on Sept 15, 2007 14:32:11 GMT -5
(OOC-*cackles*)
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