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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jun 15, 2007 3:53:49 GMT -5
.:Page 15:. As Littlewind and Lionmane begin to make friends – the medicine cat arrives and treats the concussed she-cat. Ringtail begins to teach the impatient kits the basics of hunting. Littlewind and Lionmane go on a stroll around the territory together. Moongaze and Sunset are talking by the lake.
{XXDD – this is reminding me of Big Brother. It is Sunhigh. Moongaze and Sunset are by the lake. XXXXDDD -kipper’d-}
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jun 17, 2007 2:30:52 GMT -5
.:Page 16:. Littlewind takes Lionmane to a beautiful place that only she knows of. They talk together…about nothing in particular. In camp Pinekit and Aquakit try hunting beetles with Ringtail.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jun 17, 2007 2:31:43 GMT -5
.:Page 17:. Lionmane tells Littlewind that he loves her. She returns the feeling. Together they head back to the medicine cat den. {Awww…^^}
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jun 17, 2007 2:32:08 GMT -5
.:Page 18:. Finally Aquakit catches...and kills the beetle. Rainfall decides that his life is no longer needed, and pads from the camp – only to be stopped by Bearface. Sunset and Moongaze play-fight by the lake.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:43:07 GMT -5
.:Page 19:. Rainfall and Bearface discuss his current position, Rainfall angrily, Bearface sympathetic. As the rain begins to pound, Moongaze calls Sunset over and they dash for shelter. Sandfire, feeling guilty for not training her apprentice approaches Onionpaw, asking her if she wants to train. Onionpaw replies with not much enthusiasm due to the torrention downpour. Littlewind suddenly feels she loves Lionmane, but does not tell him just yet. They move a little closer due to the *cough* cold.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:43:24 GMT -5
.:Page 20:. Pinekit and Aquakit decide to go out and test the skills Ringtail taught them. To his delight - Aquakit catches a mouse, but Pinekit shuns the occasion by telling the grey kitten that he scared all of the other prey off. Icepaw mutters bitterly about her mentor seems to be more interested in Littlewind than her - and Dovepaw is less than cheery too when he gets given the task of cleaning out the elders den. Sunset and Moongaze remember when they were both apprentices fondly, then make their way out of their little hiding-hole as the rain stops. Pinekit and Aquakit head out of camp, bored at their ‘kit’ status…but consequently get lost around the grasslands.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:43:56 GMT -5
.:Page 21:. The kits find each other and gain a slight sense of where they are…but they are still far from the camp and in a venerable place. In a rush - Moongaze asks Sunset if she would be his mate - to which she agrees much to his joy. On the subject of kitty lurve - Onionpaw stands slightly in the background as Rainfall approaches Sandfire. Pinekit and Aquakit turn to the subject of apprentices and ask each other whom they would like to mentor them. Skystar asks Sandfire to take Dovepaw, Whitepaw and Icepaw out on a hunting assessment.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:44:25 GMT -5
.:Page 22:. Icepaw heads over to the grass-lands…and who does she meet there? Aquakit and Pinekit. Moongaze lunges for a rabbit on their way back, but it slips through his claws, he yells to Sunset to finish it off. After sending Icepaw to the grass-lands, Whitepaw to the foothills and Dovepaw to the Lakeclan border, she takes Onionpaw and Rainfall out on a patrol. Rainfall seems very awkward around Sandfire, and although the deputy is slightly calmer, she is not completely at ease either. The two kits flee back to camp - marveling that they escaped punishment.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:44:47 GMT -5
.:Page 23:. Trying to change the subject - Sandfire turns to Onionpaw who is bored…and doesn’t hide it. A storm seems to boiling around Starlight Lake although the weather is fine in the Sunclan territory. Sunset catches the rabbit and she and Moongaze swap compliments. Suddenly the peaceful, romantic atmosphere is broken by a rank, putrid smell. Moongaze turns to see a massive shape looming from the undergrowth. A grizzly bear! Sunset is flung against a tree, becoming unconscious. Trying desperately to rouse his new mate, Moongaze is joined by Rabbitnose who flies into action. Maplepaw too joins the scene, excited at her first battle.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:45:05 GMT -5
.:Page 24:. The bear pushes aside Rabbitnose as if he is a small sparrow, throwing him against a tree where he lies in very bad condition. It turns back to its original quarry - Moongaze. Maplepaw sneaks up behind it and throws herself upon it, her claws trying to puncture its filthy, matted layer of fur. Ringtail joins the fray, calling to Moongaze to get Sunset out of the clearing. Maplepaw is flung off to skid along the mucky ground. Rabbitnose tries to get up and warn Maplepaw of the oncoming attack, but his strength is sapped. Leaving his body behind him he enters her mind and forces her to go left. Then he passes away into the paws of Starclan.
R . I . P . . . R a b b i t n o s e Littlewind is walking in the forest, totally confused. She is expecting kits, and matters are made critical when she unwittingly steps into the path of the bear. Maplepaw moves to the left, but the bear once again turns to her, claws slashing downwards in her direction. Sunset stirs much to Moongaze’s relief, but she is still far from ship-shape.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:45:24 GMT -5
.:Page 25:. Back in camp {the nursery} Pinekit and Aquakit play flight, then wonder where all of the other warriors have got too. Moongaze quickly makes up his mind - then drags Sunset back to camp and Fishfeather, leaving the other warriors to deal with the bear for the mean-time. Sunset tells him bravely that she will be alright however, and he turns to rejoin the battle. Littlewind is in a bad state having been attacked by the bear viciously. No one however has eyes to spare for her…except Lionmane who appears to save his new mate.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:45:43 GMT -5
.:Page 26:. Lionmane is shocked but not unhappy at Littlewind’s news. Together they head back to camp, as worried about Littlewind’s kits as they are about Sunclan. Lionmane admits that he is nervous, although very happy and excited. Littlewind however is more worried about what a good mother she’ll make - but she is quickly reassured by the kindly Lionmane. Leaving Sunset, Moongaze heads back to the bear to see a scene of chaos. No cat really knows what to do and injuries were being sustained…mostly by felines. Taking matters into his own paws, he orders certain cats places in a harebrained scene to rid Sunclan of the bear.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:46:04 GMT -5
.:Page 27:. Maplepaw gets injured across the shoulder, but does not retreat, bravely holding her ground. Sandfire and her patrol arrive, Sandfire plunges into the action. Moongaze, who’s plan is falling into shambles almost wants to collapse with happiness at the sight of the deputy. Littlewind and Lionmane joke back in the camp, the mood slightly lighter. It is amazing how calm the camp is compared to the ruckus not too far outside it.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:46:31 GMT -5
.:Page 28:. Ringtail questions Moongaze on what to do - to which the confused warrior simply cries ”just keep fighting.” All of the warriors have high hopes on their deputy - perhaps even grander than what she can pull off. After distracting the she-cat - Moongaze warns Ringtail of the bears next attack just in the nick of time, as claws thud down where she was heartbeats before. Sandfire finally comes to her senses and orders Maplepaw {who is on the bears belly, raking and clawing with all the ferocity of Fireclan}, Ringtail {who is dodging blows} and Moongaze {who is skirting around the bear, looking for a place to attack} to come back. She sees they can’t win by force, and tries to attract the bears attention.
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Post by | | Fudgey | | on Jul 17, 2007 15:46:50 GMT -5
.:Page 29:. As of nothing is happening - back in the camp Lionmane, Bearface and Littlewind laugh and joke about Littlewind’s expected kits. Back in the action Dovepaw throws himself forward, heedless to Maplepaw’s warning shrieks. Rainfall also doesn’t hear {or listen} to Sandfire’s words, throwing himself forwards in a reckless attempt to fight the bear. As expected…it fails, resulting in Rainfall’s death. In his last words he tells Littlewind to tell Sandfire that he loved her.
R . I . P . . . R a i n f a l l The bear spots Sandfire who is darting away through the trees and follows gleefully. However not before he deals a titanic blow to Dovepaw who collapses…in much the same state Rabbitnose was in…before his untimely death. Is Dovepaw dead?
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