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Post by Gingerstar on Mar 6, 2009 7:37:22 GMT -8
Slipstream snuggled in her nest. Only two cats seemed to trust her despite her mother's betrayal. Slipstream's mother vowed revenge on her daughter and the Queen stayed in the camp since then... well since she found out she was to have kits. Her mate, Eclipsestar, was off doing who knew what and the Queen was warying of the remaining cats in the camp. Some of them had thrown vicious looks her way and she was afraid that they would hurt her despite the fact that she was near kitting and that her mate was the leader. Slipstream closed her eyes and dreamed of her happy place, StarClan, and her dead father. Torchwood had always been there for his daughter when Slipstream's mother wasn't.
Suddenly just as Torchwood appeared in her dreams a sharp pain jolted Slipstread awake. Her kits were coming. She yowled for her mate and Poolpaw. "MY KITS ARE COMING! MY KITS ARE COMING!" The young Queen shreiked histerically not knowing what to do. "SOMEONE GET ECLIPSESTAR NOW!" Pain twisted in Slipstream's stomach as the labor wore on. Soon Slipstream was panting from the effort. Would she live and give her Clan new life... or would she die, her kits with her? It would be a good punishment because of betraying her mother to Eclisestar. That was one of the reasons that drew the Queen and the leader together.
Tears slid down Slipstream's face as the pain grew more intense. Her breathing became shallower and she was afraid that her life was almost over. Suddenly a shadow covered the entrance of the Nursery. This is it. This is where I die, Slipstream thought sadly.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 6, 2009 17:22:21 GMT -8
OOC// I would like to play one, or two. Depending on how many are born. A couple would be nice. BiC// Poolpaw heard the shreiking from the Nursery and raced towards it. Only to see Slipstream writhing in pain, her own face twisting with terror, she turned tail and darted through the camp and out into the forest, knowing Eclipsestar had come out here to be alone but she didnt care. "ECLIPSESTAR!" she she cat caterwalled. Ears perked to the screaming of his name he jumped up and hissed as Poolpaw rocketed through the brush nearly knocking him over. "The kits are coming!" managed the out of breath apprentice before turning tail and running back towards camp. Eclipsestar followed, his long limbs easily carrying him past the apprentice and quickly into the den, he sat down near Slipstream and watched with a cool gaze. "You will be fine." he soothed. "Poolpaw get Turnipleaf. now" he comanded. But before he could send her away turnipleaf appeared in the den with medicine in his jaws. "I am here" he said coming closer, he pushed the poppy seeds towards Slipstream, the only thing to ease her pain. "Calm down now dear, or you will surely loose your kits. If you are calm, and take these seeds you will be of success." said the old wise Medicinecat. He had served many leaders, three before Eclipsestar. His time was nearly over but he was there for the moment. ((Im playing him as a dying Medicine cat untill we get a med.cat))
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Post by Gingerstar on Mar 7, 2009 4:27:35 GMT -8
Slipstream licked the poppy seeds up and soon she was able to see clearly. She saw her mate and stretched her head out to him, "Eclipsestar. Its you. I thought it was one of the other cats." She turned back fearfully towards the Nursery entrance and saw a few cats glaring at her. She knew she was safe as long as Eclipsestar was around, but she knew he wouldn't be there forever. Soon Slipstream was nursing four kits. The fifth one was still.
Slipstream looked up and said, "Three are girls and one is a boy. I would like to wait a little before I name them." Slipstream was drowsy and so she closed her eyes and fell asleep. She hoped that her mate would be there when she woke. The Queen didn't feel safe now that her kits were born. She had a feeling that one or two, maybe more, cats were old friends and allies of her mother and they would try and seperate Slipstream from her Clan.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 7, 2009 17:03:03 GMT -8
Eclipsestar glared at the clan members around the nursery. "Do you not have other things to do?!" he snapped and they scatered. He sat there watching the kits nurse on their mum.(Sorry its soo short))
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Post by Gingerstar on Mar 8, 2009 18:05:38 GMT -8
Slipstream already had four names picked out for her kits. She decided to sleep on it and see if they were good for StarClan.
Dream[/u]
Slipstream padded through a thick forest. Four small bodies seemed to travel with her and she thought they were her kits, but no... they were kits that had already died and had long since been dead. Slipstream was led through the forest and into a clearing. There she saw StarClan and a new member. She gasped as she recognized Treestar.
"Oh Treestar. When did you die?"
"A little while ago. I wanted to be here to see what you named your lovely kits... and look," Treestar flicked her tail to one of the four kits that had led Slipstream.
It was the dead kit and Slipstream cried out, "Ashenkit!" The kit brightened at a name for him. Slipstream was startled. She knew her son's name without even realizing it. She turned back to the cats of StarClan and said. "My remaining kits are to be called Whisperkit, Ravenkit, Berrykit, and Rhythmkit. Rhythmkit being the only surviving boy."
The four names were called out triumphantly into the sky and soon Slipstream was falling.
She jerked awake and saw that the sky was dark. She must have slept all day. She turned and saw her mate beside her. "Eclipsestar I have names for our kits. And I saw a new cat amoung StarClan... Treestar is dead."
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 9, 2009 9:09:45 GMT -8
Eclipsestar raised one brow. "She has fallen ill to the disease they cannot fix. I was sure she would pule through" he said shaking his head. Poor Treestar. "Theyre names?" he asked looking at the kits before him. OoC// Could I play Berrykit and Rhythmkit?
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Post by Gingerstar on Mar 9, 2009 11:00:24 GMT -8
OOC: Clipsy! LOL!!!!! I was going to play Berrykit. How about this... we take turns playing Berrykit until she is an apprentice and then someone else will play her, but yes you can play Rhythmkit.
Slipstream purred out the names, "The girls are Berrykit, Ravenkit, Whisperkit, and Rhythmkit. Our dead kit I have named Ashenkit. He will be named for all eternity." The she-cat purred sleepily as the night wore on. Her kits were sucklings contentedly by her belly. Soon Slipstream was asleep once more. She snuggled closer to her mate and dreamed of possible names for her kits' warrior names. She was rather fond of the name Berryfrost and Rhythmgloss. For Ravenkit and Whisperkit she liked the names Ravenwing and Whisperwind.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 9, 2009 11:16:30 GMT -8
OoC// Ok lol then I want Ravenkit and Rhythmkit. But the warrior name cant be Whisperwind, I already have a whisperwind silly lol.
BiC// Eclipsestar looked at the kits suckling on theyre mother, a small smile lighting his face, as soon as Slipstream was completely asleep he turned and padded quietly out of the den and back into the center of camp. Poolpaw jumped around nervously waiting for Eclipsestar to speak with her. "Poolpaw they survived all but one." he said with a small nod at her and she jumped for glee. "Find your mentor and my deputy now please" he comanded her and she turned tail looking for her mentor, the deputy. Ooc// Tiger you can be poolpaws mentor, she isnt young though she is close to being warriored.
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Post by redtigr on Mar 11, 2009 18:07:34 GMT -8
A petite reddish-brown tabby she-cat lightly jogged into the WishingClan camp, three mice and a sparrow dangling from her mouth by their tails (or wing, in the case of the bird). At her side was a rather large dark gray tomcat, who clutched two voles, a mouse, and a chickadee between his jaws. The pair looked rather odd as they entered the camp together, as the tom was so much bigger than the she-cat, but many were used to it by now, after a bit more than thirty moons of their friendship.
The two cats padded over to the fresh-kill pile. Amberleaf, the she-cat, had to take two steps for every one step that her friend took, but she kept up well. When the cats reached the pile, they dropped their catches on top, and scanned the camp.
Amberleaf noticed Poolpaw, who seemed to be looking for something or someone. She noticed that something seemed different about her leader. She glanced at the tom, who stood beside her. His golden optics were directed towards the white-and-brown tomcat who was situated in the center of the camp. "Something's happened," he murmured.
"But what?" Amberleaf asked nervously.
"I don't know, I guess we'll find out in a moment. It might not be a bad thing, so don't get yourself all stressed out over it before you know what it is," he mewed, and looked down at the she-cat, and gave her a small smile.
She returned it. "Okay, I won't," she mewed quietly, looking back at her leader and her apprentice.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 11, 2009 19:44:10 GMT -8
Poolpaw ran to Amberleaf "There you are!" she called."Eclipsestar wants you!" she said running too her she stopped there and stayed there the tom(Forgot his name! lol). "The kits!" she squeeled. She looked up with a bright happy expression she loved kits she wanted her own very badly.
Eclipsestar waited for Amberleaf almost impatiently. He rolled his eyes at Poolpaws little squeel about the kits. "Amberleaf, take out border patrols and what not. The kits have come. oh and Treestar passed" he said softly. "I am going to retire to my den for awhile. Theres something going on in the clans I dont know what but there is. A sickness. It can be cured, or something. Treestar had it. I thought she'd pull through but it took her completely" he said with a puzzled expression, he was afraid it would be his entire clan next.
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Post by redtigr on Mar 12, 2009 16:31:09 GMT -8
||Oh, heh heh... that's my fault. I forgot to post his name in his debut post! Go figure.|| Smokefur couldn't help but smile at the look on Poolpaw's face and the sound of her voice. His orbs shifted from the apprentice to the leader. So that was what had happened. He flicked his tail absentmindedly. He turned his head so that his golden gaze rested on Amberleaf. He saw a mix of emotions expressed very subtlely in her eyes and on her face. Her light gold eyes glowed with happiness for Eclipsestar and Slipstream, while there was a look of very slight hurt and confusion on her face at the fact that Treestar of ElmClan had passed away and that Eclipsestar knew this. There was something else, too. Smokefur studied her eyes for a moment. While they were obviously full of happiness, there seemed to be something else, veiled by her joy for the Clan leader and his mate. It seemed like... pain. But why did she hurt? The tom's optics slid to the ground, where they remained fixed on a particular spot as he pondered. Amberleaf nodded. "Of course, Eclipsestar. And..." she began, trying to think of what to say. A sickness that can't be cured? Wonderful, something else to worry about, she thought dryly. "How... how do you know about Treestar?" she finished curiously. Although the tom was deep in thought, he pricked his ears slightly, listening for the leader's answer to the deputy's question. Yes, how did he know? Rather than guessing, the tom paused his thoughts, which had been previously racing through his mind.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 12, 2009 22:02:54 GMT -8
"Slipstream walked with Starclan in her dreams to see what to name her kits, and see the kit that passed. Treestar was newly among them. Something is terribly wrong. Make sure all food is inspected before digestion please" he said ancy to get to his den and walk with starclan. He wanted to know more about this disease he didnt want his clan to die. "I must retire to my den now. Watch Carefully and make me proud you can run my clan" he said nodding at her, he looked at her with worry but complete trust, for he knew he had picked right in choosing his deputy. He briskly went to his den and lay down but all the worries in his mind kept him from sleeping.
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Post by redtigr on Mar 13, 2009 15:58:24 GMT -8
Amberleaf paused, then nodded. One of the kits was dead? Her whiskers drooped ever so slightly, but she tried her best to not let it show. "Yes, I'll make sure the Clan knows not to eat anything before checking it thoroughly," she assured him.
The deputy scanned the camp. It didn't seem as if anyone other than Eclipsestar, Poolpaw, Smokefur, or herself was in the camp at the moment. She let out a sigh of frustration. She wanted to tell her Clanmates not to eat anything without checking it first. She didn't want to risk anyone in WishingClan getting sick. That would make the entire Clan vulnerable. Amberleaf, although it didn't always seem as if she cared so deeply about her Clanmates, didn't want to see any of them fall victim to this mysterious illness.
"They must all be out," Smokefur murmured, noticing the way the she-cat seemed to be looking for her Clanmates.
Amberleaf nodded. "Well, we can't just sit here and wait for them all to come back. How about the three of us go on a border patrol?" she suggested.
Smokefur nodded. "Sure, that's fine with me," he mewed, and smiled. He hoped that Poolpaw would be comfortable with that. He tried to keep his distance when Amberleaf was training her apprentice, as he knew that it would be easier for the both of them without him watching their every move. Even though Amberleaf was the deputy, he still rarely hesitated to correct her, and he didn't want to do that in front of Poolpaw. As a result of his distancing himself from the pair while they were training, he was under the impression that Poolpaw probably didn't know him that well, and he wasn't sure whether or not she'd be comfortable around him. Many cats kept their distance from him because of his instability in the past. He glanced at Poolpaw, awaiting her acceptance of this idea, or rejection.
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Post by eclipsestar on Mar 15, 2009 11:47:41 GMT -8
Poolpaw nodded excitedly. But even though Amberleafs whiskers only dropped a little she noticed. "Its sad about the one kit. But there are four healthy ones left.He walks with starclan now" she said softly. "Lets get going!" she said bounding for the entrance.
Eclipsestars worries finally settled and he drifted into a deep sleep one where he knew he would meet with starclan. Eclipsestar looked around seeing wet woods and a dirt path, just like his naming ceremony with starclan, this confused him. but he knew to walk slowly and he did, finally reaching the light at the end to see one starclan cat standing by the glittering pool. "Scarletmoon" he said in greeting but her face was no smile, just grave. "Go to starpool Eclipsestar. Hurry. There is danger. You will find the other leaders there as well. Hurry Eclipsestar! Do not waste your only chance!" cried Scarletmoon staring into his eyes. "But why Scarletmoon, just tell me!" he pleaded as she began to fade. "Please!" he cried. "do not tarry Eclipsestar. Hurry!" she cried as she faded away. Eclipsestar awoke with a start jumping straight out of his nest to land on his paws, he shook his head wildly, his eyes wild with fear. He calmed his nerves and slipped back into his cool reserve his eyes showing nothing. He went straight to the nursery first. "Slipstream wake up" he prodded her slightly. "Wake up" he said a little louder. "I must leave for starpool. I love you. bye" he said quickly, giving her no time to say anything back.(Sorry lol). "Amberleaf!" he cried racing towards the departing warrior. "I am going to Starpool keep the clan safe make sure all sickened cats go on quarenteen. Alone. No visitors. No two sick cats in the same place at all. Nobody sleeps near where they are. do not alarm the clan too much, but do it. ONLY Turnipleaf the medicine cat is to see them I must tell him now. You do your job and do it good" he said quickly. Turning to see Turnipleaf standing behind him. "I will do what is asked of you Eclipsestar do not worry about anything here go" said the old medicine cat in his rustic voice."go Eclipsestar. Hurry on your mission" he said nodding at the tom. Eclipsestar nodded back and took the herbs Turnipleaf handed him swallowing the nasty things quickly before racing from the camp. He hurridly made his way to Starpool.
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Post by redtigr on Mar 16, 2009 11:31:26 GMT -8
Amberleaf nodded in agreement to Poolpaw's words. She trotted after her apprentice, with Smokefur padding behind her. The deputy came to a sudden halt at the sound of the leader's frantic voice. She looked back at him, her ears pricked. She listened carefully to everything that he said, giving an understanding nod as he finished. "Of course, Eclipsestar," she promised.
Smokefur listened to the leader's words carefully. What had happened so quickly that Eclipsestar was suddenly on a frantic dash to the Starpool? Perhaps they would find out later. He watched as the leader left the camp. "Maybe we should hold off on the patrol..." he began to suggest.
Amberleaf thought for a moment. "No. Whatever happens, we can't let our guard down," she mewed, and turned to the aging medicine cat. "Turnipleaf, can you keep an eye on the camp while we're out? All you need to do is make sure that no one eats anything without checking it thoroughly, and, of course, everything Eclipsestar said about sick cats if the problem comes up while we're out. Can you manage that?" she asked. She didn't want to put too much pressure on the tom. "We won't go far. I'll send another patrol out later when I'm back here to cover what we didn't get to."
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