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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 18:22:19 GMT -5
Uncertainty lacing her gaze, the queen stood beside her clanmates and the strangers with a twitch of her black tipped ears. Heart racing in her chest but this time it wasn't just because of how tired she'd grown from the long journey here, anticipation burned through her veins.
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Post by UnsightlyHeretic831 on Jun 18, 2018 18:22:38 GMT -5
Swirlpaw sighed. Echopaw sounded like a nice cat. He would've liked to be her friend, but she couldn't talk, and because she was from a different clan.
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Post by UnsightlyHeretic831 on Jun 18, 2018 18:27:58 GMT -5
(I've got to go, bye)
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 18:34:45 GMT -5
Echopaw looked chilled, and not because of the weather. She, along with the other cats probably sensed the same thing. She sensed it then, a direction. Her gaze shifted over, and she locked her gaze on the new comer, the last cat.
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Hollypaw was late, not late, but later than mostly everyone. Her evergreen eyes watched the cats, and she felt a little odd. Yet, as soon as her paws hit the clearing, a light rushed in front of every one of the cats there including her. All these lights lifted, and clashed into the sky. The area was illuminated, closer to the ground. Her eyes widened, shocked. She noticed starry pelts form before the cats, Starclan members.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 18:39:41 GMT -5
On spotting the arrival of the young apprentice, the queen twitched her ears in surprise to see yet another clanmate come before them. Jaggedshadow twitched her tail from side to side in frustration, still no idea as to why they were here and growing concerned. Knowing she'd best get back to camp, she was close to having kits she may well have kitted at any time, and she wanted to keep her kits safe.
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Post by StaddlestΓΆn on Jun 18, 2018 18:43:55 GMT -5
"Another cat-" Swiftstorm muttered, but was cut off by his own surprise as light flew before his eyes. A yowl surfaced from his throat as he he tried to move back, but tripped on to his side, lone rear leg flailing. It wasn't just light, it was starclan.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 18:50:51 GMT -5
Everyone's attention was stolen by the arrival of a final cat, a young apprentice with black fur and bright green eyes. However, it wasn't long until a flash of light almost blinded them. Blackember's face scrunched up and his eyes snapped shut against the brightness for several moments. When he finally parted them, starry pelts were walking among the cats in the clearing. His gaze widened in surprise, the same scents from his dreams beginning to wash over him -- these were the cats that had been whispering to him for so long.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 18:53:26 GMT -5
Cherrypaw was surprised by the sudden flash of light and she took a step back, blinded by the bright flash. She hadn't been able to catch a glimpse of the newcomer before the light had flashed. Silvery, star-studded pelts were padding through the clearing, weaving their way between the gathering of cats. Her whiskers twitched and she watched in awe as the journey she had started long ago in her dreams was finally becoming a reality. She wasn't alone this time either -- this couldn't be just another dream.
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 19:14:03 GMT -5
Echopaw would have cried out in alarm if she could. She then froze, feeling something odd pass through her. It was then that she heard it, it sounded a little like her, but only existed within her mind. Or, well, everyones' minds. 'What's happening?' The thought wondered into Swiftstorm as she jumped back into her clanmate by accident.
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Hollypaw let off a small cry of pain. She felt something pass over her body, unlike it was with Echopaw, it was painful, it hurt and twisted and felt like her body was burning. This came because of the ability she would have, one anyways, a curse more than a power.
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A voice spoke as spasms of power washed over the chosen. Nixstar and Runestar looked down, the creators, siblings. Nixstar the sister and Runestar the brother. "Welcome, children of Starclan," Runestar whispered.
Nixstar smiled, eyes glittering gently, but a darkness hid their, a worry, "We are sorry this had accurate, but you all have a purpose." she whispered, voice like a melody.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 19:19:32 GMT -5
Pain wracked through her body, crippling her with its intensity she stumbled forward at first. Panic splitting her at the idea it might be the birth of her kits, but she soon realised that a similar sensation seemed to have been experienced by each cat present. Straightening as best as she could, the pain continuing but she assumed this was only an after effect of whatever had just happened to them, she looked around in confusion. Eyes widening at the sight she saw, her heart pounding in her chest at the way their pelts flickered with starlight, as though the stars themselves were embedded in the pelt of the two newcomers. Unbeknown to the queen, as she watched the ongoings, her body was beginning to kitt.
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Post by StaddlestΓΆn on Jun 18, 2018 19:24:03 GMT -5
Swiftstorm widened his eyes, not even nothing rebuke Echopaw as she hit him, a flurry seeming to run through his bones, all the freedom he had once had, trapped within seconds. He moved to sitting up, doing so as the two starclan cats made themselves clear. Unfamiliar as they were, he felt drawn to them, and then that word, purpose. He trembled as he listened to their words.
(I'm going to sleep now, it's almost 1:30am, whoops, night all.)
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 19:26:47 GMT -5
The black-furred tom was caught off-guard by the sudden feeling of his body being ripped apart from the inside out, those same visions of himself moving from place to place with seemingly no effort. Her grimaced and a low groan passed from his lips, claws extending and digging into the earth below him. This is the stuff he remembered from those dreams, this is what he had been waiting for, but hoping wouldn't occur. He did his best to hold himself together, but the feeling wasn't subsiding fast enough. His eyes flickered closed and his body shuddered, he began to pray that these StarClan cats would take the pain away.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 19:30:32 GMT -5
(Goodnight!)
With a power meant to help, Cherrypaw didn't experience the level of pain that she was seeing everyone around her suffering from. Her pale blue gaze filled with concern until the StarClan cats got to her, the light washing over her and bringing back the images she had been seeing in her dreams. Warmth filled her paws as she held them over wounded cats, sick cats, broken cats. The longer she stayed in the vision, the tips of her paws were beginning to burn, and her head was getting foggy with fatigue. Pain began to radiate further up her legs, eventually reaching her shoulders, and the young she-cat gritted her teeth, trying to take it all in with as much strength she could muster.
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 19:32:17 GMT -5
"Head to the Aurora in the mountains." Runestar commanded, and in a second, the pain intensified, a feeling close to the pain of even dying, before it faded from all the cats, and he and Nixstar vanished from sight along with the light.
Echopaw sat up, and looked around. Pain etched on her features. However a quick worry overtook her when she spotted the last arrival laying on the ground, just...motionless it seemed.
Hollypaw let off a scream as the pain ripped through her body. After it was done, any cat that looked her way would see a motionless cat, eyes closed, and no parts of her moving.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 19:37:34 GMT -5
Pain continued to burn through her, she didn't understand the meaning of it and it scared the inexperienced queen. She forced herself to remain upright, the agony burning through her veins, but something else hurt from deep inside her belly. Closing her eyes tightly, she had to grit her teeth in order to avoid crying out from the sheer intensity of the pain she was experiencing.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 19:39:10 GMT -5
In the moment the StarClan cats left, a gasp of relief forced its way out of the young Medicine Cat Apprentice's chest. She blinked her pale blue eyes open and glanced around, eventually landing on the limp, black ball of fur that was her former denmate. "Hollypaw!" Cherrypaw screeched in alarm, her pain forgotten, she dashed across the clearing to the other she-cat's side. She didn't know what she could do -- if there was anything she could do. Her tail was fluffed up, the rest of her fur beginning to follow suit. Never in her short life had she ever experienced something this horrifying. "Someone help!"
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 19:43:09 GMT -5
As StarClan left the clearing, disappearing back into the night sky, Blackember panted as he regained control of his body. He cast a quick glance around, his gaze once again landing on the queen from his Clan. What in the name of StarClan were they thinking? He wondered to himself, almost disgusted. How could they put a whole family in danger like this? His tail tip flicked back and forth for a moment until a ball of fur rushed passed him. A black she-cat was collapsed on the ground, unmoving. His eyes widened and he shivered, turning his attention back to his pregnant Clanmate. Blackember took the few steps towards the queen, shaking his head in disbelief. "Are you okay?"
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 19:53:20 GMT -5
"I don't know," she admitted with a pant, eyes burning with uncertainty as her veins felt like they were on fire. The queen was a seasoned warrior, and she had known battle more than a few times and the usual pain of wounds which accompanied it. But this was something entirely different, the queen found she had no choice but to lower herself to the ground with a whimper. Body shivering with both types of pain to which it was entirely alien, she looked to her clanmate with desperation and fear lighting her gaze. "It hurts," she said with fangs bared. Tensing against the agony, trying desperately to stay brave.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 20:02:30 GMT -5
The black-furred tom's whiskers twitched as he sniffed at the she-cat's side, but couldn't really tell if it had anything to do with the kits. He didn't think so, considering the pain he had just seen everyone else (and himself) go through. Maybe the kits were moving around too much? He wasn't really sure. Gently, he touched his nose to her ear, trying to soothe her in anyway he could. Blackember brushed his tail along the she-cat's back and flank, his touch gentle. Why StarClan? What purpose could you have for this? "Can you think of anything that might help?"
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 20:05:52 GMT -5
Hollypaw was dead, or so it seemed. Then blinked, panting in a breath. Shock. She looked at Cherrypaw, her clanmate and the medicine cat apprentice. She shook a little, shivering, "What happened?" she wondered, "I remember pain and then it just...stopped," she murmured.
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Post by StaddlestΓΆn on Jun 18, 2018 20:13:46 GMT -5
(I couldn't sleep, welp) Swiftstorm pricked his ears, taking his focus from where the cats had stood, to focus on Jaggedshadow. The queen looked as though she were in pain, but, looking around at the other cats, all, besides newcomer had recovered. That would only leave one thing... He lowered his head, before raising it, questioning them all, "the kits?"
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 20:15:10 GMT -5
"Thank StarClan," Cherrypaw breathed in relief, her clanmate finally coming to, her chest filling with breath once again. Her pale gaze flickered over the other apprentice once again, really not seeing anything else wrong with her. She wasn't sure what happened, but it seemed like it didn't leave any lasting marks or injuries on her. "StarClan spoke to us," she explained, "And the light hurt... Are all of your legs feeling okay?" The medicine cat apprentice stepped closer and sniffed at Hollypaw's legs and tail, gently brushing her whiskers over the fur to feel for any sort of breaks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 20:57:45 GMT -5
Looking panicked, mostly at the prospect of kitting in the middle of the woods, an idea in. Way aided by the fact she was surrounded largely by strangers. But scared [bacause of ever/thing thesy had just ubeen trough, and the message Thebes ]bee given. She forced herself onto shaking paws, βI cant be,β she stammered forcefully. βIt canβt be true,β the usual y level headed Jaggedshadow sounded terrified.
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 21:07:33 GMT -5
Hollypaw blinked once more. She moved them, though they seemed stiff, and breathed a sigh of relief. Her limbs seemed a little, well, cold to the touch, probably because she just passed out in the middle of a leaf-bare night.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 21:28:01 GMT -5
Blackember grimaced slightly, surprised by the fact that such pain could have brought on Jaggedshadow's kitting. He blinked his green eyes rapidly, glancing up at the other tom before turning back to the queen. "You have to breathe," he mewed, the only thing he really knew for sure about kitting. He let his tail rest on her tummy, trying to see if he could feel the kits moving around or the ripples he heard would go through a she-cat's body. "Is anyone here a medicine cat?" He called out finally, knowing that would be Jaggedshadow's best option at this point.
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Post by Jas on Jun 18, 2018 21:31:31 GMT -5
With a smile slipping across her face and relief flooding her body, Cherrypaw finished her check, the end result an agreement with Hollypaw's assessment. "I think you're perfectly fine, just a bit cold," she finally mewed, "You should try moving around some to warm up!" Her attention was pulled by another call, this time from a warrior for another cat still seemingly in distress. Cherrypaw glanced back at Hollypaw, uncertainty in her eyes. She barely knew enough to help her friend... How could she have enough insight to help someone else?
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 21:34:18 GMT -5
Echopaw looked around. Her eyes locked onto Cherrypaw. She walked over to Blackember regardless, the Nixclan apprentice was a medicine cat apprentice, no longer perhaps, but she was one just a week prior. She pointed her tail to Cherrypaw, but still leaned over Jaggedshadow. She licked the queens fur in a comforting way, forcing a shaky and sickly sounding purr to come from her. This hurt, yes, but perhaps the only noise she could make may be of some comfort. A thought hung, a telepathetic one she didn't even know about. 'It'll be fine, I wish I could say that, I'm sorry. It's alright,' the words would have entered Jaggedshadow's thoughts without Echopaw meaning to, it seemed connection is what she needed to communicate, though she didn't even know about it.
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 21:38:16 GMT -5
Hollypaw glanced at Cherrypaw, but nudged her friend towards Jaggedshadow, "We can't go home now, might as well see what she needs," she said, gently to her friend. "We need to set out for the mountains, it will take forever to get wherever Starclan wishes, we need to help Jaggedshadow and then get going," she explained. The young she-cat may be young, but had a large array of insight on strategies, she was smart, and she was leader-like. Her attitude was also mischievous, and stubborn. She smiled lightly, and looked at her friend, "I trust you with my life, and your our healer," she pointed out, referencing Cherrypaw being a medicine cat apprentice, but it still fit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 21:40:36 GMT -5
Entire body shaking with the effort o remaining on her paws, until her body gave in even trying to, and she collapsed onto her flank, a ragged pant forcing its way through her lips, the soon to be new mother buried her face into the fur of her black legs. She twitched her ears at the apprenticeβs touch to her flank, but hardly had the chance to be grateful for her attempts to soothe her pain before pain splt through her again, and with a wrench accompanied by a sharp wail of agony. The first kit slipped into the world.
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Post by πππππ π¨ on Jun 18, 2018 21:48:19 GMT -5
(Test.)
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