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Post by */Wild~" on Oct 10, 2008 19:30:07 GMT -5
Wildpaw's eyes fogged slightly with tears of sympathy for her leader. She was the one lying on the ground in pain and she was still worried about her clan. Wildpaw smiled and looked around the clearing. There were less foxes than before and no cat was faitally injured or hurt too badly, so that seemed like good enough news to tell Hawkstar. "They're doing great. Just a few scratches." she mewed as she spotted some Marigold beside a patch pf brambled just near a tree on the left of her.
"One sec.." she siad as she dashed off to the plant leaving Hawkstar for a moment, only to return quickly with a bundle of Marigold in her mouth. "I'm going to administer some Marigold okay?" she said before waiting for Hawkstar's reply she put a piece of Marigold in her mouth and began to chew it into a poultice. Wildpaw smothered the poultice onto Hawkstar's worst wounds and held her paws ontop of them to administer pressure so the medicine would seep into the wound and close it quicker.
" Hawkstar, I know you want to keep fighting but you'll have to wait for a while." she said seriously. "If you fight your wounds will open wider and you'll get an infection. I wont hold you back for long but give it a few minutes." she said lookeing down on her leader. "Besides, you just lost two lives. Rest, your clan will take care of the rest." she said hoping that her words sunk through to Hawkstar.
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Post by hawkstar on Oct 10, 2008 19:36:43 GMT -5
Weak as she was, Hawkstar let out a steady purr. "Thank you Wildpaw, you're a great medicene cat apprentice"! She winced at the pain of the marigold trickling into her scratchs, but didn't protest until it was done.
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Post by */Wild~" on Oct 27, 2008 14:03:55 GMT -5
Wildpaw finished up with the herbs and began cleaning Hawkstar's fur where the blood had dried. "Thank-you Hawkstar. You taught me most of what I know and for that i thank you." she mewed happily as she stared at her leader who lye on the ground infornt of her.
Wildpaw smiled at the attempt of Hawkstar showing her happiness through a purr and Wildpaw returned the purr. "Rest now, your clan is strong enough to take care of the other foxes. I'll stay here with you as long as I can." she said with a smile, trying to comfort Hawkstar with her words.
Then Wildpaw's mind bagan to wonder. 'Hawkstar was out for a brief time...wasnt she?'Wildpaw thought to herself as she dropped her gaze to her paws. "Um Hawkstar..." she mumbled looking back up at her leader with a hard stare. "You lost a life, didnt you." she said coldly, showing that she wanted only the truth.
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Post by hawkstar on Oct 27, 2008 16:29:34 GMT -5
All of a sudden tears began to fall Hawkstars face. She tried to choke them back but they kept falling. One by one, they sparkled like frozen ice, and splashed into the soggy mud on the ground, leaving puddles of wat, and warm water on the ground. Hawkstar looked at Wildpaw for a long moment, and finally told her what she needed to know. It may be painful, but Hawkstar finallly had to let them know the truth, the sacred truth, barried for seasons.
"Wildpaw, yes I did lose a life, in fact 2 lives, but thats all. But theres more I need to tell you. I....I wasn't always the sweet cat you know now". Hawkstar chocked out in tears. She struggled to go on, but she did it anyway. "When I was a kit, and hawk attacked me and left scars on me. It turned out the hawk and did damage to my heart, not just my back. I struggled with Hawkfrost, my evil x-friend. As time went on, I become more like him because I was to scared to speak out against him. Then Mistystar taught me an important lesson. That's when it hit me, to earn respect it's not your friends, but yourself who must control you. I became leader, and I got to know Sandstream our deputy and our medicene cat. But know it looks like it's coming to an end. Not for me but for our medicene cat, Leafmask.". Hawkstar mewed softly, and then she reveled the deadly secret that was the most sacred of all. "S...s...she is....my.....my...step-mother....and a former.....rouge".
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Post by */Wild~" on Oct 29, 2008 18:59:40 GMT -5
Wildpaw licked Hawkstar's shoulder, trying to comfort and calm her down. Wildpaw felt a shiver run down her spine as tears began falling from Hawkstar's eyes like acid rain, leving its mark wherever it hits. Wildpaw took in one huge ragged breath and murmered a purr to Hawkstar, and partially to StarClan. "Its okay..." she mumbled in her ear as she pulled back to listen to what Hawkstar had to tell her.
Wildpaw nodded slowly at her leader. Two lives...did she loose two just now? Wildpaw's eyes glazed over once again but this time she was strong enough to keep the tears back, promising herself to stay strong for Hawkstar and her vows.
Her head tilted to the side in curiousity and confusion. Hawkstar wasnt always a kind, nutring, sweet cat? That couldnt be right...could it?
As Hawkstar got into her short story of her past Wildpaw's heart lurched. Hawkfrost....he had control over Hawkstar...how could this be true! Wildpaw's mind raced as she tried to grasp all the information that was being thrown at her. And then the words that came out of her leader's mouth stung her. 'Know it looks like it's coming to an end. Not for me but for our medicene cat, Leafmask.' Wildpaw sighed sadly and nodded. The medicine cat had vanished just after Wildpaw had begun her training as a medicine cat apprentice, and ever since then she had never heard from her true mentor, nor had she recieved any signs from StarClan that she was still alive or snything about her.
Then shock filled Wildpaw's body. Leafmask was Hwakstar's step-mother! And a former rouge! How could that be possible! That was like breaking the biggest rules about being a medicine cat!
Wildpaw's crystal eyes widened as she bagan to speak, still in shock from the news. Did anyone else know? "She's...your step-mother! then that would mean that she had fallen in love with your father....so she broke the rule of the medicine cat code. And a rouge!! How could she be accepted as a medicine cat if she was a rouge in the beginning!" she meowed quickly, letting the biggest questions escape her mind first, then trailing on to the smaller ones. "Does anyone else know...and....please Hawkstar. Tell me everything. I want to know it all." she mumbled. Once again regainnig her calmness to be able to listen to Hawkstar, and try to understand the truth about the past.
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Post by hawkstar on Oct 30, 2008 15:36:40 GMT -5
Hawkstar sighed out a huge sigh. She had just given away a big secret, that led right to her entire life! Which was extremly confusing and very frightning. "I guess I should tell you....if you want to know it all. But not right now". meowed Hawkstar looking around. Cats were still fighting foxes, but there weren't very many. "I'll tell you when the fight is over, okay Wildpaw".
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Post by */Wild~" on Oct 31, 2008 16:09:05 GMT -5
Wildpaw sighed as well. Her eyes drooped down to her small white, blood-stained paws. "Okay Hawkstar, I understand." she mumbled as she nodded and turned her attention back to the other cats that were still fighting. It looked like there were only two foxes now, and one was allready being chased out by a couple of cats.
"Well then, you'll have to promise to tell me everything. I dont want any more secrets between us...okay?" she mumbled to her leader. Wildpaw longed for the relationship where she and her leader would share no secrets, and this might finally be the chance where that would actually happen. But then she'd also need to let Hawkstar in on her life. Everything about it...
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Post by hawkstar on Nov 1, 2008 13:56:23 GMT -5
"I'll tell you all about my life if you tell me all about yours. Deal"? Hawkstar asked Wildpaw. She carefully studid her paws, and sighed. She looked around, the foxes were. gone. Only 1 more left! She slowly leapt to her paws, and crouched down to leap at the fox! But then she saw Wildpaw staring at her. Hawkstar sat down, mumbling to herself.
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Post by */Wild~" on Nov 2, 2008 12:48:22 GMT -5
Wildpaw nodded to Hawkstar, promising to let her in on every secret about her life that she had kept to herslelf. "We have a deal Hawkstar. Promise." she vowed as she watched hawkstar attempt to leap for the fox but stop herslef in the moment. "Thank-you Hawkstar. I dont want you to strain yourself." she said thankfully as she looked around the clearing, looking for a cat that could chase the fox away.
Mistyleaf limped as quickly as she could over to the last fox, claws outstretched and teeth bared in a vicious snarl. The beatiful she-cats ears were flattened to her head and her pelt was stained with blood as well as dirt. "Foul beasts!" she cussed as she leaped onto the foxes shoulder, spinning her hind claws up and down its flank. It let out a fierce hiss as the orange animal tried to shake Mistyleaf off by running in a vicious circle, only to tired itself out. The fox ran furiously into the undergrowth, barking pleas of agony towrads Mistyleaf as her razor sharp teeth dug into its neck. Feeling almost no energy left in the she-cats body she let go of the beast and fell to the ground, rolling onto her belly and watching the fox dash away from the cats. "Good for it..." she mumbled angryly as she closed her eyes letting exchaustion take over her.
Wildpaw watched Mistyleaf and the fox dissappear through the brambles. She had no view of where the two fighters had gone but she could feel that the clan was safe at last. "I think all the foxes are gone Hawkstar...we should get back to RiverClan. " she mewed as her eyes scanned the clearing, looking over all teh injured cats. "I'll need to get everyone treated in my den before we have a chance to talk." she mumbled sadly, but almost relieved. Was she ready to tell Hawkstar about her past?
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Post by hawkstar on Nov 2, 2008 12:53:03 GMT -5
Hawkstar nobbed, looking relieved that Mistyleaf had chased the last fox away. "Well if thats it then, than I'll gather everyone here". Hawkstar leaped to her aws and yowled for the clan to gather around. She hopped everyone would listen. "Riverclan, gather around now Riverclan"!
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