I Never Meant For This To Happen[Icepaw/Open]

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"Icepaw, you're not in it alone. Froststorm is in my head too and I suffer through the same thing as you, I can help you deal wit it if you'll let me." Rainwing replied, looking to the apprentice sympathetically. As his connection was different with Starclan than any other medicine cat, Froststorm could haunt his dreams just as much as he did Icepaw's. Seemed the dead warrior loved to torment the living.

At what Twitchpaw said, he smiled. "I'm sure you could find someone....what if they weren't Riverclan?" He asked before glancing to his apprentice. "I'm sure Twitchpaw would be an excellent listener and....I think I know another apprentice that you would like. Twitchpaw...could you find Skypaw please?"

Ooc: Yes, I'm bringing in the happy-go-lucky bubbly apprentice FEEL THE RAYS OF JOY!!

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(XDDDDD Nice)

Twitchpaw smiled, "I would be happy to help and since I'm a medicine cat. If you really need me, I could come see you and say, Rainwing send me or something." She smiled before standing up, stretching before heading off to find Skypaw, knowing his happy look on the world should cheer if not drive the cat insane.

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Skypaw was just coming in from some hunting, a mouthful of prey but the smile on his face was still evident. Nothing seemed to damper his mood it seemed. His ears pricked as he set the prey down, hearing Twitchpaw approach. "Hey Twitchpaw, what's up?" He asked cheerfully.

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An unconvinced frown clung onto his muzzle. "But how could you? I mean, I don't see how much help you could be if you're out here and Froststorm's in here." He used his tail to indicated toward his head. As Rainwing then continued to speak, Icepaw glanced over to Twitchpaw. Sure, he supposed that it might be alright to talk to her when he got the chance. But that was just it. There was no way he could just pop up in ThunderClan territory whenever he wanted to. Firestar wouldn't like the thought if she found out, and he was sure that Tanglestar wouldn't be too fond of it, either. And the same thing would happen for a cat in any other Clan besides his own. The only time he could think of seeing a friend outside RiverClan was once a moon, at Gatherings.

As he'd been thinking the matter over, Icepaw had ignored Rainwing asking his apprentice to fetch another. So when he saw the new apprentice enter the medicine den, his ears pricked in alarm and he scrunched back a little. The tom looked cheerful enough, but being surrounded by strange cats wasn't his idea of a good time. "What's this all about?" he mewed slowly, looking from the new apprentice to the ThunderClan medicine cats.

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Ooc: Hahaha, do you know Skypaw is a tom or does Ice just think he's a she? xD

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ooc: xPPP SO sorry! I thought Skypaw was a she-cat... I'll fix that, sorry! Dx

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"This is Skypaw, possibly the kindest and somewhat.... unsafely friendly cats in the clan. He will do anything for friends and even more so to make friends," Twitchpaw mewed, looking at the time before Icepaw. "He might be the best cat to know." She smiled, moving over to lay down, leaving plenty of space between the two so that they could get to know one another.

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Skypaw's bright green eyes looked curiously from Twitchpaw, to Icepaw. "What's going on Twitchpaw?" As she didn't answer but instead introduced him, he smiled warmly to the new apprentice, tail twitching perkily. "Icepaw? And you're from Riverclan?" He asked curiously, studying the tom. "I'm Skypaw, nice to meet you!"

Rainwing chuckled, looking to Twitchpaw with a nod of approval. It was hard not to warm up to this bubbly apprentice.

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Icepaw flicked an ear in greeting, but an unsure frown tugged at one corned of his jaws. "Yeah, that's right," the tom assured, blinking. He then looked back to Rainwing. "Ya know, all this really isn't necessary. I don't need you to make friends for me." The pale tabby apprentice wasn't purposely trying to be rude or anything, but so many new faces were making him a little uneasy. Plus, Skypaw's attitude was a bit overwhelming. Turning back to the tom apprentice, he gave a small smile. "Um, I'm just recovering here. Had a bit of an accident along the boarder."

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"How many friends do you have back in Riverclan?" Rainwing asked curiously, maybe to get the tom to notice his rather prickly attitude towards others. Maybe not prickly....but it wasn't exactly friendly. "And I'm not helping you make friends, I was finding someone to watch you while Twitchpaw and I went to search for some more herbs. If you need anything, just ask Skypaw." He replied easily, looking to his apprentice and flicking his tail for her to follow him.

Skypaw saw the injury and he looked concerned, even though the tom wasn't from Thunderclan. Injuries were not good for any cat, and he was curious to how the tom got it. But he didn't want to intrude, figuring if he wanted to say, he would. "Ah, okay Rainwing. Icepaw, would you like any fresh-kill or water....something? I can get it for you." He replied with a smile, standing as he was ready to get whatever he asked.

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Icepaw twitched his whiskers at the question. "A couple. I don't need to be friends with every cat in the Clan." What was the medicine cat trying to prove here? But when he mentioned him and Twitchpaw leaving him here with Skypaw, his neck fur prickled again. The pale tabby didn't know this tom at all, and he wasn't all that eager to reach out to another cat. He was meeting more cats that very day than he had in multiple moons of his life.

The tom looked up at Skypaw's question, and flicked an ear uncomfortably. "Uh, maybe some fresh-kill if ThunderClan can afford one. Nothing with feathers or thick fur, though, please. RiverClan cats aren't all that fond of those." He was pretty sure that ThunderClan didn't have any fish in their camp.

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Twitchpaw looked at Rainwing somewhat confused before following him, "Why are we gathering herbs now? Shouldn't we be making sure he doesn't wander off like my brother?" Twitchpaw sighed, her brother always sneaking off even with his tail still trying to heal. "What do we need? We gathered herbs not that long ago and no one is sick... that I have seen anyway." Twitchpaw looked around before back to the den, hoping Icepaw didn't try to attack Skypaw, Course if he does, it'll be because Skypaw is to nice. She laughed, then thinking that maybe she could try to fish, hoping that the fish would make Icepaw feel better. "Oh Rainwing, can I head over to Riverclan? Let them know that Icepaw is here before they think we captured him?"

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"We're not going to gather herbs Twitchpaw, we're going to Riverclan." Rainwing replied in a hushed tone that only she could hear. He kept his pace, not looking back towards his den. "If Icepaw knew we were going, he'd want to come with and that would be too much trouble. Besides, bonding with Skypaw won't be so bad." He replied with a chuckle, looking to his apprentice with amusement.

Skypaw brightened at this, knowing something he had kept secret and now it was the best time to reveal it. He nodded to Icepaw, darting out of the den quickly only to reappear just a moment later with fresh-kill in his jaws. But it wasn't a mouse or bird, actually....it was a fish. He placed it in front of the Riverclan apprentice with a proud smile. "I managed to catch it in our side of the river right before I knew you were here....I was pretty lucky. I don't like the taste as much as a mouse or squirrel, so you can have it."

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Icepaw had waited with his tail-tip twitching as Skypaw dashed out of the medicine cat den and into the clearing. But he hadn't expected what the apprentice would bring back at all. His blue eyes widened at the sight of the gleaming fish, its scales the marvelous blue-green he'd seen on a daily bases in the RiverClan fresh-kill pile. The pale tabby then noticed that his mouth was beginning to water, so he swallowed and pawed it a bit closer. "Uh, you know, RiverClan really wouldn't like to learn that ThunderClan took a fish out of the river. But, um, I myself can make an exception." Having that said, Icepaw took a great big bite out of the kill, relishing the flavor it contained before swallowing and taking another bite. He repeated this until all that remained were the bones. The tabby liked his lips to savor the taste. "Thanks," he mewed. "But I did mean the bit about if RiverClan found out. Fish is our main source of prey. We're pretty attached to it."

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Skypaw nodded in all seriousness at his statement. "Yes, of course, I wasn't looking to catch fish actually. It turned out to be a good coincidence though, apparently Starclan is looking out for you especially." He said brightly, the ever so happy grin coming back to his young and innocent face. He watched Icepaw eat some, feeling good to be of help.

Now these two weren't very far apart in age, yet they were so different. One with a big burden on his shoulders, acting as if he were a warrior who had gone through many trials, and the other just didn't seem capable of seeing the dark side to life. Maybe they could learn from each other...