New Journey (Rainwing)

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Time To Let Go

Dappledfrost was padding into her den, shaking her head. Tanglestar had not been in her den when she had gone to tell her of their little guests, but they were gone now anyway. The whole thing was still troubling her, though. She had been rather fond of Miraclefur as a fellow medicine cat, and couldn't understand why she would be compelled to run off with a murderer and her kit tag-along. But that kit wasn't an average kit, either. The resemblance he had to Froststorm was too great to just ignore, in looks and events that had reached her ear. She sighed, wondering what would happen next.

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Rainwing lay in the corner of the medicine cat's den, head on his paws as he was deep in thought. His ears barely flickered when Dappledfrost padded in, and a few moments later he picked up his head to look at her. "Dappledfrost....I need to speak with you." He said, though his tone wasn't happy.

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Turn Around To You

Dappledfrost jerked her head up at his words. She hadn't really been focusing on anything outside her mind. "Yes, Rainwing?" she asked, eyes narrowed slightly. "What is it? You sound troubled." It seemed to be something more than having two unwelcome RiverClan cats in the camp, but the medicine cat couldn't guess at what it was.

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Rainwing noticed that she hadn't really been paying attention to him either and wondered what she had been focusing on. Needleheart and Ice? He had worried about them, but then Starclan brought this to his attention and it was even more troubling. He rose to his feet, still a little weak from earlier but growing stronger. "First of all....Froststorm spoke through me to Needleheart. I couldn't stop it..." He murmured, looking her right in the eyes. She knew just as well as he did that this was something dangerous. No one was safe if Froststorm could do that. "And....I was thinking...Miraclefur has left Riverclan...they have no medicine cat for the time being. And we are the only clan with two...." He hesitated, looking down to his paws. "I think I should go to Riverclan till she returns. We can't leave them defenseless to disease and...if that should happen with Froststorm...Riddlehawk wouldn't be in his line of fire."

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Watching You Go

Dappledfrost closed her eyes. She'd been fearing as much from Froststorm, but now she felt horrible. She hadn't even been there to help. If she could have done anything at all was in question, but the medicine cat felt as if she'd failed to keep watch over her own apprentice. What if Froststorm had taken action then? She had not, however, been expecting the next words that came from Rainwing's mouth. She opened her eyes again. "Go to RiverClan?" she mused in question, flicking her tail. "That sounds like a good idea. And very responsible of you to think to go." She smiled. And you're right, if Froststorm plans to come back again, we need him as far away from here as possible."

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Rainwing blinked in surprise, tail flickering behind him. "You're....you're okay with that idea..?" He repeated slowly, padding closer to her. He dipped his head at her praise. "Thank you Spottedstar, I just want to help the clans best I can.." He sighed, shoulders drooping unhappily. "I told Tanglestar my idea...she thinks I'm deserting and if I leave...I don't know if I'll be welcomed back." He murmured unhappily, glancing up to his mentor.

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Seeing The White

Dappledfrost blinked. "Of course I'm okay with it. RiverClan needs some cat to take care of them for the time being, which won't be too long with any luck." In truth, she didn't know if Miraclefur would ever return. She had sounded set on leaving, but her return would have to involve Needleheart's as well, it seemed. "As for Tanglestar... Well, she's just stressed. You know how she can be." She rested her tail on his shoulder, which was harder than it used to be now that he had grown. "You're not being disloyal if you are lending a helping paw. I doubt StarClan would be happy if we left RiverClan helpless."

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Rainwing nodded, shrugging. "That's what I thought, she just seemed really upset." He glanced out the entrance of the den, remembering someone else he needed to tell. Riddlehawk. He didn't know how his previous mentor would react because as of now, he and Riverclan were not on good terms with each other. This decision was so hard... He glanced back to Dappledfrost when she placed her tail on his shoulder and he smiled lightly. "Will you come with me to propose the idea to Firestar? I'd like you to back me up..."

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I Pray To God

Dappledfrost followed his gaze out of the medicine cat den, out into the clearing. It was hard to guess at what he could be thinking. Hearing his request, she turned back to him and nodded. "Yes, I'll go... Hopefully Firestar will agree. She must have noticed Miraclefur's absence by now, and if she has any sense she'll know that it isn't good to have an empty medicine cat den." The brown she-cat's whiskers twitched. "So, when did you plan on going?"

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Rainwing sighed in relief, glad to have her on his side. "Thank you Dappledfrost I still am a little uneasy around Riverclan at times...maybe this will help that." He replied with a half smile. His blinked, glancing back to the entrance of the den. "Tomorrow morning......I need to speak with Riddlehawk first." He replied, meeting her gaze.

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ooc: There's no Spottedstar here, silly! x3

Looking For The Good

Dappledfrost nodded in understanding. "I don't think anyone is on good terms with RiverClan, right now," she mewed with a shrug. "But this could help with our two Clans in general. It wouldn't hurt to be allied with another Clan rather than enemies."

"Tomorrow morning, then. Hopefully Riddlehawk will understand better than Tanglestar."

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Ooc: I know! I just sometimes glance at your screen name and it just comes out when I type lol. xD

"True, hopefully this will help." Rainwing murmured back, nodding. He dropped his gaze, shuffling his paws slightly with anxiety. "I hope he does...I would never want to leave this clan if there was another way. Starclan just makes it seem like this is what I'm supposed to do..." He said, frowning and glancing up to the bright, clear blue sky. They were being so difficult. Another topic crossed his mind and he dropped his gaze, unsure how to ask. "Dappledfrost....I know it's forbidden...but have you ever been in love?"

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Like A Memory Long Since Past

The question took her by surprise. Dappledfrost narrowed her eyes in thought, recalling past events that she had almost forgotten. "Love? Well, maybe not in the full sense. But I do remember a certain tom I had a crush on as an apprentice." She smiled fondly. "I never took real interest, though. Mostly it was just a game to me. A little joking, a little flirting here and there." A light chuckle escaped the medicine cat as she closed her eyes. Yes, that golden tom. She'd been fond of him, hadn't she?

She opened her eyes again, her vision very clear. "But that was the past. My interest faded as I become more involved in my position." Her mew was simple. He has a mate now, and he's happy. Relationships with medicine cats only end in tragedy. Then she flicked her ears. "Were you just thinking about the matter? Every medicine cat must think about it at some time."

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Rainwing nodded, sighing. "Yes, still getting used to the new rules of being a medicine cat. Lots of do's and don'ts I have to remember..." he replied with a flick of his tail. On his mind was Sunpaw, and what they were going to do. It wasn't a game to him...he really had strong feelings for her. But would he ever be able to express them? "And just curious...why is it forbidden?"

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I Want To Keep It Inside

She had to think it over again. "Well, the reasoning is a bit different from she-cats to toms, but it comes down to the same thing. For she-cats, if we were to have kits, we would have to spend our time in the nursery taking care of them as a queen. We wouldn't be able to play the part of medicine cat again until they were apprenticed. If something big happened during this time, like a sudden case of greencough or a war, the Clan would be at a disadvantage. Really, our situation is like a female leader's."

"Toms don't have to go through this, of course. But if the did have a mate and kits, they would probably be too focused on them rather than the rest of ThunderClan. He'd want to hover over them, make sure they have all the right herbs and the best bedding, and he'd forget to restock those herbs and any other cat that would come in for help."

"Now, this applies to both genders," she mewed, continuing on. "If our mind is filled with thoughts of mates and kits, our connection to StarClan fades. That special bond we were born with dissolves into nothing, and we can no longer talk to them in our dreams, find omens they hide in our world, or receive prophecies. We become regular cats." The thought made her sad. She could never give up her role as medicine cat. She had always liked to know that there was something that was different about her from the other cats, something that had made her mentor pick her out of the litter. What awaited an unfaithful medicine cat was only a dark hole.