A {Sparkle} In the {Rain}

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Rainwing nodded, he didn't mind. "Please stay. This is much better than the nightmares I've been having. And they've just gotten worse since I've come to Riverclan." He frowned, glancing to Moonshadow. "Do you suppose it has something to do with Froststorm being a Riverclan cat?" He asked, the name still rolling off his tongue with disgust.

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SparklePaw nudged RainWing's cheek affectionately, like any friend would.

She looked at MoonShadow, obviously oblivious to his nightmares, maybe MoonShadow did.

"Perhaps. Or perhaps it is trying to warn you of something that might happen, or that someone has returned."

Her tail overlapped on her paws, almost looking how she used to in ThunderClan.

"Don't worry about Ice, I'm sure he'll come through eventually."

But in a good way... or in a bad way?

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Rainwing smiled to Sparklepaw, then glanced to Moonshadow. "I shoudn't worry about Ice? But everytime I'm near him...I get the feeling of Froststorm..." He sighed, shaking his head. "Maybe I'm just paranoid..."

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SparklePaw cuffed RainWing around the ear.

"Come on.. Let's play!"

She obviously didn't want to discuss Ice, nor StarClan for that matter. She wanted to feel like a real cat again, not some mystical she-cat.

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MoonShadow just gave RainWing a friendly blink.

"Later."

She muttered, as in trying to tell him she would speak with him some other night to explain.

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Rainwing nodded to Moonshadow, then turned to Sparklepaw with a smile. "You sure? You can't take me..." He said chuckling, crouching down. His tail flickered behind him as he waited for her to make a move.

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SparklePaw purred, crouching down as well, except her butt was high in the air.

She swung it back and forth, staring at the tom. She was wondering how she would attack playfully, could she leap over him? Or even, run straight for him, and then swever to the left? She thought about it, hard, and then came to conclusion on what she would do.

She wiggled her butt back and forth for a minute, then she dashed, going straight for him. But at the right moment, she swervered to the left.

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Rainpaw watched her every move carefully, his green eyes flickering as he studied her. He tensed his muscles to be ready to move when she came at him and she did. Unfortunately she went to the left, meaning his right. When he moved back to get around to facing her, his left leg buckled beneath him and he stumbled back with a grimace. He quickly readjusted, ignoring the throbbing as he faced the she-cat.

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SparklePaw noticed how his leg buckled under him, slowly padding closer to him. Her ears were flat against her head, with worry. She gave a weak sniff.

"A-Are you okay?"

She muttered, her eyes large with dismay. She kept looking at his leg to his face.

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Rainwing sighed. She noticed. He nodded, looking up to her. "Yes...just an old reminder why I could never become a warrior." He said softly, shrugging. It was a painful memory, but he was less bitter about it than he had been when he was younger. He understood a little bit better but it still was embarrassing in situations like this. "Sorry to ruin our little fight....I can manage and we can keep going..."

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SparklePaw grimaced, and nosed the tom's cheek slightly.

"You could still be a warrior, at heart. Never forget that. I can't be a warrior either!"

SparklePaw sat down for a moment, staring at the ground.

"Of course you can keep going, you will try your hardest, no matter the cost. You are a wariror at heart, but a Medicine Cat on the outside."

Her tail ran down his flank.

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Rainwing smiled to her softly. "Thank you Sparklepaw..." He murmured, ears flickering slightly. "If you...if you were still in Windclan....I think we'd be good friends somehow." He touched noses with her gently, feeling a little more relieved here with his guardians.

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SparklePaw let out a soft purr, and nodded slightly.

"I know we would, but we are good friends now, right?"

Her head slightly tilted, blinking. She really would be his guardian, more than anyone would know. She felt like she had to, for his case.

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MoonShadow smiled at SparklePaw, she really had some talent in words, but she was right. He was a warrior on the inside, but on the outside he was a Medicine Cat. She liked how soft SparklePaw was being, and she knew she would be like that for the rest of her... life.

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Rainwing nodded, a deeper purr rising from his own chest. "Of course we are. I can count on you to look out for me when things are so confusing. Thanks Sparklepaw." He responded cheerfully. Faintly, he heard his name being called in the real world. Time to go it seemed.

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SparklePaw smiled, and nodded.

"Don't need to thank me!"

She, too, noticed that it was time to go. She looked desperately at MoonShadow, who shook her head.

SparklePaw looked at RainWing, and then at MoonShadow once more.

"Is it possible that I could stay by RainWing's side in the real world, without anyone else noticing..?"

MoonShadow blinked, and padded over. She looked at RainWing, and then at SparklePaw.

"SparklePaw, that would be hard to do. He would get distracted too, and that won't be good. Maybe at moments in the day you can help out, if he gets stressed."

She smiled at RainWing.

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Rainwing nodded, smiling to Sparklepaw. "I wouldn't mind that, I'd enjoy all the help I can get Sparklepaw." He said happily, enjoying the idea of having some Starclan assistance. "Thank you Moonshadow...that would mean a lot..."