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BEFORE I MAKE THIS, I WANT TO SAY IT MAY BE A BIT BEFORE I REPLY INBETWEEN POSTS. K? I HAVE TRIED TO DELAY IT UNTIL HAD TIME, BUT... I CAN'T WAIT NO MORE. :<

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The she-cat knew her meeting for the clan was delayed. She didn't seem to have any time. She was worrying on a lot of matters. She always have. She hated it when she did so; she can't help it, though! It's like her nature.

FoxStar nuzzled her black paws for a bit while she stayed curled up in her nest. She was loving it for a while, rolling over on her back, letting it scratch upon the moss. Ah, that felt rather swell.

She slowly got up, and sniffed the air. It seemed rather damp-- it might rain. She didn't know, nor did she care at the moment. She had to make apprentices-- wait... who would be their mentors? She didn't really think this out at all. Maybe she could apprentice one... maybe. She didn't know at all.

She slowly slid her paws against the ground beneath her, and slowly walked out of her den. Her paws were skidding against the ground, letting the dirt get in between her paws. Ah, most would be fidgeting because of it, but she personally loves it. She doesn't know why, but she just does.

Foxstar sighed softly to herself, letting her ears droop a bit. She let herself down. Well, not really. At the moment she felt as if she wasn't doing a good job. Mostly because she didn't know who should be a mentor. Who was mentoring apprentice's anyways? She didn't even know!

She looked up at the clouds, which were slowly covering up the sun. She disliked the sun, personally. It was way too bright; it hurts her blue eyes. FoxStar just ignores it, honestly.

She shook her fox-like shaped head and looked at the high-ledge, leaping up on it. She barely missed, her front paws against the surface. The reason why she missed was mostly because she seemed kind of out of it at the moment. She was a bit dazed.

Her back paws moved up towards the edge, her claws sinking into the rock. Well, not really sinking into it, more like scraping against the edge. She gritted her teeth, and slowly pulled herself up.

Her ears pinned against her head while she turned around, her gaze traveling across her camp. It was still quiet. It was rather peaceful. Did she really want to ruin that? Ah, she would have to, a meeting needed to be called out and done. It was true.

She arched her head rather upwards, letting her gaze look at the covered sun. She smiled softly to herself, but that smile soon disappeared.

She opened her jaws in a yowl-- one that held a brave leader, "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the highledge for a clan meeting!"

She lowered her gaze towards the ground, well, where her clanmates will soon sit down at. Which, gradually, she already saw a few cats pad out of their hiding places and sit down. There was three, SootClaw, GoosePaw, and NightPaw. She already knew what they were thinking-- "what is this about?"

She sighed softly, soon seeing a kit dashing across the ground to her father. It was a fluffy orange tabby kit. Looked almost like her mother. The thing was-- she had a problem. She was mute. FoxStar herself knew that Quietkit wouldn't be able to be a proper mentor to another. It would be rather difficult.

She wrinkled her nose, loving the look of QuietKit nuzzling SootClaw's leg, while SootClaw licked her head. It was so sweet...

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PLEASE LIST DOWN KITS AND APPRENTICES WHO NEED TO GO UP TO BE AN APPRENTICE OR WARRIOR. AND PLEASE PUT DOWN ANY WARRIOR THAT NEEDS TO HAVE AN APPRENTICE >w<

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(( OOC: Cedarclaw's litter need to be apprenticed. Maybe Spottedtail's? And you have the only two apprentices. ))

Badgerstep poked his head out of the warriors den, ears pricked. What was all this about? Foxstar was up on top of the tall meeting rock. So what could she have to say? Perhaps it was time for some more kits to be made apprentices? The nursery was certainly budding with kits at the moment- four of them his own. They were going to need some more space, no doubt.

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Following his sister out of the nursery came a little blot of tortoiseshell fur. Stonekit's orange eyes were practically glowing with a giddy excitement as he bounded across the camp towards his father. "Daddy! Are we gonna be apprentices today?" The young tom rose up on his hind legs and planted his forepaws on Sootclaw's flank. Stonekit was just ready to burt with excitement. The moons of nursery life had seemed like forever! And even though he would miss sleeping close to his mother and siblings, the tom was pretty optimistic about finally being a warrior in training.

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Cedarclaw padded after her two kits at a slower pace, but with a warm smile. "If the three of you behave yourselves, then maybe. Just look at you- you're fur's all ruffled!" Stopping just near the little tom-kit, the queen leaned down and gave the top of his head a few quick licks. "Apprentices need to look their best, after all." The tortoiseshell she-cat glanced back up then to Sootclaw with the same little smile. Their kits were about to be apprentices. They were leaving her and the nursery to move into the apprentice den. They were going to be on their way toward becoming strong warriors of WindClan. This was a big day.

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The silver she-cat padded into the clearing, her odd, mismatched eyes looking around. Her maw had a small smile on it, her black tipped ears flickering about. Her tail was curled neatly around her black paws and the small framed she-cat focused on her leader. Would she get an apprentice this time around? Or would Firestar deny her an apprentice yet again?

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He had promised himself he would leave long enough to let the rest of the camp forget about him. He had needed to clear his own head and heart, and figure out what was real and what was not. What he had found out about himself had startled him at first, but it didn't anymore. He knew now where his loyalties really lied, instead of guessing like before. He knew he was stronger than ever, and he could handle the pain that would probably come with his arrival.

Sighing he tilted his head and let his gaze roam across the cats that he had left behind, it worried him that he couldn't find Mosspelt, hopefully she hadn't ran off to find him, but for the moment, his eyes rested upon Foxstar. He hoped he wasn't to late.

Taking a breath, Moonsight stepped into the clearing and sat near the entrance. He wasn't about to attract any more attention to himself than necessary...

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As Cedarclaw sat there with Sootclaw and her kits, her nose suddenly twitched. The tortoiseshell she-cat could have sworn that there was a certain scent in the air, one that she had almost forgotten. It was difficult to place. She twitched her whiskers in thought, but gave up soon enough and turned her head to look around. There, near the camp's exit, was a cat the she-cat knew that she had seen before.

The tom that stood there smelled distinctly of loner, but the tortoiseshell was positive that she had known him at some point. She blinked once, then glanced back to Sootclaw. "Sootclaw, doesn't that tom look familiar?" she mewed quietly, angling her ears towards the tom at the exit. Without waiting for him to answer, Cedarclaw stood and made her way over to the tom. "Excuse me," she mewed, eyes searching for something to trigger her memory. "You look awfully familiar... Who are you?"

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There was so many thoughts that was now spiraling through the she-cat's mind. Why must this be difficult for her-- she felt as if she was failing again due to this. Then again, she knew she could handle it. She just felt like someone was near who she remembered-- MoonSight. She didn't yet realize he was there, yet.

She closed her eyes for a moment, then re-opened them. She smiled softly, and opened her jaws to speak to call the apprentices to be warriors-- until... her blue eyes traveled to a cat who she missed dearly.

Her claws immediately unsheathed, the ones on her front paws gripping the edge of the highrock. Her legs started to tremble, blinking a few times to see if she was imagining things. No... she couldn't of. CedarClaw even noticed-- even though she could tell CedarClaw forgot.

How could someone forget that lovely tom..? The one who made her life worthwhile? She haven't a clue.

"MoooooonSiiiiiight!" she yowled, while her muscles scrunched up, her forepaws pushing against the highrock to let her spring forward.

Tears were already starting to slip-- but it was tears of joy not sadness. She was just so happy to see him right now!

She sprinted towards MoonSight, her legs stretching so far and long, as if this was depending on her life-- just to get to MoonSight. Ah... how it would be nice to nuzzle his fur. She could see it now...

Did he come to stay? Leave? Or to just torture her? That was what was on her mind at the moment, but it didn't matter anymore, for she now was next to him, with her muzzle against his flank, while a soft purring noise was made.

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SootClaw purred. He nuzzled CedarClaw's cheek. He felt so happy. CedarClaw finally... finally realized that she belonged with him. He still believed Toms were better-- besides his own she-kits and his beloved CedarClaw.

Mm... he loved her so much. He felt so at bliss at the moment. He couldn't believe how happy he was. This... was unbelievable to him. It was unreal.

"I lov--" his sentence was cut off by CedarClaw's question. When he turned his olive green eyes over to the tom at the entrance, he wrinkled his nose.

His paws itched to chase him off-- but something was odd about him. There was something familiar. He was never swell at rememberings cats-- he only remembers the cats that were important.

He really knew there was something about him-- for FoxStar rushed over and started to nuzzle MoonSight. Ah, he didn't know what was going on. That tom really frustrated him, for it ruined his moment with CedarClaw. He really hated it for CedarClaw even walked over there. Ah... he wanted to rip his pelt for it now.

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Moonsight watched the camp curiously, taking in the different reactions of the cats. He turned to Ceaderclaw and nodded his head in greeting. So most of the cats had forgotten about him, perhaps it would give him a chance to start over.

"I don't expect you to remember me. I'm Moonsight." The tom replied quietly his eyes landing upon Sootclaw. Moonsight had learned enough about the reactions of cats to know he would have to to tread lightly around the other tom for a while.

A familiar yowl caught his attention and he turned to see Foxstar racing toward him. Well, at least she rembered him. Taking in the scent of the cat that he had missed so much he nuzzled Foxstar's shoulder for a moment before pulling back "I know we have much to talk about, but perhaps it would be wise to finish your meeting before the other cats start to get impatient."

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Swiftfire dashed through the entrance of the camp as fast as she could while holding a dangling pigeon. She had been on a rise in the moors when the wind had carried Foxstar's yowl towards her. Now, she was trying to get there before it started. It wouldn't be right for a deputy to be absent.

A scent trail wafted up to her from her paws, one she was following. Urgency grew as she realized it was one she didn't know. Was Windclan being invaded? Her chest began to burn and she cursed at herself. Before she cleared the entrance, she saw a tom with two she-cats next to him while Sootclaw glared.

The young deputy stopped and began to walk into camp until she was a length away from the tom. Her ears just caught the end of what he was saying as she came up. She flicked her ears as she tried to remember. Nothing came, except her needing to breathe deeply. Swiftfire let go of her catch as soon as her intake of breath led to an irritation down in her throat and chest.

The orange tabby she-cat began coughing deeply. Her eyes began to water as it kept going on and on. Her body convulsed violently and was scary to see. Finally, she stopped, but her chest burned. Swiftfire looked up again and smiled as if nothing was wrong. Inside though, a worry was gnawing at her mind. Did she have the beginning of green cough? No, she couldn't have, not right now! She needed to help her clan!

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Darkkit ran after his siblings with an excited yelp. They had been waiting forever to be made apprentices and now they might just gain that title! When he saw his mother licking his brother, he laughed and quickly darted out of the way before Cedarclaw could get him too.

Seeing Sootclaw nearby, he mewed and ran right into his father. Soon, he was climbing the warrior's back till he was at his neck. From there, he looked at the clan and saw what his father did. Another cat had come into the camp and Foxflight was treating him like a long lost friend. His mother had padded there was well. He cocked his head.

His ears pricked as he heard oncoming paws and was glad to see Swiftfire had made it. What happened next made him feel really confused. "Dad, who is that cat? Why is the deputy coughing like that? Is it because he smells like a nasty gross loner?," he asked innocently.

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Cedarclaw blinked. It was hard to place the name and the face together, but she thought it sounded a bit familiar. At least, Foxstar seemed to recognize him easily enough. The tortoiseshell she-cat had to take a few steps back in order to give the leader and the strange tom enough room. Seeing Foxstar like this was probably a little more strange than that, however, and the warrior bit back an amused smile.

The she-cat then, seeing as she would be an unwelcome presence in the little welcome party, turned about and padded back over to where she had left Sootclaw and the kits. But even before she quite got there, she couldn't help but notice the irritated look in the tom's green eyes. The tortoiseshell gave him a funny look, then licked his cheek. "What? What's got your fur so ruffled?" she mewed teasingly. Cedarclaw hadn't been paying attention to what he'd been saying just before she asked the question regarding Moonsight, and wasn't aware that she'd cut him off.

Darkkit's question pulled at her attention, though. Confused, the she-cat glanced back over to the deputy, who must have entered the camp just after she'd turned around to come back. Swiftfire was coughing horribly, sounding nothing short of sore and painful. It almost made the tortoiseshell wince. But instead, she just looked at Darkkit and shook her head a little. "No, Darkkit, that's not why. That tom was a WindClan cat, once. I'm sure Swiftfire's fine." Cedarclaw kept her tone upbeat enough, but really, only a young kit such as her own wouldn't know the real reason.

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FoxStar winced, and slowly nodded a bit, "I suppose so..."

She smiled softly, feeling a bit happier now. She walked back towards the great rock, while having a skip in her step. Anyone could see how happy she was. Ah... how it was nice to have Moonsight back. But was he here for good?

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SootClaw looked at DarkKit, and noticed that CedarClaw was back answering the question. He looked over at SwiftFire. Could it be greencough sparking up already? No... No... not now! Not with his kits!

His nose twitched, and looked at CedarClaw. He shrugged, and looked at his paws, "It's... nothing."

He looked back at MoonSight, having his stare full of rather... anger. He already disliked the tom-- again. He nevered liked anyone in the past, either.

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QuietKit looked over at SwiftFire, and slowly crept forward. Due to having no voice, the only way she could give SwiftFire a notice of her there, was to pat at her foot. After doing so, she looked up at SwiftFire with her big orange eyes.

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Cedarclaw attempted as best she could to preform the cat version of raising an eyebrow, but didn't press the subject. If it matted, he'd say so. So for now it wasn't important. The tortoiseshell was then about to turn her attention back to Foxstar, expecting the meeting to start back up again, but then she noticed that one of her litter was no longer at her paws. A flash of maternal worry flashed through her, and her orange eyes immediately went out to where Swiftfire remained, Quietkit just nearing the deputy. Panic entered her mind. No! She could be infectious already! Cedarclaw stood immediately and bounded over to her little ginger kit, wrapped her tail around her, and gently but quickly pulled her back closer. "Quietkit, come back to your father and brothers. The meeting's due to start back up." Cedarclaw glanced up apologetically to Swiftfire, hoping she would understand that this wasn't personal, and began to nudge Quietkit back.

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Darkkit blinked at his dad in confusion. Then what in the world was it? He sniffed the air and only smelt that ugly tom that made the leader so giddy. A sudden sneeze met him and he fell off his father's back, only to land on his sibling Stonekit. "Oof!," he meowed as he tried to get back on his feet.

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Swiftfire breathed deeply and was glad when the irratation in the back of her throat had faded. Her ears heard what was going on with Foxstar and the cat in front of her. She looked up and her ears fell as she noticed that Foxstar could have walked right into a wall and not even have seen it. Swiftfire padded into the entrance and sat in the clearing as she waited for the meeting to begin.

A tiny pad on her paw made her look down at orange kitten eyes. It was dear Quietkit trying to get her attention. She cocked her head, waiting to see if Quietkit would explain herself to the deputy in any way she could. Why was this kit trying to get her attention?

Before she could ask such a question, Cedarclaw quickly took the kit away from her and she looked on. At Cedarclaw's look, she nodded, but then turned her attention back on the kit a couple of paces away now. "Quietkit, what are you trying to tell me?," she asked quietly.

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Stonekit had been watching his mother chase after Quietkit, head a bit cocked to the side. He didn't know why, exactly, but she seemed kinda worried about something. He didn't know what. It was almost like she was afraid of Swiftfire... But whatever. It didn't seem like a big deal.

That was when his brother suddenly fell onto him from his father's back. Stonekit yowled in surprise, and his legs quickly gave out from under him, and he fell flat onto the earth. "Yeeouch!" The tortoiseshell tom then glared up at where he thought his brother was, and then tried to push him away with his paws and to roll out from under him. "Darkkit, watch it!"

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((umm...Darkkit sneezed, he didn't cough XD))

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(( x3 Sorry. Fixed. ))