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Oh, so he's coming back to me now, huh? Whisperpaw thought viciously. She then scolded herself. It's not his fault that he had to talk to the leader, is it? No, it's not. Why was she being so mean about it anyway. She sighed inwardly, then looked at him. She saw his little smile, and she echoed it. It's fine. She told him. Her tail swished lazily, as she looked at him.

She could see the worry in his eyes, and the annoyance. Was he annoyed at her? Why would he be? Well, she could have disrupted his conversation with Foxstar. That might be it. She bet it was. Well, it's not like she meant too. He had come over first, after all. She wished she could say something to him, anything, to make him feel better. She hated seeing other feel bad. Unfortunately, her extreme shyness stopped her from opening her mouth, from saying those words of encouragement. Stupid shyness.

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FoxStar looked back behind her, staring at SwiftPaw and WhisperPaw. She couldn't help but give a soft smile. She couldn't help but admire the young she-cat once more. She still had so much to go through... So much mistakes she has to make and learn from.

What about her? She did learn about them, but... she never changed them. She always did and made the same mistakes. Like this one, for instance. She would probably never learn. Not many expected her to, either. She might as well give them what they want, right?

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The black she-cat slowly padded over to the two apprentice's. She smiled warmly, "Hi SwiftPaw, WhisperPaw!"

NightPaw smiled a bit, and then looked over at SwiftPaw. She was curious as to if he was having an affair like MoonSpirit. Yeah, she knew about it. How? She put two and two together from her Mentor, BadgerStep.

He almost slipped it out. Well, he dropped down the big hints. "There's someone else", he said. Who does he hang out with the most? MOONSPIRIT.

She's not stupid.

"How are you both?!"

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Switpaw let out a sigh of relief. She's not mad at me...

Swiftpaw turned around to see Nightpaw. "Well, good morning, lovely," he meowed. "What bring's you to these parts of... uh... Windclan's camp...?"

Fail! he screamed at himself. How are you going to get her to like you with a stupid comment like that? He looked over to where Foxstar was sitting-alone.

Would she get jealous if he continued flirting with she-cats? But how could he stop? He just wasn't Swiftpaw if he didn't try siducung any girl he could.

Why does everything have to be so difficult?

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NightPaw rolled her eyes, and made a rather rude comment, "Oh, come on. I thought you were a medicine cat apprentice! You aren't supposed to flirt with others!"

She wrinkled her nose in rather disgust. It slightly bugged her how the medicine cats thinks it's okay to flirt with others and try to have, well, a mate and kits. If they did, they would be too worried about their mate and kits, and not care for the other clanmates that they have.

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FoxStar couldn't help but chuckle at Nightpaw's comment. She sighed softly, and slowly rose to all fours. She slowly padded to the entrance of camp. She paused there, looked back, and then continued forward.

She had no need to be in camp at the moment.

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"Jeez, I was only kidding!" the black and white tom said, a hint of growl in his voice. "You she-cats are all so serious." He rolled his eyes.

This was probably the reason why he didn't have very may friends-all of the girls thought he was crazy for flirting with them when he was a medicine cat apprentice, and all of the toms thought he was disgusting for the same reasons.

"Okay, look, I'm sorry..."

The words just seemed to flow out of his mouth with no real thought. "It's just... old habits are hard to break..."

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The ligth colored she-cat nodded at her fellow apprintice as she walked up. Whisperpaw envied Nightpaw in a way. She was so much more outgoing. She could say what she wanted, without her vocal cords freezing up on her. Whisperpaw did not have that luxury. She felt like she would always be stuck in this bubble of silence, caused by her lack of bravery.

Her ear twiched in annoyance when she heard Swiftpaw address Nightpaw. He was flirting with her too! She blinked in surprise of herself. Was she jealous? No, she wasn't. She was just surprised at the audacity that the tom displayed. She almost smirked in joy as Nightpaw repreminded him though. He desirved it, I guess. Although he seemed to just be having alittle fun with them. He had always been like that anyway.

She was shocked by Swiftpaw's quick responce, mostly by the growl in it. Was he mad? Had Nightpaw hit a nerve or something?Whisperpaw was even more shocked when Swiftpaw apologized so quickly. It's ok. She told him, then reached out tentivly and bumped her nose on his shoulder. It shocked her that she even was that bold.

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NightPaw couldn't help but look at WhisperPaw with disgust. She gave in too easily. She never understood why some she-cats were like that. I mean, really!

She looked at SwiftPaw and rolled her eyes, "Yeah, right!"

NightPaw snorted in a rather humorous way, "Habits may be hard to break, but you gotta stop especially for your job! If you love your habit so much, then stop being a medicine cat apprentice!"

She was quite serious about that. She didn't want another 'accident' to happen, not like MoonSpirit and BadgerStep. That wouldn't be a good thing for the clan. The whole clan would crumble up and die.

She then looked at WhisperPaw, "Don't give him mercy or sympathy! Or he'll never learn!"

She said that rather sharp, hoping that the she-cat would understand what she was saying.

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Whisperpaw jerked at the repremind that she recieved from Nightpaw. Her eyes flew open wide, and she shrunk down and slightly away. She looked down and away from either of the cats. I'm sorry. She said, barely audible. She flinched as she got scolded again from the other she-cat. She opened her mouth to say ok, sorry, something, but nothing would come out. She was reduced to just nodding. Her blue eyes stared at the dirt and dried grass under her paws.

She didn't like being scolded. To her, it was worse then a physical blow, though that was pretty bad too. Why was Nightpaw being so mean? Whisperpaw knew that she was a bossy personality, but still. I guess I just have to deal with it. she told herself. If her body wouldn't let her fight back for herself, then she would just have to sit here and take it. How did other cats deal with this? The she-cat didn't know, but she wished that she could.

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Swiftpaw felt like a hole opened up in his stomach at Nightpaw's words. Stop being a medicine cat apprentice? Maybe...

"Do you know why I became a medicine cat?" he spat, not meeting her eyes. "I became a medicine cat apprentice because I tried! I tried to be a good apprentice, to become a warrior! But I couldn't! All you ever did was mock me for trying! Do you think I want to be a medicine cat? Have you ever thought about what I feel?"

His head jerked up and he growled, "Have you?!"

The black and white tom felt a tear forming in his eyes. Ever since he was young, his life had been full of pain... And now, he was mad...

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Whisperpaw sat there, shrunken almost as small as she could get. She leaned away from Swiftpaw as he started yelling. What had come over him? There was too much yelling. Too much anger. She oculd feel the rage radiationg of the tom as he spat at Nightpaw. At least he's not yelling at me. Whisperpaw thought. It would be so much worse if he was.

What could she do? She felt like she had to do something. Could she calm him somehow? She had been shocked by his words. She had no idea that he had failed as a normal apprentice. He seemed... well... like he hadn't failed like that. He was always upbeat and normal. This was a new side to him, one she had never seen or expected him to have. She had to do something! But her body was frozen, not letting her move. How desperately she wanted to!

Suddenly, she felt her nose on his shoulder. Please, calm down. She heard her voice say. I know it must be hard. I won't make fun of you.

... What just happened? She woke up, her ind realizing what her body had done without it's approval. And the snyness and embarassment washed over her. Fearing his wrath would focus on her now, she shrunk back down, looking up at him with worried, frightened blue eyes.

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NightPaw looked at WhisperPaw, and narrowed her eyes. She was just like the other she-cats! NightPaw is definitely teaching her something later-- but not a violent way. A way of showing her that she has to stick up for herself. Yeah, that sounds nice.

She looked back at SwiftPaw, and just hissed.

"That's why? That's just weak! To be a warrior, you have to try harder, and not give up! You gotta be like FoxStar, or or some other great leader!"

Her green eyes just burned into his fur, and they started to burn upon WhisperPaw when she tried to calm him. She was just, ugh! She looked back at SwiftPaw, letting her tail swish back and forth.

"What about me, hmm? You know what I'm dealing with? A mentor who doesn't even care about my feelings! One who has to try to sway away and get with the medicine cat, and one who doesn't even try to train me! How do you think I feel?"

She growled at him, letting her claws slowly rake against the ground. She soon rounded up on WhisperPaw, "And, you! You need to learn to stick up for yourself, and get outgoing! It isn't that hard! I'mma help you later!"

She may of said that in a rude tone, but she was serious in every way.

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Whisperpaw stared at Nightpaw, her blue eyes wide as they could be. This was surprising. Her mentor didn't teach her at all? And he was sneaking off with the medicine cat! Her mind was getting overwhelmed, and then Nightpaw turned to her.

She cringed away from the blasting words, her eyes still wide and staring. She shrunk down, her shyness having regained full control over her body once more. The words scared her and excited her at the same time. She would teach her how to be like her? To stand up for herself? Was that even possible. She was just amazed, and didn't know what to do. She finally unfroze some of her muscles and nodded, her eyes still wide and gazing.

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Nightpaw wrinkled her nose a bit, and looked back at SwiftPaw for an answer. She just stood there, anger slowly dying out of her eyes, but you could tell she was still a bit furious.

She didn't say another word, she only let her tail swish while her claws raked against the ground. I mean, what was she supposed to do? There was almost nothing. She was just blank, waiting for an answer to appear out of thin air from SwiftPaw.

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"It's not weak!" He hissed. "I tried hard! I tried to be like all of the other cats, but it just didn't work! I have my limits, okay? We all have limits! So don't call me weak or I'll show you just how weak I am!"

Swiftpaw bared his teeth and unsheathed his claws. He was prepared for her to make fun of him some more when those words spilled from her mouth.

"What?! Your mentor is... is..." The world seemed to spin around him. So Moonspirit was in love, too! That meant that they had something in common. Could he talk to her about his love for Foxstar? Would she understand his frustration...?

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NightPaw growled at the tom, and let her black tail lash back and forth.

"You are really willing to try to fight me?" she mocked with cockiness. She was being quite serious, "It is weak. Whenever you give up, it's weak!"

She growled deeply, letting her gaze stare at the tom. Why was he so confused about this? Eh? It wasn't so difficult to understand.

"BadgerStep is my mentor, obviously!" she bared her teeth, "Who barely pays any attention to me!"

She wrinkled her nose in disgust. She was so unsure of what to do and say. I mean, what was she supposed to say or do?

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