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Mosspaw scuffed her paw on the ground as she listened. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean for it to sound like that..." she said softly. She understood what Hollyfire meant about lost. Her mother had left just after she became an apprentice. She'd never been able to prove herself to her mother either... To this day, she believed that she had been hated by her own mother... "So...terms aside... You fell in love with your best friend..." she mewed, and that made her squirm uncomfortably. Dear StarClan, if Springpaw ever heard it that way, then that'd give her so much fuel against Mosspaw. To her, Hailstorm was her best friend...by far really. She didn't know who his best friend was, as he really interacted with everyone. But for her, it was him.

Jaggedstorm looked at Leafblaze and nodded to her. "Hey, Leafblaze." he replied, and took one last bite to finish his mouse. He gave her an encouraging smile. "Things will be alright." 

Spottedheart yawned and stretched out on the ground, enjoying the relaxation. 

Springpaw let out a frustrated hiss as the other apprentice turned, slowly sheathing her claws as the rush of a potential battle faded. The tiny apprentice whirled around so her back was to Mosspaw, hiding the hurt she felt start to stab at her pelt. Scratching viciously into the dirt, the tabby hurled angry thoughts at everyone she knew. Hailstorm, for starting all this; Firepaw, for siding with her; Mosspaw, for being a stubborn, annoying mousebrain; Hallowpaw, for fainting(plus, Springpaw's gossip radar was picking up someone badmouthing her); and Runningpaw, for being..... erm, himself. Suddenly, Springpaw's silver eyes caught sight of something. Falling into her habit of being nasty when she was depressed, the tiny apprentice trotted up to Hailstorm. "Hey, Hailstorm!" she called as she walked, loud enough so Mosspaw would hear.

Grasswhisker's eyes traveled to his apprentice. "I don't know..." he whispered. At least she looked happy right now. "Well..." the tom's resolve started to grow as he accepted his thoughts, "I need to talk to her. My mentor was always my best friend. Other than you, of course," he added hastily. 

Maplestar padded out of his den, eyes surveying his Clan. He needed a deputy. He wrapped his plumy tail around his paws, searching for a sign of leadership.

(And, since I haven't seen Scarlett...) Briarrose padded back into camp, elegant head held high as she cast an arrogant look over the cats, anxious to do something. Unwittingly, she felt her eyes drawn to that annoying tom... Thistlefrost. Just sitting in the middle, thinking he's the center of the world. "Disgusting.." she grumbled under her breath

Hallowpaw blushes and looks at her paws "O-Oh, right! I-i forgot about that." she lets out a squeak of surprize as Silverpelt comes over to them "Ah- no, T-the other mentors t-thought we sould train f-for one, just i-in case." She shifts uncomfortably, nervous around two cats she didnt know so well.... well maybe not Runningpaw, he was really nice.

Hailstorm looked at Springpaw and nodded a greeting. "Hellow Springpaw." he said. "Do you have the answer to my earlier question?" he asked, cocking his head.

Sparkpaw sighed. "Well, do..." he paused, looking for convorsation material. "Do you like to... hunt?" he asked Stormpaw ackwardly. (Hey Cloudy, there's a post for Copper and Bracken in case you didn't see it)

Springpaw kicked at the ground bashfully, ears slightly lowered as she nodded. "I think it's cobwebs to stop the bleeding, right?" she peered up at the medicine cat, mind racing as she tried to finish the half word Mosspaw said. Mari what? "Coltsfoot can help with the infection. It has yellow flowers," she added. Oh! That's it! "And marigold also fights infection!" She flicked her tail as she glanced up at the tom. "Was I right?"

Hollyfire nods "You could put it that way, I sopose...." she grins slightly "Has your heart fallen for a friend? I wont ask, thats just rude, but If you ever need advice I'm here for you." Hollyfire gently streaches but winces as her belly streaches.Hollyfire sighs in slight pain, she was now a queen with a belly full of kits. (cant figure out how to put it.)

Firepaw glares at Springpaw, Springpaw what in Starclan are you doing? Shes doing it on delibritly too! Firepaw nuges Springpaw somewhat harshly as he pads away, looking abit hurt.

((Oops, sorry Dandy. Didn't see it until you mentioned it)) 

Stormpaw looked at Sparkpaw and could see that the other apprentice was trying to be nice to him. He twitched the tip of his ear and suspressed a sigh. Stormpaw was a nice tom, but he wasn't a social one. "Hunting's alright....W- What do you think?" he meowed quietly. 

Thistlefrost spotted Maplestar emerging from his den and the tom made his way over. He gave a small nod of his head to the leader. "Maplestar," he murmmered. "I just came to tell you that the rogue was escorted and has indeed left our territory," he mewed. "It didn't seem as if he had any intentions of coming back soon, but naturally, we can't really know for sure," he added with a small shrug. It had seemed to him that Wheatley couldn't get away fast enough. 

Mosspaw's heart leaped in fright as Hollyfire's first words left her mouth. 'StarClan, no! She doesn't think that too, right?' she thought before Hollyfire continued. She was about to respond when her ears picked up Springpaw's loud voice ringing across the clearing. She just answered with a shrug as her gaze swiveled to see what the other she-cat was up to. Watching her, she angled her ears, focusing so she could listen, and Springpaw was making it easy. Anger surged through her pelt. She'd meant to help Sparkpaw, not her! She had thought Coltsfoot was a name, for StarClan's sake!! Her tail tip flicked with irritation, and she fought to keep her claws sheathed. Realizing that Springpaw wanted a reaction, she took deep breaths, containing her annoyance to her lashing tail. 

Leafblaze looked over at Jaggedstorm and blinked in surprise. She must really look mopey for him to have read her so easily. She took a tiny bite of her prey and gave a small shrug. "Yeah...I just wish it'd hurry up and do so..." she muttured before flicking her ears. "Sorry... " she mewed in an apology for her bitterness. "How are you, Jaggedstorm?" she asked instead.

Runningpaw looked at Silverpelt. He hadn't known about the ambush? He had just assumed that his mentor did... "So are....are we going with the rest of the apprentice's to practice it tonight?" he asked hesitantly. He hoped they would... he finally had a willing partner for a team training excercise...

Sparkpaw smiled slightly. "It's my favorite thing to do besides eating." He said happily. "What do you think of battle training?" he asked.

Hailstorm nodded. "Yes, cobwebs and Marigold. Coltsfoot is usually used for cracked pads and Kittencough, but if i didn't have marigold i would use it." He flicked his silver ears, getting the prickling feeling that someone was watching. "Hopefully you can remember what cobwebs and marigold are just in case you need to use the herbs in the future. Thank you for remembering you had to figure that out."  he then turned and grabbed a mouse from the fresh-kill pile.

Jaggedstorm shrugged his broad shoulders. "It's no problem. I'm doing fine, thanks. I wish I could transfer some of my cheer to you." he meowed with a slight grin, then realized how cheesy his lame attempt of a joke was. He twitched his ear in embaressment. 

Stormpaw didn't hesitate before meowing, "I enjoy it. I want to be a great fighter, so I can protect the clan." 

Mosspaw could help but feel a thrill of satisfaction as Hailstorm turned to grab a mouse from the fresh-kill. 'Ha! Your charm's not working this time, now is it?' she thought smugly before wiping her smirk off her face. If Springpaw looked over, she wanted to appear disinterested, though Mosspaw wasn't very good at hiding her feelings...

Leafblaze looked at Jaggedstorm and smiled. His kindness and attempts to make her laugh heartened her, and she appreciated it. "Well, what do you know," she said with a small chuckle. "I think you just might be, Jaggedstorm," she mewed, her fire starting to return to her eyes.

Jaggedstorm smiled. "Well, I'm glad. I'll have to think of some new lame jokes for later on.... Not that you'll need them." he yawned and licked any morsels of prey that was left on his muzzle. "Do you think a patrol will be sent out soon?" he asked her with curious eyes.

Spottedheart scanned around the camp, letting everything soak in. She had only recently become a warrior, so she was eager to prove herself. She glanced at the apprentices and saw once again that she was the same size that they were. Why am I so small?

Hallowpaw relaxes as Silverpelt walks away "W-why is he s-so angry?" she shivers as lets out a low growl as her head hurts, she presses her head into the ground to relive the pain. 

Runningpaw glanced down at his curt answer, but couldn't help but feel glad about going. He gave a small shrug in reply to Hallowpaw, but then looked up as she gave a low growl. His pale green eyes widened as she put her head to the ground. "H-Hallowpaw?" he asked with worry. "Are you alright? Do you need Hailstorm?" he said, standing up.

Leafblaze finished her food and then stretched, giving her coat a shake. "Well, I sure hope so. I wouldn't mind getting out of camp for a little bit," she mewed. "I'm sure it won't be too much longer," she added with optimisim as her mood continued to life with the friendly conversation.

Hallowpaw looks up at Runningpaw "N-no, I-i get these often....I-it will go away in a few seconds...." She sits up slowly when the pain finally dulls "Hailstorm wont beable to help me anyway, untill I regain my memories of before I came here I guess I'll always deal with my condition..." Her eyes widen, she hadn't ment to say anything about that but..... Runningpaw was an outcast like her, diffrent from the other aprentices, and it made her feel safe.

"I personally don't like the battle training. You have to be so assertive and fierce and mean in a fight. I'm just not a fighter, i like to be quick and quiet and nice..." he tailed off with a sigh.

Stormpaw shrugged his shoulders. "I would rather end things peacfully, too, but sometimes you need to fight. I'd like to be ready for when that day comes." 

Jaggedstorm grunted agreement to Leafblaze. "I hope it's not a hunting patrol, though... It's not my stronger point."