Hate, Herbs, and Help (anyone)

Cloudpaw

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Fighting the storm inside

Cloudpaw shoved his way through the barrier and into the camp, muttering, around the herbs. He had been doing that ever since he had left with the herbs from the river.
"That stupid Riverclan apprentice. Thinking she's all that." he muttered which came out: "Th upd ivcan rence. king es th."
He put the herbs down in the den and sat there angrily flicking his tail.
"I hate that cat. I don't care if I'm supposed to help her. I hate her. There's no way anyone's going to be nice to her. That little arrogant Furball." he hissed before putting the herbs where they belonged. "She wasted my whole afternoon because i was also going to go hunting. now i have to eat and take care of the elders before Heatherflower gets back."
He let out a snort and stalked out of the den and over to the Fresh kill pile. He picked out a mouse and went over to a sunny area and sat down and started eating away at it. He closed his eyes in thought and kept ranting about the she-cat he saw in his head. Once he was finished he put his head down on his paws and let out a long sigh.
"What is up with the boarders anyways?" he murmured in thought. "There are herbs hat other clans need on other territories."
he let out another sighs and started cleaning himself. There had to be a reason. There had to be.[/center]

Lizardpool
^{Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.}

"Is there something bothering you?" Asked a gentle voice. The voice belonged to the one of the bueaties of the clan. The she-cat that every tom wanted. And with good reason. She was kind, gentle, loving, caring. Not to mention she was leanly built, delicate and very pretty.
"You seem on edge young one, care to talk about it?"

Cloudpaw

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The white tom lifted his head at the warrior and blinked. "Oh, hi Lizardpool. It's nothing really." he murmured, tucking his paws under him, "I just ran into a Riverclan apprentice who didn't know where the boarders were. I was our side of the river and she crossed over and started yelling at me."
He lets out a snort of irritation. "I don't get why we have to have boarders. I mean really. Yes, we're all different, but why can't we try to get along? We could share everything."
He sighed then looked at the she-cat. He was just probably rambling on to her. he'd probably get a speech on why they had boarders and about the ancient cats. He just knew it was coming.[/center]

Lizardpool
^{Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.}

"That's the way it's always been. Without borders, it would be chaos, like it was before the clans of the old forest exsisted. Without our borders we are little more than loners, and without the code we are but rogues." She sighed. "Maybe next time you go out you ask me to come with you and I'll make sure no one bothers you." She gave him a mavarick grin and laid a tail on his shoulder.

Cloudpaw

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Cloudpaw smiled at the warrior and smiled. "Yeah, maybe i should have listened to Heatherflower. This probably wouldn't have happened if i had taken someone with me." he murmured slowly, licking his paw and running over his ear. He knew better next time.
He slowly blinked and the image of Snowpaw's face darting in front of his eyes. 'No! I don't....i can't like her. Why is this happening?' he thought, flicking his ears slightly.[/center]

SUNEYES
Shining like the sun.
A she-cat had entered the camp before her fellow warrior. A dead rabbit hanged from her mouth as she drugged it over to the fresh-kill pile. The deputy of WindClan had returned to her kingdom.

Suneyes heared the entrance rustle a few moments later, and the new medicine cat apprentice enter. The queen could feel the irritation come off of him in waves. Curios as to what was wrong, she sat down a few tail lengths away and listened to him and Lizardpool as she gave herself a quick wash.

A little surprised at Cloudpaw's question, Suneyes stood up and started to pad over to the two WindClan cats. Hearing Lizardpool's response, Suneyes spoke up. "Sorry for intruding," she meowed "But I would like to add to that."

Sitting down and facing Cloudpaw she meowed "Lizardpool is correct, without borders we would be loners constantly fighting over territory and prey. Without the code, we would be savage rouges killing without mercy." she paused as she remembered her time as a loner.

"I was once a loner, and life was very tough. Most of my kit hood I was hiding with my brother as my mother cared for us. Just about every night she would tell us a story about the clans. Heh, I remember that just about all the stories she told us were about how dangerous the clans were to us loners and rouges. But one night my brother, Eagle, asked her why the clans where so dangerous. My mother replied 'They are organized, that is why. They have a code that prevents much fighting between them, and borders that keep them from becoming savages. I espect that if one thing was changed in their code, or the borders removed, that they would be no better off then us.'"

Cloudpaw

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Cloudpaw flicked his ears in irritation. They didn't get what he was saying. He knew they needed boarders for organization, but he was saying for needs.
"What i mean is..." he started, a little irritation in his voice, "It's that yes, we keep the boarders up, but let there be times when the other clans came come in freely. Say for instance, a Heatherflower needs a special herb, but it's only in Thunderclan territory. Lets us go long enough to get it, and come back. Also, if prey is running short in one clan because of the two-legs or monsters or dogs, keeping the boarders up, but letting them hunt, just only taking as much as they need. No more than that until this die down."
He sat up and wrapped his tail around his paws. To him it sounded like a good idea, but he was sure the deputy would throw it down, chew it up, and spit it out. It would never work. The clans had always been fighting and they always will be.[/center]

SUNEYES
Shining like the sun.

The deputy gave a small smile to Cloudpaw. "You know what, Cloudpaw. You remind me a lot about Firestar. Have you ever heard the story when Firestar was only a new warrior, and he and his friend Graystripe were catching prey on ThunderClan territory to give to RiverClan because they were low on food? And medicine cats are abe to cross into other clan territorys, as long as the clan knows that they are there and why. Also, during the great flood, and the move here to the new territory, the clans stuck together with litte seperation. The clans may have some pride, but that is always pushed aside during hard times." Suneyes shook some dirt off of her fur before meowing "Oh! And there was once the time during a drought in the old territory that RiverCan allowed WindClan passage to the river for water."

Standing up, Suneyes meowed once more "You have a wonderful idea, Cloudpaw. But I think because of the Clans pride, it might never be accomplished. I espect you're going to be a great medicine cat someday."

Cloudpaw

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Cloudpaw felt heat rise to his face as the deputy commented on him being A great medicine cat one day. Maybe so, maybe not. Right now he just wanted to understand. He pondered on Firestar. He had heard about the Thunderclan warrior/leader as a little kit when he had first been brought here. He remember some of the kits always played Firestar verses Scourge. He didn't really know the story so he always watched. He was sure the other kits weren't doing it like it was supposed to be, but it helped him understand.
Cloudpaw blinked and brought him back to the present. He saw the deputy give him a quick worried glance.
"Suneyes, is there anything i could do around here? As far as regular apprentice duties? I don't think Heatherflower is back, at least i haven't seen her, and she never told em what to do afterward." he mewed, sitting up and licking a paw bringing it over his ear a few times before wrapping his tail around his paws.[/center]

SUNEYES
Shining like the sun.

The warrior smiled at Cloudpaw. Her golden eyes lit up with pleasure. It wasn't everyday that you found an apprentice who asked for work. Flicking her tail over at the nursery she meowed "Moon told me that she planned on changing the moss in the nurser today. I'm sure she would appreciate some help with it." Suneyes chuckled "I know full well how troublesome kits are."

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Cloudpaw

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Cloudpaw purred slightly at the Deputy's request. He loved helping the nursery anytime possible. New born kits were adorable and the older ones loved to play. It reminded him of himself at times. And sometimes when he got done with his work he would sit down and tell the kits a story. mostly ones he remembered his mom telling him, and a few about himself. He looked at Suneyes and nodded.
"Alright. I can handle that." he said smiling slightly.[/center]

SUNEYES
Shining like the sun.

"Okay then, let's go see what she is doing, shall we?" Sitting up, the deputy lead the way to the nursery. Her brown tabby fur shone in the warm leaf-fall sun. This was her favorite season. She loved to see the leaves on the trees in ThunderClan territory change and adored the warm weather. She was sure the Clan did to, since Leaf-bare the she-cat was normally cranky. Making it to the nursery, Suneyes called out "Moon, we have a apprentice willing to help you clean out the nursery."


MOON
Lighting up the midnight sky.

Moon stuck her head out from the nursery. "Oh, that is great. The kits are causing trouble." her tribe accent was clear and her build was fairly large for a she-cat. As a tribe cat Moon had spent her days guarding the cave. She had acctually been the first to know of the Clans precense in the mountain.

"You are Heatherflower's apprentice, correct?" she meowed as she looked at Cloudpaw. She recognized him. He enjoyed coming and playing with the kits. Perhaps he would be able to keep her three busy while she cleans up the nursery. Moon wanted very much to spend leaf-fall and bare with the nursery clean as it could be. "Birdkit, Razorkit, Meadowkit, come out of that old bedding now." Moon growled as she saw the three jump in out of the corner of her eye. Reluctantly they did, and Birdkit raced up to Cloudpaw.


BIRDKIT
To fly like a bird.

"Cloudpaw! Have you come to play with us? Momma is very busy so she can't play right now." The little kit was litteraly bouncing up and down as she waited for a reply. Birdkit loved to play games, and she couldn't seem to stay still. Her paws were always twitching for adventure and she couldn't wait to be an apprentice. "Well, are you going to play!" She asked impatiantly.

Meadowkit

^{What are you looking at?}

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The small ginger-and-white body jumped out of the nest, finally new bedding. She hissed to herself as she made her way more slower than her sister did up to the gray-and-white tom. With pale leaf green eyes scanned the tom and growled under her breathe to her sister,
”Birdkit, this tom wouldn’t be able to stand up against all three of us. He’ll be just as boring as a dead mouse.”
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BIRDKIT
To fly like a bird.

Birdkit's gaze flicked over to Meadowkit's for just a second. The kit had an idea. Out of the corner of her mouth, the she-kit mewed "Well, just 'cause he'd be boring with the three of us doesn't mean he won't be fun with the two of us." Her ears perked up slightly as she heard her mother chuckle "Careful Cloudpaw, they're plotting." before badding away to continue with the bedding.

"Like I was saying, Meadowkit. We can cause some trouble with him. We could hide and get him all worried up and mother too. Then we can wait for the whole camp to get worked out and sneak out!"

Cloudpaw

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Cloudpaw flicked his ears toward Birdkit and then toward Meadowkit. He wasn't sure why but Meadowkit had never seemed to like him. He looked up at their mother and smiled slightly.
"Oh believe me...if these two try to sneak out I'll have them helping me around the medicine den for sure. Might even make them take care of the elders for a bit." he mewed just loud enough for the two kits to hear.
He wasn't really that mean, but he didn't need them running off right now. He had too much on his mind to play hide and seek with a few kits.[/center]