.dont fail me now;

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_{Sivler walked over to her and ran her tongue oer her leg, tugging the roots tighter and fitting the bark abck in place. "Don't move, if you do this will slip and you'll never get better" he meowed softly.}

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^{[[Uhh Yes I have! I got her all the herbs and everything to heal her leg! ><]]}

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Ooc; Our characters are not medicine cats. --
Bic; Cherrysmoke opened her eyes, as Crescentgaze had been right; she was not sleeping. Shifting a little, though being careful not to disturb Sightlesskit, the red-brown warrior looked up at the tom with an irritated look in her blue-green eyes. "What now?"

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^{"Why do you hate me now?"he asked. Crescentgaze could feel his heart starting to break. Did she not love him like he loved her? "Cherrysmoke I love don't love Scarletpaw and neither any other cat,"he mewed,"Except you." He looked up at her, trying to catch her eye.}

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At first Cherrysmoke glared at him, but when he spoke those three, special words, her eyes glazed over. She was silent for a few, heart-wrenching moments, her whole body still. It appeared as if she was going to reject him, then she whispered: "I love you too."

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_{"I'd hate to interrupt this loveliness but there is an injured cat out here, would you like to bother your pretty lovable selves to help me get her into the Medicine Cats Den" Silver barked glaring at the two as he picked up the cat rather delicately.}

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Cherrysmoke glared venomously at Silver. "Shut up, you'll wake the kit. I thought you already had a mate, loner? I'm sure she wouldn't be so happy to learn your mooning after an apprentice!" The hot-headed warrior spat the wounding words at the bengal, eyes blazing.

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"Oh shut up you venomous little flea-bad, your the one getting upset because he looked at another female, I'd never leave Sunjinx, not for any one.. I don't even know why I help you clans, the things I did in the past have all been forgot it seems" he screeched at her, grabbing hold of Sightlesskit. "I'm taking my Nephew away from here, away from you" he growled and began to stalk away his fine muscles rippling with anger as the usualy nice Loner snapped.

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Cherrysmoke leapt to her paws. "He's not even your nephew!"[/] she spat, leaping on him. She clawed his houlders, biting his neck hard.

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Silver swung a paw round and hit her on the side of the head, "Yes he is, what do you know of him, you where the ones that found him after his pathetic parents ran away, his mother being my sister who killed herself soon after" he spat, claws unsheathed as he soothed the soft mewing kit.

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<sup>Crescentgaze stared at Cherrysmoke as she said those words. His heart lept and he almost yowled with joy but it was too late to do anything. Silver and her were already fighting. He stepped in front of Silver and glared at him, his eyes full of fury as he meowed loudly," Why take the kit!? He will be much safer her than out wondering around!"

It was then a small cat padded swiftly into camp. His body was close to the ground and he carried marigold in his mouth. He pelt was an unusual creamy brown color with a white belly, paws, and neck. His tail was long and he drug it on the ground. When he spotted the seen, he dropped his marigold outside a den and rushed over. The tom spat as he looked down at Scarletpaw. "Broken leg,"he meowed and looked up at the cats. "What did you give her if you gave her anything?" he asked.

Crescentgaze reconnized the cat as soon as he padded into camp. It was Littlesong, the Medicine Cat. He was an old tom with a big heart and was an excellent Medicine Cat. "Comfrey and poppy seeds,"he answered.

"Good,"he meowed looking at Crescentgaze. "You and Cherrysmoke, please bring her to my den,"he ordered. Littlesong turned and started to walk to his den to get a nest ready for Scarletpaw. But he turned to look back at the cats. "Why are you fighting?"he asked suspiciously.</sup>

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Cherrysmoke was caught off balance as Silver's heavy paw smashed into the side of her head. For a moment her sight wavered, and she collapsed, limbs waving disorientatedly. Stars danced before her eyes. But within an instant the young warrior was on her paws again, hissing. Her dusty coat was stuck up all over with dirt and bristling furiously. Only the arrival of Littlesong prevented her from leaping on the silver bengal once again. "Get out," she hissed disgustedly at him. She then shook the dust from her coat, licking her shoulder a couple of times to hide her hurt pride. She then stalked, stiff-legged, up to Scarletpaw and seized her scruff in her teeth. She then waited for Crescentgaze to get hold of the apprentice's other end.

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_{Silver groweld and fluffed up his fur before snatching Sightlesskit once more, the blind kit let out a wail, tears streaming down his cheeks as the shreiks of anger burned into his ears. He didn't know what was going on, it just hurt him all over. "Mama!" he cried out, thrashing.}

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Cherrysmoke looked away, tail lashing in digust. It did not look like Silver took very good care of his nephew. If she had not been holding up a wounded apprentice she would have clawed some sense into him.

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_{Silver stopped, freezing as the wail broke out. He wasn't treating the kitten with care, he shook his head and lay him down before looking away. The kitten wasn't any blood of his, though he was close to Sightlesskit. Sighing he turned to Cherrysmoke, "Take him.. he's no blood of mine just care for him" he murmured before leading the kitten into the nursery and exciting out of camp.}

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Cherrysmoke lay Scarletpaw down again, running after Silver and skidding in front of him, body blocking the bengal's path. "How can you just leave him here? We have no nursing queens!" The she-cat looked appaled that the tom would treat his nephew with such carelessness. "Don't you care for him at all?"

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"I do care for him, he's not my Nephew though I love him like a son.. I know about his parents how they treated him, I'd wish for him to stay here where its safe.. not go running round with a Tom who gets attacked every five minutes" he murmured staring at the ground. it was true, he was too adventurous. It got him into trouble.[/sub]

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"Didn't you hear me? We don't have any nursing queens!" the she-cat looked exasperated.

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_{"He doesn't need milk any more.. he's almost eight moons.. and yet still not an apprentice" he murmured, looking rather aggravated. "You wouldn't make a blind cat an apprentice anyways, no room for disabled in Clans now is there" he said rather viciously.}

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Cherrysmoke gave an irritated hiss, and thawped Silver's side good-naturedly. "Fine, we'll care for him. I'll talk to Reflectstar, and tell your mate what happens at the next Gathering. Then she can tell you." She paused. "Which one is she?"

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He meowed softly, looking distressed before he softened. Cherrysmoke was a nice she-cat. Purring he licked her ear and sat down, tipping his head and looking at her. "Sunjinx" the word rolled off his tongue with ease, a dreamy tint braking into his gaze. The name alone made his heart pound.

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<sup>Littlesong stared at the small kit and smiled. "I shall watch over the kit until he is apprenticed,"he meowed to Silver. He was blind in one eye himself but he had never told anyone except his own mentor who died several moons ago. He could train the kit to live as a blind cat but what if Silver said no? He had no idea that Littlesong was blind.

Crescentgaze watched the two cats argue but said nothing. He didn't want to fight with anyone. To most people he was a kind cat that never fought but today he just wanted to sleep. He had almost fallen off a cliff and no one seemed to care. He padded over to Scarletpaw and picked her up gently.</sup>

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Cherrysmoke drew back a little when Silver licked her. She muttered a stiff: "Thanks," Then picked turned, looking embarrased, and padded over to Crescentgaze and Scarletpaw. She licked Crescentgaze's ear, eyes sparkling, before she gently picked up the other end of the apprentice's slack body and began to carry her towards Littlesong's den.

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<sup>Crescentgaze walked on with Scarletpaw. He walked right next to Cherrysmoke, his pelt touching hers. He felt his heart leap with every step as he walked with Cherrysmoke. Once they arrived to the Medicine Cat den, he stopped and waited for Littlesong to come.

Littlesong dashed into the den behind the two cats. He one eye stared at nothing while the other eye was busy looking at the nest of moss and ferns he made for Scaletpaw. No one knew of his blindness and thats what he wanted it to stay. Soon the nest was made and he flicked his tail for Scarletpaw to be set there.

Crescentgaze walked farther into the den, actually at the back corner where the den was. He set Scarletpaw gently down and lifted his head.</sup>

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Cherrysmoke set the apprentice's other half down in the moss, before turning back towards Crescentgaze. She smiled slightly, before brushing past him on her way out of the medicine cat's den. "I'm going to sleep, I'm exhausted," she mewed over her shoulder. Her eyes sparkled. "You can join me, if you like." The red-brown warrior slipped into the warriors' den and curled up there, head on her neat paws, tail curled over her nose to keep it warm.

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^{Crescentgaze looked at Scarletpaw. His gaze was sad but he leaned to her ear and whispered,"I'm sorry." It was so quiet that no other cat could hear. He turned away and padded after Cherrysmoke. When he reached the warriors den he laid next to her and wrapped his tai around her. He set his head on her back and let out a low purr. "I'm sorry about today, love,"he mewed softly.}

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Cherrysmoke smiled and licked his nose affectionately. She blinked her bright blue-green eyes at the warrior, happy that he was to be her mate. "No matter," she purred, curling her tail around his neck. She snuggled into his chest, enjoying the wamrth his body would give her. Giving his chest a last lick, her purring faded into oblivion and her breathing turned slow and racked with peaceful snores. She had fallen into a deep, restful slumber.

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^{Crescentgaze had always been nervous around Cherrysmoke. But now it was a normal feeling. He liked it. He liked being loved by his crush. But she wasn't his crush anymore. She was his mate and he loved her more than ever. He licked the top of her head until he was sure she was asleep and then let his head drop. Before it hit the ground he was fast asleep.}

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^{The red she-cat's pelt stood out against the dark purple mid-night sky, and the stars shown greatly upon her as she made her way to the apprentice's den. There's something about that gray cat... she had absolutely no idea what it was, but that something made her crazy about him. Her eye lids became heavier, and they closed, but every few seconds she couldn't help but to open them up, just wishing when she did the tom would be standing right in front of her, with that look in his eyes like before.}