Surrounded by the stars....

[FIREH!!]

Firestar leaped up onto the Raven's Ledge. She called out to her clan.

[razor]

Atroxfire had been in the Medicine Cat's den for around a week, his body had been plastered up in a thick sheet of herbs and cobwebs. He had been out cold for seven days and finally he was starting to stir. His shaggy pelt had been groomed and cleaned by the Medicine Cat each day, kept perfectly groomed and blood free. Some cat in EclipseClan had hit a vital point in his body and it was dragging on him. The huge, muscles tom sat up awkwardly, pain wracking through his stiff body as his muscles screamed out in protest. He dragged himself slowly out the den, his razor sharp claws slitting in deep gashes into the ground beheath his aching paws. Sitting down by Raven's Ledge he cracked his neck and looked up at Firestar.

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[FIREH!!]

"As you all know, Littleheart died in the battle against Eclipseclan. We lost, but we will win one time. It is time now for me to choose my new deputy." She paused. Looking around, she hoped she had made the right choice. "I say these words before Starclan, so they may hear and approve my choice. Atroxfire will be the new deputy."

[razor]

Atroxfire's body stiffened his eyes turning into two rounded disks of shock. Him? Deputy? His body began to shake as a shiver tore at his body causing him to gasp a little. Tipping his head back he locked his eyes with Firestar. He was battered, covered in cobwebs and still bleeding a little and she ahd chosen him, him. Some strange emotion slithered into his gaze as he gazed at her, tears pricking at the corners of his acid green eyes. "F-Firestar" he whispered gently.

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[SHADE. :D]

Spectreflame, who was simularly wrapped up in cobwebds, cheered for Atroxfire. She still looked dejected; surely Firestar had known the battle had been hopeless. EclipseClan were more than them. They would have lost over sheer numbers. She wrapped her tattered white tail around her paws, eyes narrowed as she tried to figure out the emotion in Atroxfire's green eyes.
Wovenknot cheered heartily for Atroxfire. She knew he would be a good deputy, maybe even better than Littleheart. She had not known the previous MoonClan deputy that well, but all the clan was greiving over the loss. The three-legged grey tabby licked the stump of her leg, shutting her eyes. She wondered why Atroxfire had looked so shocked. He was one of the strongest warriors in the clan, maybe even the strongest.

[razor]

_{Atroxfire was still stiff as a board, his heart was pounding furiously against his chest and he felt like he was going to wretch. He couldn't be with her, it stuck him suddenly like a claw to his heart. He couldn't betray the Clan he loved so dearly though it hurt him so to think he'd never be able to see her as a mate again. Thinking of his kits he stared at the ground. Turning round the large shaggy tom began to limp slowly over to Wovenknot. Sitting down beside her he glared up at the stars. "What a day" he murmured half to himself before flashing him a small pained grin. Though he had been out cold in the Medicine Cat's Den for days now, the battering he took at EclipseClan had truly clung onto his shoulders. Why hadn't he moved? It had been Ameythyststar. She hadn't even helped him out either, she was too bothered about her precious brother. With his face twisting into a snarl he scowled a little. Atroxfire looked pretty much like a walking bloodbath, his fur might have been well groomed but still he was bleeding. Red splattered his sleek black and white pelt and with his armor of cobwebs and hard goo it just made him look worse. Licking at his torn, broad shoulder he growled to himself again, shaking his head side to side.}

[SHADE. :D]

Wovenknot smiled at the warrior, a little nervously. She saw an angry expression cross his face, and barely surpressed a shudder. "Yeah, congratulations." She awkwardly licked his ear, hoping there were no cobwebs there. She thought the deputy looked troubled, but she did not press him. He'd probably tear her head right off her shoulders. She licked a healing wound on her remaining back leg, embarrased.

[razor]

"Mmpth. I don't understand what happened at EclipseClan, I couldn't even move!" He spat on the ground next to his feet, opposite from Wovenknot. Scowling darkly he got up and dragged himself back towards the Medicine Cat's Den muttering under his breath.

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[SHADE. :D]

Wovenknot winced. She hoped she hadn't said something to irriate him. She didn't want to get n his bad side; he could probably tear off another of her legs if he wanted to. She shuddered, before looking back up at Firestar, in case she had anything else to say.

[razor]

Suddenly the large tom froze, just outside the Medicine Cat's Den, it was almost like something had snapped in his brain and the sanity clock had stopped ticking. "I've had enough of this!" Atroxfire threw back his head, the roar of anger passing his lips sculpted into words. Biting down on the cobwebs he ripped them from his body, leaving them in a bloody sticky heap beside him. Panting raggedly he tensed his muscles, looking like some sort of demon in the falling light. His acid green eyes burn two clear holes through the darkness, madness and possibly insanity courses through them. Stalking forward his whipped his tail side to side, the deep pinkish scar under his left eyes showing up through his fur. Standing under Raven's Ledge he glared up at StarClan. "Why is it that you make my life so difficult? Father I hope your watching you old crow" he snapped snarling softly.

[ooc]; Atroxfires gone Coo-Coo. xD

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[brook]

^{A white she-cat sat in the corner of the dark camp. Her piercing yellow eyes stared at Atroxfire. She didn't say anything. She had nothing to say. Dappledtail wanted nothing to do with Atroxfire or being Deputy. Atroxfire was going crazy. It was usual for him. She sighed and set her dappled tail over her small dainty paws. She looked around the clearing for something but she didn't know what she was looking for.}

[razor]

Raking his claws over the ground he took up big chunkfull of soil, letting his anger out on the nature around him. Swinging round he moved to claw the Raven's Ledge though was stopped by a deep rumbling meow. Winterfire walked into the camp-, his beautiful beige mixed cream pelt rippled under heavy muscles. "Cool it Atroxfire" he meowed, looking down at the other warrior wisely. Atroxfire glared up at him before letting out a loud huff and stalking off back into the Medicine Cat's Den.

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[SHADE. :D]

Wovenknot shrank away as she heard Atroxfire's roar. She crouched, small grey tabby body quailing from the agro. Her fur bristled slightly. Spectreflame padded into the den after her, obviously not wanting to get caught up in the trouble. The two friends sat side by side, muttering to eachother.

[razor]

Atroxfire threw one last, long stony glare over his shoulder at Winterfire before disappearing into the darkness, this where he was plastered up with cob-webs once more. Winterfire heaved a soft sigh and sat down in the middle of camp, his long handsome coat tugged gently on the passing streams of moonlight and gave his pelt a soft glow. With a small shadow of a smile ghosting over his lips he lay his head down on his paws, his deep jade green eyes locked on the stars of silverpelt. "Mm, Pearly where are you" he murmured breathlessly before closing his eyes.

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[brook]

^{"Pearlblade?"a voice came from the shadows and soon a cat appeared. She was pure white except the few spots on her snow colored pelt, her head and her magnificent tail which she loved. It was what made Dappledtail, Dappledtail. She padded over to Whitefire and sat in front of him. "You love her?"she asked and set her muti-colored tail over her dainty white paws and waited for his reply.}

[FIREH!!]

Firestar looked down at her new deputy with curiositywritten all over her face. She decided to talk to him later. "Blazepaw and Smokepaw, you two are without a mentor. Smokepaw, you will be my apprentice. Wovenknot, I trust you with Blazepaw and I hope that with my training I gave you, you can make him just as wonderful of a warrior as you are." She leaped down to touch noses with her apprentice.

[razor]

The long bodied, smokey grey shape of a tom slid carefully through the shadows of MoonClan. Frost gently laced his plush paws and his tail whipped side to side. The limp body of a bleeding rabbit was clamped tightly in his jaws, he moved forward into the light showing off a muscled body that could challenge Atroxfire's. His sleek pelt rippled gently in the cool breeze as he threw it down onto the growing fresh kill pile. Sharktooth jawed displaying a set of jagged deadly looking teeth. Walking laving over to Winterfire he dipped his head in greeting. "Have I missed anything" he mused softly, perfectly triangular ears flicking. Winterfire swayed his tail in a mild greeting before turning his head to look at Dappletail. The smudges and strips of fine brown on his creamy-white body were almost similar to hers. "Mm" he said nodding rather dreamily.

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[FIREH!!]

Firestar touched noses with Smokepaw and went off in search of Atroxfire. "Atroxfire?" she called into the darkness.

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A soft grunt sounded from the back of the Medicine Cat's Den. Atroxfire after his small fit of anger had potentially aggravated his wounds. Each of them were bleeding once more, the red liquid seeping through the fresh coat of cobwebs that had been placed over him. His eyes open, the intense acid green burning through the shadows. "Firestar?" he rasped trying to get to his paws and at least look decent.

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[brook]

^{Dappledtail nodded to Winterfire. She knew they were mates but Pearlblade was no where in site. She had even seen the she-cat in a while. Was she in the nursery now? She didn't ask but looked up at Sharktooth. Her dark yellow eyes were full of nothing but worry. She didn't know what would happen with Atroxfire. She wanted to leave camp but she wanted to be alone. She sighed and began to walk out of camp, her tail dragging on the ground. Pearlblade was so lucky to have a mate. She felt almost jealous.}

[SHADE. :D]

Wovenknot grinned as she was appointed an apprentice. She trotted over to the young ginger tom named Blazepaw and touched her nose to his with a purr.
Spectreflame grunted congratulations to her friend. She knew that Wovenknot was older than her and she was still, by rights, to young to train an apprentice of her own. The longhaired white warrior looked about moodily, wondering where her twin, Chaosdance, had got to.
A plump white she-cat padded from the nursery, the moonlight giving her fur a slver sheen. The dark tortoiseshell blots on her back and ears turned to ebony in the darkness. Pearlblade trotted past the warriors' den, touching noses with her daughter, Spectreflame. She then padded over to Winterfire and licked his ear, nodding to Dappletail and Sharktooth.

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Winterfire smiled ever so slightly as his friend was appointed an apprentice. “Mm, well done Wovenknot, teach him well” he mused absent mindedly not even noticing when Dappletail walked away. Shifting to the left a bit he left Sharktooth lounge beside him, the strong muscular tom looked rather fed up for a few moments. Deciding he wouldn’t question he sighed a little, wondering for the second time where his beloved had gotten off too. When finally she did come out he let a warm purr over take his throat, quite an unusually town for the usually quite cold tom. Smiling he moved over so she could sit down beside him. Sharktooth grunted something under his breath and got up. “I’m going hunting” he announced before stalking off out of camp, his belly brushing against the frost tinted grasses. Chaosdance drifted through the entrance of the camp just as Sharktooth left it, the mysterious young tom looked thoughtful as he walked over to where his family sat. His long legs covered carried him fluidly over and brought him too a stop next to his twin. Smiling a little he sat down beside her eyes drifting over the skies. Chaosdance always had been rather quiet; if he wasn’t speaking in riddles he’d remain secretive and silent. “Hmm, hello Father, Mother, Sister” he mewed running his tongue over a splotch of smoky-grey on his chest.

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[FIREH!!]

"How are you?" she asked anxiously. "Do you need me to send out patrols?"


ooc:// she has a soft spot for Atrox ^^

[SHADE. :D]

[ooc;] Bad idea. Doesn't he hate people treating him like a kit?
[bic;] Pearlblade purred at her son, watching as Sharktooth left. She widened her eyes a little, neat white brows lifting slightly. She wondered what had ruffled the younger warrior's fur.

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[ooc]; True that.
Atroxfire's gazed snapped up, bristling slightly he curled his lip in disgust. "I don't need you treating me like a kit Firestar, I can do things on my own" the words were growled as he threw himself to his paws. With a heave and a crunch he slammed back down into the dirt again. His body wasn't ready for movement again, with his muscles screaming at him in protest he tried to get up again. "Damn you EclipseClan" he snarled before sitting down again and glaring fiercely at the ground. Chaosdance seemed trapped in thought for a moment before he heard the angry yowl from the Medicine Cat's Den. "Really is there any need for such a temper" he muttered half to himself.

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[SHADE. :D]

"Patience, child," purred Pearlblade, pressing her nose against her son's muzzle. "Atroxfire is just tired and sore from the battle. If I could get my claws into the cat that hurt Spectreflame, I'd shred them into mousedust." The she-cat hissed and unsheathed her claws, flexing them aggresively. Then she seemed to notice that there was no enemy to fight here, and, sheathing her claws, began to lick her swollen belly protectively.

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Chaosdance looked rather trouble as he sat with his sister, laying his head on her side he gazed fixedly at a certain spot on the Nursery wall like there was something sitting there. "That battle should have never happened" he murmured quietly, his slightly poetic sounding voice ringing gently out. Winterfire looked disturbed, curling beside Pearlblade he lade on paw protecively on her belly and nodded at his son. "It was Firestar's orders, maybe she thought it was best" he said with a shrug.

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[SHADE. :D]

Pearlblade sighed. "I remember the days of Razorstar, when I was but a mere apprentice. MoonClan were great then. Then he disappeared, and that brute Thornstar arrived." She dug her claws into the earth as if she felt suddenly disorientated. "And now her. Does she even know what she's doing? She's so young. Younger than me."
"Mother!" hissed Spectreflame, hoping Firestar or Atroxfire would not overhear.

[razor]

_{Winterfire tensed up at the name of ‘Razorstar’ with his expression suddenly cracking he looked miserably at the ground. Oh how he missed Razorstar, the tom had always been a good Leader though his own love destroyed him. Sighing heavily he rubbed his eyes with one paw, not allowing any tears to seep past. He had hated Thornstar and he still wasn’t sure over Firestar, she was foolish in his mind, so young. Scowling a little he laid his head beside Pearlblade’s stomach. Chaosdance watched his father carefully before he leaned over and gave the tom’s ear a lick. “We all miss him Father, it’s nothing to be ashamed of” he purred gently, still looking far off}

[FIREH!!]

Unfortunately, to all their devastation, Firestar did hear. She turned and looked at the cats. Firestar whipped around and ran out into the territory.