Nothing to do

[ilovewarriors]

Spottednose padded over to her den. It was rather quiet today and she had nothing else to do. Everything was too lonesome to be true. Out of her den, she could see apprentices chit-chatting to each other, elders gossipping and warriors gathering for patrols. Nothing was needed for her to do. She sighed and sat down, looking at her shelf of supplies, she realized that her herbs had been stocked. When have I stocked them? Realizing that she had done all of her restocking just yesterday, she took another sigh. It was another boring day.

[~*Pikeru]

"May I ask you a question, Spottednose?" a voice whispered to the medicine cat. Out of a shadowed corner, a slim tom stepped out. He had a light brown tabby pelt, with a cream colored underside. He had a long body structure, and his long tail was a bit more puffy then the rest of him. The Earthclan tom's tail rapped gently around his paws, as he sat in front of the she-cat. It was Treestar. "It is about....Starclan." he added, letting his yellow-green eyes lock with the medicine cat's, to show how serious it was to him.

[lakeripple]

Forestfur watched his father come up to Spottednose. He wondered what he was saying. Sighing, he looked in the warrior's den for Leaffur. The beautiful she-cat was no where to be found. He stared over to the High Hills, wondering if his sister could do with some company. Yet he realized that the only cat he wanted was Leaffur, so he would just have to wait.

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur padded through the camp entrance from her afternoon stroll. She had a plump mouse in her jaws, she padded over to the fresh-kill pile and dropped it. She could see some apprentices outside their den, some warriors getting ready for patrol, Treestar talking to Spottednose. Then she spotted the cat she loved, he was outside the warriors' den, it looked like he was looking for some cat, probaly her. To save him the trouble, she bounded over to him and gave him a warm lick on the ear. "Hi, how was your morning so far?"

[lakeripple]

"The usual," he sighed. "Apprentices teasing, kits taunting, queens snipping. Let's face it, for us it will always be a hard life."

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur let out a faint purr of amusement. "Don't be so negative about things. Here, I brought back some fresh-kill, why don't we get a bite to eat?"

[lakeripple]

"Bite to eat fine," he nodded. "Yet I'm not being negative, it really has been like that. Since I wasn't born in EarthClan, the apprentices are rude, the kits do the same and the queens are afraid I'll "rub off" on the kits. I wonder what would have been different if I had been left to another Clan, other then you of course. This is my life here without you: always hurt! Always lost! Always left out in the dark! Always kicked when I'm down, feeling like I've been pushed around... always on the edge of breaking down, and no one's there to save me! No, they don't now what it's like... I'd like to welcome them to my life! You are my only salvation, Leaffur, you and my sister..."

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur was shocked by Forestfur's outburst. Yet she was thankful for the way he felt about her. She gently touched her tail to his flank and replied, "I'm sure there is some other cat out there somewhere who knows your pain. You just haven't met them yet. Now lets go get some fresh-kill."

[lakeripple]

"Fine, fine," Forestfur muttered, following his love to the pile.

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur picked a plump mouse from the pile and went to a sun lit spot on the edge of the clearing, and lied down to wait for Forestfur.

[lakeripple]

Forestfur brought over a chaffninch to Leaffur. He sighed as he sat and ate, his mouth full of feathers, but was happy that at least Leaffur knew that he was just having a bad day and would get over it.

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur dug into her mouse. It didn't take her long to finish it though. She padded over to Forestfur and started grooming his back, removing all the dirt and twigs that were there. "Have you said anything to your father yet?" She asked between licks.

[lakeripple]

"No," Forestfur mewed.

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

"You need to talk to him. He is your father, i'm sure he still loves you for that, if nothing else. You were his apprentice after all, i'm sure he still shares some special connection with you."

[lakeripple]

"Maybe," Forestfur glared at his chaffninch.

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

Leaffur stopped grooming Forestfur and let out a sigh. "You two can't stay mad at each other forever. So one of you will have to give in and apologize to the other. You are father and son, you two love each other because you are kin. And nothing can get in the way of that."

[lakeripple]

"Maybe," Forestfur repeated. "Maybe he should appologize for being cruel, and a liar, and everything else that he is."

[Cant Login Tigerfur]

"I love you Forestfur, and I respect Treestar, but I can honestly say that you two are querrling like young kits! And the both of you need to grow up! Your father is right there, this may be the only chance you get to talk to him, and you should take it." Leaffur looked at Forestfur expetantly, hoping he would take that as the sign for him to get up and talk to his father.

[ilovewarriors]

Spottednose's ears perked up at the call of her name. She turned around and saw that it was Treestar who had called her name. As she was about to reply, she saw the grim look on his face. The she sighed in relief that it was not dangered that was about to confront them but a message about StarClan. "What's wrong Treestar? Did you get something from StarClan?" Spottednose replied abruptly, nothing knowing what dangers would lie in front of them.

[~*Pikeru]

"You may relax, Spottednose. What I must say is no message from Starclan, but a question about them." Treestar paused, and took in a deep breath, "If a cat runs away, and has born the kits of another, will this cat be allowed in Starclan? If not, were is this cat sent?" The Earthclan leader knew what he was talking about, but he was not allowed to say it plain out and simple.