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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 18, 2009 20:15:22 GMT -5
It was about an hour after dawn.
A brown tom made much noise pulling himself and his findings into the camp. His load consisted of three, small, newborn kits, and some lily-like herbs. The poor little kits didn't mewl at first as he sat them down, but MudDog was sure they'd start soon. The little mites smelled of the Oasis sand and the herbs MudDog had been carrying.
It looked like the medicine cat apprentice had merely discovered another trio of kits. It seemed to happen all the kit. A Rogue or Loner, unable to care for their kits, abandoned them on Clan turf, hoping a better life for them, or they just don't care what the heck happens to them.
But it was so painful for MudDog. At the Oasis..it looked too much like...reminded him too much of...when him and his brothers had been found...oh, so long ago. He didn't call for anyone to come, he just waited, looking very solemn.
A smoky colored FireSeer was the first to rise at the arrival of the kits. RiddleSoul blinked at his brother before stepping forward to sniff the kits. Then quickly, and without speaking a word to his brother, he trotted to the nursery and gently prodded the nearest sleeping queen. "Hey." he whispered. "We need a queen's help out here." without waiting for a reply, he ducked back out and waited next to his camp as the Clan began to wake.
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Post by $~Swifty~$ on Feb 18, 2009 21:37:02 GMT -5
DarkLight looked up somewhat stunned to see RiddleSoul waking her up.... DarkLight had just had her kits just like maybe a week before. "What is it?" She asked somewhat drowsily to herself as she knew RiddleSoul wouldn't have waited for an answer. With a sigh she left her four very small kits and poked her head out of the nursery. Her yellow eyes widened slightly and she hurried the rest of the way toward MudDog and the trio of kits
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Post by Jay on Feb 20, 2009 18:39:55 GMT -5
SpeckledFoot stood up and streched and walked out in to the Clearing to see what was going on. HE saw the Little kits and DarkLight...This happens all the time to us. He thought. He looked at MudDog with a look of wonder on his face "The Oasis?"he mewed
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Post by ~*Demon*~ on Feb 20, 2009 19:44:52 GMT -5
DestinyWinds wanted to go to her kits, but knew she didn't dare.... she might give herself away for the first few days.. and no matter how much it pained her she had to fake sick... she knew the right herbs and had mixed a non fatal poison that would make her sick for a few days, or at least give her the symptoms of illness... she closed her eyes and gulped it down waiting for it to take effect....
The thinner she-kit mewled hungrily.... "mewsa... hunhunhun..." mesa hungry is kind of what the little mewls reminded an adult who had forgotten the language of newborn kits
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Post by Burn on Feb 22, 2009 9:35:39 GMT -5
HoardingDragon walked out of the warriors den to see the new arrivals. He wondered where they came from but he already knew that some rogues probably abandoned them. He looked around the clearing for one of his siblings.
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Post by ~*Demon*~ on Feb 22, 2009 11:27:40 GMT -5
ValiantMoon came out eyes shining. "Hey HoardingDragon! long time no see! so where did you move your NEW horde to? since ya can't keep it in the nursery or apprentice den anymore?" she asked teasingly, the bandaging on her leg would need to be re-done in a little bit. She looked over and saw what everyone was congregating around, three adorable kits! "Aww aren't they cute? I think their precious! wow... what are their names? MudDog did you think of Names? can I help? are they sent by Starclan? maybe they're important! I think they will save the clan from a great peril when the other clans attack us for siding with the RIGHT side, the ShadowedDoom....." she started yammering on pointlessly about how NatureClan and CelestialClan would side together and try to take out MysticClan, but bogClan and the shadoweddoom would come to their aide, and save them all from annhilation, and then MysticClan would take over some of their territory, adapt and make slaves of the living enemy cats, and those cats would hunt in small numbers among larger patrols of the mysticclanners, and hunt in their territories to feed this clan extremely well and they would grow to amazing numbers flourish, and conquer the world as part of the ShadowedDoom....
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Post by Burn on Feb 22, 2009 12:17:53 GMT -5
HoardingDragon rolled his eyes "That is for me to know and you to never find out" he meowed with a willy smile at his sister and watched her babble on and on. "Slow down, your going to give me a head ache or somthing" HoardingDragon growled playfully at his sister. He licked a ginger paw and studied the kits that had just arrived he could not help but think they were kinda cute.
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Post by ~*Demon*~ on Feb 22, 2009 12:32:38 GMT -5
ValiantMoon sighed. "You seriously need to work on your comprehension speed, if you can't keep up with me, how can you HOPE to keep up with anyone else? I only talk mildly fast..." it was true... she spoke at a steady two words per second rate.
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Post by Burn on Feb 22, 2009 12:45:30 GMT -5
HoardingDragon just snorted defiantly and looked around the camp once more, he was not really up for a arguement which was unual for him. He guessed he was just growing up, his eyes rested back at the kits.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 22, 2009 21:56:29 GMT -5
"There name's are StarsKit, CelestialKit, and HawkKit." MudDog's voice cracked at the first name, but he cleared his throat and went on. "I was collecting herbs by the Oasis when I found them." He resisted from glancing at the medicine cat den where he knew DestinyWinds was, playing sick. "They'll need a mother." He looked to DarkLight. "Do you think you can handle three more?"
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 22, 2009 22:46:29 GMT -5
Asking a queen to care for seven kits was insane.
Some are going to die, for sure, IrishKit thought. Squeezing under the grown-ups to sniff the newbies. She was a three-moon old and thus, would be training at the same time as these newborns.
"You should split this litter between the queens. None can handle three more, but some can handle one or two more." IrishKit licked her whiskers, pleased with the logic in her plan, then bit HawkKit's left ear.
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Post by WolfMoon on Feb 23, 2009 15:55:25 GMT -5
Starskit squeaked at the noises that surrounded her, huddiling closer to her brother Hawkkit.
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Post by $~Swifty~$ on Feb 23, 2009 16:47:54 GMT -5
DarkLight looked slightly uncertain. Her yellow eyes drifted back toward the nursery entrance for a few moments. "The only problem wit hthat is there are no other queens at the moment." Her eyes narrowed in determination and gave a nod to MudDog. She wasn't going to let them die because she was to weka to do it herself. With that the young she-cat picked up StarsKit and started back toward the nursery, looking back behind her to see who was bringing theother two kits.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 23, 2009 18:20:30 GMT -5
MudDog's usually soft eyes glinted hard and he swiped a paw at IrishKit, away from HawkKit. "They stay together." he growled, stepping over the kits protectively, his tail curling around them.
RiddleSoul blinked in surprise at MudDog. Never in his life had he ever acted in an unkind manner. It was just not like his brother.
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Post by $~Swifty~$ on Feb 23, 2009 19:00:27 GMT -5
"Hurry up or they'll overheat" DarkLight called trying to prompt some of the cats into action at taking the other two kits back toward the nursery. With that she disappeared into the nursery and placed StarsKit beside her four other kits.
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Post by Burn on Feb 23, 2009 19:05:07 GMT -5
Hoardingdragon stepped foward and picked up Hawkkit gently by the kits scruff and followed behind Darklight into the nursery with the precious bundle in his mouth he placed it down gently with a smile at the kit.
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 23, 2009 20:49:52 GMT -5
IrishKit tried a growl, but it came out more as a squeak.
Lashing her plumy tail, she stalked back to the nursery ahead of the three newbies. One day, when she was a warrior, punny medicine cats would cower before her might!
She'd been abbandoned as a kit but no cat had ever been protective of her, IrishKit thought with resentment. Heck, it was a miracle she'd survived infancy with no queens in the nursery during the time. But now that these three were here, everyone was all excited...
Then realization dawned in IrishKit's mind, causing her to pause and turn, eyes flashing with surprise, when she remembered listening in on the conversation between MudDog and DestinyWinds. She looked almost too quickly back to the nursery, still frozen in place, and almost got trampled by HoardingDragon carrying one of the precious new kits.
MudDog was being all protective of the kits because they were the children DestinyWinds had said she was pregnant with.
Just to be sure, the white kit scuttled over to the entrance to the medicine den and looked in. Sure enough, DestinyWinds' considerable bulk was gone.
The she-kit bit her lip. According to the prophecy she'd heard DestinyWinds tell MudDog, one of the kits would kill NightStar. And DestinyWinds too.
And the only ones who knew were DestinyWinds, who seemed to have accepted her fate, MudDog, who went along with whatever his mentor did, and that FireSeer whats-his-name who was also okay with the fact that one of these kits would kill NightStar.
IrishKit whisked her tail. These kits were important fellows, for sure! It might be smart to make friends with them, even if right now she really didnt like them.
She trailed the huge crowd back to the nursery, watching the kits settle in beside DarkLight.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 23, 2009 22:07:48 GMT -5
MudDog padded after the kits. He stopped at the entrance, though, and watched the kits. Unconciously, a small smile crept upon his face. How could these precious bundles cause any trouble at all? But dark thoughts worried MudDog's mind; He didn't want anything to happen to them. Spotting the kit, the medicine cat called IrishKit over to him. "Hey, can I count on you for something?"
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 24, 2009 20:32:35 GMT -5
"Depends on what it is." IrishKit mewed in a cool voice, being a smart-ass. Really, she was just PO'ed about how he'd whacked her earlier.
The three moon old crossed her front paws and blinked innocently up at the medicine cat.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 24, 2009 20:40:02 GMT -5
The medicine cat sighed. "First of all, I'm sorry for snapping at you. I'm just...tired." Which wasn't exactly a lie. MudDog had been losing sleep over the whole prophecy and kits and all. "And..I want you to take care of those three kits, will you? Just..to make sure they adjust to the Clan well. Can I count on you?"
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 24, 2009 20:49:03 GMT -5
IrishKit nearly clawed his foot --the only part of his body her shortness could reach-- but stopped just in time to try to see his point of view. She couldnt quite manage that and instead spat,
"There arent enough queens so you want ME to take care of a bunch of fuzzle-fluffs?! No way!!" She turned to run into the nursery but it was still packed with cats. Then she froze. She had a habit of freezing whenever she was thinking plotish-ly.
If she were the kits' care takers, she'd be in special close connection with them.
She relaxed her posture, turning back to MudDog,
"Or you know," She had to come up with an unsuspicious reason for her to suddenly agree to take care of them. And she had to to it quick,
"Maybe I'd be more in the mood to take care of the other kits if something were to brighten my mood up. Something like say... getting to be an apprentice a moon or two early." Suddenly calm, she stared up at the medicine cat with a sparkle in her dark green eyes.
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Post by _)Misty-ith(_ on Feb 25, 2009 16:25:14 GMT -5
MudDog narrowed his eyes. Something about IrishKit's demeanor made his pelt itch. "What makes you think I could do that? I'm just the medicine cat apprentice. The most I could do would be guarrentee your mentor of choice...and possibly even your warrior name..."
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 25, 2009 22:25:51 GMT -5
"But if DestinyWinds-" She shut her mouth and swallowed hard, eyes blanking. She'd been about to say 'but if destinywinds is going to be dead soon, you'll be the full medicine cat...'. '
"But if you could get DestinyWinds to ask NightStar, maybe it could happen?" She let a whine creep into her voice. Better seem like a pleading kit than a cat with a secret up her sleeve. She stared up at MudDog with desperate eyes.
"Please, MudDog, please! I'm so lonely in the nursery and the only other cats are infants! INFANTS! I have to get out of there or risk loosing...." She leaned forward to whisper,
"My sanity."
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Post by ~Stormy~ on Feb 25, 2009 22:30:12 GMT -5
"Aw, IrishKit, that's something hard to lose." Came a voice, followed by a pitch black tom. It was ShadowedStorm, the deputy and temporary leader of MysticClan. "Now, whats happening?" He asked, hoping to handle the situation.
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Post by Willowishness on Feb 25, 2009 22:38:59 GMT -5
IrishKit let out a huff of frustration. ShadowedStorm didnt seem like the type of cat she could easily fool, lie to, or manipulate.
"MudDog wants me to take care of the new kits when DarkLight needs rest," She adopted a whiny frustrated childish tone to her voice,
"But I told him I'd only do it if he could get NightStar to let me graduate a bit early. I really, really want to! Please, ShadowedStorm can you help us convince NightStar to let me be an apprentice soon? I cant stand the nursery; there's never anything to do..." She trailed off, eyes on the ground. They flicked up breifly, gauging his reaction, then quickly hit the ground again when she realized he was still looking at her.
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