Drowning ((OPEN!!))

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Nightkit didn't know how she did it, but somehow she managed to escape her clan and get lost. She wasn't running away, she just wanted to explore. But then again, she didn't like getting ignored by her clanmates, no one really took care of her and she felt alone there. Maybe running away isn't a half bad idea... Nightkit shook her head, how could she think of that!? Windclan was her home, and she was determined to be the best warrior there.

Nightkit wandered around a little bit, she had never been out this far. It was amazing, she never knew how beautiful it was out here. Nightkit started to run, just for the fun of it, the wind felt good against her soft black pelt and the ground was hard under her small paws. She laughed as she sprinted through the moors but up ahead all she saw was the sky. It would be so much fun if I could fly...

Nightkit gasped and tried to stop as the ground suddenly disappeared, she let out a scream, digging her little claws into the dirt but it was no use. She fell over the edge and tumbled down and though she expected to hit the ground she was saved by a river....Or not.

Nightkit was swallowed by a raging river, drowning to the bottom. She opened her eyes and cried for help but water choked her, it filled her lungs and wrapped around her throat squeezing the life out of her. For a second she swore she saw a cat telling her to go up to the surface. There was no time to think, so Nightkit swatted at the water and pushed herself to the surface. Her head shot out of the water and she gasped for air. "Help!" She gasped but went under again, when she pushed herself up she cried once more, "Help!!"

Nightkit was getting tired, her body ached and she was cold, and the thought of closing her eyes and just letting the river take her sounded nice to her. Maybe this is just a bad dream...maybe if I close my eyes I'll wake up... It was a tempting thought, Nightkit stopped fighting but something told her to shout one more time, "Help! Please!!" Water shoved its way in her mouth and she gagged and watched as the sunlight faded away...

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Rosepaw opened her mouth to taste the air for prey. The soft wind blew from the direction of Riverclan territory, brining the reek of fish and wet fur. There was no scent of prey, but something told Rosepaw that she should go that way. Moving a couple of fox-leaps forward, Rosepaw stiffened as she smelled a familiar Windclan scent on the grasses next to her nose. Is that? No. It can't be.

Closing her eyes, Rosepaw took a deep breath, drawing the scents though her sensitive nose. Feeling her blood turn to ice, Rosepaw raced forward following the scent, growing more and more fearful as it didn't veer of from the direction of the worst part of Windclan territory: the Gorge.

A scream caused Rosepaw to dig her claws into the ground and drag herself into a full-out run. She skidded to a stop at the top of the cliffs, staring in horror as she saw the raging torrents below her. A cry for help, caused her to snap her head to see the small shape of Nightkit being dragged under the water.

Taking a deep breath, Rosepaw dived into the water, instantly being dragged under the water. Fighting her way to the surface, she could hear another cry for help. Turning herself in the water, Rosepaw saw Nightkit, and angled her body toward the struggling kit. Raising her nose and kicking her legs in a stubborn pattern, Rosepaw managed to drive herself closer to the kit.

A final weak cry of "Help Please" caused Rosepaw to work her chilled muscles into driving her way toward the sinking kit. Seeing bubble rise nearly a tail-length from her nose, Rosepaw dove in the water, searching for the kit that had yet to rise. Finally touching her pelt with her nose, Rosepaw sank her teeth into the small kits scruff.

Feeling her fur try to drag her down, Rosepaw kicked her paws, as she angled toward the surface. Her lungs beginning to protest the lack of air, Rosepaw saw darkness on the edge of her vision. And then her head popped up out of the water, holding Nightkit safely in her jaws.

Sucking in fresh air, Rosepaw blinked as the sun shone into her eyes. Narrowing the, she felt a flash of relief as she saw sloping banks on either side. Kicking her legs with a weakened push, she felt the ground roll beneath her paws. Staggering, Rosepaw dragged herself a couple of tail-lengths from the edge of the water, before collapsing unto her side. Coughing harshly, she felt water slide out from between her jaws.

Once done, she turned her attention to the kit beside her. Feeling a flash of panic, Rosepaw began to lick her chest, trying to stimulate her lungs to reject the water that probably was causing the stillness. Finally after a few heart-tearing seconds, Nightkit's bod spasmed before she retched out water from her lungs. Rosepaw continued to lick the kit, feeling relief as the kit stopped coughing water and began to mew in protest.

Lifting her head she she looked around and felt a flash of terror as she didn't recognize the territory around her. Where are we?

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Nightkit blinked in confusion, her head was pounding and her body was aching all over. She didn't know how she ended up out of the water, one moment she was drowning, the next she was sleeping being carried away by a soft cloud. She swore she saw the cat that tried to help her earlier, the cat was transparent and it was shaking its head, telling her to go back. But Nightkit didn't want to go back, she liked the soft, fluffy cloud, but before she could protest something yanked her away and the cloud vanished. Nightkit was falling and then, she was hacking water out of her mouth, as a cat was licking her with worried eyes.

Nightkit took a moment to take everything in, she realized the she-cat licking her was Rosepaw. A wave of relief to know that a clanmate actually cared. Then something else hit her, she had no idea where they were.

"Rosepaw?" Nighkit got up and looked around, "What...what happened? How did you know where I was?" She didn't understand and then a flash of anger burned inside her, "Why did you do that for? I was happy in there, I was on a lovely, fluffy cloud, and there was this strange cat that I was talking to! I liked it much better there than here!" Nightkit stopped to catch a breath, then blinked, "I didn't even get to ask what clan it was from." She mumbled as she looked back at the river wishing she was still there.

Nightkit looked at her clanmate, "Did you see the cat? I want to know the cat's name, I never got a chance to ask." She sighed and shook her wet fur. "Where are we?" She mumbled, as she searched the area, half looking for that strange cat but it was gone. Nightkit shivered, a cold chill took over her and she sneezed.

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Rosepaw was shocked at Nightkit's angry rant. Listening closely, she was surprised to hear Nightkit meowing about a cat in clouds. Her mind flickered to when her parents had visited her in her dreams. Had Nightkit see cats from Starclan?

"No... I didn't see any other cats when I saved you." Rosepaw mewed before staring up the river from where she and Nightkit had come from. Sneezing, Rosepaw felt a flash a panic as she realized she couldn't smell anything. An enemy clan patrol could find us at any time and I'll never know!

Turning around Rosepaw saw a pile of rocks that seemed to radiate heat even from the distance that she and Nightkit sat at. "We must be in Thunderclan territory" she mewed to Nightkit, recalling the last gathering where some Thunderclan elders were talking about sunning rocks.

Moving shakily to stare upstream, Rosepaw was worried as she only saw trees going up the bank. "Nightkit, can you walk on your own?" I really don't think I can carry you any more.

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Nightkit nodded, "Oh..." Am I going crazy?? But Nightkit didn't let it bother her for too long. She looked around, "Thunderclan?" She blinked, she had heard stories of Thunderclan but she didn't know much, "Are the Thunderclan cats mean?" Nightkit realized she sounded scared, "I mean, I'm not frightened or anything, if they decided to try to fight us I'm almost the age of an Apprentice ((Technically in real life she's a year old)) I bet we could take them, right Rosepaw?" She grinned and flexed her little claws. A sharp pain came from her front paw and she cried out.

Nightkit looked down as she stared at the blood oozing out of her paw, "My claw? Its gone!" She wailed trying to figure out what happened to it. She looked around herself but didn't see it. Nightkit sighed and got up, "Oh well.." She didn't want to make Rosepaw think that she was a big baby so she got up and stood next to the apprentice.

"Yeah, I think I can walk on my own, " Nightkit answered as she looked around. "Well, where to now?"

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Rosepaw was slightly nervous at the sight of the missing claw, knowing that infected wounds could be deadly. But she hid her worries with a friendly flick of her tail, and a meow of "Well, they won't be happy to see us, but I'm sure that they won't be too angry once they hear our story. Besides it's against the warrior code to hurt kits," purring at the indignant look Nightkit flashed her, continuing on to say "No matter how close they are to apprenticeship."

Turning to look up the river, Rosepaw was glad to see a clear path that wove its way along the riverside. Turning to glance at Nightkit, Rosepaw felt herself purring louder as she saw the brave look Nightkit had placed on her face. "Well, we should head upstream since that's where we came from, and since we're still in clan territory we can't be that far from home." pausing her thoughts flickered to the torn claw before mewing "Alright I don't want to sound like a mentor, but if your paw starts to bother you: tell me. I don't want it to get worse than it already is."

Rosepaw padded up the path, listining to Nightkit's uneven pattern of pawseteps. I hope we don't get caught.

((hey do you know any way we could get a thunderclan cat to join?))

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Nightkit nodded and followed Rosepaw, but stopped and gazed around her, she was still tempted to explore but she knew that Rosepaw wouldn't allow it and that they'd both get into some serious trouble. So the little black kit stumbled after the she-cat.

Nightkit couldn't help half hoping to see another clan cat besides her clanmates. She looked at Rosepaw, all she wanted was to have an adventure but she didn't mean to drag another cat in this mess. Now Rosepaw might get in trouble as well.

Another thought came to mind and Nightkit looked up at the apprentice, "Rosepaw? Have you ever gone any adventures?" She asked, her bright, blue eyes shining with curiosity.

Suddenly many questions came to mind, so many it was hard for Nightkit to keep from exploding, "Have you ever met the other clan cats? What are they like? Wait, what about cats outside the clans or even Bloodclan cats?" Nightkit tripped over her paw but caught her balance. She had so many questions, she didn't know very much and only heard a few short stories.

Then another question came to mind, "What is it like to be an apprentice?" Nightkit asked as she tried to distract herself from the annoying little pain in her paw. She was trying to be tough but honestly it was pretty hard. But I won't let that stop me from anything, no matter what.

((Maybe if we start a new thread in Thunderclan...we can try that))

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Rosepaw purred as Nightkit began to inquire about nearly everything and a half. "Woah, woah, Nightkit slow down. To start off with yes I have been on many adventures before. And even if I hadn't I'm here with you right now, and I don't think this counts as a walk." she mewed, glad to be talking instead of silently trudging through this territory.

"Normally I was with Coalpaw, or she followed me, and we would find someone unexpected. With her, I've met a pawful of loners and even a couple of kittypets. You would be surprised how much loners a like us. They have their own sets of rules: they just like privacy....Kittypets however seem to not be really much of cats at all. One I met ran away from us screaming that we were going to eat him and sharpen our claws on his bones." she snorted "As if we would ever do that"

"I've been to a couple of gatherings so yes, I have met some of the other clan cats. When talking to them, it's really strange to realize they're all in different clans. The apprentices all have tales of their mild accomplishments, the warriors brag, and the elders all share stories of old.It was as if there was only one clan that sat beneath that tree." Rosepaw sighed remembering her first gathering. "Though since Bloodclan is on the other side of Thunderclan territory, I've never met any of them." Rosepaw mewed.

"Now as what it's like to be an apprentice, well it's probably one of the toughest jobs in the clan. When you first start off, remember you are still a kit who had never ran from the camp to the outskirts of Windclan territory" pausing, she glanced at Nightkit "Well, at least you're suppose to be. Well you will be given to a mentor who will train your body and mind, so you can fight, run, and catch prey with speed. You will be worn out on some days, or on some days you will be forced to help out in the camp. But even being tough, there as the delights that all cats find in it. The joy of catching your first rabbit. The delight of mastering a fighting move. Knowing that the clan is safe because you walked all around the entire moors checking the markers. And even the pride of knowing that the elders are full, because you were able to put on a... Little-More-Speed." Rosepaw mewed her voice growing with pride.

Pausing she looked at Nightkit with happiness in her eyes. "But even after all of this, there is the sweet dream of becoming a warrior and showing your very own apprentice how to run, hunt and fight." Swishing her tail she purred as Nightkit stared up at her. "I wish I could become a warrior real soon, just so I could mentor you. But I'm only ten moons old so, that isn't going to happen." she sighed, but turning back with a twinkle in her eye she mewed "But I can't wait to be denmates so you can understand. And maybe you could join an adventure with us as Nightpaw"

((we would have to copy and paste all of this to their forum, want to?))

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((Sorry I didn't reply sooner))

Nightkit listened with eager eyes as Rosepaw answered her explosion of questions. She almost distracted herself from the pain in her paw. Nightkit laughed when Rosepaw mentioned the unusual kittypet, "I didn't know we were that scary." She purred at the ridiculous thought. Maybe that's why those nasty Bloodclan cats like being so scary... Nightkit wrinkled her nose at the thought.

Being an apprentice seemed even more fun than it did. Nightkit felt heat rush to her face when Rosepaw told her about how she wasn't really suppose to leave the camp but a little bit of pride sparked inside of her. She didn't really understand why though but she didn't really think about it anyways.

"I can't wait to be den mates!" Nightkit half jumped in the air but when she landed pain shot through her paw and she made a face. Embarrassment flooded into her and she gave the apprentice a goofy smile.

"One day we're both warriors we will be making our clan very proud and thankful to have us." Nightkit held her head up high and her eyes twinkled a she said those words, "I want to be the best I can be at fighting, what about you?"

((I guess so))

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((m'kay if we plan to make it, you will have to start it.))

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((Alright, so basically just redo this entire conversation in Thunderclan?))

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((sure, but lets leave out this part of the conversation))

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((wonder where exactly in tc oh well i'll figure it out))

Okay I reposted in Thunderclan the title is Lost