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Nursery
Aug 3, 2007 22:41:54 GMT -5
Post by Spottedstorm on Aug 3, 2007 22:41:54 GMT -5
Poisonleaf backed into the nursery, carrying the rest of the Kittyrabbit. She dropped it and meowed, "Shinningstream?"
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Nursery
Aug 7, 2007 22:46:57 GMT -5
Post by Shiningstream on Aug 7, 2007 22:46:57 GMT -5
"Yes?" came the weak reply. The deputy queen was looking more bedraggled and exhausted than ever. Her once pin-sleek pelt was matted and filthy, her blue-gray-white-black fur no longer shining as her namesake suggested. She was still hunched over on the mound of Twoleg blankets, trying so hard to keep both four of her five kits alive with the little milk she had left. Rainkit was old enough to lay off her milk, but that still didn't help her with short supply of fresh-kill. "How's everything, Poisonleaf?"
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Nursery
Aug 8, 2007 22:36:38 GMT -5
Post by Spottedstorm on Aug 8, 2007 22:36:38 GMT -5
Poisonleaf smiled happily. "You'll be happy to know that some two-leg let out their pet rabbit, and it got away." she nudged it toward the starving queen. "And came right into the camp almost. You eat as much as you can of that." Poisonleaf got a stern look in her eye, and said in a good humored voice "And don't argue about it. You need this rabbit more than anyone else in the clan. I don't want you to share it with the rest of the clan. They can have what you can't eat of it." The stern looked died away, and she meowed cheerily, "Enjoy your meal!"
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Nursery
Aug 9, 2007 10:15:23 GMT -5
Post by Shiningstream on Aug 9, 2007 10:15:23 GMT -5
Shiningstream purred, bending down to tear at a leg hungrily and setting it beside Rainkit to nibble on. "Thank you." The short wave of happiness faded before Shiningstream swallowed a small bite, looking around camp sadly. "I feel so useless now. I'm the deputy, for StarClan's sake! I should be helping my Clan through this."
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Nursery
Aug 9, 2007 14:20:05 GMT -5
Post by Willowstar on Aug 9, 2007 14:20:05 GMT -5
Twilightkit mewed helplessly. He wanted more milk from his mother but he had been turned away. The kit was growing larger and within the next moon he was ready to start on fresh-kill but his build was frail and he almost looked fragile with his bones jutting out against his fur. Morningkit was doing no worse, but her eyes were dull and she made no effort to mew to her mother. Rainkit nuzzed her half-sister and licked little Twilightkit on the forehead.
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Nursery
Aug 9, 2007 19:15:15 GMT -5
Post by Shiningstream on Aug 9, 2007 19:15:15 GMT -5
Shiningstream quickly swung her head back over to her kits, looking over them and scanning their health. Twilightkit, the biggest of the litter and looking just like his grandfather, was so horribly hungry that Shiningstream rationed parts of Rainkit's share. Morningkit, Shiningstream's little look-alike, was too weak to move. Willowkit, her most shocking daughter, was shivering against her stomach. Even little Skykit, with his paws pounding on his mother's belly, still couldn't resist letting out a feeble wail. Only Rainkit, who was nearing her apprenticeship, seemed to be doing better. "Stay strong, my loves," she murmured to each one, accepting her foster daughter's help. "We'll get out of here soon, I promise."
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Nursery
Aug 9, 2007 22:29:37 GMT -5
Post by Spottedstorm on Aug 9, 2007 22:29:37 GMT -5
Poisonleaf watched Shinningstream's kits, worry in her eyes. "Shinningstream, you're not useless. You're taking care of four kits, that's not easy." she looked at the kits, "They should be fine, so long as they have enough to eat. But I'll give them some herbs to boost their energy a bit." She was gone for but a moment, and returned with some green herbs in her mouth. "I got those at the Two-leg garden last night." She brought a leaf over to Morningkit and chewed up a leaf, spitting it out at the kit's paws. "Here, eat this little one." Seeing the kit not making an effort to eat it, Poisonleaf meowed, "If you want to be a big strong warrior like your mother, you're going to have to eat this."
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Nursery
Aug 10, 2007 12:17:45 GMT -5
Post by Willowstar on Aug 10, 2007 12:17:45 GMT -5
Morningkit blinked slowly and craned her neck to lick up the distasteful herbs. She then retreated back to her mother's side and groaned with discomfort. Rainkit looked at the little kit and tears almost came to her eyes when she saw the kits all together. "Mum? When will I be old enough to go catch my own prey?" The kit's eyes were wide in pleading. She wanted to help so badly, but she felt so helpless.
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Nursery
Aug 10, 2007 14:40:18 GMT -5
Post by Shiningstream on Aug 10, 2007 14:40:18 GMT -5
Shiningstream sighed, and then began coughing from the effort. Wrapping her tail around the little bundles, she murmured what sounded like a desperate prayer to her warrior ancestors. Willowclaw? Wolfbane? Look, you have look-alikes in my litter! Don't let them suffer much longer... To Rainkit, she began pondering if they could have her apprentice ceremony early, but then thought better. Her kit was much to young, and much too weak. "Soon, my love. Soon, I promise."
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Nursery
Aug 10, 2007 22:09:15 GMT -5
Post by Willowstar on Aug 10, 2007 22:09:15 GMT -5
Rainkit smiled warmly at her mother and for a moment her heart beat quickened with the excitement, but then slowed again when she thought about it a little more. She wasn't going to made an apprentice until after the long journey. And even then, it might take a while for the clans to get settled into their new home. The kit sighed and let her head rest on her wet paws.
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Nursery
Aug 10, 2007 22:54:56 GMT -5
Post by Spottedstorm on Aug 10, 2007 22:54:56 GMT -5
Poisonpaw gave Rainkit a lick between the ears, "Don't worry Rainkit, you will be an apprentice soon enough. When we get to our new home, you will have all the forest that you could want to hunt and train in." She smiled, "We should be leaving any day now too."
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Nursery
Aug 11, 2007 13:06:55 GMT -5
Post by Willowstar on Aug 11, 2007 13:06:55 GMT -5
Rainkit lifted her head and blinked thankfully at Poisonpaw. The kit hoped that what the Medicine Cat said would hold to be true.
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Nursery
Aug 11, 2007 17:28:45 GMT -5
Post by Spottedstorm on Aug 11, 2007 17:28:45 GMT -5
"Well, You furry lot mind your mother and get those herbs down. I want all four of you to eat some." She smiled, "You too Shinningstream." Poisonleaf narrowed her eyes playfully, "I'm going to go to the Two-leg garden now, I want all of those herbs eaten by the time I get back." She murmered to Shinningstream in a confidential tone, "If we are leaving soon, we'll need some herbs. I'm going to the two-leg garden to stock up. I'll get Sharkfang to help me." she nodded her head respectfully and padded out of the den, only to run into---. "I'm sorry." Poisonleaf mewed hurridly.
(((Someone can run into me.)))
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Nursery
Aug 18, 2007 10:40:25 GMT -5
Post by Shiningstream on Aug 18, 2007 10:40:25 GMT -5
Shiningstream mewed out a thankful breath, then began gulping down the herbs. Slowly she began to cut them with her claw, then nudged them closer to her five kits with a small effort that she tried to sustain. And then...and idea popped in her head at the very last moment. "One of you kits...Rainkit...please...go find Snakestar for me. I must talk with him."
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Nursery
Aug 18, 2007 13:14:31 GMT -5
Post by Willowstar on Aug 18, 2007 13:14:31 GMT -5
Rainkit stood and nodded to her mother with understanding. She quickly left the makeshift nursery and padded around the dreary camp to see if Snakestar was nearby. "Snakestar," she called. On her way around camp, she saw her father and went to meet him. "Dad, do you know where Snakestar went off to?" Rainkit asked politely, but the need was still very obvious. Her father swung around to meet Rainkit and said softly, "No, sorry Rainkit." The kit then looked back to the nursery and decided that she'd better go back to help her mom. Before going back, she turned and called for the CreekClan leader once more.
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