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Post by Tiger on Apr 29, 2008 19:44:10 GMT -5
Tigerstripe was sitting outside the nursery as the sun set on BeachClan. Her injured right foreleg was held a few inches above the ground. The queen's tail was wrapped around her left forepaw. She sighed. The nursery was a lonely place, especially if there were no other queens or kits. Was it worth the chance? Of course; she hadn't spoken with Jaystar for nearly a moon. Well, she had spoken, but not quite talked.
"Jaystar!" she hissed at the warriors' den where she believe Jaystar was sleeping.
ooc: Title totally ripped off from Erin Hunter. o.x
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 15:29:35 GMT -5
Jaystar limped out of the warriors' den and smiled as he soon as he saw Tigerstripe. "What's the matter?" He tilted his head. He grunted as he sat down next to her, his wounds still bugging him.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 15:37:16 GMT -5
"I'd just like to talk," she meowed calmly. "Our previous conversation was cut short when Deadsoul came in and tried to kill us...so yeah." Tigerstripe untucked her tail and flicked it across Jaystar's flank. A distant splash was heard as something impacted the lagoon. She didn't care; it was relatively routine in BeachClan.
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 15:41:31 GMT -5
Jaystar's ears pricked when he heard the splash, but relaxed. "When are the kits comming?" He asked quietly. He couldn't wait to have an actual family, but it wouldn't be quiet right since the kits are in Beachclan
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 15:44:35 GMT -5
She sighed. "Soon. Icestar thinks so and I hope so. I can't get much bigger." Tigerstripe shifted her weight on her hind legs restlessly. "Have you thought any more about names? I came up with one on the spur of the moment when Icestar asked me: Quailkit."
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 15:50:47 GMT -5
Jaystar thought for a moment "What about Larchkit and Swallowkit?" He asked. /I hope one looks like me/ he thought. "I hope they'll be soon too, although-" He pasued "How will I ever get to see them?" Jaystar suddenly panicked.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 16:01:16 GMT -5
"We can meet at the fields or you can visit the Clan to 'have a word with Icestar' about something." Tigerstripe fluffed her pelt. "It's getting cold. You've probably noticed my leg?" She held out her injured right foreleg. "I fractured the shoulder when I got thrown into a wall and then got bitten." She winced at the memory of that night.
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 16:56:28 GMT -5
Jaystar's eyes widened. "Are you going to be okay?" He asked, his voice full of worry. "Burntstar made me lose 7 lives" He muttered quietly.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 17:02:17 GMT -5
"Woah. I'm definitely going to be okay. What did he do that made you die seven times over?" Tigerstripe pressed side against his and breathed in his scent. She rested her tail on Jaystar's back and coughed once. "Sorry."
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 17:17:22 GMT -5
Jaystar drew in her scent as well. "No no, don't be" He meowed quietly and leaned his muzzle against hers. "Remember Starclan think we are ment to be" He murmered softly into her ear.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 17:44:04 GMT -5
"Yeah," she meowed. "I can't forg--ah." Tigerstripe winced and took a step back. "I don't feel so good." She flicked her tail at her belly. "I think the kits are coming," the queen finished with a shudder.
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 17:47:50 GMT -5
Jaystar's eyes widened "Hold on!" He sprinted to get the medicine cats. "Kits- Comming" He panted to Queitshadow "Hurry!" He meowed and sprinted back "It'll be okay" he meowed
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 17:50:33 GMT -5
Quietshadow mumbled in his sleep, yawned, and stood up. "Okay...thought it would be a few days still," he meowed to himself. "Borage...poppy." He yawned widely again and slunk over to the nursery.
Tigerstripe had staggered into her nest in the meantime. "It had better be okay!"
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 18:08:34 GMT -5
"C'mon" He meowed as he waited for Quietshadow. He darted out and nudged the medicine cat "Faster!" He pressed. "The kits are comming!" He bounded back to the dens.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 18:18:26 GMT -5
Quietshadow slipped into the nursery and yawned. "Why at night, Tigerstripe?" he asked, still half-asleep.
"Shut up and wake up," she snapped. "I don't want my kits delievered by some cat who's only semi-concious." Tigerstripe's breathing became heavier as Quietshadow picked a borage leaf out from the others and sat down. He shook his head to wake himself. "Okay, just keep breathing."
"I know that," she hissed. "Not breathing will kind of make me, uh, you know, die."
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 19:58:16 GMT -5
Jaystar flicked Tigerstripe's ear. He gave her a look, and then quickly looked back at the medicine cat. "I'll be outside the den if you need me" He meowed and padded out.
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Post by Tiger on Apr 30, 2008 20:06:19 GMT -5
Tigerstripe exhaled heavily once more. Quietshadow was trying to speak words of comfort to her; it wasn't working. "Shut up or I'll claw your eyes out." Her voice was assertive and miserable at the same time. Hurry up.
ooc: Should I just skip to the part when the kits are there? o.o
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Post by Jaystar on Apr 30, 2008 21:39:10 GMT -5
ooc| sure
bic| Jaystar gazed at the kits. /My Kits!/ he wanted to shout, but he knew that would cause distruction. One of them, looked like an exact copy of him, and he stepped back in awe. /Would the clan reconize?/ he wondered.
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Post by Tiger on May 1, 2008 14:35:15 GMT -5
Tigerstripe licked her kits. Two were gray and nearly identical to Jaystar; one (a tom) a carbon copy while the other (she-cat) had four white paws instead of three white paws and a black one. There was a tom whose pelt was the same golden-brown as hers, but without stripes. A she-cat who looked a lot like Tigerstripe with some white on her chest and tail lay next to him. The last kit, standing out from all the others, was a black-and-white tom with blue eyes.
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Post by Jaystar on May 1, 2008 15:55:29 GMT -5
Jaystar continued to stare. He couldn't help it. the tom looked exactly like him. Except for the battle scar on his side of course, that will probably stay there the rest of his life. "What will you name them?" He asked her casually, hoping Quietshadow didn't notice.
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Post by Tiger on May 1, 2008 16:00:58 GMT -5
She shrugged. "He reminds me of the bark of that one kind of tree in the forest...what's it called--Larchkit!" Tigerstripe drew the kits closer to her with a sweep of the tail. The brown, stripeless kit fidgeted a bit but curled up by his mother's belly.
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Post by Jaystar on May 1, 2008 16:17:12 GMT -5
Jaystar purred in amusement "That one" He pointed with his long tail to a kit that had golden fur like a lion, and jagged black stripes. "Looks exactly like you" He smiled.
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Post by Jaystar on May 1, 2008 16:17:33 GMT -5
ooc| that kit he pointed to is Swallowkit
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Post by Tiger on May 1, 2008 16:41:20 GMT -5
She nosed the kit. "Not exactly," Tigerstripe mewed. "I don't have any white on my pelt. She does." She nuzzled Swallowkit. "Names, names," she meowed airily. "So difficult, especially with five of them." The queen stretched her paws forward.
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Post by Jaystar on May 2, 2008 21:33:07 GMT -5
"Hmm" Jaystar shrugged. Basilpaw came in with more borage leaves and poppy seeds. He layed them down at the queen's paws. "They're so tiny!" He whispered. "That one reminds me of a Quail" Jaystar put in as he pointed to another kit. /Why did Starclan leave me with only two lives?/ He wondered /Two lives are hardly enough to spend with my kits!/ He thought, and prayed for Starclan to come and show him some answers. "So, What are their names?" Basilpaw asked curiously, still gaping at how tiny they were.
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Post by Lexie on May 3, 2008 9:06:53 GMT -5
Icestar walked into the nursery. "I heard the kits have comr," she purred. She looked at Jaystar. Then at the kits. "Hmm," she wondered. She shook her head and leaned down. "What shall we name them I already have planned out mentors," she purred, thinking. /good mentors: Bramblethorn, Darkshadow,/ /Wow, five kits, we don't have a lot of warriors, and Moonsong always forgets things/ She thought.
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Post by Lexie on May 3, 2008 9:07:54 GMT -5
"But, lets hope they can survive the dreaded heat." Icestar confirmed. Beachclan cats have really never seen snow, maybe at a gathering, but not a lot of cats in this clan have seen it.
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Post by Tiger on May 3, 2008 10:22:27 GMT -5
"Hmmm...thanks, Basilpaw. Quailkit." Tigerstripe brushed her tail over the she-cat's head. "This brown one reminds me of what the sand on the Beach looks like after it rains. Thunderkit should be good." She looked at the two unnamed kits, a black-and-white tom and a tom who was basically identical to her mate.
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Post by Jaystar on May 3, 2008 13:34:41 GMT -5
ooc| Larchkit is the kit who looks exactly like Jaystar
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Post by Jaystar on May 3, 2008 13:36:01 GMT -5
Basilpaw continued to stare. "Why does that one look like-" Jaystar gave the apprentice a stern stare, that startled Basilpaw. "I-I guess I'll leave you alone now" He stammered and padded out of the den. "What about Inkkit?" Jaystar breathed into his mate's ear.
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