Kauri sighed, boredom hitting her like a train. She wished her
wounds could heal faster, so she'd be able to actually run and
climb and jump without worry of further injuring herself. She
rested her head on her paws, beginning to hum a bit in an attempt
to ward off the boredom. Her humming soon progressed into a quiet
song she began to sing quietly to herself.
"A cat with three faces, the cat who disgraces,
she's wild, and dangerous, and tall~
A cat with three faces, the cat who displaces,
she's tired, and terrified, and small~
A cat with three faces, the cat who embraces,
she's caring, and wonderful, above all~
If I told you these cats were one,
Would try to go prove me wrong?
For the cat of three faces, has quite the good graces,
And you'd become assuredly most enthralled~
A cat with three faces, the cat who they say is,
the cat who has lived through thrice a great
fall~"
She yawned, stretching a bit and standing up. She believed that
she'd heard somewhere that exercise would help wounds to heal, as
long as it wasn't too vigorous. She padded the perimeter of the
den, humming to herself as she walked.
Whiteleap twitches his nose. "I understand that as well. The badger
was taken care of, and we've been hunting more recently to make
sure we're all well fed. I'll personally guard the nursery during
the kittings if i have to, and i believe Civetpelt is kitting
soon.....Civetpelt is kitting soon!" he suddenly yowled. "Look
shadedfur, I need to get back to camp. If it isn't too much
trouble, can you bring back some fresh moss for all the queens, and
some thorns to weave into the den to protect it?" he meows,
spinning around and high-tailing it back to camp.
Firelight lay his paw on Civetpelt's side, whispering soothingly to
encourage her. He nudges some rasberry and iris petals towards her.
"The rasberry will help with the pain, and the iris should help
encourage breathing."
Snowflank sat outside the nursery, her tail was twitching and she
was trying to listen to what was happening inside.. "Is this what
it's going to be like?" Her voice trembled. "I hope she is
okay.."
Whiteleap bolts into camp and immediately heads towards the
nursery. He skids to a stop next to snowflank. "Is she alright?
Whats happening?" he pants softly, noticing her worry. "Wh-whats
wrong?"
Snowflank's ears flattened against her head. "I think she is fine."
She nodded. "Flintstar is with her. I am just worried about our
kits." She looked at him. "I know we have a long wait but-" She
shook her head. "That's not important right now." Her ears perked
up and she stood up.
Rosepetal sat up slowly and stood on heavy paws to waddle towards
the new queen. "Don't worry Snowflank, we'll do just fine." She
purred softly and nodded her head respectfully at the newly
appointed deputy. "I'll keep her company in the nursery when she
moves in."
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Shadedfur let out a soft hiss. Those were the duties of an
apprentice! Not a seasoned warrior. However she did as was asked of
her, limping towards a well remembered place.
A tall tree with roots arching up out of the ground was Shadedfur's
destination. It was a good place for cobwebs, but it was the moss
tucked under the roots she was after. She wadded up the soft moss
with her paws before picking up the light ball in her jaws.
Wolfpaw carefully carried her kill over the obstacles. Her legs
ached from pushing herself up the tree. "Its still day?" She looked
up and noticed the bright light above her. She yawned. She hissed
as she put her leg down, her joint protested about putting any
weight on it.
Whiteleap prodded at the ground anxiously. "I hope Civetpelt is
ok...and hopefully Shadedfur comes back with the moss and thorns to
reinforce the nursery, and make new nests for the queens...I feel
bad for asking her to do the favor, but of course none of the
apprentices were around, and it's urgent for the sake of the new
kits and the queens as well.."
Wolfpaw eventually reached the camp. Putting her piece of prey on
the fresh kill pile she sat and licked her chest fur that was
covered in the blood of the thrush. Yawning and almost falling
asleep she decided to check on the queens.
Whiteleap turned to see wolfpaw approaching. "Oh, wolfpaw good
timing. Why don't you bring Civetpelt he prey you caught when shes
finished kitting? She might be starving by the time this is over!"
he purred, feeling sympathetic to the neglected apprentice
"She'll be just fine. Starclan will watch over her," she purred
assuringly. "Oh? My sister's awake?" Rosepetal's ears lowered in
worry. "I hope she'll be alright, her leg was hurting her a lot
more then she let on..." The queen shook her head and perked her
ears back up. "What am I saying, of course she'll be alright. And
so will Civetpelt."
A long white tail rested on Whiteleap's shoulder. "There's not much
you can do here though. She's with Firelight."
"I know I can't help much, but the least I could do is make sure
shes comfortable afterwards. Firelight gave Shadedfur poppyseeds,
she was walking alright earlier." He looks at wolfpaw. "Firelight
is in there with her, helping her through the process."
Wolfpaw sighed happily. "Ok, I will grab some prey. If she needs
help I can try to be a temporary apprentice!" She started to go
towards the pile of prey. "Do you want me to get her some soaked
moss as well?"
"Firelight has that taken care of, and Shadedfur is bringing back
moss for her nest and bramble thorns to reinforce the walls. She
would really appreciate the prey though!" he purrs softly
Firelight thanks wolfpaw for bringing the prey to Civetpelt before
shooing her away. "She needs as much space as possible, you can
visit the kits when they've grown enough to play"