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Post by Eternal on Aug 14, 2011 12:26:03 GMT -6
Denna made sure there were no cat's around as she climbed into the tree with the dead GeoClan tom, The medicine cats must be out gathering herbs she thought. Denna pulled a vine away from the tree and methodically wrapped it around the dead tom's neck. His blood still smelled fresh as if he'd only just died, she'd rolled in his blood back at the pit next to her camp to mask her scent entirely so GeoClan would have no way of picking up her scent on the tree or in their territory. Once Denna was sure the vine would hold she pushed the body over a branch leaving him hanging right in front of the entrance to GeoClan's camp, she heard the Tom's neck snap with a gratifying crunch. Now for the second part of Denna's mission reconnaissance, she would wait and see if GeoClan had what they were looking for, until then she would hide with Ayna and watch, Denna slid off into the shadows and disappeared
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Post by Mint on Aug 14, 2011 21:30:27 GMT -6
Ayna followed Denna up the tree and as the tom hung in the air by the vine, she heard his neck snap. She grinned and as Denna started toward the shadows she took a quick bite. /Hmmm. Clan cats are one of the best prey you can have!/ she thought and as she swallowed her mouthful she slid next to Denna in the shadows, knowing the blood from the tom hid both of their scents, it even his Ayna's pelt in the shadows because now her pelt was a bloody red with some brown blotches on it-dirt. Ayna's cold silverish eyes looked around, knowing clan cats would come anytime. She loved it when prey would freeze when they saw her eyes, it just made hunting easier.
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Post by Eternal on Aug 14, 2011 21:46:54 GMT -6
Stoneheart padded back toward camp with Crystalpaw on his new apprentice Crystalpaw right on his paws, he was pleased with what little prey they had managed to catch even if it would only feed a the elders and the queens. Stoneheart dropped the robin from his jaws at the sight of the mangled tom hanging from the tree the medicine cats used as their den. stoneheart fought back the urge to wretch. "StarClan..." he murmured as he recognized the cat from camp, he had gone hunting with him a few times, strangely he couldn't recall his name, he had disappeared along with a she-cat a short while ago, it had been thought they'd abandoned the clan to find better hunting grounds, though now Stoneheart suspected something much worse had befallen his clanmate....
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Post by Mint on Aug 14, 2011 21:58:26 GMT -6
Cougarshadow padded into camp. He had been hunting but he hadn't caught anything. He saw two cats ahead. As he got closer he knew who it was, Stoneheart and his apprentice-Crystalpaw. "So I see someone caught something for the clan." he grinned at Stoneheart, not noticing the tom in the tree then when Stoneheart kept staring at something he looked up and saw the tom. He froze. "No, Starclan...." he whispered "What happened?" he demanded as he turned back to Stoneheart. He knew, like all the other cats in the clan, that the tom had disappeared with an apprentice-a she-cat. Everyone thought they either went to find better hunting grounds or left the clan to be rogues or kittypets, but now Cougarshadow knew something else had happened to the tom, something no one would want to think of.
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Post by waterscar on Aug 15, 2011 1:43:20 GMT -6
Crystalpaw had dropped the mouse which was in her jaws, the silver tabby she-cat, was shocked as everyone else here. Even though she couldn't remember the tom that was in the trees, she just didn't like the sight of this, who would do this to any cat.
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Post by Eternal on Aug 15, 2011 11:52:12 GMT -6
Stoneheart climbed up the tree sniffing for a trace of who had done this but all he could smell was the scent of the GeoClan tom why can't I remember his name Stoneheart thought angrily. "I can't smell any cat other than him" he meowed to Cougarshadow, whoever had done this somehow disguised their scent making it impossible to track. Stoneheart bit down on the vine holding up his clan mate, the vine broke and the tom plummeted to the ground. Stoneheart leaped down to look at the body. The tom was just barely recognizable, "What happened to you." Stoneheart murmured as he sent a prayer to StarClan
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Post by Mint on Aug 15, 2011 12:15:31 GMT -6
Cougarshadow lept up in the tree and sniffed around. Stoneheart was right there was no scent other than him. He growled and looked into the shadows hoping to see something but when he didn't he went back to his clan mates.
Ayna looked at Denna, wondering if they could go and find a queen now. She was getting hungry for more clan cat meat but she knew they couldn't kill the queen, just bring her back, maybe add a few cuts and scratches. She was getting antsy just waiting.
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Post by waterscar on Aug 15, 2011 16:22:14 GMT -6
"Stoneheart, who is that tom, and why does he smell like a Geoclan cat and also, why was he hanging from the tree?" asked Crystalpaw, finally finding her voice to speak.
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Post by Mint on Aug 15, 2011 16:36:12 GMT -6
Cougarshadow sat next to Stoneheart. "You better get Sagestar." he whispered in the warrior's ear. "And take your apprentice with you so she wont tell every cat in the clan." he glanced down at his former clanmate and cringed. He couldn't think of what had happened to him but he knew a cat was involved. He had seen claw and teeth marks from a cat on the tom and he could only think that a cat would know how to hang the tom like that. "You might even want to get the medicine cat.
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Post by Eternal on Aug 15, 2011 21:37:12 GMT -6
Stoneheart nodded "Come on Crystalpaw we'll get Sagestar." Stoneheart meowed to his apprentice as he turned and raced off into the trees, but somehow he felt that by the time he got to Sagestar it would be too late
Denna watched as Stoneheart disappeared into the trees "This is our chance sister." she meowed excitedly as she creeped along the shadows off the cave walls, even her pelt as bright as it was, was invisible in the darkness and they couldn't smell her because she smelled like the dead tom. "Now to see if they have any expectant queens." she whispered to Ayna, "and we might as well see if there's any fresh-kill" she meowed darkly.
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Post by Mint on Aug 15, 2011 23:00:48 GMT -6
Cougarshadow decided he needed to find a warrior to help him with the tom so he trotted off hoping a warrior was in camp.
/Finally!/ Ayna thought and creeped through the shadows behind Denna. "There better be a queen here." she whispered back as she scented for some fresh-kill or a queen.
Brownmask padded out of the nursery and stretched. She felt like she had to get away from her kits for a little bit. She looked at the fresh-kill pile, it was still low but she needed milk for her 1 moon old kits so she padded over and took a robin. She ate it slowly then started back toward the nursery. Redkit was already starting to try and get out. "I hope the others don't learn from you." she meowed as she ushered the kit back in.
{do you want a kit? I need to find out who is going to have a kit from both of my queens. =)}
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Post by waterscar on Aug 16, 2011 0:31:25 GMT -6
Crystalpaw nodded, and raced off after her mentor again, the only thing she was basically doing was running back and forth. She had forgot all about the mouse that she had dropped earlier.
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Post by Eternal on Aug 16, 2011 11:04:37 GMT -6
Mosspaw padded out of the cave and she her mentor, Cougarshadow, bending over something. "What's that." she meowed. She smelled the body just before she saw it, Mosspaw suddenly raced over into underbrush to wretch. "That's awful, who would... could do something like this." she meowed trying to catch her breath.
Denna watched the queen with her kits and suppressed a growl of frustration. "Whiskers." she cursed, "Let's hope there's a queen here who hasn't kitted yet." Denna knew her mistress would be very unhappy if they brought back a queen with no-kits, unless they took the kits too?
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Post by Mint on Aug 16, 2011 11:15:57 GMT -6
Cougarshadow looked up at his apprentice. "Come on," he put his tail over her shoulders after she wretched. "I need to find a warrior to help me with this, can you go find one?" he asked her "Just tell the warrior that I'm next to the medicine cats den." he started to usher her off "Just make sure that you don't tell anyone about this!" he called after her.
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Post by Eternal on Aug 16, 2011 11:33:31 GMT -6
Mosspaw nodded not wanting to open her mouth for fear she'd wretch, she padded back into the cave and took some deep shallow breaths. Mosspaw looked around the camp, but there were no warriors in sight except Brownmask. "Brownmask Cougarshadow wants to see you by the medicine tree..." she mumbled listlessly, "I'll watch your kits for you." she added
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