Medincine cat contest-Mosskit's Rippleclan

((What pools?)) Firekit got up and stretched. His muscles were sore from lying in the same position for so long.
"Finally! Something to do!" He growled good-naturedly. "Thank you, Ripplestar, but only if you're not busy."

Firekit gave a little bounce, something quite uncharacteristic for him, and started following Ripplestar.

Stormpaw finished the elders den and kept working.

After awhile, Silverkit was finally finished. "Jeez! My aching back!" She arched it. She scrambled into a bush, too tired to even reach a cave. She collapsed into the bush. THen she fell-where she had no idea. She bounded down a hill and bonked her head-the world went black.

" Silverkit?" Stormpaw had seen her go into the bushes. He followed, slipping backwards and hitting his head.

After awhile, Silverkit finally woke up. THere was a strange new scent smothering the air-but it was stale. "Some cats must have lived here for a long time- and then disappeared." Silverkit said aloud.

Stormpaw looked at Silverkit. " We're dead, we're gonna be so dead when we get back." Stormpaw said.

( My favorite phrase.. xD)

"Shhh!!!!!" Silverkit hissed. She could hear some rustling in the bushes, and that scent from before was drifting toward her-fresh. VERY fresh.

" Sorry." Stormpaw muttered, and stood up. He opened his jaws to smell anything, and a new scent drifted over him.

The rustilng seemed to get closer, then stop. Silverkit inched toward a bush..............
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"Hi!" A young black cat, as pitch black as the night, with little twinkling specks of white fur, sprang up from the bushes. Shewas DEFINETLY wild. A rogue, perhaps. She was pretty young to be one though, she was probably around 5 moons old. Silverkit was also about 5 moons. But the newcomer was almost 6 moons. She was 5 1/2 moons old. Her pretty sparkly blue eyes simply twinkled. A long, streched, orange diamond fit neatly between her eyes, almost reaching the tip of her snout.

Stormpaw followed, and when he saw the new cat, he mouth was hanging open. He quickly shut it, and smiled. " Hii.." Stormpaw said, eyes bright.

THe cat turned to Stormpaw. "Call me Forest. What's your name?" she asked.
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Silverkit answered for him. "He's Stormpaw. I'm SIlverkit."

Stormpaw nodded briskly, shaking his head to clear it. "So.. Do you have a Clan?" Stormpaw asked.

"Clan?" The young black cat looked confused for a moment, then her bright eyes twinkled yet again. "Nope!I'm all alone." Forest grinned.

Stormpaw nodded. "Really? Huh."

"HOw 'bout you guys- no wait, you must be from 'clans'." The black cat, Forest, was looking towards Stormpaw as she said this. "By the way, sorry about this, but my name's not Forest. I call myself Night. Sorry for not introducing myself properly. It's just, you can never be too careful."

Stormpaw nodded. "So, if your not in a clan, are you a loner?" Stormpaw asked carefully.

Night looked sorrowfully at Stormpaw."Now I am."
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Silverkit looked at NIght. "Oh. You mean..."
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"My whole clan was captured by Twolegs. I ws the only one left. It happened about 1 moon ago."

"Oh.. Sorry.." Stormpaw said, and then an idea popped into his head, though he didn't say it out loud.

"Yeah, I know." Night mewed.

Stormpaw looked at Night. "Maybe you could join our clan!" He said.

Night looked bright-eyed. "Yeah! Why not! Don't you agree, Silverkit?"
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"Sure. Why not?" she said, although her eyes betrayed gloomyness and irritation.
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NIght didn't notice. "C'mon! Let's go!" she mewed.

Storm grinned, and looked around. "How exactly are we gonna get back?"

Silverkit looked to the side of the cliff. NIght was already trotting in that direction.
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"C'mon, guys! I know a way up!" she said.
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"I do too." Silverkit muttered. She could easily spot the trail with dull gray mushrooms growing up into a sort of staircase with pawholds and everything. It was less steeper on this side, so it was easier.

Stormpaw stood, looking dumbstruck, "oh." He said lamely and followed,.

"IT's ok, Stormpaw. I would have missed it too, if I hadn't watched a bluebird fly towards the cliff." Silverkit whispered.
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Night stood 1/4 of the way up already, waiting for them.
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Silverkit raced up to the top.