___.stop.this.pain.>>TONIGHT<<//open

[Stormchaser]

A lengthly and slender-framed she-cat silently made her way through the night down to the Smallstream. Painful memories glistened in her eyes, and she lowered herself to drink. As the memories rushed about inside her head, she froze, tongue halfway down to drink from the stream. Oh, how she wished she could have taken everything back! She wished StarClan would have let her stay, let her stay with ThunderClan instead of giving her a lack of bravery and making her run.

I'm so sorry, Twisterheart. I didn't know...

Twisterheart had been like a brother to Autumnfur, as they had both been raised by the same queen. But the difference had been that Autumnfur hadn't been her daughter, whilst Twisterheart had been her son. Her cowardly ways had caused them both to run, as Twisterheart had begun to discover love much deeper than that between siblings for her.

The cawing of a raven made her look up, and she felt a strange pit in her stomach. Twisterheart had run as well, and he had, she guessed, died. They were seperated, and never found each other after. Sometimes, she felt as if the pain was eased by her friends. Proudspirit had helped it, but as she left him, the pain returned. And meeting Mapleclaw and Lightningtail, that had been wonderful! But the pain remained.

Sighing as she watched the raven land on the corpse of a rabbit likely left by a wandering rogue or a wolf, Autumnfur tore her eyes away from the creature. She couldn't bear to watch this, it reminded her only of Twisterheart, and how he had been fast enough to catch even rabbits that had wandered in to ThunderClan territory from WindClan territory.

But now, it was all over. Everything was gone, or at least, everything Autumnfur had once lived for. How could StarClan have given her such cowardice, enough to abandon even her love in a time of fear? She shuddered, trying hard not to imagine if Twisterheart's corpse was as mangled as that of the rabbit being devoured by the raven.

Why can't anyone just save me from this living hell? She silently asked herself that question, shuddering and pulling her muzzle away from the Smallstream. Twisterheart, if you watch me from StarClan, please help me! And yet, even as she sent this silent prayer to StarClan and Twisterheart, she knew that it was no good. Not even StarClan could ease the pain now.

[Mistpelt]

A small multi-colored kit ran in the bushes, although she was very queit. She looked around, wondering if anyone was near-by. The thought soon left her mind as a butterfly flew in front of her. She jumped at it, trying to catch it in her paws. The butterfly got right inbetween her paws. Stripekit ran after it. Each time she tried to catch it it got away. Until, when she came to the stream she caught it and landed on top of it. Stripekit looked at Autumnfur, somewhat wondering if she was going to get into trouble, but she probaly would.

[Stormchaser]

Fatigue clawed at Autumnfur's mind, but she stayed nonetheless. Almost as if she was keeping vigil for her lost friend, though he had been lost for a long, long time. Silence was the only thing she could here for a long time, but then the noise of another struck her ears. She felt a lump appear in her throat, guessing it was one of her fellow warriors. But as she whirled around, Autumn saw it was nothing short of a kit. Suprise struck her like a lightningbolt, and her eyes widened for a moment before narrowing suspiciously. Stripekit.

"Shouldn't you be in bed?" Autumnfur mewed, her eyes glistening with a mild humor that they hadn't held whilst she had been thinking of Twisterheart. "Why are you wandering around here, Stripekit?"

[Yellowfang]

"Stripekit!"A wheezy voice called out."Get back here,you little..."His words trailed off in a string of angry curses as Lightningtail darted through the trees,his wild tail thrashing in different directions."Ah!There you are!Dont run off like that!"He raised a paw as if to cuff her around the ears but thought better of it."See,if you had of been Mapleclaw,I wouldn`t of hesitated."He finnaly noticed Autumnfur."Oh,hello Autumn...Whats wrong?"

[Mistpelt]

"sorry Lightningtail." Stripekit said, she looked at the ground. She batted the butterfly she killed away from her. She then looked at Lightningtail again, "I can't say if I won't run off again" she said

[Yellowfang]

Lightningtail mumbled angrilly."Yes,well,if you do,you`d better hope I`m not the one to catch you!"