bored sinceless she-cats

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Arcticfur lay on her side, lazily dabbing one paw in the water of the river. her white fur stood out amongst the green grass and was rivaled only by the pelt of the golden tabby beside her.

Suntail lay on her back, batting half hartedly at a passing butterfly. Her sad eyes were the only sighn that she was grieving. Arcticfur wasn't fooled by her friends atitude.

"There was nothing any cat could have done. Blazingtail was always a fighter and Sablefur would defend him to the very end. We both know that." Arcticfur hated bringing up the sour topic. she had to admit she could not compare her grief to that of Suntail's.

Yes I've lost Cyclonestripe, but to loose Frozentail... and have Glassrose ubducted by DarckClan!Arcticfur had to admit she was glad it wasn't her suffering. But Suntail had young kits to care for...

This morning Arcticfur had stopped Suntail on her way out of camp. the queen was still nursing and shouldn't have been going far, so when Arcticfur learned her destination she had resolved to come. The bridge was not often visited, it being a twoleg comtraption. And a queen who had just lost half her family in one swift patrol did not need to be jumping off of it! LakeClan cats could swim, if they wanted too.

"How can you handle it?" Suntail asked quietly. for once, she was willing to speek to her fretting friend.

"You look to the future. It'll be hard, watching Blazingtail's kits and your own grow up, but we live on in our kin and in StarClan. You gave Sablefur the greatist gift of all, you gave his bloodline a future." Arcticfur had poundered the subject long and hard herself.

Suntail let out a sigh that rose suddenly into a snarl. she shot to her feet. "I can smell your DarkClan scent from here! Show your face so that i can claw it fool!" Suntail spat at what apeared to be a moving bush.

A redish-brown cat with long hair stepped from the brambles along the bank. his fur was ruffled and his green eyes troubled. Arcticfur flicked her tail to hold Suntail in place.

"Are you Suntail? The deputy of LakeClan and Reedpelt's mother?" the red cat looked stressed and tired.

Suntail hid her surprise with a shake of her head. "Ex-deputy. Who sent you? tell me or i'll claw you?" Arcticfur paused. Reedpelt! Suntail's disapeared daughter.

"Reedpelt sent me with a message that she's alive. i had to find you, she could start kitting any day and the... our kits can't be raised in DarkClan!" Raggedfur let it all out in a rush.

"Your kits?" Suntail glared at the cat. "You better be telling the truth DarkClanner"

"Reedpelt has a plan, please here me out!" Raggedfur begged. some part of the cat reminded Arcticfur of Cyclonestripe. she pushed the thought away.

"I'm listening," Suntail said. for the first time in days her eyes were bright. the grief had given way to sheer determintaion.

Great StarClan! Arcticfur thought. Someone better protect those DarkClan cats!

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Moss paused to listen in on the cats conversation. he had scented other cats like these as he dodged their patrols. he was used to living in a peaceful area where the only threats were eagles and vagrant cats. he wasn't used to five warring clans. but the draw of companionship drew him to these three cats, and he found their discusion intreeging.

"I'm the x-deputy of LakeClan! Shalefang is a rouge-turned-leader but he's not that stupid! He'd rather claw my ears off than here what i have to say!"

"What about you Arcticfur?"

"Funny DarkClanner! I've faught enough of your clan mates for them to remember me well enough. both of us would be comitting suicide, Suntail might be willing to do so but i'm not."

Moss watched as the red tom, golden queen, and white she-cat whispered back and forth. they were planning something, he was sure. the question was what...

"Listen Raggedfur, can't you get your buddy Slash to help you? or better yet, some other kind cat?"

"If you think Slash is kind you've got rocks for brains. her mother razed her to be a cold blooded killer. doing anything else would be against her nature."

"Great StarClan! Their's got to be another cat who will join DarkClan so he can infiltrate and get you and Reedpelt out without retribution from Shalefang..." the golden tabby sounded distraught.

Moss listened to the queens voice and remembered his dream. maybe this was why he had come to this place. the mountains beyond the edge of his valley had called him. was he suposed to help these cats. without realizing it he stepped into the clearing and spoke. "I'll help."

"Oh for StarClan's sake Raggie! are we going to have all of DarkClan on our land?" the she-cat, Arcticfur, jumped to her feet with a growl.

"He's not from DarkClan, whoever he is..." Raggedfur growled. he studdied Mosspelt with a quick gaze.

Suntail walked to stand facing the new cat. "Why help us? You don't even know us," her voice was filled with hope but also suspicion.

"MoonClan told me my destany layed in these mountains. So i guess they meant for me to help you rescue Reed, whoever she is."

"ReedPELT is my daughter and his mate," Suntail flicked her tail at the DarkClan tom. "she has been captured by his clan and held prisoner."

Mosspelt woundered if he had heared corectly. In his clan, cats went by the first part of their name. to give a cat your full name was usually researved for a close friend or mate. it wasn't something given away without care. oviously, this mother was either very distraught, or she didn't know any better. "My name is Moss..." he began.

"I don't care who you are," Raggedfur growled. "If you can help than listen closely. this is what were going to do..."

As he listened, Moss woundered what he was getting himself into.