Icepaw was allowed to eat and sleep, he was still fresh into the clan and the leader granted him a day to rest up. However, the night quickly approached and Icepaw soon noticed that as soon as the sun started setting his clanmates rushed into their dens, and he saw even the guards retreating into dens pushed into the entrance. He looked around and tilted his head, he wondered why his clanmates rushed away at first sign of the nighttime.
He yawned and shook out his pelt. Maybe it was because all day he did nothing but sleep but the apprentice was far from tired. He walked out into the camp, admiring the quietness that night seemed to of bring, he felt a sense of uneasiness creep over him as if something bad was coming, but it quickly vanished as he looked around the camp, reminding himself that he wasn't alone. He saw movement nearby only to see a yawning, slow-moving Leafstrike padding into her den.
"Leafstrike are you okay?" Icepaw yelped seeing the feline as if she just came from the cutters, slow and easily tripped.
"I'm fine young Icepaw, are you alright?" Leafstrike asked trying to hide the tiredness, and Icepaw nodded.
"Whats going on?" He asked worried for her. His heart was pounding in his chest, his thoughts scattered as he tried to understand why she fell ill so quickly.
"Its just the curse, the brothers left us..."Leafstrike yawned and Icepaw raced forward so she could lean against him as they walked slowly into the den, Icepaw helping the medicine cat lay in a nest.
"What curse? What brothers?" Icepaw repeated. "Lux and Nox?" He asked as Leafstrike nodded.
"When Lux's mate Solis, and Nox's mate Lumen were killed, the brothers cursed the other clan, a curse that has lasted generations. In the darkness of night, we the descendants of Lux are cursed to be the weakest and most tired of any creature that walks the earth, and Nox's decendants are cursed to be the same during the day, keeping either clan from enjoying what the other does. We revere our time in the sun but hardly any Streamclan cat has seen the night, just as hardly any Caveclan cat has enjoyed the day."
"That hardly seems fair, the sun, the moon, both are wonderful! I've seen the stars Leafstrike and I'm a Streamclan cat!" Icepaw protest and Leafstrike let out a weak purr.
"But you know not who your bloodline is." She said and Icepaw opened his mouth to argue but Leafstrike had dozed off, not able to hold back the lull of sleep any longer.