When Mist entered the apprentices den, she could tell something was wrong. Stone looked at her and then looked at his paws. Nettle refused to look at her. Pine looked back and forth between her and Nettle. She must have told them about earlier. Mist released. But too much had happened for her for her to care. She called up in her nest with her tail over her nose and closed her eyes. An awkward silence filled the den.
"Should we ask her what's wrong.?" whispered Stone.
"Why should we care?" reported Nettle quietly "She's as prickly as a badger."
"Still, we're her friends."
"Well, I'm not!" the awkward silence had returned. Mist could hear Nettle stomp over to her own nest. This day couldn't get any worse.
"Hay Mist. are you ok? Called Stonepaw I stand corrected. "Come on. Say something."
"I don't what to talk about it." answered Mistpaw, trying to keep the annoyance out of her voice.
"She speaks!" purred Pinepaw.
"It's not funny." Mistpaw lifted her head and glared at him. The laughter in his eyes died at once. Even Stone looked concerned. Mistpaw sighed and covered her nose again. Pine nudged Stone towards her. He looked back at Pinepaw before turning to her.
"Do you know your powers yet?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"As I said before, I don't want to talk about it."
"If you don't, I'll pounce on you" Stonepaw tested.
"You wouldn't dare." she growled playfully.
"You know I would."
"I'm not talking."
"I warned you." He tackled Mistpaw, and the two ended up a mass of fur rolling on the ground. Pine joined in, and even Nettle sat up to watch. The three cats eventually ended up laying on the ground laughing and rolling on the den floor. Nettlepaw let out a purr of amusement. Mist was so tired that she felt like her wings would fall off. She somehow dragged herself to her nest. Stonepaw rolled onto his stomach and spread himself out lazily. He lifted his head and looked at Mist.
"Are you gonna tell us now?" he asked.
"Tell you what?"
"What you didn't what to talk about?"
"Fine." she righted herself to face the others. "My mother went on a border patrol and started to give birth. My father sent his apprentice to get the medicine cat. Before the apprentice could come back, Rushstar killed my mother, father, and littermates. My mother was also the daughter of Star, so I'm the next ruler of DawnClan. she also had wings, so now I know where they're from." all the apprentices looked shocked, confused, and synthetic. Mistpaw turned away, unable to face them. She curled up into a tight ball and shut her eyes. This is all a dream. She told herself. This is not happening. I'll wake up and everything will be just fine. But the rational part of her brain told her it wasn't a dream. This was the real world. She could hear paws steps coming towards her. Stonepaw bent down and licked her ear. He pressed himself comfortably against her side.
"I'm so sorry. I wouldn't have asked if I had known," Pinepaw walked over and pressed his mussel against her flank. Even Nettlepaw walked over and pressed her nose against Mists. Mist tucked her wings in tighter.
"I just want to sleep." she muttered just loud enough for them to hear. Nettlepaw and Pinepaw got up and walked to their nests, but Stonepaw still lingered near her.
"Are you sure you'll be fine?"
"I'm sure."
"If you say so." Stonepaw got up and curled up near her. "Good night."
"Good night."
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