p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"The air was dense and cool, showing definite signs of green-leaf rain. The wind was blowing at a high speed that tugged at her pelt./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I hate this wind!" she yowled./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Really? It feels great!" the tom next to her exclaimed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""You didn't wash yourself for a good sun-rise this morning to have it wasted by this... idiotic... WIND!"/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Here's a suggestion: don't clean yourself every morning." Spiderpaw snorted./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Be quiet," Aspenpaw snapped, irritation pricking in her pelt./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Will you two quit yapping? This is a border patrol, not an excuse to be talking your tail off!" Beetlewing hissed at the two./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Sorry," Spiderpaw quickly mewed, his head lowered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Can I mark the border with Windclan?" Aspenpaw asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Sure. Spiderpaw, you'll take the Shadowclan border," Applepelt reasoned./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw's irritation faded upon seeing Spiderpaw's uncanny frightened look. /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Ahead of them, Deerfoot let out a soft hiss as they neared the Windclan border./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Do you smell that?" she mewed coldly./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw opened her jaws to draw in scent and was given an unfamiliar tang on her tounge./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Windclan scent! Inside our border!" Beetlewing's neck fur rose up, and her tone was no more than enraged. /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Could they be trying to steal territory?" Spiderpaw inquired./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I bet," Applepelt's tone was calm, showing no signs of hatred, unlike Beetlewing, practically seething./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Should we go back and tell Duststar?" Aspenpaw mewed, desperate to leave the wind./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Good idea," Spiderpaw quickly mewed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""We should finish the patrol," Deerfoot mewed, sounding irritated./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw suppressed a growl./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"By the time they reared the Shadowclan border, Aspenpaw was worn out; convinced she wouldn't have enough strength to make it back./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"But she slugged to the camp and tossed herself in her nest. "I hate the evening patrol," she murmered to herself./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Psst, Aspenpaw!" A paw poked her side./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""No!" she grumbled, wanting to slip into sleep./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I brought you a mouse," the voice mewed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Hunger seared at her stomach, making her weariness seem like a small thorn inside her./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"She sat up and met the gaze of Rainpaw, who was staring at her, holding a plump mouse in his jaws./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Upon meeting her gaze, he set it down, and stepped back, as if he was waiting for her to eat it./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"She rose from her moss and sat, not hesitating before tearing up the dead carcass, delicous flesh hanging off her jaws./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I thought we could share," Rainpaw whispered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw felt a pinge of regret. "Sorry," she murmered, sacrificing the last few scraps to the tom, pushing them forward with her paw./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Rainpaw shook his head. "It's fine..."/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw felt a surge of relief and gobbled down the last of the poor creature before burying it's bones. She thanked Rainbow and tucked her tail over her head, and slipped fully into sleep.C/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I hate this wind!" she yowled./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Really? It feels great!" the tom next to her exclaimed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""You didn't wash yourself for a good sun-rise this morning to have it wasted by this... idiotic... WIND!"/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Here's a suggestion: don't clean yourself every morning." Spiderpaw snorted./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Be quiet," Aspenpaw snapped, irritation pricking in her pelt./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Will you two quit yapping? This is a border patrol, not an excuse to be talking your tail off!" Beetlewing hissed at the two./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Sorry," Spiderpaw quickly mewed, his head lowered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Can I mark the border with Windclan?" Aspenpaw asked./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Sure. Spiderpaw, you'll take the Shadowclan border," Applepelt reasoned./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw's irritation faded upon seeing Spiderpaw's uncanny frightened look. /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Ahead of them, Deerfoot let out a soft hiss as they neared the Windclan border./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Do you smell that?" she mewed coldly./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw opened her jaws to draw in scent and was given an unfamiliar tang on her tounge./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Windclan scent! Inside our border!" Beetlewing's neck fur rose up, and her tone was no more than enraged. /p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Could they be trying to steal territory?" Spiderpaw inquired./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I bet," Applepelt's tone was calm, showing no signs of hatred, unlike Beetlewing, practically seething./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Should we go back and tell Duststar?" Aspenpaw mewed, desperate to leave the wind./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Good idea," Spiderpaw quickly mewed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""We should finish the patrol," Deerfoot mewed, sounding irritated./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw suppressed a growl./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"By the time they reared the Shadowclan border, Aspenpaw was worn out; convinced she wouldn't have enough strength to make it back./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"But she slugged to the camp and tossed herself in her nest. "I hate the evening patrol," she murmered to herself./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""Psst, Aspenpaw!" A paw poked her side./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""No!" she grumbled, wanting to slip into sleep./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I brought you a mouse," the voice mewed./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Hunger seared at her stomach, making her weariness seem like a small thorn inside her./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"She sat up and met the gaze of Rainpaw, who was staring at her, holding a plump mouse in his jaws./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Upon meeting her gaze, he set it down, and stepped back, as if he was waiting for her to eat it./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"She rose from her moss and sat, not hesitating before tearing up the dead carcass, delicous flesh hanging off her jaws./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;""I thought we could share," Rainpaw whispered./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw felt a pinge of regret. "Sorry," she murmered, sacrificing the last few scraps to the tom, pushing them forward with her paw./p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Rainpaw shook his head. "It's fine..."/p
p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"Aspenpaw felt a surge of relief and gobbled down the last of the poor creature before burying it's bones. She thanked Rainbow and tucked her tail over her head, and slipped fully into sleep.C/p