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" Run!" Robinpaw shouted, slamming into Hopepaw, to get her moving again.
" Wha-" She began, before Robinpaw grabbed her scruff, and dragged her back a few paces.
" Listen, damn you! Run for your life!" Hopepaw didn't need to be told again. She ran forwards, swerving round the badger, before she stopped, and waited for Robinpaw. She heard snarls.
" Robinpaw, you can't fight it!" She shouted, before running back to him.
" I told you to run!" Robinpaw shouted, when he saw her.
" I'm not going without you!" Hopepaw screeched back. Their eyes locked.
" We go together. Or not at all." Hopepaw said softly. Robinpaw nodded, and swiped his claws at the badger, distracting it for a moment. They made their escape, darting away across unbroken green meadows. They ran for hours, until it reached Moonhigh, at which time Robinpaw collapsed onto the floor.
" Are you okay? Are you hurt? I can find you some Poppy Seeds, or Daisy or Coltsfoot...?" Hopepaw trailed off, as Robinpaw lifted his head, and stared at her.
" How do you know all that?" He asked.
" Well..I...Umm..."
" You are the Medicine Cat Apprentice, aren't you?" He said quietly. Hopepaw nodded. She saw a flash of pain in his eyes, before he looked away. 'Why did he say it like that?' She thought, before sighing. She closed her eyes, and fell asleep quite suddenly, all but falling onto the ground. Robinpaw watched her for a moment, a brief flicker of affection passing over his features, before he too went to sleep.
" Hopepaw..." Hopepaw woke, and looked round, seeing a silver tabby in front of her.
" Silverdream!" She whispered, in a broken voice.
" Yes. I have a message for you. You cannot defeat Mysticstorm's cats on your own. Not with the help of all the Clans. She has been gathering more and more cats, and now has more than all the Clans put together. If you fight, you will be beaten."
" But what can we do?! There are no other cats who can help!"
" Yes, Hopepaw. Go to Spiritstar's mother, Flight Of Swift Hawk." Hopepaw looked up in surprise.
" We won't get there in time!" She spoke swiftly. Silverdream shook her head.
" You must. The Tribe Of Howling Wind will help you, once you have spoken to Flight. Go now, and run with the speed of StarClan!"
Hopepaw nudged Robinpaw.
" Wake up!"
" Huh...what?" Robinpaw answered, blinking and yawning.
" We must move. We have to find the Tribe Of Howling Wind, because they are the only ones that can help the Clans!" Robinpaw slowly got to his paws. Hopepaw waited impatiently.
" Will you bloody well hurry up?!" She almost shouted.
" Alright, alright!" Finally, they set off again. They stopped only to hunt, and rest when they had to. Their paws became cracked and sore, but still they ran on. Then, they reached the mountain.
" This must be where Spiritstar, Rapidstar and Flight found out the cure..." Hopepaw meowed softly, in awe of the sight before her.
" Yes. But where are they?"
" Where are who?"
" The cats, you stupid mousbrain."
" This way." Hopepaw meowed calmly, smiling sweetly at Robinpaw. She didn't know how she knew the way; she just did.
A slim brown feline watched as the apprentices began to climb.
" What are you doing on our territory?" He asked, jumping lightly down in front of him.
" We have come to see Flight." Hopepaw said. The brown tom looked at her suspiciously.
" Flight Of Swift Hawk will see you then. Follow me." He meowed.
" I am Hopepaw Of EarthClan, and this is Robinpaw of SkyClan."
" I am Fang Of Deadly Hunter, of the Tribe Of Howling Winds."