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A/N: I always wondered—how do you people pronounce my name? I bet half of you think it's 'Keee-wix'. It's actually pronounced 'Q-wix'. Yeaaa boiii.
SHIT I THOUGHT HONEYPAW WAS THORNCLAW'S APPRENTICE. I totally screwed up. XD Whatever, I don't like Poppypaw much anyway.
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The Crazy Things We Do
Chapter 7—Thanks For The Memories
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Tawnypelt's POVI need an excuse as to why I didn't return since the morning. I had no prey to bring back, and even if I did, it wouldn't be enough to persuade Blackstar that I had been hunting the entire day.
I find a rosebush and without thinking, thrust my paw into the mess of prickly leaves and thorns. I grit my teeth in pain as the thorns stab my paw and I slowly withdraw my foreleg.
Thin streams of blood run down my paw, some circling the black thorns that were stuck in my pad.
Okay, this wasn't a very bright idea...But I can't do anything about it now.
I make my way back to camp as swiftly as possible, keeping my right foreleg in the air and cursing all the way. Anxiety pulses through me as the familiar thorny wall of brambles appears as I climb the final slope.
I'm also hoping that you explained everything to Honeykit. Everything necessary, that is. Thank StarClan that she came after we woke up...wait, she wasn't there when...?
Heat rushes to my face and I tremble a little, yet I can't help it but smile. Great StarClan, I hope she wasn't there. There would be too many questions to answer.
A yowl snaps me back to reality. I look up at the bramble barrier and hear the thudding of rushing pawsteps against the earth. Suddenly, Rowanclaw and Cedarheart thunder out of the tunnel that led to the camp's clearing and gaze down the slope.
"Tawnypelt!" Rowanclaw yowls.
"Uh, yeah." I awkwardly scamper up the rest of the way until I reach my Clanmates. I keep my gaze fixed on the grass.
"We smelled blood, and we thought something terrible happened." Rowanclaw tells me. "You've been gone for the whole day."
"What happened to your paw?" Cedarheart demands, to my relief. I didn't want to think of a reply to Rowanclaw's comment
Just like Rowanclaw, Cedarheart had apologized to me for questioning my loyalty towards ShadowClan, and we're friends now.
"I was tracking a shrew," I lie, "It got away, but when I chased it, it jumped into a rosebush and I thought I would be able to get it, but I just ended up with thorns in my paw."
"...Are you serious?" I bet Cedarheart's raising his eyebrows right now.
I nod. "I had a pile of prey that I caught since the morning. It's somewhere back in the pine forest."
I can feel Rowanclaw's stare burning the back of my neck. "I thought you were smarter than that, Tawnypelt."
My tail curls up and I swirl my head around to glare at him. Then, I see his dark brown eyes glimmering with amusement and I settle down. There's something else behind his gaze, something I can't put into words but it's making my heart flutter, just by looking into his eyes.
Wait, where did this come from all of the sudden?
This feels very odd. I never got this feeling before, not even with you. When I'm around you, I don't feel shy and get butterflies like I am now.
When I'm around you, I lose control, my heart explodes into millions of indescribable emotions and it drives me crazy. I can't think, I can't see, I can't breathe. It's so full of passion and wild things and it makes me want more and more of it.
"It looks bad. You should go see Littlecloud." Cedarheart suggests. "Rowanclaw and I will go and find your prey."
"Okay, thanks." I feel guilty, knowing that they'll be searching for something that doesn't exist. I remain silent, though.
Cedarheart charges down the hill, but Rowanclaw hesitates. "Will you be okay?"
"Yes." I meow, forcing a small smile, despite the fact that I wanted to scream in pain. Blood was beginning to drip, and it was burning even more.
He blinks at me one last time, his tough appearance hiding his worry, before following Cedarheart. I sigh in relief, wondering why I got that sudden feeling when I looked into Rowanclaw's eyes.
Dismissing it, I make my way on three legs through the tunnel and enter the clearing. Most of the cats are sharing tongues or eating fresh-kill. As soon as I take a step onto the sandy earth, dozens and dozens of gleaming yellow eyes turn on me, as if on an unspoken signal.
A familiar scent drifts towards me—Russetfur's scent. I turn around and the ShadowClan deputy is at my flank immediately, regarding me with amber eyes. It's really uncomfortable, but I keep my mouth shut.
"What happened to you?" She inquires, regarding me up and down. A few more warriors come up behind her to look at my paw and whisper to each other.
Yeah, it looks that bad.
Ignoring my annoyance, I repeat my made-up story. Russetfur swishes her tail at the other cats, an order for them to leave. Then, she walks me to Littlecloud's den.
I detect something suspicious in her eyes but all she says is, "Go ahead," and stalks off. I let out a sigh of relief. Limping into Littlecloud's den, the spicy aroma of mixed herbs drifts towards me. The night is warm, and I smell Littlecloud here as well.
Crouching outside his den, a makeshift bush, I see his small head lowered as he organized some bitter-smelling leaves. As soon as I walked in though, he looks up and gasps.
"Tawnypelt, what in the world happened to your paw?"
I try hard not to roll my eyes. Instead, I sigh. All I felt like doing was curling up in my nest and recalling our passionate encounter. I began to get that crazy feeling again and I feel myself shiver.
This was going to be a long night.
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A/N: No flames for this boring chapter, okay? I couldn't think of anything exciting and I just had to fill in what happened when Tawnypelt returned.
If any of you have any ideas, tell me in a review or PM me. Don't suggest something about them having kits, I already have something planned.
--;Kewix