Nine Lives

[Shadewing]

[atrb=border,0,true][cs=7][bg=000000] the count;; 481 the cat;; Shadewing the involved;; Firepaw, Drydusk the notes;; Shadewing's heart pumped. He had broken the news to Poppyclaw. As sad as that was, he needed to get ready to become leader. "Firepaw! Drydusk!" He summoned them. First to come was Drydusk, running towards Shadewing in his normal agile way. He bowed his head, out of respect, or thanks.. Shadewing didn't care, his brother was submitting to him by this action. "Now to wait for Firepaw.. not quite as fast as you unfortunately," Shadewing waited a few more seconds, and then called again, like an impatient parent: "Firepaw! We're going to the Moonpool, and I'll bring some other cat if you're late!" he called, and sat down in the middle of the camp. "Who's going to be the deputy?" Drydusk asked, sitting as well. It was strange, that despite being brothers, they were so different. They both sat side by side now, and, if they both weren't so well known, nobody would know that the two cats were brothers. Two blue eyes of different shades. A gray tabby, a solid black. Short fur, long fur. Agile, strong. Obvious whoever raped their mother was a polar opposite of her too. Or maybe one of their distant relatives..? Drydusk had mainly taken after his mother, but Shadewing had rogue's blood in him. Good thing that he wasn't raised by rouges, or ShadowClan would be in some trouble. Shadewing sighed. "No idea just yet. I don't think it'll be you, but who knows.." Shadewing flicked his tail, obviously not wanting to talk about his thoughts. Drydusk sensed this, and shut his mouth. Drydusk had the sense to leave Shadewing alone when he was angry. "..every now and then, Drydusk, do you wish you had a mate?" Shadewing asked, looking at him. They were both single toms who had never had a she-cat really look at them. "Why? You taking a fancy to Poppyclaw?" Drydusk meowed playfully. "The only decent she-cat in ShadowClan? Too bad Crowstar had to get her pregnant before he died!" Drydusk noticed right away what he had done wrong, but only had time to open his mouth before Shadewing yelled at him. "No! She's Crowstar's mate! And beside, I don't want to sire a litter of kits with a she-cat that much older than me.. she was my mentor. I mean, I'm not too picky, but the leader's mate..?" "Well, she may get lonely.." Drydusk joked again. This time, Shadewing managed to laugh a little bit. "I think I hear Firepaw. Hopefully he didn't hear that.." Shadewing said, looking at Drydusk. Obviously Drydusk was upset about not being picked for leader, but he was probably excited to be guiding Shadewing. Or, was he going to try to kill Shadewing. Shadewing shook that thought out of his mind. No, not Drydusk.

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[Silky]

kit;; Firepaw the rushed
notes;; ack you made me choke on mah frog x.x
words;; 181
music;; rehab - amy winehouse

Firepaw was chewing on his frog when he heard his mentor call his name. They were talking about mates, and he rushed over, but didn't quite catch what they had been talking about. He looked up at Drydusk, and snickered.

"Before Dustpaw disappeared she said she had a crush on you!" Firepaw snickered, his blue eyes looking up with a playful smile. He stood beside his mentor, the new leader, and Drydusk, still trying not to giggle.

He put on a solemn face. His father was dead, his sister missing, and his mother pregnant. He drew a deep breath, and nodded at Shadewing. "I'm all ready to go Shadewing!" He chirruped gently, his paws itching for adventure.

He looked over at the nursery were his mother lay with Ashenanarchy. He had heard of what happened to Dapplecloud. Her mate had died, the kits had miscarried, but not come out, like parasites, or ticks, but on the inside. Firepaw sighed, and rubbed his eyes gently. He was going to sleep like anything when he got back.