Tatterwind was happy to see that the apprentices had returned. He had sent Treepaw to change the bedding in the elder's den, while he had gone with Hazelclaw. "I guess I have noticed that she isn't as happy as she used to be. Something must have happened with those rogues..." he stated, pawing at the ground.
Treepaw dug through the bedding and heard Viverpaw talking to Copperpaw. He felt jumpy for some reason. He turned and went to see what was going on. "Copperpaw? Viverpaw?" he asked, stalking into the den. "I'm glad to see you're home."
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Viverpaw turned to Treepaw, and didn't give her usual smile and run up and say hi. She nodded to him and walked out to sit at the edge of the camp, wary of the day. Hazelclaw watched her go by. "You see, she even explained what happened like she was a leader at a gathering giving a report. She also sai that she had been attacked several times by different patrols and that the rouges helped her fight them off....maybe they set her off somehow?" he asked Tatterwind.
Tatterind shrugged. "It could be," he said. He stalked over to Viverpaw. "Hey there!" he called. "How are you? Have you been to the medicine cat's den yet?" he asked, settling his tail on the apprentice's shoulder. "You know, it's okay," he promised. "We'll make sure no one hurts you."
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Viverpaw gave him a stern stare, but sighed. "It's alright. I'll see the med in a minute." she looked at Hazelclaw who padded over to her. "Say Viverpaw, you want to do anything really soon?" he asked. This was the question he always asked her, and she always said,"Yay! Letgo hunting! No, lets practice! Lets train!" but instead she said,"Not at the moment. But thanks." His jaw dropped and gaped open. She had never, ever said she didn't want to do something. Not even when it came to chores. Something must have happened to get her this mad. Or calm. He couldn't tell which it was.
Copperpaw listened to the voices outside the den and got up. There was no use falling asleep if cats were talking right outside the den, besides he didn't want to relive the dream he had again. Stretching he walked out into the clearing and sat at the entrance to the apprentices den, watching the cats around him.
Viverpaw moved away from both cats, bumping into Copperpaw. "Sorry. I'll see ya later." she said, walking off. She went over to the Medicine cats den and got patched up. She didn't understand why she just didn't want to jump around and be fun anymore. She guessed her bad mood had effected her personia pretty bad. She gave out a sigh. Hazelclaw stared after her and went back to conversation with Tatterwind.
"That's crazy," Tatterwind stated, tail lashing. His claws dug into the ground. "Maybe Willowtail will get a message from StarClan, but until then, let's just carry on our normal duties, don't you think?" he suggested, even though he didn't want to. He wanted to find out what was going on with Viverpaw.
Treepaw watched the scene unfold before him. When Viverpaw returned to the apprentices' den, he greeted her with a flick of his tail. "Is something wrong, Viverpaw?" he asked.
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"Hmmm....? Now really. That's the part I'm still trying to figure out." Viverpaw replied. She sat next to Treepaw for a few seconds. "Say, there was an unusual amount of rouges traveling through here today. Nearly enough to make a clan." she said. "Maybe they aren't just some regular rouges traveling here by coincidence. Maybe they came here because something happened to their old home." she added with thought. Hazelclaw gave Tatterwind a nod."Same here. But I have this feeling something still concerns you. Maybe we could go out on a hunting patrol to cool things off? It'd get some things of our minds." he asked Tatterwind. Hazelclaw stood and stretched, flexing his claws in and out. "Oh, by the way, who do you want to take with you?" he asked Tatterwind.
Copperpaw looked over at Tatterwind and Hazelclaw and walked over to them. A hunt would keep his mind off the dream, besides he had left the prey from earlier in the forest. He hoped starclan something didn't get it. "Can I go with you?" He looked at Hazelclaw then Tatterwind and heard paw steps behind him. "I'll go too." Fawnstep's soft voice spoke from behind him. "I owe Copperpaw. We can do some battle training after." Her voice was calm but she looked like she wanted to seem excited. Well at least she's trying...Copperpaw thought and waited for one of the other warriors to answer.
Tatterwind nodded. "That would be good," he said, nodding to Fawnstep and Copperpaw. He waved his tail to Hazelclaw. "I think Treepaw might wanna come. I'll ask him, but I think Viverpaw will want to rest. Treepaw!" he called. His apprentice appeared, then turned back. "Be back later. Looks like a hunting patrol is forming," he said, and turned and raced to Tatterwind. "Can I come?" he pleaded.
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