Post by skyy and her socks on Jul 22, 2016 6:22:25 GMT
Despite how quickly Tinypaw propelled herself forward, despite the panicked, urgent inhales that she took to try and just keep going, the reality of things had dawned on her. It soaked through her messy, bristled pelt, into her tense muscles. It burned at her heart, at her throat, at her lungs. There was no way a cat, even a leader could have survived the way the badger threw itself at the leader’s body while he was down. Especially not a cat who had the poison of adders in their veins. There had been so many adders, and it had been all their fault.
They’d been where they weren’t supposed to. They’d angered the adders, they’d made Falconstar go looking for them and jump in like that. If they hadn’t then maybe… Who else would have died at the claws of the badger instead. A choked noise escaped the apprentice as she finally glanced back toward Ravenpaw, toward his following black form, before back again. He was keeping up, he was okay. That was… that was a victory, wasn’t it? He was okay at least, even if Falconstar… Tinypaw couldn’t finish the thought, even as they barrelled toward the tunnel, toward the surprised looking guards.
Tinypaw barely gave them a thought as she charged down the tunnel, her paws stumbling and skidding against the roots, dirt and rock, the noise of the camp dull to her ears over the thundering of blood and lost words. They needed the clan. That was what they needed. Yet they… Tinypaw was barely two tail-lengths inside the camp before her paws gave in under the shaking, a wail finally breaking from her jaws. “A badger’s killed Falconstar!” The words were shaky, but loud, a sharp, desperate yowl out across the camp clearing. She couldn’t do this.
Saying it out loud made it real. It was really happening. Her head dropped against the ground, thumping against the sandy ground, body shaking. Her fur remained on end, her tail twice the size if normally was, her tiny form trembling. He was dying and there was nothing that they could do any of them. “It’s at snakerocks!” she choked out against the ground. Maybe she should have gotten up. Maybe she should have tried to find Hazelclaw herself. But she just couldn’t. Her limbs wouldn’t move. Her heart moved too much. She couldn’t handle the situation. Instead, she lay there, head against the ground, her limbs splayed awkwardly around her as another choked wail broke free.
TAGGED: ame , alee , Shiny, aurum, wulfpack, tikker ♪ ♫, all thunderclan
WORDS: 418
NOTES: the announcement of falconstar's death. from here hazelclaw will organise the battle patrol for the badger and to retrieve the body, so i've tagged all those who have confirmed their participation in that. the forest prince is the thread he died officially in.
They’d been where they weren’t supposed to. They’d angered the adders, they’d made Falconstar go looking for them and jump in like that. If they hadn’t then maybe… Who else would have died at the claws of the badger instead. A choked noise escaped the apprentice as she finally glanced back toward Ravenpaw, toward his following black form, before back again. He was keeping up, he was okay. That was… that was a victory, wasn’t it? He was okay at least, even if Falconstar… Tinypaw couldn’t finish the thought, even as they barrelled toward the tunnel, toward the surprised looking guards.
Tinypaw barely gave them a thought as she charged down the tunnel, her paws stumbling and skidding against the roots, dirt and rock, the noise of the camp dull to her ears over the thundering of blood and lost words. They needed the clan. That was what they needed. Yet they… Tinypaw was barely two tail-lengths inside the camp before her paws gave in under the shaking, a wail finally breaking from her jaws. “A badger’s killed Falconstar!” The words were shaky, but loud, a sharp, desperate yowl out across the camp clearing. She couldn’t do this.
Saying it out loud made it real. It was really happening. Her head dropped against the ground, thumping against the sandy ground, body shaking. Her fur remained on end, her tail twice the size if normally was, her tiny form trembling. He was dying and there was nothing that they could do any of them. “It’s at snakerocks!” she choked out against the ground. Maybe she should have gotten up. Maybe she should have tried to find Hazelclaw herself. But she just couldn’t. Her limbs wouldn’t move. Her heart moved too much. She couldn’t handle the situation. Instead, she lay there, head against the ground, her limbs splayed awkwardly around her as another choked wail broke free.
TAGGED: ame , alee , Shiny, aurum, wulfpack, tikker ♪ ♫, all thunderclan
WORDS: 418
NOTES: the announcement of falconstar's death. from here hazelclaw will organise the battle patrol for the badger and to retrieve the body, so i've tagged all those who have confirmed their participation in that. the forest prince is the thread he died officially in.