((Might I be the leader, as well?))

((Krilla-sure you can be leader

Detters-of course i can :D))

DustStar stirred within his den before awakening. He rose and arched himself in a stretch before heading on out to find Stormshadow.

CloudSwirl's eyelids grew weak as the sunlight hit them. The she-cat then rose and turned herslf around in the hope of getting more sleep.

Marshpaw bounded through the entrance to the camp, ignoring the thorns that tugged on his short tabby fur. Clenched in his jaws were two plump mice and a large dove, still warm and fresh. Flicking his ears in a distracted fashion the remove the droplets of water that had formed in the light drizzle falling from the sky the apprentice gave his nestmate a look.

'What do I do with the prey?' he meowed in a muffled voice, his mouth filled with feathers and fur from his recently caught prey.

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Shaking his head in exasperation Webpaw tried to convey that there was no way for him to answer with the giant quail filling his mouth. Tail slapping Marshpaw's legs in irritation as he padded by his nestmate Webpaw looked over his shoulder and gave his brother an annoyed look.

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Grumbling something about his brother, none of it meant to be kindly; the typically cheerful apprentice seemed low due to the constant rain the forest that had been pouring down for days. His short pelt was thin and scraggly compared to his brother’s thicker, warmer fur that had an odd waterproof quality his lacked.

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Rolling her eyes as she followed the two errant apprentices Kestralwing stifled a groan of exasperation. Those apprentices, constantly fighting and bickering like elders, she thought unkindly, thought she couldn’t stay mad at them for long. It was part of their charm.

Pausing to dig out a thorn that had caught in her ginger pelt the she-cat looked back out into the forest, wondering if there was anything happening in the forest that would bring some sort of danger to the clan.

‘I’m starting to sound like Blackfang,’ she meowed crossly, thinking of her large black-pelted brother.

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Blinking irately the large black tom lounging on the sunning rocks sighed as another frigid droplet of water splashed on his nose, soaking his face. ‘More rain, and more rain,’ he grumbled in his deep baritone mew.

Scratching his ear lazily the warrior wondered if there was anything to do today. All the prey would be hiding from the weather and their enemies as well.

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Dawnwhisper felt her belly lurch as her unborn kits struggled inside, and nuzzled it gently, hoping to calm them down. ‘Shhhhh…’ she meowed tenderly, feeling the kits calm down. Giving a low groan the white and brown queen slowly extended her legs, feeling her muscles stretch painfully after days if no use.

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‘Tansy, dock, horsetail, raspberry leaves and juniper.’

The rasping mew came from within a dark recess towards the back of the camp, where few cats ventured unless they had an ailment or injury of a sort. There seemed to be no source of the words until a long black tail poked out from the den and then swished back in.

‘So many herbs and berries spoiled by this rain,’ a thin tom growled in irritation, pawing at the mouldy pile before him. ‘More needs to be collected before leaf bare though.’

Moonspaw scented the air, "hmmm." she thought out loud, "I don't smell any rain toaday. At least, not yet. I wonder if its over!" her voice was hopeful, but it faded when a breeze brought the smell of water to her nose. She sighed and padded over to Kestrelwing, her mentor, "just when I thought it was all over, I can smell more tain that will be coming later." she said, shaking her head.

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Feralwind padded into the nursery with a plump rabbit in his jaws, he set it down in front of Dawnwhisper, "the only good thing about this rain, is there is lots of greens, and its making the prey fatter." he purred.

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Tigerfrost sighed, unable to stay asleep any longer. She rose to her paws and padded outside. Her thick fur shone in the sunlight and she smiled, for a little while, there was no rain. she purred happily and stretched her muscles.

Frowning sympathetically the large brown and red warrior nodded slowly. 'It started just when Marshpaw, Webpaw and I got back, so luckily there was plenty of prey when we went out. There's no point in hoping to go hunting now though, and the battle field will be swamped by the river.'

Sighing heavily Kestrelwing pawed the ground as she thought of something to occupy her apprentice. 'Perhaps...we could go around fixing the camp walls. In all this muck and rain they'll be weaker than usual.'

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Dawnwhisper purred gratefully. 'Thanks you,' she meowed softly, nuzzling him back gently. 

[Er...finish tomorrow? I have to sleep. D8]

DustStar nodded for StormShadow to go back to what he was doing. ((braindead-fail))