And It's Beginning To Snow

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit's gaze widened immediately as he spotted a glint upon the unsheathed claws of the apprentices. They were tumbling straight for Rainkit! With a sudden movement, he coiled his muscles, and then launched himself at Rainkit. He aimed to bowl her over and well out of the way, making sure she wouldn't take the damage. However, he would be completely in the path of the now menacing apprentices, though he didn't care, as long as his siblings were safe.

(( She should, but after my plan unravels. *Le gasp* ))

[რoonwhisker]

"Rainkit!" Dewkit squeaked and stood up.n Then, Paintedkit heroicly ran to save her. "Paintedkit!"

[☆§wìftflame☆]

Paws crashed into Rainkit's soft side, forcing her deep into the swirling dust. A sharp pain exploded in Rainkit's ear, but Paintedkit was still in front of her, and he was directly in front of the raging cats, and was directly in their line of fire. Rainkit was still squealing in pain, struggling simultaneously to free herself from under her littermate and rescue him from the flailing claws. Blood was hot and wet on her tiny paws, though she wasn't sure whose it was. She knew that no wounds could be bad, but her stomach still churned at the sight of the blood. Why were the apprentices still fighting? Couldn't they see they were hurt!?! A shriek of horror interrupted their struggles, and the terror-stuck cry of "My kits!!!" stopped all in their track.

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit stood his ground against the blows that were misfiring, inflicting damage upon him. "Stop this at once! You're harming your Clanmates!" But his yowling shout went unnoticed, and he was soon forced to bowl Rainkit away. When he had done so, or so he only guessed he did, he leaped back toward the apprentices. "Stay there, Rainkit!"

He was putting his life on the line now, since the apprentices were toppling over to him. He braced himself for the damage, but he kept his gaze open. Then, to his horror, the apprentices began to rampage closer to Dewkit. "Dewkit!" He didn't wait for a reply, he just dashed to Dewkit and stubbornly rooted his figure to in front of her, within the path of the apprentices yet again.

He was aware of his mother shrieking in petrification and extreme concern for them. He closed his gaze, bracing himself for any obstacle that was going to be hurled upon him.

(( I luffles him! He's so brave! ))

[☆§wìftflame☆]

Admiration mixed with the fear in Rainkit's eyes as her brother threw himself in front of Dewkit. Then, suddenly the ground dropped from under Rainkit. Dawnflight had grabbed all four of her terrified kits by their scruffs and yanked them sharply backwards. "ENOUGH!!!"[/b] Dawnflight yowled, terror and fury eminating from her every movement. Her tail was stuck straight out, and her fur was standing on end in her fury. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!?" Dawnflight yowled at the cowering apprentices. "Wait, no. MOONWHISKER!!!" Dawnflight, still shaking with terror and fury, picked every one of her four kits up and raced them into the medicine cat's den.

[thisbecoconuts]

Autumnkit gasped as Paintedkit was in danger. Twice. She looked around frantically for someone, something to help thing. Her eyes were wide with admiration and fear, but also anger. Didn't these apprentices know what they were doing? Her eyes flickered. And all of sudden, in the ehat of the moment, Autumnkit was standing, and yowling alongside her brother, preparing to be rolled over by the fighting apprentices. Her ears were howling with her pumping blood and the adrenaline coursed through her veins, unabling her to hear her mother. She felt the ground knocked from underneath her. Funny... that's never happened before... But then she realized she was in her mother's mouse. Eyes cross she looked at her siblings, noting that they were all safe, and that Rainkit may have been the most hurt. I probably worried mom alot with my recklessness... she thought sadly and guiltily. She looked at Paintedkit. Was he mad that she was going to fight alongside him?

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit smiled lightly at Autumnkit as they were taken into the medicine cat den. He went limp in his mother's jaws, just to make sure she wouldn't struggle with his weight. "It's alright, Autumnkit. I'm not that upset, but I'll protect you all from now on. I'll be your defender, so you don't need to risk your life beside me. I'll still be beside you guys, even after tragedy."

His gaze then shifted to Rainkit and Dewkit. He then shifted it to his mother's gaze. "Mother, don't over stress yourself. I can protect my siblings, and, when I become a warrior, I'll protect you too. Like I said to Autumnkit, I'll be with you guys after tragedy, no matter what." He had the knowledge that they had upset their mother, but he hoped his statements would help calm her down. After all, they were still with her right now, even after that.

(( Writer's Block. ))

[☆§wìftflame☆]

Dawnflight suddenly stopped in her vicious run towards the medicine cat den, surprise etched across her distraught face. "Protect us, Paintedkit? Oh, when will you realize that you still are just a kit, and that is all you have to do for us right now? Chase some leaves, play with your littermates. You don't need to protect anyone, as you were all perfectly safe until you started acting all heroic. And now look at you! Rainkit, that clawmark on your ear very well might leave a scar, and Paintedkit..." Dawnflight gasped as she viewed the full extent of Paintedkit's injuries. The kit was drenched in blood. It was amazing that he was still concious! Dizzy, Dawnflight began gasping for breath, suddenly unable to breath properly. What if they were seriously injured, and couldn't train properly? She already had Dewkit to deal with! Her breathing became even more labored. Rainkit, below, realized what was happening and tore free from her mother's steadily weakening grasp. Running full pelt towards the medicine cat den, Rainkit yowled as loud as her undersized lungs would allow. RIPPLEPAW!!!"

OOC: wow that was dramatic. i hate it when thing get boring. Sorry, a bit of godmonding there with paintedkit I think, but he had to get injured worse than Rainkit because he was in front of her and she got hurt pretty bad. Umm maybe Dawnflight is exaggerating or something.

[xradx]

A grey tabby paw carefully sorted through herbs inside the depths of the medicine cat's den. Ripplepaw found it hard to believe that if a cat was so sick they had the energy to transform the peaceful den into what looked like a crime scene, only with less blood and more plants. Some cats just got so impatient when they were sick. Ripplepaw sighed, he couldn't really blame them. Just because he had no problem staying in the medicine cat den all day didn't mean that some cats wouldn't prefer running through the forest, hunting with their friends.

"Ripplepaw!"

The voice of a kit burst through his thoughts, pulling his attention from the herbs that lay at his paws. "Oh, what do these kits want now?" he mumbled silently to himself. He calmly strolled out of the medicine cat den, not expecting anything to actually require his attention, but as her reached the mouth of the den he caught a glimpse of an injured-looking kit outside of the den and immedietly rushed out to find quite a scene. All four kits looked like they had just been through some sort of horrible tramatic expierience. To make matters worse, Dawnflight appeared to be hyper ventilating, or something of the sort. In all his traing, Ripplepaw could not think of what could go so terribly wrong in the safety of Ivoryclan camp. "What happened?" he demanded, carefully leaning his shoulder to Dawnflight in hopes of keeping her on her feet.

[☆§wìftflame☆]

"My...kits..." Dawnflight gasped, terror etched on her face. Her claws sheathed and unsheathed forcibly while her eyes flew wildly in their sockets, out of focus. She was experiencing a strange type of paranoia as she imagined one of her kits scarred forever. When Dewkit had been born partially paralyzed, she had sworn to herself that she would never see one of her kits injured again. Now it seemed that she had gone back on that promise. I've betrayed my own kits... Rainkit knew that her mother was going to harm herself if she continued letting her imagination get the better of herself. She could guess what her mother was thinking, and knew that Paintedkit was in no condition to explain it himself. She was sure that he didn't realize how bad he was injured. Striding shakily forward, she explained what had happened as best as she could in a squeaking, quivering voice. Finishing, she said "But Dawnflight thinks we're really hurt or something, and she's terrifying herself. Don't let anything happen to Dawnflight!"[/b] Rainkit cried, fear on her small face as she gazed helplessly up at the medicine cat apprentice.

[.&&. Snowsong.]

Paintedkit was taken by surprise as his mother began to grow so insane, and she struggled from her grasp. Soon enough, he managed to escape her grasp, and he snapped his gaze to Ripplepaw shortly after he emerged from the den due to Rainkit's yowl.

When Ripplepaw demanded to have the knowledge of what had occurred, Paintedkit took a paw-step closer. But to his surprise, he suddenly felt dizzy and weak. His gaze descended slightly, and he was taken by shock as he saw blood trickling down into a small puddle. He inwardly gasped, and then remembered that he had taken the full blow of the unsheathed claws.

He struggled to remain upon his paws, but his figure betrayed his will power. He collapsed onto the ground, laying upon his stomach. Suddenly, he felt his breath begin to stir in an uncomfortable way, and he then felt that breathing was beginning to become slightly difficult. "Rainkit... Explain... To.. Ripplepaw.. What... Happened..." he said between breaths and gasps.

[xradx]

Ripplepaw honestly was not sure what to do first. All the kits needed to be checked, especially Paintedkit, and Dawnflight needed to calm down before she literally became sick with worry. "Okay, Dawnflight, I want you to relax. Take a deep breath and I promise I will make sure your kits are all just fine, you just need to relax."

He quickly turned his attention ro Paintedkit, who had collapsed. "You need to come to the medicine cat's den with me so we can get you all fixed up, and so do all the rest of you. He gingerly picked Paintedkit up by the scruff, and signaled to the rest of them that they should follow him to the medicine cat's den. He was starting to regret not getting all the herbs in order sooned. The mess in there would surely prove to be a problem when he was trying to treat all these cats, but now he just had to take it one step at a time.

[რoonwhisker]

ooc;// Sorry for late post ):Bic;//

Dewkit braced herself as the apprentice came tumbling towards her, but just as it's claws were about to make contact with her fur, Paintedkit saved her. She opened her eyes, and saw Paintedkit's fur matted with blood ((I'm just assuming he's bleeding xDD)). Dewkit couldn't believe what her brother had just done, he had saved her life.

As the next sort of events came into play, Dewkit was very quiet. She didn't meow any words at all, for she was too afraid for her injured siblings to say anything at all. Her mother was freaking out, and all she could do was just sit in a memorized state.

That could've been me, I could be dead. But they saved me... I'm no good with this leg... she thought, looking down at the unmoving piece of her body.

Ripplepaw signaled them to follow him, so Dewkit got up and hobble after her family. All she wanted to do was say thank you to Paintedkit, but he looked a bit busy.

[☆§wìftflame☆]

Padding bravely forward, Rainkit tried to ignore the searing pain in her right ear. She knew that Paintedkit was the one in immediate danger. What would the rest of the litter do without Paintedkit to lead them? The strong scent of various herbs washed over Rainkit as she entered the medicine cat's den. Thinking back, she realized it had become almost entirely Ripplepaw's job to look after all of the cats. She didn't even see Arcticpool here at all. Where was she? Shaking off strange ideas, Rainkit brought her focus back to the issue at hand: What was Ripplepaw doing to help her brother? Would he be okay?

[xradx]

Ripplepaw gently set Paintedkit down on the floor of the medicine cats den and began to lick Paintedkit's pelt vigorously. "Now, Paintedkit..." he managed between licks, "can you tell me where it hurts the most. If he could find the actual wound, the source of the blood, he could use cobwebs to stop the bleeding. His eyes flickered to the entrance of the den where the other kits were slowly making their way in. He thought he could see a bit of Dawnflight's pelt just outside the den, but he wasn't sure. As he brought his attention back to Paintedkit he noticed that the tiny cat already looked better with some of the blood gone from his pelt. Where was Arcticpool when he needed her?