~Cold Dark Night~

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    It was a typical cold, dark night under the crescent white moon that shone uppon our warrior ancestors. The moon gleamed like Bluegaze's bright blue eyes did, reflecting the tiny brilliant stars above her. Bluegaze adored nights like this, sitting outside the Warriors' Den with the soft cool breeze going through her ears. As she looked at the stars, she wished for the only thing in the world right now, her sister and father back. She knew they were happy where they were, hunting endlessly with StarClan. Even though, she still missed them with all her might. Poppypaw had died as a young apprentice, trying to climb a huge Oak. Her father, Nettleclaw, was a well-known cat for his loyalty towards ThunderClan and for his surprising fighting skills. He had been murdured by the dead cat that still hunts Bluegaze's dreams, Nightshadow. This dreadful WindClan cat attempted to kill her and her sister too, as her mother said when she was a kit, but her father always defended them with all his might.


    "It's such a cold and dark night..." Bluegaze muttered under her breath. "Perfect for Nightshadow to appear and harass ThunderClan again." She let a long deep sigh and padded towards the forest to hunt something for the fresh-kill pile. Her paws ached to do something, and all she could do right now was hunt or sleep. She obviously chose to hunt, since if she slept she might see Nightshadow again, thing she didn't want. As she stalked a mouse, she carefully pounced on it to not make any noise. These days, Bluegaze hadn't caused any drama or quarreled with anyone, which was very weird.

    Emberpelt was another cat roaming the forest. She slipped silently through the trees, looking for prey. Instead she smelled one of clan mates. She started towards Bluegaze. Her eyes shone, giving her away in the darkness. She stopped and watched Bluegaze, knowing her clan mate would see her.

    Blurgaze flinched at the sound, her fur bristling. "Oh, sorry." she shuffled her paws with embarassment. "I didn't know you were there." she meowed akwardly, then turned back to the moon. "The stars are so bright today.." she murmured, loud enough for her clanmate to hear. "I bet Nettleclaw and Poppypaw are up there.. Hunting endlessly.." She mewed, her voice soothe. She turned back to Emberpelt, and said, "I'm sorry, I bet I bored you," she meowed, her ears hot. Bluegaze didn't usually talk about her lost father and sister with anyone.

    "It's okay, the stars are pretty." Emberpelt said. "I'm Emberpelt by the way. There is no need to be nervous. I was just out hunting because I couldn't sleep."

    "Me too, I don't know what's wrong with me today, I can't sleep either," she meowed, thoughtfully. "I don't knoow how our clanmates can sleep like this," she murmured. "Anyway, why couldn't you sleep?" she asked, curiously. "Don't tell me I was snoring too loud. Again." she meowed, anxiously. "I've been trying to not snore, but it's impossible! Tell me, have you ever-" she stopped, realizing she was talking too much.

    Emberpelt shrugged. "I guess I'm just a bit restless, it wasn't your snoring. I can usually sleep through anything. What else were you going to say?" She said. She sat down next to Bluegaze.

    "What? Oh, nothing." she meowed, shuffling her paws. "I was just going to say... how's hunting?" she asked, innocently. She sighed in relief as she changed the conversation. "Sorry about last time.. I tend to talk alot. I mean, I talk alot when I'm hiding a secret or when I don't know what to talk about.. By the way, did you hear that I might be Foxkit's mentor? I'm so glad! I'm going to make him the best warrior there could be. Oh," she stopped, embarassed. "Sorry. Again."

    "Yep..." Bluegaze meowed, looking at the crescent moon. "Hey, I think we should go back to the den.. Don't you think we're making a riot out here?" she meowed, concerned. What Bluegaze wanted right now is a good nights' sleep, inside the warm Warriors' Den. "It's getting late, and maybe tomorow we'll be asigned for a dusk patrol," she murmured.

    Steeping from a bush, Acorntail mewed, "But the fresh-kill pile is pretty scarce." He was sitting in the bushes, paws flexing as he listened to the she-cats chat. "And it's a great night for hunting. The moon is out, there's only a slight breeze about, and the mice," he mewed, in a growling, teasing tone, "Won't see us coming."

    Bluegaze looked at Emberpelt for her approval. "Well... If you say so.. I guess I- we could," she said, anxiously. "They won't notice we're gone.." she murmured. Bluegaze looked out the forest, the hige shining moon, and back at Acorntail. For a millisecond, she dashed out the camp. "Dare you to catch me!" she meowed, teasing. Bluegaze bolted through the bushes and passed by trees, until she got to the forest.

    Following much more silently, he sped after the she-cat. "We didn't need the whole camp to know we were going!" he mewed to the other warrior, keeping pace quite well with her. He sprang over a couple of fallen trees, looking back to the branches with a slight sigh. "We'd better warn the leader about that," he mewed, giving a branch a poke. "Some of the bigger branches up there have more damage to them and could seriously hurt a cat if they were to fall."

    Bluegaze's ears grew hot with embarassment. "Sorry," she whispered, shuffling her paws. "You're right, someone might get hurt by this.." she murmured, looking up. "Let's go to the lake," she meowed, flicked her tail towards the lake, and directly started padding. "I love Newleaf.. So warm and quiet.. she murmured under her breath as she padded up.

    Giving the tree a final glance, he followed the she-cat, whiskers quivering. "It is quite nice. The sun comes out, it's just the right temperature where your fur isn't stuffy or always fluffed out, and." He flicked his ears towards a rustling bush. "The prey likes to come out," Acorntail whispered, as a small little mouse came from underneath the bushes wide green leaves.

    Emberpelt followed with a smile. She lagged behind, to allow Bluegaze and Acorntail to speed ahead of her. She was never a great anyways. She smelled the air and caught the scent of a den of mice. She followed it and found them. She killed the nine mice with swift bites, and carried them to her clan mates. "Mumph," She said through the fur. No one could understand her, but she said Hello.

    Bluegaze looked at Emberpelt, and gave a mrrow of laughter. "Here, I'll help you. You're a little stuffed up." she meowed, in a teasing tone, and grabbed three mice. "Mumph, mrrow mumph pfftt." She mumbled, trying to say, Let's sit down here, beside the lake, and enjoy some fresh-kill. we can save some for ThunderClan. She gently dropped the prey, sat down, and licked her paw which seemed to have a thron.

    Acorntail looked to the two warily, watching as Bluegaze licked her paw. "Your not thinking about eating those, are you?" he mewed, his eyes narrowed slits as he stared at the two she-cats.

    Bluegaze's ears grew hot with embarassment. Good thing the mice prevented me from talking, or I'd get a scuff around the ear.. She shuffled her paws, and her whiskers twitched. "Of course not! What kind of mouse-brained idea is that? The clan first, always and always." she meowed akwardly. She pushed a piece of fresh-kill she had in front of her with her paw and snorted. Bluegaze's deep blue eyes reflected the shiny water from the lake as she looked at the moon, trying to avoid Acorntail's eyes.

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    "Good," the tom mewed, looking up to the sky with bright eyes. "Wouldn't want to break the warrior code, now would we?" His fur seemed to be fluffed up in anticipation for something, but he didn't know just what. Acorntail let his mind wander as he looked from star to star, his eyes landing on the moon.

    "No, of course we wouldn't.." Bluegaze murmured. "The warrior code is everything.. Matters more than anything.." She kept on looking at the moon, until she suddenly looked at Acorntail, and realized he was bristling. "Hey, keep your fur on," she teased. "What's bothering you?" she meowed, her eyes full with concern. "I promise for StarClan I'm not going to eat the mouse," she meowed, a slight hint of amusememnt in her voice.