~Nothing Out Of The Ordinary~ *CLOSED*

[♦ stormeh ♦]

Thistlekit scampered from Badgerstep and met his mother with a terrified whimper, pressing against her leg in hope for any comfort. He wasn't trying to win over her sympathy, but actually he had been frightened out of his mind even during the trek back to camp. He couldn't get the image of the monster and Foxstar leaping in front of it to save him. Thistlekit burst into tears and his body began to tremble. "M-Momma... I'm s-sorry... I didn't m-mean to.. I'm s-scared..." he sobbed, his voice shaking. He never wanted to go out onto the Thunderpath ever again.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] Badgerstep looked up at the tom. "U-uh, yeah I'm f-fine. A-are you?" She asked, becoming her old self again. Standing up slowly, she said, "I-I'll live," then nudged Jaggedstripe's shoulder with her nose. She flicked her tail. Looking around camp, she saw Featherflight, getting ready to scold her kits. She remembered herself to amend her previous comment. Almost, nothing out of the ordinary. She looked back to the gray tom beside her, to see what his answer would be. [/style]

[truewolfwarriors]

"Don't worry, they're fine. Just frighten by Foxstar losing a life, and Wolfstorm's hard words." Foxcloud told the queen once they were back in camp. She gave her sister a raised eyebrow as she passed them. "Ha-ha, very funny Foxcloud." the gray she-cat meowed, rolling her eyes. She walked pass them towards the medicine cat den to check on Foxstar, worried for her leader.

[♦ stormeh ♦]

Jaggedstripe chuckled quietly as Badgerstep teased him - which was very rare from a tom like himself. Though when she glanced over at where Featherflight and her kits were, he tensed. It looked like she was going to head over to them, but Jaggedstripe stepped in front of her, blocking her way. This was his only chance to talk with Badgerstep, and he couldn't let it slip away, not when he was this stubborn.

"Listen, Badgerstep. On the way back to camp.. Spottedpelt told me some interesting news.." he began slowly, looking the pretty black and white she-cat in the eye. He felt uneasy, but as they say, curiosity killed the cat. "Er.. do you.. do you fancy.. me?" he blurted out, suddenly feeling small and vulnurable. He didn't know how Badgerstep would respond, and then Jaggedstripe suddenly reflected that maybe Spottedpelt was lying. Mousebrain! Now you look like an selfish idiot! he hissed at himself in his thoughts.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] Badgerstep stared at Jaggedstep, wondering why he was blocking her way. Then he blurted out his reason, and she was surprized. She didn't know what to say, and started blushing. She looked at her paws, and muttered a, "W-we-well...." before she realized she was stuttering loudly and stopped. Then, taking a deep breath, she continued. "Y-yes." She didn't know what else to say, so she stayed silent. The black and white warrior just sat there glancing at jaggedstripe, worried about what would happen. Her heart was pounding in her chest, and when she thought of the idea that he was probably going to laugh in her face, it started beating harder. She looked back at her paws, and decided to add to her statement. "If you don't fancy me it's fine. I'll just leave," she said, and turned around to walk into Shadowclan territory. [/style]

[♦ stormeh ♦]

Jaggedstripe's eyes widened in shock and surprise. "Y-you do?" he stammered incredulously. So Spottedpelt wasn't lying after all? He suddenly noticed how nervous Badgerstep looked, staring at her paws and not meeting his gaze. When she told him it was fine if he didn't like her back, Jaggedstripe felt himself lost for words.

He didn't know Badgerstep enough to have feelings for her - well, he did have feelings, but not strong ones - but he didn't want to hurt the she-cat's feelings. But before he could apoligize, she had already turned to leave him standing there. He stared after her and felt his tail droop in shame. How could he have been so cold-hearted? "What did you say to her?!" a furious hiss erupted from behind him, and Jaggedstripe only wirled around to find Spottedpelt.

"W-what?! I didn't -" Jaggedstripe started, but Spottedpelt cut him off. "Listen here, fox-heart! If you ever hurt Badgerstep I'll flay you!" she spat, her eyes blazing with anger and defiance for her friend. Without another word, the calico she-cat spun around and ran after Badgerstep, stopping her at the camp entrance. Jaggedstripe now felt even more empty - which was new to him. "Badgerstep, what did that brute say to you?" Spottedpelt pressed, anger still burning in her eyes.

[truewolfwarriors]

"Hey, watch where you're going!" Wolfstorm hissed as Spottedpelt zoomed passed her after Badgerstep, shaking her head; feeling her stress level soar higher. She walked inside the medicine cat den, only to find Jaggedstripe looking shock. "Jaggedstripe? Are you alright?" the gray she-cat asked, her stress melting away as she went up to her dearest friend.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes Good job, Jagged. You have a bunch of angry she-cats annoyed by you? xD Stormeh, I wonder when they are going to become mates. credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] Badgerstep looked at Jaggedstripe and snorted. "Why do you look so surprised? I bet the whole clan had it figured out before. And you didn't believe my friend when she told you? Hmph." She usually never said anything like this, but she was hurt and just wanted the tom to go away. She turned around again and dashed towards the clan entrance. Badgerstep got blocked at the camp entrance; why did everyone, out of all the days they could, want to block her from going somewhere? "Nothing, Spottedpelt. Just not everything ends happily like people make it sound like. It's not your fault," she told her friend. "I really don't want to talk about it right now, I'll tell you later." Shouldering past her friend, she finally got out of camp. Breathing the air in, she sighed deeply. She sat there for a while, doing nothing but wish that day hadn't happened. "Badgerstep, why do you have to be so stupid?" The warrior asked herself. Shaking the verbal thought off, she walked through the forest, examining the trees carefully. Badgerstep was looking for one in particular, and she convinced herself she was going to find it. Coming towards the middle of the forest, she smiled sadly. She saw a tall pine tree. Trotting over to it, she layed down in the roots and looked around. This was the place her nightmare had been about the day before. It gave her chills, knowing that it was where Shadegaze had died, but it also comforted her because it was the last place she saw her dad. [/style]

[♦ stormeh ♦]

Jaggedstripe stared after Spottedpelt and Badgerstep in dismay, and actually felt hollow inside for once. "I just.. t-thought.." he stammered, not knowing what to say. He was about to go after Badgerstep, but Spottedpelt gave him such a fierce glare, that he stood rooted to the spot. "Alright, if that's what you want-" Spottedpelt started, but stopped when she realized Badgerstep had already left the camp. Though as she turned around, Jaggedstripe surprisingly pushed past her fast as lightning, and she didn't have a chance to stop him.

He bounded after Badgerstep, following her scent through the marshy territory. Suddenly, he found her by the roots of a pine tree, and hesitantly walked up to her. "B-Badgerstep?" he called out, meeting her gaze with almost an expressionless fac, though he felt guilty and empty on the inside. "Badgerstep.. I'm s-sorry.. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.." he muttered, staring down at his paws. For once, he was too ashamed to meet anyone's eyes at that moment.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] Badgerstep watched as Jaggedstripe bound up to the tree. Why won't the stupid furball leave me alone? she thought, whiskers twitching in annoyance. Instead of saying her thoughts, though, she called out more polietly. "What do you want?" The she-cat mewed bluntly, looking up at him. When he said sorry, she looked down at the foot of the tree she was at, pawing at a root absentmindedly. Flopping her head onto her paws roughly she managed a, "That's nice," refusing to meet his eyes. Instead, she looked at one of her paws. It was white, like all four of her paws were. She sighed, and flicked her tail slowly. [/style]

[dylan]

Sagekit blinked at Featherflight. Of course she was here! Her adopted siblings must have left her out of the fun. She began to purr, trying to make her adopted mother feel better. Maybe she could help out a little bit. "Of course I'm here momma. I was just listening to stories again."

[/color] At the mention of listening to a story her eyes lit up. The little kit had probably worn the elders out, wanting them to keep telling her stories.

When her siblings finally came back, a grin was plastered on Sagekit's face. They were about to get scolded, and this time she didn't have any part in it so she was perfectly innocent. "You worried momma, and didn't take me with you! You are all meanies."[/color] The silver kitten mewed staring at them. She grinned at Thistlekit and rolled her eyes. If she would have gone she wouldn't have been so scared! [/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

[♦ stormeh ♦]

Thistlekit scowled when he saw his siter, Sagekit and stuck his tongue out. "Maybe if you weren't so caught up with the elders' stories then maybe we would've tooken you with us.." he muttered, painfully aware that Featherflight could hear every word they were saying. Though part of him felt guilty for leaving his siter out on their adventure - well, Sagekit probably would be just as scared as Thistlekit was if she experienced what he had.

Jaggedstripe flinched at Badgerstep's sharp tone, and hesitated before he even thought of saying something. He thought that maybe he should apoligize once more, but he knew that Badgerstep would never forgive him. "Look, I'm not asking you to forgive me, so you don't have to get so worked up." he snapped stubbornly. His usual, arrogant self had returned, the same one Badgerstep seemed to like. Though Jaggedstripe didn't wait for the sullen warrior to reply, and instead whisked around ad headed back to camp. Once the barrier came into view, he remembered the issue between Foxstar and Featherflight's kits, before vanishing into the tunnel. He glanced around the camp clearing and spotted Adderstrike sitting outside the medicine den, and he hurried over to the ShadowClan deputy. "Is Foxstar alright?" he asked grimly. Adderstrike said nothing when Jaggedstripe approached, but then aknowledged his question with a flick of his ear. "Well, I can't say right now. His shoulder was fixed, and he was given poppy seeds." he reported to the gray warrior, keeping his expression serious.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes Poor Badger o3o credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] "Wait, Jaggedstripe..." Badgerstep said, getting up to follow the tom and say sorry. Wait, she thought, recoiling as if she had been stung by a snake. I didn't do anything. Why should I say sorry? Shaking her head, she turned around. "Whatever. I nevermeant for this to happen," she muttered, and flicked her tail. Looking back once to make sure Jaggedstripe was leaving, she trotted into the forest in the oppisite direction. But, what she thought was trotting was actually dashing. She ran through the marshy territory quickly, not knowing what else to do. She stopped when her sides were heaving, and realized she had ended up close to camp. Good job, you ended up where you didn't want to be. Sighing, she decided to walk into camp. [/style]

[♦ stormeh ♦]

As soon as Spottedpelt saw a black and white figure slip into camp, she rushed over to it. "Badgerstep! Are you alright?" she asked, narrowing her eyes in suspicion as she cast Jaggedstripe a scornful look as the warrior was conversing with Adderstrike in low, urgent voices. Rolling her eyes, she turned her head back to look at her friend. "I swear, that tom has nothing between his ears," she muttered, giving Badgerstep an annoyed, but teasing grin.

[.:|Fawnzie|:.]

[atrb=style, width,110px][atrb=style,padding: 0 0 0 15;][atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] [style=border-left: 4px solid #000;][/style] notes credits made by cheshire ♥ of the golden age. don't you dare steal.

[atrb=border,0,btable][atrb=style,width: 350px; padding: 10 10 0 10;] [atrb=cellpadding,0][atrb=cellspacing,0] [style=border-right: 4px solid #000000; background-color: #ffffff; overreached flow: auto; width: 315px; height: 415px; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; color: #222222; text-align: justify; padding: 15px;] Badgerstep flicked her ear, picking up bits of Adderstrike and Jaggedstripe's conversation. "I'm fine.... How's Foxstar?" she asked, not giving Spottedpelt enough time to reply to her half-hearted 'I'm fine'. Laughing slightly, she looked at Jaggedstripe. "I'd be a little surprized if he did have something in between those ears," she retorted quietly so he wouldn't hear. Twitching her whiskers, she looked at Jaggedstripe and started regretting being rude to him earlier. [/style]