sad, and alone

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Soft, round paws padded out of the MedicineCat's Den. She let out a huge sigh. She had been working all day and hoped she could rest soon but had decided against it. ShadowClan was still here and some cats were setting aside their differences. If only some could do that more than others. She quickley spotted Emberpaw talking with Ivypaw and Tigerfang and decided to sit with them. "How are you guys doing?" She meowed, curiouse. Her smile turned to a frown and she flicked Emberpaw's ear with the tip of her tail. "What's wrong with you Emberpaw?" She asked her friend gently.

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw felt horrible, and completely overlooked. Did everyone only know about Willowpaw? She liked the apprentice, but couldn't she have a touch more fame?

"It's not my mentor. It's just....Cinderheart's the medicine cat." she meowed, her voice hurried at the end, as though hoping no one would notice. "And she's a she. And she has another apprentice, so after she trains me in herbs, she doesn't have time to teach me anything else."

[xXIvyXx]

Ivypaw, now sitting with tail wrap around her paws, waited there looking at the faces of Cinderheart, Thisleclaw, tigerfang, emberpaw, and Diamondleaf. Whats really wrong with emberpaw? she asked herself.

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw blinked, and tried to move backwards without anyone noticing. She could swear that Ivypaw was watching her....

She braced herself for a comment like 'Really? I thought Willowpaw was Cinderheart's apprentice' or something to that effect. After all, that was what most cats told her.

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Willowpaw frowned. Emberpaw had comepletely ignored her. Was it something she did? Did she make her mad? She nudged Emberpaw gently with her nose. "Hey. Emberpaw? What's wrong? Did I do something to upset you?" She asked, her face covered with worry and sadness.

[//Diamonte . x]

Thistleclaw shrugegd and got up and went to join his two warrior companions.

"That Emberpaw is rather strange" whispered Diamondleaf in his ear.
Thistlecalw shrugged, feeling thoroughly dejected, laying his ears flat against his head, he just stood there whilst Diamondleaf groomed him in an attempt to comfort.

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw turned to Willowpaw, relaxing a bit. While she wasn't sure about any of these other cats, she knew Willowpaw would never do anything cruel.

"Oh no." she assured Willowpaw, meowing quietly enough that no one else could hear. "I'm just a bit overwhelmed. It's kinda embarressing, so I didn't want to tell you....."

Emberpaw normally would have never mentioned that last bit, but she felt bad for ignoring Willowpaw, and making her sad, and thought she deserved a complete explanation.

[//Diamonte . x]

Tigerfang now stood up, his eyes plae green balls of fire. He strode over to the two aprentices.

"So I take it you two won't be neededing Thistclaws help? He was only trying to lighten the mood, anyway," he tunred to Ivypaw.
"ShadowClanners always have been aloof and indepndant, I don't see why they should stop now." he spat.

Diamondleaf looked up.

"No need to be so harsh on them, may be its what some are thinking but you didn't need to voice it in such a way."

Tigerfang shrugged, the scars on his shoulder bunching a relaxing with the muscle.
"I think Desertstar was going a bit soft, letting the ShadowClanners in, the thunderclan apprentices are turning sour."

"Then that's proabably why you never had an apprentice, because of your attitiude." said Thistlclaw, softly.

"Thank StarClan I didn't and don't have one now and forever." spat the tom cat.

"Tigerfang. Back down!" said Diamondleaf, and was suprised when he did take a step backwards, but when he swung his head round, Diamonleaf relised it was only because he had said all he wanted to say. No-one bossed that cat around.
Tigerfang lefted his lip and then walked off.

"Well done, Ivypaw, you're attitude has just landed you, in foxdung. Maybe both of you should respect elder warriors when they are talking to you. Ivypaw, you owe Tigerfang an appology." said Diamondleaf.

Thistleclaw said nothing but sat there with his head down, the rejection had really stung him.

((OOC: nothing against you guys, just my characters can't always be nice on bouncy can they?))

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw felt horrible, even if it wasn't really her doing. And feeling horrible and guilty was one thing that got past her shyness.

She looked towards Thistleclaw, and then glanced at Willowpaw, feeling comforted that she was there.

"If it helps, I'm very sorry." Emberpaw meowed, loud enough for both cats to hear her.

[//Diamonte . x]

Thistlecalw nodded and looked slightly happier, but still he never said anything. Diamondleaf yawned and then looked at Ivypaw with distrust.

"I've got to say, I agree with Tigerfang on his topic of ShadowClanners corrupting our aprentices," she said softly to Thistleclaw.

The tom shrugged and stood up, then lay back down.

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw was not a extremly special cat. She wasn't amazingly beautiful, she wasn't a great hunter, she couldn't really fight at all, and she wasn't a great medicine cat. Yet. But she did have good hearing.

"That's not true. ShadowClan hasn't done anything. It isn't fair or right to blame it on them." Emberpaw said, her voice strangely firm as she turned to Willowpaw for support. "Right, Willowpaw?"

Emberpaw was not a cat who liked to argue by nature. And normally, she ignored comments like the one she had heard. But now, with the feeling of a coming storm, and Cinderheart looking somehow more tired and scared, she just couldn't let it go.

[xXIvyXx]

Ivypaw hissed and her neckfur rising, "Why should I appologize to him," as she pointed her tail to tigerfang, "he is nothing but foxdung!" as her claws slid out preparing to shred Tigerfang into peices. Then she arched her back as if she was going to jump. "Like I said before you're nothing but Foxdung!" she snarled.

[*Simply Seasle*]

Emberpaw gave Ivypaw a stern Look. Normally Emberpaw was a shy, gentle she-cat. However, she gentle she-cats turn into stern, scary mothers, if they have kits.

Emberpaw did not have kits, and was not planning on having any. But Ivypaw had brought something out in her, and it was not gentle or shy.

"One apprentice does not represent all of ShadowClan." she meowed firmly.

[//Diamonte . x]

((d**n, my post was erased.))

Tigerfang charged, but was stopped by Diamondleaf.
"Tigerfang, don't, seriously. Midnightstar is stricter than Desertstar. God knows what will happen anyway. "

Tigerfang sat down and smirked at Ivypaw.
"True, but then again, one has to learn respect for her elders, pride comes before a fall, and obviouslt her mentor or leader won't disipline her."

"Yes, pride does come before a fall. You know what could happen to you if you did attack Ivypaw. you would kill her and then possibly be kicked out. Pride comes before a fall, your fall." Diamondleaf told him quietly in his ear.
"And anyway...you're to good to be baited like that." she purred seductively, winding her body around his.
Tigerfang looked at her and raised an eyebrow.

"Indeed, my dear." he replied.
Thistleclaw stepped in front on the then and faced Ivypaw.

"What they're trying to say if your behaviour, ignoreing me and putting me down, hut me. they just want you to apologize. If not to Tigerfang, to me. I don't mind what happens, since I'm not that important anyway."

[xXIvyXx]

"Fine," Ivypaw said trying to calm down. She sheathed her claws and then sat down. "Sorry," she muttered as her ears flicked. Then saddeness appeared in her heart. I miss Shadowclan camp so much, the marshy ground between her paws, and the tall, swaying pine trees. I want to just go back to Shadowclan's old camp. Part of her knew she will miss THunderclan too, when they go back. Especially a certain tom in Thunderclan, she thought. "I'm very sorry," she said sincerly, "to all of you." as she flicked her tail to all the Thunderclan warriors. "I-I just miss my home and my parents very much." she said as her voicefaltering, barely a whisper.