Great Sycamore

he chuckled and continued walking beside her "my dear rainstar, i can always tell, its in your eyes and the way you flick your ears a little" his pelt prickled and he looked down, staring at his paws in embarrasment, how did she always manage to make him speak like an idiot? she probbaly thought he was some sort of dork.

Rainstar padded next to Phoenixfire chuckling. The black female thought it was sweet someone would know so much about her, but she kept her thoughts in. She looked up the great tree and sighed sitting down on one of the roots. She knew the tree was close to Shadowclan but she had always loved coming here. The black female sighed,"When I came home I thought, it was going tobe great! I thought everyone would be there to greet me. But its not I thought my duties as leader would wait until at least tomorrow. But now I have a wolverine and Shadowclan to think about. And who knows what else happened while I was gone." She kept talking puring her heart out to the young warrior, for some reason she trusted him at this moment more than anything else, more than she trusted her belief that the stars would appear every night. She looked at him, her blue eyes twinkling as the sun started to peak its way up.

The young warrior sat beside her and gently nosed her "its ok, shadowclan will keep their pups under control and i daresay that ravenpup will be confined to camp that little scamp" he chuckled "and the clan will work together to sort out that wolverine, we will need you to lead us, but we will always be behind you" he hesiatated "especially me"

Rainstar looked at him kindly, "Thanks Phoenixfire, I know its just that everything just suddenly just like fell down upon everyone when we got back." The black female looks down at her white paws. "You're a good friend Phoenixfire a really good friend." She wanted to say more but stopped herself. She leaned against Phoenixfire a bit like she would with her brother but she shook herself as if nothing had happened.

His ears flicked and he said softly "i... i... never mind" he stood and padded off ears back, how could he tell her heloved her when she seemed to think of him as a friend? he sighed. he turned back and looked at her and whispered "rainstar.... i know you may not feel the same way but... but i love you" He turned his ears burning and leapt off into the territory heading towards where he had scented the wolverine

Rainstar looked at him eyes wide, she smiled. And was about to speak when he raced off. Her ears and tail drooped as she looked after him and lied down between the roots.

not looking where he was going he ran straight into the wolverine, he backed up with his tail between his legs, it turned with a savage growl and swiped at him, he ducked out of the way just in time, he snarled baring his fangs this savage beast would NOT get near the camp, with a lightning quick response he leapt forward and sunk his fangs into its muzzle, it roared and threw him back, he landed against a tree with an ehocing yelp.

Rainstar perked her ears, "Oh no." She whispered to herself, "Everyone back at camp is sleeping." Half growling half whimpering she ran in their direction. She ran around and saw Phoenixfire thrown around. Growling soflty she crept up onto a rock, new energy burned inside her all she could think about was getting rid of this thing and protecting her clan. She pounced on the wolverine growling and sank her teeth into its neck. She kept biting it confused, "Mouse-dung its pelt is too thick!" she thought to herself and jumped off before the creature squished her. She looked at Phoenixfire worriedly, losing her concentration. The animal attacked.

Phoenixfire seeing Rainstar in danger surged forward, his ears pinned back he leapt up high and sliced his claws across its eyes blinding it, he landed as its paw smashed down on hsi head knocking him straigh tout, his body crumpled to the forest earth.

Rainstar gasped and got up quickly an idea came to her suddenly and she smiled. She pawed at the animals face and backed away when it snapped at her. She saw it following her, her plan was working, again she taunted it and led it farther away from her injured clanmate,

he groaned and opened his eyes, blood from the wound on his head running into his eyes, he stood trying to blink the blood away then shook himself, he stretched and limped over to rainstar "chase it to the river adn drown it there" he said

She chuckled, "I think even this can swim, I'm just trying to get it out of here. At least." She smiled and kept growling at it, she knew it probably wouldn't work but she tried anyway.

he smirked then headbutted the wolverine, with it hard on his heels he raced towards the river clan border, stumbling a few times due to the pounding in his head, but still it seemed to be working.

----tc and rc border---

Rainstar ran after them biting at the wolverines heels, she was impressed by how fast it moved but she kept on it.

-TC and RC border-

he walked over to the sycamore from yesterday and began hunting, his eyes roving over the area he pickedup scents from a hole, interesting, he began digging and unearthed a nest of mice, he grinned and struck them down easily and quickly ending up with at least half a dozen dead mice. dipping his large head the large male picked up the mice by their tails and buried them continuing the hunt, he flicked his tail and stalked a vole, leaping he crashed head first into the tree, stunned he crumpled to the uncomfortable roots and fell asleep.

the large firery male began to dream...

he was runnin through the forest, fire at his heels, he heard rainstars scream behind him in the fire, he turned and leapt through the scorching flames ignoring the feeling as his pelt began to be set on fire, he raced through the burning forest coughing as the thick black smoke affected his sensitive young lungs, he heard her desperate howl and plunged through the smoke, his strong legs carrying him faithfully, he snarled seeing wierd firebeasts surrounding the one he loved, he leapt at them and began to fight, after a while they vanished with eerie howls, he whined his fur singed and burnt, not a hair left on him, he gripped the unconsious rainstars pelt in his teeth and began to run, carrying her over the burning landscape to the river. there the river clan wolves were not letting the thunderclan wolves cross, leaping down he snarled at the wolves, demanding to know why they would not let the stricken wolves cross. after negotiations the riverwolves let them cross, Phoenixfire was the last one to cross, as he was about to plunge into the fire the flames engulfed him squashing out his life

he woke up with a yelp and a snarl, he looked around sure that fire was coming, he breathed a sigh of relief to know that there was no fire, he walked over to the prey place and dug up the mice and began to trudge back to camp, limping somewhwat.

--------TC CAMP----------

The young she-pup galloped through the forest beside rainstar, she giggledher tail flapping all over the place. the moon still partially full lighting the world perfectly for her. she could see better in the night than during the day, she laughed and then went quiet her ears perked she went into a basic stalking position.

Rainstar had a large smilee on her face as she watched the young pups joy. She stopped and became quiet, to see what the young pup had seen.

The pup slowly crept forward her tail too high in the air her ears perked forward. with a bunny like leap she bounced forward and nearly caught a mouse, she flattened her ears and chased afterit till she got to its burrow. with a soft snort she began digging after it muttering "imma get you mousie"

Rainstar watched amused. This pup had spirit and was determined. She kept quiet to see how the pup would resolve the problem.

She frowned then her eyes brightened and she trotted off soon returning with a few seeds and lay them outside the entrance of the mouses lair. she then backed up and crouched. her face a silly expression of determination and excitement. she glanced at rainstar then back at the mouses den.

Rainstar nodded her approval. She smiled and crept forward silently.

her ears perked forward more as she heard the mouse shuffling around as it smelt the tempting seeds. it crawled up and looked around, as it was about to take a bite lunapup leapt through the air and landed squarely on it. a messy jump but she killed the mouse neverthe less. Lunapup frowned and looked up at rainstar "where did it go?" she looked around wondering where it went seriously not expecting to catch the tiny critter.

Rainstar chuckled "you're sitting on it." She laughed and nudged the pup, "Good job, that was an impressive catch for someone so young."

her eyes widened at the praise then she got of the mouse and picked it up and sat it infront of the leader "um you can have it" she said her eyes sparkling with pride she had caught the mouse, she really had! and rainstar said it was impressive! wow... suddenly she could barely contain her excitement all the focus and determination gone now that she had acomplished her goal she bounced around the tree "i caught it i caught it icaught it!"