Rosethorn's Destiny

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Blizzardsplash stretched in the sun, Rosethorn laying beside her son, now a warrior. His brother, Falconblaze, was out hunting. "Hi Blizzardsplash." Mewed Silverwing, also a new warrior. "Hey." He nodded to the pretty silver warrior. "Want to share my carp? It's really too big for me." Rosethorn watched with interest. Her son nodded, and they padded off. Rosethorn nodded their pelts brushing. Se shook her head. "Hey Rosethorn." She heard, turning her head, squinting against the glare. She saw a black shape, then the blurr cleared and saw herself staring at Darktalon. "Hi." She purred. "Want to go to the lake with me?" He asked, crouching to her eye level. She nodded, standing up. Shaking the dust out of her fur, she flicked her tail over her back, forming a curve. Darktalon stretched his legs out, then stood up beside her. "Race?" He asked. Rosethorn didn't wait for an answer. She left in a cloud of dirt. She flew through the tall marsh grass. She flattened her ears, missing the soft feeling of wind in her fur. She skidded to a stop beside the lapping blue water. She looked around, panting, Darktalon not in sight. Then she heard rustling and nearly fell into the lake when Darktalon leapt on her. "Thought you could loose me?" He snarled mockingly. He rolled off of her, and they lay there, staring into each others eyes. Rosethorn had grey eyes, and Darktalon had amber eyes. "I think we should start hunting now," Rosethorn pointed out, and they got up. Standing beside the lake, they crouched, ready to swipe their claws at a fish. Soon they saw one, a huge trout, and they cast a knowing glance at each other. On the third flick of Darktalon's tail, they leapt, dragging the fish onto shore. It was too big to just swipe and kill, so they had to pull it. Rosethorn killed it with a quick bite to the head. "Do you think this is enough?" Darktalon purred. "We should catch more, to impress the clan." Rosethorn answered. Soon they had gathered enough smaller fish, and set off, carrying the trout on their backs, while holding the smaller fish in their mouths. As they arrived at camp, the sun was just going down, and Rosethorn and Darktalon laid their prey on the fresh-kill pile. "Woah!" Squeaked Specklekit. Soon, a whole crowd had gathered. Rosethorn purred with delight and flicked Darktalon with her tail. "Tonight, we feast!" Yowled Timberstar.