Falconflights tale

chapter 13

Falconpaw woke to the bitter cold winds pushing through the medicine den. Great! Soon I'll be known for passing out all the time! She looked around. No cat was here. Where was hawthornclaw?
   Some coughing was heard outside. Falconpaw leaped to her paws. They didn't hurt anymore. Hawthornclaw must of put something on them. She shifted out of the den and sneaked in the warriors'. Lightningstorm was curled up coughing, but covering his mouth. There were some others too.
   Falconpaw exited the den. Where was hawthornclaw when you needed him! She suddenly was aware of the gorse tunnel rattling and hawthornclaw popped out along with featherpaw and....goldenpaw? Falconpaw flashed in the medicine den. Hawthornclaw turned to her, but didn't see her. She jumped into the nest and pretended she was sleep.
Hawthornclaw padded in and sighed.

   "Your terrible at covering up your tracks." He commented.
   She peeked at him. His eyes were showing an expression she couldn't pinpoint. Maybe it was a, 'I'm better than you' look.

   "How'd ya know?" She asked.

   "First, your paws are still wet. So when you ran in here your paw prints  were left. Second, I smelled your scent. And third, your slow."

   She flattened her ears but playfully pushed him down.

   "Get off me you furball!" He meowed

   "Not until you tell me who's better!"

   "That's obvious...Its me."

   Stepping on her hind legs, she backs up letting hawthornclaw go. He wasn't right, but her eyes were heavy with sleep. And she couldn't do anything more. Flopping to the ground she cuddled up in hawthornclaws tail and drifted to sleep. Hawthornclaw smiled and laid beside her drifting to sleep along with her.
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   The light sliced through the medicine den. Falconpaw woke. Her tail fluffed out. She jumped up quickly  to hear a thud. Oh! Hawthornclaw had just woken up!
   "W-wha?" He said lifting his head.

   "Oh nothing! I'm just going to my buddies!" She mewed cheerfully.

    "Oh.."He murmured.

   His tail dropped and he turned. Falconpaw trotted up to him.

   "Guess what?"! She asked

   "What?" He questioned, his gaze not meeting hers.

   "I have my first friend! His name is Goldenpaw! Hes so nice!"

   Hawthornclaw flattened his ears. All she ever talked about was Goldenpaw!

   "Great!" Hawthornclaw snapped. His anger spilling out.

   "You do you! Go hang out with your first friend!"

   She flattened her ears. Her eyes were filled with hurt and confusion.

   "What do you mean?"

   Hawthornclaw turned to face her. His eyes blazing and his fur bristling.

   "You know what I mean!" He hissed. "Ever since you became an apprentice, you've always been hanging out with Goldenpaw! You never think about me!"

   Now Falconpaws fur was bristling.

   "What! I sleep in the same den as him! Hes the only one that's been nice to me. Him and cloverpaw,swallowpaw and silverpaw!"

   "But what about me! I was nice to you! I protected you from your mother and sister! What about those times!?"

   "Those times are gone! Grow up hawthornclaw! Nothing ever lasts!"

   "You only say that because if I never saved you you'd still be hidden under your mothers torture!"

   "And your lucky to be here because if it wasn't for my clan, you'd still be out in the forest! Or probably dead!"

   Hawthornclaw flinched. How does she know that? Falconpaw let her fur lie flat. She looked shocked.

   "Hawthornclaw I-"

   "Just go!" He spat, turning around.

   Falconpaw dropped her ears. She slowly turned and left the den. What had she done?
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Hawthornclaw pushed his way out of the medicine den. He spotted Falconpaw talking to Goldenpaw. He then lifted his paws and she dug her face into his chest fur. Stupid Goldenpaw! Hawthornclaw then spotted diamondstar leaping down the high rock heading over to Briarbush, gingerstep, breezfeather and flamestorm. They had dropped a peice of rotten kill at diamondstar paws.

   "We smelled rogues mixed with thunderclan scent on it." Gingerstep explained.

   "And something ate it before it was rotten!" Flamestorm put in.

   "Those mangy rogues better stay off out territory!" Breezfeather hissed.

Hawthornclaw looked at the rotten kill closer. Then he freezed. Her fur bristled and his eyes blazing with fear. He dashed over pushing flamestorm out of the way.

   "I-its a sign from Starclan!"

I will now post every week..;3