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"I guess so" Ravenfeather said, also looking at Cloudpuffs affection filed gaze. "But then I guess Dreampaw wil fall in love with Inkpaw..." Ravenfeather trailed off, his soft silver blue gaze reaching Lilypaw. His eyes flooded with sympathy, for Lilypaw had loved Inkpaw ever since they were first apprenticed, and now it was only a matter of time before they became warriors, and already Dreampaw was falling in love with Inkpaw. Ravenfeather sighed sadly, looing at Lilypaw. "Was will she d?" He asked Azelealeaf softly. "Will Inkpaw ever love her?" He knew he should talk to Inkpaw or Dreampaw, but Inkpaw wouldn't change his mind, only if he wanted to.

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Azalealeaf's eyes flickered for a brief moment to Lilypaw. Her mind wavered slightly as she thought of the quarrel she had had with the she-cat apprentice during the Gathering, but Azalealeaf wasn't one to hold things against another cat for long. "They're too young to be worrying about this," she murmured softly, meaning it truthfully. She was glad that Cloudpuff had perhaps found another she-cat besides Dreampaw, but she still wasn't sure what Inkpaw was going to do.

"It's his decision," she added, looking at Inkpaw thoughtfully, "he can't really choose now after getting a reprimand from Northstar. I'm surprised that she didn't rip the fur right off of his pelt." Being older than ten moons, Azalealeaf was one of the Clan members that knew about Northstar's horrendous past with Moonrun and Smokesoul.

Azalealeaf shivered slightly as another breeze pulled through the Camp. She was glad that Ravenfeather was pressing against her, causing some warmth against her side. Her tail wrapped around the left side of her frame and just barely touched against her left paw. She blinked, her gaze shifting from Cloudpuff to the three apprentices and then back again.

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Silverpaw gazed around SkyClan camp, her eyes glittering like morning frost. Suddenly a strange scent flooded over her and when she turned her head to warn Bravepaw she saw him glaring at something over her shoulder, his grey pelt bristling with hostility. Pricking her ears she slowly looked to the right to see a slim she-cat with creamy fur led my Foxflower. A /kittypet/? She thought quizzicly. What was a kittypet doing here?

Delicately she skirted around Dreampaw and brushed gently pasted Inkpaw's black pelt to a shady area then sat down, Bravepaw like her muscular shadow. He was glaring at the kittypet, his blue eyes sparking with his anger. She was more curious than hostile, "Why do you think Foxflower brought a kittypet here?" she asked softly. Bravepaw moved closer to that his fur touched her's but she felt slightly uncomfortable so she quickly scooted over so that his fur barerly touched her own.

"As long as she keeps away from yo-me" the tomcat ammended "I don't give a care" he growled with a small lash of his tail. "I'm going to see what Inkpaw knows" Silverpaw got up and trotted over to the black apprentice, feeling Bravepaw's eyes every step of the way. "Inkpaw? What's a /kittypet/ doing here?" she asked once she was close enough to whisper into his ear. She didn't want the strange cat to hear anything she would say about it.

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"How am I supposed to know?" Inkpaw asked as he shifted closer to Dreampaw and away from Silverpaw. He was a bit frustrated for the fact that Silverpaw had interrupted him and Dreampaw sitting together. "Sorry," he meowed softly to Dreampaw as she scooted to the side a few inches so that he didn't totally crush her.

Dreampaw tilted her head to the side when Inkpaw attempted to entwin his tail with hers. To her surprise, she didn't pull away, but she remained where she was. She didn't answer Silverpaw's question, for the inquiry had been directed towards Inkpaw, not her. Dreampaw studied one dainty paw as she tried to sort out her emotions and how she currently felt.

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Feeling disappointed that Inkpaw didn't know why she padded away, her eyes not as bright as before. She didn't like when other cats snapped at her for no reason what-so-ever, the beautiful she-cat padded away to where Bravepaw was sitting. Silverpaw gazed into his eyes, it was as though she had just been cooled down from Inkpaw's burning ones. Bravepaw swepted some moss away with his tail so Silverpaw could get seated again. Without her usual elegant grace she plopped down.

Bravepaw grew rigid beside her, then she felt his tail begin to entwin with her own. She flushed for a moment, unsure whether to whip her tail away with a hiss of anger or whether to lean against his shoulder. Something in her chest began to tickle her, she tried to keep it inside but it was too much and it slipped out. A soft, gentle purr. Was she purring from Bravepaw's touch or because she was cold?

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"Dreampaw, can I tell you something?" Inkpaw purred to the she-cat apprentice, pressing his nose against her and burying it within what he thought was the most beautiful silver tabby fur he had ever seen. His tail entwined even more with Dreampaw's although he was careful not to get them tangled together. Getting tails tangled was a big mess that Inkpaw didn't wish to create to ruin the ectasy he was currently in.

"Yes, Inkpaw?" Dreampaw responded in a soft voice, looking at the tomcat apprentice. Her multi-colored eyes were filled with confusion as she tried to determine what emotion she was feeling currently. Her tail twitched slightly in its grasp with Inkpaw's tail, but she kept it there, every once in a while shifting it so that the two tails didn't get knotted together. "What is it?" she meowed, tilting her head and watching him.

For once in his life, Inkpaw actually hesitated before he spoke. He looked at Dreampaw with such a mixture of love and hope that made Dreampaw shudder slightly at the intensity of his hazelnut gaze. "I love you," he murmured quietly, his voice tender as he spoke to the she-cat apprentice that he loved.

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Lilypaw's tail lashed violently at Inpaws words. Tears ran down her face like streams. She couldn't belive that Dreampaw didn't pull away at his touch. Dreampaw was going to fall in love with Inkpaw, and she wouldn't even consider Lilypaw's feelings. Inkpaw meant more to her than anything, and now he would be off with Dreampaw. She didn't care that other cats would see her crying, only that Dreampaw and Inkpaw would not be together.

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Bravepaw's eyes closed blissfully as he pressed against Silverpaw, the fact she didn't pull away made his feel so happy inside. His heart fluttered like a bird stuck in a cage, he wished that this moment would never end. The tomcat was awoken from his doze by soft sniffling, his eyes flickered open as he scanned the camp. Pupils narrowed from the sunlight and his fustration on not getting to have a quiet time with Silverpaw, he saw Lilypaw who watching Inkpaw and Dreampaw with pure wistfullness. Tears dripped off her whiskers onto the rough, grassy moorland. He felt Silverpaw shift slightly, he hoped she wouldn't get up to confront the sorrow-filled she-cat apprentice.

Stealing a glance at her beautiful eyes he saw that they were focused on watching Inkpaw, though he saw no envy at the closeness the black apprentice and Dreampaw shared but he saw some flashes of anger instead. Mystified, Bravepaw blinked a few times but that was when he felt that her tail wasn't entwined with his anymore. Her soft pelt wasn't even touching his own. The smokey tom watched as she stood up and padded away, not even at a trot which usually did. Silverpaw slip into the apprentices' den without even looking at him. Had he done something wrong?

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"Everyone knows that fact," Dreampaw responded to Inkpaw, a hint of amusement hiding in her voice as she spoke to him. She unentwined her tail with his to flick his ears with it. "The whole Clan knows, for that matter," she meowed, purring slightly with laughter as she saw Inkpaw's expression when she stated the fact to him.

"Really?" Inkpaw asked incredelously, for he thought that no one in the Clan knew. Suddenly, his thoughts drifted back to Gathering in which he had shouted of his love for Dreampaw at nearly the top of his lungs. Such thoughts eventually led him to think of Northstar's punishments for his behavior at the Gathering. He winced to himself as he knew that tomorrow he wouldn't be able to speak to Dreampaw unless she spoke to him first.

So, the main objective for the day -- get Dreampaw to fall in more love with him so that she would speak to him always tomorrow and would go hunting and do everything with him. Inkpaw wasn't sure it could happen, but he still remained ambitious and told himself that he would eventually get it to happen one day.

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Silverpaw went to the back of the apprentices' den. Her eyes glaring with furstration and hostility. The reason for her anger? That Inkpaw ignores everyone around him and is so wound around Dreampaw that when the she-cat obviously feels uncomfortable he doesn't take even the slightest notice. Her small, dainty paws picked out a nest far in the back where the shadows would hang over her. She curled up and let out a uneasy sigh.

Hopefully, /hopefully/, some sleep would do her some good. As she began to slide into unconsiousness a familiar scent flooded over her along with a warm pelt, it was Bravepaw. A faint purr escaped her chest as she sank into the the forever crashing black wave of sleep.

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Ravenfeather's gaze rested apuon his brother and Dreampaw, then flicked over to Lilypaw, who was crying endlessly. He himself felt comfortable, sitting next to Azelealeaf, his tail intertwined with hers, but he felt, maybe he should talk to Lilypaw or Inkpaw. "Should I talkto her?" He asked the beautiful white she cat. "Or should I let all of them be?" Ravenfeather looked into Azelealeaf's blue eyes, his silver-blue ones meeting hers.

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"Well," Azalealeaf began, looking around at the apprentices before she met Ravenfeather's soft silver blue gaze again, "you can't really tell what to do in this situation." Knowing that this wasn't much help, she sank deep into thought to find a better answer for the current situation.

"You can't change your brother's mind on who he loves and you can't change Dreampaw's or Lilypaw's hearts to who he loves," Azalealeaf meowed truthfully as she continued to meet Ravenfeather's gaze. "It's their own decisions. Either way now, it results in heartbreak, no matter whom Inkpaw chooses," she added, understanding for both sides filling her eyes.

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With agility that made her paws seem to dance on air, Amaryllis padded into the SkyClan Camp, nonchalantly as if she hadn't a care in the world. By the way she held her head and tail, you could easily tell that she was a proud cat who thought well of herself. At a first glance, you would've simply thought Amaryllis to be yet another one of those pretty she-cats. However, if you looked more closely, you could see all the small things that she did -- the way she moved, the way she spoke - drove a tomcat mad with love for her.

It was an enjoyable sport; tricking tomcat's hearts into loving her and then breaking it. Glancing around Camp, she saw that most of the Camp's focus was aimed at a cream colored cat with different points colored in brown whose eyes were a sparkling blue -- similar to Amaryllis's eyes in fact. She saw a white tomcat at the cream cat's side, and for a moment, she wondered if the tomcat would be worth her while to break his heart. The way the tomcat's golden copper eyes shone with fierce affection for the cream cat told Amaryllis that she probably didn't want to bother with the white cat.

Her sapphire blue eyes scanned the Camp clearing until she saw two cats -- one white and one black. The contrast in their coats almost made Amaryllis wince, but most of her attention was fixed on the obsidian pelted tomcat. The pair seemed almost in love, but Amaryllis knew that the black tomcat was the one she wanted.

Padding up to the two of them and making sure that the sun hit her pelt at the right angle, she blinked rapidly a few times before looking at the tomcat. "Hello there," she meowed, her voice flowing from her vocal chords like honey.

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Ravenfeather looked up to find a beautiful ginger she cat, her blue eyes filled with innosence. "H-Hello", he stammered. 'No! I can't fall in love with yet /another/ she cat. I already love Azelealeaf and Gentlepaw.' But He could only think about how beautifl she was. "Do you want to go hunting?" He asked, not caring where she came from, for he was under her spell. He got up from next to Azelealeaf, touching noses with her quickly, then standing next to the ginger cat, awaiting her answer.

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"Of course," Amaryllis purred, curling her tail around Ravenfeather's neck and pulling him firmly closer to her. "I'm sure we'll bring in lots of fresh-kill," she added for the sake of it, sending a look of satisfaction towards the white she-cat whom Ravenfeather had just left sitting there.

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Azalealeaf glared at the newcoming she-cat. What right did the ginger pelted cat have to just come waltzing into Camp and stealing away her love? Her ears tilted back and her lips parted at the beginning of a snarl, courtesy of her hot-headed temperament. She was about to leap up and demand what about what the orange tabby cat was going to do with Ravenfeather, but realized that she would sound exactly like Cloudpuff when he had been protective about her.

Hurt passed through her eyes as Ravenfeather stood up, touched noses with her, and then stood next to the orange she-cat. Well, no one said he had to love me. Azalealeaf thought to herself bitterly as she stood up and stalked away into the warrior's den.

"I wonder what /her/ problem is," Amaryllis meowed airily, although inside she was secretly dancing with pure delight.

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