Leaving Moonclan (Open)

[~Night~]

~Nightpaw had bolted from the leader's den, so fast, she had been nothing more than a black and gray streak throught camp. She had raced though the Moonclan territory like lightning.~

~She had killed her mentor, and in the presense of Moonclan's leader. Of course, her mentor had tried to kill Dawnstar, but Nightpaw had killed him. She had killed him, when she could have just injured him so that he couldn't kill Dawnstar. Dawnstar could have exiled him, or sentanced him to death. But She had killed him. Her own mentor. She would have to leave Moonlcan.~

~She was a danger to her Clan. She would be exiled for sure. Nightpaw skidded to a stop, panting hard. She ws at the edge of mirror River, but was too afraid to loom into the water, afraid of what her reflection might show.~

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Scarpaw

The light furred cat poked his head out of the den at the commotion. He dashed toward the Leader's Den, a bad feeling in his gut. Scarpaw skidded to a stop as he saw Silverclaw's limp body splayed on the floor. Dawnstar was in the far back. Following Nightpaw's scent, the apprentice bounded out of camp, ears pricked, and his silver eyes without their usual mischievous glint.

Scarpaw stuck to the scent trail left behind, urging his paws to move even faster. What happened? Where's she going? Questions raced through his mind.

Just then he saw a shape moving quickly. He forced himself to run even faster. Finally, he was close enough. Scarpaw opened his mouth, straining to reach his clanmate's tail. The young cat bit down, and skidded to an abrupt stop, attempting to stop Nightpaw.

[~Night~]

~Nightpaw had skidded to a stop when she felt something bite her tail. Hard. She jumped into the water, creating a large splash. She turned her head as if to stare into the water that swirled around her front paws, but her eyes were closed.~

~Still panting, Nightpaw flexed her claws in the earth, the water swirling bove her knees. She looked up, and opened her eyes, staring across the river. She looked around, and met her clanmate's eyes.~

Scarpaw! What are you doing here? Why are you trying to stop me leave. The clan will be better off without me. ~Nightpaw growled, her eyes narrowed at the sight of him.~

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-- D A W N S T A R - O F - M O O N C L A N --

Dawnstar had rushed out of camp, in search of Nightpaw. Nightpaw had no idea how found Dawnstar was of her. She couldn't lose her. She looked so much like her daughter, and Dawnstar even started to love this apprentice. She saw Nightpaw and Scarpaw through a bush and stopped. She looked left and right before going through the bush. ' Nightpaw, don't leave. You saved me. I would never exile you. Nightpaw, please don't go . ' She meowed. Something reflected in her eyes that hadn't for a while. The fondness between apprentice and mentor. But there was one thing missing. Dawnstar wasn't her mentor.

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Scarpaw let go of Nightpaw's tail, spitting out the fur. "Why? Because you're still a MoonClan cat," the pale-furred cat hissed, his silver eyes serious. "I don't know what happened between you, Silverclaw, and Dawnstar, but that doesn't mean you should leave. Besides, Twinklingpaw and I made you go tell her." Just then, Dawnstar appeared from behind a bush.
"Nightpaw, don't leave. You saved me. I would never exile you. Nightpaw, please don't go," the she-cat was meowing.
Scarpaw's ears flicked up in surprise at her tone. What happened in the Leader's Den?

[-|Birddy|-]

Twinklingpaw raced out, tail streaking behind her. "Whats going on?" she yowled, skidding to halt. Her furr was ruffled and fluffed, her green eyes wide.

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Scarpaw

His eyes didn't leave Nightpaw's face. "I'll tell you what's going on; Nightpaw's trying to leave MoonClan," the apprentice spat the words out. Thrashing his tail, he added, "But we're not going to let her. Not unless she has a good reason."

[~Night~]

But I killed Silverclaw, Dawnstar... I KILLED him. I - I - I'm a danger to the clan, especially since Silverclaw would be like a twoleg-kit to you, as his size is to mine! ~Nightpaw looked at the other cats that had now gathered. There were so many of them now.~ I know I save you, but didn't I break the warrior code? Killing when it isn't totally nessesary? Shouldn't his punishment have been exile, not death? ~Nightpaw's eyes were wide. She had sent a cat to the dark forest, and she had only been an apprentice for half a moon!~

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-- D A W N S T A R - O F - M O O N C L A N --

' Nightpaw, no one but these other apprentices know. And if the rest of the clan knows, I'll know who told. Come back to camp Nightpaw. ' Dawnstar looked around and sighed.

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[~Night~]

~Nightpaw nodded, obeying Dawnstar. She would obey Dawnstar, no matter what. She took one step in the direction of Moonclan Camp. She wondered if she would be assigned a new mentor. If there was a mentor available, she would rather one of the other apprentices get a mentor than herself. She could always keep learning the way she had when Silverclaw had been her mentor.~ It doesn't matter if the clan knows. They're bound to find out what happened anyway. Besides, they might think I killed Silverclaw out of cold blood...