Hot Green-Leaf Day

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Firey heat burst from the suns warm rays. They hit the earth, heating it with so much force. The grass had grown brown and the Pebble Stream was starting to get lower and lower. If they didn't get rain soon, it would be gone overall.

A she-cat lay exhausted resting up against one of the tall pines tree trunks in the Pine Forest. The shade soothed her brown coat, which collected heat quite well. Her eyes were closed, yet she wasn't sleeping.

Brownpaw was thinking about the things going on in RockClan. The murders were the top things in her mind. The leader and the medicine cat had been killed. By who, it was unknown. Hollypaw, Brownpaw's sister had to take up the position of medicine cat. Right now, she was paying her last respects to her metor.

Second on Brownpaw's mind was the heat, threatening to get even hotter. Off in the distance, a giant storm cloud could be seen hanging over SpiderClan's territory. They had all the luck. It wasn't headed this way though, instead it was headed towards SweetClan's area and then it would be gone overall.

The she-cat sat thinking, these two things the main priorities in her mind.

[~The~Fire~Within~]

A white she-cat with black stripes snuck up on Brownpaw. She leaped at her and pinned her down. " Ha ha!!" she meowed. " I got you!!"

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Brownpaw's eyes shot open as the smaller apprentice attacked her. She snorted and using her weight and strength against the she-cat tried to push her away. It was easy, liking pulling a bug off her fur. She laughed and smiled at the younger apprentice.

Alright, so you got me. Would you like to fight me now?

Her voice was playful and she gave a small fake snarl. Her eyes sparkled. She hadn't played like this with Hollypaw or Lionpaw for awhile They were always so serious now almost being warriors. Lionpaw was ready and old enough too being 12 moons. Brownpaw and Hollypaw on the other hand were 10 though and Hollypaw was already moving on.

[~The~Fire~Within~]

Blackpaw nodded. Then she leaped on top of Brownpaw again, this time holding on well. " Ha ha!!" she meowed giggling.

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Brownpaw purred and shut her eyes, trying to keep the laughter inside. She shook her body, wanting to shake the younger apprentice off. She smiled happily and didn't even notice the sun right now.

[ Sorry, writers block xD ]

[~The~Fire~Within~]

((s'all right... my posts are usually that short anyway!!! xD))

blackpaw fell into the dirt and sprang up. " Thoguht you got rid of me eh?" she meowed. She leaped at Brownpaw and batted her with sheathed paws.

((writer's block...))

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Brownpaw shook with laughter. She watched as the small she-cat bounced back to her feet and batted playfully at Brownpaw. So Brownpaw batted back, but with caution. Her paws were alot larger then Blackpaw's and she didn't want to hurt the apprentice. She smiled and her eyes shone playfully. When was the last time she had done this with Hollypaw?

[~The~Fire~Within~]

Blackpaw flopped onto the ground. Then got back up. " MUHAHAHAHA!!" she yelled. She batted Brownpaw and leaped upwards.

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Brownpaw's fun laugh turned into a nervous one. The heat was starting to get to her and she had to lay down. She panted, her eyes tired and her tail drooping on the ground. "That was fun," she said, her voice a little raspy. She looked up at Blackpaw and hoped the apprentice wouldn't want to keep playing. A little more and she would have to go see her sister about the heat she was taking in.

[~The~Fire~Within~]

Blackpaw stopped playing. " Are you okay?" she asked, concerned.

[Embereh]

Azure eyes stared out of the bushes, and out leaped a handsome tom, cream and ebony fur shining in the beating gold sun. The siamese cat smiled as he padded toward the two, mewing, "Hello." It was indeed Spectrumpaw' s brother, Paintedpaw, the complete opposite of her.

[~The~Fire~Within~]

" Hi!" meowed Blackpaw.

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_{Hollyfern, hearing the commotion, padded rather anxiously into their talk. "Hello, Blackpaw, Paintedpaw." She meowed. Seeing Brownpaw, her apprentice, her mind clouded with worry and she crouched down by her. "Brownpaw? Are you alright?"} [/sub]

[~The~Fire~Within~]

"She hasn't answered me yet!" meowed Blackpaw.

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Brownpaw shook her head slowly, but that wasn't her answer to the question. She felt dazed and a bit dizzy, but wasn't going to tell the cats around her that. She shook her head a bit faster and spoke, trying to get her voice to sound as it always did. "Yes, I'm fine..." she said quietly. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and then opened them, like she was just waking herself up from a short sleep. She got to her paws and looked at the four cats.

"I think it's only the heat getting to me. I'll be fine." She wasn't fine though. As she started to walk away, as if going back to camp she stumbled and lost her footing. She shook her head, confused. She didn't seem to know what was going on anymore. She fought hard not to black out. She fell to the ground and laid there for a second before attempting to get up again, but to no avail. Once again she slowly shook her head, as if she couldn't find the source of the problem.

[ Just so everybody knows, I have an idea for Brownpaw's death ( yes, she's to die ) and this leads up to it. She's going to stumble away in the direction of camp, but get off course. Nobody is to escort her to camp because she'll be headed off to the No-End drop. When she gets there, a cat forces her down the edge. She is so confused that she doesn't know who the cat is. Maybe Hollyfern can start to worry after a bit and she can track Brownpaw to where she lies at the bottom of the No-End drop? She won't be dead yet, but she'll be taken to Hollyhock... Sound good? ;D ]